This is a long article from Japan Times- As I’d mentioned in my post from yesterday– Global use of the petro dollar is how the rest of the world props the US up– Use of the petro dollar has been in a steady decline.. Refresh your memory here Central banks have sold Treasurys for weeks […]
Tag: Iran
via Archive.ph excerpts below- read at link A recent classified assessment advised that prolonged large-scale operations in the Middle East risk weakening U.S. capabilities elsewhere. Several U.S. military leaders have advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that prolonging large-scale operations against Iran is unsustainable and risks weakening their ability to confront threats elsewhere, including the U.S. […]
Globe and Mail via archive.ph Interesting author as well John Rapley is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. He is an author and academic whose books include Why Empires Fall and Twilight of the Money Gods. Donald Trump said he’d blow up Kharg Island. He may have blown up the bond market instead. […]
U.S. Central Command launched a wave of strikes against Iran on Sept. 1, and President Donald Trump said forces are “prepared to do another one” as Iran launched retaliatory attacks Sept. 2. Speaking in the Oval Office on Sept. 2, Trump said he ended the roughly month long pause in hostilities because of sea mines. […]
Fortune magazine via Archive.ph Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent began the week vowing an “economic onslaught” against Iran and its trading partners in a fresh bid to end the war. By the week’s end, countries with ties to Tehran had so far shrugged off the threat and analysts were left underwhelmed by the US actions. China, […]
BNN Bloomberg Iran won’t allow military vessels to transit through the Strait of Hormuz under an agreement that the Islamic Republic is negotiating with Oman, Iran’s deputy foreign minister said. The top diplomats of the two countries met to discuss managing commercial shipping traffic in the vital waterway, which remains largely shut down nearly six […]
Beijing says it will take ‘all necessary measures’ if Washington expands crackdown on business with Tehran The measures unveiled on Monday by US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent targeted companies based in Hong Kong and mainland China but stopped short of listing large Chinese financial institutions. Any serious increase in US sanctions on China, which buys […]
Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia announced the formation of a new alliance which will treat an attack against one as an attack against all. Well, that’s lovely, but can we please see the actual treaty? No. We can’t? Oh, that’s funny, why would you keep that secret?… Give a listen. Some are claiming Iran is […]
Canada.ca Col D.K. Turenne – For extraordinary leadership and diplomatic skill as director of the Combined Air Operations Center during the Israel-Iran conflict, synchronizing multinational air operations and enabling the safe evacuation of 10,000 personnel from the Al Udeid Air Base, Doha, Qatar, June 2025; Came back to Alberta after having spent 5 years in […]