The United States of America should not be assaulting Iran.

At one point in his presidency George W. Bush stated, "The USA is addicted to oil." What did he do about it? Declare war as a favor to a friend?

The American people should realize their cost of living goes up every time Trump pulls these stunts.

Iran is not a threat to the USA. Just that simple. It is a threat to Wall Street. There is absolutely no valid reason for the USA to be bombing Iran in any way. Iran now has the right to retaliate for Trump's misdeeds. The ceasefire was supposed to be solving the problems with Trump in the presidency, but, this is just more of the same from him.

This is the second time the USA has attacked the Shi'ites without reason. The first time was when the USA invaded Iraq. Iraq never had a hand in the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the lies and retelling of that tragedy on USA soil will not stand. 

I doubt this opinion is widely shared, but, the attack on Iraq after the tragedy of September 11, 2001 was an illegal war. The Bush administration wanted it for several reasons, but, simply because Saddam was a nasty SOB that yelled at the USA from his balcony was not a good enough reason to invade that country. To this day there are voting citizens of this country that believe Iraq was responsible for September 11, 2001. Most of those USA citizens don't know geography.

The Saudis are Sunni Muslims. I believe and no one will change my mind that the Saudis were and are powerful because of the global dependency on petroleum. Wall Street is addicted to it's fluid value, and the auto companies won't let the American people off the mat and continue to wrestle them with social status to continue to purchase fuel burning automobiles. That said, the Saudi kings and princes rule. Period. We have witnessed the violence they are capable of on September 11, 2001 and then with the acid burning of Jamal Khashoggi. As a result of these violent acts were there issues for Saudi Arabia? Hell, no. They are kings of the golf world now.

It is very easy to say the Middle East is a chronic war of religious hatred. The Sunnis hate the Shi'ites. The Shi'ites simply want their sovereign authority to exist to protect the interests of their flock. Israel wants to expand beyond it's United Nation's Resolution that created it in the first place and demonizes every other country that is conveniently in the bad light of the media. I believe the invasion into Iraq, besides the Halliburton uptick and the petroleum, was carried out to eliminate the lineage of the Shi'ite faith. I don't want to hear the arguments otherwise because it was tried. 

The Imam Ali Mosque was the place where a single surviving Shi'ite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr practiced his faith. He was the baby that Saddam could not find the day his four family members were slaughtered as they met in the home of the senior al-Sadr family. All four of the family members were Ayatollahs. Muqtada was taken away and hid from view to be protected and mentored over time by the Grand Ayatollah Sistani.

After the invasion of Iraq there were plans a foot to end the life of Muqtada al-Sadr as he was in the Imam Ali Mosque. The Grand Ayatollah had a heart condition and was taken to the UK for the placement of a coronary stent. While Sistani was in the UK an attack on the mosque was mounted by the USA military. Al-Sadr was considered an enemy. I just don't know who he was an enemy of because as time went by he learned about the democratic process taking shape in Iraq, he became a leader to bring his community to their place in that representation. 

The day the USA tanks were rolling down these narrow streets to assault the mosque and kill Al-Sadr the Grand Ayatollah became aware of the attack while recovering from the stent placement. From the UK he ordered the community surrounding the mosque to march. 25,000 Shia immediately took to the streets and ended the attack on the cleric. That is the absolute truth.

The Shi'ites have a place in this world and their right to exist AND HAVING INTACT AND PLENTIFUL religious lineages will not end. It will not end for to please Saudis or any other Sunni Muslim POWER STRUCTURE.

Donald John Trump and his family have profited from being nearly family to the Saudis and here we are again attacking the Shi'ites.

The USA IS NOT A MERCENARY FORCE.

Does the death of the Shi'ites benefit Israel. Yes. It places power friendly entities on a large piece of land that can be occupied and decided how best to have it serve all those of interest. What is the expression, the enemy of my enemy is my friend? Something like that. 

This is going to stop. The Shi'ites will have security within their sovereign borders and the rest of the world will come to terms with the hatred in the Middle East based in religious bigotry. The presidents of the USA will never again even be tempted to sacrifice the USA military AND SOLDIERS in senseless and unnecessary wars for profit and control.

No more.

Trump regularly moves against USA law and policy. He has done so with the invasion of Iran. In both his first and second term he has openly assassinated high ranking officials that were Shi'ties and affiliated with Iran. He has broken the law to satisfy others. He is doing it at the expense of the USA military's moral purpose in this world and the diminished capacity now of the national defense of the USA AND IT'S ALLIES.

Going forward all those interested in the Persian Gulf as a means of navigation need to have friendly relations with Oman and Iran. It is time the use of the USA's military for it's national defense and that of it's allies take it's proper place morally with the American people who seek nothing but peace.

The lies will stop. The world will be fine and the esteem of Iran will return to allow the people of that country a very valuable trade route. 

Trump placing the USA military anywhere in the Persian Gulf has one purpose and one purpose only and that is to end the taking of ships by pirates. 

May 26, 2026

By Tiago Ventura

Global oil prices touched $100 a barrel (click here) again Tuesday morning, marking renewed instability after the U.S. launched fresh strikes against Iran.

The price of Brent crude later eased back down to around $99, still showing a rise from the dip to $96 a barrel the previous day, when hopes were high after President Donald Trump had promised a U.S.-Iran peace deal was on the horizon.

But the fresh strikes—and Iran’s stern verbal warning that followed—have unsettled markets once more....