Trump just declared America the 'guardian' of the Strait of Hormuz — complete with a 20% toll on everything that sails through https://t.co/GkGzBmCL5M THINKS HE IS KING OF THE WORLD! DELUSIONAL IMPERIALISM
THOMAS MASSIE: “It’s ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, & the White House -- and we're yelling 'election fraud'? We won all the damn elections.
What are we doing with that? We’re bankrupting the country. We’re starting new wars. We’re violating the Constitution. We’re not cracking down on the fraud. The problem is not the elections. We won the damn elections. The problem is that we’re wasting the opportunity voters gave us."
Atmosfærens totale varmekapasitet tilsvarer bare de øverste 3,5 meter av verdenshavene. En vitenskaplig kjensgjerning, uinteressant for klimareligiøse.
🚨 FORMER CENTCOM COMMANDER SAYS U.S. SHOULD CONSIDER SEIZING IRAN'S MAIN OIL EXPORT TERMINAL
Retired U.S. Marine General Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), has said the United States should consider seizing Kharg Island if the conflict with Iran continues to escalate.
Kharg Island is Iran's principal oil export terminal, handling the vast majority of the country's crude oil exports and representing one of Tehran's most strategically important economic assets.
McKenzie's comments come as the United States enters a third consecutive night of military operations against Iranian targets across the region.
🎯 MY ASSESSMENT
Seizing Kharg Island would represent a major escalation beyond precision strikes against military targets. Unlike attacks on military infrastructure, occupying or controlling Iran's primary oil export hub would directly target the country's economic lifeline and could fundamentally alter the nature of the conflict. Such a move would also carry significant legal, military and geopolitical consequences.
Source: Former CENTCOM Commander Gen. Frank McKenzie (original interview).
The popular thinking in NATO is that bringing the war to Russia will force Russia to capitulate. This is based on the false assumption that Russia is fighting an "unprovoked" imperial war. Moscow considers itself to be fighting a defensive war against a NATO determined to use Ukrainians to destroy Russia. From Russia's perspective, a ceasefire is not peace as NATO countries would then send in their troops and military hardware. NATO in Ukraine is considered an existential threat, and the only possible response now for Russia is escalation that may take us to nuclear war. This should be obvious. Sadly, our freedom of speech is in free fall and our populations have been indoctrinated to squeal "Russian propaganda" whenever an argument deviates from NATO-approved narratives
According to Sahra Wagenknecht, leader of The Left (BSW), Germany is becoming increasingly involved in the conflict in Ukraine
«Today, we are the main sponsor of this war. Zelenskyy is attacking targets deep within Russia using weapons supplied by Germany, German technology, and German money», — she said in an interview with journalist Konstantin Schreiber.
Wagenknecht noted that Germany has extended military action using German weapons to Russian territory.
«Many Russians today are asking: why shouldn't Putin bring the war to Germany?» — she added.
🚨Jeffrey Sachs: In the ranking of stupidity, I put the British number one.
🚨They have the worst imperial mentality of any country in the world.
🚨They still think they run the world.
The more the US President speaks, the clearer it becomes: all bluster, no strategy.
Plenty of noise, zero substance.
It's becoming impossible to take this man seriously.
A total Clown Show...
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Today the Swedish smurf that stays to our PM until September, launched the Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition. Sweden and Saab play key roles, weakening Swedish economy and boosting Wallenberg's profits.
🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran allegedly wiped out F-35 hangars, HIMARS launchers, Patriot systems, P-8 Poseidon facilities, and drone command centers across Qatar, Kuwait, and Jordan. And the list keeps going.
Pepe Escobar, Journalist and Geopolitical Analyst has been tracking the escalation ladder, and what Iran just did is a statement.
If Escobar's commodity market read holds, the road ahead for energy markets is, in his words, "very, very dark."
@RealPepeEscobar
Trump now claiming that the US will seize the Strait of Hormuz and charge fees for passage. Remember this next time a US official claims it is an illegal outrage for Iran to suggest it would charge fees