The South Pars/North Dome field is a natural-gas condensate field located in the Persian Gulf. It is by far the world’s largest natural gas field, with ownership of the field shared between Iran and Qatar. According to the International Energy Agency, the field holds an estimated 1,800 trillion cubic feet of in-site natural gas.
President Trump is not happy about Israel’s unilateral decision to strike at the Pars gas field; however, pay attention to what Trump diplomatically describes as the motive:
[TRUTH SOCIAL] – “Israel, out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East, has violently lashed out at a major facility known as South Pars Gas Field in Iran. A relatively small section of the whole has been hit. The United States knew nothing about this particular attack, and the country of Qatar was in no way, shape, or form, involved with it, nor did it have any idea that it was going to happen.
Unfortunately, Iran did not know this, or any of the pertinent facts pertaining to the South Pars attack, and unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion of Qatar’s LNG Gas facility.”
“NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar – In which instance the United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before.
I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long-term implications that it will have on the future of Iran, but if Qatar’s LNG is again attacked, I will not hesitate to do so. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
The joint economic relationship over the Pars gas field is part of the connective tissue between Iran and Qatar and underpins why Qatar has always been an intermediary for all issues of deconfliction that surround the U.S and Iran.
Factually Qatar was always the mediator, and within that mediation relationship the USA used Qatar as the bank to receive the confiscated funds Obama delivered when he lifted sanctions. There are hundreds of examples of the USA using Qatar as the intermediary for Iran policy, just as there are hundreds of citations and examples available for Qatar supporting the Muslim Brotherhood.
It is only recently, very recently, like only in the era of Donald Trump as U.S. President, when Qatar started pulling away from a very friendly relationship with Iran. So recently, that for the past 15-months, since long before it even made sense, CTH has been calling attention to this weird Qatar -vs- Israel division dynamic within USA domestic politics.
Then this happens….
The United States and Israel are working together on the targeting and military objectives of Operation Epic Fury. But, for some unknown reason the United States did not know Israel was going to strike the Qatar Pars gas field? Interesting.
President Trump assigns the motive for the Israeli attack as “out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East.” However, Israel has another, perhaps opportunistic motive, worth billions.
[SOURCE]
Israel is set to achieve record natural gas production in 2026, with expansion projects in the Leviathan and Tamar fields expected to push total output above 3 billion cubic feet per day (cfd) for the first time ever. According to the experts, the Chevron (NYSE:CVX) operated fields are expected to add a combined 600 million cfd in the coming months, with the bulk of the extra gas piped to Egypt after the removal of bottlenecks in the export pipeline network. Israel’s gas output in 2025 is estimated to have dropped slightly from a record 2.587bn cfd achieved in 2024 as fields were shut-in during Israel’s conflict with Iran in June.
Chevron and its partners NewMed Energy (OTCPK:DKDRF) and Ratio Energies (OTCMKTS:RTEXF) confirmed a $2.36 billion Final Investment Decision (FID) in January 2026 to expand the Leviathan field, increasing production capacity from 12 bcm to roughly 21 bcm annually. The expansion involves drilling three additional offshore wells, installing new subsea infrastructure and enhancing the platform’s processing capabilities. The expansion aims to significantly increase natural gas exports to Egypt and Jordan. The companies managed to boost production at the Tamar field to increase capacity from approximately 1.1 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) to 1.6 bcf/d in 2025.
Debottlenecking of the export pipeline network is enabling higher volumes to reach Egypt, helping to fill their domestic supply gapsKey projects, including upgrading the Ashdod-Ashkelon pipeline and constructing the Nitzana pipeline (expected to be operational by 2028). The projects are designed to boost exports to Egypt and Jordan by 1.8 billion cubic feet per day. The 46-km offshore natural gas Ashdod–Ashkelon pipeline is undergoing upgrades scheduled for completion in the current year to handle increased capacity. Approximately 55% of the gas flows through the offshore Eastern Mediterranean Gas (EMG) pipeline, while 45% is transported via the Arab Gas Pipeline through Jordan.
[…] The Leviathan and Tamar gas fields are key Israeli offshore natural gas assets, with current capacities of approximately 12 billion cubic meters (BCM) per year and 11 BCM per year, respectively. Both fields are expanding, with Leviathan projected to increase to 21–23 BCM annually to meet rising regional demand and exports. Still, the Middle East oil giants have potential for higher gas production. (SOURCE)
Did Israel bomb the collaborative Iran-Qatar gas field “out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East.” Or did Iseael just diminish an LNG competitor?
