Comments on: Open thread 6/6/2026 https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/06/open-thread-6-6-2026/ A blog about political change, among other things Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:32:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Mike Plaiss https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/06/open-thread-6-6-2026/#comment-2854026 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:32:39 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=149727#comment-2854026 See? It’s all fine now.

Iran Declares End of Strikes Against Israel, Fars Says: TOPLive

Headline from Bloomberg. No idea how to get around the paywall, but I don’t think there’s much of a story yet anyway.

]]> By: Barry Meislin https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/06/open-thread-6-6-2026/#comment-2854024 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:38:29 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=149727#comment-2854024 IOW, Trump’s injunctions to Netanyahu MAY be merely street theater.

We don’t know.
(We CAN’T know…until the smoke clears and/or it all plays out.)
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FWIW, here’s another example of clarity from Amine Ayoub:

“Israel Under Fire: Iran’s missile barrage shatters fragile calm as proxies test the limits;
“Context is essential: Israel strikes back. Its actions arise from survival imperatives after years of rockets, tunnels, and massacres, not from unprovoked aggression…”—
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428293

+ Bonus (Mazel tov!!)

“…62 Year Old Dutch Man Marries The Chatbot Of His Dreams”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/skynet-soulmate-62-year-old-dutch-man-marries-chatbot-his-dreams

Gotta look at the bright side…

]]> By: Barry Meislin https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/06/open-thread-6-6-2026/#comment-2854020 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:29:44 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=149727#comment-2854020 Keep in mind, if possible, that we’re all STILL speculating…
(To be sure, that’s what people do; but WE DO NOT KNOW how this will play out…even if we’re hot for certainties….)
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…Having said that, here’s something from the “Lest There Be Any Doubt” File, (“Nothing Really New” Section):

“Turkish Minister: Jerusalem will be ours;
“Turkish Minister claims Jerusalem will return to Turkey….”—
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/428281

So here’s a question: can the Neo-Ottomans decide unilaterally that they need to borrow a nuke or two (oh, say, just on principle)?

Break out the Turkish delight…?

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/06/open-thread-6-6-2026/#comment-2854006 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:05:02 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=149727#comment-2854006 Selfy:

And nobody knows they are dogs (robo canids).

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/06/open-thread-6-6-2026/#comment-2854005 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:01:11 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=149727#comment-2854005 Turtler:

I hadn’t seen your 6/2026 02:29 PM fisking of Keith on my smartphone when I commented at 02:45 that Keith was disingenuous, again.

Thorough and well done!

Hope the job search is going well.

]]> By: Selfy https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/06/open-thread-6-6-2026/#comment-2854004 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 01:59:34 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=149727#comment-2854004 Internet traffic from AI agents and other bots now surpasses that of people:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/6/internet-traffic-ai-agents-bots-surpasses-people/

]]> By: sdferr https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/06/open-thread-6-6-2026/#comment-2853997 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:42:53 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=149727#comment-2853997 Tamir Morag:

The biggest problem with Trump’s request for Netanyahu to wait a few days and then attack together if there is no deal, is that in the end, there might actually be a deal.

If that happens, Israel will be stuck with a loophole-ridden agreement that saves the Iranian regime and fails to address all the threats. All of this after Israel failed to respond to a ballistic missile attack on its territory, which occurred without Israel even attacking Iran in the first place.

The second worst scenario is repeated delays by Trump and the Iranians, with more and more promises to “wait just a few more days because the deal is just around the corner.”

If, on the other hand, there is a powerful joint response by Israel and the US within a few days, the short wait is a price worth paying.

The problem is, there is absolutely no such certainty.

https://x.com/i/status/2063768780258308465

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/06/open-thread-6-6-2026/#comment-2853996 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:17:10 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=149727#comment-2853996 Well, if Trump has a good strategy he isn’t explaining it well. He is looking weak and I would have thought he wouldn’t allow that to happen.

]]> By: sdferr https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/06/open-thread-6-6-2026/#comment-2853994 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:26:53 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=149727#comment-2853994 If Trump were to be intentionally aiming to see to it Netanyahu can’t be reelected in the fall, I’m not sure what he’d be doing differently: is where this is going to in my mind, bad places for everyone concerned.

]]> By: Mike Plaiss https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/06/open-thread-6-6-2026/#comment-2853993 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:45:06 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=149727#comment-2853993 Random musings. What does Iran hope to accomplish with this? Maintaining the appearance of strength to those they lord over? Maybe. Driving a wedge between Israel and the U.S.? Or is it just to make Trump look foolish. Whatever the reason they had to expect retaliation, and evidently they don’t fear it. That itself suggests we’re doing this wrong.

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