Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire Iran did not formally close the Strait of Hormuz, but through the IRGC Navy and its Naval Basij, it has built a distributed maritime deterrent capable of making insurers, shippers, and foreign militaries behave as if the old freedom of passage is already gone. Iran says […]
Trump’s energy secretary provides more certainty. Secretary Wright on the New Main Objective The new main objective is opening the Strait of Hormuz, something that was open prior to Trump starting this war. We had to close the strait to take credit for opening it. Does that remind you of […]
This article was written by Brandon Smith and originally published at Birch Gold Group It’s the magic number, the line that’s not supposed to be crossed; when a nation’s public debt finally exceeds its GDP. Historically speaking, it’s not a sign of doom like many economists suggest. Numerous countries have sustained […]
A military inquiry has faulted the United States for the destruction and massacre of a girls’ school in Iran during the initial bombings in Minab. Previously, Donald Trump tried to blame the school’s destruction on Iran, claiming Tehran hit the school with a U.S.-made Tomahawk missile. Trump Said Iran Bombed […]
So according to a White House official, and reported in every South Korean news portal, Trump is open to talking with Kim, “without any preconditions.” Some have been waiting for this for a while – at least Washington’s think-tanks have. Read the latest from Washington’s think tanks: Can diplomacy with North Korea […]
Some United States lawmakers are concerned that ruler Donald Trump could be ready to put boots on the ground in Iran. That would, obviously, mean that this war is going to expand and cause a lot of pain and destruction before it’s all over. While speaking after a closed-door briefing […]
“We have lost control of the seas to a nation without a navy, using pre-World War I weapons, laid by vessels that were utilized at the time of the birth of Christ.” Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith, who wrote these words, learned this the hard way at Wonsan Harbour in 1950, when he realised the US […]
Let’s discuss more repercussions of a foolish war with Iran surface. Water Is Now a Key Issue The Wall Street Journal reports Attacks on Desalination Drag Water Supplies Into the War With Iran An Iranian drone attack damaged a desalination plant in Bahrain, bringing the war to the oil-rich Persian Gulf’s […]
Seventy years ago both Britain and France were still regarded as great military powers. Having emerged in the winner’s circle of World War II, they had been given permanent seats and veto power on the Security Council of the fledgling United Nations, taking their places alongside America, the USSR, and […]
This is how the war on Iran was framed to the men and women ordered to fight it. “President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.” This was not a sermon at a rural megachurch. […]