THE DEEP STATE'S TOUGH WEEKEND

         The Globalists suffered yet another tough weekend, suffering several humiliations across the world. The Qatari Investment Authority (a WEF Top 100 Strategic Partner) joined Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in declaring a force majeure, that it could not complete its deliveries of Natural Gas and other critical goods. Oracle, another especially loathsome Globalist Tech Company announced it was suspending operations on a proposed AI Megaplex. Meanwhile, the Pentagon lost another of its high-tech underwater drones---captured intact by the Iranians---and were forced to admit that casualties were sustained on a ship that was struck. Our brave xhes in uniform have fled from the Erbil Base in Iraq and the so-called Steel Blockade fled the Arabian Sea to nearly 700 miles off the shore, and Iran has claimed the Globalists lost 19 commercial vessels in the last two days alone. To make matters even worse, the FBI suffered a massive data-breech: and this after the most pro-Christian Administration in history expanded its Rainbow-hued hiring practices to include beastiality among the LGBTQ+ constellation. 

           The hyenas in the Corporate Media have been working overtime to distract American attention from these disasters---mostly by hyping up the 2026 Midterm 'Elections.' Even here they were frustrated: the weekend saw a real Midterm Election in Russia which resulted in another resounding victory for President Putin's Party. Now, one thing that our Deep State is actually good at is disrupting elections, and they certainly tried in Russia. The Khohols (using Western Tech and equipment) launched almost 2,000 suicide drones against Moscow---the attack failed spectacularly. Also with the support of Western Tech firms, they attempted to hack the electoral databases: this attempt also failed. 

           Russian Elections are---for obvious reasons---a delicate subject among the Political Class. Our leaders bitterly envy both Putin's popularity and his Party's ability to solve national problems. The Russian politicians even manage to accomplish these feats without appealing to the basest and most corrupt elements in Human Nature like our Political Class does. Currently, our Electorate is divided between a minority of True Believers who think that Trump is the Messiah sent by Heaven to save us; and another minority who think that all of our national and international problems magically will disappear on November 4th by putting Chuck Schumer in charge of the Senate. The majority will do whatever they're told to do by the Media. 

        The Media mostly has been favoring the Controlled Opposition: still smarting after a White House Ban that exposed them---at least to any thinking person---as a bunch of sock-puppets posing as professional journalists. To listen to them, we're on the way to a Blue Wave in November: after which we'll presumably all be holding hands under the Rainbow Flag, celebrating falling gas prices and no doubt with free Government-printed copies of muh Epstein Files for bedtime reading (along with an audio version for the many Americans who can't read). Needless to say, a Democrat 'victory' is unlikely to lead to any of that: their last act in this year's Congress was to join with the other wing of the Uniparty to pass Lindsey Graham's sanctions-bill against Russia and Iran.

        If most Americans weren't either floundering in a sea of apathy or deluding themselves with fantasies about American Exceptionalism we might learn a few things from our so-called 'adversaries.' Iran is showing us how a real Military operates while Russia is an example of how a modern constitutional state functions. That, however, would involve a major shift in our Culture---which in its current state seems to prefer to bow to Authority, believe the lies, and surfeit on weaponized envy and opportunism. 

         

 

THE UN AND THE UNIPARTY

         This week so far has been almost in a class by itself when it comes to diverting the attention of the American Public to non-issues while our Ruling Elites regroup and retrench from the impending disasters about to hit in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Beside the usual distractions: the phony upcoming 'elections;' the Clancy Case; staged media bans, etc., the gathering of the world's leaders at the United Nations grabbed Center Stage. Actually, the Iranian Foreign Minister probably summed it up best---even though his appearance there was quite a propaganda coup for Iran---he basically said that the UN had become a Paper Tiger as far as its founding goals go. The UN Charter---which, contrary to popular opinion, is a legally ratified Treaty in the United States---has become, like our own Constitution, a Dead Letter in actual practice.

         Arriving in New York City on Monday, the American Head-of-State paid a visit to his good chum, Mayor Zohran Mamdani. As usual, this display of solidarity among the Managerial Class drew a big yawn from the True Believers on both sides of the so-called Political Divide; although a few eyebrows were raised from some commenters.

          Well: welcome to the Uniparty, Laura. It's a Big Club and you're not in it. 

