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"Israel says [the] 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.
However, Reuters is reporting that Israel says its attack on the gas facilities was coordinated with the United States."
~ The Guardian
"International benchmark Brent crude futures with May delivery rose 6.3% to $114.13 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures advanced 0.5% to $96.88.
Gas prices were also sharply higher."
~ Lee Ying Shan and Sam Meredith
#Trump #Iran #war #Israel #oil #gas
/13
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/oil-jumps-iran-strikes-qatar-lng-facility-supply-worries.html
"There is no thought process into what any of this means long-term. It's not coordinated regime change. It's obliteration or just 'bomb them until they're less of a threat.' The Washington Post asked about the plan, a US official responded: 'Whatever.' ... Reality is not a constraint."
~ Jason Sattler
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #MalignantNarcissism #megalomania
/15
https://thecause.substack.com/p/our-confusion-about-whats-going-on
"The job of the inner sanctum is not really to advise on sensible policy, even on the eve of war. It is to repeat the leader’s lies, screen out objective and expert feedback that might conflict with the leader’s will, and create and enforce a version of reality that benefits him."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #MalignantNarcissism #megalomania
/16
https://lucid.substack.com/p/engineered-ignorance-hubris-and-the
"Decimating government of institutional knowledge, allowing sycophants and cronies outsized power to determine the destinies of hundreds of millions, and privileging the geopolitical and economic interests of fellow autocrats over the wellbeing and safety of Americans are now creating a version of the 'autocratic backfire' that has cost other illiberal leaders their popularity and legitimacy and contributed to their falls from power."
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