A black swan is an
extremely rare event with severe consequences. It cannot be predicted
beforehand, though many claim it should be predictable after the fact. So what
does that have to do with last weekend’s attack on Saudi oil facilities?
Charles Hugh
Smith explains
- The mainstream media will be under permanent pressure to downplay the
consequences of this attack, but the cat is out of the bag: the Black Swan is a
drone. What was "possible" yesterday is now a low-cost proven
capability, and the consequences are far from predictable.
Vox Day confirms
- This is the usual pattern of military history, wherein a long-standing
advantage is circumvented by technological and tactical innovations that
eliminate the utility of the advantage.
Question –
could the Yemeni’s actually have done it? Eric
Margolis ain’t sure! As a long-time military observer,
I find it very hard to believe that drones could be guided over such long
distances and so accurately without aircraft or satellites to guide them.
EM goes
further: The pattern of so-called drone attacks against the
Saudi oil installations is just too neat and symmetrical. The Israelis have a strong interest in
promoting a US-Saudi War. The attacks in
Saudi came ironically right after the anniversary of 9/11 that plunged the US
into war against large parts of the Muslim world.
Remember Who Wants War?
And Furthermore!
Still Furthermore – Pat
Buchanan:
The question President Trump confronts
today:
How does he get his country back off
the limb he climbed out on while listening to the Republican neocons and hawks
he defeated in 2016, but who have had an inordinate influence over his
foreign policy?
For now - MoA
- The Crisis Over The Attack On Saudi Oil Infrastructure Is Over - We Now Wait
For the Next One
Why? Listen
to the general - Readers should pay close attention
to this groundbreaking interview with General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander
of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force. The interview, in
Farsi (with English subtitles), was conducted by US-sanctioned Iranian
intellectual Nader Talebzadeh and includes questions forwarded by my US analyst
friends Phil Giraldi and Michael Maloof and myself.
Explaining Iranian self-sufficiency in its defense
capabilities, Hajizadeh sounds like a very rational actor. The bottom line: “Our view is
that neither American politicians nor our officials want a war. If an incident
like the one with the drone [the RQ-4N shot down by Iran in June] happens or a
misunderstanding happens, and that develops into a larger war, that’s a
different matter. Therefore we are always ready for a big war.”
In response to one of my questions, on what message
the Revolutionary Guards want to convey, especially to the US, Hajizadeh does
not mince his words: “In addition to the US bases in various regions like
Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Emirates and Qatar, we have targeted all naval
vessels up to a distance of 2,000 kilometers and we are constantly monitoring
them. They think that if they go to a distance of 400 km, they are out of our
firing range. Wherever they are, it only takes one spark, we hit their vessels,
their airbases, their troops.”
So where are we? Always ask: Who
Benefits?
Next time – we will discuss the unmentionable topic – nuclear war between
the US and Russia.
You can actually word search that topic right here and right now!
Pleasant dreams!