{"id":2387374,"date":"2025-03-09T17:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T21:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monetizemail.com\/magatoon\/?p=2387374"},"modified":"2025-03-09T17:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T21:55:31","slug":"why-does-hardly-anyone-seem-to-realize-that-we-are-literally-on-the-brink-of-war-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monetizemail.com\/magatoon\/2025\/03\/09\/why-does-hardly-anyone-seem-to-realize-that-we-are-literally-on-the-brink-of-war-with-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Hardly Anyone Seem To Realize That We Are Literally On The Brink Of War With Iran?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What do think Iran is going to do once we start bombing their nuclear facilities? \u00a0They know that it is coming, and they have been preparing to respond. \u00a0When Iranian missiles are raining down on Israeli targets and U.S. military bases throughout the Middle East, there will be no turning back. \u00a0We will officially be at war with Iran. \u00a0Needless to say, a war with Iran would be far different from our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. \u00a0The Iranians have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/264443\/the-worlds-largest-armies-based-on-active-force-level\/\">the 8th largest military<\/a> on the entire planet, and they are armed to the teeth with highly advanced missiles. \u00a0It would take a \u201cshock and awe\u201d campaign that is unlike anything we have ever seen before to subdue Iran, and full-blown regime change would probably require an invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Most people simply do not realize how close we are to an apocalyptic scenario in the Middle East. \u00a0On Friday, President Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/fox-news-world\/trump-sends-letter-to-iran-nuclear-on-program-make-deal-face-us-militarily\">revealed<\/a> that he has issued a very chilling ultimatum to the Iranians\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>President Donald Trump on Friday revealed that he has sent a letter to Iran warning that it can either \u201cmake a deal\u201d with Washington, D.C., on its nuclear program or face the U.S. \u201cmilitarily.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, I hope you\u2019re going to negotiate, because it\u2019s going to be a lot better for Iran,\u201d Trump told FOX Business\u2019 Maria Bartiromo on \u201cMornings with Maria,\u201d in reference to a letter he sent to Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or you make a deal,\u201d he said. \u201cI would prefer to make a deal, because I\u2019m not looking to hurt Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Subsequently, President Trump informed reporters that were gathered in the Oval Office that \u201csomething\u2019s going to happen\u201d with Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/405031\">\u201cvery, very soon\u201d<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>US President Donald Trump said on Friday that something related to Iran is \u201cgoing to happen very soon\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe have a situation with Iran that something\u2019s going to happen very soon, very, very soon. You\u2019ll be talking about that pretty soon, I guess,\u201d<\/strong> Trump told reporters at the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd hopefully we can have a peace deal,\u201d he added. \u201cYou know, I\u2019m not speaking out of strength or weakness. I\u2019m just saying I\u2019d rather see a peace deal than the other [option], but the other will solve the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I know that President Trump would prefer to make a peace deal with the Iranians.<\/p>\n<p>But the Iranians are already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/mar\/07\/trump-iran-nuclear-weapons\">ruling out<\/a> any sort of a deal\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The letter appeared to have been addressed to Iran\u2019s supreme leader, the 85-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has recently opposed negotiations with the US so long as economic sanctions are in force.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, responded by saying: <strong>\u201cWe will not enter any direct negotiations with the US so long as they continue their maximum pressure policy and their threats.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And there are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Observer1514\/status\/1898620926876332220\">rumors on social media<\/a> that the Iranians are threatening to destroy all U.S. bases in the region if they get attacked\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Iran has issued a final warning to the US and Israel through Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>An attack on Iran is tantamount to the destruction of all US bases in the region and the destruction of all Israeli nuclear facilities.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a crisis that should have been dealt with during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, the Iranian nuclear program has advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/mar\/07\/trump-iran-nuclear-weapons\">to a very alarming stage<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Rafael Grossi, the International Atomic Energy Agency director, told the IAEA board this week that Iran\u2019s stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% had reached 275kg. He said: <strong>\u201cIran is the only country that enriches uranium to this level without having nuclear weapons.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That quote stunned me.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody can deny what the Iranians are attempting to do.<\/p>\n<p>If they stay on the path that they are on, it won\u2019t be too long before they are able to produce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/fox-news-world\/trump-sends-letter-to-iran-nuclear-on-program-make-deal-face-us-militarily\">multiple nuclear weapons<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The U.N.\u2019s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, has repeatedly warned in recent months that Iran is pushing forward in its development of near-nuclear-grade uranium and <strong>now possesses enough uranium, if further enriched, to develop five nuclear weapons.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have both repeatedly stated that Iran will never be allowed to produce a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>And since Iran is not willing to make a deal with Trump, it is only a matter of time before the bombing of Iran begins.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, all hell will break loose once that happens.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the U.S. is no longer providing intelligence to Ukraine, and President Trump has suspended all shipments of military aid in an attempt to force the Ukrainians to the negotiating table. \u00a0When he was asked about this during an interview that aired on Sunday, he suggested that Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/09\/world-news\/trump-suggests-ukraine-may-not-survive-war-even-with-us-help\/\">\u201cmay not survive anyway\u201d<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>President Trump suggested that Ukraine might not be able to survive against Russia even if the US forged ahead with full-blown support for its fight.