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America Has Lost the War: We’re Now in a Fighting Retreat — Here’s Why It Matters
https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=329475

Critical US Weaknesses in Iran Exposed /Matt Bracken & LT Col Daniel Davis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sTpJXL7wL0

Ex-US colonel says ‘Americans are finished in the Middle East’
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iDMjO-pwG4o

US Starts Bombing Iran After Trump’s Threats – Antiwar.com
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/07/29/trump-issues-expletive-laden-threat-to-iran-over-attack-on-us-base-in-jordan/

Trump’s top general has a chilling message for US troops using their cellphones on Middle East bases
https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=329473

In Defense of Détente with Iran | Proceedings
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2026/july/defense-detente-iran

Is the Industrial Base on a Wartime Footing? A Progress Report
https://www.csis.org/analysis/industrial-base-wartime-footing-progress-report

Navy Awards $76.6B for 9 Virginia, 5 Columbia Subs to General Dynamics
https://news.usni.org/2026/07/29/navy-awards-76-6b-for-9-virginia-5-columbia-subs-to-general-dynamics-hii

U.S. Fighter Units Using Israel’s Air Bases for Strikes on Iran: Forward Gulf Facilities Increasingly Unusable
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-fighter-israel-bases-strikes-iran

Israel‑linked Operatives Caught Boasting About Global Election Interference
https://substack.com/@parislychee/note/p-208927456?

Don’t Touch Israel!
https://substack.com/@oshjohn/note/c-304106579?

Israel clears Jewish supremacist party to contest election | Middle East Eye
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-clears-jewish-supremacist-party-contest-election

Israel rules out withdrawal from occupied Lebanon, wants ‘freedom of action’
https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=329468

US prosecutor who helped ICC’s Karim Khan seek Israeli arrest warrants breaks her silence | Middle East Eye
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-prosecutor-who-worked-karim-khan-breaks-silence-netanyahus-arrest-warrants

Joint US-Saudi Strikes on Iraq Kill 20 PMF Fighters – Antiwar.com
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/07/29/joint-us-saudi-strikes-on-iraq-kill-20-pmf-fighters/

Zelensky’s big idea for Trump: Ukraine is the Israel of Europe | Responsible Statecraft
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-zelensky-meeting/

Colombian Mercenary Numbers Surge in Ukraine: They Now Make Up Half of the Country’s Foreign