240. Nobody gonna slow me down
From the very beginning, I have been stating that the US and Israel are unlikely to win this war.
It's not because of a lack of resources, but rather a lack of comparatively strong willpower. In this regard, Afghans and Iranians are unmatched.
These are very lovable people if you show them respect, but they can be dangerously unpredictable if provoked. You just forget about winning over them in a war, small or big.
I say this based on my personal interactions with many Iranian and a few Afghani friends.
This was a fact known to all U.S. Presidents, from Jimmy Carter to Joe Biden. They never attempted to attack Iran. They engaged in the necessary push and pull tactics but nothing beyond that. And I acknowledge that the best was Barack Obama.
In fact, it was the USA that missed the bus in 1979.
Shortly after taking power in Iran in 1979, the Ayatollah Khomeini regime supported the violent seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979, seven months after the fall of the Pahlavi monarchy during the revolution.
The incident was triggered when the U.S. allowed the settlement of Iranian royal family members, leading to 66 embassy staff and others being taken hostage for 444 days.
The Carter administration carried out a rescue mission; however, it failed when a transport aircraft and helicopters crashed. The hostages were only released on January 20, 1981, after President Ronald Reagan took office.
In October 1983, a truck bomb explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, collapsed the U.S. Marine Corps barracks, killing 241 people. The attack was attributed to Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based armed group supported by Iran.
The 2015 Iran nuclear deal, signed during the Obama administration, presented an opportunity to enhance relations. It involved Iran limiting its nuclear activities considerably in return for the U.S. removing sanctions.
In 2018, Trump’s administration unilaterally withdrew from the agreement and reimposed sanctions. Iran responded by gradually increasing uranium enrichment, effectively ceasing compliance.
In January 2020, a U.S. military drone killed Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq. Five days later, the Revolutionary Guard responded by launching more than 12 ballistic missiles at U.S. bases in Iraq.
It was the biggest damage Donald Trump caused, and it was Israel that planned this stupid strategy only to intensify the enmity.
Now again, Israel has authorized its military to eliminate any high-ranking Iranian official on its assassination list. Assassination list? It reminds us of the infamous Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann. Those unaware, Adolf Eichmann was a high-ranking German SS officer and a key organizer of the Holocaust, responsible for managing the logistics of deporting millions of Jews to ghettos and extermination camps.
Israel’s move has sparked questions regarding the world order, as its rules of war go against the International Humanitarian Law and the customary rules.
To date, such targeted operations have led to the deaths of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, security chief Ali Larijani, intelligence minister Esmail Khatib, and many others.
The most concerning fact is the deep-rooted historical mistrust, miscommunication, and misperception, along with repeated diplomatic overreach, which have gradually pushed the relationship between Iran and the U.S. toward open conflict.
I am not giving a clean chit to Iran, as its repressive regime, similar to Pakistani politicians who depend on fostering fear of India, heavily relies on performative anti-American rhetoric to sustain its domestic legitimacy.
But we cannot dismiss the fact that, during his first term, Trump was the one who withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Additionally, in 2025 and 2026, while negotiations were still ongoing, the United States decided to bomb Iranian targets.
American leaders and media have consistently portrayed Middle Eastern leaders as irrational, foolish, and lunatic figures, from Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Saddam Hussein to Muammar Gaddafi, Bashar al-Assad, and now Ali Khamenei.
Recollect how Trump called Iranian leaders: “They’re sick people.” “They’re mentally ill, Sick people.” “They are crazy. They are sick.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knows Trump better than Trump knows himself. He publicly reminded Trump that, for 47 years, no U.S. president had attacked Iran because they lacked the courage, though he didn’t say the word explicitly, he hinted at it. He played his game skillfully and effectively, putting Trump in a tough spot. Now Trump is in trouble. Except for some bluffs, some jokes, and some visible idiotic remarks, he is doing nothing because he can do nothing.
The world must accept the truth – the US and Israel have lost the war. Public sympathy is against them. Even those of my friends who somehow managed to come from Dubai, leaving their assets back, only utter explicit words for Trump.
On the other side, Netanyahu continually shifts his objectives—claiming Iran is close to acquiring nuclear weapons, denying Iran the right to enrich uranium domestically, insisting on dismantling its nuclear facilities, advocating for the removal of its ballistic missile capabilities, and ultimately backing regime change.
This war will drag on, and we cannot dismiss an atomic war because Israel can do anything. It will not come from Iran.
One of the very important statements Iran’s supreme leader has made but is rarely quoted on is that he has spoken many times about the atomic bomb being Haram in Islam.
My analysis confirms that Iran has an atomic bomb, and if it doesn’t have it, it will certainly make dozens come what may after this war. No country can stop them because no one has any moral authority.
About diplomacy, the less said, the better, because diplomacy requires trust, which is absent. Just three days back, US Secretary of War Hegseth said, “We negotiate with bombs.”
Amidst all this, a stunning yet bleak video from the coast of Iran’s Hormozgan province has captured social media attention.
The footage shows a young Iranian girl peacefully enjoying a swing at Bandar Abbas beach, while in the distance, dense black smoke rises from a naval facility near the Strait of Hormuz. This scene serves as a stark reminder that daily life continues despite ongoing conflict.
I don’t know how she must be feeling at that time, but I wish she hums – aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai.
A simple Iranian girl is showing the world how to be content, courageous, and to take each day as it comes.
Let's send our love and hope she survives this war.
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While sending this note to my team for posting on the website, I remembered a song, "Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder. Here it goes -
Ain't nothin′ gonna to break my stride
Nobody gonna slow me down, oh no
I got to keep on moving
Ain't nothin' gonna break my stride
I′m running and I won′t touch ground
Oh no, I got to keep on moving