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Missiles Over Iran Signal the Open Return to 500 Years of Fascist Empire

After a brief flirtation with civilization — following the discrediting of White Supremacy after World War II — the West slips back into its oldest suit: violence, death, and depravity.

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Feb 28, 2026
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The thin veneer of liberal interventionism has shattered. What remains is the old, familiar face of Western empire — stripped of pretense, gorged on violence, and answerable to no one.

The missiles fell on Tehran today. They fell on Isfahan, on Qom, on Kermanshah, on Karaj. The United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran, with explosions heard and seen across Tehran. U.S. officials confirmed that the strikes were coordinated, describing them as “not a small strike.” They fell while diplomats in Geneva still had the ink wet on their talking points from the last round of negotiations. According to an Israeli defence official quoted by Reuters, the attacks had been planned for months and the launch date decided weeks ago, even as the US and Iran carried out negotiations. The talks were theater. The armada was real.

This is the face that does not change. It is not the face of democracy, or freedom, or human rights. It is the face of conquest. It is the face that the Taíno saw when C…

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