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Why the US is at War with Iran and Why the War Might Pause but Won’t End

Fri, 08 May 2026 07:15:15 GMT

The prospect of US war against Iran and around the globe continuously escalating in the near to intermediate future is inevitable because the wars taking place now are being fought specifically to prepare for a future confrontation with China itself. For this reason, the prospects of the US arriving at any sort of “peace” deal with Russia or Iran is near zero.

References:

NEO - Why the US is at War with Iran and Why the War Might Pause but Won’t End (Apr. 28, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/04/28/why-the-us-is-at-war-with-iran-and-why-the-war-might-pause-but-wont-end/
NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Dec. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 2025):
https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
FT - Iranian tankers bypass US blockade (Apr. 22, 2026):
https://www.ft.com/content/21dff2c7-1e27-4f74-81d8-31dcdbe9188e?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Politico - 5 charts show China’s oil dilemma after US strikes (Mar. 2, 2026):
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/02/iran-us-strikes-china-oil-supply-charts-00806415
Reuters - How China is plugging energy supply gaps left by US-Iran conflict (Apr. 15, 2026):
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/how-china-is-plugging-energy-supply-gaps-left-by-us-iran-conflict-2026-04-14/#:~:text=In%20terms%20of%20crude%20oil,the%20same%20months%20in%202025.
US Senate Committee on Armed Services - Open/Closed: Hearing titleTo receive testimony on the posture of United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program (April 21, 2026):
https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-the-posture-of-united-states-indo-pacific-command-and-united-states-forces-korea-in-review-of-the-defense-authorization-request-for-fiscal-year-2027-and-the-future-years-defense-program
US Senate Committee on Armed Services - Open/Closed: Hearing titleTo receive testimony on the posture of United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program (April 21, 2026) (on YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/live/tS35HiTYQkQ?si=jbqLio99Bwi8yJRm
Governor Mike Dunleavy - ASEC 2025: An Introduction to Glenfarne (June 7, 2025):
https://youtu.be/i7ns5PH2W7E?si=pI7ZohNuBgHkFugf
US Office of the Historian - Courses of Action in Vietnam (1965):
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v03/d189
US Office of the Historian - The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902:
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war
US Naval Institute - Tighten the Belt and Cut the Roads (2024):
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2024/january/tighten-belt-and-cut-roads
Defense Post - Japan Delivers First Domestically Produced Patriot Interceptors to US (2025):
https://thedefensepost.com/2025/11/25/japan-patriot-interceptors-us/
Stars and Stripes - South Korean shipbuilder secures deal to maintain US Navy dry cargo vessel (Dec. 2025):
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-12-16/navy-ship-maintenance-repair-korea-20108164.html
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
Guardian - The great energy pivot: US oil and Chinese solar are the winners in Trump’s war on Iran (Apr. 26, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/26/more-than-oil-prices-iran-war-threatens-to-reshape-global-energy-order
The Edge Malaysia - Vietnam gas major looks to US as Iran war reorders LPG flows (Apr. 28, 2026):
https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/801515

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DEEP DIVE: US Senate Hearing Reveals US Foreign Policy, Energy Dominance, Banning Chinese Cars (3/3)

Wed, 06 May 2026 04:51:54 GMT

Part 3 of 3

Part 1: https://youtu.be/x9ban3AI5oE?si=cgM2ZCxkeF7M8GZn
Part 2: https://youtu.be/BTlUKqZSo4c?si=MLiS7Ip3bOmBqurF
Part 3: https://youtu.be/tyXGuyJ5F2k?si=Ly05C_8sd9uSNMtY

US foreign policy is driven by US corporate interests but often buried by public political theater and daily headlines designed specifically to distract away from the true nature and purpose of US foreign policy objectives.

However, during US Senate and House hearings, there are relatively unfiltered discussions about these policies made public with a fair degree of confidence most Americans will NOT watch them.

I provide a breakdown of one of these hearings (April 21, 2026) focused on encircling, containing, and confronting China within the Asia-Pacific region - contradicting many of the misconceptions created by Western media using the words of US Senators and their witnesses themselves to do so.

References:

NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Dec. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 2025):
https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
FT - Iranian tankers bypass US blockade (Apr. 22, 2026):
https://www.ft.com/content/21dff2c7-1e27-4f74-81d8-31dcdbe9188e?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Politico - 5 charts show China’s oil dilemma after US strikes (Mar. 2, 2026):
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/02/iran-us-strikes-china-oil-supply-charts-00806415
Reuters - How China is plugging energy supply gaps left by US-Iran conflict (Apr. 15, 2026):
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/how-china-is-plugging-energy-supply-gaps-left-by-us-iran-conflict-2026-04-14/#:~:text=In%20terms%20of%20crude%20oil,the%20same%20months%20in%202025.
US Senate Committee on Armed Services - Open/Closed: Hearing titleTo receive testimony on the posture of United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program (April 21, 2026):
https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-the-posture-of-united-states-indo-pacific-command-and-united-states-forces-korea-in-review-of-the-defense-authorization-request-for-fiscal-year-2027-and-the-future-years-defense-program
US Senate Committee on Armed Services - Open/Closed: Hearing titleTo receive testimony on the posture of United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program (April 21, 2026) (on YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/live/tS35HiTYQkQ?si=jbqLio99Bwi8yJRm
Governor Mike Dunleavy - ASEC 2025: An Introduction to Glenfarne (June 7, 2025):
https://youtu.be/i7ns5PH2W7E?si=pI7ZohNuBgHkFugf
US Office of the Historian - Courses of Action in Vietnam (1965):
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v03/d189
US Office of the Historian - The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902:
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war
US Naval Institute - Tighten the Belt and Cut the Roads (2024):
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2024/january/tighten-belt-and-cut-roads
Defense Post - Japan Delivers First Domestically Produced Patriot Interceptors to US (2025):
https://thedefensepost.com/2025/11/25/japan-patriot-interceptors-us/
Stars and Stripes - South Korean shipbuilder secures deal to maintain US Navy dry cargo vessel (Dec. 2025):
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-12-16/navy-ship-maintenance-repair-korea-20108164.html
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
Guardian - The great energy pivot: US oil and Chinese solar are the winners in Trump’s war on Iran (Apr. 26, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/26/more-than-oil-prices-iran-war-threatens-to-reshape-global-energy-order
The Edge Malaysia - Vietnam gas major looks to US as Iran war reorders LPG flows (Apr. 28, 2026):
https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/801515

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What Connects US-Europe Stand Down, Access to Indonesian Airspace, & the US Blockade on Iran?

Mon, 04 May 2026 03:55:47 GMT

- The US is talking about drawing down US troops in Europe - not because a division between the US and Europe - but a division of labor imposed on Europe by the US;

- The US seeks access to Indonesian airspace specifically to begin threatening the Strait of Malacca in the same manner it has already done to the Strait of Hormuz - expanding its global energy blockade on China;

- The ongoing US blockade on Iran is not absolute as claimed by the US government, but also not non-existent as claimed by others. It is imposing costs on Iran and its trading partner China and compounding a growing energy crisis the US itself is eagerly exploiting across Asia;

References:

US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 2025):
https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
Politico - 5 charts show China’s oil dilemma after US strikes (March 2026):
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/02/iran-us-strikes-china-oil-supply-charts-00806415
The Diplomat - Did Indonesia Just Lock Itself Into an Energy Future It Can’t Afford? (Feb 2026):
https://thediplomat.com/2026/02/did-indonesia-just-lock-itself-into-an-energy-future-it-cant-afford/
NEO - Why the US is at War with Iran and Why the War Might Pause but Won’t End (Apr. 28, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/04/28/why-the-us-is-at-war-with-iran-and-why-the-war-might-pause-but-wont-end/
NEO - The US War for Energy Dominance Seeks Dominance Over Europe and Asia (May 3, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/05/03/the-us-war-for-energy-dominance-seeks-dominance-over-europe-and-asia/

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DEEP DIVE: US Senate Hearing Reveals US Foreign Policy, Weaponizing Energy, Subordinating Asia (2/3)

Sun, 03 May 2026 03:33:39 GMT

Part 2 of 3

Part 1: https://youtu.be/x9ban3AI5oE?si=cgM2ZCxkeF7M8GZn
Part 2: https://youtu.be/BTlUKqZSo4c?si=MLiS7Ip3bOmBqurF
Part 3: https://youtu.be/tyXGuyJ5F2k?si=Ly05C_8sd9uSNMtY

US foreign policy is driven by US corporate interests but often buried by public political theater and daily headlines designed specifically to distract away from the true nature and purpose of US foreign policy objectives.

