So this is how the whole drama is coming to: either neo-Caligula and his “massive armada” pauses, opening some room for talks, and he ends up saving the global economy; or we have the Gates of Hell opened in West Asia.
The hour is growing late. Nearly every element of the situation is now aligning.
Despite deploying his “massive armada,” neo-Caligula’s social media posts loudly command Iran to “MAKE A DEAL” (in caps). This is the essence of maximum pressure—there is no offer for negotiation, just surrender or war.
Neo-Caligula’s three main demands are:
- The complete abandonment of Iran’s civilian nuclear activities, specifically its uranium enrichment.
- A drastic reduction of Iran’s missile development.
- An end to support for “proxy forces” like Hezbollah, Yemen’s Ansarallah, and various Iraqi militias.
None of these ultimatums will be accepted by Ayatollah Khamenei, the IRGC, or the Majlis — the Iranian Parliament — especially since they are dictated by the Zionist axis. Therefore, no surrender is on the table.
At this point, Tehran escalates the tension dramatically.
The Majlis has already given the green light for closing the Strait of Hormuz. The final say rests with the Iranian government and security bodies. This effectively empowers the IRGC, with full constitutional backing, to seal off the Strait.
I have extensively discussed this over the past decade in Asia Times. Back then, Goldman Sachs’ derivatives experts warned that blocking Hormuz—whether before or during a full-scale naval conflict in the Gulf—could push oil prices to $700 a barrel.
This spike would be short-lived, as it would precipitate a global economic collapse.
Most critically, closing Hormuz could trigger the detonation of the TWO QUADRILLION (caps mine) dollar derivative market—an updated figure far exceeding the Bank for International Settlements’ earlier estimate of $700 trillion. Several Gulf traders off the record have concurred with this quadrillion figure.
Moreover, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff have acknowledged over the past decade their inability to keep Hormuz open militarily. That assessment remains unchanged.
Meanwhile, clueless Marco Rubio, funded by Zionist billionaire Paul Singer (who previously benefited from the Venezuela operation), talks about the US “force posture” near Iran.
With 30-40k US troops within range of thousands of Iranian UAVs and ballistic missiles, he calls it “prudent” to maintain forces to “defend against what could be (Rubio’s own words) an Iranian threat.”
Clearly, this “threat” is not originating from the Empire of Chaos, Plunder and Permanent Strikes, which follows a neo-con dream laid out in the late 1990s.
According to Rubio’s rationale, the US Army now claims the right to launch a preemptive strike against Iran.
Should that occur, Tehran has already warned—through the Supreme Leader’s advisor and the Foreign Ministry among others—that it will not tolerate a limited conflict.
In other words, any Tomahawk missile strike on Iranian soil would provoke an “immediate and comprehensive response,” targeting Tel Aviv and US bases throughout the Gulf.
In summary, neo-Caligula, at least superficially, presents his threats as a preamble to a “deal” aimed at crippling Iran’s nuclear program and defense capabilities.
Tehran’s counter is clear: attack us, and we will destroy Israel’s functionality—hypersonic missiles are ready to accomplish this—and you, neo-Caligula, will be responsible for causing the global economy’s collapse.
“Unconventional” weapons and “strategic surprises”
Venezuela was merely a trial run. Iran is the ultimate prize.
Neo-Caligula is not merely enforcing a blockade; he is engaging in a relentless economic siege aimed not only at Iran but also at China and Russia. Simultaneously, this disrupts the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects between China and Iran and the International North South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) linking Russia, Iran, and India.
This marks an escalation far beyond Hybrid warfare, nearing a Hot war situation—a full-spectrum imperial assault focused on four key BRICS members: Iran, Russia, China, and India.
This is not simple “containment” of Iran but a systemic assault covering geopolitical and economic dimensions, directly targeting energy supplies, vital transit routes, and strategic partnerships—all under the guise of a “security” operation.
Iran’s asymmetrical naval approach, developed meticulously since the millennium, includes numerous defense measures: over 6,000 naval mines, swarm tactics deploying small missile-armed boats, a wide array of anti-ship cruise and ballistic missiles along the Persian Gulf coast, and numerous kamikaze drones, submarines, and anti-ship missiles on Gulf islands.
Tehran concentrates all its military strength on what it calls the “first line of confrontation” in the Persian Gulf. Unlike the 12-day conflict, every weapon will be utilized in the theater: “unconventional” arms; a variety of “strategic surprises”; new hypersonic missiles; and large-scale cyber warfare.
Intelligent analysts at the Department of Forever Wars might study the Khalij Fars supersonic anti-ship ballistic missile, a core component of Iran’s AAAD strategy. Traveling at Mach 3 with a range exceeding 300 km and armed with a 650 kg warhead guided by EO/infrared seeker, the Khalij Fars is poised to devastate American naval targets.
Iran has also shut down its radars and gone dark, including civilian radar systems at Imam Khomeini International Airport, safeguarding against US missile strikes while enabling installation of Russian Murmansk-BN jamming systems, which require radar silence for precise calibration.
On the imperial side, the E-11A BACN aircraft will soon enter the operational theater. Far from being a simple surveillance plane, this “flying router” enables sky-high Wi-Fi, linking F-35s and F-22s with ground troops and ships in real time, bypassing Iran’s challenging mountainous terrain.
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NATO is predictably struggling with incoherent responses and harsh regime change rhetoric. A plausible scenario suggests neo-Caligula may have struck a deal with the EUro-chihuahuas: “I’ll hold off on Greenland annexation (for now) if you back my war on Iran.”
Another “coalition of the willing” (or more accurately, “the coerced”) assembles. Consequently, the IRGC is now labeled a “terrorist organization” by Brussels alongside al-Qaeda and ISIS (both fully normalized by Washington, Brussels, and even Moscow).
Meanwhile, several NATO bases are being established to support the American “massive armada” with an extensive air bridge.
Tehran fully grasps that neo-Caligula and his Zionist sponsors seek regime change. Their agenda has nothing to do with Iran’s nuclear program.
Nonetheless, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf continues to emphasize Tehran’s openness to dialogue and diplomacy when conducted with mutual respect. Meanwhile, Turkiye’s Sultan Erdogan has proposed a high-level trilateral meeting involving Iran, the US, and Turkiye, possibly through video conference.
Now the ball is in the court of the diplomacy-averse neo-Caligula and his megalomaniacal whims. So this is how the whole drama is coming to: either neo-Caligula and his “massive armada” pauses, opening some room for talks, and he ends up saving the global economy; or we have the Gates of Hell opened in West Asia.
It’s Zero Hour time.
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