Reckless Provocations w/Scott Horton

Iran Ready To Let Japanese Ships Use Hormuz As Chinese, Indian Tankers Already Allowed Passage While Iran's decision to close the Straits of Hormuz in response to the US-Israeli bombing campaign was understandable, after all it's the biggest point of leverage the IRGC-controlled nation has left (it is certainly more understandable than bombing all of its Gulf neighbors in the process pushing them from being on the fence to being staunchly anti-Iran), there was always a bit of a glitch in Tehran's calculus: as we showed the day the war...

Trump Unveils Japan's First Wave Of Mega US Investments: Oil, Gas, Minerals From Ohio To The Gulf Details of the much anticipated US-Japan trade mega deal have finally been revealed. First, Trump previewed in a Truth Social post on Tuesday: "Our MASSIVE Trade Deal with Japan has just launched!" He then boasted that "The scale of these projects are so large, and could not be done without one very special word, TARIFFS." The total $550 billion commitment features Japanese plans to invest up to $36 billion in US oil, gas and critical...

When it comes to foreign policy, what matters are powerful interest groups. The ordinary voters who pay all the bills don't matter. The interest groups pushing for pro-Israel wars in the Middle East are especially powerful.