Divide & Rule
Aoun betrays Lebanon, new Gulf region Security Architecture negotiations continue, Israel lobby inserts Section 224 into NDAA, and Pew poll documents international revulsion for apartheid Israel.
Published: 2026-06-07
Introduction
To the US Empire, Iran’s imperial defiance is galling.
The US has attacked Iran with multiple color revolutions, wars, a currency attack and two leadership assassination campaigns using both its own and partner state Israel’s military and covert operatives. Iran not only stands, but is demanding a wider peace and positioning itself to banish the US military from the region.
Iran understands that the instigators of the illegal war against it wish to settle their conflict against it leaving themselves free to continue attacking Lebanon. To resist this divide and rule tactic and to assert its newly found influence in the region the Islamic Republic will only accept a peace proposal which creates a peace for itself and Lebanon and an improvement in the dire circumstances in Occupied Palestine.
Iran’s stance is both moral and strategic.
Owned Aoun
To understand the world it helps to know the motives of those describing it.
A statement by Lebanese President Aoun, the Reuters article covering it and comments upon it by Ray McGovern on Dialogue Works serve as an insightful example of this maxim.
On June 4th 2026 “negotiations” supervised by the US produced an agreement signed by Lebanon and Israel which they called a ceasefire. The text “committed” Lebanon and Israel to a pause in hostilities if and only if Hezbollah vacated the area of southern Lebanon which it has been defending against the invading Israeli army.
As a result of the U.S.-led negotiations, Israel and Lebanon agreed to the implementation of a ceasefire. The ceasefire is contingent on a complete cessation of Hizbollah fire and the evacuation of all Hizbollah operatives from the South Litani Sector.
If Hezbollah surrendered, the Lebanese army, which has not been defending Lebanon, would still do nothing. Israel only ever complies with external constraints when they do not constrain it. The US sponsored Lebanese-Israeli meeting produced not an “agreement” but propaganda. It was political theatre of no consequence, dependent upon the impossibility of Hezbollah committing political suicide by surrendering the homes of its members and supporters to Israel.
The next day, Lebanese President Aoun, when commenting upon the war between the US, Israel and Iran said:
They [Iran] are using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in their negotiation with the United States
When Ray McGovern was asked for comment on Dialogue Works, he playfully noted in alliteration that Aoun is owned. It is Aoun, not Iran, who is treating Lebanon as a bargaining chip, as had been proven the day before.
Aoun’s statement is a definitive example of a “talking point” or “sound bite” designed to be published across the western media apparatus to influence public opinion.
A signature of this type of propaganda article, when covered by the Reuters wire-service, is that the “journalist” Reuters lists on its article is “Reuters”. The editors who write such psyops do not have the honesty to use their own names. Such is the case with ‘Iran using Lebanon as bargaining chip in US talks, Lebanese president says’. You can find it republished at misnomered sites like US News.
Aoun has been paid to utter manipulative statements like this. Reuters exists to elevate them into influence operations. Thankfully, the reach of these operations is diminishing as people recognise the deception and choose not to pay any attention to the feckless “news” organisations which reprint them.
Divide and Conquer
Neither the US nor Israel has a patent on the “divide and rule” strategy. They should perhaps be more cautious in it use.
In discussion with Mario Nawfal, Larry Johnson and he deduced the current low-intensity engagement strategy employed by the US military against Iran. About 1,500 ships are trapped in the Persian Gulf. Each evening the US has been “guiding” a few ships to turn off their AIS transponders and attempt to run the strait. When Iran interdicts the ships it exposes its detection mechanism (e.g radars) and interdiction methods (e.g fast boats or locations of missile launch etc.). These are then attacked by the US military using the limited assets they have stationed in the Gulf.
Each time the US attacks Iran, having used non-military bait, Iran responds at “1.5 times” attacking in force the bases from which the US military launched its attacks.
Recently, the attacks on Iran have been issued or coordinated from Kuwait and Bahrain. Accordingly, they have suffered the reprisals. Iran is helping its neighbours understand the consequences of collaborating with the “child killing”, referring to the Minab 168, US military.
One of Iran’s strategies is to divide a wedge between the Gulf monarchies and the US. Its success can be measured by the reduction in cooperation. Of the 5 [Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait] only 2 [Bahrain and Kuwait] are still allowing the US use of their territory to attack Iran.
When the US and its allies strategic reserves of oil are exhausted, the US is going to have a serious international problem. That exhaustion is expected to occur in July. Iran’s demand of a unified peace, including Lebanon, is to drive a wedge between the US and Israel, suggested Prof. Marandi. The dilemma to soon arrive in Washington will be whether Israel is a liability or an asset? Col. Wilkerson answered that question for Washington in Washington D.C. over a decade ago.
Following the US detonation of the global energy market via its war with Iran, Israel has became a very expensive ally.
Egypt, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan
As mentioned on the recent podcast, there are two political “discussions” occurring over the USraeli war on Iran. One is a theoretical settlement, to serve a US domestic political agenda, allowing Trump to escape the political backlash soon to come in the midterms. While message exchanging continues, there is no process in place for this, irrespective of the US president’s weekly declarations. The US has no trustworthy negotiators, just Mossad assets posing as envoys.
The significant discussion is being sponsored by China. Pakistan is leading this real negotiation. Its purpose is the formation of a new security architecture for the region.
This topic, and the demise of the “Greater Israel Project” was discussed by Chas Freeman and Professor Diesen on June 6th 2026. Freeman named the 4 core states joining Iran in the new security architecture as Egypt, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. They are to develop a military industrial capacity to sustain their joint security. It will be supported by China and Russia.
