Listening to King Charles’s White House dinner speech the other day in front of ‘Drumf’ was quite amusing. The scriptwriter managed to slot in a few asides yet still managed to reflect the establishment viewpoint of Western historical amnesia that has led to so many wars and conflicts over the centuries.
‘Chuck’ talked of “the golden threads of history and heritage,” a view that anyone from a working-class background would take with a large pinch of sea salt, the establishment view of history being almost a work of fiction. History was built by ordinary people, yet they are almost always omitted from the narrative, as if the working classes were the result of being propagated in growbags? All this whilst talking in front of Drumf, whom I would imagine has never read a history book in his life.
Chuck then went on to talk about how the US stood shoulder to shoulder with us during the second world war – kindly committed to help rebuild a shattered Europe, whilst failing completely to mention the heroism and sacrifice of the Red Army – and then went on to praise the US for their resolve to stand up to those who wish us harm, who threaten international rules and freedom, such as exampled by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, completely omitting the fact that the US engineered the conflict in the first instance. Chuck’s phrase, “we stand united in our support for democracy,” washes hollow to anyone with an active frontal cortex who wishes even a small part of this to be true. The activities of the US empire are ongoing and the greatest threat to world peace, not to mention climate change, ecological and biodiversity collapse. Chuck was careful to tiptoe around the current elephant in the room, Iran.
US contemplating next move in war with Iran
Things have gone almost silent in the war with Iran over the last few weeks and days. Don’t be lulled into thinking this is over; it’s just in the early stages of the beginning. The US is still in the process of building forces in the area, yet going through a slight introspection, considering its next move whilst contemplating the bloody nose it received a month ago. The Pentagon generals, those that weren’t sacked for speaking out last time, are still of the opinion that a war cannot be won from the air and that boots on the ground would be a bloodbath. This will not stop a second round of engagement, not least because the Israeli proxy is desperate for the US to re-engage, as its war on Lebanon has not gone well so far and the ceasefire there has been a typical affair – “you cease, we’ll fire still”.
The US has three carrier groups stationed off Oman, just (they hope) out of Iranian missile reach, whilst the Straits of Hormuz are still under Iranian control. Friendly regimes pay and pass, others do not. As ships reach international waters, the US is threatening to interdict, an act of piracy. The carrier force cannot stay indefinitely. Keeping this number of sailors fed alone is a huge enterprise and, as many ports nearby are closed to US military ships, the chuck boats are having to travel long distances to restock the ships. The US/Israeli entity must strike soon or go home.
Meanwhile, the Gulf monarchies are going through turmoil. Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE and Saudia are going through huge upheavals, the UAE in particular. Dubai is almost empty in terms of tourism and business. They will pull out of OPEC and OPEC+ on 1 May, something which will sour their already bad relationship with Saudia. If/when, the war restarts, expect the UAE to get special attention from Iran.
The only state in the area that has played a straight bat is Oman, which, together with Iran will benefit from the new toll regime. The damage to the oil and gas wells in Bahrain and elsewhere are not something that can be simply switched back on when the ‘all clear’ sounds. They will take months and, in some cases years, to get operational again. A second round, which allows Iran to retaliate against infrastructure raids by the US and Israel, will cripple these facilities. In the meantime, Iran has linked with Pakistan to use new rail routes there to transit oil and minerals without resorting to the sea routes. Expect the US to attack these railroads next time.
Back at home, we haven’t seen the long-term consequences of this idiocy yet, but we will soon. Nothing happens in isolation in a very complex world. The lack of sulphur and other commodities coming through Hormuz has real-world consequences. All our modern economies have ‘just in time’ delivery chains, from industry to farms. Disruption of fertiliser will impact food production if not resolved quickly. Spring planting is essential to avoid global food production falling dramatically, with those who will suffer most having little in reserve. This could lead to famine or internal state conflicts in 2027 if not sooner.
If this were not bad enough, scientists are predicting a super El Niño later this year.
“Even a moderately strong El Niño during the next 12 to 18 months could drive the average global temperature to about 1.7C above the preindustrial level,” climate scientist James Hansen told Inside Climate News. Hansen doubts the world will meaningfully cool back down to below the 1.5C mark after the El Niño fades.
This can lead to monsoons, huge rainfall patterns, droughts and rising temperatures. On top of the supply failures due to the Iranian conflict, this could be very bad news indeed. In our complex world, nothing happens in isolation.
An ongoing colonial collective mental disorder
Will any of this cross the mind of the US regime? I doubt it. They are glued to their supremacist worldview of hegemonic entitlement, alongside their ultimate fantasy, the aim to topple the rise of China. Can they win this direction? No. Will it stop them trying? No! I think another round of blitzkrieg will follow by the US and Israel, against infrastructure and targets in the government. More schools will be hit and the Iranians will retaliate against all and sundry who allow the US to operate from their states. More innocents will die and worldwide supply chains will once again be traduced. This is the story of ongoing colonial collective mental disorder. It was ever thus.
The Western media pack are all-in on this agenda. If they were not, they would lose their jobs. We are daily bombarded with fiction and lies so obvious even a child could see through it. For instance, on Wednesday in London an obviously crazed individual attacked, with a knife, some Jewish residents of Golders Green. Immediate uproar across the media and social media linking the attacker with Iran, even as the evidence is in front of our eyes. The idea of Iranian sleeper cells all around the UK Europe and America waiting to strike Jews is as ridiculous as it is dangerous. Iran has a large, fully protected Jewish population, alongside Catholics and other protected minority groups.
This Zionist projection is never questioned by our journalist establishment stenographers, whereas if a Muslim sneezes the media go into meltdown. Eventually this ideological project will collapse under the weight of its own absurdity, which is why we have to turn to media outlets such as this one, to scrape between the snippets of information to find the truth. It isn’t easy in an ever more complex world, however, it is essential to keep trying.
News that isn’t propaganda is hard to come by, but truth is ammunition and something on which to build action, but truth is in short supply and in the fog of war, the first casualty.
