Iran Strikes Also Disrupting BRICS

Ultimately, President Trump's approach appears calculated to exploit the structural weaknesses of both Iran's defenses and BRICS' collective security capabilities;

Douglas V. Gibbs ——Bio and Archives--March 19, 2026

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I spent yesterday afternoon, or at least a small portion of it, battling on the phone with a friend of mine over President Trump’s decision to hit Iran. “We needed to stop Iran’s ability to obtain nuclear weapons,” I argued. “That was supposed to be what Midnight Hammer was to take care of,” he retaliated. “Besides,” he continued, “BRICS nation ships are getting through the Strait of Hormuz.”

Serious energy supply crunch for the CCP

I don’t know if that argument is true, but it touched upon what the whole thing is about. In addition to stopping Iran’s search for nuclear weaponry, it was also designed to hit China’s blossoming global network.

Iran’s influence around the world as a leading state sponsor of terror reaches outside the Middle East. Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are all over the world, including the Western Hemisphere. Their presence reached into Venezuela, and upon our own shores. Iran’s adherence to an ideology that calls for mass chaos and their willingness to attack their enemies without even an afterthought made it necessary to destroy all of their offensive capabilities, and the ability to recreate the ability to be a threat. Their work since Midnight Hammer proved that we needed more than a few strikes in June to take care of the problem. We thought we’d set them back years, but it........

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