Mearsheimer is only repeating what the United Nations Report, October 2025 has already laid out in detail.
“The ongoing genocide in Gaza is a collective crime, sustained by the complicity of influential Third States (US and Israel) that have enabled longstanding systemic violations of international law by Israel.
Framed by colonial narratives that dehumanise the Palestinians, this live-streamed atrocity has been facilitated through …direct support, material aid, diplomatic protection and, in some cases, active participation.”
After two years of genocidal activities in Gaza, Professor John Mearsheimer observed a transition to Iran.
“We did not even attempt to make up a case for provocation. The attack on Iran was unprovoked, pure and simple.
“Then there is a genocide in Gaza, and the US is providing weapons and support.
“We are complicit in this also. If at the end of this war, Trump and his officers were brought to the ICC, they would be hanged for war crimes.”
US President Donald Trump, whether by hook or through blackmail, was tricked by Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu into a war with Iran on February 28.
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The US was ill-prepared for the war.
Secondly, Trump imagined a Second World War scenario in which football wide frigates, carrying 5 000 warriors would land on the beaches of Kharg island and frighten the Iranian natives to flee into the desert sand dunes and hide.
The missing link is the invention of non-human combat devices, missiles, self-propelling drones and mach-5 (5 times speed of sound) Khaybar missiles.
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich named three ways which formed the basis for US humiliation. First, the US underestimated the ferocity of the Revolutionary Corps in Iran who preferred death to surrender.
If Iran surrendered, the revolutionary corps would face execution or worse.
Secondly, the murder of the Holy Father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and 49 cabinet members ensured their martyrdom and need for revenge.
Thirdly, the nature of war had changed as we have referred to above. Israeli Mossad chief, David Barnea, lied to Israeli prime minister and to Trump that once Khamenei was murdered, Iranians would flee.
This piece of information is curious. It comes from the advice given to Alexander the Great by Aristotle (died 322 BC).
In tyrannical societies (like Egypt and Persia) the invader need only kill the king or tyrant (who is regarded as a god). The natives, totally disoriented will regard the victor as the new god.
Israelis were reading the wrong books. Iranians had presumed such an eventuality and divided their military forces into 90 self-servicing and self-directing units, just in case the leadership was decapitated.
When going to press, unverified reports say that Barnea himself may have fallen victim to an Iranian drone.
The greatest humiliation came from the fact that despite US-Israeli 1 000 air sorties and bomb droppings in Iran, including the murder of 175 children at a girl’s school, Iran has retaliated, and shows no sign of relenting.
Iran nationalised the strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of world oil passes. Iran charges USD2 million for each ship, Trump was apoplectic.
Yet, 13 ship captains who were “stubborn” got their ships fire-bombed.
It was Lloyds of London which raised insurance costs by 600% that put a nail in the coffin.
US-Israeli invaders had not planned for Hormuz closure.
Colonel Douglas McGregor believes that the toilet and fire emergencies which happened on the USS Ford Frigate were intentional on the part of the 5 000 sailors, who resented being sent to die for Israel.
Worse, the Houthis, wild Yemen tribesmen, have now threatened closure of the Red Sea.
US-Israeli planners had not foreseen this possibility. A combination of the Red Sea-Hormuz straits chock-hold affects 30 percent of world oil supplies.
The US-Israeli occupiers had not planned for this.
Trump’s reaction to all this is shameful and self-humiliating.
I watched a video recording of Trump’s attempt to court Saudi ruler Muhammad bin Salman’s support.
“He did not realise that he would have to kiss my ass-Salman did. Well, he must be nice to me.” Trump said.
The translation of the word “ass” has nothing to do with donkeys-and Arabic is a violent language.
The issue here is that Salman has played both sides in the past, kissing Trump’s donkey in the hope of getting favorable treatment and military protection.
No Siree!
It is Isreal stupid!
US defensive military assets at Sultan US military base, were withdrawn to Israel, leaving the Saudis defenseless.
Sultan air-base suffered loss of 3 AWACKS planes, 23 other military assets and forced the 10 000 personnel to “re-adjust, reposition and re-deploy to an alternative defensive forward positioning” (military jargon for withdraw).
There is worse new. Eleven US military bases throughout the Middle East have suffered Iranian drone attacks and have been forced to “redeploy personnel.”
Iraqi Holy Father Sistani, chief priest in the Sunni religious orders, has declared a fatwa against American humans. This has far reaching negative consequences. US military personnel as well as US civilian personnel working for conglomerates like Google and Facebook, who sought refuge in hotels, are no longer safe.
The burning of the Bughe Khalifa in Dubai (the tallest building in the world) and the attack on Dubai Airport has seen the closure of the world’s busiest international airport-which receives 100 million travellers a year.
The loss of the golden safaris (in Dubai) has seen thousands of Ukrainian and German sex workers fleeing back to their home countries.
Iranians were tricked into a state of ambience twice by Trump’s Jewish shysters, son-in-law Jarred Kushner and Steve Witkoff, June 23, (2025) and February 28 (2026). Each time they were bombed while waiting for meetings.
Gingrich argues that the US-Israelis will discover that they have under-estimated Iran’s preparedness.
*Ken Mufuka is a Zimbabwean patriot.
