Multipolar Report

Comically short sighted first-order thinking. Hormuz isn’t just oil/LNG: it’s helium, fertiliser inputs, petrochem feedstocks, industrial gases. You don’t get ‘no fuel’, you get cascading industrial failure of which the US is the largest global node. And if the US stops underwriting sea lanes, you’re eroding the very system (petrodollar) that US power sits on.

i take it as a compliment when people accuse me of being on coke or adderall no no, i just naturally have the energy of a meth fiend good genes and a good diet i guess

RUSSIA'S NOVAK: WE ARE CURRENTLY WITNESSING THE WORST ENERGY CRISIS IN THE LAST 40 YEARS - TASS

A number of Middle East oil and gas facilities have evacuated after Iran threatened wide retaliation for Israel's strike on the South Pars gas field today- Bloomberg

The IRGC issued a warning about the evacuation of workers and residents near four energy facilities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE following today's Israeli strike on the Asaluyeh gas processing plant in southern Iran. The evacuation orders includes these facilities. •The Samref oil refinery in Saudi Arabia. • The Al Hasan gas field in the UAE. • The Jubail petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia. • The Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company (MPHC) petrochemical complex in Qatar. "A dangerous and irresponsible step in the context of the current military escalation in the region." "Striking energy infrastructure poses a threat to global energy security, as well as to the people of the region and the environment." -Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari regarding Israel’s latest strikes.

ADS-B data shows that USAF bombers conducting strike missions on Iran from England are completely avoiding continental European airspace.

Why is it so hard for US politicians to "rule anything in or out" when it comes to US troops on the ground in the Iran War? It's not that hard, folks. The answer is 100% 'no.' Look at the topographical map below and note the virtually impregnable *series* of mountain ranges along the entire Western side of the country. Note, too, the green, level terrain of Iraq to the west, and realize that when I was part of the US invasion force into Iraq in 1991 (and the US coalition in 2003), we were able to drive into Iraq from friendly countries, over level terrain, where the defending force had nowhere to hide or defend from. Iran, in contrast, is built for defense. We simply do not have the number of troops in our entire ground forces that could be mustered to make such an attack, and even if we foolishly did order them in, they would be defeated in the many mountainous ridges and valleys that give decisive advantage to the defending force. In short, yes, reject any idea of a ground invasion of Iran. It would be suicidal, and on par with Hitler's fatal decision to invade the USSR in September 1941. It would result in the destruction of the American empire.

BREAKING Japan says it is "not considering" maritime security operations after US President Donald Trump called for other countries to send warships to help protect the Strait of Hormuz

The Pentagon is moving a Marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East, according to two U.S. officials - WSJ These units typically consist of up to 2,500 marines

I wonder if people are aware that the OPEC oil embargo of 1973 lasted six months. Yet the inflationary effects of that six month embargo were felt for the rest of the decade.