Radio War Nerd EMERGENCY EP #596 — Iran War Ceasefire
Recorded: April 8, 2026
Our shortest emergency ep ever, to celebrate what may be the briefest ceasefire/capitulation ever - but we'll take it!
Total time: 21:50
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Comments (32)
brothers, take heed. donald trump was chosen by Allah the most merciful to destroy the USA. alhamdulillah
As much as it appears like the ceasefire is breaking down, I think what’s happening is Israel attempting to blow up the negotiations and express their demonic genocidal petulent rage by terror bombing Lebanese civilian centres however they have largely failed and have been privately told to scale back. In lieu of which Iran has avoided responding. I think Washington’s public facing diplomacy can be read as a face saving measure. The negotiations apparently as of this minute are still a go and still appear to be based around the Iranian maximalist demands, which even if they only get 1/3 of would be a humiliating and historic defeat for America and a win for the world. I suppose we shall see. This conflict could only ever have ended with a nuclear bomb and the earth shattering repercussions from that or American defeat and concessions.
So apparently trumps anger was fuelled at a disastrous attempt to infliltrate a nuclear facility. Lol.
Mouin Rabbani has a good thread on Twitter this morning. His take is the latest Israel atrocity in more likely to be the last twitches of a failed strategy.
Well this is a moot point (since Israel blew up the ceasefire already) but I don't think I can "take the win" on this If you read the ceasefire announcement closely, Trump agrees on the 10 points only "in principle" as the basis of a permanent peace (to be negotiated). The only thing that would actually immediately happen during the 12 days was the armies would stop fighting and the straights would open. So it strikes me as a relatively straightforward Trump bamboozle where he gets something he wants in the short term (straights open) and promises to give you everything you've ever dreamed of (later, and subject to negotiation).
Well I think we have to remember that the “taking the win” is in reference to Tehran not getting a visit from Major King Kong and sending us all into the jaws of Hell
Eve Fartlow
shoutout to Bad Hasbara
Operation crying baby
Just got off, going home to bake me some ❤️IRGC ❤️ cookies
When true promise 3 happened I baked cookies that read bomb Tel Aviv. Delicious
"Operation: Eternal Darkness" the everyone is twelve theory continues to be watertight
Mark's bar fight comparison was apt and reminded me of Jesus' Son: The black man stood up and circled the neck of a beer bottle with his fingers. He was taller than anyone who had ever entered that barroom. "Step outside," Wayne said. And the man said, "This ain't school." "What the goddamn fucking piss-hell," Wayne said, "is that suppose to mean?" "I ain't stepping outside like you do at school. Make your try right here and now." "This ain't a place for our kind of business," Wayne said, "not inside here with women and children and dogs and cripples." "Shit," the man said. "You're just drunk." "I don't care," Wayne said. "To me you don't make no more noise than a fart in a paper bag." The huge, murderous man said nothing. "I'm going to sit down now," Wayne said, "and I'm going to play my game, and fuck you." The man shook his head. He sat down too. This was an amazing thing. By reaching out one hand and taking hold of it for two or three seconds, he could have popped Wayne's head like an egg.
Next emergency ep dropping tomorrow lol
Dumb question time: Where do the Israeli jets doing the bombing missions fly out of? Why can’t Iran target those bases?
I’m seeing pretty extraordinary claims by Scott Ridder that f-35s destroyed in their hangers but no confirmation
will we make history by getting two emergency eps in one day?
This is some real loony tunes ass duck/rabbit season type shit
Perhaps the funniest ending to a RWN episode?
What is the opposite of the lathe of heaven? The extruder from hell?
It’s already over big bros
“War Nerd aniki” (been reading too much manga)
Emergency episode I always imagine a blaring siren going off and Mark and John sliding down firepoles into their podcast booths
Please don’t let John anywhere near a fire pole, he’ll be talking about the resultant fractures for years.
Take the win, while it lasts
https://www.patreon.com/posts/155035734?utm_campaign=postshare_fan Best breakdown I’ve seen about this entire situation.
https://xcancel.com/araghchi/status/2041929940678144097#m Translation “US government needs to break from Israel or we destroy the global economy” Next time a ZOG “leftist” says something show them this.
Man, the RWN curse strikes again. You put out an episode counting down to escalation just as a ceasefire is announced. Then you put out an episode about the ceasefire just as it seems to come apart. There’s just no winning, is there?
Ceasefire already broken. Straight still closed.
Seems like the Zionists sabotaged the ceasefire.
I’m shocked
rate you guys are putting out material I'm gonna need a second set of ears