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Preparing for War with Iran – The Wesley Clark 7

“Seven Countries in five years”  A little behind schedule, but after Syria, Iran is the only one left.

Diego Garcia

Tucker Carlson and Jeffrey Sachs on War with Iran  

Diego Garcia Backgrounder:

Military buildup: The United States is currently pre-positioning military assets in Diego Garcia. Recent reports indicate a significant buildup, including the deployment of at least five to seven B-2 Spirit stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to the island in the past week, as of March 29, 2025. This is accompanied by multiple C-17 cargo planes and KC-135 refueling tankers, with satellite imagery and open-source intelligence tracking confirming these movements. The strategic positioning of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean makes it a key staging point for potential operations, particularly in the Middle East, amid rising tensions with Iran and ongoing strikes against Houthi forces in Yemen. This buildup follows a pattern of previous deployments to the island for contingency operations, suggesting preparation for possible large-scale military action.

History: Military Activities

Location: Google Maps

As the crow flies: 

    • Distance from Washington DC to Yemen: 7,100 miles
    • Distance from Washington DC to Iran: 6,300 miles
    • Distance from Diego Garcia to Yemen: 2,200 miles
    • Distance from Diego Garcia to Iran: 2,800 miles
    • Distance from Yemen to Israel: 1,300 miles
    • Distance from Iran to Israel: 1,000 miles

April 7,2025: Based on recent reports, satellite imagery, and credible analyses, the following assets have been identified or inferred to be present in Diego Garcia:

  • B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers: At least six B-2 bombers have been confirmed via satellite imagery from Planet Labs, with some estimates suggesting up to seven or more. These stealth bombers are capable of carrying massive ordnance, including the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator, designed for hardened targets. The exact number may vary, as some could be housed in shelters, obscuring them from view.
  • KC-135 Stratotanker Refueling Aircraft: Reports indicate between seven and ten KC-135s are deployed, providing aerial refueling support to extend the range of bombers and other aircraft. Satellite images have shown up to nine visible at times.
  • C-17 Globemaster III Cargo Planes: Multiple C-17s, with estimates ranging from seven to ten, have been tracked landing at Diego Garcia. These aircraft are likely transporting personnel, equipment, and supplies to support the buildup.
  • B-52H Stratofortress Bombers: Some sources suggest the presence of up to eight B-52H heavy bombers, though this is less consistently confirmed compared to the B-2s. These long-range bombers enhance the base’s strike capability.
  • Other Fighter Jets: Posts on X and some reports mention “dozens of fighter jets,” potentially including F-35s, though specific numbers and types remain unverified in official channels.
  • Ohio-Class Ballistic Missile Submarine: One Ohio-class submarine is noted in the Indian Ocean, possibly operating out of or supported by Diego Garcia’s naval facilities. These submarines can carry ballistic or cruise missiles, adding a significant strategic dimension.
  • Maritime Pre-Positioning Ships: Diego Garcia hosts a squadron of Maritime Pre-Positioning Ships (MPSRON-2), typically around 20 deep-water logistics vessels. These ships are pre-loaded with equipment and supplies for rapid deployment, supporting ground forces like Marine brigades.
  • Surveillance and Support Aircraft: The base historically supports surveillance platforms, though specific types (e.g., P-8 Poseidon or RQ-4 Global Hawk) currently present are not detailed in recent updates.
  • Naval Assets: The deep-water port can accommodate aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines, though no specific carrier strike groups or additional submarines beyond the Ohio-class are confirmed as stationed there right now.

This list reflects a significant military buildup, consistent with the base’s role as a logistics and power projection hub. However, exact numbers and additional assets (e.g., missile defense systems or smaller aircraft) are subject to change and lack full official confirmation. Diego Garcia’s infrastructure, including its airfield and harbor, supports a wide range of operations, making it a versatile staging ground for potential Middle East missions.


US Forces in Middle East on Alert! C-17 military transport planes are delivering Patriot missile batteries defense to Isa Air Base in Bahrain, 100 miles from Iran. Rapidly deployed from South Korea, the US is preparing for a major war against Iran, after Iran threatened to destroy all US bases in the Middle East!!

If the US Fights Iran, the Navy Won’t Survive—Yemen Proved It! | Scott Ritter & Larry C. Johnson

On the matter of Iran:

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | June 22, 2019

I know everyone wants to hate Iran, but they didn’t get here by themselves…

On the matter of Iran:

  • Iranians are Persian not Arab
  • Iranians are Shia Muslims
  • Arabs are Sunni Muslims 
  • Shia has about 200 million followers 
  • Sunni has about 1.2 billion followers
  • Shia and Sunni don’t like each other
  • Iranians are well-educated, sophisticated, intelligent people. 
  • Iran is currently a Theocracy or an Islamic Republic which the Iranian people do not like. How did they get this reprehensible government?

