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Pepe Escobar (Pepe Escobar) and Zulfikar from Transition Protocol report that the Mecca Pact is moving from paper to concrete military integration. Saudi Arabia has told Trump directly to get out. Iran is ready. The petrodollar itself is now on the table. Pepe Escobar: “This is a war for... oil. This is a war for an oil choke point. This is a war about an independent sovereign nation that moves energy bypassing the US dollar. This is a war to defend the petrodollar. And this is a war against existential threats to the United States — Iran, Russia and China.” Zulfikar: “Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, in furtherance of their Mecca Pact, have actually begun to take concrete steps — significant concrete steps. They have announced joint military exercises involving all three branches of the military, which are the army, the air force and the navy, and these exercises will be conducted very soon in all three countries. So this is the first step of military integration. The exercises are a first step of military integration, which is really significant. If there is going to be an involvement that invokes the military of all three countries, they have to be integrated, and this is the first step in that. So those people who did not take this pact seriously or thought that, well, this is just window dressing, blah blah blah, nothing is going to come out of it — no, no, no. Our reporting says that they are deeply committed to integrating their joint defenses so that if the death cult continues to have these wet dreams of attacking any one of them, they are not going to get very far. So that is an important part of the news. The other important part of the news is that the message to Trump from Saudi Arabia — the second phone call — was very, very significant: This is our problem, we are going to solve it, we are solving it, get the hell out of here. We don’t need you to meddle. Very clearly. So it was mentioned by Saudi Arabia in the direct phone call. He’s very direct when he talks and when he’s made up his mind. But it was backed up by the Pakistani negotiators to the people with whom they are speaking — and this is either directly with JD Vance sometimes or with his office — that we don’t want you here. The time has come for you to get out. Now, as you and I know, we are dealing with a malignant toddler. That is my definition of Trump. Another piece of news that I want to emphasize: Iran has a swarm capability of 2,000 fast boats equipped with torpedoes. 2,000 of them. This is in addition to their midget navy. This is in addition to their underground subterranean capability of attacking anybody who tries to breach the Strait of Hormuz. And in fact the word that I’m privy to announce to you from Mohsen Rezaei is that he actually wishes that the United States will make an attempt to breach the Strait of Hormuz because then that will give him the ability to sink a warship or two and he would be fully justified and that will be the final nail in the coffin of the malignant toddler’s wet dreams or delusional ideas. So the next few days — I’m not even saying a few weeks, the next few days — are extraordinarily important because if the final outcome of that is that Trump and the American empire come to the right decision to get the hell out of the region, that will be the beginning of the end of the American hegemony in the world, not just in that area. That will mean the first step towards the destruction of the petrodollar. And when the petrodollar is destroyed, the ability of the United States to simply print money and to finance its debt is going to be over. We are witnessing an extraordinary, extraordinary change in global politics, tectonic shifts; the next 5–10 years are going to be very different than the past 75 years.” This is no longer about one country or one strait. It is about the end of the system that has financed the empire for half a century. The next few days will tell.show more

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Global reset. Listen closely — this is one of the most important breakdowns yet of what’s unfolding around the Iran situation. It is a peek behind the curtain to President Trump’s longterm strategy. After Trump ordered U.S. Naval forces to begin a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, Maria Bartiromo laid out what she says is the broader geopolitical shift now underway. BARTIROMO: “Very big news. We have major developments this morning with the president directing the Navy to begin this blockade of ships in the Strait of Hormuz.” “This is very important because Iran tried hard to extort the global economy and take over securing the Strait of Hormuz.” “It is not working.” “As you just saw, the president’s post this morning on Truth Social, that the U.S. Navy is beginning this blockade right now of the Strait of Hormuz.” “Why is this important? Because the strait is a narrow waterway. Typically, the strait is the choke point where 20% of the oil and gas of the world is traveling through this strait and as a result of what you are seeing this morning with the Navy beginning this blockade, it will be able to stop ships.” “What we are seeing as a result? We are seeing a complete diversion.” “You’re seeing major super tankers change direction and go to the Gulf of America for oil and gas.” “The president was very clear they his address to the nation a week and-a-half ago.” “He said that the United States right now is operating at 95% capacity.” “He said that the United States right now is producing more oil and gas than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined and if you remember, he said it twice, he said let me say that again.” “The U.S. Is producing more oil and gas that Saudi Arabia and Russia combined.” “He directed allies to buy oil and gas from America.” “The U.S. and allies are increasing their naval presence in the Strait of Hormuz right now, to indicate to the world that, yes, Iran wanted the strait closed.” “It will then be closed and all the traffic will be redirected to the Gulf of America where the United States will up its capacity and up its sales of oil and gas to the rest of the world.”

Global reset. Listen closely — this is one of the most important breakdowns yet of what’s unfolding around the Iran situation. It is a peek behind the curtain to President Trump’s longterm strategy. After Trump ordered U.S. Naval forces to begin a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, Maria Bartiromo laid out what she says is the broader geopolitical shift now underway. BARTIROMO: “Very big news. We have major developments this morning with the president directing the Navy to begin this blockade of ships in the Strait of Hormuz.” “This is very important because Iran tried hard to extort the global economy and take over securing the Strait of Hormuz.” “It is not working.” “As you just saw, the president’s post this morning on Truth Social, that the U.S. Navy is beginning this blockade right now of the Strait of Hormuz.” “Why is this important? Because the strait is a narrow waterway. Typically, the strait is the choke point where 20% of the oil and gas of the world is traveling through this strait and as a result of what you are seeing this morning with the Navy beginning this blockade, it will be able to stop ships.” “What we are seeing as a result? We are seeing a complete diversion.” “You’re seeing major super tankers change direction and go to the Gulf of America for oil and gas.” “The president was very clear they his address to the nation a week and-a-half ago.” “He said that the United States right now is operating at 95% capacity.” “He said that the United States right now is producing more oil and gas than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined and if you remember, he said it twice, he said let me say that again.” “The U.S. Is producing more oil and gas that Saudi Arabia and Russia combined.” “He directed allies to buy oil and gas from America.” “The U.S. and allies are increasing their naval presence in the Strait of Hormuz right now, to indicate to the world that, yes, Iran wanted the strait closed.” “It will then be closed and all the traffic will be redirected to the Gulf of America where the United States will up its capacity and up its sales of oil and gas to the rest of the world.”

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Iran FM Spox in response to claim that Saudi Arabia is preventing the US from attacking Iran: It is a positive thing that all countries in the region recognize that they will be affected by the future situation in the region. The war of the United States against Iran is a war against the entire region. Over the past 5 months, we have witnessed that the presence of the United States in the region has increased insecurity and instability. It is natural for countries to try to prevent the escalation of insecurity, but experience has shown that nothing deters the enemy except the power and deterrent capability of Iran.

Iran FM Spox in response to claim that Saudi Arabia is preventing the US from attacking Iran: It is a positive thing that all countries in the region recognize that they will be affected by the future situation in the region. The war of the United States against Iran is a war against the entire region. Over the past 5 months, we have witnessed that the presence of the United States in the region has increased insecurity and instability. It is natural for countries to try to prevent the escalation of insecurity, but experience has shown that nothing deters the enemy except the power and deterrent capability of Iran.