           I'm not sure why Laura Loomer hadn't noticed the sheer number of open Globalists, Rainbow Warriors, WEF Young Global Leaders, and former Obama/Biden supporters in this Administration; as well as several meetings the White House hosted with the likes of Chuck Schumer, Bill Gates, and the standing ovations that Trump's received at places like the World Economic Forum---or for that matter, his hosting of homo gatherings at Mar-a-Lago and campaign promises to do things like vetoing national abortion bans. The list could go on; but we've documented many of them here during the last two years. 

         Ms. Laura describes Mamdami as a "radical Leftist." Actually, she and many other Conservatives would do well to peruse occasionally what actual Leftists have to say about the Democratic Party. Aside from the constant refrain about the "rising of the Working Class" (which is a complete fantasy in Postmodern America), the Far Left deserves credit for understanding that our Two-Party System is basically a political managerial class orchestrated by an Oligarchy. Here's what one of them had to say about Mayor Mamdani:

        "...Mamdani's last meeting with Trump on February 26th took place just two days before the United States launched its war with Iran. Monday's meeting took place on the eve of Trump's address to the UN General Assembly, which will be an occasion for threatening war on the world...That is, Trump announced from the Mayor's lawn that he is planning the next stage of the war. He continued with a screed denouncing the media as 'fake news' for articles on Iran and declaring that the press has 'an obligation not to criticize him' because he 'won in a landslide.' Mamdani, standing a few feet away from him, dutifully kept his mouth shut."

       We certainly can't disagree with this observation: if the True Believers among the Democrat Base would notice such things, they might stop fantasizing about all of the miracles that they imagine will take place if there is a 'Blue Wave' in November's Elections. Let's recall here that the Trump-Mamdani Meeting happened shortly after last week's meeting between Jared Kushner and potential House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries to work out strategies in case the other wing of the Uniparty is allowed back into control of Congress. The Trump-Mamdani Meeting is about what a turnover of Congress would look like in reality.

      After denouncing Mamdani for his "subservience and cowardice" in selling out his constituents on the Palestinian Genocide, the article notes: "Mamdani made his statement flanked by the Police Commissioner, the billionaire heiress Jessica Tisch, and Deputy Commissioner Rebecca Weiner, Days earlier at Mamdani's side, Weiner listed the 'Far Left' as one of the terrorist threats facing the City."

      We could add to this observation that Weiner's actions reflect the position of NSPM-7, which the Democrats suspiciously have been quite silent about. Besides targeting of political opposition, NSPM-7 deals heavily with immigration, and the article outlines Mamdani's policies on that subject as well:

      "Mamdani said that he had 'shared my very strong opinions' on the subject of immigrant New Yorkers, 'especially Haitian New Yorkers,' and said that he 'appreciated the conversations with Trump' on these issues. Mamdani knows something about Haitian new Yorkers. On August 7th, after Trump stripped Temporary Protected Status from some 350,000 Haitians, Mamdani announced that Haitian city employees who had lost their work status would be fired. He called no protest and mounted no challenge, declaring that the City was 'forced by Federal Law' to act. By the City's own audit, moreover, ICE arrests in New York are up by 71%." 

         We've seen similar games played in Minnesota by Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who've been posing as Controlled Opposition after ICE (a.k.a. State Security Forces) gunned down two American citizens in January during an ethnic-cleansing operation. These kinds of incidents are still going on (much like DOGE which is also still active) although the Democrats and the Corporate Media would prefer to sweep such things under the rug.

        The lessons that Conservatives can take from this is not to fall for the Uniparty narrative that the Democrats actually represent opposition. As we've said here repeatedly, the current Administration is not Conservative: it is made up of Neo-Liberal Reactionaries (in other words, Neocons) who are as wholly subservient to Globalist interests as the Democrats are. 

        

        

    

       

           

GLOBALISTS CIRCLE THE DRAIN IN SAUDI ARABIA

          In the midst of the Corporate Media self-imposed censorship and distractions emanating from the Uniparty Noise Machine, Gulf War 3.0 not only continues but increasingly turning into a rout against the WEF-aligned vassalages. One wouldn't know this from the MSM: right now they're busy foaming in fake outrage after the White House banned three of their major outlets, accusing them of spreading fake news. MSNow, one of the targets of this ban, has been screeching the loudest complaining that the New Right is preventing them from doing investigative journalism; asking 'the tough questions;' and being relegated to being spoon-fed the Official Narrative (as if they weren't doing that already). It would be interesting to see whether anybody notices their absence or not. 

