News X World: IRAN HITS US LIVE: IRGC Claims Major Attack On U.S. Base, Jordan Intercepts Missiles
As I say in this first segment of today’s interview with News X World dealing with Iran’s claim to have destroyed 3 American F35s and damaged 3 more on the ground in Jordan none of us commentators knows for sure what losses each side in the conflict is experiencing due to the ‘fog of war.’ The fog of war is not a natural meteorological phenomenon but is rather severe war censorship imposed by the sides to keep their losses out of public view.
Per News X World, the only statement from the Jordanian authorities is that they shot down 5 Iranian missiles. Not a word of denial that some missiles got through and hit the US planes parked on the Jordanian air base. Accordingly, we may assume that the Iranian claim is justified.
Where is this war headed? Again no one can say with complete confidence. Yes, the U.S. is being humiliated not just by Iran enjoying economic leverage thanks to its control of the Strait of Hormuz but now also by signs that US military bases in Jordan and the Gulf States are coming under very effective attack from Iran. And yet, there always remains the nuclear option if President Trump is cornered and sees no other way out of this disaster of his own making. Such an escalation could have unforeseeable, possibly disastrous consequences not just for the region but for us all.