Iran Offers the Middle Finger

There are (unverified) reports that Iran has activated their air defense systems on Qeshm Island.  And as of four hours ago, Iran's Ministry of Foreign of Affairs announced control of the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman is non-negotiable.  Scott Bessent is certainly being ignored when informing that one billion dollars in Iran's cryptocurrencies have been seized.  I guess "We" have not figured out that everything is not reduced to money.  We certainly do not understand the terrain of the mind of the House of Ali. 

Tehran seems fully aware (it does not take a genius....) that their biggest challenge is the political management of war because our daily churn of statements is intended to benefit world crude oil markets. Crude oil just dropped below $87 dollars per barrel.

Sadly, the Gulf States have also come to the realization that their reliance on U.S. and Israeli intelligence have often left them with an exaggerated claim of the imminent collapse of Iran which never really happens.  Our allies will no longer be duped. 

* I placed one fool up in lights back at the beginning of this cluster. He happily informed that Iran was nearing collapse.   Just remember  Jeremiah 28:9.  I doubt "the Lord" sent him.  But an overlord was certainly involved.

Please remember: an alphabet of letters following a name does not necessarily make an expert. PhD might really stand for Doctor of Phoolishness.  You might be reading the prose of a "water boy" when salivating over news of the collapse of the Iranian state. Ain't gonna happen.  You heard it from me first.

Meanwhile, Tehran is flexing muscle and becoming more competitive in the global arms market.  The high volume production of it's Kasta 2 variant and the new radar for the Majid short range SAM are driving down prices within the Russian and Chinese markets, respectively.

Speaking of China; and with Tehran offering the middle finger again,  I am reading this news - albeit MSM has covered it a bit.  

China is constructing underground and above-ground facilities in its western deserts for the production of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). According to satellite imagery, at least 100 launch pads have been built so far. For these facilities, they have constructed at least two large command and production centers in an octagonal shape called the Octagon. In fact, China's massive underground fortress, which has been under construction for over 70 years, is gradually expanding. Millions of personnel, massive production lines, material reserves, nuclear power plants, databases, and artificial intelligence stations are located here to keep China alive underground and capable of fighting even in the event of a nuclear war. As you can see, the world's leading and pioneering military powers, including the United States, Iran, Russia, North Korea, and China, are racing underground at full speed to prepare themselves for the storm ahead. A storm that will soon, in the coming years, with the onset of the next world war following the global pandemic, drag the entire world into dust and blood.

What do I think? We bought the Brooklyn Bridge.