There you have it the bottom line for Israel is that in a mere two weeks, they spent close to $20 billion on the war that they didn’t have.
I have read sometime back before the Iranian war started that their economy was in trouble and that they had had over 40,000 businesses closed and now we see that at least 500,000 people have departed, no doubt the investors the brain trust those that made those businesses work, they have now gone and they’re probably not coming back.
So Israel in its quest for dominance over the Middle East has essentially bankrupted itself beyond the ability of the United States to bail them out I would say.
The United States itself doesn’t really have any money and they certainly can’t afford to fund the state of Israel continually. They also can’t continue to arm them. Our stocks of munitions are low and it may take us 2 to 5 years to replenish everything that we have given away to Israel and Ukraine. We do not have the manufacturing base to replace these items quickly as in previous times.
I also agree with an earlier analysis of the bunker busting bombs . At most we had between 32 and 40. That’s all. so if we dropped 18 of those last Saturday, then we’re going to have to be very careful with the ones we have left because they also cannot be replaced very quickly. I would say if they did drop those bombs they were squandered.
Who can or will bail Israel out? Will a European consortium come to their rescue? Can’t be the UK they don’t have any money either or much of a military left.
As for that, wish list Mark show us, that is a total fantasy. There never is going to be a two state solution as long as Israel can stop one.
Now what can happen is the state of Israel can collapse and maybe it will if that happens then either other countries will come back and claim that territory or there might be a new state, but it will be one where everyone is going to live whether they like it or not . It will be the end of the Anglo Zionist dream of controlling all of the land in the Middle East.
Exactly what Alex Krainer concludes when he refers to the “one state” solution (of Palestine) in his latest conversation with Nima. Rather different from Mark’s take, but brilliant in its own way.
"This 'Abraham Shield Plan' is a post-sovereignty architecture for permanent Israeli hegemony in the region. It repackages conquest as reform, ethnic erasure as stabilization, and colonial encirclement as regional security." Sure sounds like it.
Egypt's government is fragile and its economy is under the thumb of the "West" (IMF and U.S.). It may eventually have no choice but to go along to get along. Jordan is almost entirely subject to the West. But what about KSA? They have money, they have oil, they have something of a military (albeit sold to them by the U.S.). They have an improving relationship with Iran and an economic relationship with Russia via OPEC+. And they have leverage over the Petrodollar. And they always have to be cognizant of their Wahabbists. Seems to me like they are playing the fence for now. Could they be the fulcrum on which the success of the "Abraham Shield" depends? Then of course there is Qatar, who have been known to sit on a fence or two. Time will tell.
One has to remember the US worked very closely with Iran during the Bosnian conflict, transferring some 4000 IRGC fighters to Tuzla airport during the no fly zone restrictions and not to mention weapon transfers through Croatia.
The very wierd nature of this skirmish is making me wonder if the assassinations were a quasi regime change with internal Iranian participation.
Looking back thru the rearview mirror of history, my cynical side thinks that was due to the fact that the Anglo-Zionists hate anything related to Russia above all else. :)
Earlier today Daniel Levy, former Israeli peace negotiator, said Trump-Hegseth assurance that Iran's nuke sites obliterated means that Israel/Netanyahu are now deprived of an enemy and a cause (the cunning of history).
You won, Bibi. and PNAC. and FDD. and ADL. and AIPAC. and Tikvah.org. You ran the table. Never again is NOW. Never again will we have to listen to Wesley Clark, a zionist of the first order, mouth "revelation of the method."
Hallelujah.
Now shut up and GTF out of MY country, every last one of you Israel firsters.
I applaud your spirit but, sadly, I can’t join your claim that the country of our birth is actually “My” country. Or yours. Because it’s not and, furthermore, hasn’t ever been “ours” since before we were born.
I invite you to read Ron Unz’s (much too long) account (https://tinyurl.com/39pu8vsd ) of the formation of the ADL back in 1913 - way before we were born. It was formed to prevent the prosecution of a Jewish employer in Georgia who raped & murdered a girl who worked for him. Every possible pressure was applied at every possible point in the system - county, state and federal. But it was an open & shut case and they weren’t able to prevent his conviction. So they arranged for Georgia’s governor to commute Frank’s sentence. In other words they mobilized - nationally - to rescue a guilty fellow Jew and they won. They were more powerful than the existing American justice system. In 1913. (Yes, fortunately, an enraged mob stormed the jail and hung the bastard but that doesn’t change my point)
Find a copy of the 4 volume set: “The International Jew” written by Henry Ford back in the 20’s (yes, that Henry Ford) which he described as Judaism as “the Foremost Problem in the World Today”.
Finally remember that your congress-critter and both of your senators have AIPAC minders - babysitters - who dictate their entire legislative agenda to them. And you have no say in how they vote whatsoever. The tragic truth is that Israel has complete and total control over the entire US government and this will continue until the day that we accept the reality of our occupation. Because it isn’t possible to solve a problem that we deny exists!! Until the day that we find the courage to admit that we live under an “invisible” occupation then that boot will stay on the back of our neck.
As Arnaud Bertrand also wrote: “Key lesson 3: Reject all Western technology and build completely indigenous systems.”
There you have it the bottom line for Israel is that in a mere two weeks, they spent close to $20 billion on the war that they didn’t have.
I have read sometime back before the Iranian war started that their economy was in trouble and that they had had over 40,000 businesses closed and now we see that at least 500,000 people have departed, no doubt the investors the brain trust those that made those businesses work, they have now gone and they’re probably not coming back.
