Poland is preparing for a potential war while hoping that it will never happen, Polish Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk said in an interview with the Super Express newspaper.

"We are preparing for war, hoping that it will never happen. <...> We are not building an army for press conferences, we are building it on the assumption that it must be ready to conduct national defense operations under extremely unfavorable conditions, and we must have all the necessary tools. Everything we are doing in the areas of energy, infrastructure and, ultimately, the military sphere is aimed at ensuring the country's security in the event of potential armed aggression," he said.

NATO has developed an official game plan in the event of an armed conflict with Russia, collectively known as the NATO Land Warfighting Concept, the Bild newspaper reported, citing sources.

The concept was developed under the leadership of US Major Andrew Pingray. In the first stage, NATO intends to focus on countering fighter jets, missiles, and drones - carrying out strikes primarily in the Kaliningrad Region. At the same time, in the event of a conflict, an "autonomous zone" is to be established along the border with Belarus and Russia, where only drones and autonomous military equipment would operate.

Israeli forces today prevented the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from delivering a water tanker to three homes under siege in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus.

Local sources reported that UNICEF went to Qusra and delivered food and medical supplies to the three besieged homes, but Israeli forces prevented the delivery of a water tanker to the residents.

Reports are circulating all over Social Media claiming the United States and Iran have agreed to extend the 60-Day ceasefire.   Entities making those reports are either liars, or just too stupid to see it's a lie.

Most rational people believe this is nothing more than a brazen effort to keep oil prices lower.

Webmaster Addition: This is what a meal on a carrier should look like!

Andrey Martyanov joins Ian Proud for a blunt, wide-ranging discussion on the irreversible collapse of the West, elite Russophobia, and Russia’s permanent strategic shift away from Europe.

For more than a month now, the US Treasury has been conducting massive currency interventions to keep the plunging Japanese yen afloat. The Japanese financial system is inundated with tens of billions of dollars, the total bill has long exceeded one hundred billion.

It would seem that such an attraction of unprecedented generosity, why would the miser Scott Bessent be so furious that he is pouring money into Japan, and not the stagnating US economy? What's going on anyway?

What is happening is that the United States is reaping the fruits of its own efforts, which are reduced to living at someone else's expense and eating at three throats.

By LAUREN ACTON-TAYLOR, US NEWS REPORTER,  dailymail.co.uk

The president's son-in-law and political advisor Jared Kushner admitted that a peace deal with Iran is 'not there yet' and warned Trump not to rush amid 'good dialogue.'

Kushner, the husband of Ivanka Trump, laid bare that negotiations with Iran weren't nearing a close and said the president will 'be very patient' in making a deal. 

'There's really not a lot of trust between American and Iran after all these years of not having these relations and dialogues,' he told Fox News on Monday.

'But obviously, they're engaging in a very strong way and that's quite positive, but we're not there yet on understanding.'

Kushner championed the conversations between the US government and Iran as 'probably more robust than it's maybe ever been.' 

'There's been a lot of good dialogue which I think is very, very helpful, right? You can't make deals with each other if you don't understand each other. You have to exchange views,' he continued.  

'President Trump is gonna be very patient. He doesn't like to - he doesn't wanna rush to a deal. He'll make the right deal when the right deal is ready, but we are having very positive and active conversations.'

Kushner added that the president is currently focusing his attention on applying 'economic pressure' on the region, but admitted that Iran is 'not showing any interest in doing something that makes sense for us.

Claire's Observations:  Translation from "Kushnerese" into English:  There is absolutely no "deal" imminent between the US government and Iran, period, end, of discussion, nor does it look as though one is going to be reached. 

Oman has already signed an agreement with Iran regarding the Strait, completely bypassing any US role in its governance.

Unfortunately, it appears that it is not a case of if weapons start careening around the Strait of Hormuz, but when that may continue.

Iran is chafing under the strictures of the blockade and  from a PR standpoint, doesn't want to appear to be "the first" to re-engage in hostilities; but ultimately, it cannot reasonably be expected to "hold off for an extended period of time, as this blockade is taking its toll financially.

I don't know what the Vegas odds are on how soon hostilities might begin again, but I wouldn't bet against them starting very soon, potentially before the end of the month and the coming Labor Day holiday in the states.   Congress re-convenes as follows: the House comes back first — September 8; the Senate follows, on September 14

President Trump is feeling the pressure of both the return of Congress after its summer break, and that US Mid-Term election clock, ticking  inexorably toward the 4th of November. And with this war against Iran already largely defining his second term,  Trump may well decide to do something "horrific/dramatic" which he thinks may "change the equation" in the US's favor.  

