Is Iran Becoming Another 'Forever War'? (w/ John Mearsheimer) | The Chris Hedges Report

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[intro music] US forces launched new airstrikes last night against Iran for the eighth straight day following the deaths of two US service members at an air base in Jordan that came under Iranian attack. The deaths were the 15th and 16th among US service members in the war with Iran. The US has also re-imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports to halt its shipments of crude oil. Iran's Supreme Leader, in response, issued a statement calling Donald Trump's signature on the memorandum of understanding, which initiated the now broken ceasefire, quote, "worthless and invalid," end quote, and suspended the agreement. The latest round of strikes is ominous. They include attacks by the US on Iranian desalination plants, which remove salt from seawater, and power plants that provide the electricity to carry out water production. Iran has responded by bombing desalination plants in Kuwait, where US warplanes are based. Nations in the Gulf rely almost exclusively on desalination plants to provide fresh water. In Kuwait, about 90% of drinking water comes from desalination, along with roughly 86% in Oman and about 70% in Saudi Arabia. There are