Загрузка видео...

Не удалось загрузить видео

На главную

🇺🇸 The Gulf warned exactly how this war would unfold, down to the desalination plants and civilian ports now taking hits. Giorgio Cafiero, CEO of Gulf State Analytics, says Trump's closest regional partners told him precisely what was coming, and every warning went unheeded. "The Gulf Arab states said...

64,479 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад •via X (Twitter)

Комментарии: 0

Нет доступных комментариев

Здесь появятся комментарии из оригинального поста

Похожие видео

Russia FM Lavrov dismantled the Bahrain UN resolution on the Strait of Hormuz The resolution authorizes "all interested states" to take "all necessary defensive measures" in the Strait. But who decides what's proportionate? The same states authorized to act. "We know how our Western colleagues handled supposedly defensive Security Council decisions -- they turned them upside down and used them for aggression." These measures would also operate on the territory of Gulf coastal states who have no say in them. "A direct violation of their sovereignty." Then he uses Trump's own words against it. Trump said days ago that once military operations end, Hormuz navigation resumes normally. Lavrov: "So the problem isn't making demands of Iran -- stop the military operations." China is telling Gulf partners the exact same thing. Stop the war, navigation returns. The resolution doesn't even acknowledge Iran was attacked first. Pushing it through "in the midst of what the United States itself calls negotiations" will antagonize Tehran. So either someone wants to blow up whatever diplomatic process exists -- or the talk of negotiations is cover for another attack, "as happened in June last year and February this year." In that case, this resolution is retroactive legitimization of aggression. On Article 51: the US attacked Iran and called it "preventive self-defense" even though Iran never attacked them. Now Gulf states invoke the same logic. But Article 51 doesn't require a Security Council resolution. Gulf states can already act under it. So why push for one? Because this was never about self-defense -- it's about legitimizing future aggression. Lavrov says he asked Gulf leaders directly on a video call: "Did Iran actually attack you?" No. But they told him Iran has wanted to attack its neighbors for 70 years, and now that the US and Israel struck first, Iran seized the opportunity. That's the argument being used to authorize military force through the UN Security Council

COMBATE |🇵🇷

45,465 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад

🚨 WATER WARS: WHY DESALINATION PLANTS ARE THE GULF’S LIFELINE When missiles fly in the Middle East, people usually think of oil fields, pipelines, or military bases, but in the Gulf, there is another target that may be even more critical, water. The Iranian drone strike on a Bahraini desalination plant, and Iran’s claim that the U.S. targeted a similar facility on Qeshm Island, signals a dangerous new phase in the war. Because in the Gulf, desalination plants are essential for survival. Unlike most regions of the world, the Gulf has almost no natural freshwater. Rainfall is scarce, rivers are nonexistent, and groundwater reserves are limited and rapidly depleting. So Gulf states turned to the sea. Today, massive desalination plants pull salt from seawater and convert it into drinkable water for cities, industries, and agriculture. Without them, daily life across the region would collapse almost overnight. The Gulf Cooperation Council countries control roughly 60% of the world’s desalination capacity and produce about 40% of all desalinated water globally. More than 400 desalination plants operate across the region, quietly supplying the water that keeps cities running. In Kuwait, about 90% of drinking water comes from desalination. In Oman, it’s 86%. Even the United Arab Emirates, with one of the most advanced infrastructure systems on the planet, gets about 42% of its drinking water from the sea. That’s what makes attacks on these facilities so alarming. Unlike oil infrastructure, which affects markets and government revenue, desalination plants affect people immediately. Take out a refinery and the economy suffers. Take out a desalination plant and millions could lose access to drinking water. Energy infrastructure has always been part of regional conflict, but targeting water infrastructure raises the stakes dramatically.

Mario Nawfal

271,019 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад