Mario Jonas

Seriously? The US has no authority to approve or prohibit sale of Russian oil. Such a policy should be characterised in some other way.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇷🇺 US authorizes sale and delivery of Russian oil loaded on vessels as of March 12, 2026.

Real or fake?

The IRGC has published footage showing their air defence striking a U.S. F-35 fighter jet over Iran.

🚨BREAKING NEWS Qatar Gas CEO : We incurred a $20 billion loss at the facility we built for $26 billion two years ago.

Every empire eventually meets the people who teach it its limits. For France, Vietnam was one lesson. For the United States, Vietnam was another. Not because Vietnam had more money. Not because Vietnam had better weapons. But because Vietnam had something empire can never manufacture: A population that understood surrender would cost more than resistance. That is the equation Washington still does not know how to solve.

Iran simply trampled Trump and his policy of achieving global domination. I think Russia and China are drawing conclusions and will join the battle to end the US dictatorship.

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov announced that the work of the Russia-US-Ukraine trilateral group has been suspended. I simply continue to hope that the Kremlin will abandon its futile hopes of achieving through negotiations what Russia must achieve in Ukraine militarily.

American Debt and the Attack on Iran The main concern for the American people should not be an attack on Iran, which would be just one of many in recent years, but rather the possibility of it escalating into a real regional war requiring enormous resources and generating even more debt. Wars have been the primary historical driver of spikes in U.S. public debt, financed mainly through loans, taxes, and currency issuance, which generates inflation and prolonged costs in operations, equipment, veteran care, and interest. Historically, conflicts such as the Civil War increased debt by 4,000% (from US$ 65 million to US$ 3 billion); World War I raised it from US$ 1 billion to US$ 25 billion; World War II cost US$ 4 trillion adjusted, pushing debt to 106% of GDP in 1946; the Korean War (1950-1953) cost about US$ 675 billion adjusted for 2025 (including direct and long-term costs), with defense spending reaching 13-14% of GDP; and the Vietnam War (1955-1975) totaled approximately US$ 2.27 trillion adjusted for 2025 (including operations, veterans, and other indirect costs), financed by higher taxes and inflation. In recent wars, such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and the "War on Terror" (2001-2022), total costs reached US$ 8 trillion, financed through debt without tax increases, including US$ 2.3 trillion in direct operations and US$ 2.2 trillion for veterans, with projected interest of US$ 2 trillion by 2030. What would be the cost of a prolonged conflict with Iran? What I can say is that, combining operational and reconstruction expenses, each day of war cost Israel $1.8-2.4 billion per day. If we imagine this situation amplified by American involvement, we could estimate something like $4 billion daily, assuming no losses. In the scenario of it dragging on for 3 months, it would generate a direct cost of $360 billion, not including human and material losses. A conflict with Iran would certainly involve losses, and this number could easily be multiplied several times. Then someone will say: "But the U.S. and Israel will carry out a surprise and overwhelming attack to prevent Iran from using its missiles." Impressive, but the issue is that Israel, even with a fantastic ground operation and successive bombings, did not achieve this in the last war, and to complicate matters further, the U.S. did not achieve it in Iraq, when Saddam continued using his Scuds, nor in Yemen area ruled by Houthis, which is tiny. Why would this happen now with Iran? There's no way to say: "I'll just go over there and neutralize a missile powerhouse with 90 million inhabitants and be right back." In this fragile moment, any attack on Iran becomes a war. The regime can no longer pre-arrange mutual and fake attacks because it is fragile. Any attack will turn into a war, and there are no short or cheap wars with a nation of 90 million people, especially one that could drag in an entire region.

Iran and India Have Come Face to Face. Iran Has Refused Permission for 22 Indian Ships to Pass Through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran Has Demanded That India First Return Its 3 Ships, Which It Had Seized to Please the United States. This Bold Decision by Iran Has Caused a Stir in New Delhi's Chambers, Where India Now Sees No Way to Meet Its Energy Needs Other Than Accepting Tehran's Conditions. India Had Seized Three Iranian Oil Tankers in February at That Time When It Was Trying to Strike a Major Trade Deal with the United States. India Had Detained Them on the Fabricated Charge of "Concealing Identity," But Tehran Has Now Made It Clear That Until Iran's These Three Tankers Are Returned with Honor, the Strait of Hormuz Will Remain a "No-Go Area" for Indian Ships. According to the Global News Agency 'Reuters,' 22 Indian Naval Ships Are Currently Stranded in the Warm Waters of the Strait of Hormuz, Carrying 611 Indian Citizens. Six of These Ships Are Loaded with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). India Imports 90 Percent of Its Required LPG from Gulf Countries, and Due to This Restriction by Iran, There Is a Fear of Severe Shortages of Domestic Gas in India, Which Has Forced the Modi Government to Its Knees.