War with Iran

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty amazing that George Bush was able to plan his ME war more competently than Donald Trump.

It just shows it's important which cult the "prime minister" in your cabinet belongs to. Karl Rove is mormon, and they need as big a pool of people to attempt to convert from, while Stephen Miller is a ziontologist, and they want to kill as many of their neighbors as possible.

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Current Arab monarchies were installed by Western Powers and Western energy companies to control energy markets.

The lack of understanding of history even 100 years old is breathtaking. And this is a DC based site. I cannot imagine the rest of this country

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Anonymous wrote:Israel strikes major oil & gas field causing oil prices to skyrocket

Is Israel trying to crash the whole global economy????

There are shortages of major chemicals dervied from oil here in the U.S. (urea, nitrogen, sulfure) critical to the fertilizer and other petrobased chemicals industries.

Why are they striking oil producing infastructure???

Are they trying to cause a global recession?

What are they doing???? What are they thinking?

It gets worse. Israel and the US keep escalating. With Trump's approval, Israel hit the South Pars gas field, which is the world's largest. In response, Iran has told civilians working in Gulf State gas and oil infrastructure to evacuate. No doubt they will hit Gulf energy infrastructure in retaliation.

Israel clearly wants to see the entire Gulf region in flames. Why the US is following Israel into this madness remains mystifying. The consequences for the entire global economy are dire. There is no American victory anywhere. It's in no one's interest to see Iran and the Gulf countries in ruin and the planet suffer through the worst energy crisis in history. In a rational country with a system that works, Trump would have been impeached yesterday for creating this catastrophe. But our Congress meekly follows along. Pathetic and dangerous.

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Anonymous wrote:🇸🇦🇮🇷 Massive fires seen in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh following Iranian missile strike.

Why do you do nothing more than cut and paste the content of a tweet and the post the tweet?

Seems like a violation of this forums rules. Not sure why Jeff is allowing this poster to promote his website while violating forum rules:

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Anonymous wrote:JUST IN: 🇮🇷 Iran issues order to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE to evacuate energy facilities following Israeli strikes on gas plant.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-issues-order-evacuate-petrochemical-facilities-saudi-arabia-qatar-and-uae

Predictable. Trump is intent on destroying the word economy with his vanity war! He has no plan to end this war and is attempting to bluster and bluff his way through it. He is unfit for office.

Was it the US or Israel? Either way world crude is up to $99 and Brent is $108 and climbing. Now is it $109.

LNG impacts Europe and Asia. This is a way for Trump and Bibi to help Russia and hurt Europe and Asia because they did not give Trump ships to open the strait.

Israel is dictating the pace and degree of this war. Not the US.

Trump has enabled the monster. Israel has no strategic objective besides razing Iran.

That is Israel’s goal. The complete destruction of the country followed by civilian war in which they support both sides. Oh when will poor Israel be safe from attacks?

Do you know how many t-shirts they'd sell if the Arabs started piledriving Israel? The reconquista would basically pay for itself.

No Arab country of any significance supports Iran. They are capitalist first and foremost, and know that Iran’s hatred of Israel and the West in general is bad for business. They just want sell their oil and make as much money as possible. Why do you think they host so many US military bases. They want to be rid of the IRGC and their proxies.

DP. This is completely true. The Gulf States detest Iran and want it gone.

ABU DHABI—Battered by Iranian strikes and the disruption of the Strait of Hormuz, the United Arab Emirates and some fellow Persian Gulf states have come to view Iran’s theocracy as an existential enemy. They now want the regime they once courted to be neutered, if not dismantled, when the conflict ends—so the ordeal is never repeated.

The U.A.E. has borne the brunt of Iranian attacks: More than 2,000 drones and missiles have been fired at the country since the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28.

Over 80% of those were aimed at civilian infrastructure, including oil facilities, refineries, airports, ports, hotels and data centers, according to the U.A.E. government, killing six civilians and injuring 157 others. All six states in the Gulf Cooperation Council have, so far, refrained from striking back openly, limiting themselves to self-defense.

“This is not a military exchange. This is an attack on a peaceful nation, a nation that has been working diligently and very hard for diplomacy,” Sultan al-Jaber, the U.A.E. minister of industry and advanced technology, said in an interview.

