[Bee] BRUSSELS — As all eyes around the globe remained fixed on the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict, leaders gathered for an important summit in a clear display that Europe remained under its persistent delusion that anyone cares what it thinks.
Sources revealed that the meeting of European leaders took place over the weekend with the expressed purpose of maintaining the presumption that everyone else around the world still listens to what European leaders have to say about anything.
"We are still quite important and influential, obviously," said EU head Ursula von der Leyen. "It's vital for us to give our opinion so everyone can know what we think. We're Europe, after all."
Europe's belief that its opinion matters to anyone outside of Europe was likewise confirmed by yet another solemn statement from U.K. Prime Minister Kier Starmer. "Everyone needs to know what we have to say on every topic," Starmer said. "It is our job to make somber proclamations whenever something important happens. That way, even though we were not consulted by any of the parties involved, we can maintain some semblance of importance in our own minds. This is why I'm making daily statements about what is happening in Iran, even though no one else really knows I'm making these statements. Is there anyone there? Can anyone hear me? Am I still talking?"
At publishing time, European leaders had reportedly called an emergency meeting to draft another joint statement about the conflict in the Middle East that nobody would bother reading.
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I've been saying this for years. Shut the fuck up and solve your own problems for once.
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[Bee] NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Zohran Mamdani has strongly condemned New Yorkers for making Muslims throw improvised explosive devices at them.
After two bombs were hurled by ISIS-inspired Muslims at a group gathered near the Mayor's mansion, Mamdani demanded that people stop forcing Muslims to kill them with explosives.
"I am absolutely disgusted that people would make Muslims throw bombs at them," said Mamdani. "I condemn the people who had bombs chucked at them in the strongest possible manner. We will not tolerate the Islamophobia that compels Muslims to construct homemade explosives and toss them into crowds. New York City is better than this."
Mamdani has ordered all of the citizens who had explosive devices flung at them to apologize for making Muslims do so. "This is how we heal," said Mamdani. "Until people accept responsibility for Muslims trying to kill them, we cannot have peace. Or, until they just let the Muslims kill them. Either way."
At publishing time, Mamdani had proposed a new law making it illegal to run away from bombs that are thrown at you.
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Yes it's the BB.
But be honest, in the back of your mind, didn't you say to yourself initially.
I could see this coming from him, or some other wacked out far left liberal?
[Townhall] Why won’t you MAGA people cooperate and freak out? Why won’t you accept that America is not only being defeated by the Iranians, but that Tel Aviv is on fire, that our ships are sinking, that we’re running out of bullets, and that everything is going to hell? I mean, sure, your lifetime of experience shows you that none of this is true, and you would be well aware that seventh-century savages from the Middle East are utterly incapable of competing against American or Israeli technology, martial skills, and firepower — exponentially less so when both of them are fully integrated, synchronized, and combined. But hey, you should still believe it anyway because, if you don’t, you clearly want to die for Israel or something.
You MAGA people also fail to understand that this campaign is a giant war crime, according to the same people who are also experts on COVID, tariffs, immigration law, and every other subject that happens to get raised on social media. I was just a Fortune 500 lawyer for 30 years, an Army colonel, and a graduate of the Army War College, but you know, I defer to the experience of @TurgidMassieLibertarian69 and his contention that you’re not allowed to attack an enemy frigate on the high seas because of reasons, and shut up, you love Israel.
Oh yeah, we’re not supposed to die for Israel, according to a vast number of bots. It’s not clear what we are supposed to die for, and, frankly, we haven’t been doing that much dying at all lately. We lost six troops, and that’s awful — I’ve been there when we’ve lost soldiers, unlike most of the human dildos who are pretending to care about these casualties, so we can play the "Who cares more?" game if they like. But in World War II, there were single bursts of MG42 machine gun fire that killed more Americans than that. The notion that we could lose just six KIA in a war where we essentially decapitate the entire enemy government, wipe out its integrated air defense system, and systematically annihilate its ability to project combat power on land, sea, and air in about 48 hours is an astonishing achievement unprecedented in the annals of war. But, of course, the dumb people commenting on it haven’t studied the annals of war. All they’ve studied are Reddit and the tweets of fellow mental defectives.
...I am informed by all the fake smart people that this war is destroying the MAGA coalition, that America First is going down the tubes, not because Donald Trump has started a war, but because he has initiated the process of finishing a war started by degenerate freaks who’ve been maiming and murdering Americans for 47 years. You know, there’s nothing that American First voters hate more than whacking people who have blown apart and killed thousands of Americans. Or at least, that’s what they tell you. "I didn’t vote for another forever war!" they bleat. Newsflash — none of us did. Another newsflash — this isn’t a forever war. This is going to go on for a little while, and then we’re going to win it when somebody emerges to take over who’s not going to carry on the jihad against us.
