Al Jazeera:

Nearly six months into its war on Iran, the US is seeing little impact from its military operations against the country. Crucial military munitions stocks have been depleted, and important tools used to project power globally have been redirected towards Iran.

The long-term implications of the war, analysts say, have pushed the Trump administration to try economic sanctions, but these are unlikely to compel Iran into meeting the demands.

“The United States is returning to economic pressure because military force has failed to deliver the quick victory it expected,” Negar Mortazavi, senior fellow at the US-based Center for International Policy, told Al Jazeera. “The ‘economic D-Day’ declaration underscores the war’s failure so far to force Iran’s surrender or achieve Washington’s political objectives.”

As crazed as the Neocons and Globalists of the Trump Administration may be on the topic of Iran, I would bet that none of them are truly dumb enough to believe that a new economic “war” against Iran can topple the Iranian state. That is why it is important to remember that the target of Operation Iranian Freedom V is China. These idiots know they cannot topple the Iranian state with military means via Operation Iranian Freedom IV, and so they are trying to win by escalating their way out of defeat. China is not going to back down, so when we formally begin our economic war against China, all hell is bound to break loose.

Oh but do not worry for Donald Trump. He will do just fine, no matter what happens to the global economy as a result of his Israeli aggression. He has been trading oil and gas stocks the entire time he has been manipulating the markets with his escalations and his de-escalations. Will he ever be held accountable for his vast crimes? Of course not. He betrayed America First, destroyed his own political coalition, and he deep-throated the boot. He is owned and protected now.

See also:
–Trump Says The U.S. Is Not Talking With Iran As Economic War In Focus 
–America’s New Sanctions Are Unlikely To Topple Iran’s Regime
–Trump’s Iran War Was Even More Reckless Than We Realized
–Exclusive: US Patriot Missile Stocks In Europe Are ‘Beyond Critical’ Due To Iran War, Officials Say
–Trump’s War On Iran Is Rapidly Draining US Navy Budget, Documents And Interviews Reveal
–6 Months Of War In Iran Has Left The Pentagon Depleted And Still Fighting

The New York Times:

China lashed out at the Trump administration’s new sanctions campaign against Iran on Tuesday, warning that it would defend its interests and accusing the United States of disrupting the global financial order.

The reaction set the stage for renewed friction between the world’s superpowers.

So it turns out that China is not suddenly going to stab Iran in the back upon Trump’s orders. But that is the point. No one believed they would. And so now we have a renewed conflict with China, which we can escalate as needed.

It is important to remember that the merging of Project Ukraine with the Iran debacle cannot fully transform into nuclear World War III if we forget about China.

See also:
–U.S. Push To Isolate Iran Economically Hits A Roadblock With China
–What’s More Than ‘Maximum’? Trump Faces Limits On Iran Sanctions.
–Bessent’s ‘Economic D-Day’ May Not Eend The War — Or $4 Gas
–Iran Says It Is ‘Fully Prepared’ To Counter Widened US Economic Sanctions

AP News:

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran on Monday and warned every country that does business with the Islamic Republic to sever those financial ties or face retaliation from the United States.

President Donald Trump’s pledge last week to unleash an “economic D-Day” against Tehran turned out to be new warnings to cut off Iran from the rest of the global economy. Asked why the U.S. was not imposing secondary sanctions on Iran’s trading partners, Bessent told reporters he wanted countries to have an opportunity to shift away from Iran before it was too late.

Operation Iranian Freedom V has begun. The economic D-Day has occurred. It was just more lame threats from the Trump Administration for China and the gang to suddenly stop supporting Iran, so that we can finally win Operation Iranian Freedom IV, since we cannot win it militarily. It goes without saying that China is not going to budge.

Instead of characterizing this development with a word that could be misconstrued as some sort of a slur, I will just leave a picture of Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent.

See also:
–U.S. Attempt To Strangle Iran’s Economy Depends On China’s Cooperation