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Middle East war could be decided by who runs out of missiles or interceptors first, analysts say
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2026
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China and Russia are laughing their asses off right now. Attacking Iran was idiotic for any number of reasons but long term, burning through a resource (missile interceptors) that requires stockpiles for be functional, while also not increasing production in any meaningful way is absolutely insane when the rumors are that a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan could occur as early as 2027.
Not to mention, Ukraine has been begging for these munitions for the last 4 years while they were actively being attacked by Russia (unprovoked Iight add) and we basically told them "sorry we don't have enough to share" befor we went and wasted them on an illegal attack that didn't need to happen...
This is complete American liquidation. The obvious intent is to leave nothing left over by the time the Epstein regime runs out of steam. It's a great plan if your plan for the future is for the united states to not have a future.
Trump probably doesn't expect the world to carry on after he dies of natural causes so this is rational in the mind of a narcissist.
Typical Boomer, spending all the inheritance.
This is what scares me. What happens if his doctor is stupid enough to tell him he has something terminal with a projected death date? I totally would expect him to use nukes on his way out.
The new cold war is based entirely on the whims of an absolute madman and his failing health, in charge of a ship of fools and prisoners, piloting it into a dying reef to enrich anyone but the people on his ship.
China's major weakness is oil. Who are their major suppliers of oil? Venezuela and Iran.
It was always about making China have a more clear Achilles heel when they go for Taiwan, which everyone believes is 2027/2028.
This is at least the only clear reason they've been doing this. We've also been slowly ramping up production of weapons and preparing for a war economy. Ukraine did it's job, weakened Russia to the point we don't even need to think about them.
Saudi Arabia and Iran. With russia coming in 3rd. Assuming SA rolls over for america how long can china live on russian oil and some kind of coal to oil process? No idea.
Venezuala is way down the list.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/02/iran-us-strikes-china-oil-supply-charts-00806415
Issue is Venezuela operated shadow fleets that constantly switched their flags, we have no clue their real world impact.
That said, it's not an excuse and we shouldn't even care for Taiwan, we only do because of semiconductors.