And guess what happens when we win it? Well, then we’ve won. And nothing succeeds like success.
But wait, the stock market is experiencing jitters! The Dow is not at 50,000 anymore! It’s only at 48,000! Oh no, there goes my walk-in humidor. And wait, the price of oil went up $10! Oh man, all the climate change hoaxers are really upset because fossil fuel is less affordable — wait what? And you know what’s going to happen soon to the price of oil? It’s going to go down again. The war is going to be over, and the oil is going to be flowing freely, and they’re going to be blubbering that it’s too darn cheap.
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[Rudaw] Iranian drones have had limited success penetrating advanced air defense systems in Israel and the wider region, with only about 10 percent or fewer managing to get through Israeli defenses, according to drone warfare expert Federico Borsari.
Federico Borsari, a Non-Resident Fellow with the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and a member of the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure.... 2030 Global Fellowship, told Rudaw in an remote interview from Gay Paree on Monday that while some Iranian drones have breached Israeli airspace - including incidents in the 12-day war in June 2025 and more recent attacks - overall effectiveness remains low.
"We have evidence that a few drones have penetrated Israeli airspace, not just this time but also in the summer of last year," Borsari said. "Even though it's unclear whether these drones were launched from Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... itself or by Iranian proxy forces in other countries such as Leb ...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?... or Iraq."
"Their effectiveness in penetrating the Israeli air missile defense is not very high. We're talking about probably around 10 percent, even lower," he said.
He emphasized that Israeli counter-drone measures have proven successful, particularly against drones from Hezbollah in Lebanon or Iranian proxies in Iraq.
Borsari noted that penetration often relies on a combination of factors beyond technology alone.
"Yes, I think it's a combination of things," he said regarding how drones occasionally evade systems like Israel's Iron Dome. "First of all, the Iron Dome specifically is a system that is focused on countering low-tier threats... In general, what allows missiles and drones to penetrate more easily is the combination of mass, the numbers, but also the route planning... and synchronization of effects."
He highlighted mission planning, including simultaneous launches of drones and missiles, as key to increasing chances of success.
Addressing the cost asymmetry often cited in drone warfare, where cheap Iranian drones like the Shahed series (around $20,000) face multimillion-dollar interceptors, Borsari cautioned against oversimplification.
"Not necessarily," he responded. "We don't have sufficient evidence to say that very costly interceptors have been used to shoot down drones... Many of these countries have also deployed the Air Force to shoot down drones... So in general, I would say of course it's not cost-effective to use Patriot missiles to counter a Shahed, for instance, but at the same time, we know that there are also other systems that these countries have used."
Borsari distinguished between Iran's own arsenal and those employed by its proxies. Iran maintains thousands of drones, including advanced models like the Shahed-136 and Arash-2 with larger warheads (70—90 kg) and greater range. Proxies in Iraq often use lower-end variants such as the Shahed-101 and Shahed-107, with smaller payloads (10—20 kg) and reduced range.
In attacks on Iraq's Kurdistan Region, including recent strikes on Erbil, Borsari confirmed the use of Iranian Arash-2 drones by ground forces, alongside Samad-2, convertible to kamikaze, and proxy-operated Shahed models.
Countering these threats requires layered defenses, he said, including radar, electro-optical cameras, acoustic sensors, and effectors like missiles, lasers, machine guns, jamming, and spoofing.
"We have seen in the Kurdistan region and Iraq... that US air defenses were apparently quite effective, even though a few drones were able to strike," Borsari noted. Terrain challenges, such as mountains, complicate detection and necessitate distributed sensors.
He assessed Kurdish defenses in Erbil and Sulaimani as "quite good" but incomplete, with penetrations in border areas indicating needs for more sensors, interceptor depth, personnel training, system integration, and airspace deconfliction.
"This is a wake-up call not just for the Kurdistan region but also for many other countries in the Gulf, for instance," he said.
On comparing drones and ballistic missiles, Borsari explained that "ballistic missiles are, of course, more difficult to intercept. They have a much larger warhead, and they can potentially create very big damage compared to drones."
However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... strong anti-ballistic defenses can mitigate missile threats, while inadequate counter-drone investments leave vulnerabilities to cheaper UAVs.
"Both are in their own way a potential serious threat, and they should not be underestimated," he concluded.
The following is a full transcript of the interview with Federico Borsari:
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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[Bee] BRUSSELS — As all eyes around the globe remained fixed on the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict, leaders gathered for an important summit in a clear display that Europe remained under its persistent delusion that anyone cares what it thinks.
[Bee] NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Zohran Mamdani has strongly condemned New Yorkers for making Muslims throw improvised explosive devices at them.
...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?...
