Dear 'Investors,' About That Tanker Spike and Trump's 'Job'
To the astute observer of global affairs, particularly those of you keeping a watchful eye on profits derived from conflict, the recent spike in Brent crude to $100 after 'attacks' in Iraqi waters must feel like clockwork. Oman clearing its export terminal, two tankers in Iraq. And then, seamlessly, the US President Donald Trump steps forward, vowing to 'finish the job' against Iran. One almost
expects a script to be leaked, so perfectly synchronized is this dance of contrived events and hawkish pronouncements. While this administration launches "investigations" into trade partners like the EU, China, and India, threatening tariffs and destabilizing global commerce, the real focus remains fixed on Iran. The narrative is always carefully constructed, always escalating. Remember the USS
Liberty incident in 1967, where Israeli forces attacked a US naval ship, killing 34 and injuring 171 Americans, only for the event to be systematically covered up? Consider that the cost asymmetry between Iran's indigenous, often repurposed, military hardware and the West's multi-billion dollar carrier groups and B-52 deployments is astronomical, painting Iran as an easy target for a full-scale
assault, not a genuine threat. These 'tanker attacks' and Trump's bellicose rhetoric are not isolated incidents. They are chapters in a decades-long saga of economic strangulation, military threats, and geopolitical manipulation stretching back far beyond the betrayed JCPOA agreement to the unilateral imposition of sanctions against Cuba for 62 years. These actions are designed to manufacture