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s remarks came while defending his decision to draw down support to Ukraine in the face of Polish President Andrzej Duda\u2019s and others\u2019 concerns that Europe lacks the might to prop up Kyiv without the US.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, it may not survive anyway,\u201d Trump told Fox News\u2019 \u201cSunday Morning Futures\u201d in an interview that aired Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Russians already had the upper hand, and now their troops are surging forward.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, it was being reported that three-quarters of the Ukrainian force in Kursk is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/we-cant-stop-them-thousands-ukraine-troops-suddenly-face-encirclement-russias-kursk\">\u201calmost entirely surrounded\u201d<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The fuse has been burning slowly, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr <strong>Zelensky\u2019s risky August invasion of Russia\u2019s Kursk region is about to blow up in his face in spectacular fashion \u2014 as thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are suddenly in imminent peril of being encircled,\u00a0<\/strong>according to open source intelligence analysts. The crisis comes as Zelensky is under increasing US pressure to reach a negotiated end to the war \u2014 and <strong>a loss of captured Russian territory promises to make his already-deteriorated bargaining position even weaker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/deepstatemap.live\/en#6\/49.4383200\/32.0526800\">DeepStateMAP.live<\/a>, an interactive map of the war run by Ukrainian military bloggers, their country\u2019s forces in Kursk are nearly cleaved into two, with<strong>\u00a0roughly three-quarters of Ukraine\u2019s forces in Russia almost entirely surrounded\u00a0<\/strong>on Friday. Their last connection between the two forces was a kilometer long and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/bulk-ukrainian-forces-fighting-inside-russia-almost-cut-off-open-source-maps-2025-03-07\/\">under 500 meters wide<\/a> at its thinnest section.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It isn\u2019t just Ukrainian soldiers that are in danger of being cut off in Kursk.<\/p>\n<p>There are apparently lots of western mercenaries there too, and at this moment they are being pounded into oblivion.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the Russians captured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/03\/09\/europe\/russia-advances-kursk-ukraine-intl\/index.html\">several more settlements<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Russia\u2019s defense ministry on Sunday said troops took back the settlements of Malaya Loknya, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye and Kositsa from Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lid of the smoking caldron is practically closed,\u201d Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president who is now the deputy chairman of the country\u2019s Security Council, said on Sunday of Russian advances in Kursk. \u201cThe offensive continues. Carry on!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian and Russian military bloggers warn Kyiv\u2019s hold on the region is more tenuous than ever, with Russian troops backed by North Korean forces launching incessant attacks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Once the Russians have cleared out Kursk, they may use it as a launching pad to initiate an offensive in the direction of Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>So we will want to watch this area of the front very closely.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainians have been caught off guard by how aggressive the Russians have been in recent days. \u00a0In one operation, Russian special forces actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/russian-forces-strike-ukrainian-troops-from-the-rear-in-kursk-by-moving-through-gas-pipeline\">\u201cwalked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear\u201d<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Russian special forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in the Kursk region, Ukraine\u2019s military and Russian war bloggers reported, as Moscow claimed fresh gains in its push to recapture parts of the border province that Kyiv seized in a shock offensive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many of our European allies are very frustrated with President Trump\u2019s efforts to force Ukraine to the negotiating table because those efforts are hurting the Ukrainians on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>But the truth is that President Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=maG9W9ldOfE\">is also trying to force Russia to the negotiating table<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump threatens Russia with sanctions, tariffs after recent Ukraine attacks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/maG9W9ldOfE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>I do not believe that threatening Russia is the correct approach.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I believe that if President Trump continues to threaten Russia it will backfire severely.<\/p>\n<p>We have entered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0CM6S4V9V\">such a dangerous chapter of human history<\/a>. \u00a0As Steve Bannon has astutely observed, we are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infowars.com\/posts\/bannon-were-already-deep-into-the-kinetic-part-of-wwiii\">\u201calready deep into the kinetic part of the third World War\u201d<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Bannon went on to explain that the casualties amassed in the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts have already exceeded the total deaths in the first phase of World War II, including the invasion of Poland, the fall of France and the Blitz over England.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world\u2019s on the brink. We\u2019re already deep into the kinetic part of the third World War,\u201d Bannon asserted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I really wish that more people understood this.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon says that some portions of Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infowars.com\/posts\/bannon-were-already-deep-into-the-kinetic-part-of-wwiii\">\u201clook like Dresden in 1945\u201d<\/a>, and he is 100 percent correct about that\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cParts of Ukraine look like Dresden in 1945. You\u2019re in a kinetic war right now that\u2019s every bit as dangerous and every bit as brutal, if not more brutal, than the opening phase of World War 2,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of Russians are already dead.<\/p>\n<p>More than a million Ukrainians are already dead.<\/p>\n<p>In the Middle East, we have already seen a tremendous amount of death and destruction, and now a final showdown with Iran is looming.<\/p>\n<p>What will it take for people to finally wake up?