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Iran just hit a 2.5 million barrel supertanker in the Strait of Hormuz and the United States did nothing. Now the USS Theodore Roosevelt is steaming toward the region with 9,000 troops behind it. Peter argues the silence tells you everything: Trump is reportedly waiting until after the November midterms to launch, and a president confident of a quick win would take it now and ride the boost into the election. Waiting means he knows it will be ugly, long and costly, and he plans to do it anyway. There are also reports he consulted Grok before the Venezuela operation, which raises the question of who is actually advising him.From there the conversation turns to the bigger picture. Charlie and Peter argue that Iran and Russia are fighting the same war against the same hegemon, and that the growing Western crowd that is pro-Iran but anti-Russia is holding two incompatible positions. Peter takes apart the line that "Russia can just leave in 24 hours": no country gives back territory after 200,000 dead, especially while winning, and the people of the Donbass, Crimea and Kherson do not want Kiev back.The last stretch is the hardest: press gangs dragging men off the street, a language ombudsman telling mothers not to speak Russian in labor, open admirers of Hitler commanding Ukraine's most powerful units, and Zionists like Laura Loomer now tying themselves to Kiev while Ukrainian ultranationalists call Israel their model. Peter's verdict: you cannot be a progressive and support this. Charlie asks how anyone breaks through a decade of Russiagate faith before it drags Europe into a direct war.00:00 Gas prices dip, the Theodore Roosevelt sails for the Gulf00:25 Iran hits a 2.5 million barrel supertanker and the US does not respond01:56 Why Trump is waiting until after the midterms03:19 Is Trump asking Grok whether to go to war?05:16 A few weeks of munitions, no forward bases, no surprise07:10 The US has made itself the villain13:04 Iran and Russia are fighting the same war16:44 Europe's dilemma between Ukraine and Iran20:33 "Russia can just leave in 24 hours": the rebuttal30:28 Language police and mothers in labor31:33 Why the information war works on Ukraine but not Iran37:53 Press gangs: the one thing that should end Western support42:02 Why a progressive cannot support Ukraine48:20 How Russiagate poisoned everything52:58 Zionists and Banderites are mergingGo Deeper: https://ruinsreport.com/Substack: https://conversationsamongtheruins.substack.com/Support the Conversation:Join as a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW9CSfmP6gEjqtOdGTD_JKw/joinBuy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/amongtheruins