“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity”
Feb 19, 2026
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The US Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln leads its strike group during an exercise in the Arabian Sea [File: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jesse Monford/US Navy via Reuters]
By Al Jazeera Staff and News Agencies
Published On 18 Feb 202618 Feb 2026
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The United States has issued new threats against Tehran after a second round of nuclear talks, as Iran and Russia announced joint naval drills in the Sea of Oman to deter any “unilateral action” in the region.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday that “Iran would be very wise to make a deal” with US President Donald Trump, after indirect talks in the Swiss city of Geneva ended without a significant breakthrough.
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Leavitt told reporters that while some progress was made on Tuesday, “we’re still very apart on some issues”.
Trump – who has deployed two US aircraft carriers and thousands of troops to the Gulf region – escalated his rhetoric on social media.
“Should Iran decide not to make a Deal,” the US may need to use an Indian Ocean airbase in the Chagos Islands, “in order to eradicate a potential attack by a highly unstable and dangerous Regime”, he wrote on his Truth Social platform.
A previous negotiating effort collapsed last year when Israel launched attacks on Iran, triggering a 12-day war that Washington joined in by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.
Trump issued new threats of military action in January following a deadly Iranian crackdown on antigovernment protesters. Tehran responded by threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz – a vital oil export route for Gulf oil – and warning it could strike US military bases in the region.
The exchange heightened fears of a regional war and prompted diplomatic efforts by Gulf states, including Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, to prevent escalation.
LLAW’s Thoughts, Concerns, and Fears about Today’s Nuclear World and Beyond . . .
And now Russia is involved! This is the kind of thing that could likely lead to WWIII, to which Trump seems deadset on international war along with Israel.
It seems to me to be like a “sea of human lemmings” heading for the edge of a great cliff that will lead them —- and the rest of us by default — to the throes of global nuclear war, even though it would begin as an old style conventional war that wouldn’t last long before nukes were in the final war to end all wars — not because of one nation’s hopes of winning such a war; but of course because no nation can win such a war. . .
But, in reality, perhaps it’s all more accurately caused by Trump’s insatiable desire to evidently go down in a vacuum-like series — many already achieved — of a self -aggrandizing mental history as the only winner of an international war that only he, and no one else, desires to make his statement before his own god or whomever he perceives to be his god — which is most likely himself . . . ~llaw
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All Things Nuclear
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Nuclear War Threats
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But more recently, he has threatened to attack if Iran failed to reach a deal to limit its nuclear program and said that a “massive Armada” was …
Russia warns of escalating Iran tensions amid U.S. military build up – Reuters
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The United States has issued new threats against Tehran after a second round of nuclear … war that Washington joined in by bombing three …
Nuclear War
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Iran holds more drills and US carrier nears Mideast in latest preparations for possible war
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… , with the United States and Iran signaling they are prepared for war if talks on Tehran’s nuclear program fizzle out.
Donald Trump repeats call for Iran to end nuclear program as world leaders gather … – The Guardian
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On the war in Gaza, Trump declares it “over” barring “little flames” in the region. “The cease fire was held, and every last remaining hostage, both …
A potential military strike on Iran can happen as soon as Saturday – YouTube
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