<\/p>\n<p>World War 3 is here, and once the bombing of Iran begins that will ramp things up to an entirely new level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael\u2019s blockbuster entitled\u00a0<a title=\"\u201cWhy\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0DFVKTRJR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cWhy\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is available\u00a0<a title=\"in paperback\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0DFVKTRJR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in paperback<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"for the Kindle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Why-Michael-Snyder-ebook\/dp\/B0DFVNMC4P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for the Kindle<\/a>\u00a0on Amazon.com,\u00a0and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at\u00a0<a title=\"michaeltsnyder.substack.com\" href=\"https:\/\/michaeltsnyder.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">michaeltsnyder.substack.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OfsAMq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23387\" src=\"https:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/300-x-250-Ad1.png\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Author:<\/strong>\u00a0Michael Snyder\u2019s new\u00a0book\u00a0entitled\u00a0<a title=\"\u201cWhy\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Why-Michael-Snyder\/dp\/B0DFVKTRJR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cWhy\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is available\u00a0<a title=\"in paperback\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Why-Michael-Snyder\/dp\/B0DFVKTRJR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in paperback<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"for the Kindle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Why-Michael-Snyder-ebook\/dp\/B0DFVNMC4P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for the Kindle<\/a>\u00a0on Amazon.com. He has also written eight other\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">books<\/span>\u00a0that are available\u00a0<a title=\"on Amazon.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/Michael-Snyder\/author\/B01DUPOJL2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Amazon.com<\/a>\u00a0including\u00a0<a title=\"\u201cChaos\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0CM4ZB9TW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cChaos\u201d<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"\u201cEnd Times\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/End-Times-Michael-Snyder-ebook\/dp\/B0BL644Y14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cEnd Times\u201d<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"\u201c7 Year Apocalypse\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B099C8R1V1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201c7 Year Apocalypse\u201d<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"\u201cLost Prophecies Of The Future Of America\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Prophecies-Future-America-Michael-Snyder\/dp\/B08DBNHDJS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cLost Prophecies Of The Future Of America\u201d<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"\u201cThe Beginning Of The End\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1484871308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cThe Beginning Of The End\u201d<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"\u201cLiving A Life That Really Matters\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1548492604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cLiving A Life That Really Matters\u201d<\/a>.\u00a0 When you purchase any of Michael\u2019s books\u00a0you help to support the work that he is doing.\u00a0 You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his\u00a0<a title=\"Substack newsletter\" href=\"https:\/\/michaeltsnyder.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Substack newsletter<\/a>.\u00a0 Michael has\u00a0published thousands of articles on\u00a0<a title=\"The Economic Collapse Blog\" href=\"https:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/\">The Economic Collapse Blog<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"End Of The American Dream\" href=\"http:\/\/endoftheamericandream.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">End Of The American Dream<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"The Most Important News\" href=\"http:\/\/themostimportantnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Most Important News<\/a>, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.\u00a0 These are such troubled times, and people need hope.\u00a0 John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: \u201cFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.\u201d\u00a0 If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ\u00a0<a title=\"to be your Lord and Savior\" href=\"http:\/\/themostimportantnews.com\/important-thing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to be your Lord and Savior<\/a>\u00a0today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"attribution\">The post <a href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/why-does-hardly-anyone-seem-to-realize-that-we-are-literally-on-the-brink-of-war-with-iran\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Why Does Hardly Anyone Seem To Realize That We Are Literally On The Brink Of War With Iran?<\/a> was first published by Michael Snyder on <a href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Economic Collapse Blog<\/a> and is republished here with his permission. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ZE5PZEB7DQRHA&source=url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please support his efforts.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do think Iran is going to do once we start bombing their nuclear facilities? \u00a0They know that it is coming, and they have been preparing to respond. \u00a0When Iranian missiles are raining down on Israeli targets and U.S. military bases throughout the Middle East, there will be no turning back. \u00a0We will officially be &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":2387376,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-2387374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news-politics","tag-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monetizemail.com\/magatoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monetizemail.com\/magatoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monetizemail.com\/magatoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monetizemail.com\/magatoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monetizemail.com\/magatoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/monetizemail.com\/magatoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387375,"href":"https:\/\/monetizemail.com\/magatoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387374\/revisions\/2387375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monetizemail.com\/magatoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monetizemail.com\/magatoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monetizemail.com\/magatoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monetizemail.com\/magatoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}