IRAN DESTROYS 13 US BASES, REINFORCES KHARG ISLAND FOR GROUND INVASION | Mark Sleboda (Rachel Blevins)

Reports say the Pentagon is planning to send another 10,000 ground troops to the Middle East, as President Trump again extends his own deadline for Iran to fully open the Strait of Hormuz—this time, until April 6. This, as reports are starting to admit that the damage Iran has inflicted is severe, and includes making 13 U.S. Military bases in the region “uninhabitable.”

International Relations and Security Analyst Mark Sleboda noted that if the U.S. does move forward with a ground invasion, whether that’s targeting Iran’s coastline along the Strait or attempting to seize Kharg Island, it will “disastrous,” and nowhere near worth the price American troops will be forced to pay.



This is a pretty good 30 min interview. Mark Sleboda points out that Iran has built a huge network of underground military bases inside mountains throughout the country. You can see tours of some of them on You Tube. This is why they can still launch large waves of drones, and why they can still launch ballistic missiles - despite being continually bombed. It's why the Iranians are basically not backing down. Any ground invasion attempt will be a disaster, even in the far east of the country. Landed troops will be hunted by FPV killer drones, along with their support equipment (vehicles, helicopters and ships).

Things will likely come to a point where Iranian oil facilities will be struck by the US or Israel, and then the Iranians will destroy the oil facilities in the Gulf State countries, plus in Israel, and then Iran may take out the desalination plants.

Added to this, another video on the Topher Field channel reports that the US is signing deals with the Europeans to have them buy US oil rather than have it come from the Middle East. The US is also shipping fuel to Australia and other parts of the Asia Pacific region. They are basically trying to take over the physical oil market from the Middle East. This is not the only reason for the war, because the Israelis wanted the Iranians destroyed, but it's an overlapping reason to make this war one that will mutually destroy the oil producing countries in the region.

Expect things to keep going for a bit longer.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, March 28, 2026.]