How close to collapse is Israel? Jeffrey Sachs and Paul Craig Roberts.
Mon 3:39 pm +00:00, 27 Jul 2026Close, says Professor Jeffrey Sachs. Iran has stopped attacking Israel temporarily as the political situation is desperate there, and attacking might help Netanyahu to rally support. There are a number of air tankers parked there, but for three nights the US has stopped bombing Iran. Jeffrey often clarifies the situation. Let’s see. It’s getting hard to read right now.
Paul Craig Roberts is another good source. Iraq attacking Saudi Arabian key refinery. Oil everywhere is under attack. A depression is possible. Inflation is rising. Where will all be in a few months from now the rate at which energy is disappearing, and prices are rising?
The US military has stopped attacking Iran day after day, questioning the motivation for attacking, as Iran shows no sign of buckling. The response of the Iranians to the American attacks has exceeded all expectations, causing more damage to US forces than they are causing to Iran.
TAP – The military is not following Trump’s demands so closely, as his relationship with Israel fractures? Trump needs the Jewish media, and Jewish money to fight the mid-terms. The military option isn’t working. Where can he turn next? Can he make a deal with the Jews to allow him to back out of the wars? If Trump isn’t rescued politically and the anti-Israel Democrats steal Congress, the Israelis will be in a worse position.
It’s time to wake up to the fact that the US is no longer a super power.
The military option in Iran for now is closed. The Americans might find a way to defend against Iranian missiles which are proving super accurate at the moment. The longer the war goes on, the easier it will be for the Americans to find ways to undo current Iranian advantages.
US oil reserve has been drawn down and does not have much left. Venezuela would probably fill the oil gap for the US. The US economy is not going well, with no skilled jobs left as manufacturing has left for Asia. If people need $100 to fill their gas tanks to go to work, they won’t have any discretionary income. Will there be blackouts? Will AI be cancelled from lack or power? The stock market might get wiped out as AI is holding up the stock market.
Odessa blockade? Russia should have blockaded Odessa four years ago. Still rail links are working from the West. Drones coming in that way. Putin refuses to acknowledge the war has arrived in Russia, as the West is attacking civilian not military targets. He pretends there isn’t any war other than on the ground in Donbass. He calls the rest Piracy or Terrorism. Russia can’t end this war, and they need to take out the factories in Germany and across Europe. Yet RUssia won’t do that. The war could widen and might turn nuclear. As could Israel if the Middle East war keeps widening and going semi permanent.
Ukraine attacked an Iranian cargo ship in the Black Sea. Iran says it will respond.
Iran is a buffer state for China and Russia. Russia and Iran should get on and defeat the Americans.
