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Tomgram: Michael Klare, The Road to Hell in the Middle East
Tomgram: Michael Klare, The Road to Hell in the Middle East It’s already long forgotten here, but the theocratic regime in Iran was really our baby. After all, in 1953, the CIA and British intelligence engineered a coup to replace a democratic government in Iran with the autocratic Shah and so gave Iranians just what […]
Lousy Deals and Turning Wheels
Lousy Deals and Turning Wheels In that long ago yesteryear of 1979, before blogging, tweeting, twerking, hacking, posting, ghosting, doxing, and all the other Internet-enabled compulsions of the present day, a gang of inflamed young men, said to be students, invaded the US embassy compound in Teheran and took fifty-two American embassy personnel hostage — […]
Iran Sanctions Threaten The Petrodollar
Iran Sanctions Threaten The Petrodollar One country must be quite pleased with the prospect of new U.S. economic sanctions against Iran’s oil industry, and this country is the largest oil importer in the world, and is Iran’s largest single oil client. When China launched its long-awaited yuan-priced oil futures last month, it did so as […]
Iran And Syria: Why Regime Change In One Means Regime Change In Both
Iran And Syria: Why Regime Change In One Means Regime Change In Both Probably the weirdest, dumbest, most annoying thing about writing on US foreign policy right now is the fact that regime change in Iran and regime change in Syria have been falsely spun into the illusion of two separate issues along partisan lines. People […]
Weekly Commentary: Disequilibrium
Weekly Commentary: Disequilibrium Much to the consternation of our allies, President Trump withdraws from the Iran nuclear deal. WTI crude adds another 1.5% (up 17% y-t-d) this week to the high since November 2014. Iran and Israel moved closer to direct military confrontation. With even 40% rates unable to staunch the bleeding, a stunned Argentine […]
Blowout Week 228
Blowout Week 228 The big news this week is Trump’s re-imposition of sanctions on Iran, which will cut Iran’s oil production to the point where, combined with cratering oil production from Venezuela, it could cause another oil price spike. We follow with our usual mix – more on Iran, Venezuela and OPEC; oil in Norway; […]
Let’s (Not) Make a Deal
Let’s (Not) Make a Deal James McNeill Whistler Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket 1875 Dr. D again. And wait, that deal was never even -legally- signed? Dr. D: I know the U.S. hasn’t followed the law in 100 years, but let’s review the Iran Deal. A “Deal” with a foreign nation is […]
Trump’s Pyrrhic Victory: the US Opts for a Path That Can Only Lead to War
Trump’s Pyrrhic Victory: the US Opts for a Path That Can Only Lead to War Nearly everyone loses by President Donald Trump’s decision on Tuesday to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) relating to Iran’s nuclear energy program and to reinstate the “highest level” of sanctions while also threatening secondary sanctions on […]
The Coming War Against Iran
The Coming War Against Iran We’ve been through this before: the trumped-up threat from Iraq based on false evidence in 2003 is the harrowingly similar model to what is emerging for Iran in 2018, argues John Kiriakou. I spent nearly 15 years in the CIA. I like to think that I learned something there. I […]
Merkel: “Trump’s Decision Damages Trust In The International Order”
Merkel: “Trump’s Decision Damages Trust In The International Order” One day after Angela Merkel said Europe can no longer rely on the US “to protect it” in the aftermath of Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear accord, stating that “It’s no longer the case that the United States will simply just protect us. Rather, […]
How Much Iranian Oil Can Trump Disrupt?
How Much Iranian Oil Can Trump Disrupt? Oil prices surged following President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. So, what happens next? Trump did not offer any new justification for how Iran was violating the nuclear accord – the IAEA confirmed on May 9 that Iran is in compliance with its nuclear commitments – […]
Leaked Doc Reveals White House Planning “Regime Change” In Iran
Leaked Doc Reveals White House Planning “Regime Change” In Iran It appears Rudy Giuliani wasn’t lying. Just a few days after the former NYC mayor and latest member of President Trump’s unexpectedly let it slip that “we got a president who is tough, who does not listen to the people who are naysayers, and a […]
We Are Being Lied To About Yet Another Middle Eastern Country By Yet Another US President
We Are Being Lied To About Yet Another Middle Eastern Country By Yet Another US President Do you know who the single biggest donor was to any candidate in the 2016 presidential race? Hillary Clinton’s massive $1.2 billion losing campaign budget might make you think that it was one of the many, many powerful influencers […]
Israeli Airstrike In Syria Was “Most Extensive Attack In Decades”
Israeli Airstrike In Syria Was “Most Extensive Attack In Decades” In what is now being described as the “most direct confrontation between Israel and Iran in decades,” Israel exchanged fire with Syrian and Iranian forces during a late-night showdown that ended early Thursday morning. The exchange came days after Israel called up reserve troops to […]
War Codes in Trump’s Iran Proclamation
War Codes in Trump’s Iran Proclamation Today President Trump announced that he was canceling US participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPCOA) otherwise known as the Iran nuclear deal. The president’s assertions were ludicrous and factually incorrect, but the neocons who were no doubt behind the speech have never been all that wedded […]
