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Trump Demands Gulf States Pay $5 Trillion to Fund War
It is being reported that Trump has delivered an ultimatum to the Gulf States that “If you want the war to continue – 5 trillion dollars. If you want it to end – 2.5 trillion dollars.” Omani journalist and international relations researcher Salem Al-Jahuri, on BBC Arabic, confirms reports of […]
Embarrassing Pivot: US Considers Dropping Iran Oil Sanctions Amid War
Forced into a humiliating U-turn amid a potential global economic meltdown, the Trump administration announced today that it may remove sanctions on Iranian oil already at sea. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News that the move to free up 140 million barrels of oil was aimed at preventing China […]
WHO warns of potential nuclear catastrophe amid escalating U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran
The World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing for a potential nuclear disaster as U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities intensify, raising fears of radioactive fallout and long-term health consequences. Hanan Balkhy, WHO’s regional director for the eastern Mediterranean, warned that a nuclear incident—whether from an attack on a reactor or […]
JFK: The Memo That Might Have Stopped Israel’s War on Iran
Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire “My God, we wouldn’t continue our guarantee of West Germany if they started manufacturing nuclear weapons, which is really of vital importance to us compared to our position in Israel.”President John F Kennedy, on Israeli nuclear ambitions, 1963(Source: National Security Archive – “Battle of the Letters, 1963” and […]
Crisis in Cuba – Sanctions, Starvation, and Blackouts
What we are witnessing in Cuba right now is the same failed policy recycled once again, dressed up under a different administration, with the same predictable outcome. The power grid collapsed, millions were left in the dark, food supply chains broke down, and the government blamed the United States while […]
Doug Casey on The Real Causes of The American War of Secession
Editor’s Note: Doug is a longtime member of a dinner club in Buenos Aires called The Round Table. The over 100 years old group is composed of eight Argentines, eight Englishmen, and eight Americans. Every month, one of them gives a paper on a subject they’re knowledgeable about and, after discussion, […]
The Strait of Hormuz – A Very Strange Tug-of-War
ince the US/Israel began their war – sorry, their “targeted, limited, combat operation” – hard facts have been hard to come by. In a more than usually cloudy combat narrative, we’ve been told that Iran is winning AND losing, depending who you ask. It’s a regime change war, but also it isn’t. […]
Iran’s Naval Basij Turned Hormuz into a Graveyard for US-Israeli Arrogance
Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire Iran did not formally close the Strait of Hormuz, but through the IRGC Navy and its Naval Basij, it has built a distributed maritime deterrent capable of making insurers, shippers, and foreign militaries behave as if the old freedom of passage is already gone. Iran says […]
A War that has Already Ended Seven Times, “Will Certainly” End in a Few Weeks
Trump’s energy secretary provides more certainty. Secretary Wright on the New Main Objective The new main objective is opening the Strait of Hormuz, something that was open prior to Trump starting this war. We had to close the strait to take credit for opening it. Does that remind you of […]
War, Oil And Debt: Which Threats To The US Economy Are Legit?
This article was written by Brandon Smith and originally published at Birch Gold Group It’s the magic number, the line that’s not supposed to be crossed; when a nation’s public debt finally exceeds its GDP. Historically speaking, it’s not a sign of doom like many economists suggest. Numerous countries have sustained […]
