Israel and the U.S. have been tracking him for days.\u00a0 See my earlier posts to understand who he is and the danger he holds in perpetuating the Regime.\u00a0 \u201cIran announces Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader,\u201d Iran International, 3-8-26.<\/p>\n
The choice of words is choice.\u00a0 Iran kills its own people.\u00a0 \u201cIran will \u201ccontinue fighting for the sake of our people,\u201d Abbas Araghchi said.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cForeign minister dismisses idea of Iran surrendering,\u201d<\/a> Politico, 3-8-26.<\/p>\n \u201cAre Iranian Agents Still in Venezuela?,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 3-8-26.<\/p>\n \u201cUAE says Iran has fired 16 ballistic missiles and 117 drones in new barrages,\u201d<\/a> Politico, 3-8-26.\u00a0\u00a0Almost all were shot down.<\/p>\n \u201cAttacks on Desalination Drag Water Supplies Into War With Iran,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 3-8-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cBahrain, where the drone strike occurred, is almost completely dependent on its plants for drinking water for its population of 1.6 million. Israel depends on the plants for about 80% of its drinkable water. About 90% of Kuwait\u2019s water needs are met by desalination.\u201d\u00a0 It is beyond ironic that Iran, refusing for years to provide its own people with enough drinking water, is now attacking other country\u2019s efforts to provide water to their peoples.<\/p>\n \u201cDe Facto Wartime Leader Steers Iran\u2019s Defiant Response to the U.S.,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 3-8-26.\u00a0\u00a0It will be telling to see if Larijani sidelines Mojtaba Khamenei, the new \u201cLeader.\u201d<\/p>\n Knock out the Shaheds on the ground.\u00a0 Put a US navy convoy in the Strait.\u00a0 \u201cThe Long-Feared Persian Gulf Oil Squeeze Is Upon Us,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 3-8-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cTraffic through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a virtual halt, unleashing the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s and threatening the global economy.\u201d …\u00a0\u201cWe are looking at what is by far the biggest disruption in world history in terms of daily oil production,\u201d said energy historian Daniel Yergin. \u201cIf it goes on for weeks, it will reverberate across the global economy.\u201d That is exactly what Iran wants, Yergin said. Attacking energy facilities and shipping appears to be a Hail Mary attempt to make the war so painful for the American and allied economies that Trump backs down\u2014as when Russia slashed natural-gas supplies in a failed bid to splinter Ukraine\u2019s backers in 2022. Analysts fear that even a weakened Iran could keep the strait closed with missiles and drones, similar to the tactics its Yemeni allies, the Houthis, employed in the Red Sea in recent years. U.S. crude futures shot up 36% last week, their biggest surge since the market began in 1983. After Trump\u2019s call on Friday for Iran\u2019s unconditional surrender squashed hope on Wall Street that he might reach a speedy peace deal, prices rose more than they have on a single day since rebounding from the pandemic crash in 2020. They rose another 20% after markets opened on Sunday evening. The strait isn\u2019t officially closed or physically blocked, and a small number of vessels have traversed it, some carrying Iranian crude. Still, on Sunday, more than 1,000 ships were waiting to pass through, their owners and sailors scared of being attacked after strikes on at least nine vessels that left one crew member dead.<\/p>\n \u201cIran Signals a Fight to the End With Appointment of Khamenei\u2019s Son,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 3-8-26.<\/p>\n \u201cScoop: U.S. dismayed by Israel’s Iran fuel strikes, sources say,\u201d<\/a> Axios, 3-8-26.<\/p>\n \u201cIraq Becomes Battleground for U.S. Forces Once Again,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 3-8-26.<\/p>\n \u201cKurdish leader links potential Iran ground push to US-enforced no-fly zone,\u201d<\/a> Politico, 3-8-26.<\/p>\n I\u2019m reminded how Iraq treated their athletes years ago.\u00a0 Thankfully, Australia offered asylum to those who wanted it.\u00a0 \u201cIran soccer team exits Women\u2019s Asian Cup and faces the prospect of a return home,\u201d<\/a> 3-8-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Israel and the U.S. have been tracking him for days.\u00a0 See my earlier posts to understand who he is and the danger he holds in perpetuating the Regime.\u00a0 \u201cIran announces Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader,\u201d Iran International, 3-8-26. The choice of words is choice.\u00a0 Iran kills its own people.\u00a0 \u201cIran will \u201ccontinue fighting for … <\/p>\n