"We are now staring at mounting evidence that the war with Iran was not just avoidable — it was actively avoided until it suddenly wasn’t.
The people who flipped that switch were not generals, diplomats, or even traditional policymakers with expertise. They were two men with deep financial entanglements in the Gulf: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff."
~ Julie Roginsky
#Trump #Iran #war #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #profiteering
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We Are At War Because Trump's Paymasters Demand It
Diplomats involved in the Iran talks suggest that Kushner and Witkoff may have actively distorted the state of negotiations in order to push the United States into warJulie Roginsky (Salty Politics with Julie Roginsky)
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The Brent crude oil price is on track for its biggest monthly gain on record in March after the Iran war caused mayhem in the markets.
Brent crude, the international benchmark, has climbed by 51% since the start of March, LSEG data shows, beating the previous monthly record of 46% in September 1990 after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, leading to the first Gulf war."
~ Graeme Wearden
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
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Oil on track for record monthly surge as Iran war disrupts markets
Graeme Wearden (The Guardian)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Brent closed at $112.57 a barrel on Friday, up from $72.48 a barrel on 27 February, the day before the US-Israeli war on Iran began."
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"After the anguish of Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s almost unthinkable the US would again send troops to the Middle East – but its president is desperate and narcissistic.
In sum, he’s caught in a modern-day catch-22. Pick your own metaphor for dumb. Trump’s stumped, hoist by his own petard, stuck between a rock and a hard place, and up the creek without a paddle. The creek in question is, of course, the strait of Hormuz."
~ Simon Tisdall
#Trump #Iran #war
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Trump is contemplating the sheer folly of boots on the ground in Iran. How did it come to this?
Simon Tisdall (The Guardian)Nicole Parsons
in reply to William Lindsey • • •Trump isn't entirely stupid.
He's desperate to buy the support of The Moneyed who kept him out of jail
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The Project 2025 dynasties: Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife, Mellon, Uihlein
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Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ all of Iran’s South Pars gasfield if Tehran strikes Qatar
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Alohilani
in reply to Nicole Parsons • • •William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Today, he played golf on one of his courses in Florida. Tonight he will sit on the patio at Mar a Lago and eat a steak and take the plaudits of the people who pay thousands of dollars in membership fees so they can be in his presence.
The man is a monster, and today millions of people turned out all across the country to protest his presence in the White House."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #Iran #war #narcissism #megalomania #stupidity #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
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Let's remember how truly loathsome this monster is
Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Trump is likely to come out with something even more despicable at any minute, but the sad spectacle of an American president dancing on the grave of a man who lived a patriotic life of virtue will long be remembered as another death in the mass suicide of decency in the Republican party.
This is not about Trump."
~ Stuart Stevens
#Trump #Iran #war #narcissism #megalomania #stupidity #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #RobertMueller
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Robert Mueller, My Father, and the Vanishing American Patriot
Stuart Stevens (Lincoln Square)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"He’s a deeply disturbed sociopath slipping into the darkness of dementia and failing health. It is about the collective failure of the Republican party to exhibit even a base level of admirable human qualities. If a woman is raped in a busy airport and the passengers ignore it and walk by, the shame and guilt is shared by every person who looks the other way."
#Trump #Iran #war #narcissism #megalomania #stupidity #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #RobertMueller
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"When they stop to cheer the rapist, they are active participants in the horrific crime."
#Trump #Iran #war #narcissism #megalomania #stupidity #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #RobertMueller
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