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Zorro

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Wed Jun 3, 2026, 02:33 PM Wednesday

Iran War Live Updates: Drone Barrage at Kuwait Airport Kills One and Injures Dozens

Iran fired a barrage of missiles and drones at Kuwait early Wednesday, including a strike that killed a civilian and injured scores of others at the country’s international airport, the Kuwaiti authorities said. The strike left one of the airport’s terminals ablaze and with a gaping hole in its roof.

The barrage was one of the biggest attacks on a Gulf nation since the U.S.-Iran cease-fire took effect in April, and it showed that Iran still had the ability to inflict damage on its neighbors. Tehran has attacked major energy exporters and trade hubs since the beginning of the war to punish U.S. allies and increase economic pressure on the Trump administration. Negotiations aimed at reopening the vital shipping lanes of the Strait of Hormuz have dragged on without a resolution.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/03/world/iran-war-trump-israel-lebanon

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Iran War Live Updates: Drone Barrage at Kuwait Airport Kills One and Injures Dozens (Original Post) Zorro Wednesday OP
"I got a letter from LBJ" struggle4progress Wednesday #1
Seems like Iran is talking with weapons Johonny Wednesday #2

struggle4progress

(126,888 posts)
1. "I got a letter from LBJ"
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 04:47 PM
Wednesday

... Despite its popularity within the growing anti-war movement, the song was effectively banned or "blacklisted" by most major stations across the United States.

While folk singers like Paxton were selling out concert halls, the airwaves remained a different story.
In 1967, commercial radio stations were generally averse to playing music with overtly controversial or political lyrics. Unlike more metaphorical protest songs, Paxton’s lyrics directly targeted President Lyndon B. Johnson, mocking the administration's claims of avoiding "escalation" while simultaneously sending 50,000 more troops to Vietnam.

Because the song used humor to highlight the contradictions of the draft and the war effort, many station managers viewed it as too provocative or unpatriotic for a mass audience. Though it didn't top the Billboard charts due to the radio freeze, the song became a staple of 1960s counterculture. Its impact was so lasting that Paxton eventually updated it decades later—retitled "George W. Told the Nation"—to protest the Iraq War, proving that while radio stations might try to silence a message, the sentiment remains incredibly resilient.

Johonny

(26,737 posts)
2. Seems like Iran is talking with weapons
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 05:34 PM
Wednesday

Not words... Trump will claim peace in our time Friday morning in an Axios leak... SoS different week.

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