Submitted by An Armchair Geopolitical Analyst
SOTN Exclusive
May 9, 2026

No other relevant proverb or ancient saying or words of wisdom captures better the current state of international affairs where it concerns the Iran War than the one posted above.

It ought to be readily apparent to every analyst by now that both Trump and Netanyahu have created their own Gordian Knot; and one that cannot be resolved with the “slicing through of Alexander the Great’s sword”.  Which is exactly what both of those war criminals and genocidal maniacs would like to do as we have seen by their juvenile (read: irrational) reactions to their respective predicaments.

But what’s of paramount importance to correctly understand is that it took two certified mad men, as in 2 utterly insane bad actors, to tie such a contorted and thorny and gnarled knot in the first place.

What’s the crucial point?

The entire Iran War fiasco could not have been planned out to be a bigger catastrophe for the U.S. Empire and greater disaster for the Zionist state of Israel as it has thus far evolved with calamitous outcomes worldwide.

In other words, whenever a military disaster of such epic proportions takes place, especially when the ensuing consequences to the entire world community of nations are so far-reaching and dire, two extremely significant conclusions can be drawn.

First, that the dark side of the military adventure was set up as a dangerous trap for the two leaders who got themselves entrapped.  Both were driven mad by the drugs of power and money, hubris and arrogance, religious zealotry and self-delusion, etc.  Which is exactly how: “Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad”.

Not only are those drugs routinely employed by the gods, so are the Big Pharma drugs utilized to further soften up the deranged leader(s) over many years to the point that they can no longer think straight, or even keep their eyes open long enough to make a rational decision.

Secondly, there is always the much higher divine plan unfolding through each and every daffy move and daft maneuver that those two clucks foolishly make.

In other words, it appears that the end of American Empire has been divinely ordained, and a very complicated yet perfect plot was put into motion to make sure that empire collapsed.

No, the Zio-Anglo-American Axis has not yet suffered an obvious collapse but the omen was seen by the whole world nearly 25 years ago when the iconic Twin Towers located in the Empire State of New York fell into their own footprints and the very heart of the U.S. Military Industrial Complex — the Pentagon — was penetrated was a cruise missile fired by the U.S. Navy.

The critical point for the wise to consider is that nothing — NOTHING — ever transpires on planet Earth except by the will of Almighty God.

Now listen to this penetrating and astute analysis to understand why “U.S. Empire Dies in the Strait of Hormuz”:

Trump Regime is Trapped and Defeated

To be continued —

An Armchair Geopolitical Analyst
State of the Nation
May 9, 2026