Iran's Today

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Alex Krainer (Alex (Sasha) Krainer) explains why Saudi Arabia, after watching the West freeze nearly $300 billion of Russian assets, is now paying a protection racket to Turkey and Pakistan. The Gulf states understand their own trillions in Western-held sovereign wealth are next. The new alliance is not about defending Israel—it is about acquiring new protectors before the imperial system loots everything. Host Zulfikar, who has direct access to the relevant deliberations, confirms the assessment as simply “protection money.” Krainer: “Everybody saw how the Western powers didn’t hesitate a moment to freeze almost 300 billion dollars’ worth of Russian assets in the Western financial institutions. If they are brazen enough, if they are ruthless enough to do this to the number-one nuclear power in the world, then what is Saudi Arabia to them? It’s nothing. It’s a maggot they will squash whenever they choose to do so. Saudi Arabia not only has far more than Russia—last I looked they had something like 800 or 900 billion dollars in direct assets in the United States—but they also have these enormous sovereign wealth funds. The combined assets of the Saudi, UAE, Qatari, Bahraini and Kuwaiti sovereign wealth funds in the West are something close to five trillion dollars. One thing we can take as a near-100% certainty is that before the Western empire fails, it is going to loot all of that money and take it for its own ends. After Ukraine and after what they did to Russia, these rulers may be corrupt, they may be brutal, they may be ruthless and oppressive, but they are not stupid. They see the writing on the wall. They see what is coming their way. The way I interpret this new alliance between Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia is that Saudi Arabia is deciding to pay a protection racket to Turkey and Pakistan. Two of these three nations are major military powers; one of them is a pipsqueak. Why would Pakistan and Turkey sign an alliance with Saudi Arabia—an attack on one is an attack on all? If somebody attacks Turkey, is Saudi Arabia going to come to their aid? That’s a joke. I think the Saudis initiated this by saying: we are already screwed. We are going to get skinned alive. All our sovereign asset funds—we are probably never going to see them again. So what we can do is, since you are already at least on paper allied with the United States, you can become our protectors. We will pay you for it with these funds that are in the United States. If we say ‘send us a trillion dollars,’ Trump is going to say no—why don’t we send you a trillion dollars’ worth of Patriot missiles that we will deliver in 2046? But if Turkey or Pakistan say ‘send us a trillion dollars,’ the United States may have to send the money. Saudi Arabia gets new protectors, and these new protectors get some of the Saudi money.” Zulfikar: “Alex, a lot of nonsense has been said about this, but you have cut to the chase. You have uttered the words that are the truest words describing what has just taken place. I say this sitting in a position where I have actually listened to the deliberations between people who put their names on the piece of paper. I am that close to the scene. Exactly what you have said is the truth. It is very simple. Saudi Arabia is buying protection. It is protection money. Easy, very simple to understand. And Saudi Arabia watched with great dismay the destruction of the United States by Iran—under 50 years of sanctions.” The Gulf states have read the writing on the wall. Paying a protection racket to real military powers is their attempt to escape the coming looting of the imperial system.

Alex Krainer (Alex (Sasha) Krainer) explains why Saudi Arabia, after watching the West freeze nearly $300 billion of Russian assets, is now paying a protection racket to Turkey and Pakistan. The Gulf states understand their own trillions in Western-held sovereign wealth are next. The new alliance is not about defending Israel—it is about acquiring new protectors before the imperial system loots everything. Host Zulfikar, who has direct access to the relevant deliberations, confirms the assessment as simply “protection money.” Krainer: “Everybody saw how the Western powers didn’t hesitate a moment to freeze almost 300 billion dollars’ worth of Russian assets in the Western financial institutions. If they are brazen enough, if they are ruthless enough to do this to the number-one nuclear power in the world, then what is Saudi Arabia to them? It’s nothing. It’s a maggot they will squash whenever they choose to do so. Saudi Arabia not only has far more than Russia—last I looked they had something like 800 or 900 billion dollars in direct assets in the United States—but they also have these enormous sovereign wealth funds. The combined assets of the Saudi, UAE, Qatari, Bahraini and Kuwaiti sovereign wealth funds in the West are something close to five trillion dollars. One thing we can take as a near-100% certainty is that before the Western empire fails, it is going to loot all of that money and take it for its own ends. After Ukraine and after what they did to Russia, these rulers may be corrupt, they may be brutal, they may be ruthless and oppressive, but they are not stupid. They see the writing on the wall. They see what is coming their way. The way I interpret this new alliance between Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia is that Saudi Arabia is deciding to pay a protection racket to Turkey and Pakistan. Two of these three nations are major military powers; one of them is a pipsqueak. Why would Pakistan and Turkey sign an alliance with Saudi Arabia—an attack on one is an attack on all? If somebody attacks Turkey, is Saudi Arabia going to come to their aid? That’s a joke. I think the Saudis initiated this by saying: we are already screwed. We are going to get skinned alive. All our sovereign asset funds—we are probably never going to see them again. So what we can do is, since you are already at least on paper allied with the United States, you can become our protectors. We will pay you for it with these funds that are in the United States. If we say ‘send us a trillion dollars,’ Trump is going to say no—why don’t we send you a trillion dollars’ worth of Patriot missiles that we will deliver in 2046? But if Turkey or Pakistan say ‘send us a trillion dollars,’ the United States may have to send the money. Saudi Arabia gets new protectors, and these new protectors get some of the Saudi money.” Zulfikar: “Alex, a lot of nonsense has been said about this, but you have cut to the chase. You have uttered the words that are the truest words describing what has just taken place. I say this sitting in a position where I have actually listened to the deliberations between people who put their names on the piece of paper. I am that close to the scene. Exactly what you have said is the truth. It is very simple. Saudi Arabia is buying protection. It is protection money. Easy, very simple to understand. And Saudi Arabia watched with great dismay the destruction of the United States by Iran—under 50 years of sanctions.” The Gulf states have read the writing on the wall. Paying a protection racket to real military powers is their attempt to escape the coming looting of the imperial system.

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Scott Jennings says we have no say over Israel’s actions in Iran. I disagree. “We are the senior partner, they’re the junior partner. We have the weapons, we give them the weapons. We’re funding this war. We’re the great power. They’re our client state. So in theory, we should be able to have the more than a 50% say in whether American blood and treasure is spent to perpetuate this war for months and months. And it’s pretty clear from what President Trump said today about the war he wants to get out very soon. He keeps saying it. He wants to get out very soon. And it’s pretty clear from what Netanyahu said today that he doesn’t want to get out very soon.” “So both of those people can’t win. One of them is going to be right, and one of them is going to be wrong. So who’s going to win that disagreement? Is it going to be Trump and we’re going to end the war soon? Or is it going to be Bibi, the war is going to go on for a very long time? Both of them can’t be right, Scott. And in the end, we’re going to find out who really wears the pants in this bromance.”