However, during US Senate and House hearings, there are relatively unfiltered discussions about these policies made public with a fair degree of confidence most Americans will NOT watch them.

I provide a breakdown of one of these hearings (April 21, 2026) focused on encircling, containing, and confronting China within the Asia-Pacific region - contradicting many of the misconceptions created by Western media using the words of US Senators and their witnesses themselves to do so.

References:

NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Dec. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 2025):
https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
FT - Iranian tankers bypass US blockade (Apr. 22, 2026):
https://www.ft.com/content/21dff2c7-1e27-4f74-81d8-31dcdbe9188e?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Politico - 5 charts show China’s oil dilemma after US strikes (Mar. 2, 2026):
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/02/iran-us-strikes-china-oil-supply-charts-00806415
Reuters - How China is plugging energy supply gaps left by US-Iran conflict (Apr. 15, 2026):
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/how-china-is-plugging-energy-supply-gaps-left-by-us-iran-conflict-2026-04-14/#:~:text=In%20terms%20of%20crude%20oil,the%20same%20months%20in%202025.
US Senate Committee on Armed Services - Open/Closed: Hearing titleTo receive testimony on the posture of United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program (April 21, 2026):
https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-the-posture-of-united-states-indo-pacific-command-and-united-states-forces-korea-in-review-of-the-defense-authorization-request-for-fiscal-year-2027-and-the-future-years-defense-program
US Senate Committee on Armed Services - Open/Closed: Hearing titleTo receive testimony on the posture of United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program (April 21, 2026) (on YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/live/tS35HiTYQkQ?si=jbqLio99Bwi8yJRm
Governor Mike Dunleavy - ASEC 2025: An Introduction to Glenfarne (June 7, 2025):
https://youtu.be/i7ns5PH2W7E?si=pI7ZohNuBgHkFugf
US Office of the Historian - Courses of Action in Vietnam (1965):
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v03/d189
US Office of the Historian - The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902:
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war
US Naval Institute - Tighten the Belt and Cut the Roads (2024):
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2024/january/tighten-belt-and-cut-roads
Defense Post - Japan Delivers First Domestically Produced Patriot Interceptors to US (2025):
https://thedefensepost.com/2025/11/25/japan-patriot-interceptors-us/
Stars and Stripes - South Korean shipbuilder secures deal to maintain US Navy dry cargo vessel (Dec. 2025):
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-12-16/navy-ship-maintenance-repair-korea-20108164.html
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
Guardian - The great energy pivot: US oil and Chinese solar are the winners in Trump’s war on Iran (Apr. 26, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/26/more-than-oil-prices-iran-war-threatens-to-reshape-global-energy-order
The Edge Malaysia - Vietnam gas major looks to US as Iran war reorders LPG flows (Apr. 28, 2026):
https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/801515

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
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US Claims will use "Dark Eagle" Hypersonic Missile on Iran

Fri, 01 May 2026 02:24:18 GMT

- The US "Dark Eagle" hypersonic missile is still under development, has been produced in only small numbers, is expected to be manufactured at a rate of only 2 missiles a month with each missile costing 41 million USD, and is said to have a range of up to 3,000km;

- While the missile was specifically designed to breach Chinese A2AD capabilities within China's own borders, its use against Iran could help sustain conflict in the region and provide the US insight into its weapon capabilities;

- The use of this US weapon system so early in development would give Iran, Russia, and China insight into US capabilities and likely the ability to produce defenses before the US even fully deploys the system;

- The reckless escalation of the US suggests it is racing forward with attempting to reassert primacy worldwide, not "retreating," "accommodating," or "adjusting" to the emerging multipolar world;

References:

X post: https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/2050015414168780811
Bloomberg - US Seeks to Deploy Hypersonic Missile for the First Time Against Iran (Apr. 29, 2026):
https://archive.ph/3kxTx#selection-1627.90-1627.114
US Congress - The U.S. Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW): Dark Eagle:
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11991
NEO - US Missiles Made For, Aimed at China (Dec. 2023):
https://journal-neo.su/2023/12/02/us-missiles-made-for-aimed-at-china/
WSJ - U.S. Energy Exports Hit Records as World Adjusts to a Closed Persian Gulf (Apr. 24, 2026):
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/us-energy-exports-persian-gulf-closure-588c257e
The Edge Malaysia - Vietnam gas major looks to US as Iran war reorders LPG flows (Apr. 28, 2026):
https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/801515

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DEEP DIVE: US Senate Hearing Reveals US Foreign Policy, Continued Confrontation with China

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:59:50 GMT

US foreign policy is driven by US corporate interests but often buried by public political theater and daily headlines designed specifically to distract away from the true nature and purpose of US foreign policy objectives.

However, during US Senate and House hearings, there are relatively unfiltered discussions about these policies made public with a fair degree of confidence most Americans will NOT watch them.

I provide a breakdown of one of these hearings (April 21, 2026) focused on encircling, containing, and confronting China within the Asia-Pacific region - contradicting many of the misconceptions created by Western media using the words of US Senators and their witnesses themselves to do so.

References:

NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Dec. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 2025):
https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
FT - Iranian tankers bypass US blockade (Apr. 22, 2026):
https://www.ft.com/content/21dff2c7-1e27-4f74-81d8-31dcdbe9188e?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Politico - 5 charts show China’s oil dilemma after US strikes (Mar. 2, 2026):
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/02/iran-us-strikes-china-oil-supply-charts-00806415
Reuters - How China is plugging energy supply gaps left by US-Iran conflict (Apr. 15, 2026):
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/how-china-is-plugging-energy-supply-gaps-left-by-us-iran-conflict-2026-04-14/#:~:text=In%20terms%20of%20crude%20oil,the%20same%20months%20in%202025.
US Senate Committee on Armed Services - Open/Closed: Hearing titleTo receive testimony on the posture of United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program (April 21, 2026):
https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-the-posture-of-united-states-indo-pacific-command-and-united-states-forces-korea-in-review-of-the-defense-authorization-request-for-fiscal-year-2027-and-the-future-years-defense-program
US Senate Committee on Armed Services - Open/Closed: Hearing titleTo receive testimony on the posture of United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program (April 21, 2026) (on YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/live/tS35HiTYQkQ?si=jbqLio99Bwi8yJRm
Governor Mike Dunleavy - ASEC 2025: An Introduction to Glenfarne (June 7, 2025):
https://youtu.be/i7ns5PH2W7E?si=pI7ZohNuBgHkFugf
US Office of the Historian - Courses of Action in Vietnam (1965):
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v03/d189
US Office of the Historian - The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902:
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war
US Naval Institute - Tighten the Belt and Cut the Roads (2024):
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2024/january/tighten-belt-and-cut-roads
Defense Post - Japan Delivers First Domestically Produced Patriot Interceptors to US (2025):
https://thedefensepost.com/2025/11/25/japan-patriot-interceptors-us/
Stars and Stripes - South Korean shipbuilder secures deal to maintain US Navy dry cargo vessel (Dec. 2025):
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-12-16/navy-ship-maintenance-repair-korea-20108164.html
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
Guardian - The great energy pivot: US oil and Chinese solar are the winners in Trump’s war on Iran (Apr. 26, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/26/more-than-oil-prices-iran-war-threatens-to-reshape-global-energy-order
The Edge Malaysia - Vietnam gas major looks to US as Iran war reorders LPG flows (Apr. 28, 2026):
https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/801515

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US Blockade on Iran Seeks to Ultimately Strangle China

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:50:33 GMT

- The US blockade on Iran - while falling short of completely cutting Iran off economically - has managed to reduce the amount of energy exports to China;

- This is part of a larger trend of reduced regional energy production and thus exports to China from across the entire Middle East;

- The US war on Iran is just one of several the US is waging directly or by proxy around the globe aimed at China's energy import partners in an attempt to isolate and undermine China's continued rapid rise;

