By Grand Rapids Anonymous
monday, june 16, 2025 at 11:21:00 p.m. edt
"Trump urges all iranians to leave tehran immediately, then departs g-7 conference in canada" (so far, they’re listening to him, more than they are to their own ayatollahs)
"(axios) President Trump called on iranian civilians to 'immediately evacuate tehran' on monday evening, shortly after which the white house announced he would be departing the g7 summit early to 'attend to many important matters.
"why it matters: it's not immediately clear what triggered Trump’s dramatic post on truth social or his early return from canada. Israel has been conducting strikes in tehran since thursday night, but the U.S. has so far declined to join the operation [N.S.: Directly, that is].
"white house spokesperson [sic] Alex Pfeiffer denied reports the U.S. was attacking iran: 'American forces are maintaining their defensive posture, and that has not changed. we will defend American interests,' he wrote."
GRA: Is Israel going to drop a nuke or near-nuke on tehran? why else would Trump warn the entire population to evacuate the capital city?
--GRA
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Good grief, President Archduke Ferdinand Kissinger is going to a NATO Summit next week. That damned second-term diplomacy bug bites again, grasping at Legacy by obsessing over a (secularly) un-save-able world.
A meme posted at Knuckledraggin' (ogdaa.blogspot.com) today showed Netanyahu and Macro on a phone call.
Netanyahu: "I need your help with Iran."
Macron: "France won't join your attack."
Netanyahu: "I need you to show Iran how to surrender."
Macron:They haven't been watching us the last few years?
--GRA
MAYBE "RADIOACTIVITY BEING RELEASED."IS THE REASON PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNED IRANIANS TO EVACUATE--THE IAEA SAYS AS MUCH
Update(1118ET): The head of the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, has issued fresh remarks before the Security Council on Friday, warning that Israeli strikes on Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant is where the consequences of an attack could be most serious. The active and operating nuclear power plant currently hosts thousands of kilograms of nuclear material. He warns of potential nuclear disaster:
"Countries of the region have reached out directly to me over the past few hours to express their concerns, and I want to make it absolutely and completely clear — in case of an attack on the Bushehr nuclear power plant, a direct hit would result in a very high release of radioactivity," Grossi tells the UN Security Council.
GRA:THAT makes sense.(Wasn't that a commercial tagline from decades ago--for oatmeal?)
--GRA
USS NIMITZ WILL ARRIVE TO MIDEAST WATERS THIS WEEKEND;EXPLAINS "TRUMP TWO WEEK DELAY".
(ZH)The USS Nimitz carrier strike group is en route to Middle East waters and is expected to arrive this weekend, a US official tells Fox news on Friday, after the carrier departed the South China Sea on Monday.
This is the latest confirmation that the US Navy will now have two aircraft carriers in the Middle East at the same time. While reports previewed this movement earlier this week, making it no surprise, this is the first revelation of a more precise timeline.
As for the prior reporting via military sources, Stars & Stripes stated, "The aircraft carrier and its strike group left Bremerton, Wash., in March for the Indo-Pacific region for what is expected to be the ship’s final deployment. Now, the Nimitz and the warships sailing with it will join the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Middle East, the defense official said.
Currently, the USS Carl Vinson is already positioned in the Arabian Sea, while the Navy has also lately confirmed deployment of the carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to the Mediterranean, presumably as 'back-up' - though that mission had long been shechuled.
As for the Nimitz, it is currently underway westbound from the Strait of Malacca. So this will place in total three carriers within reach of the Middle East theatre of operations.
GRA:So a "decision" will be made when all the pieces of the puzzle are in place. Imho.
--GRA
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