There are reports, according to Dr.David Oualaalou, that Gulf countries are putting together a plan to pull out their investments in the USA, which is giving USA leaders the shakes. Trump is just being made aware that the Gulf countries are not happy with the war which they did not support and were not even consulted but just shafted down their throats, causing extensive damage to their infrastructures and oil and gas fields. Had Trump gone ahead with striking Iran's power plants, the consequence for Gulf countries will be catastrophic.
Besides retaliation against power plants and desalination plants in the Gulf if Trump goes ahead according to his ultimatum, Iran has warned of mining the Persian Gulf as well, which will crash the global economy. Even now, the damage is severe, with repairs needing to take years. That will keep oil prices high for a long time in coming.
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Trump wakes up every morning and talks to himself in front of the mirror that Iran is begging for a negotiation. Someone in the USA is now asking who from Iran is negotiating with Trump? Iran has learnt very important lessons about keeping up the pressure by bombing Israel and Gulf assets, even amidst all the talk of fake negotiations going on.
ReplyDeletePakistan just put forward a proposal to act as mediator, which Trump probably twisted into a knot by claiming that Iran, having been sounded by Pakistan, is begging for a negotiated ending of the war. That indicates no one else is negotiating and only happening in Trump's deluded mind.
Iran has put forward five demands to end the war, while the USA has put forward 15 proposals on its side. Both sides are unlikely to acquiesce over each other's demands. This is moving into the same situation as in Ukraine, with very close deals touted but that were never closed, like seven eleven stores.
While Trump is fixated on inventing lies about very nice negotiations being conducted, Pete Hegseth is throwing gasoline into the fire by boasting that USA will negotiate with bombs. That is not what a Secretary of War is supposed to say. Only the USA's gangster and mafia leaders talk in this way - uncouth, unruly, crude and lack of diplomacy.
Trump is now even insinuating that out of goodwill; Iran has allowed ten tankers to depart the Persian Gulf. Those are probably tankers from countries like Malaysia that have been given permission by Iran to leave the Persian Gulf unmolested. Many countries are now negotiating with Iran to do the same. It has nothing to do with goodwill towards the USA.
Oh, by the way, Trump is now insulting Kier Starmer, right in his silly face, about the 'toy' aircraft carriers that the Brits are sending to help in the war. He told Starmer that he does not need the Brits help. While begging other allies to send help, he is basically telling the Brits to get out of sight. That must be the most shameful insult for the Brits.
The Brits should realize that it is now a toothless tiger trying to show the world that it can still bite. The Brits cannot even fool a spoilt D-grader like Trump and wants to wear big shoes by setting an example for other NATO countries to follow. It was a disaster. The Brits should just fade away into the limelight in order not to elicit more shame.
Does the USA have the bombs, knowing that it is scrapping the bottom of the barrel and already moving interceptor batteries around. Pete Hegseth is making empty boast in his drunken state.
ReplyDeleteThey have the smelliest fart which can be a weapon. It caused the crash of the Air Canada jet at La Guardia.
DeleteThis is the latest weapon in the armoury ofUS.
Iran is a member of BRICS. Iran is now helping BRICS to de-dollarize faster than ever. Any country buying Iranian oil has to pay in Yuan. Iran has also set up a toll booth that ships passing the Straits of Hormuz have to pay a toll, and in Yuan.
ReplyDeleteNo other country has done more than what Iran did for China and BRICS. The 'I' in BRICS should rightly be represented by Iran, not some back biting, untrustworthy and double-headed snake. Why shouldn't China be helping Iran, may I ask?
Even before the war started, most people knew that the Straits of Hormuz and Bab Al-Mandeb are going to play a very significant role in the conflict, more so than just the missiles flying around.
ReplyDeleteChina is studying and learning from the war in Iran besides testing its weapons and BeiDou satellite system in real time, instead of under war game conditions. Those are invaluable inputs for the Chinese PLA.
ReplyDeleteIs Trump really prepared for a long war against Iran? Definitely not if you read between the lines. Trump's earlier plan was just a surprise attack taking a few days to take out the Iranian leaders, something along the lines he took against Iran's nuclear facilities in June 2025, hoping to get away with it again, and this time to elicit a regime change, which did not happen. Trump was boasting of just a 4 to 5 days mission, and he is now stuck in a trap for a month already.
ReplyDeleteTrump is already boasting about 'mission accomplished' once again by saying that he is giving 'another chance' to Iran to surrender, after making another 30 days extension, basically to allow the USA and Israel to regroup, rearm and repair those damaged radar systems if possible. Trump has made this same move earlier during the 12-day war against Iran, for regrouping and rearming, and is resorting to using the same modus operandi again. Iran knows what is happening, which is why it has not stopped its drones and missiles raining down on Israel and Gulf region.
The other question to ask Is whether Iran is prepared for a long war. I would say definitely so, and for several decades already, building up its stockpile of weapons, building underground bunkers for drone and missile stockpiling, siting weapon factories deep underground, building underground shoreline batteries along the Persian Gulf, all calculated for this war.
Trump is now desperate going for broke to attack Iran's power plants and energy infrastructures after the 30-days ultimatum. But Iran is now fully capable of retaliating after taking out USA radar systems and interceptor batteries protecting its military bases during the first few days of the war. So, Trump can threaten to take out Iran's power plants and in doing so, Iran is definitely going to take out power plants and de-salination plants in Israel and Gulf countries catering to the support of the USA's military installations. The result is that Iran can put the whole Middle East in the dark. Moreover, by then, energy movements out of the Persian Gulf will totally be non-existent, for how long we do not know.
Trump's empty head believes he can end the war in 4 or 5 days. That is the quality of his dull mind, everything so simple.
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