Mosque/church attacks, far right and Islamists
run by Israelis to seed inter-faith hatred
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War on Iran & Calling America’s Bluff
https://thesaker.is/war-on-iran-calling-americas-bluff/
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Vast swathes of the West seem not to realize that
if the Strait of Hormuz is shut down a global
depression will follow, writes Pepe Escobar.
The Trump administration once again has
graphically demonstrated that in the young,
turbulent 21st century, “international law” and
“national sovereignty” already belong to the Realm of the Walking Dead.
As if a deluge of sanctions against a great deal
of the planet was not enough, the latest “offer
you can’t refuse” conveyed by a gangster posing
as diplomat, Consul Minimus Mike Pompeo, now
essentially orders the whole planet to submit to
the one and only arbiter of world trade: Washington.
First the Trump administration unilaterally
smashed a multinational, UN-endorsed agreement,
the JCPOA, or Iran nuclear deal. Now the waivers
that magnanimously allowed eight nations to
import oil from Iran without incurring imperial
wrath in the form of sanctions will expire on May 2 and won’t be renewed.
The White House - @WhiteHouse
President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the
Iran deal upheld his highest obligation: to
protect the safety and security of the American people.
Why Iran sanctions are necessary:
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The eight nations are a mix of Eurasian powers:
China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Italy and Greece.
Apart from the trademark toxic cocktail of
hubris, illegality, arrogance/ignorance and
geopolitical/geo–economic infantilism inbuilt in
this foreign policy decision, the notion that
Washington can decide who’s allowed to be an
energy provider to emerging superpower China does
not even qualify as laughable. Much more alarming
is the fact that imposing a total embargo of
Iranian oil exports is no less than an act of war.
Ultimate Neocon Wet Dream
Those subscribing to the ultimate U.S, neocon and
Zionist wet dream – regime change in Iran – may
rejoice at this declaration of war. But as
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/wests-irrational-fear-iran-disaster-waiting-happen>Professor
Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran has
elegantly argued, “If the Trump regime
miscalculates, the house can easily come crashing down on its head.”
Reflecting the fact Tehran seems to have no
illusions regarding the utter folly ahead, the
Iranian leadership if provoked to a point of no
return, Marandi additionally told me can get as
far as “destroying everything on the other side
of the Persian Gulf and chasing the U.S. out of
Iraq and Afghanistan. When the U.S. escalates,
Iran escalates. Now it depends on the U.S. how far things go.”
This red alert from a sensible academic perfectly
dovetails with what’s happening with the
structure of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps (IRGC) recently branded a “terrorist
organization” by the United States. In perfect
symmetry, Iran’s Supreme National Security
Council also branded the U.S. Central Command
CENTCOM and “all the forces connected to it” as a terrorist group.
The new IRGC commander-in-chief is Brigadier
General Hossein Salami, 58. Since 2009 he was the
deputy of previous commander Mohamamd al-Jafari,
a soft spoken but tough as nails gentleman I met
in Tehran two years ago. Salami, as well as
Jafari, is a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war; that
is, he has actual combat experience. And Tehran
sources assure me that he can be even tougher than Jafari.
In tandem, IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral
<https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/04/22/594063/IRGC-Tangsiri-Al-Alam-Strait-Hormuz>Alireza
Tangsiri has evoked the unthinkable in terms of
what might develop out of the U.S. total embargo
on Iran oil exports; Tehran could block the Strait of Hormuz.
Western Oblivion
Vast swathes of the ruling classes across the
West seem to be oblivious to the reality that if
Hormuz is shut down, the result will be an
absolutely cataclysmic global economic depression.
Warren Buffett, among other investors, has
routinely qualified the 2.5 quadrillion
derivatives market as a weapon of financial mass
destruction. As it stands, these derivatives are
used illegally to drain no less than a
trillion U.S. dollars a year out of the market in manipulated profits.
Considering historical precedents, Washington may
eventually be able to set up a Persian Gulf of
Tonkin false flag. But what next?
If Tehran were totally cornered by Washington,
with no way out, the de facto nuclear option of
shutting down the Strait of Hormuz would
instantly cut off 25 percent of the global oil
supply. Oil prices could rise to over $500 a
barrel, to even $1000 a barrel. The 2.5
quadrillion of derivatives would start a chain reaction of destruction.
Unlike the shortage of credit during the 2008
financial crisis, the shortage of oil could not
be made up by fiat instruments. Simply because
the oil is not there. Not even Russia would be able to re-stabilize the market.
It’s an open secret in private conversations at
the Harvard Club – or at Pentagon war-games for
that matter – that in case of a war on Iran, the
U.S. Navy would not be able to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
Russian
<https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/ss-n-26/>SS-NX-26
Yakhont missiles with a top speed of Mach 2.9
are lining up the Iranian northern shore of the
Strait of Hormuz. There’s no way U.S. aircraft
carriers can defend a barrage of Yakhont missiles.
Then there are the
<http://missiledefenseadvocacy.org/missile-threat-and-proliferation/missile-proliferation/russia/p-270-moskit-ss-n-22-sunburn/>SS-N-22
Sunburn supersonic anti-ship missiles already
exported to China and India flying ultra-low at
1,500 miles an hour with dodging capacity, and
extremely mobile; they can be fired from a
flatbed truck, and were designed to defeat the U.S. Aegis radar defense system.
What Will China Do?
The full–frontal attack on Iran reveals how the
Trump administration bets on breaking Eurasia
integration via what would be its weakeast node;
the three key nodes are China, Russia and Iran.
These three actors interconnect the whole
spectrum; Belt and Road Initiative; the Eurasia
Economic Union; the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization; the International North-South
Transportation Corridor; the expansion of
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS>BRICS Plus.
