Trump’s Iran War Is an Affordability Disaster
You can’t say affordability is your top priority and then start a war in the Middle East.
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Iran War: More Trump Bluster as US and Israel Weapon Stocks Thin and Claims of Success Questioned; Report of Plans to Send Special Forces to Seize Nuclear Material Among Signs of US Troop Mobilization
This Iran war update focuses on US claims for damage done to Iran and its level of stockpiles versus available evidence.
Read more...What Is the US Exit Strategy From Its War on Iran?
How about defeat?
Read more...Iran War: Brent Ends Week at Over $90 a Barrel, Doubts About Damage to Iran and Condition of Israel Rise, Trump Doubles Down on Failing Kinetic War and Desperate Messaging
Today’s Iran war update: rumors of US force deployments as oil and gas price rises threaten the global economy and Mr. Market’s mood.
Read more...Iran War: More on Systemic Impact of Strait of Hormuz Closure, US Inability to Intervene as Trump Team Doubles Down on Hare-Brained Schemes to Prevail via Force
The latest Iran war update, with more detail on the Administration’s desperate escalation scheme versus the rising damage from a Strait of Hormuz closure.
Read more...Do Iranians Really Want to Overthrow the Islamic Republic?
Polling data, religiosity surveys, and demographics raise questions about the Western narrative that Iranians seek regime change
Read more...Iran War: Systemic Risk of a Strait of Hormuz Closure, US Plan to Enlist Kurds, Hezbollah Unexpectedly Pounds Israel
Today’s Iran war update starts with a sobering, must-read analysis of the catastrophic real-world damage of a long Strait of Hormuz closure.
Read more...Iran War: More on Why US/Israel Success Impossible as Israel and US Operations Take More Hits, Trump Proposes Unhinged Strait of Hormuz Escort Scheme, Western Media Misinforming Public
The latest updates on the Iran war, from kinetic, economic, and narrative perspectives.
Read more...Türkiye Does Standoff Shuffle With Kurds Toward Iran
Turkish officials say they share Iranians pain but Tehran should show “greater flexibility” as Ankara discusses “buffer zone” in Iran to counter US-armed Kurds.
Read more...Iran War: Israel Air Defenses Crumbling, US Base Attacks Continue as Markets Set for Wile E. Coyote Moment
The Iran war situation has developed not necessarily to the advantage of the US and Israel.
Read more...Qatar’s LNG Blackout Just Broke the Global Gas Market
More on the global impact of QatarEnergy’s LNG production stoppage and the uncertainty over when it might resume operation.
Read more...Iran War Widens as Iran Attacks Saudi Oil Infrastructure, Israel and Hezbollah Exchange Strikes
A daily update on the Iran war, today focusing on Iran’s attack on Saudi oil assets, the economic war, and kinetic events like F-15 downings.
Read more...Iran War: Quick Early Updates
Some of the latest Iran war sightings even as the fog of war and attempted narrative control is mighty thick.
Read more...US, ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN, START REGIONAL WAR; IRAN RETALIATES AGAINST ISRAEL, US BASES IN BAHRAIN, SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR. UPDATE: ISRAEL TV REPORTS IRAN BLOCKS STRAIT OF HORMUZ
The US and Israel have launched a war against Iran. A great empire will fall.
Read more...Iran War Watch: Iran Makes Real Concessions on Nuclear Enrichment But Can Trump Take That Win? UPDATE: Israel Embassy Evacuation Says War May Be Imminent
As stoopid and wildly US-hegemony-destructive as a war with Iran would be, the possibility is still very much in play.
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