Scott Jennings says we have no say over Israel’s actions in Iran. I disagree. “We are the senior partner, they’re the junior partner. We have the weapons, we give them the weapons. We’re funding this war. We’re the great power. They’re our client state. So in theory, we should be able to have the more than a 50% say in whether American blood and treasure is spent to perpetuate this war for months and months. And it’s pretty clear from what President Trump said today about the war he wants to get out very soon. He keeps saying it. He wants to get out very soon. And it’s pretty clear from what Netanyahu said today that he doesn’t want to get out very soon.” “So both of those people can’t win. One of them is going to be right, and one of them is going to be wrong. So who’s going to win that disagreement? Is it going to be Trump and we’re going to end the war soon? Or is it going to be Bibi, the war is going to go on for a very long time? Both of them can’t be right, Scott. And in the end, we’re going to find out who really wears the pants in this bromance.”

Josh Rogin

38,678 views • 5 months ago

MUST WATCH 🔴🔴 Islamic regime mouthpiece Mohammad Marandi threatens total war against the U.S., vows full scale retaliation over even a “token strike,” warns of shutting the Strait of Hormuz, sinking commercial ships, destroying oil and gas infrastructure, targeting trillions of dollars in non military U.S. assets, collapsing Gulf monarchies within hours, igniting chaos across West Asia and the Caucasus, and triggering a global economic crash Mohammad Marandi: “Yes, that is something that the Americans have put to the Iranians, that we will carry out some token strike and you can carry out some token strike. The Iranians said no. The Iranians have responded to the Americans that even a token strike will be met with full force, and the reason is twofold. One is that even a token strike is an act of war. But more importantly, I think, is the fact that the Iranians recognize that if the United States is allowed to carry out some limited strike, that only opens the door for future strikes. Four months down the road, some false flag operation will be carried out somewhere in Europe, somewhere in North America, somewhere in our region. Mossad will kill a few Israelis or something like that, and then they will blame Iran. Then there will be more threats against the country and attacks, or they will stage more riots or hire people to bring chaos to some city in Iran. Then again Trump will come in to save the Iranian people by murdering Iranian people. This is something that the Iranians are saying we cannot tolerate. So it has to end now. If the United States attacks, whether it is symbolic or whether it is a major assault, the Iranians are going to launch an all-out assault. It will be directed toward U.S. bases. Of course, it will be directed toward the U.S. Navy, but it will also be directed toward all U.S. interests across the region. That can mean many things that are non-military, and that means trillions of dollars of assets will be targeted. The Iranians have already spoken about shutting the Strait of Hormuz, which is very easy to do. It is not just about the strait itself that can be shut down. They can sink the ships that go through the strait. They have thousands of anti-ship missiles based in the Persian Gulf that can destroy everything in the Persian Gulf region. They can destroy the ports. They can destroy the oil and gas facilities. They can destroy the pipelines. And they can do the same outside the Strait of Hormuz and in the Indian Ocean. So if there is war, I believe that the oil and gas trade across West Asia and the Caucasus will come to an end, and that will lead to a global economic crash. U.S. assets in the region will, of course, be targeted. Those Arab countries that host U.S. bases, which are as we speak being used to plan against Iran, will be complicit. I do not think these Arab regimes will last more than a few hours or a few days or at most a few weeks. Some of these entities have passport-holding populations of a few hundred thousand to a million, and foreign workers outnumber citizens 5 to 1 or 10 to 1. Most of the foreign workers are adult males. So if there is chaos, I think the regimes will collapse, and that will change the map of the region permanently. From my understanding, it would be insanity for President Trump to attack Iran. But Trump is surrounded by Israeli supporters. Congress and the Senate are controlled by Israeli supporters. The Epstein documents give us a very small view into the ugly reality of the ruling class. So even though it is insanity, it is quite plausible that an attack will happen.”

MUST WATCH 🔴🔴 Islamic regime mouthpiece Mohammad Marandi threatens total war against the U.S., vows full scale retaliation over even a “token strike,” warns of shutting the Strait of Hormuz, sinking commercial ships, destroying oil and gas infrastructure, targeting trillions of dollars in non military U.S. assets, collapsing Gulf monarchies within hours, igniting chaos across West Asia and the Caucasus, and triggering a global economic crash Mohammad Marandi: “Yes, that is something that the Americans have put to the Iranians, that we will carry out some token strike and you can carry out some token strike. The Iranians said no. The Iranians have responded to the Americans that even a token strike will be met with full force, and the reason is twofold. One is that even a token strike is an act of war. But more importantly, I think, is the fact that the Iranians recognize that if the United States is allowed to carry out some limited strike, that only opens the door for future strikes. Four months down the road, some false flag operation will be carried out somewhere in Europe, somewhere in North America, somewhere in our region. Mossad will kill a few Israelis or something like that, and then they will blame Iran. Then there will be more threats against the country and attacks, or they will stage more riots or hire people to bring chaos to some city in Iran. Then again Trump will come in to save the Iranian people by murdering Iranian people. This is something that the Iranians are saying we cannot tolerate. So it has to end now. If the United States attacks, whether it is symbolic or whether it is a major assault, the Iranians are going to launch an all-out assault. It will be directed toward U.S. bases. Of course, it will be directed toward the U.S. Navy, but it will also be directed toward all U.S. interests across the region. That can mean many things that are non-military, and that means trillions of dollars of assets will be targeted. The Iranians have already spoken about shutting the Strait of Hormuz, which is very easy to do. It is not just about the strait itself that can be shut down. They can sink the ships that go through the strait. They have thousands of anti-ship missiles based in the Persian Gulf that can destroy everything in the Persian Gulf region. They can destroy the ports. They can destroy the oil and gas facilities. They can destroy the pipelines. And they can do the same outside the Strait of Hormuz and in the Indian Ocean. So if there is war, I believe that the oil and gas trade across West Asia and the Caucasus will come to an end, and that will lead to a global economic crash. U.S. assets in the region will, of course, be targeted. Those Arab countries that host U.S. bases, which are as we speak being used to plan against Iran, will be complicit. I do not think these Arab regimes will last more than a few hours or a few days or at most a few weeks. Some of these entities have passport-holding populations of a few hundred thousand to a million, and foreign workers outnumber citizens 5 to 1 or 10 to 1. Most of the foreign workers are adult males. So if there is chaos, I think the regimes will collapse, and that will change the map of the region permanently. From my understanding, it would be insanity for President Trump to attack Iran. But Trump is surrounded by Israeli supporters. Congress and the Senate are controlled by Israeli supporters. The Epstein documents give us a very small view into the ugly reality of the ruling class. So even though it is insanity, it is quite plausible that an attack will happen.”

