INTEL Roundtable w/ Larry Johnson & Scott Ritter : Weekly Wrap - 21 AUGUST

Western economic pressure on Iran has failed and will continue to fail because Iran has pivoted to the East and integrated with BRICS, Russia, and China.

Trump will reverse his threats within a week because there is zero economic leverage, and the policy is a panic-driven social media post.

The U.S. has lost leverage over Iran, and alternative financial networks like China's CIPS now provide viable alternatives to SWIFT for over 100 countries.

Bessent's economic D-Day announcement is delusional, uncoordinated, and universally disbelieved, with no allies willing to comply with secondary sanctions.

Bessent's confusion over rising oil prices reveals a global diesel shortage caused by U.S. policy backfiring, particularly the targeting of Russian refineries which has increased Russia's windfall profits.

The U.S. will coordinate with allies to enforce the greatest economic isolation in history, squash Iran's economy, and collapse the regime through a combination of blockade and sanctions.

Russia has escalated to a total war effort in Ukraine, attacking multiple fronts, destroying infrastructure, and placing an economic stranglehold on Ukraine by shutting down Black Sea ports.

Israel views Turkey as its greatest strategic threat due to Turkey's presence in Syria and Erdogan's condemnation of Israel's actions in Gaza. Turkey is NATO in name only, having purged pro-NATO elements after the 2016 coup attempt, and NATO has turned its back on Turkey.

If Israel and Turkey fought, Turkish forces would overrun Israel quickly due to Turkish military resolve and historical examples of combat effectiveness.

The U.S. and Israel are the world's largest sponsors of terrorism, with 90-95% of recorded incidents over 25 years involving Sunni extremist groups funded by Gulf Arabs and the U.S. The U.S. has used Sunni extremist groups as proxies to attack Iran and Russia, particularly in Chechnya and the Middle East.