Mosaddeq coup – CIA Operation Ajax:
Mohammad Mosaddegh was the 35th prime minister of Iran, holding office from 1951 until 1953, when his government was overthrown in the 1953 Iranian coup d’état orchestrated by the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency and the United Kingdom’s MI6.

The USA replaced Mohammad Mosaddegh by a brutal, murderous U.S. lap dog and psychopath known as the Shah of Iran. The CIA ran the Shah and his secret police SAVAK. My Iranian friends here in the USA were terrified of SAVAK even while studying here in the land of the free and the brave. They would only whisper and speak of certain things privately because of their abject fear of SAVAK. They knew my government put the Shah in power, yet they did not hold this against me, a U.S. Citizen.

Ruhollah Khomeini as Supreme Leader 1979 – 1989 founded the cruel Islamic Republic of Iran of today. This new and improved psycho murdered many people including little 13 year old girls because they were of the Bahá’í Faith. He would hang 6 at a time from cranes.

Khomeini’s fatwa ‘led to killing of 30,000 in Iran’

Q: Why is the rest of the Middle East in such a mess?

A: Sykes–Picot Agreement* for starters which partitioned the Ottoman Empire in 1916 across culture and religious lines assuring continued destabilization of the Middle East. From here the US meddling and bloody regime change just gets worse.

So put away the hater-AID until you’ve taken some time to think.

* Lines were drawn to impose maximum destabilization to make it easier to rule. “The line across a map of the Middle East it drew created colonial spheres of influence that cut directly and artificially across a region that had previously been divided along ethnic, linguistic and religious lines.”

The Sykes-Picot Agreement and the making of the modern Middle East

NWO Update

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | April 03, 2016

human-65930_640The US/NATO’s underhanded destruction of Ukraine and MENA (Middle East & North Africa) has made it abundantly clear to anyone not fooled by the Western Media disinformation campaign, that US/NATO cannot be trusted.  They have completed the same projects; the same way; too many times; too quickly to hide behind the protection of the ‘plausible deniability’ claim except for the profoundly uniformed American citizen.   Since US/NATO has been caught red-handed using virtually identical covert operations to destabilize each of these US-targeted countries; China, Russia, Iran and anyone with an independent geopolitical policy, have taken sharp notice and have therefore been well-schooled in these common US/NATO statecraft techniques, and thus made strikingly aware of the real US geopolitical agenda of a mono-polar hegemony.  China, Russia and Iran for example have no intention of rolling over for this rabid Empire of chaos, death and destruction.  China and Russia have used the past 10 years or so making real improvements to their military –as Russia demonstrated in Syria; at the same time, the US has continued unabated its incestuous and corrupt practice of spending massive funds on unworkable and unneeded technology (for example, It is estimated that the worthless F-35 program will cost US taxpayers more than one trillion dollars in wasted money and effort); not for defense, but to line the pockets of their pals; American national security be damned. In the meantime, Russia and China have learned how to manufacture high-tech, highly-functional weapons of war at a fraction of the cost.

Now that Russia and China have witnessed the repeated lawlessness of the US policy of destabilization and regime change, they no longer contemplate a partner that they can learn to work with, rather they are now preparing to protect themselves from this rabid superpower; and, perhaps how to confront and put it down. Yes, with the EU facade crumbling, the threat of a Trump presidency and the refusal of Russia and China to commit national suicide, the NWO psychopaths have their work cut out for them as the idiom goes.  There is also a global awakening that is eroding the NWO’s well-laid plans at almost every gated juncture, event or milestone in their rush to install their world domination project.

Now, James Corbett goes one step further.  He describes the analysis above as 2D Chess while the real game is played at the 3D level, or as he terms it 3D Chess.  His rationale is that all the oligarchs in each of these power blocks have much more in common with each other than they do with the people they supposedly represent, so the real game is going on at that level, out of sight of the average analyst.  The three major power blocks would be 1) Russia-Oligarchs; 2) China-Oligarchs and 3) the Anglo-American-Oligarchs consisting of US and the UK elite.  So the real game is being played at this level, and my analysis above is merely window dressing.  Not definitive, but possible so we shall keep an eye on both the 2D and 3D chess game that is unfolding on the grand geopolitical chessboard.

BTW, while this game is being played, millions of innocent men, women and children have lost their lives and millions more are suffering horrifically in the wake of this cruel villainy.  This is a game only psychopaths can truly enjoy.

Note: The House of Saud would be considered a 4th oligarch block, but since the Anglo-American Establishment holds a ‘Sword Of Damocles‘ over their ill-gotten throne –not by a single horsehair– but by their proven strategy of tension called Gladio, (or ‘Sword’ in Italian).  With little effort, the Anglo-American Oligarchs could easily run a successful Operation Gladio against the House of Saud as they have done to so many others like Ukraine and Libya.