So Israel in its quest for dominance over the Middle East has essentially bankrupted itself beyond the ability of the United States to bail them out I would say.
The United States itself doesn’t really have any money and they certainly can’t afford to fund the state of Israel continually. They also can’t continue to arm them. Our stocks of munitions are low and it may take us 2 to 5 years to replenish everything that we have given away to Israel and Ukraine. We do not have the manufacturing base to replace these items quickly as in previous times.
I also agree with an earlier analysis of the bunker busting bombs . At most we had between 32 and 40. That’s all. so if we dropped 18 of those last Saturday, then we’re going to have to be very careful with the ones we have left because they also cannot be replaced very quickly. I would say if they did drop those bombs they were squandered.
Who can or will bail Israel out? Will a European consortium come to their rescue? Can’t be the UK they don’t have any money either or much of a military left.
As for that, wish list Mark show us, that is a total fantasy. There never is going to be a two state solution as long as Israel can stop one.
Now what can happen is the state of Israel can collapse and maybe it will if that happens then either other countries will come back and claim that territory or there might be a new state, but it will be one where everyone is going to live whether they like it or not . It will be the end of the Anglo Zionist dream of controlling all of the land in the Middle East.
Exactly what Alex Krainer concludes when he refers to the “one state” solution (of Palestine) in his latest conversation with Nima. Rather different from Mark’s take, but brilliant in its own way.
Very long but fascinating:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=koAV4PaepYA
"This 'Abraham Shield Plan' is a post-sovereignty architecture for permanent Israeli hegemony in the region. It repackages conquest as reform, ethnic erasure as stabilization, and colonial encirclement as regional security." Sure sounds like it.
Egypt's government is fragile and its economy is under the thumb of the "West" (IMF and U.S.). It may eventually have no choice but to go along to get along. Jordan is almost entirely subject to the West. But what about KSA? They have money, they have oil, they have something of a military (albeit sold to them by the U.S.). They have an improving relationship with Iran and an economic relationship with Russia via OPEC+. And they have leverage over the Petrodollar. And they always have to be cognizant of their Wahabbists. Seems to me like they are playing the fence for now. Could they be the fulcrum on which the success of the "Abraham Shield" depends? Then of course there is Qatar, who have been known to sit on a fence or two. Time will tell.
USA holds a great deal of KSA reserves.
Thanks Mark, lots going on. Glad to have you keeping us informed.
Abraham Alliance?
Always Be Closing.
"Intel’s Kiryat Gat fabs froze mid-wafer, choking a supply chain that feeds 64% of Israel’s exports and 1/5 of its GDP..."
That's a lot.
Intel is about to trim 20% of workforce. On top of cuts last year.
Was the Kiryat Gat product profitable...?
Hope the GPU bubble pops soon.
One has to remember the US worked very closely with Iran during the Bosnian conflict, transferring some 4000 IRGC fighters to Tuzla airport during the no fly zone restrictions and not to mention weapon transfers through Croatia.
The very wierd nature of this skirmish is making me wonder if the assassinations were a quasi regime change with internal Iranian participation.
Looking back thru the rearview mirror of history, my cynical side thinks that was due to the fact that the Anglo-Zionists hate anything related to Russia above all else. :)
My understanding is that Iran provided weapons and advisers, but not 4000 fighters.
TikTok Is controlled by China, and amusingly the U.S. version that causes brain rot is not allowed in China.
The main resistance to TikTok is the U.S. deepstate does not have backdoors into it like US owned social media.
Great series of articles very informative background to what is going on.
Earlier today Daniel Levy, former Israeli peace negotiator, said Trump-Hegseth assurance that Iran's nuke sites obliterated means that Israel/Netanyahu are now deprived of an enemy and a cause (the cunning of history).
You won, Bibi. and PNAC. and FDD. and ADL. and AIPAC. and Tikvah.org. You ran the table. Never again is NOW. Never again will we have to listen to Wesley Clark, a zionist of the first order, mouth "revelation of the method."
Hallelujah.
Now shut up and GTF out of MY country, every last one of you Israel firsters.
That's the ultimate hope for so many of us. Let's see what happens.
I applaud your spirit but, sadly, I can’t join your claim that the country of our birth is actually “My” country. Or yours. Because it’s not and, furthermore, hasn’t ever been “ours” since before we were born.
I invite you to read Ron Unz’s (much too long) account (https://tinyurl.com/39pu8vsd ) of the formation of the ADL back in 1913 - way before we were born. It was formed to prevent the prosecution of a Jewish employer in Georgia who raped & murdered a girl who worked for him. Every possible pressure was applied at every possible point in the system - county, state and federal. But it was an open & shut case and they weren’t able to prevent his conviction. So they arranged for Georgia’s governor to commute Frank’s sentence. In other words they mobilized - nationally - to rescue a guilty fellow Jew and they won. They were more powerful than the existing American justice system. In 1913. (Yes, fortunately, an enraged mob stormed the jail and hung the bastard but that doesn’t change my point)
Find a copy of the 4 volume set: “The International Jew” written by Henry Ford back in the 20’s (yes, that Henry Ford) which he described as Judaism as “the Foremost Problem in the World Today”.
Finally remember that your congress-critter and both of your senators have AIPAC minders - babysitters - who dictate their entire legislative agenda to them. And you have no say in how they vote whatsoever. The tragic truth is that Israel has complete and total control over the entire US government and this will continue until the day that we accept the reality of our occupation. Because it isn’t possible to solve a problem that we deny exists!! Until the day that we find the courage to admit that we live under an “invisible” occupation then that boot will stay on the back of our neck.