President Trump is not happy with this one Bibi.
We’ll keep watching…
What am I seeing wrong? Why haven’t Emirates and Qatar run a pipeline across that peninsula to negate Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz?
There is a pipeline across saidi arabia to the red sea. The saudis have used it extensively these past two weeks. However the iranians are not dumb and yesterday bombed saudi arabias red sea facility. Apoarently the notion that irans militaryhas been destroyed is a fantasy.
Source?
find it..do not be depend on MSM… moon of alabama.org,….www.whatdoesitmean.com….pronews.eng… ismael perez website….
Two examples of just plain offal web sites citing pure ordure.
“Iran escalates attacks on Gulf states, targeting key oil and gas facilities”
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-890498
“Iranian aerial attacks since Wednesday have caused extensive damage to the world’s largest gas plant in Qatar, targeted a refinery in Saudi Arabia, forced the UAE to shut gas facilities and set off fires at two Kuwaiti refineries.
Tehran’s retaliation against Israeli attacks on its own gas facilities marks a further escalation of the nearly three-week war.”
You can be sure that Trump and his folks want to see NONE OF THIS crap from either side. There are substantial and immediate impacts on the global economy, of course… but it also increases the long-term cost to the U.S. for rebuilding all of this infrastructure, not to mention potentially some Nation Building in Iran etc. etc.. ‘Cuz you know the U.S. will be on the hook for some of it… we always are, for some reason…
How many wanna bet China is behind the curtain operating and directing these attacks and operating drones from China
China is dependent upon this place for their gas- so why would they do that?
Where do you think all the rocket technology came from?
100%… just as NATO/US has been directing the Ukraine’s war against Russia. China is just discreet about it.
It took me 3 seconds. Were u busy?
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/israel-iran-war-saudi-arabias-red-sea-port-yanbu-targeted-in-aerial-attack-saudi-aramco/articleshow/129671794.cms
“East-west pipeline runs across to Red Sea and then uses Suez Canal. Been there since 1980’s.
NOBODY has said the Iran’s military has been destroyed. it’s been reduced to a very small fraction of its capability and with the ability for American assets to hit targets at will in Iran the ability for Iran to be subversive diminishes daily. Now it’s time for the State Department to HELP the Iranian people to change their National direction and with our help can “MOP UP and NEUTRALIZE the demons on their own soil”, establish a new government, join the other nations in the Mideast as a partner and rebuild! BTW, Bibi & Israel better get with the program since without the US support they would be swallowed up within months, they have to suck it up and find a way to work diligently with their neighbors, NOT ATTACK THEM, to put an end to the hostilities.
FAKE NEWS! No such “attack” took place. The source is somebody told someone who told Reuters that the Saudi Port was “targeted” but no damage. Lot’s of oil market fake news manipulation is going on!
They have, It too has been partially destroyed. Still zero hedge is reporting that the Asian countries were paying $167 US per barrel for the oil that is still making it to the terminus situated on the Gulf of Oman.
The plan is being floated at a time when a massive, nearly $70 gap has opened in price between oil delivered to Asia via Oman, which is now trading at $167/barrell and WTI which serves the US market at $97. Meanwhile Brent, last trading at $113, is rising and is increasingly disconnected with WTI on fears the US may ban oil exports, undoing Barack Obama’s 2015 decision, and land locking US production.
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/iran-oil-exports-soar-bessent-float-unsactioning-iranian-oil-already-sea
UH OH Don’t let the rain come down. My head’s got a hole in it and I might drown.
Goldman Sachs’ Jeff Currie warns paper crude near $100 is far below physical oil markets trading $130 to $170. Citi lays out two paths for U.S.–Iran warMarch 19, 2026 12:27 pm by Alex
https://citizenwatchreport.com/goldman-sachs-jeff-currie-warns-paper-crude-near-100-is-far-below-physical-oil-markets-trading-130-to-170-citi-lays-out-two-paths-for-u-s-iran-war/
It’s my understanding ( could be wrong) that oman is working on a pipeline from uae / qatar to a new port bypassing the Hormuz
The Saudis have an oil pipeline running across the Arabian peninsula to the Red Sea. https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Saudi-Arabias-Red-Sea-Oil-Exports-Jump-To-Nearly-4-Million-bpd.html
The UAE has a pipeline to bypass Hormuz. But Iran attacked the oil hub at Fujairah on the Gulf of Oman. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crl4gxgkkylo
Apparently, the US did know of the strike…
https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2034452773366890614?s=20
Isn’t barakravid an Israeli journalist and CNN analyst?
