A RE-POST FROM X (TWITTER)

At a Pentagon press conference, the question is asked, “Are we going to war with Iran?”

“The Pentagon is deploying two carrier strike groups, eleven Burke-class destroyers, a number of Ticonderoga-class cruisers, amphibious assault ships, THAAD and Patriot missile defense systems, multiple squadrons of fighter jets, strategic bombers, and undisclosed assets to the Middle East. The Pentagon expects Iranian proxies to continue to target U.S. troops in the region and has already stated that they will respond “decisively.” What’s the probability that this escalates into a war between the United States and Iran?”

PENTAGON: “Between October 17th and the 24th, U.S. and coalition forces have been attacked at least ten separate times in Iraq and three separate times in Syria via a mix of one-way attack drones and rockets… We know that the groups conducting these attacks are supported by the IRGC and the Iranian regime. We are seeing the prospect for more significant escalation against U.S. forces and personnel across the region in the near term coming from Iranian proxy forces and, ultimately, from Iran. So, by virtue of our announcement over the weekend, we are preparing for this escalation, both in terms of defending our forces and responding decisively.”

So you can take the answer as a definite YES and I see the strategy here, now. The entire Arab Muslim world is preparing to attack Israel as Israel attacks Hamas in Gaza. Iran is the main supporter of Hamas and the instigator of the vicious assault on Israel, and by the US engaging Iran in a war, Iran’s ability to attack Israel will be greatly diminished. The rest of the rabid Muslim fanatics in the region will have to decide whether they want to be attacked by the US or not, because if they come at Israel, they will be, and Israel is also capable of a formidable defense as well as offense.

How quickly and devastatingly we can stop Iran will have a lot to do with that decision.

Iran produces only about 5% of the world’s oil. A much higher percentage comes past Iran through the Strait of Hormuz, which is a narrow sea inlet that reaches Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nation’s ports. It’s a pretty certain bet that Iran will mine the sea lanes but even if they can be kept open, much of the oil production will be shut down anyway or diverted to China.

This is why the current US government has sold off our Strategic Oil Reserve, and shut down much of our oil production, to weaken us prior to this war. Now a great fuel shortage is coming along with rationing. This is also why our two largest oil companies just bought up two other US oil producers, because once rationing starts they’ll go into high gear producing oil again, at greatly increased prices.

There’s a lot more coming I could tell you but I don’t want to make a book out of a post. I’ll go into it next week. Right now this is more than enough for you to deal with.