Outwith Sinking of IRIS Dena

The  ‘Trumyahu’ Crusade  (https://www.thestrategicperspective.org/the-trumpyahu-crusade/) can be expected to continue for weeks/months. As  Saudis discovered its oil refinery was hit by US-Israel, Middle East realizes US-Israel are dragging monarchies into war.

Gulf states are considering withdrawing US contracts amid the economic strain. (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xICLFXKodTs?reload=9&app=desktop). UAE billionaire Habtoor asks Donald Trump - who gave you the authority to drag our region into a war with Iran.

The cost of first 100 hours of Iran war to the US is estimated  at USD 3.7 billion, but Trump remains unconcerned (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/6/cost-to-us-for-war-on-iran-is-3-7bn-in-first-100-hours-says-think-tank). He has also stolen  1,000-kg  gold from Venezuela.

Trump’s call for Iran’s unconditional surrender is laughable when Iran has unambiguously cocked a snook at him.  CNN finds Trump’s regime change dead.

The Middle East is waking up to the civilizational war thrust upon them. The propaganda of 10,000 Kurds invading Iran is bullshit with Kurds refusing Trump’s demand.

Now Trump is talking of militias attacking Kurdistan region –   Syrian fighters trained in Turkey for rejuvenating al-Qaeda? With his endless greed for oil, Trump appears gearing to deploy the 82nd Airborne Division in Iran, as was done in the invasion of Afghanistan. 

The Democrats have been accusing Trump of being led by Netanyahu, which was indirectly admitted by Marco Rubio also when explaining why Trump pre-empted the war. But the motion to term Trump’s war on Iran unconstitutional without Congress approval and stopping him from further aggression was defeated in the Senate. There is speculation that if the motion was passed and Trump stopped in his tracks, some Senators could lose their lives, like Ted Pike and his wife Alin were assassinated.

Journalist Michael Wolf, calls him the first “Jew President” of America.

Many more revelations are in the offing with hacker group Anonymous promising to release the full Epstein files.

Israeli journalist Alon Mizrahi describes the extensive damage caused by Iran to US bases in the Middle East.

This is endorsed by Douglas Macgregor who has excellent grasp of the situation.

Macgregor says if terrorism was to be targeted, Pakistan and Syria should have been attacked, not Iran. Trump-backed Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa is helping Israeli operations in Lebanon and Trump-backed Pakistan is bombing Afghanistan. Macgregor also says that US naval logistics ports are hit so badly, it is forced to fall back to Indian ports.

Sinking of IRIS Dena by a US submarine in the Indian Ocean; killing 87 naval personnel should be seen in the above context. Elation of Captain of IRIS Dena at Visakhapatnam was noticeable.

India’s role in downing of IRIS Dena is under lens by analysts. Removal of references like the following from internet (https://www.theweek.in/news/middle-east/2026/03/05/indias-intelligence-role-in-irans-warship-iris-dena-analyst-raises-doubts.html), reinforces belief India did play a role. India has an intelligence sharing agreement with the US and movement of ships during the International Fleet Review (IFR) would have been shared, (not specific to Iranian ships?) given the situation in the Middle East. Earlier, India seized three Iranian oil tankers, in line with American sanctions on Iran, to appease Trump. Was the US submarine already in Indian waters, trailing IRIS Dena to hit in international waters without embarrassing India? IRIS Lavan docked at Kochi on March 4. After participating in IFR 2026, it requested docking because of technical issues. Had it sailed off directly, it could have suffered same the fate as IRIS Dena.

The US reward was immediate – the 30-day waiver to import Russian oil. This is more of a slap because India had not officially acknowledged it had stopped Russian imports (https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10163120698039775&id=674879774&rdid=N2mOCwhe0HTTxL8d#). Also, Russian oil is reportedly costlier now.

The world is witness to Sri Lanka’s courage in evacuating 208 crew members of IRINS Bushehr and docking it at Trincomalee at the cost of angering US-Israel (https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10163122091604775&id=674879774&rdid=XG9o3xKQW5HSTb55#). Then we have a small country like Spain standing up to Trump’s bullying. Where is India’s spine?

On March 5, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri signed the condolence in the Iranian embassy for Ayatollah Khamenei, killed on February 28. He also met the Iranian ambassador. Foreign Minister S Jaishankar met Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh on the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue and simply tweeted on March 6 that he had spoken to his Iranian counterpart, without sharing any details. India had maintained a silence on the killing of Ayatollah Khamenei till then, as also on bombings of Iranian hospitals, schools and civilian areas. The questions in media are whether condolences at this late stage were because of India’s role in the IRIS Dena sinking, and was Jaishankar jolted out of pro-US reverie by his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi or RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat?  

Trump has said he must have a role in selecting Iran’s next leader. He earlier said he doesn’t want to spoil the political career of his “dear friend” Prime Minister Narendra Modi. That doesn’t mean Trump doesn’t want a role in who leads India. Former Prime Minister Morarji Desai was known to be a CIA agent. During his two-year study leave in the US from the Indian Revenue Service, Arvind Kejriwal was reportedly trained by the CIA. There are reports of Modi and many other politicians having been trained by the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL).

The India media’s narrative in recent years is that America’s plan of regime change in India has been foiled, and that Rahul Gandhi is the one still being propped up. BJP’s internal politics have also been in the news. Union Minister Amit Shah wouldn’t visit Uttar Pradesh because the media kept projecting UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as Modi’s successor. But this changed in the last two years after Shah received the assurance he sought – from RSS? But signals coming from inside America indicate another actor – Jaishankar. As India’s ambassador to the US (December 2014 to January 2015), Jaishankar got America’s ban on Modi’s travel removed – courtesy CIA. America’s deep state? Conditions were then created for Modi’s servitude to Trump; one highpoint was Modi as prime minister of the largest democracy in the world canvassing for Trump’s second term on US soil in Houston and another the massive welcome to Trump at Ahmedabad, with Modi eulogising Trump, Ivanka and Jared Kushner. Trump’s about turn in his second presidency is part of the deep state’s plan. Jaishankar played the slick game of harping on India’s strategic autonomy, which led to comments on social media that he is prime minister material. The beauty was he never talked of strategic autonomy to his American and Chinese counterparts. All this while Modi avoided Trump and never held a press conference. Jaishankar was smart to join the RSS, in addition to his CIA connection.

There is a view that India’s subjugation to US-Israel  proves it can’t be trusted by the Global South while  Iran has stood up, Gulf States are pivoting and BRICs future is ambiguous.

Iran says neighbouring countries will not be attacked unless an attack on Iran originates from them.

But the ‘Trumyahu’ crusade can be expected to grind on.

The author is an Indian army veteran, View expressed are personal.