KW: No evidence of guilt, just accusation after accusation needed for Trump to go all out to attempt to destroy Iran financially. The more information that comes from Saudi Arbai via news agencies like Reuters indicates that the pin point accuracy of the missiles on the oil facility indicates someone inside may have been involved. Washington’s Iran policy is back street thuggery masquerading as statecraft wrote journalist John Wright. The war drums beating in Washington, Riyadh, and Tel Aviv when it comes to Iran have not been this loud since the lead-up to the war in Iraq in 2003. “An act of war,” Trump’s secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, proclaimed upon arriving in Saudi Arabia on a ‘working visit,’ a visit that will be largely if not solely taken up with discussions over what form the response to the missile strike against key Saudi oil installations on September 14 should take.
Pompeo’s bombastic pronouncement followed the trend set by his boss in the immediate aftermath of the attack. In one of his by now customary sabre-rattling tweets that do much to bring the English language into disrepute, Trump announced: “Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked. There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!”
Meanwhile more US troops and air defense systems are headed for the Persian Gulf to “bolster defenses” of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the Pentagon announced after the embarrassing attack on Saudi oil facilities. Speaking at the Pentagon on Friday, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper blamed the September 14 attack on Saudi oil facilities on Tehran, calling it a “dramatic escalation of Iranian aggression” in the region. In response to requests for assistance from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Esper said the US will expedite the delivery of weapons and send more troops and equipment to the Gulf, primarily “air and missile defense” assets. More debt for the Saudi rigime! More money for the Americans who have failed to explain just why their Patriot anti air missiles failed so miserably to protect Saudi oil assets from Houthi rebels. Tehran continues to deny any idirect involvement with the September 14 attack.
Trump hits Iranian bank with ‘highest’ sanctions ever imposed on a country
Source: Trump hits Iranian bank with ‘highest’ sanctions ever imposed on a country — RT Business News