{"id":2312,"asset_id":2624,"title":"WHOSE WAR?\u2619 Thursday, March 19, 2026 \u2619 C&C NEWS Jeff Childers","alias":"whose-war-thursday-march-19-2026-c-c-news-jeff-childers","introtext":"<div class=\"post-header\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Post header\">\r\n<h1 class=\"post-title published title-X77sOw\" dir=\"auto\">\u2615\ufe0f WHOSE WAR?\u2619 Thursday, March 19, 2026 \u2619 C&amp;C NEWS \ud83e\udda0<\/h1>\r\n<h3 class=\"subtitle subtitle-HEEcLo\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iran War is blowing up \u2014literally AND figuratively\u2014 but in a good way, despite corporate media's mendacious framing. Here is what you need to know before diving into the hot takes. - Jeff Childers -&nbsp;Mar 19, 2026<\/h3>\r\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-flexDirection-column pc-paddingBottom-16 pc-reset\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-label=\"Post UFI\" role=\"region\">\r\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-16 pc-paddingTop-16 pc-paddingBottom-16 pc-justifyContent-space-between pc-alignItems-center pc-reset flex-grow-rzmknG border-top-detail-themed-k9TZAY border-bottom-detail-themed-Ua9186 post-ufi\">\r\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"available-content\">\r\n<div class=\"body markup\" dir=\"auto\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Good morning, C&amp;C, it\u2019s Thursday! A tsunami of under-reported news broke loose yesterday. The hot takes and fake narratives are spinning wildly. So this morning brings a special Iran War update edition. Your roundup includes: Iran\u2019s civilian government is flickering out as the president tries to quit and the IRGC runs a war nobody can stop; seven insurance emails closed the Strait of Hormuz and Trump turned it into the most devastating NATO leverage play in alliance history; and Congress voted for the third time NOT to stop the war, which is starting to look a lot like authorization.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<h2 class=\"header-anchor-post\">\ud83d\ude80\u26d1\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>C&amp;C ARMY POST \u2014 IRAN WAR UPDATE<\/strong>&nbsp;\u26d1\ufe0f<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last week, I explained Iran\u2019s split-screen government\u2014 a public-facing civilian fa\u00e7ade with a president and parliament on one side, and the Ayatollah plus his secretive military-slash-corporation IRGC on the other. This week, the civilian screen cracked and is flickering out. &nbsp;The Wall Street Journal reported, \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/escalating-attacks-on-gulf-energy-assets-plunge-iran-war-into-new-phase-36cc0a6e?mod=WSJ_home_mediumtopper_pos_2\" rel=\"\">Escalating Attacks on Gulf Energy Assets Plunge Iran War Into New Phase.<\/a><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Remember yesterday\u2019s Al Jazeera intelligence analyst, who called Iran\u2019s Hormuz blockade \u201ca wasting asset\u201d that would \u201caccelerate Iran\u2019s isolation?\u201d He published that Monday. Yesterday, Israel bombed what the Journal called Iran\u2019s \u201ccrown jewel,\u201d the South Pars Gas Field.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coffeeandcovid.com\/p\/whose-war-thursday-march-19-2026?utm_source=substack&amp;publication_id=463409&amp;post_id=191474796&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;utm_campaign=email-share&amp;triggerShare=true&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=rzu60&amp;triedRedirect=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","fulltext":"","state":1,"catid":"8","created":"2026-03-20 12:59:17","created_by":"873","created_by_alias":"","modified":"2026-03-20 12:59:17","modified_by":null,"checked_out":null,"checked_out_time":null,"publish_up":"2026-03-20 12:59:17","publish_down":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","images":"{\"image_intro\":\"\",\"float_intro\":\"\",\"image_intro_alt\":\"\",\"image_intro_caption\":\"\",\"image_fulltext\":\"\",\"float_fulltext\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_alt\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_caption\":\"\"}","urls":"{\"urla\":false,\"urlatext\":\"\",\"targeta\":\"\",\"urlb\":false,\"urlbtext\":\"\",\"targetb\":\"\",\"urlc\":false,\"urlctext\":\"\",\"targetc\":\"\"}","attribs":"{\"article_layout\":\"\",\"show_title\":\"\",\"link_titles\":\"\",\"show_tags\":\"\",\"show_intro\":\"\",\"info_block_position\":\"\",\"info_block_show_title\":\"\",\"show_category\":\"\",\"link_category\":\"\",\"show_parent_category\":\"\",\"link_parent_category\":\"\",\"show_associations\":\"\",\"show_author\":\"\",\"link_author\":\"\",\"show_create_date\":\"\",\"show_modify_date\":\"\",\"show_publish_date\":\"\",\"show_item_navigation\":\"\",\"show_icons\":\"\",\"show_print_icon\":\"\",\"show_email_icon\":\"\",\"show_vote\":\"\",\"show_hits\":\"\",\"show_noauth\":\"\",\"urls_position\":\"\",\"alternative_readmore\":\"\",\"article_page_title\":\"\",\"show_publishing_options\":\"\",\"show_article_options\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_backend\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_frontend\":\"\"}","version":1,"ordering":null,"metakey":"","metadesc":"","access":"1","hits":null,"metadata":"{\"robots\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"rights\":\"\",\"xreference\":\"\"}","featured":"1","language":"*","xreference":"","note":""}