I trust Sundance and I do not think President Trump was lying on his Truthsocial post.
I guess we will see…it’s all we can do, anyway.
“Contrary to Trump’s statements, senior Israeli and U.S. officials said that the United States had prior knowledge of the Israeli strike and even approved it in an attempt to pressure Iran.”
Utter Fantasy Land nonsense… another “walk back” to save face, is what that is. Trump generally doesn’t mince words, and the fact that he came right out and posted what he did on Truth tells you everything you need to know. As Sundance has adequately pointed out: Trump is not happy about this situation.
This whole thing is turning into a real Sh*t Show Of Epic Fury Proportions…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/19/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-gas-field-strikes-pentagon-more-funds-trump-news
“Israel says US helped coordinate gasfield attack, despite Trump’s claim he knew nothing about it
We’ve just heard from Pete Hegseth. He reiterated the claim from Donald Trump that the US president knew nothing about the attack on Iran’s South Pars gasfield [nail meet cofffin].
However, Reuters is reporting that Israel says its attack on the gas facilities was coordinated with the United States.
Israel has not publicly acknowledged responsibility for the South Pars attack. On Wednesday night, Trump said in a social media post that Washington “knew nothing about this particular attack” and that Israel would not attack the gas field further unless Iran again attacked Qatar.
The three Israeli officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said that Israel was not surprised by Trump’s comments.
They described the dynamic as similar to one that played out after Israel struck fuel depots in Iran several weeks ago. After those attacks, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said that in “that particular case those weren’t our strikes”.”
After those oil depot attacks a few weeks ago, Trump told Israel TO NOT ATTACK THE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. Period. Full stop. Hey, Bibi… do… you… understand… English?
So Israel is not only IGNORING Trump, THEY’RE NOW OUTRIGHT SAYING HE’S LYING.
Like… do they know where their rockets and bombs actually come from? That’s right… it’s the U.S. taxpayers…
It’s a wrap, folks!
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Opinions are like A$$HOLES everyone has one, including myself. What are your sources and ALL OF THEM MSM are are PROPAGANDIST’S which include the Axios, Guardian, Reuters,…,etc. the “Sh*t Show ” are those who trust the MSM and are afflicted with TDS”! It’s a wrap, folks the PROOF is in the deliverables by our POTUS and his team, Venezuela, pretty much done, IRAN in progress and probably ready to move on soon, Ecuador & Columbia hurting like Venezuela as far as drug income goes, Brazil tbd, but likely on the list! CUBA SOON! PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH! POTUS doing what NEEDS TO BE DONE and I’m 100% behind him as EVERY Patriotic AMERICAN should be!
You can Google it yourself. Everything I wrote has been widely reported. Maybe you missed his Truth post… you should take a break from watching unclassified missile strike videos and definitely check that out…
Don’t care what Israel says. President Trump is trying to preserve, not destroy livelihoods of Iran. Read to much to believe Israel or even some of our own people.
Yes. Preserve, not destroy.
Eff israel!!!
AXIOS unverified pulled out of Ravid’s A$$ “as always”
propaganda!
The second.
Whoa!!!! I thought Israel controls “Trump”….
It appears that Israel and the US are two independent countries.
Our greatest ally.
Trump is losing control. Oh my, that will make him want to reestablish control and that’s where big mistakes can be made which lead to a drawn out war.
I look at it from the other side… Israel is out of control… they’re literally doing their own thing, at this point…
Frankly I’m surprised it took this long. I’ve tried to hold my tongue as long as I could because I knew it wouldn’t be long before Israel would do something we and Trump had no foreknowledge. They’re not to be trusted. My biggest fear is they’ll try something even more dangerous if we (Trump) don’t do something to rein them in….if that’s even possible.
Something big is now happening. New report just out from Reuters states that, “Iran attack wipes out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years…”!
See article here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/iran-attack-wipes-out-17-of-qatars-lng-capacity-for-up-to-five-years-qatarenergy-ceo-says/.
IMHO…if Bibi was gonna push the alliance envelope with PDJT, he should have finished off Gaza and apologized later. That one is going to come back and bite all of us, eventually.
Israel hit this gas field and Europe decides to join the escort service of tankers.
What happened to not a NATO issue?
The worship of Mammon
They will decide what “appropriate efforts” are warranted.
They haven’t “joined” anything….