- China has prepared for decades to endure this blockade including through the creation of a 100 day strategic oil reserve and the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative;

- Only time will tell whether or not China and its allies confront the growing US blockade directly or work to simply survive it and emerge stronger regardless despite America's destructive and destabilizing acts of aggression;

References:

Reuters - How China is plugging energy supply gaps left by US-Iran conflict (Apr. 14, 2026):
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/how-china-is-plugging-energy-supply-gaps-left-by-us-iran-conflict-2026-04-14/
FT - Iranian tankers bypass US blockade (Apr. 21, 2026):
https://archive.ph/GHiLk#selection-1943.167-1943.249
Reuters - Exclusive: US intercepts three Iranian oil tankers in Asian waters, sources say (Apr. 23, 2026):
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-intercepts-three-iranian-oil-tankers-asian-waters-sources-say-2026-04-22/

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Western Media Hails More Ukraine “Wonder Weapons” That Russia Also Has

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:19:00 GMT

Western Media Hails More Ukraine “Wonder Weapons” That Russia Also Has

More than just lying about the latest “wonder weapon” to keep Ukrainians fighting on the frontline and the Western public lined up in support of the war for as long as possible - the Western media, in a deeply concerted manner, continues to mischaracterize the war itself and those the US is backing in it, including unrepentant Nazis.

References:

NEO - Western Media Hails More Ukraine “Wonder Weapons” That Russia Also Has (Apr. 7, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/04/07/western-media-hails-more-ukraine-wonder-weapons-that-russia-also-has/
Guardian - Ukraine's National Militia: 'We're not neo-Nazis, we just want to make our country better' (2018):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/13/ukraine-far-right-national-militia-takes-law-into-own-hands-neo-nazi-links
Guardian - ‘The frontline is like Terminator’: fighting robots give Ukraine hope in war with Russia (Apr. 4, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/04/fighting-robots-give-ukraine-hope-in-war-with-russia
Interpreter - In Ukraine, ground robots are increasingly going on the offensive (Mar. 30, 2026):
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/ukraine-ground-robots-are-increasingly-going-offensive
NBC News - Ukraine's Nazi problem is real, even if Putin's 'denazification' claim isn't (Mar. 2022):
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/ukraine-has-nazi-problem-vladimir-putin-s-denazification-claim-war-ncna1290946
Guardian - Azov fighters are Ukraine's greatest weapon and may be its greatest threat (2014):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/10/azov-far-right-fighters-ukraine-neo-nazis

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US Using Israel to Distract Away from World War 3: Blockade on Iran is an Act of War on China

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:32:05 GMT

- As predicted a month ago, the US Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to the Middle East is now imposing a blockade on Iranian oil to China;

- Those fixated on "Israel" are distracting away from what is ultimately an act of war on China amid what is quickly shaping into World War 3;

- The notion that it is "inconceivable" the US would launch one war to set the stage for war with another nation ignores both US history and the history of empire in general;

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New Atlas - US Prepares for Next War of Aggression Against Iran to Further Encircle Russia & China (Feb. 21, 2026):
https://youtu.be/-5ysDu9LK3s?si=tCzPN7A24iDxPI1U
New Atlas - Day 17: Why is the US Deploying a Marine Expeditionary Unit Amid War on Iran? (Mar. 16, 2026):
https://youtu.be/eRaB3-ShxGk?si=LbyrchJZ4GylJe6B
BBC - How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat (2023):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64294915
USNI News - Strait of Hormuz Traffic Down As U.S. Blockade Appears to Deter Some Ships (Apr. 14, 2026):
https://news.usni.org/2026/04/14/strait-of-hormuz-traffic-down-as-u-s-blockade-appears-to-deter-some-ships

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EXTRA: US "Rescue" Mission in Iran May Have Been Failed Ground Raid, 2023 Training Mission Suggests

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:08:33 GMT

- A recent supposed “search and rescue” mission in Iran involving a downed F-15 and A-10 warplane required at least 2 C-130 transport airplanes deployed to an abandoned airfield where MH-6 helicopters were deployed;

- The C-130s were reported “stuck” and subsequently destroyed along with the 4 MH-6 helicopters they brought in;

- In 2023 the exact same mission was being practiced in the middle of Wyoming along a highway using similar equipment including C-130s, MH-6s, and A-10 warplanes;

- This raises the possibility the mission in Iran - just like the training mission in Wyoming - was in fact part of an ongoing ground operation to develop combat power inside Iran rather than for search and rescue and that the mission was compromised and ended as a costly search, rescue, and evacuation mission;

References:

WyoToday - History Made with Military Aircraft Operations on Wyoming Highways (May 2023):
https://www.wyotoday.com/news/history-made-with-military-aircraft-operations-on-wyoming-highways/article_f0292645-683e-5177-bdb2-a3cc5b77d830.html
New Atlas on X - related X post:
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US Announces Blockade on Iran (and China): How & Why This Risks Global Escalation

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:32:27 GMT

- The US has announced a blockade of all maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz originating from Iran or having agreed with Iran for passage;

- This is the full implementation of Washington’s initial objective for waging war with Iran, an oil blockade of not only China but also much of the multipolar world;

- The US’ primary geopolitical objective is global hegemony and the only way it can achieve this objective is by dragging the rest of the rising multipolar world down relative to US power and wealth;

- The primary means to do this is by targeting the life blood of modern civilization which is energy;

- The US has been sabotaging and creating energy crises deliberately around the world including through the invasion of Venezuela, the destruction of the Nordstream pipelines, its own blockade on the so-called “shadow fleet,” and the US CIA and military targeting Russian energy production, storage, and export facilities within Russia itself;

References:

CNN - Trump’s strait blockade risks another serious blow to the global economy (Apr. 13, 2026):
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/13/politics/trump-strait-blockade-hormuz-iran-war-analysis
TIME - The U.S. Is Deploying Thousands of Marines to the Middle East. Here’s What They Could Be Used For (Mar. 25, 2026):
https://time.com/article/2026/03/24/marines-deployed-iran-war-trump/
BBC - How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat (2023):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64294915
US Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade on China (2018):
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-review

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US-Iran Talks Collapse: US Floats Iran-China Blockade as US Prepares for Further War on Iran

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:48:25 GMT

April 12, 2026 - US-Iran Talks Collapse: US Floats Iran-China Blockade as US Prepares for Further War on Iran

- US "negotiations" with Iran failed primarily because US terms were illegal under international law and simply coercion dressed up as “negotiations;”

- US Vice President JD Vance’s role in the failed talks and his public threats against Iran afterward confirm his ardent support for US aggression evident even during 2024 presidential campaigning;

- US war with Iran is part of continuity of agenda, driven by US-based corporate interests transcending presidential administrations regardless of rhetoric or supposed political affiliations with the Biden administration carrying out policy without which the current war could not have been launched;

- Beyond the Middle East the US is attacking, undermining, and toppling nations producing and shipping oil and gas to China with the ultimate goal of blockading, undermining, containing, and even collapsing China itself;

- The Trump administration is even floating the idea of a blockade on Iran meant specifically place pressure on China;

References:

Guardian - JD Vance says US delegation leaving Pakistan after failing to reach deal with Iran (Apr. 12, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/jd-vance-says-no-deal-us-iran-pakistan-talks-islamabad
Newsweek - JD Vance Tells Tim Dillon US Needs Weapons To Fight China, Not Russia (Oct. 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-tim-dillon-taiwan-priority-over-ukraine-1975851
Newsweek - JD Vance Floats Donald Trump Deal To End War in Ukraine (Sep. 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-floats-donald-trump-deal-end-russia-ukraine-war-1953302
Ben Norton’s Geopolitical Economy Report - Oil war: US war on Iran aims to save petrodollar and global dollar dominance (Mar. 13, 2026):
https://youtu.be/zcXrvKVsPV8?si=H3eznLCLA5CWM9jn
Richard Medhurst - The Petrogas-Dollar: The Secret US Strategy Behind the Iran War (Apr. 11, 2026):
https://youtu.be/0nt1CgQsgpI?si=IDhP9uMZegaomALB
CNN - Exclusive: US intelligence indicates China is preparing weapons shipment to Iran amid fragile ceasefire, sources say (Apl 12, 2026):
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/11/politics/us-intelligence-iran-china-weapons
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
Brookings Institution - Corporate Funding 2022:
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/brookings_contributorslist_fy2022.pdf
Brookings Institution - Corporate Funding 2024:
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OGC-FY24-2nd-half-Contributor-Update-List.pdf
NYT - The Partnership (admissions of US CIA and US military involvement in drone strikes on Russian energy production and tankers exporting Russian energy products) (Dec. 2025):
https://archive.ph/PL0ES
WSJ - Trump Reposts Article Saying He Could Blockade Iran if Talks Fail (Apr. 12, 2026):
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-latest-news-israel-us-lebanon-2026/card/trump-reposts-article-saying-he-could-blockade-iran-if-talks-fail-kTNagHmshSVdjBKVHbZ0
The New Atlas - Day 11: A US War on Iran is a US War on China - US “Distant Blockade” Placed on China (Mar. 10, 2026):
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The US War on Iran Was Long-Planned & Part of the US War on Multipolarism

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:31:39 GMT

The US war of aggression launched against Iran on February 28, 2026, is only the most recent US aggression launched to undermine and dismantle the multipolar world.

