AkaSci 🛰️

Netanyahu said today - ""Iran now has 'no ability to enrich uranium and to create ballistic missiles'.

So, why does the "annihilation" of Iran continue non-stop? And why does the U.S. Dept. of War need an extra $200 billion?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/19/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-gas-field-strikes-pentagon-more-funds-trump-news
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Middle East crisis live: Netanyahu says Israel acted alone in Iran gasfield strike and denies ‘dragging’ US into war

Israeli prime minister says US president has asked Israel ‘to hold off on future attacks’ and dismisses claims Israel bounced US into attack as ‘fake news’

the Guardian
Mar 19 at 8:22pmWeb
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️2d ago

“The American administration’s greatest miscalculation, of course, was allowing itself to be drawn into this war in the first place,” wrote Badr Albusaidi, the foreign minister of Oman. “This is not America’s war, and there is no likely scenario in which both Israel and America will get what they want from it.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/19/israeli-strike-iranian-gas-field-trump
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Strike on Iran gas field exposes US-Israel rift as Trump claims he did not know

US president says he told Netanyahu ‘don’t do that’ as he distances himself from attack that has angered Gulf allies

The Guardian
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️2d ago

"China has been preparing for a global energy crisis for years. It is paying off now.

As other Asian economies race to conserve energy, China has huge reserves of oil and gas as well as alternative energy sources like wind and solar."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/20/china-oil-reserves-global-energy-crisis
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China has been preparing for a global energy crisis for years. It is paying off now

As other Asian economies race to conserve energy, China has huge reserves of oil and gas as well as alternative energy sources like wind and solar

The Guardian
Show threadalways tired2d ago

@AkaSci

IIRC the US started the war, not "was drawn into it"?

Show threadAron LindegĂĽrd2d ago
@AkaSci it's simple. The US wants to destabilize for whatever reason they have always wanted (maybe for ISIS to grow? 🤷‍♂️), and Israel wants to exterminate all Muslims.
Show threadScott Grimmett2d ago
@AkaSci Because the war costs $1 billion/day and November is just over 200 days away? Am I close?