Yet
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NEW: The UK alongside France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan expresses readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz 👇
gov.uk/government/news/joint…
https://nitter.poast.org/UKinUSA/status/2034631882432741481#m
Nearly all of Iran’s energy business is owned by the IRGC. I suspect that a significant portion of the IRGC are in it for the paycheck and not the ideology. Stop the paycheck and the soldiers go home – it’s a simple calculus.
Trump knew. But he also needs Qatar to rebuild Iran’s energy infrastructure when this is all done, and he needs to mollify potentially embittered Iranians who see their supposed liberators destroying their energy infrastructure and source of future revenue once the regime falls.
This is one of those times to “take Trump seriously and not literally”, to paraphrase Salena Zito.
“NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL!”
“the United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field”
I thought Trump was a puppet of Putin? Oops! I mean Bibi.
MAGA knows Trump is nobody’s puppet.
F Tucker.
With or without help or consent of Israel ?
Israel didn’t require consent of US or Trump is lying and has no control of the situation
We’ll just see how EVERYTHING plays out. Only thing I know is that NEVER underestimate President Trump!
Good cop, bad cop ??
Whenever I have doubted President Trump, he proves me wrong. I hope this continues. But I’m getting a little concerned about this war. Iran is huge and will never give up even if it includes the total destruction of the country. They are not reasonable people. It seems as though Trump thinks they are reasonable. Trump doesn’t want to destroy the infrastructure so Iran can rebuild. Putin didn’t want to destroy Ukraines infrastructure. That changed. I believe these crazy fanatics will fight to the last Iranian. This won’t be a “clean” war. I hope I’m wrong!
I agree with your last 3 sentences.
“I will NEVER LET YOU DOWN” @POTUS to the American people and I believe him.
IMHO President Trump is the FIRST President in MY lifetime and I’m an old fart, who ever made promises and DELIVERED UPON THEM in spite of INSANE resistance that makes NO SENSE to ANY “PATRIOTIC AMERICAN” who has served their country and been in harms way!
That sounds good but what happened to “no new wars?”
Iran is not a new war … it’s a 47yr old war started by Carter … Trumps intent is to end Carter’s war.
But ISR supported Iran during the Iran/Iraq war so they have supposedly flipped sides entirely. Thanks to Mega, they now have access to energy on top of their arms dealing and tech domination, so hitting an energy competitor is likely
….they are not reasonable people….as Syria /Iraq/Lybia?/Yugoslavia????… Iranians…..they will not give up give up…..never underestimate adversaries/enemies…..
“The joint economic relationship over the Pars gas field is part of the connective tissue between Iran and Qatar and underpins why Qatar has always been an intermediary for all issues of deconfliction that surround the U.S and Iran”
I didn’t realize this fact until just a little while ago… this all makes so much sense now. Qatar has been playing both sides for a long time, but for their own economic self interests, probably more than anything else.
Also… “Or did Isael just diminish an LNG competitor?”
Ok, so that, at least in part, explains this (as reported widely, but this snippet nabbed from Fox):
“President Trump told reporters Friday that his objectives for ending the war “might be a little different” from those of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”
Of course, Israel wants full-on regime change… but, apparently, there’s a whole other side to this thing, which is easy to miss with all the rockets and bombs flying around. This thing is much more complicated than what it appears on its face… but of course it is… ‘cuz The Middle East. This is like jumping into the dog fight between Ukraine and Russia… except, in this case, there are LITERALLY trillions at stake…
This area of the world is of great interest to God. God is in charge of events and decisions. God has sovereignty over this earth. He controls leaders of nations just like the days of Ezekial. God directs situations for a greater purpose, God has a plan and he uses leaders to fulfill that plan.
God sees the beginning and the end, we just see the events as they happen and then we speculate surmise guess ponder and wonder what it means why how come. One thing I can say there is spiritual warfare over the skies of the Middle East, and it is intense.
It’s the 2nd time in this war that Bibi has been a loose canon and PTDJ has called him out on TS. Bibi’s advocating for: “It’s better to ask for forgiveness than for permission”.
He’s on thin ice with PDJT, I’d say. He’s worked for 10 yrs to get ME countries to partner with him and he isn’t going to let Bibi ruin things.
Loose-cannon Bibi better stand down if he knows what’s good for him/Israel. He’s burned PDJT twice now.
“He’s burned PDJT twice now.”
Are you including the 12-Day War? I’m starting to lose track, to be honest…
Yes, and many are tiring of this nonsense. I am also losing track.