Open Source Intel

131,196 views • 6 months ago

Alastair Crooke (Alastair Crooke): “Trump keeps saying he has all the cards, but listen to our cards. One is Hormuz. We control Hormuz, and we’ll continue. We are able to control Bab al-Mandab in the Red Sea, and we can control pipelines. This is why I keep saying Iran’s aim in this war is to break the whole paradigm. I don’t see a path to a solution. They’re completely incapable of seeing that others have different ways of thinking and seeing reality from a different perspective. They can’t understand that. We in the West are going to feel the consequences directly. There won’t be petrol in the petrol stations or gasoline in the gas stations. There will be difficulty getting your children to school as a consequence. There will not be the food that you want. You will not have aluminum foil in the shops any longer. Aluminum comes through Hormuz overwhelmingly. We are in this neverworld at the moment—we all have heard that it’s going to be so serious, yet it hasn’t fully impacted. People won’t be able to afford to fly. They won’t be able to easily get their cars refueled. The cost of electricity and other things is going to go shooting up. Europe is going to be in dire pain. I will just say that this is also something much bigger. This is why it’s part of a global war. The other thing that Iran is fighting in this war is the financial architecture—not just the dollar hegemony, not just the petrodollar, but the whole structure by which the Gulf states were set up in 1973 to keep the oil price high and transfer the enormous excess savings that came from this into Wall Street. This underpinned the financialized world. Because it has come at the price of depressing or suppressing the real economy in favor of an economy that is all about trading and making instant money on markets, not by actually producing things in the real world. You can quickly make a few hundred million in an afternoon by insider trading on the markets. One of the long-term consequences of this war will be the complete destruction of markets and pricing as a result of all this insider trading and the complete disparities. We pick up the paper and they say, “Oh well, oil has just gone down from $98 to $93.” Try buying a barrel of oil at that price. It’s just completely manipulated.” Summary: Iran is fighting to break the financial-military siege paradigm that has choked its economy for 47 years. Control of Hormuz is not just about oil—it’s about reordering regional sovereignty. The West’s financialized system is already showing its fragility (fake oil prices, supply chain breaks), and time favors Iran because it has physical reserves, a mobilized population, and a strategic vision that transcends nation-state logic. Trump’s personal psychology and Israel’s apocalyptic messianism are the two insurmountable roadblocks to any negotiated settlement.

Alastair Crooke (Alastair Crooke): “Trump keeps saying he has all the cards, but listen to our cards. One is Hormuz. We control Hormuz, and we’ll continue. We are able to control Bab al-Mandab in the Red Sea, and we can control pipelines. This is why I keep saying Iran’s aim in this war is to break the whole paradigm. I don’t see a path to a solution. They’re completely incapable of seeing that others have different ways of thinking and seeing reality from a different perspective. They can’t understand that. We in the West are going to feel the consequences directly. There won’t be petrol in the petrol stations or gasoline in the gas stations. There will be difficulty getting your children to school as a consequence. There will not be the food that you want. You will not have aluminum foil in the shops any longer. Aluminum comes through Hormuz overwhelmingly. We are in this neverworld at the moment—we all have heard that it’s going to be so serious, yet it hasn’t fully impacted. People won’t be able to afford to fly. They won’t be able to easily get their cars refueled. The cost of electricity and other things is going to go shooting up. Europe is going to be in dire pain. I will just say that this is also something much bigger. This is why it’s part of a global war. The other thing that Iran is fighting in this war is the financial architecture—not just the dollar hegemony, not just the petrodollar, but the whole structure by which the Gulf states were set up in 1973 to keep the oil price high and transfer the enormous excess savings that came from this into Wall Street. This underpinned the financialized world. Because it has come at the price of depressing or suppressing the real economy in favor of an economy that is all about trading and making instant money on markets, not by actually producing things in the real world. You can quickly make a few hundred million in an afternoon by insider trading on the markets. One of the long-term consequences of this war will be the complete destruction of markets and pricing as a result of all this insider trading and the complete disparities. We pick up the paper and they say, “Oh well, oil has just gone down from $98 to $93.” Try buying a barrel of oil at that price. It’s just completely manipulated.” Summary: Iran is fighting to break the financial-military siege paradigm that has choked its economy for 47 years. Control of Hormuz is not just about oil—it’s about reordering regional sovereignty. The West’s financialized system is already showing its fragility (fake oil prices, supply chain breaks), and time favors Iran because it has physical reserves, a mobilized population, and a strategic vision that transcends nation-state logic. Trump’s personal psychology and Israel’s apocalyptic messianism are the two insurmountable roadblocks to any negotiated settlement.

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Thank you to all who joined us in Brewer yesterday to fight to stop this senseless war. Full remarks and video below. ********* First, I want to say thank you to Food and Medicine for having me. The work of Food and Medicine, the Eastern Maine Labor Council, quite frankly, has really kept organizing alive and as part of the state for a long time. And if you have the time and the energy to get involved, I highly recommend that you do. I also just want to give a hearty thank you to everyone who's joined us here today. It means a lot and it also shows that this is, whether it's mothers, whether it's veterans, whether it's people just running for political office and part of our main community, nobody wants this war. Absolutely no one thinks that this is a good idea. And the reason why they don't want it is because they know what it's actually about. This is a war that's being pushed by Benjamin Netanyahu. He's been trying to make this war happen for almost 30 years. This is a war that's being pushed by the Saudis, who have also wanted this war to happen. Two nations that are happy to watch American blood be expended on their behalf. This war is also being pushed because Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. And other people in the White House, and other people connected with the Epstein class. They are terrified that we have noticed what they are doing. They are terrified that we're going to start wondering why the hell we let them stay in power. And to do that, they're going to do the oldest trick in the book. They're going to try to just start a war to distract all of us. They are willing to sacrifice the lives of young American men and women and the lives of Iranian civilians simply to protect their political interests. I cannot think of a more reprehensible act. I cannot think of a more unpatriotic act, of a more un-American act, than to send our sons and daughters off to die, to kill, to bring immense violence to innocent civilians abroad simply because you're afraid you might lose the midterms. It is disgusting. As reprehensible as it is, it's also important to remember that this situation we find ourselves in is only possible because we have had a Congress that for decades has abdicated its responsibility, its constitutional responsibility, in making war. We need to rescind the 2001 Authorization of Use of Military Force. Its vague language and lack of clarity has been abused by multiple administrations of both parties to carry out wars in the name of the military-industrial complex and those in power, to carry out military operations that did absolutely nothing to keep Americans safe, but made some people very, very wealthy and protected the political interests of those in power. It needs to go. But not only does it need to go, we need a war powers resolution that actually claws power back from the executive branch. The resolutions that are on the table, I highly recommend you call your elected officials and put pressure on them to vote for them. They are necessary, but they are not sufficient. We need a truly reformed War Powers Act, where we really pull the power back. No more 48 hours of combat operations where you have to notify Congress. No more 60 days of combat operations before you have to prove to Congress that you should have gone to war in the first place. No. We need to know why military force is used right off the bat. And it needs to be approved by Congress right off the bat. The Constitution is clear about who is supposed to have the power of waging war in this country. It is the body that is most representative of the American people because it is the American people who have to bear the brunt of combat. It is the American people who are asked to make the sacrifice. It is American families who have to bury their dead sons and daughters. It is American friends who have to watch their best friends come home from a war and struggle for years with physical and mental trauma.