         As an example, to my knowledge, none of these propaganda organs has reported on a story documented in the Foreign Press, about widespread narcotics abuse that occurred on the USS Abraham Lincoln, even though it was apparently a matter of public record. Drug Abuse has been a huge problem among our brave xhes in uniform, and the revelations of Opioid use on the Lincoln gives some level of credence to the Iranian Media's claims about really happened on board. Our Media, though, would rather not investigate since it conflicts with the Official Narrative that our Military is composed of great heroes selflessly serving the interests of the American People. 

         Our Deep State's problems aside, the larger Globalist Corporate apparatus is having major problems in the Middle East. Yesterday, WEF Top 100 Strategic Partner Saudi Aramco announced force majeure meaning that its oil contracts abroad could not be fulfilled for the foreseeable future. Saudi Arabia's WEF fellow-travelers in Kuwait issued a similar statement earlier this year. This morning, it was reported that Riyadh came under heavy missile attack and fuel storage tanks at King Salman Air Base have exploded, setting the joint Saudi-Pentagon base on fire, along with other targets in the Saudi capital. 

       Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack, and the loss of the fuel reserves was critical for both the ongoing Saudi war against Yemen and the Pentagon's attacks against Iran. The Pentagon has been forced to withdraw many of its airbases, necessitating mid-air refueling. The destruction of the fuel reserves at the King Salman Base has made long-range missions considerably more difficult. 

       It's doubtful, though, that we'll hear much of this either from the Pentagon or the Press. The top trending stories on Yahoo News have "Carrot Top Residency Shows Cancelled!" at Number 1; followed by the White House Media bans, a fake treaty involving Greenland; a crowd-sourcing link related to the Lindsay Clancy Case; and, course, NCAA and NFL football predictions. Meanwhile, others abroad are doing what they can to keep our cultural rot away from their borders.

        

        

MUH GAS PRICES

           While the Government-Media Complex desperately has been trying to tone down coverage of Gulf War 3.0, the war actually is still going on. At two major Global Summits, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the annual BRICS forums, several world powers and their trading-partners laughed off the recent 'Economic D-Day' sanctions-threats issued by Soros henchman Scott Bessent. Iranian forces launched a precision missile strike on the Pentagon's Air Base in Jordan, leveling a vital communications center. (The Pentagon, as usual, reports no casualties or significant damage). Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's main oil transit pipeline to the Red Sea had several miles blown off it, and, by all accounts, has shut down. Saudi Aramco (a WEF Top 100 Strategic Partner) reportedly is not currently producing any petroleum. The artificial means that the US Deep State has been performing to keep American gas prices down likewise have collapsed with hyperinflation now starting to bite.

          The reality of the economic situation is finally starting to get Americans' attention. Fuel prices are climbing ahead of Winter, and the effects on shipping costs for food and other items is about to be felt. It will be felt harder in the Spring when the agricultural sector begins to be impacted. Many of the chemicals used in commercial fertilizers are petroleum by-products; and thus Big Ag relies heavily on their WEF Gulf State partners for supplies. So, incidentally, are chemicals used in plastics, and the Gulf States also were major processors of aluminum---meaning that the cost of containers is also going up. This is all on top of ICE thugs depleting our supply of migrant agricultural workers. 

         The full effects of this has yet to penetrate through the fog of Denialism that most Americans have wrapped themselves in; with many either going on trusting the plan; and many others convincing themselves that we'll vote our way of this and a Democratic win in November magically will fix everything. Apparently, Americans already have forgotten that only two years ago they kicked the Democrats out for mismanaging foreign conflicts and the economy; but hope tells a flattering tale in Postmodern politics and Americans are especially susceptible to both flattery and wishful thinking.

        In the midst of these distressing stories, Neocon media 'influencer' Mark Levine---another one of these characters who wields far too much influence in the White House---came out decrying Americans' lack of fortitude and general enervation in making what he considers a noble sacrifice.

