Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ all of Iran’s South Pars gasfield if Tehran strikes Qatar | US-Israel war on Iran

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/19/iran-war-trump-south-pars-threat-if-tehran-strikes-qatar

41 Comments

  1. Weekly-Grapefruit119 on

    This conflict has exposed that the US cannot protect its allies and their critical infrastructure.

  2. Wouls really be awesome if we like, didnt have to spend billions killing eachother and burning respective oil.

  3. Royal-Hunter3892 on

    Iran targetting Qatar as retaliation to Israel must a be a dream come true scenario for Israel .

  4. Wait until they all start hitting each others desalination plants….
    That’s when the real problems start.

  5. Hot-Pomegranate-1303 on

    So Trump’s gonna blow up Qatar, since they share the South Pars field with Iran, if Iran blows up Qatar? What?

  6. Happy_Little_Fish on

    didn’t he also say there’d be no more strikes on this specific thing after this exact thing happened?

  7. Working_on_Writing on

    “Hey stop blowing up the world’s energy supply! If you don’t stop, I’ll blow up more of the world’s energy supply!”

    What a fucking moron. I can’t wait for all the MAGAs crying that they can’t afford to fill up their 10-tonne pickup trucks.

    On a more serious note, this right here is exactly why US policy for decades has been containment of Iran not invading it. The Iranians are backed into a corner where their only card is to cripple oil and gas production in the region, which will destabilize the world economy and tip us into a massive recession. The US can’t stop them playing that card without a massively costly land invasion which will have much the same impact anyway. There is no happy ending to this war, no easy way out.

    It also is a perfect illustration of the brittleness of authoritarian governments. The Trump regime can’t just pull out and admit defeat because that’s what “losers” and “pussies” do and their entire power structure is based on macho posturing. “Operation Epic Fury” (I still can’t believe they called it that, it’s like a 13-year-old’s idea of cool), has to be a success. If I were a betting man, I’d bet on this turning into a Ukraine-style quagmire for the Trump administration. A one-week special operation which turns into a decade of American hard and soft power bleeding out fighting Shia insurgents and guarding oilfields. Their arrogance and hubris won’t let them back down.

    I’m so glad that Europe is telling Trump to clean up his own mess.

  8. pyr0man1ac_33 on

    Who’d have thunk that attacking the country who has only survived this long because of their ability to fuck up the global economy on a whim without support or a backup plan was a really bad idea?

  9. Can someone tell Trump his rhetoric isn’t helping? Nothing like naming places that are sensitive and then underlining that by saying you’ll do something irrational if your opponent does it.

    Don’t even THINK about kicking my shins since you know I have sensitive shins. If you do, THEN I’ll hurt you worse than I’ve been hurting you already.

    This is the administration that was just bragging about being unconstrained by rules in War. But they want their opponent to not play by those same rules?

  10. They believe everything Fox News tells them. Donald Trump is the worst thing to happen to USA since the Great Depression.

  11. Wha a moron. How’s that regime change objective going? If anything, he’s only entrenched them even further.

  12. this would be the perfect move to get Iran to retaliate and blow up more of the natural gas supplies in the region 

    Just saying that if the goal was to have Europe turn back to Russian gas then it would indeed be the perfect move

    Just saying, of course….

  13. Don’t you just love it when a dementia ridden toddler causes economic collapse in the entire world?

  14. They don’t care anymore. The US has put regime change on the table so It’s a fight for survival for the Iranian regime. So what do they care about an oil field if only to serve the installed government. 

  15. Bishopjones2112 on

    That’s cool, Iran reduces world oil production so what does the states do, threaten to reduce oil production more. Makes sense right, don’t worry gas prices will be back down in a few weeks.

  16. So basically if you attack Qatar again were gonna blow up both of your gas supplies and neither of you can have them? It’s almost as if trump has no fucking idea what he’s doing and just likes making stuff explode.

  17. “The United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before.”

    God, he talks like a 3rd grader. It’s just a matter of time before he describes a military strike as “super-dooper.”

  18. thickwhiteduck on

    The best thing that could come out of this is that the world realises using gas and oil is a mistake, not only for the environment but for the regimes it enriches.

  19. TransplantedSconie on

    All to distract from the Epstein Files that shows the president raped children and was a massive honeypot operation for Israel, Russia, US governments. 

  20. IncidentSome4403 on

    “Hey!! Don’t you dare blow up more of the world’s oil and gas supply, or else I’ll blow even more of it up!”

  21. Any-Following6236 on

    How the fuck do we let these idiots rule the world. Great work USA, your racism and sexism caused this.

  22. How fucking stupid is this. You’re actively assassinating their leaders and trying to destroy their government and you think that threatening economic repercussions is going to dissuade them? In their mind, they’re either going to be killed or have their assets taken away anyhow so why would they temper themselves? Total inability to think critically.

  23. Not one person, agency, general, or branch of government able to tell him no. 

    This isn’t a democracy. 

  24. Serious question: What about all the people working in these gas fields? Are they not civilians and isnt killing civilians a war crime?

  25. I wake up and really just want one peaceful day where this raving narcissistic lunatic just stays quiet. Is that asking so much?