Five scenarios assess a war launched without congressional authorization, after evidence undermines claims that negotiations work.
Five scenarios assess a war launched without congressional authorization, after evidence undermines claims that negotiations work.
A factual record compares Washington’s account of Operation Epic Fury with military, economic, and diplomatic evidence from 2017 to March 2026.
There is a word for what is described in the pages that follow. The word is corruption. Not alleged corruption. Not the appearance of corruption.
Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s power plants, oil wells, and desalination facilities presents retaliation as negotiation and corporate routine.
The Strait of Hormuz closure cut tanker traffic by over 90%, driving fertilizer prices higher and exposing poorer countries to food and debt crises.
Iranian strikes have crippled Gulf energy infrastructure, leaving Iraq output at 1.6 million barrels daily and Qatar LNG disrupted for years.
Theodore Postol is not the kind of man who traffics in abstractions.
Trump’s Iran claims track futures market openings, while Tehran corroborates none of the announced progress and the war’s premises collapse.
How the West Delivered Stagflation to Itself
Rubio’s bid for power made him the sole intelligence conduit as an Omani mediated settlement neared, followed by war and Gulf chaos.