      "Every generation before, at tremendous sacrifice, some incredible sacrifice, has done what needs to be done to ensure that the following generation will be safe and free," Levine pontificated. "That's why when we talk about the price of gasoline I get very annoyed. I understand that gasoline is expensive and that it hurts a lot of people, but if you want to see real sacrifice, you look at history---our history. I fear that we have become weak as a society."

     Levine isn't altogether wrong in his assessment of the state of Postmodern American Culture; but former Ambassador Chas Freeman was closer to the truth:

     "Diesel fuel is now something over $6 a gallon in the United States which is a crippling amount on trucking and farm equipment which depend on it; supplies are drying up; prices are still rising and they're going to keep going up, and Donald Trump faces a Midterm Election in the face of this. I say this with a little bit of sorrow because it appears that the only thing that the American people care about is how much they pay for gasoline and diesel. They don't seem to care about the damage to our country and to other peoples' countries that is being done with our wars of aggression in many places."

     Exactly. The failure of our system is directly a result of the moral and spiritual failure of our Culture and Society in general. If Gulf War 3.0 wasn't causing massive inflation, Americans---for the most part---wouldn't care one way or the other about it. They won't care either when the Oligarchy's puppet politicians inevitably turn the Economic Crisis into another State of National Emergency and exploit the situation to impose Central Bank Digital Currency or some variation for a wholesale economic takeover. Granted, the Deep State didn't intend that Gulf War 3.0 would trigger what they'd already planned, but they aren't the types to let a good crisis go to waste. 

    

           Well, let's just do a brief review of the last two years or so:

            1. The Trump Campaign promises supporters to 'unleash' digital and crypto currency and is heavily funded by Big Tech and Financial Cartels.

            2. After the 2024 'Election' Scott Bessent, a man who made a fortune crashing and manipulating currencies for George Soros is appointed US Secretary of the Treasury.

           3. Trump's first act is to meet with the WEF where he received a standing ovation promising to deliver for Globalist Corporations.

           4. One of his next acts was to create a new NGO---a 'Digital Currency Czar' and sign an Executive Order essentially removing all Federal constraints on Digital Currency imposed by High Finance.

            5. Musk and his DOGE goons---borrowing the 'Shock and Awe' narrative from Bush 2.0--- gutted any Federal regulation and inspectors' agencies from any civilian oversight over these Globalist Financial Cartels. Several convicted financial criminals were pardoned.

           6. The Rump Congress has passed several pieces of legislation subsidizing these schemes. 

           Now, where do these steps logically lead to?

              Sadly, most Americans aren't going to think this through too much. Some have talked about 'economic collapse' but what we're really witnessing is a Controlled Demolition. Central Bank Digital Currency simply will be accepted as another New Normal when it comes. It won't matter either which wing of the Uniparty nominally runs the Government either. Americans need to start pulling their heads out of the sand; stop obsessing over the price at the pump and start facing the reality that we're headed for something a lot more serious.

        

THE CLANCY CASE AND THE CHURCHIANS

        Every so often, usually when the Political Class and their Corporate Overlords desperately need a distraction, the Legal Establishment, the Media Cartels, and a few cheap political ward-heelers get together and decide that we are due for another Trial of the Century. These spectacles are typically like the Super Bowl, election campaigns, and the latest Hollywood Blockbuster: all bigger, better---and most importantly of all---more profitable than the previous one. 

       One would assume during this month, that we'd be talking about the trial around the murder of slain activist Charlie Kirk, which has taken a year already with no resolution. The Elites apparently decided that there's already too much controversy over that case; and, if the recent FOIA Request by some social media personalities are accurate, it would appear that FBI Director Kash Patel is busy hunting down Internet trolls who are making fun of him. 

           In fairness to Kash Patel, however, we can't help but observe that his priorities are about the same as millions of other Americans who'd rather not think about minor issues like the disastrous wars in the Middle East and Ukraine; or the massive wealth-transfers and power-grabs being carried out by the Deep State; or the rapid and continual decline of both our physical and social infrastructure; etc. No: what has every American's attention riveted comes from Massachusetts. We speak, of course, of the Lindsay Clancy Case.

        The Clancy Case ended this week with a mistrial; which will allow the lawyers and media figures to milk the tragic murder of three children for more dollars and notoriety. The deliberate politicization and monetizing of this case has led to furious online discussions. There's even a split among the New Right on this issue. The Alpha Red Pilled Cult is highlighting the case to bolster their theories about inherent female depravity; while others have synced with the Whacko Left demanding that the case is a test case on the alleged epidemic of Post-Partum Depression. 

