US-Israelische Militär-Intervention im Iran

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Die Antwort auf die zweite Frage wird es bei uns nicht einmal in die Fußnoten der Zeitungen schaffen, geschweige denn dass eine Silbe davon in Radio oder Fernsehen erwähnt wird. Denn es dürfte das erste Mal sein, dass der israelische Premierminister hinsichtlich seiner Kriegsziele ehrlich ist.

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https://twiteer.com/StateDept/status/20 ... 0800494703

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President’s Budget

https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/informat ... es/budget/

• Budget of the U.S. Government
  
  Office of Management and Budget
  Fiscal Year 2027
  

  The 2027 Budget builds on the President’s vision by continuing to constrain non-defense spending and reform the Federal Government. The Budget proposes a 10-percent cut compared to 2026 non-defense levels.

  At the same time, the Budget builds upon the historic $1 trillion topline provided for the national defense by requesting $1.5 trillion for 2027, a 44-percent increase. President Trump promised to reinvest in America’s national security infrastructure, to make sure our Nation is safe in a dangerous world. The 2027 Budget upholds this promise and would ensure that the United States continues to maintain the world’s most powerful and capable military.

  https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u ... fy2027.pdf

Der laufende Krieg und wie viel dafür veranschlagt ist, wird in den Budgetdokumenten nirgends erwähnt.

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Ghost Murmur ….. hört sich org an.

“If your heart is beating, we will find you.”

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Exclusive: Pentagon email floats suspending Spain from NATO, other steps over Iran rift, source says

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - An internal Pentagon email outlines options for the United States to punish NATO allies it believes failed to support ​U.S. operations in the war with Iran, including suspending Spain from the alliance and reviewing the U.S. position on Britain's claim to the Falkland Islands, a U.S. official told Reuters.

The policy options are ‌detailed in a note expressing frustration at some allies' perceived reluctance or refusal to grant the United States access, basing and overflight rights - known as ABO - for the Iran war, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the email.

The email stated that ABO is "just the absolute baseline for NATO," according to the official, who added that the options were circulating at high levels in the Pentagon.

One option in the email envisions suspending "difficult" countries from important or prestigious positions at NATO, the official said.

"Wouldn't you if you were me?" Trump asked Reuters in an April 1 interview, in response to a question about whether the U.S. pulling out ⁠of NATO was a possibility.

But the email does not suggest that the United States do so, the official said. It also does not propose closing bases in Europe.

The official declined to say whether the options included a widely expected ​U.S. drawdown of some forces from Europe, however.

Asked for comment on the email, Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson responded: "As President Trump has said, despite everything that the United States has done for our NATO allies, they were not there ​for us.

"The War Department will ensure that the President has credible options to ensure that our allies are no longer a paper tiger and instead do their part. We have no further comment on any internal deliberations to that effect," Wilson said.

The policy options outlined in the email would be intended to send a strong signal to NATO allies with the goal of "decreasing the sense of entitlement on the part of the Europeans," the official said, summarizing the email.

The option to suspend Spain from the alliance would have a limited effect on U.S. military operations but a significant symbolic impact, the email argues.

The official did not disclose how the United States might pursue suspending Spain from the alliance, and Reuters could not immediately determine whether there was an existing mechanism at NATO to do so.

"We do not work off emails. We work off official documents and government positions, in this case of the United States," Spanish Prime Minister ​Sanchez said when asked about the report ahead of ​a meeting of European Union leaders in Cyprus to ⁠discuss topics including NATO's mutual assistance clause.

The memo also includes an option to consider reassessing U.S. diplomatic support for longstanding European "imperial possessions," such as the Falkland Islands near Argentina.

https://www.reuters.com/world/pentagon- ... 026-04-24/

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Trump argues "hostilities" with Iran "have terminated" in war powers letter to Congress

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/01/world/li ... 6rpm4ry764

• https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/ ... powers.pdf