References:

Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa
Reuters - Georgia started war with Russia: EU-backed report (2009):
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE58T4MO/#:~:text=The%20report%20said,into%20Georgia%20proper.
NYT - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (2024):
https://archive.ph/3yvmU
ABC - Trump admin approves new sale of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine (2019):
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-admin-approves-sale-anti-tank-weapons-ukraine/story?id=65989898
NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Dec. 2025):
https://archive.ph/PL0ES
TASS - Today's global conflicts make it look like WWIII has started already: Lavrov’s remarks (Mar. 24, 2026):
https://tass.com/politics/2106245
The New Yorker - The Redirection (2007):
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/03/05/the-redirection
NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/15aid.html
Reuters - Israel says its air strikes destroyed most of Syria's strategic weapons stockpiles (Dec. 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-incursion-into-syria-reaches-25-km-southwest-damascus-security-sources-2024-12-10/
Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
BBC - Why is there tension between China and the Uighurs? (2014):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-26414014
US State Dept., Office of the Historian - Courses of Action in Vietnam (1965):
https://archive.ph/Ar01H#selection-2525.0-2525.28
Irrawaddy - Myanmar Junta Abandons Chinese Pipeline Amid Resistance Attacks (May 2025):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-junta-abandons-chinese-pipeline-amid-resistance-attacks.html

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US 2 Week "Ceasefire" is ANOTHER Trap For Iran

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:29:32 GMT

- The US has no interest in peace with Iran and is simply agreeing to a ceasefire (again) to reorganize and rearm ahead of restarting hostilities with Iran at the soonest possible juncture;

- The ceasefire affords the US another opportunity to use its Israeli proxy to strike at Iran, possibly even with nuclear weapons, playing “spoiler” to non-existent US interest in peace all to afford the US plausible deniability;

- As the US poses as wanting “peace” with Iran, it continues its other global wars of aggression aimed at the wider multipolarism Iran is a central pillar in lifting up;

References:

NYT - Iran’s 10-Point Proposal Demands an End to Attacks and Sanctions (Apr. 6, 2026):
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/world/middleeast/iran-10-point-proposal.html
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf

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US Loses F-15 & A-10 Warplanes as Costs Rise Amid War on Iran

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:47:36 GMT

- The US has lost an F-15 and A-10 warplane over Iran within a short span of time;

- While this is a tactical snapshot that may betray strategic reality, it poses possible implications regarding Iranian air defense capabilities and strategies based on air ambushes;

- If further incidents like this take place, it may force the US to scale back sorties over Iran and depend more on stand-off strikes, reducing the pace and intensity of US aggression;

- It is important to back up possible strategic implications with more than a single tactical snapshot meaning only time will tell regarding the significance of this event;

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BBC - US pilot rescued after fighter jet downed over Iran, US media report (Apr. 4, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3r395l91l3o

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As US Escalation Continues vs. Iran, US Escalates vs. China in the Asia-Pacific

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:48:26 GMT

As US Escalation Continues vs. Iran, US Proxies Escalate vs. China in the Asia-Pacific

- The US continues escalating despite daily “mixed signals” from the US administration aimed at dragging public opinion in favor of a much longer and costly war than could be sold upfront;

- The US, as it escalates with Iran, continues waging proxy war with Russia in Ukraine as well as attacking Russia with long-range drones targeting energy production and exports, as well as pushing Asia-Pacific proxies in encroaching upon and provoking China;

- The US seeks to undermine, contain, and collapse all geopolitical rivals, falling short of this, the US will settle for destroying Eurasia, Africa, and Latin America and emerging out the other end of global catastrophe as the “strongest” relative to its rivals;

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The New Atlas - YouTube Post:
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxOW_KzL3nprVgHLaa1LhOXknmNCf2vdSJ
The New Atlas - X post:
https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/2037692676804641012
Reuters - Ukrainian drones strike Russia's Ust-Luga port again, sources say oil terminal hit (Mar. 31, 2026)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-drones-damage-russias-ust-luga-port-again-governor-says-2026-03-31/
Guardian - Japan to deploy missiles to island near Taiwan by 2031, says defence minister:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/25/japan-missiles-yonaguni-island-near-taiwan-2031-defence-minister#:~:text=1%20month%20old-,Japan%20to%20deploy%20missiles%20to%20island%20near%20Taiwan%20by%202031,an%20existential%20threat%20to%20Japan
US State Dept., Office of the Historian - Courses of Action in Vietnam (1965):
https://archive.ph/Ar01H#selection-2525.0-2525.28

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1 Month: US War on Iran Escalating Globally - Russia Sees US Aggression Growing into World War

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:45:36 GMT

- Western media admits nearly 1 month into the US war of aggression against Iran, Iran is still firing approximately 30 missiles a day at just Israel alone indicating Iran is pacing its missile launches and that US attempts to significantly degrade Iranian missile capabilities have so far failed;

- Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov has publicly connected Washington’s multiple wars of aggression, from Latin America to Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as the beginnings of World War 3, and an attempt to “preserve the remnants of its dominance;”

- US Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) continue to close in on the Middle East poised to either storm locations on or along Iran’s shores, or participate in interdicting shipping Iran has allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz;

- US CIA drone strikes have concentrated on St. Petersburg Russia and in particular energy export facilities including oil terminals and tankers at port nearby. This is part of a global energy blockade the US is attempting to impose on China first and foremost, but also as a means of degrading or destroying the economies of China’s closest partners;

- US-EU continue their “split” narrative, allowing the US to justify focusing more of its resources on Iran (and ultimately China) while the EU uses the narrative to justify greater and more direct involvement in war with Russia over Ukraine including a recently announced UK “blockade” on Russia’s “shadow fleet” and continued seizures of “shadow fleet” vessels by other EU members;

References:

Washington Post - Iran’s missiles pierce Israel’s defenses, raising doubts about interceptors (Mar. 26, 2026):
https://archive.ph/1qSTC#selection-257.0-260.0
TASS - Today's global conflicts make it look like WWIII has started already: Lavrov’s remarks (Mar. 24, 2026):
https://tass.com/politics/2106245
Washington Post - Pentagon considers diverting Ukraine military aid to the Middle East (Mar. 26, 2026):
https://archive.ph/wip/tPgiD
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
BBC - UK now 'ready' to seize Russian shadow fleet ships, Healey says (Mar. 27, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0n9z3jlvo
Guardian - JD Vance role touted as Pakistan attempts to broker US-Iran peace talks (Mar. 24, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/24/pakistan-army-chief-iran-peace-talks-trump-call
Newsweek - JD Vance Tells Tim Dillon US Needs Weapons To Fight China, Not Russia (Oct. 28, 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-tim-dillon-taiwan-priority-over-ukraine-1975851
Kyiv Independent - Another Baltic Sea port in flames as Ukrainian drones strike major natural gas port in Ust-Luga (Mar. 25, 2026):
https://kyivindependent.com/drone-attack-hits-russias-leningrad-region-fire-reported-at-ust-luga-port/
NYT - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (Feb. 2024):
https://archive.ph/3yvmU
BAIRD Maritime - Russia's Sibur delivers first LPG cargo to China from Baltic Sea port (Dec. 2025):
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/gas/russias-sibur-delivers-first-lpg-cargo-to-china-from-baltic-sea-port#:~:text=Sibur%2C%20Russia's%20largest%20producer%20and,at%20the%20end%20of%202024.
NYT - The Separation (Dec. 2025):
https://archive.ph/PL0ES

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Here is the map I used in my most recent video of all of the CURRENT US wars and proxy wars, invasio

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:31:22 GMT

Here is the map I used in my most recent video of all of the CURRENT US wars and proxy wars, invasions and occupations related to cutting of China's energy imports from its largest and most important partners including Russia, Iran, and Venezuela.

