War diary: seven days that changed the Middle East (February 28 - March 5, 2026)
Analysis of the war against Iran: official casualty figures don't add up with 2,000 drones and 500 missiles. Comparison with Venezuela and the cost of the bases.
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Six dead and 2,000 drones: the economy of lies in the war against Iran
In a week of all-out war, Iran launched 2,000 drones and 500 ballistic missiles against 14 US bases. The Pentagon acknowledges six fatalities. The gap between one figure and the other is not a miscalculation: it is a statistical black hole that the US administration cannot explain.
The Pentagon versus mathematics
The base in Kuwait took 20 direct hits, with 20 areas destroyed. With troop concentrations of several thousand, the official casualties – barely a few lightly wounded – are mathematically impossible. The tenth technique of social engineering, the hijacking of suspicion, is operating at full capacity: denying the evidence to preserve the narrative of a clean war.
Iran versus Venezuela: economic resilience
Venezuela lost 7 million inhabitants after the oil collapse and sanctions. Its population fled. Iran, subjected to even harsher sanctions for 45 years, is not only not bleeding out: it fires hypersonic missiles and forces aircraft carriers to withdraw. The difference is not oil, but the ability to articulate a war economy that gives meaning to resistance.
The price of Spain's bases
While Sánchez denies the use of the Rota and Morón bases, the PP and VOX are pushing to hand over full control to the US without any Congressional oversight. NATO does not defend Ceuta, Melilla or the Canary Islands, but demands loyalty in the Middle East. The cost of that loyalty can be measured in lives and in sovereignty.
The open question is whether the war of attrition will ultimately debunk the narrative of the surgical war. The economic figures – 7 million Venezuelans abroad, an Iran that does not yield – suggest that reality always finds the sustancia ilegal in the propaganda.
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In a week of all-out war, Iran launched 2,000 drones and 500 ballistic missiles against 14 US bases. The Pentagon acknowledges six fatalities. The gap between one figure and the other is not a miscalculation: it is a statistical black hole that the US administration cannot explain.
The Pentagon versus mathematics
The base in Kuwait took 20 direct hits, with 20 areas destroyed. With troop concentrations of several thousand, the official casualties – barely a few lightly wounded – are mathematically impossible. The tenth technique of social engineering, the hijacking of suspicion, is operating at full capacity: denying the evidence to preserve the narrative of a clean war.
Iran versus Venezuela: economic resilience
Venezuela lost 7 million inhabitants after the oil collapse and sanctions. Its population fled. Iran, subjected to even harsher sanctions for 45 years, is not only not bleeding out: it fires hypersonic missiles and forces aircraft carriers to withdraw. The difference is not oil, but the ability to articulate a war economy that gives meaning to resistance.
The price of Spain's bases
While Sánchez denies the use of the Rota and Morón bases, the PP and VOX are pushing to hand over full control to the US without any Congressional oversight. NATO does not defend Ceuta, Melilla or the Canary Islands, but demands loyalty in the Middle East. The cost of that loyalty can be measured in lives and in sovereignty.
The open question is whether the war of attrition will ultimately debunk the narrative of the surgical war. The economic figures – 7 million Venezuelans abroad, an Iran that does not yield – suggest that reality always finds the sustancia ilegal in the propaganda.
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