Macgregor: Iran talks are a sham as US gears up for all-out war
Colonel McGregor claims the negotiations with Iran are a farce and that the US is preparing for all-out war. Iran will survive.
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McGregor: "Iran talks a sham; all-out war imminent"
Retired colonel Douglas Macgregor, a former Pentagon adviser, argues that the supposed negotiations with Iran are a farce. In his analysis, the United States is heading toward a total conflict, strategically misconceived, whose economic and energy consequences will be global. Iran, he says, will survive regardless of the outcome.
The petrodollar as the core of the conflict
Underlying the discussion is the thesis that control of energy flows and the defense of the petrodollar are the real drivers. Israel's influence, while present, would merely be a pretext for the interests of the American deep state. The war is not meant to be won, but prolonged to sustain the military-industrial complex.
Negotiations: a pantomime
The talks in Sarracinabad or any other venue are dismissed as fiction. Iran came to the table in good faith, but the US did not. The prevailing view among analysts is that, as long as certain sectors profit financially, the conflict will drag on. Some even point to a market pattern: attacks occur after markets close, exploiting the dips to buy back cheap.
The open question is whether the United States can afford an open conflict with Iran without things spiraling out of control. The very nature of the petrodollar—exporting inflation—seems to be reaching its limit. Meanwhile, the official narrative clashes with a reality in which negotiations are merely the prelude to new hostilities.
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Retired colonel Douglas Macgregor, a former Pentagon adviser, argues that the supposed negotiations with Iran are a farce. In his analysis, the United States is heading toward a total conflict, strategically misconceived, whose economic and energy consequences will be global. Iran, he says, will survive regardless of the outcome.
The petrodollar as the core of the conflict
Underlying the discussion is the thesis that control of energy flows and the defense of the petrodollar are the real drivers. Israel's influence, while present, would merely be a pretext for the interests of the American deep state. The war is not meant to be won, but prolonged to sustain the military-industrial complex.
Negotiations: a pantomime
The talks in Sarracinabad or any other venue are dismissed as fiction. Iran came to the table in good faith, but the US did not. The prevailing view among analysts is that, as long as certain sectors profit financially, the conflict will drag on. Some even point to a market pattern: attacks occur after markets close, exploiting the dips to buy back cheap.
The open question is whether the United States can afford an open conflict with Iran without things spiraling out of control. The very nature of the petrodollar—exporting inflation—seems to be reaching its limit. Meanwhile, the official narrative clashes with a reality in which negotiations are merely the prelude to new hostilities.
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