Alexander Mercouris: Israel scents victory….

https://youtu.be/MLOfpI_5b_o?si=dk50zwQTWbXktxr-

An update from The Forum and Friends

https://www.youtube.com/live/emVa4Af_Jus?si=JJPDx-ANGYgfwDya

Update from Janta Ka Reporter:Trump extends ceasefire indefinitely as Iran refuses to join peace talks

https://youtu.be/1g7-i_0MIjg?si=JuWR3Do_9BS33ocD

An update from Colonel Macgregor:No Peace - U.S. Prepares for 'Total War' Against Iran

https://youtu.be/1AZPNUaXJ-k?si=c_k6NNDgfrPtq4-O

Scott Ritter on the nuclear possibilities in Iran war

https://www.youtube.com/live/QRkC8xniXkQ?si=E0g4AzrE9QiKVT9a And others https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/04/war-on-iran-signs-point-to-escalation.html#comments Scott Ritter with Stanislav Krapivnik https://youtu.be/9DOT41hsMZM?si=ZJM1AgW8zO4I5rrk

Yves Smith updates on Trump’s mental state from yesterday

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/04/iran-war-mad-king-trump-strait-of-hormuz-closed.html

Iran update from Janta Ka Reporter

https://youtu.be/V7VYZz09ywE?si=f--73W7uZkp2YQEz

An update from Stanislav Krapivnik

https://youtu.be/gxOkbc2Gkt0?si=HXZBfDzBdEpPBjym

Colonel Larry Wilkerson on the grim possibilties

with Rachel Blevins https://youtu.be/AanatE0W6Mw?si=NnEA5fdVV_boJuA5

Update on Iran war from Janta Ka Reporter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_m34i3rDC8

NamitArora on Indian caste system

https://youtu.be/pvYqORZaxe4 My comment:It is good as far as it goes. There seem to be some issues that are neglected. One of these is the internal life of the groups involved. As an example I would point out a relatively recent concept; the so called American exceptionalism. This has been mentioned by various American politicians and seems to be prevalent among many Americans. I think that there are similar things in caste groups. One of these is mentioned by Johannes Bronkhorst in ‘How the Brahmins won’. Through a period of reflection when they lost power, the Brahmins focussed on their internal life and much of their literature during that period was focussed on their internal life. They developed attitudes which helped them with loss of power and attitudes which helped them cope and keep their feeling of superiority(?’). This led to them being exampled to others too, probably resulting in some sort of sanskritisation. Thesecond point neglected is the the development of internal discipline; for example in the oral transmission of vedas over centuries and the corresponding attitudes that resulted in the particular group. Even if they did not understand what was transmitted, the discipline and ritual of repetition with exact pronounciation must have had long term effects. The third is adoptibility which is mentioned system palatable to others. to some extent , adopting the local gods goddesses beliefs in to their own system and making their

The status of the US blockade of the Straits of Torbuz from Janta Ka Reprter

https://youtu.be/z16NNth4A4Y see also https://youtu.be/XazEaPWjuvM