There are growing rumblings that Trump has failed the Iran war with no way to achieve victory in the current situation. It certainly looks that way as we have seen the “deadline window” constantly moved like a sliding scale and not to mention the fact that Trump is constantly saying that he is in “no hurry” to make a deal with Iran.
Iran has been touting the Strait of Hormuz is open with X number of ships passing through each day, however we should take this with a grain of salt as there is still an untold number of mines still in the waters and recently within the last few days another military escalation took place in the SoH involving the Iranians secretly planting more mines of which even the Iranians don’t know how many or where all the mines are planted.
It does seem likely that the only military option to end this war would either be boots on the ground (won’t happen) or catastrophic damage to the country, putting many civilians in harm’s way. So, in a sense it seems Trump is stuck. However, we must also realize that Trump is a master at strategic maneuvers. There is a reason he is in no hurry to make a deal.
It is quite possible Trump is trying to re-route the world economies, a shift between western and eastern hemisphere oil routes that would leave the Iranians behind. He is trying to accomplish this with something almost nobody is talking about in conjunction with the Abrahm accords.
India is a strong advocate and friend to the nation of Israel and recently SOS Mark Rubio was in India May 23rd – 26th for a visit to discuss many things. At the top of the list were trade and economic ties.
Below is a diagram of a proposed pipeline between India and Europe that would bypass the SOH altogether. Notice the logistical hubs include the Gulf states and the state of Israel. PM Netanyahu of Israel has already spoken about this plan in the past of what he called an “economic corridor” or “India Middle East Economic Corridor”, an alternative to the Suez Canal, SOH route.
Hence the reason Trump is trying hard to get the surrounding Muslim countries onboard with the Abrahamic Accords. It takes time. Trump has stated if the Gulf countries do not enter the Abraham Accords, there will be no opening of the SOH and eventually it will be their demise as oil is there only income of survival. The stakes are getting more desperate the more time goes by. Obviously, the strategic oil routing and economies to countries around the world is more complex than this, but that is not the subject of this post. However, we are at a critical point, and it will be interesting to see how this all plays out.
There is still the question of the enriched uranium Iran holds. Somehow it must be destroyed or taken as we know it will not be used against Israel in the coming months, years according to the bible. The uranium is suggested to be stored at various plants around Iran, but it may be possible it is all at Bushehr Nuclear Power plant where the Russian scientist were working. (Jeremiah 49). We do know that Iran will attack Israel again in the future with a much larger coalition in the Gog and Magog war. It is quite possible the Abrahamic accords will bring the period of peace Israel experiences just before that war and quite possible it will be the existing covenant the AC will confirm once on the scene right after the Gog and Magog war.
Don’t forget that Saudi Arabia (Sheba and Dedan) mentions at the time of Gog’s decent on Israel, “Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? Ezekiel 38:13
The US with the acquisition of Venezuelan oil will remain self-sufficient regardless of outcome further separating itself from the east as this also is one of Trump’s goals.
Meanwhile, Israel continues to destroy Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon slowly but surely taking the territory back as prophesied.
Looking for that Blessed Hope! 