Opinion by Mathew Carr
May 24-25, 2026 — President Donald Trump said on the weekend an agreement to end the Iran violence and double blockade of oil supplies had been “largely negotiated”.
What if the whole conflict was conjured/largely negotiated?
Remember, the US has been promising war with Iran since 1980, when the nation stopped being an American vassal state in the Middle East.
“Let our position be absolutely clear: An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force.”
— President Jimmy Carter, 1980
Brent crude was going to fall below $80 a barrel by November this year (futures market “fact” from April 17)
Now, as of May 25, futures-market prices say crude won’t fall below $80 until May 2027
So that means billions more dollars for petro states, incentivising more climate-killing investment, for six months.
(Natural Gas prices and crude oil prices are linked … partly because many oil wells produce both and gas-sales contracts often include clauses linked to the crude oil price.)
Let’s look at the facts of this so-called war.
On Feb.28, the biggest natgas producer (USA) bombed Iran (the third biggest natgas producer) for no good reason. On March 2 and 18 Iran bombs Qatar natgas facilities. Qatar was the 6th biggest gas producer.
So the war has resulted in much higher prices, not just immediately, but through most of next year … and beyond.
Kaching! For oil and natural gas producers, while the climate is being killed.
So are the USA nd Iran in cahoots? I’ve no evidence ….other than the money flows.
And the markets. And mafia-style cartel — OPEC.
I say “mafia style” because violence seems to be an enforcement mechanism now that the oversupply had — prior to the Iran violence — become so apparent crude oil prices were threatening to push below $60 a barrel.
This is a pattern:
When carbon markets threaten crude oil, the terror starts: chart of the day
Maybe the USA and Iran don’t conspire in some sort of World Economic Forum What’s App chat ….but the sides EACH KNOW how they benefit from the bad market systems (the cartel and warmongering) and they EACH KNOW how to behave to protect those bad systems (more cartel, more warmongering).
So they probably know how to make money in the global systems that we have now and that politicians refuse to change even though they know that would be the right thing to do.
There ARE known facts and two of them are: THERE ARE vast cover ups and THERE ARE false flag events….(not just Epstein file redactions, but UFOs too).
There is a lot we don’t know 🤷
There is a lot for voters to change . And that is a long-haul thing. Comments? Push back?
mathew@carrzee.net
