{"id":23319,"date":"2024-02-01T05:14:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T11:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=23319"},"modified":"2024-02-01T05:14:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T11:14:45","slug":"potential-us-attack-against-iran-would-trigger-catastrophic-effect-on-global-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=23319","title":{"rendered":"Potential US Attack Against Iran Would Trigger \u2018Catastrophic\u2019 Effect on Global Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a drone attack on a US base in Syria near Jordan resulted in the deaths of three US service members, US President Joe Biden and other US officials promised a strong response. His comments have led to speculation that the US may hit targets in Iran, which has long been a goal of neocons in Washington.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An attack on Iran would be \u201ccatastrophic to the global economy,\u201d Mohammad Marandi, a professor of English literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran, told Sputnik\u2019s Fault Lines on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt would drive oil prices through the roof,\u201d Marandi explained. \u201cIt would definitely be catastrophic for the global economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This possibility, Marandi believes, will prevent the US from attacking Iran directly and will instead continue its attacks on Syria and Iraq, qualifying his comments by admitting he \u201ccould be wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Referring to the recent attack on the US garrison in Al-Tanf that killed three US soldiers<\/a>, Marandi said the confusion over whether the base is located in Syria or Jordan doesn\u2019t really matter because the confusion itself \u201cbasically\u201d shows that the US is \u201ccarrying out activities in Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US officials have insisted that the attack occurred at Tower 22, a small US outpost in Jordan placed there with the cooperation of the Jordanian government. However, Jordanian spokesman Muhannad al Mubaidin told local media that the attack actually targeted Al-Tanf base, which the Syrian government describes as an illegal occupation and is used to train anti-government militia forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attacks on US forces are likely to continue, Marandi asserted, because the US is seen as working hand-in-hand with Israel in its war on Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Americans and the Europeans are financially supporting Israel<\/a>, they are sending weapons for Israel, they are carrying water for Israel. They are also, now, preventing aid from getting to Gaza, and the Americans are attacking those forces that are trying to impede the genocide,\u201d Marandi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leadership in the US is making decisions that harm its interests because \u201cthey tend to believe their own propaganda,\u201d Marandi said, \u201cand then they calculate based on that propaganda and \u2026 miscalculation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe damage that the United States has done to itself, through supporting genocide, through supporting these hourly massacres and the extermination of the Palestinian people in Gaza is not something we can calculate,\u201d Marandi explained. \u201cThe United States has demolished its credibility across the board.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That includes, Marandi explains, the leaders in the United States who are ostensibly liberal. \u201cIt’s very sad for me to say: liberals in the West are utterly racist, utterly racist, and liberalism only counts for inside the borders of the United States. But outside the United States’ borders, they are as medieval as it gets.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marandi said he doesn\u2019t believe Israel will survive the current conflict. \u201cI think it will collapse just like apartheid South Africa collapsed. It is a colonial project. It is an apartheid regime that has been imposed upon the indigenous population in the region and it won\u2019t last,\u201d he explained, noting earlier that the US is also \u201cdeclining as we speak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe’ve been talking about [Israel’s actions in Gaza] so much over the past three months that it sounds sort of like we’re talking about McDonald’s or something. This is children being killed morning to night, every day as we speak. This is completely unforgivable. But this is the reality that we live in today.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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