       Neither position should be surprising: we're not dealing with Conservatives here---we're talking about Left-Wing Reactionaries. The Alphas represent the Radical Feminist position, embracing the stereotypes of masculinity that the Feminists draw and claim them as a badge of honor. People who look up to characters like Andrew Tate and Elon Musk as role models aren't likely to have worldview premised on the sanctity of womanhood. At the other pole are mostly MAGA Churchian women of the sort who fought to overturn abortion bans after Roe vs. Wade was nullified. These women already can't fawn over the Trump Administration hard enough: applauding them even when they bomb schools abroad and drag kids away in chains to be deported to hellish Concentration Camps at home; so, obviously, the deaths of three innocent children won't bother them too much. 

       Let us suppose, however, that there really is an epidemic of Post-Partum Depression going on in America; and there really are millions of mothers so affected. How many end by murdering their children? Of course, interested news outlets catapult any such case to the headlines now that the issue sells; but even those rare cases illustrate that most mothers seem to be coping with the existing system without resorting to homicide.

        Another question that should be asked are about things like why the United States has fallen to 54th place globally in Infant Mortality Rates, which is near the bottom of developed nations. We might also inquire why we rank 65th globally in women who die in childbirth; also near the bottom of developed nations. Or we might ask why almost 1 in 7 American women of child-bearing age are clinically infertile? 

        But asking questions like these wouldn't serve the purposes of the interest-groups promoting the Clancy Case, and most of the so-called Christian Right doesn't seem too concerned about them either. That would also mean facing real problems that we as a Culture would have address; but most Americans prefer to trust the experts and put their own heads in the sand.

ON NATIONAL ANNIVERSARIES AND MEDIA DISTRACTIONS

        The weekend around this date in September marks several important events in Postmodern American history. Today marks the 36th Anniversary of Bush 1.0's infamous New World Order speech; the 25th Anniversary of the WTC attacks and Bush 2.0's creation of the Police/Surveillance State; and the 1st Anniversary of the Charlie Kirk shooting and Bush 3.0's implementation of NSPM-7. Most Americans, however either don't know or forgotten about most of these things: the important issues (for them) going into the weekend are the start of the football season extravaganzas and the manufactured controversies over the RNC electoral circus held in Dallas this weekend. 

            Media distractions aside, Globalist forces are suffering major setbacks and are being forced to fall back. This morning, Yemeni forces liberated two key Red Sea islands and are driving on the last remaining outposts held by Western-backed mercenaries. The Corporate Media was forced to admit that Iranian attacks on Jordan this week hit several warplanes, and even the Christian Nationalist Navy Secretary confessed that 5th Fleet Headquarters in Bahrain is inoperable and likely beyond repair. At this point, some discussions on foreign media sites are laying odds on which Globalist vassal state will fall first. It's a lot more interesting than the NFL and electoral predictions going on in our Culture.

         Most likely: Regimes which are hanging on by a thread and may go down by the end of the year---

          1. Ukraine

          2. Bahrain

          3. Kuwait

        Dark Horses: Regimes which are tottering, but still have enough security infrastructure to hang on---

          4. Jordan

          5. Qatar

          6. United Arab Emirates

       Outside Chance: Regimes that are pretty well dug in but still vulnerable---

          7. Israel

          8. Saudi Arabia

          9. The European Union

       Wild Cards: Regimes without an actual functioning Government but heavily propped up by Globalist interests and which have divided resistance groups---

        10. Iraq

        11. Lebanon

        12. Syria

       

         While the Globalists' ambitions of seizing the Middle East and the Black Sea Region have collapsed, we shouldn't jump to the conclusion that their plans are completely shelved. As mentioned in the first paragraph, the domestic infrastructure is well-organized to retreat and retrench in the Western Hemisphere. Many pundits---still believing that the upcoming American 'elections' actually will make a difference---posit that Iran will launch an offensive in October to influence the outcome. These thinkers are projecting American political tactics on other countries yet again. Iran is fighting to win and to defend its sovereignty and doesn't care about which Wall Street Management Team is in Washington. A false flag or some other national emergency in the US is a much higher probability.