“Any long-term political settlement must address the full spectrum of threats, including Iran’s nuclear program, ballistic missile capabilities, and their network of regional proxies,” added Jaber, who also serves as CEO of the country’s ADNOC oil giant.

Iranian leaders have said in recent days that they would only accept a cease-fire with Israel and the U.S. if Tehran receives reparations and ironclad guarantees against future attacks on the regime. Iranian officials have also insisted they only target U.S. bases and interests in the region, a claim that has infuriated Gulf nations.

“Let me make it very clear. Since the Iranian attacks have started on Qatar, the threats and attacks on civilian targets have not stopped,” said Majed al Ansari, an adviser to Qatar’s prime minister. Iranian attacks caused civilian casualties in all six Gulf states, a toll that would have been much steeper if they hadn’t possessed sophisticated U.S.-made air defenses.

Given the indiscriminate nature of these Iranian barrages, and the willingness shown by Tehran to rain death and destruction on its neighbors, another senior Gulf official said, the only acceptable outcome of the war would be an Iran so defanged and enfeebled that it could never imperil its neighbors again.

“The Iranian regime has crossed every red line,” he said. “Now it is in everyone’s interest, and this includes the Gulf countries, to have the U.S. finish the job. Imagine if the war stops now, and Iran declares victory saying that the U.S. has been defeated? Iran would hold the whole region hostage, and every time Iran would be under pressure, it would hit the Gulf countries—because that taboo has been broken, and hitting them worked.”
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-gulf-states-strikes-7f12acb2?st=qZ4XH1

This is Israeli wishful thinking. The Arabs do not hate Iran and they do not want them gone. They want someone else gone

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Who is profiting from oil prices going up? Follow the money

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty amazing that George Bush was able to plan his ME war more competently than Donald Trump.

Donald Trump is not planning this war. This war was decided by his donors and their people in his government. They have access to futures markets and are making a killing on the volatility.

Right, Trump is not responsible for anything he does. Why do you constantly excuse him?

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty amazing that George Bush was able to plan his ME war more competently than Donald Trump.

Donald Trump is not planning this war. This war was decided by his donors and their people in his government. They have access to futures markets and are making a killing on the volatility.

Right, Trump is not responsible for anything he does. Why do you constantly excuse him?

Because he is clearly a puppet. Not sure why you are unable to see the bigger picture. Or are you deliberately obfuscating?

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Anonymous wrote:Iran will fight to the last man

Whereas I'm seeing Israelis packed and scrambling at Ben Gurion Airport trying to flee the country. It's pretty surprising considering that more than 95% of them wanted to fight against Iran. Why wouldn't they stay and defend their country?

Post a credible source.

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Is Netanyahu still missing?

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Anonymous wrote:🇸🇦🇮🇷 Massive fires seen in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh following Iranian missile strike.

Why do you do nothing more than cut and paste the content of a tweet and the post the tweet?

Thank you for posting and updating. Mainstream media is too slow.

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Anonymous wrote:Iran will fight to the last man

Whereas I'm seeing Israelis packed and scrambling at Ben Gurion Airport trying to flee the country. It's pretty surprising considering that more than 95% of them wanted to fight against Iran. Why wouldn't they stay and defend their country?

Post a credible source.

The Israelis have banned media!

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty amazing that George Bush was able to plan his ME war more competently than Donald Trump.

Donald Trump is not planning this war. This war was decided by his donors and their people in his government. They have access to futures markets and are making a killing on the volatility.

Right, Trump is not responsible for anything he does. Why do you constantly excuse him?

Because he is clearly a puppet. Not sure why you are unable to see the bigger picture. Or are you deliberately obfuscating?

Blaming Donald Trumps dumb decisions on other is obfuscation

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Anonymous wrote:Who is profiting from oil prices going up? Follow the money

The planners of war are profiteers of war always.
Market failure and destruction of global economies still benefits those at the top

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty amazing that George Bush was able to plan his ME war more competently than Donald Trump.

and GB got a shoe to the head. Trump just gets more MAGA love. Reporters should just start throwing their shoes at Trump. There's no point in asking him any questions, so might as well try to knock some sense in there while we have chuckle at it.