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“Unlike other politicians, you can ask me ANYTHING! You can talk sex, whatever you want! I’m here for you.”
— President Donald J. Trump
Evidence of this statement https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/179525
Disclaimer it is nauseating 🤮 🤮 🤮
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺🇮🇷Politico continues to provide useful insider information on the supply of weapons to Ukraine. This time, the PURL program for transferring weapons purchased by NATO countries from the US to Kiev is in disarray. And the reason is - again, the war with Iran.
The journalists of the publication report that Europe is very concerned that the White House and the State Department openly tell them that the priority for the US is Iran and the weapons will go there or to US Army warehouses to replenish spent reserves. This particularly applies to anti-aircraft missiles for Patriot, but not only.
And the point is that the Americans are sending even weapons produced on orders from other countries to the Middle East, resulting in a rather long queue. But, first and foremost, the entire program of supplying Ukraine is at risk for at least the next few months (or even years) and the State Department has only notified a few of its European allies that their order under PURL will not be redirected; and the rest, thus, have been dismissed.
By the way, there were rumors for a while about the transfer of JASSM missiles with a serious launch range to Kiev. Almost all of them however have been used on Iran and Ukraine will not get them. Because they have run out.
Trucks from The Netherlands are forming long ass lines at Belgian border gas stations because of cheaper gas. So much that special traffic routes have to be made now.
And these stations have now run out of gas even.
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇷 The US is considering redirecting military aid intended for Ukraine to the Middle East - WP
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The war in Iran is depleting the US military’s stocks of the most critical munitions.
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Although a final decision on redirecting equipment has not yet been made, this step will highlight the growing compromises necessary to sustain the war with Iran.
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Sources of the publication report that the focus is primarily on air defense systems and missiles for them.
Source -> https://t.me/Slavyangrad/159912
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🇮🇷🛢Iran’s oil sales revenue has sharply increased, and it remains the only exporter through the Strait of Hormuz, — Bloomberg
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Iran’s exports in March remained close to pre-war levels — about 1.6 million barrels per day.
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Tankers with Iranian oil continue to be loaded at the Kharg terminal and exit the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz.
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At the same time, oil prices have risen, and the discount on Iranian oil relative to the international benchmark Brent has dropped to $2.10 per barrel — this is the lowest level in almost a year.
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Iran has likely earned hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue from oil sales since the beginning of the war.
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❗️The fuel crisis in Australia is escalating to catastrophic levels.
Trucks all over regional South Australia and Victoria have simply stopped due to widespread diesel shortages.
Video in https://t.me/AussieCossack/47359
This is just a brief teaser to what is coming to EVERY US BOOTLICKER that depends on the Hormuz
❗️ European Commissioner for Defence and Space, Andrius Kubilius:
"During the first five days, both Gulf countries and Americans used 800 Patriot missiles.
The whole production at the moment in United States is 750 per year."
Video link in https://t.me/AussieCossack/47351
🇮🇷🇦🇲 Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi thanks Armenia for sheltering displaced Iranians and providing humanitarian assistance during the war.
“The centuries-old ties between Iran and Armenia have once again demonstrated their strength in difficult times.”
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https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/179748
🇮🇷🇧🇭 The IRGC releases before/after satellite imagery of strikes on Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain, showing damage to:
- ▪️ Radar maintenance hangar
- ▪️ P-8 Poseidon* aircraft hangars
- ▪️ Drone hangars
- ▪️ Equipment warehouse
*The P-8 Poseidon is the US Navy’s primary maritime surveillance and anti-submarine aircraft.
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https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/179754?single
🇺🇸 Surprise, Surprise… Trump lied.
Bloomberg tanker data shows no evidence of the eight oil tankers Trump claimed were in the Strait of Hormuz.
Only two Iran-linked LPG carriers were observed leaving the Persian Gulf on Thursday—likely the “extra two” he mentioned.
While some vessels disable tracking for security reasons, most ships recently transiting Hormuz have kept their signals on.
In total, just four vessels—a pair of bulk carriers, one container ship, and one LPG carrier—were confirmed exiting in recent days.
Source -> https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/179389
From Sony Thang:
Let’s be honest about what the American bases in the Gulf actually protect.
They protect the governments.
From their own populations.
This is not an accusation.
This is the stated architecture of the security relationships.
The American security umbrella is explicitly extended to protect the governments from external threats and, crucially, from internal instability.
Meaning from the possibility that the population might decide it wants a different government.
The deal is simple:
You give us basing rights, access, intelligence cooperation, and compliant foreign policy, and we make sure you stay in power regardless of what your people want.
This is why the Arab Spring was contained where it was contained and not where it wasn’t.
This is why certain governments survived 2011 and others didn’t.
This is why the American military footprint in the Gulf expanded, not contracted, in the years after popular uprisings showed what populations actually wanted.
The bases protect governments from democracy.
And those same governments, protected from democracy by American power, are using those bases to argue that Iran is the threat to regional security.
The threat to regional security is the idea that Muslim populations should have a say in whether their governments normalize with Israel.
The threat is the idea that the ummah’s resources should be used for the ummah. The threat is the example of a government that said no to the arrangement and is still standing.
That is the threat. Iran is the threat.
Not to the people.
To the arrangement.
And the arrangement is using the people’s land, and the people’s resources, and the people’s Islam, to protect itself from the threat.Source -> https://xcancel.com/nxt888
🇮🇷 IRGC ANNOUNCES WAVE 26 OF OPERATION TRUE PROMISE 4
IRGC announces a multi-phase joint missile and drone assault, code named “O Lord of the Worlds,” against American and Zionist targets across the region.
Targets struck: — Bases Victoria, Arifjan, and Al-Kharj — Precision strikes on American and Israeli positions in Arad, Tel Aviv, Erbil, Al-Dhafra, and the Fifth Fleet — One AWACS E-3G strategic aircraft at Al-Kharj base in Saudi Arabia — Al-Azraq base in Jordan: drone strikes on equipment depots and troop quarters — One US drone destroyed over the Strait of Hormuz — Two Orbiter drones downed over Khorramabad
“Every aggressor who has violated my dear country has not escaped with their life — and today we are many times more advanced and stronger than at any point in our history.”
— IRGC General Zolfaqari
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