        Thus, while other countries march forward to liberation and self-government, we in the West are continuing our descent into Techno-Fascism. Just like our Uniparty keeps Americans divided and distracted, in geopolitics fake enemies and supposed threats are employed. Americans need to come out of their self-imposed stupors and realize that the real threats is our own Oligarchy and their puppet politicians and collaborators. 

        

              

          

        

        

GLOBALISTS SUFFER MORE MAJOR LOSSES IN GULF

         In spite of the Corporate Media's continuing suppression of news from Gulf War 3.0, the Allies are continuing to inflict further massive defeats on the Globalists. Beyond the Political Theater, Epstein, Natalie Harp, and muh gas prices, (the only issues that Americans seem to care about---along with pro tips on how to profit off all of the coming new normals), this morning we learned that Yemeni Freedom Fighters liberated the key port city of Mocha. Mocha commands the inlet to the Red Sea and had been occupied by Globalist mercenaries attempting another Color Revolution in Yemen. The remaining enemy forces are pinned down in various parts of the country.

        Meanwhile, the Iranian Navy (supposed totally destroyed) captured intact one of the Pentagon's highly sophisticated underwater tactical drones. Apparently, the contractors in Big Tech (supposedly the world's smartest men) didn't think of putting a self-destruct mechanism on the drone as they used to do with other secret military projects deployed in high-risk areas. 

      Oops! Oh well, we're certain that oversight saved overhead and contributed to stable stock margins.

       Iran also launched several missile barrages targeting both enemy ports and military bases. In the first case, the regimes in Kuwait and Bahrain have already declared force majeur cancelling oil and other resource contracts: today, they ordered all domestic shipping crews to evacuate ships. Our brave xhes in uniform responded by doing something that our Pentagon is actually good at doing: bombing unarmed cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz. 

     The other Iranian barrage, however, targeted bases in Jordan with over 40 missiles. The Pentagon claims---as usual---that all Iranian missiles were shot down and the others caused no damage or casualties. Videos from Jordan show a different story, with locals celebrating as their occupiers and puppet-government saw its assets blown to pieces. (Note: we'd show some of these here, but apparently the Tech Lords are blocking such images from uploading.) 

      The Corporate Media lately has been profiling a few 'military families' pining that their precious snowflakes are struggling along on active duty. This wasn't a problem when they dutifully went abroad in illegal conflicts to kill defenseless civilians, annihilate hopelessly over-matched foreign militaries, train foreign death-squads, etc. "This isn't what they signed up for!" they read off the prepared script. 

     Well, what did they sign up to do? It's not been any secret that the Pentagon is a mare's-nest of corruption and crime totally under the thumb of---and acting as mercenaries for---Global Commercial and Financial interests. The Military and Academia have this in common: they take the best of American youth---use them for whatever they can get out of them and then discard them like garbage when they're of no further use. But Americans keep going along with these scams: it's only when they suffer personally that they suddenly care.

      Another scam being discussed in foreign media outlets and a few alternative sites here is about the true nature of American casualties. At last report, the Pentagon claims 18 personnel killed and over 800 wounded. These ratios don't add up. In previous conflicts, the ratio of killed to wounded is typically about 3:1. The Pentagon's numbers are over 40:1. 

       Let's consider two points here. The Pentagon was suffering higher casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan when they were fighting militias using improvised weapons; today they are fighting a professional army with ballistic missiles. To believe that roadside bombs and guerrilla raids inflicted higher casualties than direct hits by half-ton warheads coming in at hypersonic speed is a serious tax on one's credulity.

      The other thing to consider is that the Deep State and its Media sock-puppets routinely give us false numbers. It wasn't that long ago that more people supposedly died of a flu outbreak than all of the major wars fought by the US since 1860 combined. Even more recently, we were sold the belief that millions of illegal immigrants were siphoning off the welfare system. Both of these were covers for wealth and power grabs, just like this war supposedly is. Americans, though, buy into these utterly impossible numbers, or react with apathy or opportunism even if they privately don't believe a word of any of it. 

      Like many of our other national issues, the disaster in the Persian Gulf is entirely one of our own making. Decades of looking the other way, going-along-to-get-along, looking out for #1, etc. have finally built up to a point where no amount of Denialism is going to keep us from facing Reality sooner or later.