So while we are hitting Iran, Israel is hitting Lebanon…couldn’t find anywhere that attacking Lebanon was part of this joint “operation”.
Time to detangle from Israel if their goal right now is completely different than ours.
Hamas, Houthis and Hezbollah are all Iranian proxies, therefore have all been part of this year long operation to destroy the Iranian regime’s ability to project power across the region.
I guess you missed the part where Irans proxy Hezb’ Allah, launched barrage after barrage of missiles at Israel, with one striking all the way down by Gaza, in support of Iran.
So missiles are coming at Israel from Yemen, Lebanon and Iran.
POTUS will save Israel for last they’ll have no choice but to get with the program if the most recent transgressions alleged by Israel weren’t a part of the plan to begin with.
He has major leverage now over BIbi.
Threaten to Close the embassy.
No, I was only counting the last 19 days.
Mr. President, what are we doing in the Middle East east again? Explain it like I’m 5
Finishing the job nobody else would. PDJT is just using Israel’s aggression to do the job. Clearly appears that way to me. He’s using people trying to use him to get the chess board back in America’s favor. And he’s doing a great job. Nobody wants war, but they would rather have a carpet bombing and a 2am raid to finally bring the world back into a peaceful order.
Join the dots time.
Last week, anti-Communist riots in Cuba started due to a collapse of the domestic power grid, and this week Israel targets Iran’s LNG capability that largely powers its domestic requirements.
This week, on the same day as the The IRGC warned that they would crackdown on gatherings for the traditional Suri fire festival, the head of the Basij, who would have spearheaded the crackdown, was targeted and killed by an Israeli air strike. The celebrations went ahead, with an Israeli message encouraging the participants that saidthey were watching over them.
Mossad are directly contacting Iranian commanders and threatening and intimidating them to stand down and not participate in any regime crackdown, if there is a popular uprising, whist Basij checkpoints are being droned, with claims that the Iranians are using Starlink terminals to pass on targeting data to the USA/Israel.
Not all sunshine and roses at the propaganda factory:
Iran regime hangs 19-year-old wrestler Saleh Mohammadi for protesting regime | Fox News
Similar to the flawed premise that because Iran still retains the capability to fire missiles and launch drones then OEF is failing in its main objectives and any briefings are simply exercises designed to mislead the public as to its real progress.
Meaning they can detect and or follow tip offs about public checkpoints that appear and disappear in basically no time, while a scheduled public execution that obviously would have to be announced to be public is beyond the reach of both the israeli and US airforce.
https://media.memix.com/memix-brazil-suspicious-cat.webp?text=Personalize+your+Memix
Well, this story certainly proves who’s the Boss In Charge of this operation.
Bibi got out of line and President Trump smacked him down.
Nicely done President Trump!
You guys still think this war was a good idea?
Yes
yes
100%
Yes sir the nay sayers have a few more weeks to doom and gloom and Iran will have a civilian government intrested in prosperity.
China will look for an exit here and will look to be a part of the rebuild and they will ne encouraged to buy their oil and.build their ports and pipelines.
You think Iran having a nuclear weapon is a good idea ?
As the Junior partner in this war, it seems remote that Israel could fly sorties to take out such a notable target such as South Pars without the knowledge/permission of the US. As evidenced by the F-15’s shot down by friendly fire (if true) and the hundreds of missions taking place daily, someone has to be in nominal control of the airspace and all friendly air traffic. That is not Israel. The only other option would be that Israel isn’t the junior partner, which would necessitate a name change to Operation Epstein Fury.
Last minute.target shift and bang
And rightly so. This is the problem of working with a country Trump apparently cannot control. He should immediately inform Netenyahu that ALL targets must be approved by him personally or the U.S. will not participate in this endeavor. Since Netenyahu apparently does not understand the stakes here, he should not be allowed to make decisions unless he runs them by Trump first. He could put our president in a very awkward position.
Essentially what Joe Kent said in the Tucker Carlson interview.
Exactly. What happened to “no new wars?”
It’s situations precisely like this that is why the President put off that trip to China- that was a very good decision.
We really have no idea at all what could go on and for something to happen and he’s off in another country, that would be extremely bad optics that we’d never hear the end of.
I’m really glad he’s staying home to tend to business, this decision looks even better today than it did yesterday.
Dear Tree House Friends- I don’t know how many of you are familiar with Jeff Childers, but he is a lawyer who did a lot great work during the time of CVD and he is a knowledgeable supporter of President Trump and MAGA. Jeff has been writing a daily substack blog and the one he did today on the war was really excellent.
