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US oil imports from Saudi Arabia fall to zero for the first time in 40 years.
Extracting war reparations from the US seems to be aimed at
Middle East Spectator — MES
— 🇮🇷/🇴🇲 Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency has shared the initial text of the proposed ‘Strategic Control of Hormuz Act’ being prepared for Parliament
NOTE: This is a separate Iranian parliamentary law, in addition to the agreement between Iran and Oman.
1. The passage of vessels belonging to the United States, Israel, and other hostile countries through the Strait of Hormuz will be prohibited.
2. Shipments related to Israel, whether military or civilian, will not have the right to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
3. Vessels or cargoes that play any role in actions against the Resistance Front will also be subject to the ban.
4. Countries and individuals that have caused damage to Iran will not receive permission to pass through the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf until compensation is paid.
5. Heavy fines, including up to 20% of the value of the cargo, are planned for violators.
US oil imports from Saudi Arabia fall to zero for the first time in 40 years.
iffy account, this is basically an IRGC press release
but it has been corroborated that other tankers under US escort have been hit by Iran as recently as August 2
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...athers-cabinet
a quibble, scuttlebutt says that the US has been leaning hard on Oman to do the deal with Iran
https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-ira...rmuz-surrenderTrump restarted bombing, and what did he get for it?
-Hormuz closed, more economic damage
-Lost Oman, which was working with the US before
-A vote of no confidence from Saudis
-Worsened munitions shortage
-More US casualties
-No concessions from Iran
-Now poised to surrender
Iran has a long list of preconditions for restarting negotiations with the US to open Hormuz, but the main suspense comes down to this: will Trump let Iran have nukes in exchange for reopening the strait?
Because walking away from the war without a nuclear deal with Iran functionally opens that path
Trump's stupid-ass war has been an out and out fiasco, could turn out even worse
who started the current war on Iran, Donald Trump or Bill Kristol?
blaming libs and RINOs for stuff Trump does is a recurring theme, expect it to get stronger as Trump's public approval continues to swirl down the bowl
Iran war > Ukraine war wrt Patriot interceptors
Iran Intl. is a Saudi-funded, pro-monarchy outlet based in London
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202608092560President Donald Trump was willing to end the Iran war without securing a nuclear agreement if Tehran fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing US officials.
Trump had privately floated the option to senior aides after weeks of preparing to declare victory if Iran restored free passage through the strategic waterway, according to the report.
Sounds like Iran wants to Jimmy Carter Donald Trump
Unless Trump is willing to put US boots on the ground or drop nukes on Iran, not sure how he can prevent that
Trump is getting dog-walked by Iran
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2677679702/“The initial bombing campaign was supposed to produce political surrender. It didn’t. Iran survived, reorganized and adapted. The subsequent rounds of escalation were supposed to restore American leverage. Instead, they created new Iranian leverage, particularly through the vulnerability of the Strait of Hormuz and the broader regional energy system,” Pape wrote.
“That is the basic structure of the Escalation Trap: tactical military success fails to produce political surrender, so leaders escalate again in the hope that the next round will finally deliver the result the previous round did not.”
“At this point, more bombing may still destroy more Iranian military assets. But that is not the same thing as improving America’s strategic position,” Pape wrote in an analysis published Monday on his Substack. “Trump’s real problem is therefore not finding a clever way to declare victory and walk away. That opportunity has largely passed.”
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/saudi...iles-iran-war/Saudi Arabia Used 86% of Its Patriot Missile Stockpile Due to War With Iran
Saudi Arabia’s stockpile of Patriot interceptor missiles has been reduced by 86% since the start of the war with Iran.
This was reported by Reuters.
In the 38 days of the war, the country has used up most of its stockpile of 2,800 PAC-3 interceptors, leaving approximately 400 at its disposal.
In light of this reduction, the U.S. government approved the sale of 5,250 missiles to Gulf countries—Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
In addition, on July 29, representatives of the U.S. Army signed a contract with Lockheed Martin worth up to $58.6 billion for the production of Patriot interceptors, marking the largest order of its kind in the program’s history.
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great, more missiles are only a few years away
either he's really this dumb or he thinks you are
regardless, Trump owns the L
Trump is bringing the New American Century to a close seven decades early
https://www.wsj.com/politics/nationa...e-one-26900d0cISRAEL WARNED U.S. OF IRANIAN PLOT TO TARGET TRUMP AND AIR FORCE ONE WITH SHOULDER-FIRED MISSILES; TRUMP SECRETLY MOVED TO MILITARY JET AS RUBIO AND STAFF REMAINED ABOARD AS DECOY — WSJ
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President Dumbass gets frank military advice six months late
The possibility of Iran closing the strait has been known for decades
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...muz-rcna591715
from Bloomberg
decapitation failed, regime change brought worse Iranian hardliners, the US depleted our own missile stockpiles and the resulting strategic situation left Iran stronger
way to go, you stupid assholes
whoops, my bad
Trump and Whiskey Pete were warned beforehand, but ignored the ins utional wisdom and swiftly -- in record time, maybe -- lost the war with Iran
https://www.amerikanets.com/p/they-saw-it-comingIn mid-February 2026, before the US military initiated the airstrikes that began Operation “Epic Fury,” the National Intelligence Council (NIC), an agency of the executive branch created to synthesize the analysis of the US’s 18 intelligence agencies, submitted to the president a classified report detailing the prospects of an attack on Iran. This assessment, first reported on in the Washington Post and subsequently confirmed by the Associated Press, painted a grim picture. It concluded that an offensive operation launched by the US military would be unlikely to dismantle the central pillars of the Iranian government. Assassinating Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei could backfire, resulting in the consolidation of Iranian military and political structures and the activation of emergency protocols the Iranians had been preparing for years. Iran’s domestic opposition was unlikely to be able to seize power in such a scenario. A limited air campaign or even a protracted war stood a serious chance of failing to achieve regime change.
The NIC report was the final warning in a decades-long, do ented history of US military and intelligence planners predicting grim strategic outcomes in a war with Iran. Official analysis anticipated every major failure of a potential conflict, from the brutal arithmetic of interceptor production to the possibility that Iran might close the Strait of Hormuz. In this piece, we’ll trace the public record of this analysis, and show that it was widely dispersed and understood within the American military, intelligence, and political establishments.
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