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US War on Iran & the Wider Dirty War on China: US/Ukrainian Mercenaries In Myanmar

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 04:28:51 GMT

- While the US attack on Iran throttles energy production and exports to China, following the cutting of energy exports from Venezuela to China in a war earlier this year, and years of attacking Russian energy production via Ukraine, US-backed militants in Myanmar are attacking pipelines leading directly into China;

- A US citizen and several Ukrainians were caught bringing in large numbers of combat drones to fight the central Myanmar government and attack key infrastructure across the country including Belt and Road Initiative projects;

- Zooming out from any one of these conflicts reveals a global US war and proxy war as well as a developing global oil blockade against China;

References:

NEO - American/Ukrainians Caught Arming Militants in Myanmar and the US Dirty War on China (Mar. 20, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/03/20/american-ukrainians-caught-arming-militants-in-myanmar-and-the-us-dirty-war-on-china/
The Indian Express - NIA arrests six Ukrainians, one from US for plotting terror activities in India (Mar. 17, 2026):
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nia-arrests-six-ukrainians-one-from-us-for-plotting-terror-activities-in-india-10585555/
Reuters - Ukraine seeks release of citizens arrested in India over alleged Myanmar drone activity (Mar. 18, 2026):
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/ukraine-seeks-release-citizens-arrested-india-over-alleged-myanmar-drone-2026-03-18/#:~:text=By%20Krishna%20N.,Sign%20up%20here.
CNBC - Who is Matthew VanDyke? NIA arrests US citizen and six Ukrainians for links with anti-India insurgent groups (Mar. 19, 2026):
https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/nia-arrests-us-citizen-matthew-aaron-vandyke-six-ukrainians-anti-india-drone-warfare-training-network-in-myanmar-ws-l-19871344.htm
Newsweek - Meet Matthew VanDyke, Former U.S. POW Training Ukrainians to Fight Russia (Apr. 2022):
https://www.newsweek.com/meet-former-u-s-pow-training-ukrainians-fight-russia-1699373

US-Backed Militants and Opposition in Myanmar

The New Atlas - Myanmar: US-backed Fronts Behind War, Blocking Development - starts at around 1 minute, 30 seconds (2021):
https://youtu.be/7ReeqgDlHmk?si=TIPbp5XRRSVl8Utr&t=91
Wikileaks - THAILAND: ALLEGED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS ALONG THAI BORDER:
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05BANGKOK3930_a.html
Wikileaks - SNAPSHOT OF NORTHERN KAREN STATE PROVIDES LITTLE HOPE:
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08CHIANGMAI32_a.html
Wikileaks - FREE BURMA RANGERS: PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; NOT ARMING INSURGENTS:
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CHIANGMAI188_a.html
Wikileaks - KAREN GROUPS SAY FIGHTING WON'T REACH REFUGEE CAMPS IN THAILAND:
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CHIANGMAI70_a.html
Wikileaks - MILITARY DETENTION OF AMCIT UNDERSCORES SHIFT IN THAI POLICY TOWARD BURMA:
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08CHIANGMAI69_a.html
The World - Myanmar Elections: A Changing Country and its Exiled Opponents (2013):
https://web.archive.org/web/20250120151946/https://theworld.org/stories/2013/08/15/myanmar-elections-changing-country-and-its-exiled-opponents
US NED - Burma (Myanmar) (2020):
https://web.archive.org/web/20210314232434/https://www.ned.org/region/asia/burma-2020/
VOA - Myanmar Shadow Civilian Government Opens Office in Washington (2022):
https://www.voanews.com/a/myanmar-shadow-civilian-government-opens-office-in-washington-/6840870.html
NUG “Ministry of Foreign Affairs” - Zin Mar Aung:
https://mofa.nugmyanmar.org/h-e-daw-zin-mar-aung/
US NED - Ms. Zin Mar Aung:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201202195214/https://www.ned.org/fellows/ms-zin-mar-aung/
US State Department - International Women of Courage Award Winners 2012:
https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/gwi/iwoc/2012/bio/index.htm
The New Atlas - Washington's, Not Myanmar's "National Unity Government" (2021):
https://youtu.be/AqoM5JwnQcI?si=sMdbz_sZivTov7Bl

A Maritime Oil Blockade On China

US Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade Against China—Tactically Tempting but Strategically Flawed (2018):
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-review
NYT - The Separation (Dec. 30, 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html

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NEW ARTICLE: American/Ukrainians Caught Arming Militants in Myanmar and the US Dirty War on China R

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:50:22 GMT

NEW ARTICLE: American/Ukrainians Caught Arming Militants in Myanmar and the US Dirty War on China

READ HERE: https://journal-neo.su/2026/03/20/american-ukrainians-caught-arming-militants-in-myanmar-and-the-us-dirty-war-on-china/

"The recent arrest of American and Ukrainian citizens providing these militants with additional training and modern combat drone technology is not just a war against Myanmar’s central government and the peace and stability of the nation and people of Myanmar, but also a war against China and the peace and stability of the entire Asia-Pacific region — even the world."
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A little More Regarding Joe Kent's "Resignation" ... Odd neither Kent nor Tucker Carlson talked ab

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:26:11 GMT

A little More Regarding Joe Kent's "Resignation" ...

Odd neither Kent nor Tucker Carlson talked about Carlson's father's role in the FDD (vice chairman) blamed now by Kent for "Israel" "forcing" the US into war on Iran.

Who thinks it's all a coincidence and not controlled opposition and scapegoating at all?

Source: NYT - Richard Carlson, Journalist Who Led Voice of America, Dies at 84 (2025):
https://archive.ph/iIPJG
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC6ZHV4K8FQ

Joe Kent/Tucker Carlson's Highly Publicized Blame-Game: Destructive, Disruptive Wars Require Scapego

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 01:03:58 GMT

Joe Kent/Tucker Carlson's Highly Publicized Blame-Game: Destructive, Disruptive Wars Require Scapegoats

How are people listening to Joe Kent and his still unapologetic pro-war stance (just not pro-this-particular-war, (supposedly)) and him claiming "Israel" somehow tricked President Trump (who Kent claims is a "fantastic deal maker," eerrr - like with Russia over Ukraine???) and not seeing the game being played here?

This doesn't prove "Israel controls the US."

Someone simply saying something you want to hear doesn't prove it - documented evidence proves it.

Kent even throws out transparent lies anyone could look up and disprove - like claiming think tanks like the FDD represent "pro-Israeli" power over the US administration.

The problem is the FDD and other think tanks/pro-Israeli lobbying like it operate on drastically smaller budgets than arms industry, big-oil, big-pharma-funded think tanks like Brookings, RAND, CSIS and others who actually shape US foreign and domestic policy regardless of who is president.

These are larger corporate-funded think tanks that laid out plans years ago that have since been implemented verbatim (Which Path to Persia - 2009) regardless of the fictions now being used to explain events today by people like Kent.

Kent also falsely claimed that the US was genuinely pursuing a deal with Iran - when I have warned for years any "deal" the US sought to make with Iran was meant to serve - not to prevent war - but as a pretext FOR war - which is literally what happened!

And again - this was laid out in excruciating detail in the 2009 Brookings "Which Path to Persia" paper.

If anything - this further proves the US is using Israel as a proxy - not just to catch Iranian ballistic missiles for 3 weeks in a row now along side America's other regional proxies - but also to be thrown under the bus politically to shift blame away from the US for a US war that is gradually destroying the ENTIRE world economy.