Additional Reading / Viewing:

AAA THE F-35 IS A LEMON PIERRE SPREY (RUNAWAY FIGHTER) FIFTH ESTATE EXTENDED INTERVW

More on the F-35 debacle.  The US has done more damage to itself than either China or Russia could dream of…

America’s new trillion-dollar fighter jet under fire again

Oil as a weapon

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | Jan 13, 2016

OIL

OIL

The low price of oil is a conspiracy between the US and Saudi Arabia to bankrupt Russia; and as a side benefit, it reduces Saudi competition from the US and Iran thus maintaining their market share. Question: Will it backfire? Saudi is already in deep dodo over this having to borrow money… can you believe that? The big question is can Russia outlast Saudi Arabia? We shall see. Russia said that they would still produce oil even if it was zero dollars per barrel. It’s a fight to the death. An unexpected risk to the US financial system is what impact will this have on derivatives and hedge funds?

Counter-Punch:
Russia Is Breaking America’s Oil Price Monopoly
The end of the ‘petrodollar’ will mean a simultaneous end to the USA’s ability to enforce global hegemony

 

Screwing the Pooch

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | July 28, 2015

eyes-14660_640Did the U.S. Screw the Pooch by its bloody warmongering across the Middle East, North Africa and Ukraine?  Despite millions of casualties, the U.S. has not succeeded in intimidating Russia or China but rather put them both on high alert.  Interesting that after the failed U.S. putsch to install U.S.-backed Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, former U.S. ally Egypt is now also fully awake to the ‘Realpolitik’ tactics of the Empire of Chaos.  Who –other than the U.S. Media– could miss the mass-murder and suffering created by the U.S. slogging its way through the Middle East and North Africa, destabilizing and wrecking Libya, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan; none of whom are national security threats and have done nothing to threaten the U.S. in any way.  And now a pivot to Asia?  What madness!  Russia and China wanted to be arms-length partners with the U.S. but U.S. military planners would have none of it. Now the U.S. has driven these two former rivals closer together to build a financial and security counterbalance against murderous U.S. global hegemony. The NWO must be crapping in their pants. We live in interesting times. Russia, China and others realize that the NWO represents an existential threat to the idea of the ‘Nation-State’ and to most of humanity; including the American people. Most Americans have yet to wake up to see who their real enemies are; hint: It’s not Russia or China. According to Catherine Austin Fitts, the Western Banks have stolen at least $40 trillion from their citizens, so these money masters still have plenty of juice to cause some global havoc advancing their mission. While Americans struggle under the tyranny emanating daily from their masters in D.C., will they finally wake from their slumber in time to identify the real villains in this geopolitical drama for world domination? Americans have been robbed, raped, pillaged and plundered, yet they remain loyal to the illusion that their vote still actually counts and America is a beacon of freedom for the world. Even after the U.S. Congress handed over the keys to America’s sovereignty to international bankers and corporations (all done in secret) with TPP, Americans are none the wiser. This soft coup d’état of America has already taken place, yet Americans still live clueless in their walled-garden of propaganda constructed by their masters.

In the article below, Pepe Escobar details Russia and China’s reaction to U.S. aggression, driven by a rabid U.S. desire for ‘Full Spectrum Dominance’.  If Russia and China are successful, this does not bode well for the masters of the Angelo-American Establishment who use America as a military enforcement appliance.

BRICS, China, Iran, P5+1, Russia, US Empire
The Seeds of Eurasia; A vision manifests, by Pepe Escobar
July 26, 2015

Countering the neo-Cold Warriors
by Wayne Madsen
Voltaire Network | Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 18 July 2015

Counting the Dead in Iraq

A Reporter Said “Screw the Pooch” on Face the Nation. Where Does That Phrase Come From?

Open Mic: Tehran

by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | June 18, 2015

This is an interesting piece from the Compromised News Network a.k.a. CNN whose function is to spread U.S. propaganda. It does however comport with my view of reality concerning the Iranian people. Why? Because I went to school with many Iranians and this speaks to the truth of the majority of Iranians as I know them.  My big question is why a state-controlled media organ like CNN would publish something so obviously true? Scratching my head. This open mic news piece was published on Sep 25, 2013

 

Iran in 1960 - 70s

Picture of Iran from 1960 – 70s…

Despite reformatting their countries after WWI, Islam was on the path to moderation and modernization, until the U.S. began stirring the shit in earnest according to the ‘Made in America’ geopolitical strategies cooked up by Wolfowitz, Brzezinski and others.  Seems the average Westerner is happily indoctrinated by the many fictions created by the media and so follows the direction given without question; critical thought or examination of false assumptions promulgated by the state/corporate propaganda organs rarely makes it to the general public’s awareness, and if by chance it does, is soon forgotten.

Related NFO on this and other topics form ClearNFO:

Stop drinking the ‘Hater-Aid’

The Kerry-Abdullah Secret Deal

Folks, if you seek to understand the geopolitics at play and cut through the MSM fog, you must apprise yourself the benefit of articles like the one below.

The Kerry-Abdullah Secret Deal
Oil-Gas Pipeline War On Iran, Syria And Russia

By ​​​​F. William Engdahl
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40089.htm