Thank you to all who joined us in Brewer yesterday to fight to stop this senseless war. Full remarks and video below. ********* First, I want to say thank you to Food and Medicine for having me. The work of Food and Medicine, the Eastern Maine Labor Council, quite frankly, has really kept organizing alive and as part of the state for a long time. And if you have the time and the energy to get involved, I highly recommend that you do. I also just want to give a hearty thank you to everyone who's joined us here today. It means a lot and it also shows that this is, whether it's mothers, whether it's veterans, whether it's people just running for political office and part of our main community, nobody wants this war. Absolutely no one thinks that this is a good idea. And the reason why they don't want it is because they know what it's actually about. This is a war that's being pushed by Benjamin Netanyahu. He's been trying to make this war happen for almost 30 years. This is a war that's being pushed by the Saudis, who have also wanted this war to happen. Two nations that are happy to watch American blood be expended on their behalf. This war is also being pushed because Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. And other people in the White House, and other people connected with the Epstein class. They are terrified that we have noticed what they are doing. They are terrified that we're going to start wondering why the hell we let them stay in power. And to do that, they're going to do the oldest trick in the book. They're going to try to just start a war to distract all of us. They are willing to sacrifice the lives of young American men and women and the lives of Iranian civilians simply to protect their political interests. I cannot think of a more reprehensible act. I cannot think of a more unpatriotic act, of a more un-American act, than to send our sons and daughters off to die, to kill, to bring immense violence to innocent civilians abroad simply because you're afraid you might lose the midterms. It is disgusting. As reprehensible as it is, it's also important to remember that this situation we find ourselves in is only possible because we have had a Congress that for decades has abdicated its responsibility, its constitutional responsibility, in making war. We need to rescind the 2001 Authorization of Use of Military Force. Its vague language and lack of clarity has been abused by multiple administrations of both parties to carry out wars in the name of the military-industrial complex and those in power, to carry out military operations that did absolutely nothing to keep Americans safe, but made some people very, very wealthy and protected the political interests of those in power. It needs to go. But not only does it need to go, we need a war powers resolution that actually claws power back from the executive branch. The resolutions that are on the table, I highly recommend you call your elected officials and put pressure on them to vote for them. They are necessary, but they are not sufficient. We need a truly reformed War Powers Act, where we really pull the power back. No more 48 hours of combat operations where you have to notify Congress. No more 60 days of combat operations before you have to prove to Congress that you should have gone to war in the first place. No. We need to know why military force is used right off the bat. And it needs to be approved by Congress right off the bat. The Constitution is clear about who is supposed to have the power of waging war in this country. It is the body that is most representative of the American people because it is the American people who have to bear the brunt of combat. It is the American people who are asked to make the sacrifice. It is American families who have to bury their dead sons and daughters. It is American friends who have to watch their best friends come home from a war and struggle for years with physical and mental trauma.

Graham Platner for Senate

75,721 views • 5 months ago

#WATCH | On being asked about the West Asia conflict and where the Islamabad MoU stands right now, Senior Journalist, Political Commentator & Author, Fareed Zakaria says, "It's completely dead. It was predictable that it would be dead... Iran has figured out it has a usable nuclear weapon that can be used as leverage, which is control over the Strait of Hormuz...What we are trying to solve now is a problem created by the war itself, and even that has not been solved. In my opinion, the whole thing is a very humiliating defeat for the United States" "It's completely dead. And it was predictable that it would be dead because it is a memorandum of misunderstanding...Iran has figured out it has a usable nuclear weapon, in other words, a weapon that is actually more powerful because it can be used as leverage. That leverage is control over the Strait of Hormuz, and they want to assert that power...To give you an understanding of how poorly this war has gone for the United States, remember President Trump's original goal, which was to destroy the Iranian regime, have the people of Iran launch an uprising, and bring democracy to Iran. That didn't work. The goal number two became the nuclear issue...The desire to get the Iranians to hand over their enriched uranium, swear that they would never use it again, and permanently end the program none of that has happened. The third goal then became control of the Strait of Hormuz, which, of course, was open before the war. What we are trying to solve now is a problem created by the war itself, and even that has not been solved. In my opinion, the whole thing is a very humiliating defeat for the United States" Watch full interview here:

#WATCH | On being asked about the West Asia conflict and where the Islamabad MoU stands right now, Senior Journalist, Political Commentator & Author, Fareed Zakaria says, "It's completely dead. It was predictable that it would be dead... Iran has figured out it has a usable nuclear weapon that can be used as leverage, which is control over the Strait of Hormuz...What we are trying to solve now is a problem created by the war itself, and even that has not been solved. In my opinion, the whole thing is a very humiliating defeat for the United States" "It's completely dead. And it was predictable that it would be dead because it is a memorandum of misunderstanding...Iran has figured out it has a usable nuclear weapon, in other words, a weapon that is actually more powerful because it can be used as leverage. That leverage is control over the Strait of Hormuz, and they want to assert that power...To give you an understanding of how poorly this war has gone for the United States, remember President Trump's original goal, which was to destroy the Iranian regime, have the people of Iran launch an uprising, and bring democracy to Iran. That didn't work. The goal number two became the nuclear issue...The desire to get the Iranians to hand over their enriched uranium, swear that they would never use it again, and permanently end the program none of that has happened. The third goal then became control of the Strait of Hormuz, which, of course, was open before the war. What we are trying to solve now is a problem created by the war itself, and even that has not been solved. In my opinion, the whole thing is a very humiliating defeat for the United States" Watch full interview here:

ANI

49,071 views • 1 month ago

Colonel Doug Macgregor (Douglas Macgregor) nails it: Netanyahu and Zelenskyy are operators within the same Atlanticist cabal, executing a single agenda of perpetual war to keep their bankrupt systems afloat and dragging Trump into ruin. Iran has already won by surviving. Ukraine is finished. A new Eurasian order is rising. Survival demands a new security and development architecture that ends geopolitics for mutual progress. “[Trump] is going to do what Netanyahu wants him to do. Let’s be frank. That’s where we’re headed. What does Netanyahu want? He wants the war to continue. Zelensky is joined at the hip with Netanyahu. They are part of the same cabal. What does Zelensky want? He wants the war to continue. For it to continue, he needs more missiles, more drones that he can hurl at the Russians. Let’s get real and look at what is and is not possible. Iran’s goal in the war, number one, was to survive. They’re not deluded. They never harboured any illusions about their real power and influence. They understood that the best they could do was defend themselves, and they’ve done that. They’ve proven that they have survived. They realize that they’ve won. That was the point of the MOU that Trump signed and then walked away from, unsurprisingly, because it effectively said, “Okay, you get what you want. You won. We’ll go along with it. We’ll tolerate it because it’s in the interest of the global economy.” Well, that went away. He can’t tolerate that. Now, what’s goal number two for the Iranians? They need to finish the job. And what does that mean to them? That means you’ve got to remove the United States from the region. How do you do that? You smash all the bases beyond repair. You make it patently obvious that any attempt to come back into that region and re-establish yourself on the ground is an impossibility. We are not fighting the war we were fighting just a few weeks ago. Donald Trump is fighting a rearguard action to try and preserve what little is left of our military, political, and economic power and dominance. And there’s not that much left anymore. His attack on Iran was an acid test for our military power, our strength. We could have avoided it. We didn’t need to do it. It was not required. But Netanyahu and his agents in the United States insisted upon it. Trump owes them whatever, and so he’s done it. They’re back, and they’re going to tell him, “The only way this war ends is with the complete and utter destruction of Iran.” I would turn that around and warn everyone that if he indeed does proceed, it’s not the end of Iran. It’ll finish us in the Gulf. That’s absolutely certain. But it will be the end of Israel. And I think that privately Netanyahu is worried about that, but he doesn’t know what else to do. And the simple truth is the same for Ukraine. Either we give them more to sustain them for another month or two, or they too will go out of existence. And if we give them something to sustain them for another month or two, half of which will be stolen and end up in private bank accounts, they too will be destroyed. The handwriting, as we say, is on the wall. Ukraine is destroyed. That nation is finished. And, oh, by the way, Iran is victorious, and a new order is going to emerge in the Middle East. And I would tell you that over the next few months it will be obvious that that new order consists of four powerful states: Russia, China, Iran, and Turkey. I predict that Turkey will finally get off the bench and demonstrate that it is part of that axis. And that is the end of us and the finish of Israel in the region.”

