Epstein Secrets

se it had violated environmental protocols and was polluting the sea," but the seizure happened "as Tehran has sought to pressure the government in Seoul to release about $7 billion in revenues from oil sales that remain frozen in South Korean banks since the Trump administration tightened sanctions o

administration takes office." Bloomberg (1/5, Motevalli, 3.57M) reports that South Korea "ordered its naval destroyer ROKS Choi Young to waters near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday." Treasury Sanctions Chinese Firm Tied Iran's Steel Industry. Reuters (1/5) reports that on Tuesday, the US "blacklisted a Chinese compa

y, demonstrably successful. Yet North Korea has a large but unknown number of conventional artillery and artillery rocket batteries within range of Seoul. North Koreas real "nuclear" option is opening fire with those batteries before they can possibly all be destroyed. And that is what ultimately kee

third deterrent is the critical factor. Iran has for decades cultivated the ability to essentially conduct guerrilla warfare in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. This is Iran's real "nuclear" option. There are inherent vulnerabilities in such tight waters, in which Iran can bring to bear not just naval mine

rookings Institution's Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies says there is something to be valued from Wednesday's announcement. "Washington, Seoul and Tokyo have long sought [North Korean] actions that demonstrate some degree of seriousness and sincerity toward resolving the nuclear dispute in

s back, in 2002—were very war allergic. I leave it to psychiatrists to decide whether the recent bellicose talk of those in power—threats to close the Strait of Hormuz and remarks by Ayatollah Khomeini that Iran would "support and help any nations, any groups" fighting against Israel—is merely brave talk to cover