A factual record compares Washington’s account of Operation Epic Fury with military, economic, and diplomatic evidence from 2017 to March 2026.
A factual record compares Washington’s account of Operation Epic Fury with military, economic, and diplomatic evidence from 2017 to March 2026.
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.
“You cannot bomb a civilization into submission.” , Colonel Douglas Macgregor, decorated combat veteran, former senior adviser to the U.S. Secretary of Defense
Pre-publication draft, Version 2.0, shared for expert review and comment Incorporating new reporting and analysis through March 25, 2026
Most Americans think of supply chain disruptions in terms of port delays and empty shelves. This is a different kind of disruption.
The $200 billion request arrives with $1.3 to $1.4 billion daily war costs, near $40 trillion in debt, and no stated milestones or exit plan.