Beware of Kent and those like Tucker Carlson who give him a platform and help deflect blame for US policy while pretending to oppose it.

Anything this popular and highly-publicized is usually done on purpose - just like Trump and "MAGA" itself.

When will people learn?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETaJAQmGDmg

Day 19: US Burning Through Munitions Amid Gamble to Topple Iran, Cut China Off From Oil with 1 War

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:05:59 GMT

- The US has burned through huge quantities of high-end weapons on Iran it had been stockpiling for war it sought to provoke with China in the Asia-Pacific;

- The US not only likely never had enough weapons for a war with China, but it will be unable to even replace what it has spent on Iran for years to come;

- The US war on Iran is thus likely an attempt to reduce or remove 2 obstacles to US primacy with one war, degrading or toppling Iran and the imposition of a global maritime oil blockade on China at its source (US capture of Venezuela, US strikes on Russian energy production, and now the incremental shutdown of energy exports from the Middle East);

- The US likely hopes it can emerge from the global economic crisis it is creating “stronger” relative to China;

References:

CSIS - Iran War Cost Estimate Update: $11.3 Billion at Day 6, $16.5 Billion at Day 12 (Mar. 13, 2026):
https://www.csis.org/analysis/iran-war-cost-estimate-update-113-billion-day-6-165-billion-day-12#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Department%20of%20Defense,first%20days%20of%20the%20war.
WaPo - Early Iran strikes cost $5.6 billion in munitions, Pentagon estimates (Mar. 9, 2026):
https://archive.ph/VIDXT
Defense One - Shahed drone meets clone in US war on Iran (Feb. 28, 2026):
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2026/02/shahed-drone-meets-clone-us-iran-exchange-strikes/411785/
CNN - The Iran war’s troubling missile math (Mar. 4, 2026):
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/04/politics/missiles-weapons-stockpile-iran-us-war#:~:text=The%20American-made%20THAAD%20mobile,without%20increasing%20production%20to%20match.
Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade Against China (2018):
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-review
NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html

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Day 17: Why is the US Deploying a Marine Expeditionary Unit Amid War on Iran?

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:24:06 GMT

- The US is sending a US Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) including the USS Tripoli with 2,500 Marines, F-35 warplanes, V-22 Osprey, and transport helicopters;

- Out of 2,500 Marines, only 1,200 are part of a ground combat element, the rest are spread across air combat elements, command, logistics, and other supporting roles;

- The MEU could participate in the seizure of Kharg Island and other critical facilities, board and seize ships, sink ships, augment US regional airpower with its F-35 warplanes, or augment US regional missile forces with its compliment of HIMARS and ATACMS/PrSM munitions;

- The MEU poses a threat to the shipping of energy to China Iran is reportedly allowing through the Strait of Hormuz specifically because of its anti-shipping capabilities created under the Biden administration specifically for war with China;

References:

USNI - USS Tripoli, 31st MEU Heading to the Middle East (Mar. 13, 2026):
https://news.usni.org/2026/03/13/uss-tripoli-31st-meu-heading-to-the-middle-east
BBC - How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat (2023):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64294915#:~:text=Launched%20in%202020,on%20its%20past.
USMC - MARINE AIR-GROUND TASK FORCES (2022):
https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/AY23%208672%20Org%20of%20the%20USMC%20L2%20MAGTFs%20Reading%20-%20Final_docx.pdf

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🇺🇸/IRAN - US Marines Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Deployed to Middle East The US deployment of the Tri

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 02:13:19 GMT

🇺🇸/IRAN - US Marines Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Deployed to Middle East

The US deployment of the Tripoli and its support ships provides the following capabilities:

1. Amphibious/helicopter/tilt-rotor landing operations;
2. Anti-shipping operations - both boarding ships and sinking them with anti-ship missiles;
3. F-35 multi-role warplanes;
4. Precision missile fire via HIMARS;

What would the US be looking to do with a primarily anti-shipping force?

1. Perhaps seize Kharg Island by holding the infrastructure itself - forcing Iran to either destroy its primary means of energy export or hope in vain to someday get it back from the US (the US has already conducted shaping operations to do so);

2. Interdict ships by boarding them or by sinking them ensuring Iran's selective passage of the Hormuz Strait becomes an entirely closed strait;

3. Additional F-35 warplanes needed to augment existing airpower in the region as maintenance walls are reached;

4. The use of HIMARS to augment current precision strikes into western Iran;

All additional resources the US brings to the region threaten to extend and escalate its war of aggression on Iran - but also threaten regional and global stability in the process.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsX36_0EicE

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Hamas Demands Iran Stop Striking US Arab Proxies and Why You Shouldn't Be Surprised ▪️BBC cal

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:10:32 GMT

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Hamas Demands Iran Stop Striking US Arab Proxies and Why You Shouldn't Be Surprised

▪️BBC calls Iran "key ally," though Iran is an ally to the Palestinian cause, not Hamas itself - Hamas being of the Muslim Brotherhood, a US tool used to encircle and set the stage for this war to begin with;

▪️Hamas' Oct 7, 2023 op into Israel served as pretext for not only Gaza's erasure but for wider war against Iran & its allies;

▪️Iran is striking these Arab nations now because they host US forces & are politically captured by the US;

▪️Hamas is ACTUALLY funded primarily by these US' Arab proxies, especially Qatar - NOT Iran - Qatar hosts the largest US military presence in the region;

▪️I warned about this on Oct 7, 2023, regarding what Hamas really was & what its purpose was actually for and now here we are again;

▪️I say "again" because during the US proxy war on Syria, Hamas actually sided and fought together with US backed terrorists against Syria and its Russian, Iranian, and Hezbollah allies;
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myhpOuTPf2Y

Day 15: Yes, the US DOES Have a Plan - Spanning Decades with Implications Far Beyond Iran

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 05:20:35 GMT

- The US has been working towards this war on Iran throughout the entire 21st century spanning multiple presidential administrations;

- The region was reshaped by US invasions and the arming of extremists under Bush, the “Arab Spring,” the “Iran Nuclear Deal,” and subsequent additional wars under Obama, the collapse of Syria under Biden, and launching direct war with Iran under Trump;

- The war on Iran constitutes multiple phases of economic, political, covert, and direct military aggression hoping to collapse it just as Iraq was over the course of the 1990s and early 2000s;

- US control over Iran and the Middle East directly serves wider geopolitical objectives regarding the isolation and containment of Russia and especially China;

- Part of the US appearing to "not" have a plan is to avoid talking about how long and costly this war on Iran is and likely will need to be, and the larger more dangerous objective it fits into in regards to Russia and China;

References:

Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
RAND Corporation - Dangerous But Not Omnipotent: Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East (2009):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG781.sum.pdf
US DoD - Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Air Force Gen. Dan Caine Hold a Press Briefing (Mar. 13, 2026):
https://www.war.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4434484/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-and-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-air-force-gen-da/
The New Yorker - The Redirection (2007):
https://archive.ph/3ZB70
Politico - The Iranian exile group that played Washington for this moment (Mar. 3, 2026):
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/03/the-iranian-exile-group-that-played-washington-for-this-moment-00808052?utm_content=topic/news&utm_source=flipboard
VOA - US to Remove Iran Group From Terror List (2012):
https://www.voanews.com/a/1512438.html
US State Department - Delisting MEK (2012):
https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/09/198443.htm
NYT - US Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):
https://archive.ph/cvBTH
US State Department (YouTube) - Secretary Clinton Addresses Youth Movement Summit (Oct. 2009):
https://youtu.be/OcBG7B6sgOk?si=HpFobzP55k5V4Qap
The New Atlas - 2011 - Year of the Dupe (2011):
https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-year-of-dupe.html
Reuters - Israel says its air strikes destroyed most of Syria's strategic weapons stockpiles (Dec. 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-incursion-into-syria-reaches-25-km-southwest-damascus-security-sources-2024-12-10/

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The US DOES have a plan as it attacks Iran. And it isn't "Trump's" plan - but a plan that has been p

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 04:44:54 GMT

The US DOES have a plan as it attacks Iran. And it isn't "Trump's" plan - but a plan that has been pursued continuously from at least as early as the Bush Jr. administration to today.

