{"id":325957,"date":"2026-04-12T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=325957"},"modified":"2026-04-14T07:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:14:59","slug":"a-permanent-hit-to-living-standards-iran-war-agenda-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=325957","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA permanent hit to living standards\u201d \u2013 Iran War agenda revealed."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Kit Knightly \u2013 Off-Guardian April 10, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>he Iran War has been going on for less than six weeks, has thus far involved no infantry engagements of any kind on either side, and is currently in the middle of a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Does that sound like a conflict that can already be described as going to \u201cdefine our generation\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Because that\u2019s what<em> Sir <\/em>Keir Starmer said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cr71ld371j5o\">earlier today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/starmer-iran-define-a-genetion-650x410-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt aligncenter size-full wp-image-325958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/starmer-iran-define-a-genetion-650x410-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"410\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/starmer-iran-define-a-genetion-650x410-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/starmer-iran-define-a-genetion-650x410-1-480x303.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 650px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Now, politicians engaging in hyperbole for the sake of a soundbite is hardly rare, but Starmer is far from alone in this over-statement\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The New Republic is calling Iran <em>\u201cthe greatest strategic blunder in American military history\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Iran war increasingly looks not only like another shocking humiliation but perhaps the greatest strategic blunder in American military history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vYhfLG6ONl\">https:\/\/t.co\/vYhfLG6ONl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The New Republic (@newrepublic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newrepublic\/status\/2042459746230313242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s remind ourselves that official figures claim fewer than <em>twenty<\/em> US losses, no boots on the ground and \u2013 again \u2013 currently in a ceasefire after six weeks of fighting.<\/p>\n<p>With respect, this is not even in the top two US military disasters of <em>this century<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Iraq and Afghanistan cost trillions, lasted decades and in strategic terms achieved next to nothing \u2013 and though many, myself included, would argue that was potentially very much the point \u2013 officially they are very definitely disasters.<\/p>\n<p>To already brand the Iran venture on that level reeks of agenda setting.<\/p>\n<p>And at the same time, we\u2019re being prepped for the economic impact of the (as yet) six-week-old war to last for years,\u00a0by outlets like the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Yoy3Y#selection-983.0-987.64\">New Statesman<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Iran energy fallout is here to stay \u2013 It will take years for global markets to recover from the crisis<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Affairs says the war is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/iran\/how-iran-war-will-upend-global-economy\">\u201cupending the economy\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The FT is warning of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/2T7Jx\">\u201clong term scars\u201d<\/a>, while Fortune think it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/04\/10\/what-will-world-economy-look-like-after-iran-war-china-russia-win\/\">\u201cre-shaping global power\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera is wondering how global supply chains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/counting-the-cost\/2026\/4\/9\/can-global-supply-chains-recover-from-the-iran-war\">will ever recover<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most tellingly of all, the head of the International Monetary Fund is out there declaring\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Iran war will permanently scar global economy even if peace is reached<\/p>\n<p>You see, even if <strong>peace were declared tomorrow<\/strong>, it\u2019s too late. We\u2019re scarred.<\/p>\n<p>She even added that the <em>\u201cmost hopeful scenario\u201d<\/em> will cause a <em>\u201cpermanent hit to living standards\u201d<\/em>\u2026which she probably didn\u2019t mean quite the way it sounds.<\/p>\n<p>This is a LOT of premature narrative formation. Propaganda that spits out the answer before the teacher has even finished asking the question.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s a tell-tale sign of narrative roll-out, rather than an organic reaction to real events.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder what the end goal <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116380657463593385\">might be<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Worlds-most-pwerful-reset.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt aligncenter size-full wp-image-325959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Worlds-most-pwerful-reset.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"259\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Worlds-most-pwerful-reset.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Worlds-most-pwerful-reset-480x191.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 650px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Of course he didn\u2019t mean it that way but \u2013 hmmm.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe this war will \u201cdefine our generation\u201d, but based on current information it will be because that was the plan from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Support Off-Guardian:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/offguardian\">Ko-fi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/offguardian\">Subscribestar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=CKFB3MH8CGB9U\">Paypal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2026\/04\/10\/a-permanent-hit-to-living-standards-iran-war-agenda-revealed\/\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just six weeks in, we&#8217;ve already got &#8220;global Economic scars&#8221; that will &#8220;define a generation&#8221;. That was fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":325961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,66,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Commentary","category-Economics","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325960,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325957\/revisions\/325960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/325961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=325957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=325957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}