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The Hormuz Letter
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BREAKING: Trump's "Project Freedom" collapsed after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait suspended US military access to their bases, airspace, and overflight rights, per NBC News and Ryan Grim.The Kingdom blocked the US from flying aircraft out of Prince Sultan Airbase or through Saudi airspace, completely grounding the operation and removing the air defense umbrella protecting ships in transit.Saudi leadership was "furious" after Trump announced Project Freedom on Truth Social without notifying them. Qatar and Oman were also blindsided, with Trump only contacting them after the operation began. A direct call between Trump and Crown Prince MBS failed to resolve the situation.


The Saudis are remembering that they, too, are a Muslim nation.
 
America to flee Gulf region


There appears to be “an implicit agreement” that the US will remove its troop presence across the Gulf, which is a “scenario that can be discussed between” the US and Iran, says Sultan Barakat, senior professor in public policy at Qatar’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

It is also important to bear in mind that the matter of US military presence in the Gulf is a “sovereign decision” that should be made by the Gulf states, as Iran has agreed not to “interfere” in their neighbors’ affairs, Barakat told Al Jazeera.

The Gulf countries either need to “reach an agreement” where they can still have US protection without having “the threatening presence that can agitate the Iranians”, or they decide to acquire protection from a range of other countries, said Barakat.
 
Pepe Escobar

@RealPepeEscobar


IT DON’T MEAN A THINGIF IT AIN’T GOT THAT HORMUZ SWINGThis is as brutal as it gets.No evidence Barbaria will have learned the lesson.The IRGC proved that the US Navy can't escort even a seagull, not to mention tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. The Persian Gulf is OFF-LIMITS to the US. Period. And Iran did not even have to apply its multiple ways to escalate.Still they baffle Barbaria’s mutts. The Strait of Hormuz will remain controlled by the IRGC Navy…indefinitely.The only way to "open it”, American-style, would be via a ground invasion and permanent occupation.Russia and China already vetoed it.And Baboon of Barbaria knows it.
 
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