US Faces Strategic Defeat; Iran Won't Talk; US Gambles On Kharg Capture; Russia Sends Drones MANPADS (Alexander Mercouris)

Talk of a US invasion of Kharg Island is almost certainly a deception. Landing forces there is a dead end trap. Any attempt at a landing is more likely in the East of the country, in Baluchistan, where there is some chance of a local uprising against the central government. Even so, such an operation is fraught with risk and has the same issue of the small landed force being pinned down and destroyed.

Is this military posturing, in terms of a ground force, simply a ruse? In other online reports informed individuals have stated that the necessary logistics preparations have not been enacted to support a landed force.

Meanwhile the world economy is still under threat from this conflict, via financial concerns related to the US dollar, plus global debt, and the rise in energy costs that's driving inflation. Whether intentional or not, the war here is a spanner in the works when it comes to globalism.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, March 27, 2026.]