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2026-03-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Richard Fernandez: Countering Iran's 'Mosaic defense'

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2026-03-24 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1794 views ] Top
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1 Insurgency requires a level of popular support that is inconsistent with subjugation and murder of the populous, I think. We will see.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-03-24 06:39|| 2026-03-24 06:39|| Front Page Top

2 Fredrik Pohl suggested a solution to ME problems in 1981: The Cool War.

You see: “To carry out war, three things are necessary: money, money and yet more money.”

So, as long as petro-dollars (or petro-yuan) flow to ME ...

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-03-24 06:48|| 2026-03-24 06:48|| Front Page Top

3 An unknown is how many missiles/drones the IR still has and how well they are hidden.
IIRC, the USA has yet to render not operational the IR's facilities for loading & shipping oil out of Iran. Should that stop, the IR's income will drop a great deal. Oil wells don't matter if the product cannot be shipped away to markets. The earliest oil well drillers found that out in Oklahoma very early on.

Posted by Glurong Choth2372 2026-03-24 14:10|| 2026-03-24 14:10|| Front Page Top

4 the USA has yet to render not operational the IR's facilities for loading & shipping oil out of Iran.

So President Trump said, after destroying Kharg Island’s defenses recently.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-24 14:42|| 2026-03-24 14:42|| Front Page Top

5 An article a week or so ago stated that Iran pretty much emptied the storage tanks on Kharg Island moved it all to the mainland, where presumably it was disperse even further. We are going out our way minimize civilian casualties and not destroy Iran's infrastructure not related to the Iranian military.

Posted by Chantry 2026-03-24 16:19|| 2026-03-24 16:19|| Front Page Top

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