A piece of news that has sent shivers around the world for its symbolism and for what is coming in the Middle East is circulating globally: the United States of America is sending a third American aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush, urgently to the Middle East with the aim of participating in military operations against Iran.
The critical information was reported by the news network Fox News, shortly after the naval forces of Iran managed a third strike against the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, a development that dangerously escalates the tension, since the most significant result of these three strikes is that they irreparably damaged the prestige of the United States and especially of its president Donald Trump.
The American command has already deployed in the region the aircraft carriers USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Gerald R. Ford, strengthening the military presence of the United States to unprecedented levels.
The aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush recently completed military exercises at Cape Hatteras in North Carolina and is expected to immediately cross the Atlantic Ocean in order to take a combat position in the eastern Mediterranean.
At the same time strikes continue on both sides, with the Israeli forces IDF announcing that with an attack barrage on the morning of Saturday 7/3 in Tehran they turned the Military Academy of Iran into a pile of rubble, while Iranian drones leveled the American base “Victoria”, and the Iranian president Pezeshkian sent an ultimatum to neighboring countries regarding the condition required for him to stop striking them.
The failure of the American Israeli Blitzkrieg
As we enter the seventh day of the aggressive war launched by Israel and the United States against Iran, it becomes clear that no good options remain for Donald Trump.
The Republican president appears trapped in a conflict he calculated as “small and victorious”, but which is evolving into a strategic stalemate.
The main cause of the failure lies in the underestimation of the resilience of the Iranian state by Washington and Tel Aviv.
Their plan to neutralize the leadership of Iran with a single “decapitation” strike failed to bring capitulation.
Despite the death of Ali Khamenei, his successor son does not appear willing to negotiate with Florida, while the Iranian population rallied against the external threat.
Trump now finds it difficult to declare the end of operations, as Tehran holds the American bases in the Middle East “hostage” through drone and missile attacks.
Ultimatum by Masoud Pezeshkian, dilemma for Gulf countries - The condition to stop the Iranian storm of fire in the Middle East
The president of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, in a critical statement regarding the options for continuing the operation Operation True Promise, emphasized that his forces will cease strikes against countries in the region only if attacks against the Islamic Republic launched from their territory stop permanently.
Masoud Pezeshkian stressed that this decision was taken by the supreme leadership council of the country and it is noteworthy that it came shortly after a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin, during which the leader of Russia spoke about the urgent need for de escalation and transition to a political and diplomatic settlement.
Despite the fact that the United Nations are also calling for a political and diplomatic solution, Tehran comments that it never rejected this option, however Iran makes it clear that it expects a clear position from its regional neighbors.
The message to neighboring states is simple and clear: if they are truly opposed to the war launched by the United States and Israel, they must keep their promises and prohibit the use of their territory, airspace and waters for attacks against Iran, not only in words but also in practice.
If neighboring countries continue to provide the opponents of Iran every opportunity to carry out strikes, Tehran warns that their actions will not remain unanswered.
It is a blunt but absolutely clear logic that places everyone before their responsibilities.
CNN: The US sees secret Chinese missile assistance to Tehran
Beijing is preparing the transfer of critical components for ballistic missiles and financial support to Iran, according to information from CNN citing sources in Washington who openly suspect assistance from China to Iran.
Despite China’s attempt to avoid direct involvement, the intelligence services of the United States estimate that Beijing is acting behind the scenes to protect its energy flows, as the Chinese economy hangs on the stability of the region.
Washington is closely monitoring the movements of Beijing, considering that technological support to Tehran continues under the table, undermining American operations.
Bloomberg and Reuters point out that China, as the leading buyer of Iranian oil, fears a total blockade in the Middle East.
For this reason Beijing is conducting intense negotiations with Tehran regarding the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Chinese side is pressuring Iran not to strike energy exports from Qatar, as the cost of maritime transport has already skyrocketed, threatening a global economic crash.
The political risk for Trump
Trump is already under pressure and sees the fiasco of the attack as an abyss for his politics and prestige.
The president who promised to end the “foreign wars”, in his second term the United States launched military operations in at least seven points of the planet.
In his first year alone, Trump approved more than 658 air raids, a number that is comparable to the total number of attacks during the entire presidency of Joe Biden, whom Trump himself accused of warmongering.
At the same time domestically the Democratic opponents of Trump are investing in his diplomatic defeat.
Every coffin returning to the United States covered with the stars and stripes brings the president closer to political isolation and perhaps to removal from office.
Without a ground operation, which no one seems willing to support, the goals of the operation Epic Fury remain unfulfilled.
Even attempts to drag the neighbors of Iran, such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey, into the war through provocative attacks meet strong hesitation from Riyadh and Ankara, who fear the destruction of their infrastructure.
The situation is further complicated by the activation of Beijing and Moscow on the side of Tehran, a development that causes major diplomatic ruptures and has turned traditional allies against him.
Resorting to the last solution, the fateful Plan G
The order to the “guards” of Fort Bragg to remain fixed in their positions instead of moving to the training field in Louisiana triggers nightmare scenarios of an imminent ground invasion in Iran with the participation of the most elite forces of the United States, the 82nd Airborne Division.
With the elite American paratroopers in a state of 18 hour readiness and the Pentagon maintaining silence, everything indicates that the Immediate Response Force is preparing for the worst possible scenario in the Middle East.
In any case, the unexpected change of plans, the staff of the unit was ordered to remain in North Carolina instead of participating in the training activity at Fort Polk in Louisiana, and the decisive role of the 82nd in previous conflicts have increased expectations that the Immediate Response Force of the division could move to Iran.
After all it is not accidental the latest statement of the US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth that “We will crush them!”
The problem however intensifies if Trump finds himself facing a complete dead end with Iran.
What is the probability that he will press the button of a tactical nuclear weapon?
For the second time in history the prospect ceases to be zero.
With the pretext that Iran already secretly possesses a nuclear arsenal, Washington may resort to the use of tactical nuclear weapons in order to intimidate the Iranian leadership by striking strategic targets. However such a move of desperation could ignite the anger of the Persians and seal the end of the political career of Trump, ultimately exposing him as a weak leader who resorted to extremes.
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