Trump has successfully manipulated the markets by announcing every other week that a deal with Iran is just around the corner. It’s not. Trump is lying. The U.S. is not even talking to Iran. Douglas Macgregor has been informed that every 5-52, B-1 and B-2 bomber available has been loaded up and flown over for the next phase of the war with Iran
The Iran war consumed roughly 65 percent of the US Patriot inventory. Having transferred much of its air defence capability to counter Iran, US aligned NATO forces in Europe now face a crippling shortage of air defence weapons
Accepting Iran’s conditions would be tantamount to surrender. Is Trump ready to admit defeat, or will he persist with the illusion that the U.S. was “victorious” in the war with Iran?
Bessent’s ‘Iran initiative’ may turn out to be self-defeating, both by further weakening the dollar and by effectively persuading states to turn to China’s low-key roll out of its alternative financial super highway for security and stability. Alastair Crooke explains
One wonders how many “Sputnik Moments” are needed for a psychotic dying empire to realize maybe it’s better to give up the delusion of world dominance and give peace a chance. Hua Bin explains
Iranian commanders have dismissed President Trump’s recently announced economic campaign against Tehran as an admission of military defeat
Cyber attack launched in retaliation for London allowing U.S. Air Force planes to use British air bases for ‘defensive operations’ against Iran
In contrast, stocks of U.S. and Israeli interceptor missiles became so dangerously depleted that Iranian missiles wrought havoc on key U.S. and Israeli military sites and facilities
A US official said the Pentagon’s counting method aimed to hide the true number of wounded, with estimates reaching 900
Despite Trump’s boasting, Iran successfully fought-off U.S. and Israeli attempts to topple the regime in Tehran. Leading the U.S. to ultimately abandon many of its bases in the region and leaving its reputation among its regional allies in tatters
Pepe Escobar reveals how Trump offered billions in bribes to senior Iranian commanders to provoke a fracture at the top in Tehran. This reveals how totally out of touch Trump is with the reality of Shia Islam and how desperate he is becoming with the approach of the U.S. midterms
“If another war begins, our weaponry will certainly be different from those of the past. This difference could be reflected in the generation of warheads, strike precision [systems], missile range, or any other area”, says IRGC spokesman Brig Gen. Hossein Mohebbi