Stalin
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The real reason for the attack on Venezuela is to stop the sale of oil to China.
Iran also sells oil to China so I expect Iran's oil facilities will be targeted.
Unlike the US, which is now an economic basket case, the Chinese people and economy are going gangbusters...
"..Trump’s latest threats echo those he made after his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in late December. The Washington Post reported that strikes against Iran were a major topic of discussion at the meeting. “If Iran is trying to build up again,” Trump said at the meeting, “we’ll knock the hell out of them.”
Leavitt added on Monday: “The truth is, with respect to Iran, nobody knows what President Trump is going to do except for President Trump.”
These statements follow Trump’s assertion of unlimited presidential powers to wage war all over the world in an interview with the New York Times published last week, in which he declared, “I don’t need international law.” Asked what limits exist on his power as commander-in-chief, Trump replied: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, writing on his Substack, noted the relationship between the Venezuela operation and the threats against Iran. “The objective of the Venezuela operation is to cut off China, America’s economic rival, from its ongoing purchases of Venezuela’s cheap heavy crude oil,” Hersh wrote. China is the largest importer of Venezuelan oil.
“The next target, I have been told, will be Iran, another purveyor to China whose crude oil reserves are the world’s fourth largest,” Hersh continued. He characterized the operations as “the opening shot in a US energy war on China.”
comrade stalin
moscow
Iran also sells oil to China so I expect Iran's oil facilities will be targeted.
Unlike the US, which is now an economic basket case, the Chinese people and economy are going gangbusters...
"..Trump’s latest threats echo those he made after his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in late December. The Washington Post reported that strikes against Iran were a major topic of discussion at the meeting. “If Iran is trying to build up again,” Trump said at the meeting, “we’ll knock the hell out of them.”
Leavitt added on Monday: “The truth is, with respect to Iran, nobody knows what President Trump is going to do except for President Trump.”
These statements follow Trump’s assertion of unlimited presidential powers to wage war all over the world in an interview with the New York Times published last week, in which he declared, “I don’t need international law.” Asked what limits exist on his power as commander-in-chief, Trump replied: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, writing on his Substack, noted the relationship between the Venezuela operation and the threats against Iran. “The objective of the Venezuela operation is to cut off China, America’s economic rival, from its ongoing purchases of Venezuela’s cheap heavy crude oil,” Hersh wrote. China is the largest importer of Venezuelan oil.
“The next target, I have been told, will be Iran, another purveyor to China whose crude oil reserves are the world’s fourth largest,” Hersh continued. He characterized the operations as “the opening shot in a US energy war on China.”
White House threatens “lethal force” against Iran
Nine days after launching an assault on Venezuela that killed over 100 people and kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration is openly threatening strikes against Iran, using as a pretext mass protests that have erupted across the country.
www.wsws.org
comrade stalin
moscow
