⚠️🇻🇪🇨🇴🇺🇸 Miami judge sentences Nicolás Maduro and Álex Saab to pay $314 million for tortures against three Americans in Venezuela

—❗️🇮🇷/🇰🇼 NEW: NASA firemap confirms Iranian Shahed-136 drones struck a warehouse in the industrial town of Al-Shuaiba in Kuwait

@Middle_East_Spectator

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- 180, out of 270, members of Iran's parliament have issued a joint statement expressing the desire to end any agreements with the United States and pursue revenge.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Reporter: “Are you considering hitting energy targets or other locations in Iran?”

Trump: "I'll save the energy targets for last, but ultimately we'll hit energy targets.

We're gonna hit them very hard tonight, we're gonna hit them very hard tomorrow night, we're gonna hit them very hard the night after, and then next week it gets really bad for them.

Because next week comes the power plants, next week comes the bridges. We're gonna knock out all their power plants, we're gonna knock out all their bridges, unless they get to the table and negotiate.”

Jonatan Pallesen's new study in Norway confirms the net negative effect of non-Western migration which is duplicated in studies across the Western world.

For example, the Dutch CPO showed that an immigrant that arrives at 25 will have a net negative lifetime cost of €43,000.

A Swedish govt. study found immigrants will double the cost of pensions after taking into consideration the taxes paid by these immigrants.

And in the US, 51% of legal immigrants and 61% of illegal immigrants use some form of major welfare program. (CIS report)

Aside from implementing an immigration moratorium, paid, voluntary, remigration strategies are humane, practical, and fiscally responsible.

🔗 American Repatriation Policy Platform
🔗 British Remigration Policy Platform

📝 🇺🇸 🚢 From the Caribbean to the Black Sea to Hormuz: The Global Conflict No One is Seeing | Sal Mercogliano

The world’s oceans are witnessing a level of conflict not seen in decades. In this episode of What's Going on With Shipping?, we analyze the rapid escalation of maritime warfare across three key regions: the Caribbean, the Black Sea, and the Strait of Hormuz. From the U.S. Southern Command's strikes on narco-vessels to Ukraine's massive drone offensive against the Russian fleet, and the latest Iranian attacks on commercial tankers, we break down why these "out of sight" events have a habit of triggering global crises.

Key Highlights:
⚓Caribbean Operations: A look at Operation Southern Spear and the controversial 66 strikes against suspected narco-terrorist boats.
⚓Black Sea Offensive: Analyzing Ukraine’s strike on 21 Russian ships within 72 hours and the shift toward targeting bridge and accommodation areas.
⚓Hormuz Crisis: The breakdown of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire after three commercial tankers were struck by Iranian UAVs and projectiles.
⚓Historical Context: Why maritime incidents—from unrestricted submarine warfare to tanker wars—historically lead to major global declarations of war.
⚓The "Fainting Goat" Effect: How the fear of predators in the shipping lanes causes global trade to lock up and freeze in place.

00:00 - Intro: The Reality of Modern Naval Warfare
01:43 - How Maritime Events Historically Escalate into War
04:22 - Conflict 1: Operation Southern Spear in the Caribbean
07:02 - Conflict 2: Drone Attacks and Escalation in the Black Sea
10:11 - Geopolitics of the Sea of Azov and Russian Inland Waterways
13:17 - Conflict 3: The Deteriorating Situation in the Strait of Hormuz
14:48 - Iranian Strikes and US Response (CENTCOM)
16:43 - Analysis of the Iran vs. Oman Safe Passage Lanes
18:32 - The Memorandum of Understanding and Control Disputes
21:51 - The Long-term Impact of Undeclared Naval Wars
23:44 - Outro and How to Support the Channel

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