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Iranian Oil Tanker Struck By 2 Missiles Near Saudi Port
Iranian Oil Tanker Struck By 2 Missiles Near Saudi Port Many questions remained unanswered early Friday after an attack on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea sent oil prices higher, in the latest attack on energy-industry infrastructure in an increasingly volatile part of the world. According to the New York Times, a fire erupted […]
The US-Iran Silent War is Transformed Into An “Iraq Uprising”
THE US-IRAN SILENT WAR IS TRANSFORMED INTO AN “IRAQ UPRISING” The last four days have shown that the ongoing US-Iran war is acutely affecting the whole region. This is now evident in Iraq where more than 105 people have been killed and thousands wounded in the course of demonstrations that engulfed the capital Baghdad and […]
Three Saudi Brigades Annihilated in Devastating Houthi Offensive in Saudi Arabia
Three Saudi Brigades Annihilated in Devastating Houthi Offensive in Saudi Arabia Many may have hitherto been led to believe that the Houthis were a ragtag armed force lacking in sophistication. Many, seeing the drone and missile attacks on Saudi oil plants, may have declared it to be a false-flag attack carried out by Riyadh to […]
Trump, FDR, and War
Trump, FDR, and War President Trump’s campaign of “maximum pressure” against Iran reminds me of President Franklin Roosevelt’s similar campaign against Japan prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. After England declared war on Germany, owing to the latter’s invasion of Poland, the American people were overwhelmingly opposed to entry into the war. That […]
Oil Erases All Saudi-Attack Gains After Iran Sanctions Report
Oil Erases All Saudi-Attack Gains After Iran Sanctions Report Already helped by reports of a partial Saudi cease-fire with Yemen, oil prices have legged lower – erasing all the price gains since the Saudi-attack – on the back on a Reuters report saying that US offered to remove all Iranian sanctions in exchange for talks. That’s not […]
Peak oil in Asia: where will the oil come from for the Asian Century?
Peak oil in Asia: where will the oil come from for the Asian Century? Asian oil production peaked above 8 mb/d for the period between 2008 and 2016 (with spikes in 2010 and 2015). The 2015 peak was mainly caused by peak oil in China. Since then Asia’s decline was almost 800 kb/d or 9%. […]
US To Deploy 200 Troops, Patriot Missile System To Saudi Arabia; Oil Jumps
US To Deploy 200 Troops, Patriot Missile System To Saudi Arabia; Oil Jumps The Department of Defense has finally revealed some of the details of Trump’s grand deployment or appearance of doing something without doing much and response to the Sept. 14 Saudi Aramco attacks which the administration blamed on Iran. The Pentagon is set to send 200 personnel and […]
Pentagon to Present Trump, Aides With a ‘Range’ of Iran Military Options
Pentagon to Present Trump, Aides With a ‘Range’ of Iran Military Options Gen. Dunford says US response is a ‘political judgment’ Though President Trump has downplayed the idea of war with Iran over the past couple of days, the actual decision is to be made at a high-profile meeting, either Thursday or Friday depending according […]
Trump Approves US Troop Deployment To Saudi Arabia In Response To “Iran Attacks”
Trump Approves US Troop Deployment To Saudi Arabia In Response To “Iran Attacks” And now for the Friday evening tape bomb. For the past five days, the world awaited to see what, if any, would be Trump’s response to last Saturday’s attack on Saudi oil facilities that has taken out millions of barrels of crude […]
Can Trump Still Avoid War with Iran?
Can Trump Still Avoid War with Iran? A more fundamental question arises: If the United States was not attacked, why is it our duty to respond militarily to an attack on Saudi Arabia? President Donald Trump does not want war with Iran. America does not want war with Iran. Even the Senate Republicans are advising […]
Who Really Benefits From The “Iran Attacked Saudi Arabia” Narrative?
Who Really Benefits From The “Iran Attacked Saudi Arabia” Narrative? After 9/11 the concept of the “false flag attack” gained prominence in American culture, and ever since, more and more people are starting to question the official narrative whenever new crisis events occur. It is possible that this is why there has not been another […]
Questions, Not Answers Surround U.S. Push to War with Iran
Questions, Not Answers Surround U.S. Push to War with Iran When President Trump fired National Security Adviser John Bolton last week rational people the world over cheered. When there was news that Trump would meet on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly with Iran’s President Rouhani in a few weeks there were sighs of relief. […]
Houthis Say It’s Not Over – Saudi Oil “Still Within Range”; Iraq Denies Its Territory Used
Houthis Say It’s Not Over – Saudi Oil “Still Within Range”; Iraq Denies Its Territory Used While US officials were quick out of the gate to allege an Iranian attack on Saudi Aramco facilities launched from Iraq early Saturday, a theory which the WSJ said was focus of an ongoing US-Saudi investigation, Iraq’s government issued a firm denial on Sunday, […]
Iran War Imminent? Trump Says US “Locked And Loaded” To Respond To Saudi Attack
Iran War Imminent? Trump Says US “Locked And Loaded” To Respond To Saudi Attack Just as the price of oil was settling down from its record surge, it spiked once again, following a tweet by president Trump which has made war with Iran virtually inevitable. Just before 7pm, Trump tweeted that “Saudi Arabia oil supply […]
It’s a New World Order, Alright
It’s a New World Order, Alright Those winds just keep on shifting, no matter that the western press either doesn’t see them shift, doesn’t recognize them for what they are, or chooses to ignore them. But these winds bring tidings of a tectonic plate-shaking shift in the global political climate. The fires in Saudi oil […]
