The [[delusion]] that the [[United States]] can launch a localized, painless strike against [[Iran]] to reassert authority is collapsing before the operation even begins.
The [[delusion]] that the [[United States]] can launch a localized, painless strike against [[Iran]] to reassert authority is collapsing before the operation even begins.
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If [[Washinton, D.C.|Washington]] launches its planned post-[[midterm]] assault, it will not trigger [[Iranian]] submission. It will detonate a multi-trillion-dollar regional conflagration that shuts down the global [[energy]] [[supply]], breaks the remaining [[naval]] architecture of the [[Middle East]], and delivers a fatal blow to the [[economic]] foundation of the late [[Western]] [[empire]].
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If [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] launches its planned post-[[Midterm election|midterm]] assault, it will not trigger [[Iranian]] submission. It will detonate a multi-trillion-dollar regional conflagration that shuts down the global [[energy]] [[supply]], breaks the remaining [[naval]] architecture of the [[Middle East]], and delivers a fatal blow to the [[economic]] foundation of the late [[Western]] [[empire]].