The True Motives behind the U.S – Israel Bombings of Iran and Their Foreseeable Consequences
| By Prof Rodrigue Tremblay Global Research, March 12, 2026 “Without a debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed —and no republic can survive. That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. And that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment —the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution —not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and sentimental, not to simply ‘give the public what it wants’ —but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, to state our dangers and our opportunities, to indicate our crises and our choices, to lead, mold educate and sometimes even anger public opinion.“ |
From Suez to Tehran: The War Against Iran and the Fracturing of the World Order
Military Power, Strategic Dependency and the Crisis of Legitimacy in the International System
| By Laala Bechetoula Global Research, March 05, 2026 A War That Reveals the Structure of Global Power Empires almost never collapse in a sudden crash. They begin by waging wars they present as necessary. The war launched on February 28, 2026 against Iran by the United States and Israel may belong to that category of events which, at the moment they occur, appear to be merely another regional crisis — but which, in retrospect, reveal themselves as turning points in the architecture of the international system. |
Die strategische Ölreserve (SPR) und die Benzinpreiskrise: Es gibt eine Zahl, die in Washington niemand laut aussprechen will.
| Eric BuesingGlobal Research, 14. März 2026 Wir haben Amerikas Notfall-Ölreserven aufgebraucht. Niemand hat erwähnt, dass man dieses Konto nur begrenzt oft eröffnen kann. Gestern Abend gab Energieminister Chris Wright bekannt, dass die Vereinigten Staaten 172 Millionen Barrel Rohöl aus der strategischen Ölreserve freigeben werden.¹ Auslöser ist ein Krieg mit dem Iran, der die Straße von Hormus, die schmale Wasserstraße, durch die täglich etwa 20 Prozent der weltweiten Ölversorgung transportiert werden, faktisch blockiert hat.² |
| Gasoline prices jumped nearly a dollar per gallon in a single week.³ Brent crude topped $100 a barrel overnight, even after the announcement.⁴ The International Energy Agency, responding to a Trump administration request, coordinated a simultaneous release of 400 million barrels from member nations’ reserves, the largest emergency release in the IEA’s more than 50-year history.⁵ . It is, by any measure, exactly the kind of crisis the Strategic Petroleum Reserve was built for. Here is what the press releases did not mention. The SPR currently holds about 415 million barrels.⁶ After this drawdown it will hold roughly 243 million barrels, the lowest level since the reserve was first being filled in the late 1970s. And the physical infrastructure that holds this oil, 60 underground caverns carved into ancient salt formations beneath the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, was engineered from the beginning for approximately five full drawdown cycles per cavern.⁷ Some of those caverns are running out of cycles. |
