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| French commentators say the USA screwed up and Iran has completely won the war |
| 2026-04-13 |
Translated Text: Absolutely all French commentators, whether dissidents or mainstream, are telling you the same story: the USA screwed up and Iran has completely won the war. But abroad, some experts have a different reading. Time will tell who is right, but here’s the summary, so you can form your own opinion: 1️⃣ China must absorb the shock of the price hike + is forced to change gas stations. Addicted to sanctioned and therefore cheap Iranian oil, it immediately absorbs an explosion in industrial costs (plastics, fibers, inputs), tensions in supply chains, and a rise in export prices. Critical dependency revealed: a major share of its energy transited through a bottleneck controlled by an unstable actor. It is forced to change suppliers and turn to its US competitor, who is rubbing its hands. 2️⃣Activation of the Iranian lever = self-neutralization Iran uses its only card: blocking Ormuz. Real effect: •strikes its own clients (Asia) •triggers accelerated diversification •incentivizes the creation of permanent bypass infrastructures Structural consequence: irreversible loss of strategic centrality. The lever becomes obsolete as soon as it is used. 3️⃣ Rapid reallocation to the benefit of the United States The market reacts without inertia: redirection toward American oil. Immediate effects: •record-high US exports •capture of Asian demand •consolidated role as balancing supplier Not to mention that the USA controls the Venezuelan stockpile. The United States shifts from participant to pivot of the fuel system. 4️⃣ Transformation of the global energy system. Profound mutation: •end of critical dependency on the Ormuz chokepoint •rise of alternative routes (pipelines Gulf → Red Sea / Oman) •shift toward flexible producers The shock becomes a catalyst for a new sustainable equilibrium. 5️⃣ Accelerated geopolitical reconfiguration Decisive intervention by Saudi Arabia in the American political sequence. A call from Mohammed bin Salman swayed Donald Trump’s decision: abandonment of a total ceasefire in favor of a temporary one. In exchange for continuing pressure on Iran: •massive direct funding of the American war effort (100 billion) •structuring investments in the US economy and arms purchases •normalization with Israel conditioned on the weakening of Tehran •project for an energy corridor Saudi Arabia → Ashdod (Israel) •formation of a regional defense bloc under the American umbrella •joint naval control of strategic straits •preparation for a “post-Iran” (reconstruction, political repositioning) The conflict becomes a lever for regional refashioning, not a simple bilateral confrontation. 6️⃣ Differentiated trajectories •Iran: progressive collapse (revenues, influence, internal stability). Horizon: marginalization. •China: short-term shock, forced adaptation, diversification. Strategic dependency shifted toward the United States. •United States: systemic winner. Simultaneous economic, energy, and geopolitical strengthening. •Gulf: consolidation as a restructured and stabilized energy hub. 7️⃣ Conclusion •a geographical lever (Ormuz) is activated •this activation destroys its own value •the system reconfigures around actors capable of absorbing and redirecting flows Final result: transfer of the energy center of gravity toward the United States, exposure of Chinese vulnerability, and accelerated downgrading of Iran in the regional and global order. |
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