August 14, 2026

Trump Faces Iran Vow To Outlast Him In War Breaking American Military

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

A compelling new Security Council (SC) report circulating in the Kremlin today first noting President Donald Trump posted the claim: “The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz…I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT!…Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, “A WALL OF STEE”, and there is nothing Iran can do about it…They have No Money – Their country is “shot”…All they have is FAKE NEWS and 300% INFLATION, and getting worse!…Iran is all talk and no action, the Bully of the Middle East No Longer…Praise be to Allah!”, says Vice President J.D. Vance then declared that the “first priority” of the Iran war was not to stop a nuclear weapon, but to keep oil and gasoline cheap for Americans—and as to if Americans will have cheap energy flowing through the Strait of Hormuz that President Trump claims total control over, the independent international Strait of Hormuz monitoring site Strait Live, which is used by the global shipping industry, factually announced: “Is the Strait of Hormuz closed?…Yes…War-risk insurance has priced commercial transit through the Strait of Hormuz beyond the reach of most operators…As of 14 AUG 2026 · 1034Z, it is day 166 since the 28 February 2026 closure declaration…4 of the world’s largest container carriers say in their own advisories that they have stopped using the strait…War-risk insurance is running at 30.0× normal”.

In response to President Trump, this report notes, top Iranian commander Brigadier-General Mohammad Reza Naqdi vowed: “Iran can stay in the fight in a prolonged armed conflict with the United States, even if it lasts the rest of Donald Trump’s term in office”—a vow joined with the warning economic assessment: “Iran is built for a prolonged, attritional fight, a lesson reinforced by its experience in the Iran-Iraq War…It has employed a strategy of horizontal escalation, extending the conflict into the economic and political domains where time favors the side absorbing pain…This includes disrupting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which has collapsed shipping to roughly 5% of pre-war levels, and targeting the energy infrastructure of Gulf states to create global economic pressure…This dynamic gives Tehran significant leverage, as the economic costs of the war are a major incentive for the US to seek a ceasefire”.

Sending warships and fighting forces to wage war on Iran, this report continues, is the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM), about which a new Pentagon inspector general report gravely revealed: “US military installations across the Pacific are in an alarming state of decay…Inspections at 11 installations have revealed various severe issues, including collapsing ceilings, corroded walls, and a significant presence of mold…Additionally, there is extensive use of hazardous construction materials such as asbestos and lead-based paints”—and world-renowned retired CIA senior analyst Larry Johnson, in his intelligence report “The Butcher’s Bill Comes Due: A Military Run Past Its Limits, and the Leaders Who Keep Saying Everything Is Fine”, grimly documented today:

When the Secretary of the Army orders every officer and sergeant in the force to personally check on every soldier, every single day, that is not a routine holiday gesture.

It is an alarm.

And in the ten months since Dan Driscoll issued that order, the alarm has kept ringing — from a carrier in the Arabian Sea, from a secretive command at Fort Meade, from the families of sailors who can no longer get a straight answer about why their children are hungry.

The stories arrive from different branches and different missions, but they add up to a single indictment: the American military is being run past the limits of the people inside it, and too many of its leaders have responded not by fixing the problem but by denying it exists.

Further documenting the breaking of the American military, this report concludes, the Washington Post revealed: “The U.S. military has lost at least 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones during the war with Iran, or roughly 25 percent of its fleet…The Reaper is used to conduct surveillance and targeted strikes, and it can cost between $30 million and $50 million…The potential taxpayer cost of recent losses is over $1.3 billion for that weapon system alone”—a revelation joined by the Jerusalem Post reporting today: “Israeli defense officials have been shocked by the rapid recovery of Iran’s military capabilities since the heavy bombardment by the United States and Israel in the opening stages of the conflict”.

[Note: Some words and/or phrases appearing in quotes in this report are English language approximations of Russian words/phrases having no exact counterpart.]

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August 13, 2026

Russian Fleet Prepares To Fight West As American Sailors Jump Overboard To Escape War

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

A fair warning to the West new Security Council (SC) report circulating in the Kremlin today first notes President Putin issued the war declaration yesterday: “Some nations are violating the Law of the Sea by trying to restrict the movement of our civilian traders…They recently came up with the idea of seizing our ships and selling off our plundered property…This is certainly nothing short of piracy and robbery…If such a policy is implemented in practice, we will be forced to take mirror responses…And not necessarily in the waters where our ships are being raided…We’ll do it wherever and anywhere we see fit”.

In immediate response to the war declaration issued by President Putin, this report notes, Russian Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Viktor Liina warned: “Western states are actively employing vessels flying the flags of third countries to transport cargo in their own interests…In essence, this constitutes their shadow fleet…We have the forces required to inspect and detain vessels of unfriendly states that belong to their shadow fleet…Interagency coordination has been established…We are ready to begin carrying out these tasks”.

While President Putin was on his first-ever visit to the Kuril Islands to meet with top Russian fleet commanders, this report continues, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called the trip “absolutely unacceptable” and said it “hurts the feelings of the Japanese people”—Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvdev fired back: “Takaichi can prattle on all she likes about the Kuril Islands being historically Japanese, but this chatter won’t change a thing…They were, are, and will remain Russian land…Anyone who fails to understand this will face the monstrous consequences of their delusion”—and history factually documents: “Russia and Japan are still at war…The two neighbours in the Pacific Ocean never signed a peace treaty officially ending World War II”.

As the Russian fleet prepares to fight the West, this report details,the London Times revealed: “British officials and diplomats fear an unintended maritime escalation with Russia and are pressuring senior military leaders to restore direct communication with their Russian counterparts”—the American media also revealed: “Sailors on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln operating near Iran attempted to jump overboard amid exhaustion and low morale caused by extended operations”—and a terrified American mother wrote: “I’ve been worried about the mental health of these sailors & marines aboard the navy ships at war…Why?…Because they removed all chaplains off my sons ship, the USS TRIPOLI”.

After watching the American military disintegrate in real time, this report concludes, the Pentagon is expected to complete its withdrawal from Iraq by the end of September, marking the end of a military presence that began with its unprovoked invasion in 2003—and the American nonprofit investigative journalism organization ProPublica just revealed what one expects to see in a rapidly declining military power: “A US Army-funded artillery plant near Dallas, built to produce 155mm shells for Ukraine, never produced a single usable shell…Workers described robots catching fire, machines smashing into equipment, steel cracking beyond repair and giant presses needing to be beaten with a sledgehammer just to function”.

[Note: Some words and/or phrases appearing in quotes in this report are English language approximations of Russian words/phrases having no exact counterpart.]

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