Pepe Escobar & Larry C. Johnson: Trump is LOSING Control - Iran WIPES OUT Strategic Military Targets
Hormuz crisis escalates as European allies decline US naval coalition calls. Iran strategically controls oil transit—blocking US/Israeli interests while negotiating passage for others. Discussion examines how this threatens petrodollar hegemony, accelerating yuan-based energy trade and alternative payment systems. Key points: Iran's military resilience, depleted Western air defense stocks, interconnected Ukraine-West Asia conflicts, failed regime change expectations, and rising BRICS cooperation. One chokepoint may reshape global power as the Global South embraces multipolar alternatives…
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