US and Israel carrying out strikes against Iran

K-Dog · Aug 02, 2026, 08:53 PM

ENERGYNEWS.TODAY • 2026-08-02

Oil drops over 4% after Trump calls off planned strike on Iran

Oil prices fell after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had called off a planned strike on Iran. “We have just been asked by Iran, and other Middle Eastern Countries, to hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to.

Four percent in a day. Not to be confused with Trump giving a shit. That would take a Damascus moment, something Trump will never have.

RE · Aug 04, 2026, 12:56 AM

NEWSWEEK.COM • 2026-08-03

Iran Found a ‘More Powerful Weapon Than a Nuclear Bomb’—And It’s Working

"With relatively few and inexpensive weapons, Iranian strikes on commercial shipping create a cascade effect throughout the global trading system as shipping lines, insurance companies, and seafarers reassess the risks of transiting," Tallis said. "Because the collateral damage is modest and offshore, while the consequences are global and pronounced, Iran reaps substantial strategic gains at minimal reputational cost."

Not only Iran, but Ukraine as well has demonstrated that "Superpowers" Military might no longer poses the same type of threat to Medium level countries, because it's now possible for smaller countries to inflict significant damage to the Superpower by attacking infrastructure and economic dependencies, aka supply chains.

It's also no longer about the size of your military in manpower or killing soldiers. Its about demolishing the infrastructure of industrialized society. All one country needs to be able to do is damage the electrical and communications grids of the other to put up a fight. Then it's a matter of who can last longest and how much it costs.

How much do you think it will cost to repair the damage done to all those military bases? A whole lot more than thee $32B they claim the war has so far cost. How much to maintain those bases if they are under constant attack? How does the FSoA control the Oil coming from MENA if it can't afford to keep those military bases running? It can't.

It's not whether there is Oil left in the ground, it's about being able to move it from one place to another either on boats or through pipelines, and both are extremely vulnerable and easy to damage. As the war spreads out, this becomes ever more difficult to do, and more places get cut off from the supply. More blackouts, more fuel shortages, higher priced foods leading to more unrest and more war. A virtuous cycle of destruction and entropy ending the Age of Oil.

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RE · Aug 04, 2026, 05:01 PM

CBSNEWS.COM • 2026-08-04

U.S. has used nearly all its stockpile of long-range missiles in Iran war, sources say

Specifically, the U.S. has used virtually all of its Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, and Precision Strike Missiles, the sources said. Reuters was first to report that the U.S. had used "virtually all" of its long-range precision missiles during Operation Epic Fury.

Now we know why TACO is a regular Chump meal. Offensively, the FSoA is a limp dick.

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RE · Aug 08, 2026, 01:11 AM

NPR.ORG • 2026-08-07

The soaring demand for Patriot missiles, from the Middle East to Ukraine

The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington said in July that the U.S. had more than 2,300 Patriots before President Trump launched the Iran war on Feb. 28. Today, the number is around 800.

There's something here everyone has missed. This is an entirely new situation in War logistics since WWII. Never before, from Korea to Vietnam to Afghanistan to Kuwait to Iraq has the FSoA been short of the Death from Above to rain down on uncooperative Brown People. Why now?

The answer is the missiles have rendered the old form of aerial warfare and dumb bombs obsolete. The FSoA has lotsa dumb bombs to drop from bombers, but they are very inaccurate and you get a lot of collateral damage and civilian casualties. More importantly the VERY expensive B2 Stealth Bombers used to drop them are themselves very vulnerable to missiles when flying at bombing altitudes. The reason so few planes have been lost is they are not flying over Iran!

Dumb bombs were cheap. Missiles are very expensive. They also are much harder to build. You can't just hire housewives to stick semtex into metal casings. Every missile requires its own rocket engine and guidance system like a jet plane, but it is Single Use. Your basically blowing up a rocket every time you fire one off.

It's also why the FSoA doesn't want to license the Patriots. They are the best ssystem for knocking flying objects out of the air, including FSoA jets.

Best case scenario it takes 3 years to rebuild the inventory, but at the rate they use them now, they'll never do it. The cost would be astronomical.

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RE · Aug 10, 2026, 09:50 PM

ABCNEWS.COM • 2026-08-11

Former Trump Defense Secretary Mark Esper calls Iran's demands for fully reopening Strait of Hormuz 'ridiculous'

"Demands such as the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from the region, reimbursement for the costs of the war, the fact that we would end our blockade, we would end sanctions. So it's gone beyond the pale."

Not ridiculous, they actually make sense. Just they are demands Chump can't agree to politically. Which is why there won't be a diplomatic solution.

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RE · Aug 12, 2026, 03:06 AM

ALJAZEERA.COM • 2026-08-10

Netanyahu’s veto and the limits of American power

Trump has the leverage to enforce his Gaza plan. Netanyahu is betting that he lacks the political will to use it.

We all know Chump is Nitwit's Bitch.

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