Alastair Crooke

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The Chris Hedges Report · Why the Iran War Won’t End Soon (w/ Alastair Crooke) | TCHR · 9 Aug 2026 podcast

Um in other words, extending the war.

Making it extremely difficult for Trump

To say he's won the war?

To put pressure on him.

Um and at the same time not to go so far that it explodes the whole situation into a big war.

But to continue to attack vessels, as I say

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Adnock, the um uh state um oil company, was attacked just in the l recent hours while these talks are going on in Oman.

They haven't stopped.

um and it's not in response to an American attack.

So proactive attacks.

And the the sense increasingly is that

Um uh uh Trump is under pressure and they think that Iran feels it is in has the cards, as Trump calls it, that they are in a better position.

Uh and that they see that if they are going into a long war with the United States.

then uh then they have the capacity and control over hormones is crucial because they can finance a long war if they have the fees and the passage charges for for hormose.

It's estimated at about a hundred billion a year.

you can finance a war, um i in in that way.

So the thinking is changing a little bit towards putting more pressure on Trump

and not looking to to an agreement.

I I think uh from

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