"A resumption of the bombing, coupled with even a limited ground assault, would ensure a long and costly war. It will fulfill Israel's objective " which seeks to bomb Iran into a failed state " but will be another mortal blow to the U.S. empire.

A ground assault on Kharg Island " which lies 16 miles off Iran's coast and serves as the country's main oil storage and export terminal, processing around 90 percent of the country's oil exports " would send seismic shock waves through the global economy.

And if U.S. troops attempt to seize Iranian territory, Iran will deploy its arsenal of anti-ship cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, underwater drones and mines, making any occupation deadly.

We are in serious trouble.

The management of the conflict is far beyond the capabilities of the buffoons within the Trump administration. They prefer global misery and carnage to defeat.

By the time they face the inevitable, they will have left mounds of corpses in their wake.

The tragedy is not that the empire is dying. The tragedy is that the empire is bringing so many innocents down with it."

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Here's the vid version of the story from Hedges: