What if Iran takes out those THAAD batteries again? What is the USA going to use to protect the Gulf states? Remember that the USA is already starved of rare earth magnets for making new weapons, having to move 20,000 patriot interceptors from Ukraine to Israel during the 12-day war. The shortage of interceptors is evident, even though the propaganda painted a different picture. Will we see a reverse of Ukraine providing weapons to the USA, since Ukraine has already boasted about producing 2,000 drones a day.
If that is the case, why is Ukraine still asking for help from NATO Europe, with Zelenskyy holding a begging bowl everywhere he goes. Strange world indeed.
But when the shit hits the fan and weapons are hard to come by, beggars cannot be choosers, even being the one and only USA, the only global superpower.
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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.
ReplyDeleteEveryone 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.
Confirmed reports that one American ammo supply ships with 30,000 missiles was sank by the Iranians. No supply of new ammos for another month at least.
ReplyDelete30,000 missiles can easily last another 6 months, all blown away.
When USA sank Iranian ships, it is confirmed. When Iran sinks USA ships, it is claimed only. Go figure it out.
DeleteWould you trust a terrorist state that started the Iraqi War using fabrication and lies?
DeleteWho are the genuine real terrorists? Not the propagated terrorists espoused by the genuine real terrorist. Iran is called a terrorist state by genuine terrorists Netanyahu and Trump. Putin has been saying that whatever the USA accuse others of doing, they have done that itself first. The CIA is also a terrorist organization, the assassination arm of the USA while MOSSAD is another terrorist organization and the assassination arm of Israel.
ReplyDeleteWho kills tens of thousands of innocent women and children in Gaza? Who killed more than 160 children by bombing a school in Iran? Who started the Iran War, twice within less than a year? Did Iran start the two wars? Sure, Iran supported Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, the same as the USA supporting Ukraine and Israel. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
The USA talks a lot about caring for the common Iranians in Iran and all the time shedding crocodile tears for them. It looks like another soap opera, the fake professing of love for Muslims, just like their fake love of the Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang. But that kind of love of Muslims certainly did not extend to the Muslims in Gaza.
So, who are the real terrorist? It certainly does not rest on the real terrorist to define who is and who is not a terrorist state.
Iran has a plan. It is going to collect tolls for ships passing through the Straits of Hormuz. This is a windfall to fund the war. Ouch it hurts.
ReplyDeleteLike that can keep it open for business, lol.
DeleteAlso, business in Yuan I suppose.
DeleteAnother nail in the de-dollarization coffin. Now it is moving faster than ever.
DeleteI think the USA would now want to keep the Straits of Hormuz closed.
DeleteOpen or close, let us see which side of the bed Trump wakes up from. Watch Truth Social for breaking news.
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