Just like Iraq wasn't toppled just in 2003 - but after years of war (Desert Storm, 1990-91), sanctions, and covert operations spanning multiple administrations, this current war with Iran is just one step of many meant to weaken and eventually destroy Iran.

Look at the trajectory that brought about this conflict and use that trajectory to trace out the most likely future US foreign policy will take.

Whether this US strategy succeeds or not depends on both Iran and its allies - but also the larger picture trying to topple Iran fits into - especially in regards to US ambitions to ultimately isolate and collapse Russia and especially China and how the former helps facilitate the latter.
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Regarding claims Iran is still shipping energy to China... China needs energy from the entire Middl

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:17:23 GMT

Regarding claims Iran is still shipping energy to China...

China needs energy from the entire Middle East, not just Iran, and even if Saudi Arabia and others have alternative routes for Chinese-bound energy exports it will still be far less than they've been receiving before the conflict.

And as the conflict continues there are greater chances even these alternatives will be targeted in one way or another - already the US is targeting Iranian energy production itself and is shaping narratives to justify the full interdiction of any energy exports from the region before they reach China.

Notice how the US doesn't really seem to have a coherent/obtainable public objective regarding Iran.

Is that because they don't have one at all?

Or because their actual objective can't be said out loud (destroying the global economy hoping to kill off China while only weakening the US in the process)?

A GRAND BARGAIN?

Regarding claims that all of this will lead to a "grand bargain" with China to sell US energy to it directly - the whole point of the US invading Venezuela, attacking Iran, strangling China technologically for years is to strangle China completely.

Selling energy to China will allow China to continue its already astronomical drive toward energy independence by 2030 and would still result in China's irreversible surpassing of the US - something the US has openly tried to prevent since the end of WW2.

Even with a US-imposed blockade in place, China is still likely to achieve energy independence in 5-10 years albeit at much greater cost - at which point the US will have lost its remaining leverage over China.

Also, unless purveyors of this theory suggest the US will control entirely all energy produced by Venezuela, Iran, AND the Persian Gulf states - the US itself has no possible way of providing China the total physical quantities of energy it needs as part of any "grand bargain."

China's potential purchasing of US energy would simply be a short-term strategic bridge toward energy independence it is already pursuing - a bridge that would make little sense for the US to provide to it as part of some sort of genuine "bargain."

A similar example is the US cutting chips off to China - hoping to strangle China's technological development.

The US has since offered inferior chips as an alternative in the hopes of slowing down China's drive toward chip independence.

Not only did China refuse because it knows this isn't a compromise but rather a trap - even if it accepted the offer it would have unlikely slowed down China's attempts toward chip independence since it knows the US will never accept coexistence.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEGKl8JWG4I

Day 13: Iranian Missiles Still Flying + Energy Exports Stopping as Global Crisis Looms

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:06:06 GMT

- At day 13 despite claiming Iranian military command, political leadership, and launcher capacity has been destroyed, Iran averages 20 ballistic missile launches a day, exhausting US anti-missile munitions;

- Iran is likely pacing itself for a long-term conflict lasting 6 months to even 1 year or more;

- Even if the US "pauses" like it did last year, the war will continue because eliminating Iran is key to encircling Russia and ultimately containing China;

- Beware of those blaming "Israel" for this war as Israel is merely an extension of US power in the region like Ukraine is vis-a-vis Russia in Eastern Europe;

- Shifting blame to a US proxy allows the US to carry out extreme measures without taking responsibility for them up to and including the use of nuclear weapons and the destruction of the global economy;

References:

TOI - IDF estimates Iran now firing just 20 missiles a day at Israel, down from 90 last Saturday (Mar. 6, 2026):
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-estimates-iran-now-firing-just-20-missiles-a-day-at-israel-down-from-90-last-saturday/
AJ - Iran fires missiles, drones at Gulf nations as ship hit in Strait of Hormuz (Mar. 11, 2026):
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/11/iran-fires-missiles-drones-at-gulf-nations-as-ship-hit-in-strait-of-hormuz
NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html
US Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade Against
China (2018):
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-review

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Dangerous Disinfo Shifts US Blame: Claims Israel "Caused" US War Rather Than an Extension of It

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:38:23 GMT

The US can continue existing as a rapacious empire with or without Israel - it surely did fine for almost 2 centuries before Israel was created out of thin air by the Anglo-Americans - but the crimes of Israel would be impossible without US empire behind it.

Israel is not blameless. Blame it for its role in facilitating Western empire up to and including abetting genocide and wars of aggression.

But do not blame it for "corrupting" something that was never wholesome to begin with.

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People claiming "Israel" controls the US are either delusional or dishonest. The US in particular

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:27:34 GMT

People claiming "Israel" controls the US are either delusional or dishonest.

The US in particular has been exterminating indigenous populations, stealing land, and pilfering resources for nearly 200 years before Israel ever existed.

How is what the US is doing to the Middle East any different than what it did to the indigenous people of the American Midwest?

Western civilization has been doing it for centuries beforehand...

...the British empire for well over 2 centuries before the "Rothschilds."

Western civilization was for centuries bent on brutal, racist empire-building and it continues today - Israel is just one of many cogs created perpetuating this process.

The idea that "Israel" somehow got the ruthless, racist thieves running the US to bend a knee to "them" is an absurdity at face value.

Almost as absurd as imaging the West was previously run by "honorable" men at one point, only to be "hijacked" by "Israel."

Then there is the material reality of Wall Street (arms, oil, tech, pharma, etc.) spending vastly greater sums on lobbying than "AIPAC" and all other "Israeli" lobbying combined - Wall Street being dominated today just like it has always been - by white, nominally "Christian" males.

The only thing worse than a Western civilization crumbling under its own rapacious-induced rot is trying to blame others for it - attempting to cite the symptom rather than the sickness.

This ensures that the sickness is never noticed let alone treated - and to whose benefit? The sickness.

The US can continue existing as a rapacious empire with or without Israel - it surely did fine for almost 2 centuries before Israel was created out of thin air by the Anglo-Americans - but the crimes of Israel would be impossible without US empire behind it.

Israel is not blameless. Blame it for its role in facilitating Western empire up to and including abetting genocide and wars of aggression.

But do not blame it for "corrupting" something that was never wholesome to begin with.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaPqEJ_AGOM

Day 11: A US War on Iran is a US War on China - US “Distant Blockade” Placed on China

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 02:25:29 GMT

- the US war on Iran has effectively cut Middle Eastern energy exports to China triggering a countdown on China’s 100 day reserves;

- China has been rushing toward energy independence presenting the US with a closing window of opportunity to cut off and starve China economically as part of a long-planned “distant blockade;”

- The US is already surging additional forces into the region ensuring the conflict continues throughout the 100 days China’s reserves will last;

- The US has already invaded Venezuela and is attacking Russian energy production and exports to cut them off from China;

- This plan has been laid out and pursued since the Bush Jr. administration leading up to the “Arab Spring” and the subsequent encirclement of Iran, Russia, and now China;

References:

The New Atlas - 2011: The Year of the Dupe (2011):
https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-year-of-dupe.html
The New Yorker - The Redirection (2007):
https://archive.ph/3ZB70
US Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade on China (2018):
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-review
NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (admitting CIA targeting Russian energy production and shipping) (Dec. 30, 2025):
https://archive.ph/PL0ES
Reuters - McCain ruffles Beijing with talk of Chinese Arab Spring (2012):
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/mccain-ruffles-beijing-with-talk-of-chinese-arab-spring-idUSTRE8130GT/
The Hill - McCain: Next stop for Arab Spring could be Russia (2012):
https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/180834-mccain-next-stop-for-arab-spring-could-be-russia/

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🇺🇸/IRAN: US claims "dismay" over "Israeli" strikes on Iranian fuel depots, and why you shouldn't bel

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:41:36 GMT

🇺🇸/IRAN: US claims "dismay" over "Israeli" strikes on Iranian fuel depots, and why you shouldn't believe them...

The US has, in all military operations throughout its history sought to exterminate all human life where and when possible, turning nations into failed states and inhibiting life for everyone, not just governments it targets.

In Serbia it targeted the power grid.

In Iraq the US starved half a million children to death even before its invasion and occupation killed another 1 million.

In Libya vital infrastructure for agriculture was deliberately destroyed.

