Washington’s sanctions waivers and a 60 day Jones Act suspension cannot replace Gulf oil or restore insurer confidence in passage through Hormuz.
Washington’s sanctions waivers and a 60 day Jones Act suspension cannot replace Gulf oil or restore insurer confidence in passage through Hormuz.
How America’s “prestigious” war planners turned the United States into DINO , Democracy in Name Only , on the road to Iran.
Strikes on South Pars and Ras Laffan cut gas for fertilizer, leaving Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Egypt without inputs for planting.
Congressional investors positioned in Exxon, Raytheon, Lockheed and tanker insurance before the strikes, leaving the public to carry the costs.
This is not a story about Iran. It is not a story about oil. It is not even a story about war, not really.
Why the Petrodollar Is Not Just a Currency Arrangement but the Operating System of US Global Power
Narrow caucus majorities allow capital to buy decisive votes, turning party conflict into cover for control of Congress and the presidency.
Sixty percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. For them, this is not an inconvenience.
A Saudi oil deal made dollars the required currency for energy, recycling Gulf revenue into Treasuries and underwriting American power and debt.
The record of Iraq and Afghanistan shows how wars sold as risk reduction create power vacuums, debt and the next conflict.