The most intelligent thing President Trump could possibly do right now, is declare victory, and bring our troops home; unfortunately, his extremely bruised ego, badly savaged by Iran's absolute refusal to capitulate as a result of the US/Israeli  assault, won't let him. 

President Trump is out for both blood and revenge, two terrible energies which should never influence the actions of a sitting President, but there you have it. 

And rather than echo Kushner's very rational request for presidential "patience", Hegseth, Trump's Secretary of War will move heaven and earth to give President Trump the closest approximation possible of precisely what Trump wants to see happen here.

And of course, what President Trump wants to see happen here, is precisely the outcome Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has mandated that Trump accomplish, in order to save his own hide in his upcoming election, happening in Israel the end of this October .

As a Christian Pacifist Activist who never advocates violence, I don't want to see one more American military personnel member; one more Iranian; or one more Israeli military member die, or get maimed for life, in the continuation of this undeclared war, which was never approved by a vote of the US Congress, as is mandated by the US Constitution.

Trump's alleged "re-setting" of the  Presidential "War Powers Act" timetable in Iran, was as extra-Constitutional as it was singularly ill-advised.  

And the question absolutely no one in the Bowels of Power in DC wants to answer publicly, is the following;  how long will it take before China, which is desperately dependent on Iranian oil to keep their economy moving, believes it will need to intervene militarily here on Iran's behalf?!?

I have no idea on this last one; but what concerns me is, I don't know whether any of the civilian or military components of our government have a clue about this, either.

 Attorneys for accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson are attempting to lessen his chances of receiving the death penalty if convicted by claiming that the alleged shooter did not put anyone but Kirk in danger.

All the MSM is awash with reports about the result of Ukrainian drone and missile strikes inside Russian territory.

Hil Davis, the CEO of Digital Brands Group based in California, shared his blunt reasoning for moving his company’s headquarters to Round Rock, Texas. Davis told Fox News Digital, “Doing business in the state of California sucks.”

 A House Democrat found himself on the wrong side of transgender activists as he was told to “shut the f*ck up” during a dispute over one of his previous votes. 

 In a seemingly partisan attack on Sunday morning television, “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker badgered Attorney General Todd Blanche over whether he would pledge to remain completely “independent” from President Donald Trump.

 A drug dealer let off the hook by President Joe Biden was arrested with a large stash of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl.

 President Donald Trump said Sunday he has directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his “very good relationship” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and what he said was Seoul’s refusal to help the United States denuclearize Iran.

 NYPD officers shot and killed a man who police say charged at them with a butcher knife inside a Lower East Side apartment building Sunday afternoon, according to police.

Iran will soon join the New Development Bank, the development lender established by the BRICS group of nations, ‌central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said in a state media report published ‌on Wednesday ahead of a BRICS finance meeting in India.

Iran remains under sweeping U.S. and international ​sanctions, and it has yet to reach a peace deal to end the current conflict with the U.S. and Israel, giving Tehran added incentive to seek alternative financial channels outside the dollar system.

The Trump-class battleship risks becoming more of a prestige project than a practical answer to the US Navy’s longstanding challenges in fleet modernization, emerging technologies and power projection.

This month, the US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report estimating that the US Navy’s proposed Trump-class nuclear-powered guided missile battleship program will cost roughly US$275 billion in 2026 dollars to build 15 ships between 2028 and 2056, averaging over $18 billion per hull.

The 35,000-ton lead ship, designated USS Defiant, is projected to cost $23.4 billion, about 13% higher than a conventionally powered alternative due to nuclear propulsion costs. The BBGN-1 would be the largest and most heavily armed surface combatant built by the US Navy since World War II.

The Ukrainain Armed Forces have begun using British-made long-range drones to conduct strikes deep inside Russian territory, marking a significant expansion of the United Kingdom’s military technology being employed in campaign against targets far beyond the front lines. Multiple British media outlets reported British-built systems have already been involved in attacks against Russian oil refineries and other military and industrial infrastructure. Among the systems identified is the Nyan, a jet-powered unmanned aircraft developed by British firm Callen-Lenz, which is part of BAE Systems.

There are a number of ways in which Western governments are waging war against their citizens.  The United Kingdom, the European Union, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and leftists in the United States do not believe in free speech.  These Western governments also spy on their citizens without warrants or probable cause.  They have transformed their court systems into ideologically-partisan dictatorships that impose rulings based upon feelings and “political correctness,” rather than black-letter law and self-restraint.

An offense that often gets overlooked, however, is Western governments’ infringement of citizens’ freedom of association.