PNN – The American website Counterpunch presented a narrative of Iran’s plan to end Washington’s military and economic dominance in the region.
Following regional and international analyses of Iran’s crushing response to the aggression of the American-Zionist enemy, the American website “Counterpunch” discussed Iran’s goal in the current war, namely to end the American presence in the region, and further claimed that Tehran is pursuing several other demands in this war. The description of this article is as follows.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, US President Donald Trump recently said that “there will be no deal with Iran other than its unconditional surrender” and that he should have a role in naming, or at least approving, Iran’s new leader, as he did in Venezuela.
Trump also said: The US military must decisively defeat Iran and change its regime, otherwise we will have this war, and then after five years we will find out that we have put someone in office who is no better off, while it will take at least that long for the United States to replace spent weapons, rebuild its radars and related facilities, and start a new war.
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Meanwhile, Iranian officials believe the war will continue until the United States is expelled from the Middle East. After agreeing to a ceasefire last June and crippling Israeli and American missile defenses, Iran realizes that the war will resume as soon as the United States can rearm its allies and military bases, renewing what both sides of a conflict see as a fundamental solution.
In this context, the current war could be considered an official declaration of World War III, because the issue at stake is the terms of purchasing oil and gas around the world. Will the world be able to buy this energy from exporters in currencies other than the dollar (led by Russia and Iran, and until recently, Venezuela)? Will the current US effort to control the international oil trade force oil-exporting countries to price in dollars, and even reinvest their national income and savings in US government bonds and stocks?
The recovery of oil revenues has formed the basis of US control over the global oil trade, making it a financial instrument for its imperialist strategy of isolating countries that resist US domination. But this domination is not subject to real laws, but merely to US temporary demands. Therefore, the issue is not limited to the US military presence in the Middle East, with its two proxy armies, Israel and ISIS/Al-Qaeda.
Also, the claim by the US and “Israel” that the issue is about Iran possessing nuclear weapons of mass destruction is a completely false accusation, as were the claims about Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction in 2003. The real issue that concerns the US is the end of economic alliances between Middle Eastern countries with it, and whether oil export revenues will continue to accumulate in dollars as a pillar of the US balance of payments that helps finance its military bases around the world.
Iran will continue to fight until it achieves three goals to prevent future wars; the first of which is the withdrawal of the United States from all its military bases in the Middle East. In fact, Iran has destroyed the infrastructure of US radar warning systems and air and missile defense positions in Jordan, Qatar, the UAE and Bahrain, which has prevented US or Israeli missile strikes from being accurately directed at Iran. Iran will also continue to target US bases and installations in Arab countries unless they are evacuated.
Step One: Remove US Military Bases from the Middle East
In this context, the Iraqi House of Representatives continues to demand the withdrawal of American forces from the country and an end to the plunder of its oil, much of which goes to Israel. The Iraqi parliament recently passed a law requiring American forces to leave Iraq. The Iraqi parliament agrees with Iranian officials that the expulsion of the United States is the most important step towards restoring security and stability to the region.
But all the Arab kingdoms in the region host American military bases; therefore, Iran has declared that any country that allows American aircraft or any other military force to use these bases against Iran will face the risk of immediate attack, and this is what Iran has done now in the war, systematically targeting Washington’s interests in the countries hosting American bases.
Meanwhile, Spain banned the United States from using its airports to support the war against Iran. But when Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez banned the United States from doing so, Trump said at a press conference that Spain could do practically nothing to stop the US Air Force from using the Rota and Morón bases in southern Spain. He added: Spain has clearly said that we cannot use their bases. That’s fine, we don’t want to, but if we want to we can use their bases, we can simply fly there and use these bases, and no one will stop us from doing so. So what will Spain ultimately do to prevent this? Will it shoot down American planes?
This is a problem that Arab regimes also face if they try to prevent the United States from accessing their bases and airspace in a war with Iran. So what can they do? While Iran insists that Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan must close all American military bases on their soil and prohibit the use of their airspace and airports as a condition for not bombing them and spreading the war.
Step Two: Severing Trade and Financial Relations between the Middle East and the United States
Arab regimes are under increasing pressure to meet Iran’s ultimate demand to separate their economies from the United States. Since 1974, these countries have tied their economies to Washington.
Recently, Bahrain, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia have sought to use energy resources to attract computer data centers, including the Starlink project and other systems that have been linked to US military strikes on Iran.
In opposition to US plans to closely integrate its non-oil sectors with OPEC countries, Iran has declared that the facilities are “legitimate targets” to drive the US out of the region. One cloud computing executive noted that Iran’s attack on the Amazon data center was because it pursued military objectives, just as the Starlink project was used in the US effort to mobilize chaos against the Iranian government.
Step Three: End the recycling of OPEC oil exports into US dollar assets
Iran’s third demand is to persuade its Arab neighbors to abandon the dollar in their economies. This demand is to prevent American companies from dominating the region’s economy. An Iranian official told CNN that Iran has accused companies that buy US government bonds and invest in US Treasuries of participating in a war against it and considers them legitimate targets. Therefore, investors have been warned to announce the withdrawal of their capital from these companies as soon as possible.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar are also currently negotiating to withdraw their investments from the United States. Meanwhile, if Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz leads to a halt in oil and gas production after storage capacity is full, energy, shipping and tourism revenues will be cut. The Gulf states also recently met to discuss the withdrawal of $2 trillion in US investments. The risk for Washington is that this could be the beginning of a diversification of OPEC investments away from the US dollar.
As the United States abandons military bases, the separation from the dollar greatly reduces Washington’s control over Middle Eastern oil and eliminates America’s ability to use the oil trade as leverage to force other countries to follow Trump’s oil policies.
For the monarchies themselves, the changes that are likely to occur could have effects similar to those of World War I, which ended the era of European monarchies. In that case, they could end regimes that relied on the United States for their economy and political alliances.
Now Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the UAE are under increasing pressure, especially after Indonesia withdrew its offer to send 8,000 troops to implement Trump’s plan, known as the Gaza Peace Council.
The end of American dominance over the world oil trade
Meanwhile, tensions will rise as Israel and the United States run out of air defenses, allowing Iran to launch dangerous strikes using its latest missiles. At the same time, there is now no place to store excess Arab oil production, as Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz to all ships except its own, which are bound for China.
In any case, no ships are trying to approach the Strait of Hormuz because Lloyd’s of London does not issue insurance documents. The US military recently sank Russian oil tankers, but rising oil prices have forced it to allow Russian oil to pass through to curb global inflation. US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said the department was looking into the possibility of releasing additional shipments of sanctioned Russian oil to the market to boost supply.
The comments come after the US decided to grant a temporary waiver that would allow Indian refiners to buy Russian oil to maintain global supplies. Around the world, rising energy prices will force economies to cut social spending to pay down their dollar-denominated debts. The war would isolate the US from its NATO allies and create pressures that Japan, Korea and even Europe can no longer withstand.