[A map of the region with the five potential security architecture members underlined. The geographic ‘boxing’ can be seen.]
Viewed geographically, this boxes the smaller states into a region bound by the larger, with the US removed from the Persian Gulf at the centre. It is an inversion of the former, defeated security arrangement and a lens into a new multi-nodal world. The prospect of it must be causing considerable consternation in Washington and Tel Aviv.
The fact that the US is having to deal with this potential new security architecture displays just how myopic its and Israel’s choice to start the war with Iran was.
Their arrogance and incompetence remains on full display for their former security “partners” each day or two as Iran’s missiles and drones damage US military bases. Official lies from CENTCOM of 100% missile interception fail to hide the US military’s disgrace.
Ersatz Israel
Astute former Ambassador Freeman noted the implications of the recent Pew Research poll on Israel’s global public image. It is disastrous.
[Negative views of Israel, low confidence in Netanyahu across 36 countries | Pew Research Center, 2026-06-04]
Israel’s catastrophic PR is the result of 974 days of genocide in Gaza, with the annexation and razing of southern Lebanon running in parallel. A consistent ethno-supremacist, child murdering policy has been on full display for almost 3 years. Ireland has banned two Israeli government ministers from visiting.
Freeman chose the analogy of two Crusader era Christian enclaves. They could not survive without international support from Europe. Israel, as an expansionist apartheid state, at war with its neighbours, will also not survive without international support.
The figures for Germany, Britain and France show support for Israel in the 20 to 25% range match the pathetic public support of their political leaders, Merz, Starmer and Macron, respectively. These same European “leaders” are advocating a continuation of the beggaring of their states. After leaving Europe with energy costs at deinstrializing levels, they propose the insanity of spending taxes on arming the continent to fight Russia rather than settle the war in Ukraine.
The numerical parallel between the lack of support for Israel and the broken policy of supporting Ukraine suggests that the European public sees a relationship between them. The historical sequence does not seem accidental: Ukraine War, Nord Stream destruction, Genocide, Iran war, economic devastation of Europe.
Returning to global opinion on Israel, Türkiye yielded a result of 97% against. This pairs with former Israeli Prime Minister Bennet targeting Türkiye as its next Syria. Türkiye’s inclusion as a key player in a new security architecture for the region is incompatible with Israel’s expansionist ambitions.
Section 224
To embed ongoing support for the psychotic state, Israel’s lobby in the US has inserted a clause into the upcoming annual funding legislation for the imperial military. Section 224 of the 2026 NDAA will make it illegal to deny Israel participation in the US Military Industrial Complex. It will insert Israeli companies into US military acquisitions programs. It will share US military technology with Israel. It will bind the two militaries’ technology, manufacturers and political support. The Pentagon will have to appoint a Zionist Czar for US-Israeli military integration.
Current distinctions of “America First” or “Israel First” will be moot. The existing $3.5 billion per year funding of Israel will be chicken feed compared to the “partner” percentage Israel could grab each year from $1.5 trillion budget.
Red lights are flashing at the Pentagon. So alarmed are some sections of the Department of War that the Defence Intelligence Agency has raised its counter-espionage threat assessment for Israel to the highest level, “critical”.
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Joint Statement of the United States of America, Republic of Lebanon, and State of Israel on the Latest High-Level Trilateral Meeting; USA Executive Government; United States Department of State; 2026-06-04
Iran using Lebanon as bargaining chip in US talks, Lebanese president says; “Reuters”; Reuters; 2026-06-06
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Israel Has Engineered a Deadly Shortage of Medications and Health Care in Gaza; Hend Salama Abo Helow; Scheerpost; 2026-06-05
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Fusing the US Military and the IDF; Alan Macleod; The Unz Review; 2026-06-06
“Analysts have noted that, if passed, the bill will “extraordinarily” expand Israeli influence in domestic American politics, giving Tel Aviv the opportunity to pull powerful political levers through the tried and tested method of offering jobs.”
From an international view Section 224 makes no difference. The US empire and Israel are one: USrael. Domestically, the amendment will provide Israel political power over the US. Its sponsors are, in some sense, treasonous.
Israel Asks For A Guaranteed Share Of U.S. Weapon Purchases; b.; Moon of Alabama; 2026-06-06
US-Israel integration is far from ‘America First’; Joe Kent; Responsible Statecraft; 2026-06-03
Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries; Ben Freeman; Responsible Statecraft; 2026-06-03
Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say; www.nbcnews.com; Archive.today; 2026-06-06
🎧 Defending the Empire: Depression and Debt; YesXorNo; 2026-06-03
Videos
The Greater Israel Project Is Collapsing; Glenn Diesen interviews Chas Freeman; Glenn Diesen; 2026-06-06
Hormuz Toll, Strike On Kuwait, Israel Decline & Iranian Nuclear Bomb?; Glenn Diesen interviews Seyed M. Marandi; Glenn Diesen; 2026-06-05
West Asia Changing FAST, Israel LOSES Big - Putin REJECTS Zelensky; Alkhorshid interviews Ray McGovern; Dialogue Works; 2026-06-06
BREAKING: IRAN ATTACKS BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT w/ Fmr. CIA Larry Johnson; Mario Nawfal; Mario Nawfal; 2026-06-06
LIVE w/ Ray McGovern and the US-Israel military integration scheme; Trip the Beltway Fantastic Podcast; Trip the Beltway Fantastic Podcast; 2026-06-03
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