Colonel Doug Macgregor (Douglas Macgregor) nails it: Netanyahu and Zelenskyy are operators within the same Atlanticist cabal, executing a single agenda of perpetual war to keep their bankrupt systems afloat and dragging Trump into ruin. Iran has already won by surviving. Ukraine is finished. A new Eurasian order is rising. Survival demands a new security and development architecture that ends geopolitics for mutual progress. “[Trump] is going to do what Netanyahu wants him to do. Let’s be frank. That’s where we’re headed. What does Netanyahu want? He wants the war to continue. Zelensky is joined at the hip with Netanyahu. They are part of the same cabal. What does Zelensky want? He wants the war to continue. For it to continue, he needs more missiles, more drones that he can hurl at the Russians. Let’s get real and look at what is and is not possible. Iran’s goal in the war, number one, was to survive. They’re not deluded. They never harboured any illusions about their real power and influence. They understood that the best they could do was defend themselves, and they’ve done that. They’ve proven that they have survived. They realize that they’ve won. That was the point of the MOU that Trump signed and then walked away from, unsurprisingly, because it effectively said, “Okay, you get what you want. You won. We’ll go along with it. We’ll tolerate it because it’s in the interest of the global economy.” Well, that went away. He can’t tolerate that. Now, what’s goal number two for the Iranians? They need to finish the job. And what does that mean to them? That means you’ve got to remove the United States from the region. How do you do that? You smash all the bases beyond repair. You make it patently obvious that any attempt to come back into that region and re-establish yourself on the ground is an impossibility. We are not fighting the war we were fighting just a few weeks ago. Donald Trump is fighting a rearguard action to try and preserve what little is left of our military, political, and economic power and dominance. And there’s not that much left anymore. His attack on Iran was an acid test for our military power, our strength. We could have avoided it. We didn’t need to do it. It was not required. But Netanyahu and his agents in the United States insisted upon it. Trump owes them whatever, and so he’s done it. They’re back, and they’re going to tell him, “The only way this war ends is with the complete and utter destruction of Iran.” I would turn that around and warn everyone that if he indeed does proceed, it’s not the end of Iran. It’ll finish us in the Gulf. That’s absolutely certain. But it will be the end of Israel. And I think that privately Netanyahu is worried about that, but he doesn’t know what else to do. And the simple truth is the same for Ukraine. Either we give them more to sustain them for another month or two, or they too will go out of existence. And if we give them something to sustain them for another month or two, half of which will be stolen and end up in private bank accounts, they too will be destroyed. The handwriting, as we say, is on the wall. Ukraine is destroyed. That nation is finished. And, oh, by the way, Iran is victorious, and a new order is going to emerge in the Middle East. And I would tell you that over the next few months it will be obvious that that new order consists of four powerful states: Russia, China, Iran, and Turkey. I predict that Turkey will finally get off the bench and demonstrate that it is part of that axis. And that is the end of us and the finish of Israel in the region.”

🅰pocalypsis 🅰pocalypseos 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🅉

44,818 views • 21 days ago

🚨 Professor Jiang predicts that the Iran war will go on for years and will spread across the world “I think that we can expect this war to drag on for years and years. Eventually, America will send in ground troops. Eventually the Strait of Hormuz will be contested, this will spread all across the world, other nations will be drawn in. Saudi Arabia is thinking about declaring war on Iran and Saudi Arabia has a neutral defense pact with Pakistan, so Pakistan will be drawn into this war. Things are spinning out of control and just recently Ali Larijani, who is the de facto head of the Iranian war effort, was assassinated and he was an elder statesman in Iran who had the authority to negotiate a ceasefire. Now that he's gone um there really is no more offramp. Both sides are committed to a long war of attrition and the consequences for the entire global economy are quite dire.”

🚨 Professor Jiang predicts that the Iran war will go on for years and will spread across the world “I think that we can expect this war to drag on for years and years. Eventually, America will send in ground troops. Eventually the Strait of Hormuz will be contested, this will spread all across the world, other nations will be drawn in. Saudi Arabia is thinking about declaring war on Iran and Saudi Arabia has a neutral defense pact with Pakistan, so Pakistan will be drawn into this war. Things are spinning out of control and just recently Ali Larijani, who is the de facto head of the Iranian war effort, was assassinated and he was an elder statesman in Iran who had the authority to negotiate a ceasefire. Now that he's gone um there really is no more offramp. Both sides are committed to a long war of attrition and the consequences for the entire global economy are quite dire.”

Red Panda Koala

125,363 views • 5 months ago

Friedberg’s Ideal Immigration Test: Worker or Welfare? (Or Makers vs Takers) “I'm all about discerning immigration, not on the lines of some cultural definition, but really around that simple framing of are you going to get social support services or are you going to work? Going back to my makers vs takers point, if the primary motivation for an individual to come to this country is to be given benefits, to be given payments, to be given social services, to be given support, I think that that person should be denied immigration. If the primary motivation for the individual to come to the United States is to work to progress themselves, to become a maker, to create things, to work in such a way that they can generate income, save capital, buy things, advance their family's position because they are denied those rights due to the tyranny of the place that they're coming from, then they should be granted immigration status to come to this country and contribute. Because at the end of the day, what people may not like to hear, which is the truth, is that every single one of those people is actually net positive in growing our economy. And everyone thinks it's a zero-sum game with respect to jobs in the United States, and we shouldn't let people into this country that create jobs. But the fundamental truth is that anyone that is productive, meaning they create more value than they take in, grows the economy and more jobs get created, and overall, we all benefit from having those individuals here in this country. And by the way, if you are going to work, you are going to culturally assimilate, because that is what the United States is based on, which is productivity, work hard, create things, and have individual agency, have the ability to progress yourself in this world, in this society. And if you take advantage of that opportunity, you're going to love the American ideals that this country was founded upon.”

