The situation has gotten worse.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-strikes-lebanon-following-hezbollah-attacks-widening-iran-conflict-2026-03-02/

-- Iran is continuing to bomb targets in various countries all over the Middle East.
-- Israel and USA are continuing to bomb Iran.
-- Hezbollah joined in by bombing various targets, including Israel.
-- Israel is now bombing locations Lebanon in retaliation for that.
-- U.S. ships have been targeted. U.S. military bases have been targeted.
-- A U.K. (yes UK) target in Cyprus was hit.
It's all chaos.

Israeli's military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said combat operations against Hezbollah could be prolonged, lasting days. Trump in interviews on Sunday with multiple news outlets said the U.S.-Israeli military assault on Iranian targets could continue for at least four weeks.

_______

Elsewhere in Asia:

in unrelated news:
As of Friday Feb. 27, Pakistan is bombing Afghanistan
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/blasts-heard-kabul-amid-clashes-between-afghan-pakistani-forces-2026-03-01/

however.... related to Iran ...
-- Anti-American and anti-Israel protests have broken out in various countries, in reaction to the bombing of Iran. Including protests in Pakistan.
-- Pakistani protesters approached the U.S. consulate in Karachi Pakistan, and were fired upon by U.S. security.
-- The U.N. (yes UN) office in Skardu, Pakistan was burned down by protesters.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-police-fire-tear-gas-protesters-outside-us-consulate-reuters-witness-2026-03-01/

Edited Monday at 06:35 PM2 days by janea4old

As I said earlier, throughout the years, during heightened news events, there have occasionally been random people posting incorrect pictures or old pictures, or mislabeled pictures from unrelated events.
(And nowadays faked A.I. images are added to all of that).
so it's important to verify with several sources to see if it's real.

Here's the latest example:
Fact Check: Video of 2003 assault on Iraq miscaptioned as Afghanistan 2026
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/video-2003-assault-iraq-miscaptioned-afghanistan-2026-2026-02-27/

Edited Monday at 10:29 AM3 days by janea4old

So, IOW, we (and Israel) have accomplished nothing in Iran (not even securing our oil resources over there - which, I suspect, has been this administration's motivation all along). In fact, we've made a very bad situation even worse, jeopardizing hundreds of thousands of lives, and potentially plunging us all into another war (that will drag on for years and resolve nothing).

Good to know.

Edited Monday at 05:22 PM3 days by Khan

Kuwait accidentally shot down three U.S.A. F-15 fighter jets
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/kuwait-intercepts-hostile-drones-third-day-iran-retaliatory-strikes-2026-03-02/

Edited Monday at 06:32 PM2 days by janea4old

On 3/2/2026 at 1:31 PM, janea4old said:

Kuwait accidentally shot down three U.S.A. F-15 fighter jets
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/kuwait-intercepts-hostile-drones-third-day-iran-retaliatory-strikes-2026-03-02/

Not only is this regime crazy and evil, but it's also incompetent. To not even alert Kuwait is just peak stupidity.

personal opinion:

I don't believe Tr*mp and his U.S. administration.
They lie and also want to kill/deport/defund/and put people in concentration camps, and make money off of it.

I don't believe Netanyahu.
He has committed genocide on Gaza to empower himself.

I don't believe Iran state media.
Within recent months, that government killed thousands of protesters.

I don't believe any of these lying murderers.

/end rant

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by janea4old

James Talarico (who appeared on Colbert's youtube)
won over Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary in Texas for U.S. Senate.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/03/texas-jasmine-crockett-james-talarico-us-senate-democratic-primary/

Jasmine Crockett conceded in support, and then continued her work in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by janea4old

When I heard that James Talarico had won the primary, I was disappointed, but not surprised.

Even if we manage to rid ourselves of the current administration and get out from under the GOP's death grip, we're too shell-shocked, for lack of a better word, to keep moving toward a government that reflects our country's unique ethnic and racial makeup. For the next generation or more, it's gonna be back to pitting nondescript white male vs. nondescript white male in most elections; and those of us who wanted real change will just have to hold our noses and vote.

IOW, Talarico's victory is just a sign of things to come - for the left AND for the right.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Khan