Strait of Hormuz
Good Saturday Morning beloved sentients. What is a weekend without a 48 hr deadline, eh? Here we have Trump again threatening Armageddon until the stock markets open again Monday [Tuesday because of the long weekend] morning. Or is this different? Apparently every military jet in the US is heading to the Middle East as I type. Where they will land with all the military bases destroyed is anyone’s guess. Here is the headline from CNN:
War with Iran: Trump renews threats over Strait of Hormuz, US searches for F-15 crew member
The US president said Tehran has 48 hours to fully open the key shipping lane. An oil crisis is hiking prices throughout the global economy.
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Yesterday we learned that Iran can keep up the daily missile attacks on Israel and other US military installations for years. Read the following report copied in full below:
“Iran can sustain Strait of Hormuz closure for years, will cut US military logistics: Official
Iran can sustain Strait of Hormuz closure for years, will cut US military logistics: Official
The current situation in the Strait of Hormuz could remain as it is for a long time, and Iran has the capability to sustain it for years, a senior Iranian security official told Press TV.
Speaking to Press TV, the official – who spoke on condition of anonymity – explained that Iran’s heightened sensitivity over the strategic waterway stems from the fact that the majority of equipment used to supply US military bases and garrisons across the region has historically been transported by sea.
“Iran has the capability to sustain this situation for years,” the official said, referring to the effective shutdown of the strategic waterway to US and allied vessels.
The official further stated that Iran believes it should no longer allow such logistical support to continue.
“The majority of the equipment used to supply US military bases and garrisons in the region has been provided via the sea, and Iran must no longer allow this to continue,” he said.
According to the security official, Iran believes that if it had begun regulating the strait earlier, the enemy’s logistical capabilities would have been significantly reduced.
“For this reason, Iran will no longer permit such logistics to take place,” he added.
The Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately one-fifth of global oil supplies pass, has been effectively closed to US and allied vessels amid the US-Israeli war of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which started on February 28.
Iran’s ability to choke maritime traffic through the narrow waterway, situated between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, has been a key point of leverage in the ongoing war.
The effective shutdown of the strait has disrupted global supply and triggered a sharp surge in oil prices, with Brent crude climbing toward record levels. Analysts warn prices could reach $200 per barrel if the war of aggression persists and the US refuses Iranian demands.
The rise in crude prices has quickly filtered into the US gasoline market. Average prices have climbed above $4 per gallon, while diesel has approached $5-$6 per gallon in many states, levels not seen in years. This surge is fueling growing discontent across the United States.
Beyond crude, the closure of the Strait to US and allied vessels has also disrupted LNG, fertilizer, and other key commodities.
Logistics costs and insurance premiums have surged, intensifying inflationary pressures in the US, particularly through higher transportation, food, and industrial costs.
Trump issued repeated warnings that continued closure or disruption of shipping through the strategic waterway, which carries around 20 percent of the world’s crude oil supply, would trigger severe retaliation, including strikes on Iranian power plants.
Deadlines initially set at 48 hours were later extended to five days and then ten, even as the Iranian armed forces dismissed the threats and warned of severe countermeasures.
In a desperate move, Trump later urged European partners to dispatch naval forces to the Strait to escort tankers and ensure freedom of navigation. None of them responded favorably, fueling his frustration.
More recently, after all options had been exhausted, the US president signaled that securing and reopening the Strait is no longer a key American war objective, suggesting that military operations against Iran could end even if the Strait remains closed.”
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Greencrow comments: Just to put things into perspective in terms of history and international law, Russia has explained why over the past five years of a bloody destructive war unleashed on it by the US State Department and its NATO flunkies–Russia has never attempted to assassinate Zelensky. This is important folks…history will record the US’s war crimes against Iran–just as it has never forgotten their gratuitous horrific nuclear bombing of two cities in Japan at the very end of WWII. It is a black stain on their record that will never go away.
“Top senator explains why Russia will not abduct Zelensky
Moscow would irreparably damage its reputation if it behaved like the US in Venezuela and Iran, Valentina Matviyenko said
https://www.rt.com/russia/637232-russia-wont-abduct-zelensky/
Russia would lose all respect on the international stage if it emulated US military actions in Venezuela and Iran by attempting to abduct or assassinate Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, Valentina Matviyenko, the head of Russia’s Federation Council, has said.
In an interview with Russia 1 aired on Friday, Matviyenko ruled out capturing Zelensky in the same way the US seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a commando raid on Caracas three months ago.
“It is not our style. We are a country that respects itself and is respected by others. We would lose that respect if we resorted to such methods,” Matviyenko said.
She added that although the US “achieved nothing” by killing Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, “the stain on its reputation will remain in history forever.”
READ MORE: Ukraine rocked by new multimillion-dollar corruption scandal
Matviyenko added, however, that Zelensky, who she blamed for the Ukraine conflict, should “face trial … and be punished for his actions.”
Ukrainian officials claim that they foiled a number of attempts on Zelensky’s life in 2022, without providing details. The Kremlin has dismissed the claims as “completely false.”
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Greencrow continues: Finally, this morning I present in the link below an attempt to give the very big long term picture of this war. Apparently, it’s part of The Great Reset to stave off the coming catastrophe called “The Grand Solar Minimum”. Some of it I find quite interesting. I know that environmental/weather catastrophes such as the 2021 Heat Dome that scorched the Pacific West Coast of North America was man-created as were the two “atmospheric rivers” that drained all the dusty soil into the ocean afterwards.
Apparently there’s been a “Heat Dome” hovering over Tehran, Iran for years. Who knew?
Please read or at least scan as I did, the following analysis and prognostication from SOTN
The Great Reset
After all, the apex predators at the very top of the planetary food chain have a specific plan that much be completed by a certain end date having to do with UN Agenda 2030. Which means that every major move and maneuver on today’s global geopolitical chessboard relates directly to the coming Grand Solar Minimum that has become the best kept secret of the Third Millennium.
The Grand Solar Minimum and
UN Agenda 2030 are two sides
of the same NWO coin.
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Greencrow concludes: So I guess this coming week will be the deciding week of this war. Trump cannot go on setting 48 hour deadlines indefinitely. At some point he’s got to show his cards. And Iran and it’s BRIC allies Russia and China will have to show theirs.
This is, after all, a war between USrael and BRICS for global supremacy.
Stay tuned.
Greencrow as the crow flies 