Friedberg’s Ideal Immigration Test: Worker or Welfare? (Or Makers vs Takers) “I'm all about discerning immigration, not on the lines of some cultural definition, but really around that simple framing of are you going to get social support services or are you going to work? Going back to my makers vs takers point, if the primary motivation for an individual to come to this country is to be given benefits, to be given payments, to be given social services, to be given support, I think that that person should be denied immigration. If the primary motivation for the individual to come to the United States is to work to progress themselves, to become a maker, to create things, to work in such a way that they can generate income, save capital, buy things, advance their family's position because they are denied those rights due to the tyranny of the place that they're coming from, then they should be granted immigration status to come to this country and contribute. Because at the end of the day, what people may not like to hear, which is the truth, is that every single one of those people is actually net positive in growing our economy. And everyone thinks it's a zero-sum game with respect to jobs in the United States, and we shouldn't let people into this country that create jobs. But the fundamental truth is that anyone that is productive, meaning they create more value than they take in, grows the economy and more jobs get created, and overall, we all benefit from having those individuals here in this country. And by the way, if you are going to work, you are going to culturally assimilate, because that is what the United States is based on, which is productivity, work hard, create things, and have individual agency, have the ability to progress yourself in this world, in this society. And if you take advantage of that opportunity, you're going to love the American ideals that this country was founded upon.”

The All-In Podcast

54,923 views • 1 month ago

🚨 WOW. This footage of Sec. Marco Rubio in 2015 is resurfacing where he CALLED IT PERFECTLY on Iran, 11 YEARS ago Now he's overseeing the END of this regime with Trump 🔥 "I know what is going to happen in regards to this if it goes through. Iran will immediately use the money that it's receiving in sanctions relief to begin to build up its conventional capabilities." "It will establish the most dominant military power in the region outside of the United States and it will raise the price of us operating in the region." "They're going to build anti-access capabilities, rockets capable of destroying our aircraft carriers and ships." "Continue to build these swift boats that are able to come on us, these fast boats that are able to swarm our naval assets." "They'll also work with other terrorist groups in the region to target American servicemen and women. And they may or may not deny that they're involved." "They'll also continue to build long-range missiles, missiles capable of reaching the United States." "And then at some point in the near future, when the time is right, they will build a NUCLEAR WEAPON." "And they will do so because at that point they will know that they have become immune, that we will no longer be able to strike their nuclear program because the price of doing so will be too high." "Iran is led by a supreme leader who is a radical Shia cleric with an apocalyptic vision of the future." "I pray that on their first day in office, they will reverse this deal and reimpose the sanctions and back them up with a credible threat of military force, or history will condemn us for not doing what needed to be done at this critical moment in the world's history." 🇺🇸

🚨 WOW. This footage of Sec. Marco Rubio in 2015 is resurfacing where he CALLED IT PERFECTLY on Iran, 11 YEARS ago Now he's overseeing the END of this regime with Trump 🔥 "I know what is going to happen in regards to this if it goes through. Iran will immediately use the money that it's receiving in sanctions relief to begin to build up its conventional capabilities." "It will establish the most dominant military power in the region outside of the United States and it will raise the price of us operating in the region." "They're going to build anti-access capabilities, rockets capable of destroying our aircraft carriers and ships." "Continue to build these swift boats that are able to come on us, these fast boats that are able to swarm our naval assets." "They'll also work with other terrorist groups in the region to target American servicemen and women. And they may or may not deny that they're involved." "They'll also continue to build long-range missiles, missiles capable of reaching the United States." "And then at some point in the near future, when the time is right, they will build a NUCLEAR WEAPON." "And they will do so because at that point they will know that they have become immune, that we will no longer be able to strike their nuclear program because the price of doing so will be too high." "Iran is led by a supreme leader who is a radical Shia cleric with an apocalyptic vision of the future." "I pray that on their first day in office, they will reverse this deal and reimpose the sanctions and back them up with a credible threat of military force, or history will condemn us for not doing what needed to be done at this critical moment in the world's history." 🇺🇸

Eric Daugherty

300,209 views • 5 months ago

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): “The strait is closed because of our decision to invade Iran. This is a consequence of our military action… How are we going to get it reopened? Will you drive a bargain that is so tough and so hard that the strait remains closed? So, how are we going to get it open?” Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “That is a predicate to anything else happening. The Straits have to be reopened… If Iran wants to be able to move its oil again through the Strait, they will have to reopen the Straits.” “If they refuse to do so, then we have other options available to us, but we would prefer to negotiate the reopening of this.”

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): “The strait is closed because of our decision to invade Iran. This is a consequence of our military action… How are we going to get it reopened? Will you drive a bargain that is so tough and so hard that the strait remains closed? So, how are we going to get it open?” Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “That is a predicate to anything else happening. The Straits have to be reopened… If Iran wants to be able to move its oil again through the Strait, they will have to reopen the Straits.” “If they refuse to do so, then we have other options available to us, but we would prefer to negotiate the reopening of this.”

RedWave Press

176,134 views • 2 months ago

⚡️⭕️Benjamin H. Freedman - 1961 Speech at the Willard Hotel, Washington : - What I tell you now concerns not only you, but your children, and the survival of this country and Christianity - Senator Kennedy, who is now the president of the United States went to New York and delivered an address to the Zionist Organization of America. He stated that he would use the armed forces of the United States to preserve the existence of the regime set up in Palestine by the Zionists who are now an occupation of that area. In other words, Christian boys are going to be yanked out of their homes, away from their family and sent abroad to fight in Palestine, against the Christian and Muslim Arabs - When that happens, the United States will trigger World War 3 and when that starts, you can be sure we cannot emerge from that war a victor. - We are going to lose that war because there is not one nation in the world that will let one of their sons fight with us for such a cause

⚡️⭕️Benjamin H. Freedman - 1961 Speech at the Willard Hotel, Washington : - What I tell you now concerns not only you, but your children, and the survival of this country and Christianity - Senator Kennedy, who is now the president of the United States went to New York and delivered an address to the Zionist Organization of America. He stated that he would use the armed forces of the United States to preserve the existence of the regime set up in Palestine by the Zionists who are now an occupation of that area. In other words, Christian boys are going to be yanked out of their homes, away from their family and sent abroad to fight in Palestine, against the Christian and Muslim Arabs - When that happens, the United States will trigger World War 3 and when that starts, you can be sure we cannot emerge from that war a victor. - We are going to lose that war because there is not one nation in the world that will let one of their sons fight with us for such a cause

Middle East Observer

37,766 views • 1 year ago

“At Turning Point Action, we wanted to put on an event, a training that is for you, the citizen, that is for We the People, that is for a restoration of this Republic. In the next couple of days, you will be challenged. You will be encouraged... This is going to be the end of spectator politics... Instead, we are going to make a commitment that this year, this calendar year, will be the hardest year we have ever worked.” #PEOPLES2024

