# Trump Tacoed on Iran – But the Dirty War Is Just Getting Started

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Published: 2026-06-05T21:30:01+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of the Silk and Steel podcast, host Carl Zha welcomes back Dr. Warwick Powell – expert on international geopolitics and China – to break down the current global crisis.🔍 What you'll learn: • Why Trump "tacoed" on Iran – and why he can't declare victory • The $100 billion war cost – and what the US is cutting instead (education, school lunches) • AUKUS submarines: Australia paying billions for SECOND-HAND US subs (no warranty) • The "constrained optimality" Orwellian bureaucratese – and the citizen's commission fighting back • Shangri-La Dialogue: Why Hegseth didn't mention Taiwan (and why that terrifies Taipei) • Japan & Philippines drawing ocean boundaries – through Taiwan's EEZ • Why the US forward base network is now unviable (Iran proved it) • China's oil reserves: 1.4 billion barrels (larger than US, Japan & Europe combined) • The "oil reserves filled with water" meme – anti-China copium explained • Coal-to-liquid, Russian oil, and why China is fine – while Japan is buying naphtha from China • Dirty wars ahead: US shifting from conventional to unconventional warfare🎙️ Key quotes:"China has barely touched its known reserves. The dissidents just hate that China got well prepared.""The US is now a combination of extraction and perfidy." ► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK time or watch previous live recordings here: https://bit.ly/UKColumn_Live ► [UK Column Website] Explore all our written and video content on the official UK Column website: https://www.ukcolumn.org/ ► [Support UK Column] Please donate to support our independent journalism & investigative journalism: https://support.ukcolumn.org/ ► [UK Column YouTube] Please subscribe to the UK Column News YouTube channel for more alternative news and indepen…

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