The Pentagon's war with Iran has cost $33.4 billion and counting, while hundreds of destroyed buildings and dozens of aircraft have yet to be accounted for, according to a stunning new internal report warning of 'strategic inventory shortfalls.' 

by Tyler Durden

After the US was essentially forced to conduct a major and rapid draw down of forces from the Gulf and Mideast region in the wake of Iran's 'unexpectedly' large retaliation for Operation Epic Fury, it seems all that Washington is left to do is arm regional allies to the teeth and wish them the best.

By Phoenix Capital Research

On September 10 and 11, drones launched from Maysan province in southern Iraq hit pumping stations on Saudi Arabia’s East-West crude oil pipeline near Riyadh and Medina. Saudi Arabia shut the pipeline on Friday. Riyadh called it a precaution. Satellite imagery of the station near Al Melba ’ah tells a different story.

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The U.S. military is straining under the pressures of the Iran war, according to two U.S. officials familiar with operations in the Middle East. One cautioned that this stress could lead to a “breakdown” in the military’s ability to effectively continue a war that President Donald Trump said would end in early April.

Republican Congressman Thomas Massie just filed Articles of Impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

This war is unjust, unwarranted, unprovoked, unapproved and un-American. 

The only thing worse than Trump's undignified war is Pete Hegseth's lack of leadership…

— ThePatrioticBlonde™🇺🇸 (@ImBreckWorsham) September 15, 2026

House lawmakers have voted to end the war in Iran, approving a war powers resolution that would halt President Donald Trump's ability to continue military action without congressional approval.

The roll call late on Tuesday night, 220-204, was similar to earlier efforts this summer, with a few more Republicans joining all Democrats voting to bring an end to the conflict. 

Iran's IRGC Navy has late Monday (local) announced that a foreign supertanker exploded when it struck naval mines after attempting to enter an unapproved zone of the southern Strait of Hormuz, Fars reports.

Bloomberg also picked up the reported tanker explosion, providing the following further details:

Posted by Tyler Durden;  Authored by Andrew P. Napolitano via Ron Paul Institute,

A failed war does not end when the drones stop flying. It creates a new danger: A government that refuses to admit defeat and a president who, having failed abroad, seeks muscular victories elsewhere.

A US military operation near Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, publicly presented as a pilot rescue, may have been a failed attempt to seize enriched uranium. The use of oversized C-130J transport planes, wreckage proximity to Natanz, and Tehran’s allegations of a cover-up have fueled suspicions.