“At Turning Point Action, we wanted to put on an event, a training that is for you, the citizen, that is for We the People, that is for a restoration of this Republic. In the next couple of days, you will be challenged. You will be encouraged... This is going to be the end of spectator politics... Instead, we are going to make a commitment that this year, this calendar year, will be the hardest year we have ever worked.” #PEOPLES2024

Charlie Kirk

344,272 views • 2 years ago

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos attempted to trip up Secretary of State Marco Rubio by asking the same question about Venezuela three different times. “What is the legal authority for the United States to be running Venezuela?” And three times, Rubio shut him down. RUBIO: “I explained to you what our goals are and how we’re going to use the leverage to make it happen.” “As far as our legal authority on the quarantine, simple. We have court orders. These are sanctioned boats, and we get orders from courts to go after and seize these sanctions. Is a court not a legal authority?” STEPHANOPOULOS: “Is the United States running Venezuela right now?” RUBIO: “Well, I’ve explained once again, I’ll do it one more time.” “What we are running is the direction this is going to move moving forward, and that is we have leverage.” “This leverage we are using and we intend to use. We started using already. You can see where they are running out of storage capacity. In a few weeks, they’re going to have to start pumping oil, unless they make changes.” “That leverage that we have with the armada of boats that are currently positioned, allow us to seize any sanctioned boats coming into or out of Venezuela loaded with oil or on its way in to pick up oil.” “We can pick and choose which ones we go after. We have court orders for each one.” “That will continue to be in place until the people who have control over the levers of power in that country make changes that are not just in the interest of the people of Venezuela but are in the interest of the United States and the things that we care about.” “The legal authority is the court orders that we have.”

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos attempted to trip up Secretary of State Marco Rubio by asking the same question about Venezuela three different times. “What is the legal authority for the United States to be running Venezuela?” And three times, Rubio shut him down. RUBIO: “I explained to you what our goals are and how we’re going to use the leverage to make it happen.” “As far as our legal authority on the quarantine, simple. We have court orders. These are sanctioned boats, and we get orders from courts to go after and seize these sanctions. Is a court not a legal authority?” STEPHANOPOULOS: “Is the United States running Venezuela right now?” RUBIO: “Well, I’ve explained once again, I’ll do it one more time.” “What we are running is the direction this is going to move moving forward, and that is we have leverage.” “This leverage we are using and we intend to use. We started using already. You can see where they are running out of storage capacity. In a few weeks, they’re going to have to start pumping oil, unless they make changes.” “That leverage that we have with the armada of boats that are currently positioned, allow us to seize any sanctioned boats coming into or out of Venezuela loaded with oil or on its way in to pick up oil.” “We can pick and choose which ones we go after. We have court orders for each one.” “That will continue to be in place until the people who have control over the levers of power in that country make changes that are not just in the interest of the people of Venezuela but are in the interest of the United States and the things that we care about.” “The legal authority is the court orders that we have.”

Overton

213,086 views • 7 months ago

Rogin: It looks very likely that we're about to restart bombing of Iran. And there are a lot of reports out there that this is about to happen. And what that means is that all of the problems, not just with the US economy, with the economy of every country in the world, are about to get worse. And it means that the Iran war is going to go much longer than otherwise anticipated. And that is a disaster not just for Americans, but for all people. And then if you think about the effects on energy and then manufacturing, and then rates will continue to go up, and then inflation, it's a it's a calamity for the world economy with no strategy whatsoever.

Rogin: It looks very likely that we're about to restart bombing of Iran. And there are a lot of reports out there that this is about to happen. And what that means is that all of the problems, not just with the US economy, with the economy of every country in the world, are about to get worse. And it means that the Iran war is going to go much longer than otherwise anticipated. And that is a disaster not just for Americans, but for all people. And then if you think about the effects on energy and then manufacturing, and then rates will continue to go up, and then inflation, it's a it's a calamity for the world economy with no strategy whatsoever.

Acyn

74,258 views • 2 months ago

“Iran is not going to declare an end to the war while Israel is still attacking Lebanon. It has to be part of the deal. And of course, Bibi won’t play ball because he doesn’t want the war to end. And Trump is just waking up to that fact three months into the war, and he’s not happy about it.” “A lot of what he’s saying is that Bibi should do everything that he says. And now he’s learning that that’s not the way the world works. So constantly over the past three months, Trump is confronted by reality, which totally contradicts the made up story he has about the Iran war in his head. And guess what? In the end, reality is winning out.” “And that’s why we’re in the quagmire we’re in. Because Trump won’t accept the reality. He only wants the world to bend to what’s in his head. In this case, he’s not getting what he wants, so he’s throwing a tantrum.”

“Iran is not going to declare an end to the war while Israel is still attacking Lebanon. It has to be part of the deal. And of course, Bibi won’t play ball because he doesn’t want the war to end. And Trump is just waking up to that fact three months into the war, and he’s not happy about it.” “A lot of what he’s saying is that Bibi should do everything that he says. And now he’s learning that that’s not the way the world works. So constantly over the past three months, Trump is confronted by reality, which totally contradicts the made up story he has about the Iran war in his head. And guess what? In the end, reality is winning out.” “And that’s why we’re in the quagmire we’re in. Because Trump won’t accept the reality. He only wants the world to bend to what’s in his head. In this case, he’s not getting what he wants, so he’s throwing a tantrum.”

Josh Rogin

13,279 views • 2 months ago

Pepe Escobar (Pepe Escobar): This is the first documentary in English in the world about one of the corridors of the future, which unites three very, very important BRICS countries: Russia, Iran, and India. The corridor starts in St. Petersburg, goes to Astrakhan, then crosses the Caspian, crosses Iran, gets to the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, and ends in Mumbai. And it has branches. There are branches that would serve the Caucasus, especially Azerbaijan and Georgia, all the way to Turkey, and branches that could serve Central Asia. So from the point of view of these three BRICS countries, it’s an integration of Eurasia from north to south, in parallel with the east-to-west Chinese corridors. That’s why it’s so important. So what are we going to have in the next, let’s say, three to four years maximum? All these corridors will be integrated—different branches of the east-west and the north-south, with their branches as well. So we’re going to have real Eurasian integration, geoeconomically, on the ground.

Pepe Escobar (Pepe Escobar): This is the first documentary in English in the world about one of the corridors of the future, which unites three very, very important BRICS countries: Russia, Iran, and India. The corridor starts in St. Petersburg, goes to Astrakhan, then crosses the Caspian, crosses Iran, gets to the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, and ends in Mumbai. And it has branches. There are branches that would serve the Caucasus, especially Azerbaijan and Georgia, all the way to Turkey, and branches that could serve Central Asia. So from the point of view of these three BRICS countries, it’s an integration of Eurasia from north to south, in parallel with the east-to-west Chinese corridors. That’s why it’s so important. So what are we going to have in the next, let’s say, three to four years maximum? All these corridors will be integrated—different branches of the east-west and the north-south, with their branches as well. So we’re going to have real Eurasian integration, geoeconomically, on the ground.

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59,169 views • 4 months ago