Day turned into night as a cloud of toxic smoke hovered over Tehran, whose streets were like a scene from hell, aflame <https://www.instagram.com/p/DVn8j6UkgWQ/> with streams of burning fuel. All this was courtesy of Israel’s having bombed an oil storage facility there. That crime came shortly after the US bombed a girls school, killing over 100 girls.
Even the NY Times <https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/world/europe/iranians-destruction-bombs-despair.html> news reports cannot totally ignore the devastation. They quote Tehran resident Aryan, who says he had had some hope when Trump first started attacking Iran. But then “the shock of those scenes left him wondering if his hopes for the U.S.-Israeli campaign were ‘just my own illusion (he said). They’ve hit everywhere. The night turned into morning, and morning into night,’” following the latest round of bombings. Peyman, another Tehran resident says that “Iran is gradually turning into ruins.” *We are seeing the Gazafication of Iran. And what is the attitude of the world’s capitalist class?* The *NY Times *editors initially posted an editorial <https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/opinion/iran-attack-trump-war.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawQcB41leHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEewQbjitty4U8oAwpgjab3A487M-nuRoNsVdfjzEpMDdmWV9b97cmHvKP3yqU_aem_E7o1mOmAVur-PJ77AdveHA>opposing “Operation Epic Fury for being “reckless” and having “ill defined” pruposes. Not because from the very start it was and is a war crime. Not because of the tremendous suffering. That is irrelevant to them. It is a reminder of what, Louis Antoine, Duke Enghien said: “It’s worse than a crime. It’s a mistake.” The *Wall St. Journal* editors praised “Epic Fury” to the skies while they warned Trump <https://www.wsj.com/opinion/its-too-soon-for-iran-off-ramps-828cc260?mod=hp_opin_pos_1&fbclid=IwY2xjawQcCOFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEebxe9xQ1bU2y3ZKWsBErk97K_DX6T92ynLOgNB5ndYjyoCF2xPvZfue8h5DQ_aem_qt3jw3lOkIFrrn5pwzHl7w> not to end it too quickly. And now, after crime after crime – what is their response? The *NY Times* editorial board is silent. As for the Wall St. Journal, their their editorial board today writes that “the war is going better than expected.” *Better than expected!* The editors continue: Read full article here: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2026/03/09/operation-epic-fury-the-true-face-of-global-capitalism/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41033): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41033 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118236005/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
