Iranian strikes have crippled Gulf energy infrastructure, leaving Iraq output at 1.6 million barrels daily and Qatar LNG disrupted for years.
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.
There is a particular kind of stupidity that is only visible in retrospect to those who committed it. Everyone else saw it coming.
A 241 page Brookings study detailed options for coercing Iran, written by former CIA, National Security Council and diplomatic officials.
Shipping disclosures and Israeli reporting show US and Israeli plans assumed a short campaign, while Iran’s command structure remains intact.