At least 40 are dead and more than 1,000 injured after a catastrophic explosion at the port in Bandar Abbas, Iran—a violent flash in the night that too few will bother to connect to the larger threat building quietly across the globe.
Reuters and The New York Times report that the fires spewed ammonia, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide into the city’s air. Iranian authorities, perhaps unintentionally honest for once, confirmed that the real accelerant was sodium perchlorate—a key ingredient in solid rocket fuel.
The explosion at Bandar Abbas was no accident.
At least 40 dead. Over 1,000 injured. A ship packed with sodium perchlorate—rocket fuel material—erupted into flame, filling the skies with poison. No one claims responsibility, but those who have eyes to see know what likely happened. Sabotage is a strong language, and it seems someone decided to speak it loudly.
This is not an isolated event. It is part of a pattern.
China’s silent supply lines to Iran—carrying the fuels of future wars—are being exposed and disrupted. And now China’s vulnerabilities are being laid bare across other fronts as well.
News Items by John Ellis (April 29, 2025) adds another critical piece:
Facing tariffs and shrinking markets, Chinese companies are quietly offering Indian factories hefty licensing fees to produce their goods and resell them to America. They are even offering broker fees just to keep their supply chains alive—desperate to cling to revenue streams slipping away.
It’s clever. It’s desperate.
And it shows clearly: the tariffs are working.
Some will try to spin this moment as a warning about empty shelves or economic slowdown. But the truth is more serious:
This is what economic warfare looks like.
It took forty years of bad policy to gut our industrial leadership. It will take more than a few months of tariffs to claw it back.
Meanwhile, China’s internal fractures widen.
Ports are stacking up with idle ships. Smuggling efforts are increasing, using South Korean intermediaries to dodge sanctions. Rare earth metal restrictions aimed at punishing the U.S. have already backfired, as American and allied industries ramp up domestic production.
“When tyrants ship fuel for war, it is only a matter of time before the fire finds them first.”
The dragon bleeds. And still, some here at home—especially within the Democratic Party—argue for surrender. They speak of “hidden taxes” and “recession fears,” as if short-term discomfort is worse than long-term defeat.
They forget:
This is not a skirmish over trade balances. This is an existential contest over the future of liberty and sovereignty.
Rather than simply rerouting supply chains to India, why not invite skilled Indian manufacturers to rebuild American factories—especially in the hollowed-out industrial towns that once fueled our strength?
Low taxes. Focused priorities. Strategic industries.
A chance to reshore faster than China ever anticipated.
The market is resilient. But strategy matters.
We have the tools. We have the leverage. What we need now is the will to see it through.
The Gathering Storm has already arrived.
We are living through it.
The dragon bleeds.
Press on.
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