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*[[Ian Proud]]: [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/western-diplomacy-is-dead-a-post Western diplomacy is dead: a post-diplomacy world]. ''Why western leaders refuse dialogue with their adversaries while pursuing unwinnable wars.''
*[[Ian Proud]]: [https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/western-diplomacy-is-dead-a-post Western diplomacy is dead: a post-diplomacy world]. ''Why western leaders refuse dialogue with their adversaries while pursuing unwinnable wars.''
:"[[Foreign policy]] isn’t [[diplomacy]]. Diplomacy is merely a tool that a [[state]] can use to pursue its foreign policy instead of, for example, [[war]]fare. In both cases, [[Iran]] and [[Ukraine]], war, or [[proxy war]] is chosen over diplomacy."
:"[[Foreign policy]] isn’t [[diplomacy]]. Diplomacy is merely a tool that a [[state]] can use to pursue its foreign policy instead of, for example, [[war]]fare. In both cases, [[Iran]] and [[Ukraine]], war, or [[proxy war]] is chosen over diplomacy."
===West Asia===
*[[Transition Protocol]]: [https://zulfiqar.substack.com/p/the-mecca-pact-nobody-can-read The Mecca Pact Nobody Can Read].
"Three men stood in [[Mecca]] today, prayed facing the holy city, and signed a [[mutual-defense pact]] with an [[Article 5]]-style clause — an attack on one is an attack on all. [[Saudi Arabia]]. [[Turkey]]. [[Pakistan]]. A [[nuclear power]] is now [[treaty]]-bound to a country it has never [[trust]]ed and a [[monarchy]] hedging every direction at once. And here is the part that should stop you: there were no [[leak]]s. Not from [[Istanbul]], not from [[Islamabad]], not from [[Riyadh]]. On the exact same day, in the exact same region, [[Iran]] and [[Oman]] are finishing a separate deal that hands [[Tehran]] effective control over one-fifth of the world’s [[oil]] supply — and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] isn’t in the room for either one."
:Comment: [[Yemen]] has attacked [[Saudi Arabia]] several times since the pact was signed, so the pact obviously refers to a non-Muslim state attack against the alliance.
*''[[Times of India]]'': [https://youtu.be/nKL4sn2oRNU China's Gulf Coup Against U.S.? America On Retreat, Saudi’s Mecca Pact Hands Xi A Big Win | Details].
:Where's that obnoxious [[troll]] [[User:Conservative]] to defend his years of [[idiot]]ic [[spamming]] and [[trolling]]? He hasn't edited in over a month.
*[[Alex Krainer]]: [https://zulfiqar.substack.com/p/alexthe-mecca-pact-is-a-dollar-eventsaudi The Mecca Pact Is a Dollar Event, Saudi Arabia Is Buying Protection From Pakistan and Turkey].
*[https://zulfiqar.substack.com/p/mecca-pact-signed-pakistan-says-iran Mecca Pact Signed — Pakistan Says Iran Is Already In]. ''While the wires call this a [[Sunni]] [[alliance]] against [[Tehran]], [[Islamabad]]'s own channel says [[Iran]] was briefed before the ink dried — and the country left holding the bag i
*[https://global21.substack.com/p/iran-invited-to-the-mecca-pact-what Iran invited to the Mecca Pact: What does it mean?].
:*[[Pepe Escobar|PEPE]]: Maximum Pressure Just BACKFIRED in [[Bessent]]’s Face. Iran Secretly Invited Into the MECCA PACT. [https://zulfiqar.substack.com/p/pepemaximum-pressure-just-backfired]
:*[https://global21.substack.com/p/the-mecca-pact-iran-wants-iraq-and The Mecca Pact: Iran wants Iraq, and its strategy could target the Kurds and isolate Israel]. ''The lingering question is whether the [[bloc]] can survive the immense [[political]] pressure from the [[US]] through [[Israel]]i maneuvering. But the cards are on the table, and the [[Kurd]]s are on high alert.''
::*Iran: No country should fear us unless it aids aggressors.
:*[https://zulfiqar.substack.com/p/bessents-biggest-sanctions-fails Bessent’s “Biggest Sanctions” FAILS Iran Moves Toward Mecca Pact as Trump Begs Pakistan for an Off-Ramp].
====Gulf States====
*[[Yanis Varoufakis]]: [https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/yanis-varoufakis-us-surrenders-to U.S. Surrenders to Iran & Gulf States Must Adjust].
*[https://tass.com/world/2151843 Key US Fifth Fleet facilities in Bahrain damaged by Iran in spring — WSJ].
*[[YNet]]: [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hyxq79oggx After Iran strikes, US rethinks Gulf bases and weighs Israel].
*''[[Times of India]]'': [https://youtu.be/gLWyvbGtWnw ON CAM: U.S. Troops Run Away From Doha Base, Abandon CENTCOM HQ After Iran Missile Attack]
:Note: this action by the US military, or reporting by the ''Times of India'', has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with [[gay]] bars, bathhouses or drag queens, contrary to [[User:Conservative]]'s understanding of what [[foreign policy]], news reporting, or what an encyclopedic knowledge base is. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Do heterosexual normies spend 20 yrs obsessing over gay bars, bathhouses and drag queens?]]</sup> 22:56, July 23, 2026 (EDT)
*[https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/p/irans-asymmetric-deterrent-how-targeting Iran’s Asymmetric Deterrent: How Targeting GCC Desalination Plants Means Total Regional Annihilation].
*[https://youtu.be/9hVuD-6HdUA US Forced out of Persian Gulf by Iran, Never to Return] /[[Matt Bracken]]
====Yemen====
*Patarames: [https://x.com/Pataramesh/status/2092210497793794118 Iran is intentionally suppressing its true Power-level:]
:Analysts watch Yemen using anti-ship ballistic missiles against Saudi tanker at 1000km+ range.
:Yet they don't realize that all that is possible for Iran and at several-times the scale.
:Logic: Iran is working with active hand break for reason we don't know for certain
:*[[Global21]]: [https://global21.substack.com/p/yemenis-hit-saudi-ship-over-1000 Yemenis Hit Saudi Ship Over 1,000 km Away, Proving Iran Avoided Attacking the US Navy].
====Turkiye====
*[[NATO]] ally [[Turkiye]] issues "[[genocide]]" arrest warrant against [[Netanyahu]], [https://www.timesofisrael.com/turkey-issues-fresh-genocide-arrest-warrant-for-netanyahu-amid-growing-syria-tensions/] asks [[Interpol]] for help getting enforcement. [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-906204]
====Pakistan====
*[https://youtu.be/NkiJqG5XGUw Did Pakistan’s Tech disrupt Kill Chain in Iran?]
*[https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/p/pakistan-iran-sign-mou-renew-commitment Pakistan, Iran sign MoU, renew commitment to $10bn trade target].
===Israel===
===Israel===