I urge you guys to read this because he comes up with a lot of good information that explains what’s going on and how it’s not nearly as harebrained as the MSM would have us believe.
Best wishes to all from the outskirts of the Islamic Republic of Nueva York City.
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/whose-war-thursday-march-19-2026?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=463409&post_id=191474796&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=r7icf&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
@Seneca the Elder, THANKS! That’s a Unique take!
And I love this that Jeff Childers wrote:
“The Al Jazeera analyst described a three-phase campaign: suppress Iran’s defenses, degrade Iran’s industrial capacity, and ensure nothing can be rebuilt anytime soon. But a fourth phase is unfolding: cannibalism. The regime is degrading itself. It’s like when the starving occupants of a besieged castle stop fighting the army outside and start eating each other.”
Thanks, Defiant – I started reading Jeff’s commentary during the time of CVD and just kept going. He is a great writer in my estimation- very factual but with a wicked sense of humor. His substack is free and he’s always got some zingers in it.
@Seneca the Elder, Mr. Childerns logical analysis lines up with reality, and which happens to soooooo match up with Pres. Trump’s Modus Operendi of playing 4D Chess while his opponents play Tic-Tac-Toe while Drooling and be proud of themselves.
At the end of the day, Iran as the Mafia Terrorist Organization posing as a Theocracy that has harassed the USA and the World before the Millennial Generation was even a glimmer in their parents eye, is DONE.
American Troops being sent to Ukraine will soon also be done.
And NATO is soon to follow.
This is an excellent article. Thanks
The Iranians are now scrambling.
What Israel did was good cop bad cop.
And it was the insurance companies from the EU that closed the straits of Hormuz by refusing to insure ships
They did it to themselves
Even Al Jazeera is onboard with what is happening!!
The US-Israeli strategy against Iran is working. Here is why
Every aspect of Iran’s ability to project regional power is being successfully degraded.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/3/16/the-us-israeli-strategy-against-iran-is-working-here-is-why
The US really needs to distance itself from Israel.
Yep, I think we’ve seen this movie before and it’s not going to end differently this time, either! 😉
Dog, meet tail.
Apparently no one is doing the math. If their missile launching capability has deteriorated 90%, is that supposed to mean that those 10% cause all the damage in various countries? The elefant in the room is why are they still firing? If there are hardly any targets left, does that mean that the sites that launch that supposedly huge chunk of 10% aren’t considered targets.
In a command structure that depends on communication and information about the schedule and location of strikes, how is it possible that the commanding do not know were the commanded will strike next?
There is more to this as what is stated in daily press briefings. It simply does not make sense, but nobody dares to ask the right questions there it seems.
A very interesting hypothesis. Worth the read and consider the option.
https://gcaptain.com/the-hormuz-hypothesis-what-if-the-u-s-navy-isnt-in-a-hurry-to-reopen-the-strait/
This is a very interesting take. Thank you.
It’s a hypothesis only, but a well thought out one. Who knows! But interesting and something to consider.
One of the first things I thought about when they pulled the insurance was, Trump should ruin those companies by stealing that industry and bring it here.
Maybe they can even work with saudi arabia to run an oil pipeline to the mediterranean coast someplace thus skipping hormuz completely and just let iran go rot
How about he said it for the angry Arabs.
The targeting of missiles is an integral and foundational part of COMMAND AND CONTROL. The Iranians continue to be able to fire off missiles at strategic targets like this one and hit them. This is indicative of Command and Control of the Iranian military still being intact despite numerous sorties against Iranian military assets. Missiles that cannot be targeted accurately because Command and Control infrastructure is destroyed, are not a threat. Somehow, this system is intact enough to continue to target the missiles with accuracy.
The Israelis have no respect for President Trump – common sense dictates that he should, at the very least, have been advised/consulted before taking matters into their own hands. If I were in Trump’s position I would tell them that since they think they are more competent to run this war, then apparently they do not need our help. End of story – they can now attack other countries or not but do not expect America to cover for you. How brazen of Israel to do this. But it does tell you all you need to know about Israel and their perspective.
It’s impossible to harden worldwide energy production/distribution and that’s painfully and obviously been demonstrated by by this war.
Hey Elon Musk: There’s a business opportunity here to figure out and if no one does all your other businesses will be impacted. On one hand you’ll never go hungry but on the other hand you have more to lose from a capital perspective than anyone does.