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Jazzme's avatar

So it takes 2 months to deliver the product and another 2 month before getting paid...wtf.

The sol'n:

stop both blockades. Lift sanctions. Stop waring. As far as the Israeli's. It's their problem not ours how they deal with their surround. But stop funding them and start funding us dear Administration

Jon Notabot's avatar

As usual, Drop Site is delivering fantastic coverage - and details - of events that others won't. Literally zero ballroom-class media outlets are doing journalism - they're running cover, if not outright propaganda on behalf of their fellow billionaires. Or they're completely unsober to realities which conflict with their wishfulness. Really great piece by Murtaza.

Here's something else:

I think this quote - from Donald Trump himself - is actually quite truthful **when attributed to the current state of the US under his administration**, as opposed to its intended purpose of denigrating Iran's infrastructure:

**"And when it explodes, you can never rebuild it the way it is.”**

GrrrrSl's avatar

Short on verifiable details, seems like a lot of speculation. This is more of an opinion piece.

bigfatpop's avatar

Caitlyn Johnstone wrote a few years ago about the US being the most propagandized country on the planet. When I first read those words, I was offended because I "knew" it was untrue. It wasn't until about two years ago when I realized how correct she really was. Our government has been exposed as the most vile on earth; even more so that israel . . . because we knowingly pay for their genocides along with our own.

Reldas's avatar

What a headline. 10/10

Aamir's avatar

"In a recent interview, the foreign minister of Thailand, a long-time U.S. ally, complained that the U.S. had offered no assistance to the country to deal with energy shocks from the war **besides encouraging it to buy from U.S. energy producers**, forcing them to turn to Russia and China for assistance."

Under the maelstrom of apparent political chaos in the US, I wonder if this is largely the purpose of the war (as intended by whatever consortium is holding Trump's puppet strings) - to induce a broad collapse of traditional energy suppliers in the old world and shift a huge share of demand towards US suppliers. It would make the gulf Arabs look like complete morons, relying on their soon-to-be primary economic competitor as their security guarantor.

Joe Perry's avatar

Really excellent reporting. You folks rock.

Gladwyn d'Souza's avatar

‘Trump says’ is the opening gambit for dark comedy about his acolytes consequent bankruptcies.

Istvan Kash's avatar

Something obvious by now is that Trump creates his own reality and the sycophants he surrounds himself with are there to back it up, no matter the consequences. It’s a house of cards that must eventually fall to a tune of domestic and international liabilities.

Vlastos, Stephen's avatar

Terrific journalism. First serious, in-depth analysis of the likely effect of the blockade on Iran's oil production infrastructure. Time will tell whether it's correct but I tend to find it persuasive.

Dav Cer's avatar

Who knew ? It seems some people think ahead. Unlike the amateur hour in this administration. What about a Go Fund Me Account to get orange wigs and red noses for the clowns.

The wishful thinking presented as actual news and true by these clowns is really out of control.