So there’s no question the Russia-China strategic
partnership will be watching Iran’s back. It’s no
accident that the trio is among the top
existential “threats” to the U.S., according to
the Pentagon. Beijing knows how the U.S. Navy is
able to cut it off from its energy sources. And
that’s why Beijing is strategically increasing
imports of oil and natural gas from Russia;
engineering the “escape from Malacca” also must
take into account a hypothetical U.S. takeover of the Strait of Hormuz.
Night view of coast of Oman, including Strait of
Hormuz. (Intl Space Station photo via Wikimedia)
A plausible scenario involves Moscow acting to
defuse the extremely volatile U.S.-Iran
confrontation, with the Kremlin and the Ministry
of Defense trying to persuade President Donald
Trump and the Pentagon from any direct attack
against the IRGC. The inevitable counterpart is
the rise of covert ops, the possible staging of
false flags and all manner of shady Hybrid War
techniques deployed not only against the IRGC,
directly and indirectly, but against Iranian
interests everywhere. For all practical purposes, the U.S. and Iran are at war.
Within the framework of the larger Eurasia
break-up scenario, the Trump administration does
profit from Wahhabi and Zionist psychopathic
hatred of Shi’ites. The “maximum pressure” on
Iran counts on Jared of Arabia Kushner’s close
WhatsApp pal Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) in Riyadh
and MbS’s mentor in Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed, to
replace the shortfall of Iranian oil in the
market. Bu that’s nonsense as quite a few wily
Persian Gulf traders are adamant Riyadh won’t
“absorb Iran’s market share” because the extra oil is not there.
Much of what lies ahead in the oil embargo saga
depends on the reaction of assorted vassals and
semi-vassals. Japan won’t have the guts to go
against Washington. Turkey will put up a fight.
Italy, via Salvini, will lobby for a waiver.
India is very complicated; New Delhi is investing
in Iran’s Chabahar port as the key hub of its own
Silk Road, and closely cooperates with Tehran
within the INSTC framework. Would a shameful betrayal be in the cards?
China, it goes without saying, will simply ignore Washington.
Iran will find ways to get the oil flowing
because the demand won’t simply vanish with a
magic wave of an American hand. It’s time for
creative solutions. Why not, for instance, refuel
ships in international waters, accepting gold,
all sorts of cash, debit cards, bank transfers in
rubles, yuan, rupees and rials and everything bookable on a website?
Now that’s a way Iran can use its tanker fleet to
make a killing. Some of the tankers could be
parked in you got it the Strait of Hormuz,
with an eye on the price at Jebel Ali in the UAE
to make sure this is the real deal. Add to it a
duty free for the ships crews. What’s not to
like? Ship owners will save fortunes on fuel
bills, and crews will get all sorts of stuff at
90 percent discount in the duty free.
And let’s see whether the EU has grown a spine
and really turbo-charge their
<https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions-eu/skirting-u-s-sanctions-europeans-launch-trade-mechanism-for-iran-idUSKCN1PP0K3>Special
Purpose Vehicle (SPV) alternative payment network
conceived after the Trump administration ditched
the JCPOA. Because more than breaking up Eurasia
integration and implementing neocon regime
change, this is about the ultimate anathema; Iran
is being mercilessly punished because it has
bypassed the U.S. dollar on energy trade.
Russian Military Expert Says Time for Russia to Prepare for War
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2019/04/13/russian-military-expert-says-time-for-russia-to-prepare-for-war/
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Russian Military Expert Says Time for Russia to Prepare for War
Someone should speak to the Russian finance
minister, Anton Siluanov, and put him in touch
with reality. According to a RT news report,
Siluanov has called for restoring economic and
political ties between Moscow and Washington.
Ties between the US and Russia were intentionally
wrecked on purpose by the US military/security
complex and its congressional and media vassals
in order to provide the military/security complex
with an enemy big enough to justify the $1,000
billion annual budget of the complex.
What does Siluanov think Russiagate was about
other than to prevent Trump from normalizing relations with Russia?
The last president who tried to rein in the
military/security complex was John F. Kennedy,
and he was assassinated. On Trump they used
Russiagate instead of bullets, and it proved almost as effective.
If Russian government officials continue to be
victims of their dreams to be America’s partner,
they and their country are headed to destruction.
The Putin government’s toleration of a Fifth
Column financed by Washington that is operating
within Russia against the Russian government and
Russian sovereignty indicates that the Russian
government can’t get its mind around the fact
that the neoconservatives intend to reestablish a unipolar world.
Perhaps Igor Korotchenko should speak to
Siluanov. Korotchenko says that Russia needs to
quit dawdling and prepare properly for war. In
the digital/thermonuclear world of today, Russia
will not have time, as Stalin had, to recover
from an attack and go on to victory. Among the
things Russia needs to do in order to be ready
for war, says, Korotchenko, is “to multiply the
strategic stocks of high precision missiles,”
which requires building additional plant and
equipment to manufacture them, protect Russia’s
digital sovereignty, and increase the
functionality of the FSB (the Russian Security
Service) in order to prevent the externally
funded Fifth Column from operating against
Russia.<https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3136021&cid=4441>https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3136021&cid=4441
Russia’s weakness is the government’s toleration
of the Western-financed media and politicians
inside Russia that operate as Washington’s
agents. The Russian government tolerates these
agents of Washington, because the Russian
government wants to show how democratic it is in
the hopes that the West will accept Russia as one of its own.
All the while the West is preparing Russia’s demise.
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Please consider seriously the reason why these elite institutions are not discussed in the mainstream press despite the immense financial and political power they wield?
There are sick and evil occultists running the Western World. They are power mad lunatics like something from a kids cartoon with their fingers on the nuclear button! Armageddon is closer than you thought. Only God can save our souls from their clutches, at least that's my considered opinion - Tony
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