Trump running out of ammo thinks he can switch on and switch off the war. Iran must dictate how long it takes to bankrupt the Americans and Israelis

Trump gloated about ending the war against Iran in four to five weeks. He was probably standing 'inside' the hen coop counting the eggs before they are hatched. We are now in the fourth week, and the war is escalating, not winding down. Trump is desperate to find a distraction, without a face-saving plan to exit the war, which he has now done so by using his 48-hour ultimatum to force Iran to open the Straits of Hormuz. We shall see what is going to happen.

Everyone knows that the USA is running out of ammo, just by looking at the shifting of ammo from Ukraine during the 12-day war in June to Israel, and the THAAD batteries from South Korea to the Middle East. Most of the patriot missiles have been exhausted and Israel is not firing them liberally to take down Iranian missiles hitting its nuclear facilities, supposed to be the most protected assets with layers of interceptors. The myth has been exposed. Firing a couple of interceptors costing tens of millions just to take down a few cheap US$20,000 drones is mathematically insane.

Israel has now come out to say that they still have weeks to go in its war against Iran, contrary to Trump's expiring four to five weeks timeline. Who is telling the truth and who is basically showboating? Iran is not the same as the Arab and Muslim countries during the six-day war in the Sinai. Then Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq were supported by other Arab nations to fight Israel, with the latter suspected to be supported discreetly by the USA, UK and France.

Now the Straits of Hormuz is officially closed to traffic, oil prices are moving skywards with some projecting towards US$175 a barrel, making countries jittery, causing nervousness in the stock market, with South Korea, Japan and India most vulnerable. Some countries have already started oil sanctioning moves. I thought stockpiles are or to be released, but for how long can it last before the shit hits the fan? If escalation continues for another few weeks, I do not know what is going to happen with the global economy.

Oh, by the way, USA Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, the modern-day weeping prophet, is boasting about the USA having so much money to fund the war, intention wise to scare the Iranians. Funny to hear that when the USA is already facing huge problems selling its debts to refinance its US$10 trillion bond maturity.


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