In Syria the US seized and denied grain to deliberately starve the Syrian civilian population.

And now the US seeks to do ALL of these things to Iran and it IS.

As the US continues destroying Iran, and as more egregious crimes against humanity are required to do so, it will depend on its Israeli proxies to carry them out, or at least claim to carry them out, attacks that will cause immense human death and the destruction of vital infrastructure, all so the US can claim plausible deniability for itself.

However, every bomb, missile, plane and drop of fuel Israel uses was given to it by the US, every target is fixed by US intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, and each sortie made possible by US capabilities Israel doesn't have including extensive aerial refueling, suppression of air defenses, region-wide radar enabling situational awareness, and even combat search and rescue.

Every "Israeli" action is an American action.

Thus every "protest" by the US is an act of theater primarily because if the US doesn't want these targets hit it will simply deny Israel the ISR and coordinated operational capabilities (aerial refueling, suppression of air defenses, electronic warfare etc.) required to hit them.

The US knows, however, no one knows or cares about these material realities and will instead allow their myopic obsessions and emotions convince themselves somehow the Israelis, not the Americans, are in the driver's seat and these actions were "Israeli," not American, despite the fact Israel wouldn't exist in the first place (just like Ukraine) without full and constant support.

Again, this DOES NOT absolve Israel for the war crimes carried out amid this war of aggression.

Like America's proxies in Ukraine, all involved in atrocities must be fought against and held accountable.

However, if you want the war to end and the danger eliminated, identity the root of the danger, not just obsess over the tips of the branches or their falling leaves.
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🇺🇸/Iran: Iran Mission Creep and the US-Imposed "Distant Blockade" on China US is bringing in anoth

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:14:16 GMT

🇺🇸/Iran: Iran Mission Creep and the US-Imposed "Distant Blockade" on China

US is bringing in another carrier and additional warplanes as existing hardware approaches maintenance walls indicating intentions to continue the war for at least another month.

With the long desired distant blockade now implemented on China and the clock ticking on China's 100 day reserves, the US is likely to continue surging forces into the region to keep the war going and energy exports stopped.

The US does not care about its Arab proxies. It does not care about Europe. It does not care about Israel or Ukraine or Japan or South Korea.

It doesn't even care about the American public.

The window is closing on containing China, China fully aware of all of this and already speeding toward permanent escape velocity.

The US is making its move now.

The US knows it will be causing immense global damage and damage to itself but believes it has the best chance of weathering it and emerging the strongest on the other end - or at least the best chance it will ever have.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇳 The US War on Iran is a US War on China ▪️US planners likely realized as a result of attriti

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 04:15:39 GMT

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇳 The US War on Iran is a US War on China

▪️US planners likely realized as a result of attrition in its proxy war on Russia and considering the outcome of ongoing war with Iran in the Middle East, that even a "distant blockade" in the Asia-Pacific against China was unlikely to succeed;

▪️Degrading or toppling Iran was already a prerequisite to further isolating Russia and then China, thus attacking Iran and shutting down energy exports from the entire region, no matter the cost, has effectively implemented the "distant blockade" on China at the very source of most of China's energy imports;

▪️At the same time, the US continues expanding its international blockade against the so-called "shadow fleet" through maritime drone strikes attributed to "Ukraine" and the interdiction and seizure of vessels by US proxies and in the case of Venezuela, by the US itself.

This can be expanded to target ALL Russian and Chinese maritime shipping - not just energy shipments;

▪️Note that the US invaded and captured Venezuela, halting energy exports to China in the lead up to this second war of aggression targeting the majority of China's remaining energy imports from the Middle East.

▪️The US CIA continues carrying out long-range drone strikes into Russia targeting energy production specifically to degrade both Russia's own economy and its ability to export significant amounts of energy to China.

These operations will only continue to increase in scale and scope with likely operations moving to target pipelines into China directly;

▪️The US is also carrying out terrorist strikes on China's Belt and Road Initiative, particularly in Pakistan and Myanmar, specifically striking at alternative routes for energy used to bypass a potential Asia-Pacific blockade.

These type of attacks can be organized and directed at whatever infrastructure China attempts to use next to mitigate the US-imposed shortages China now faces.

This is a systematic global war to strangle China;

▪️China has prepared for this for years - building out a massive 100+ day reserve and scaling out renewables, nuclear power, and coal-to-liquid energy production domestically.

It will still likely take years to replace dependency on the Middle East - about 5 years - a closing window the US knew was closing - prompting this reckless war of aggression now taking place;

▪️The US has also built-up and armed proxies in the Asia-Pacific region including Japan, the Philippines, and the island province of Taiwan - not to "beat" China - but to use long-range missiles/drones to strike and degrade domestic efforts to circumvent the US-imposed blockade - such as striking refineries, data centers, energy infrastructure, etc. just as the US uses "Ukraine" to do so against Russia - all while avoiding a direct confrontation with China itself;

▪️The US believes that rapid "initiative" can overcome the growing number of disadvantages the US has created for itself and faces due to China's rapid rise (like modernization, and surpassing of the US in terms of industry, military, and technology).

It hopes that is willingness to indulge in globally-destabilizing war of aggression is greater than China and the rest of the multipolar world's ability to unite and meaningfully fight back.

The US also believe that the wars it has ignited across the planet will primarily destabilize Eurasia leaving North America - just like during WW2 - relatively insulated.

So far that has been true. While Americans are suffering, the corporations driving these policies are still thriving.

Russia and China know about all of this. They have made their own plans.

Only time will tell who planned better.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNbuzgSlTjA

Day 7: US Capabilities Strained, Iran’s Defense Continues + US is not Fighting Iran “For Israel”

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:54:52 GMT

- US-led air and missile strikes continue across Iran while Iran continues region-wide missile and drones strikes including on high-value US targets;

- Both sides face ticking clocks including Iran’s supply of missiles and launchers and the resilience of its “mosaic” defense strategy and America’s missile inventories as well as maintenance walls its aircraft will reach by the end of the month;

- Victory for the US requires toppling the Iranian government;

- The US would also settle for a temporary pause to reorganize and attempt another round of aggression;

- Victory for Iran in at least this phase of the war is simply surviving;

- US objectives for this conflict are focused on eliminating a Russian/Chinese ally, cutting China off from oil in the region, and allowing the US to consolidate resources toward encircling Russia and China themselves;

References:

CNN - Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan and UAE, satellite images show (Mar. 6, 2026):
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/05/middleeast/radar-bases-us-missile-defense-iran-war-intl-invs
Raytheon - RTX's Raytheon delivers 13th AN/TPY-2 radar for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (May 2025):
https://www.rtx.com/news/news-center/2025/05/19/rtxs-raytheon-delivers-13th-an-tpy-2-radar-for-the-u-s-missile-defense-agency#:~:text=News%20%7C%20RTX's%20Raytheon%20delivers%2013th,U.S.%20Missile%20Defense%20Agency%20%7C%20RTX
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
US Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade Against China (2018):
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-review
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
The New Atlas - 2011 - Year of the Dupe: One year into the engineered "Arab Spring," one step closer to global hegemony (2011):
https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-year-of-dupe.html

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🇺🇸🇮🇱The US is not Fighting Iran "For Israel" Western empire going back to Roman times sought contr

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 04:32:13 GMT

🇺🇸🇮🇱The US is not Fighting Iran "For Israel"

Western empire going back to Roman times sought control of the Middle East in pursuit of greater primacy.

The British Empire sought control over the region in pursuit of GLOBAL primacy - and the US has simply picked up where the British left off.

The US seeks primacy over the ENTIRE planet - the Middle East is part of the planet - thus the US seeks primacy over the Middle East as well as the Western Hemisphere, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Israel was a joint US-British creation as a means of facilitating this regional control just as both nations have created proxies around the globe throughout history up to and including now with nations like Ukraine, the island province of Taiwan, etc.

The US seeks control over the Middle East to control its oil - specifically to deny it to China. This is a stated objective spanning years of policy papers. It also seeks to topple Iran as a member of the multipolar world as a means of whittling it down.

If/When the US topples Iran it will then pivot to further encircling Russia and China.

ALL of these conflicts are connected - including through the US strategy of using regional proxies to advance its interests.

In Europe it is Ukraine, in the Middle East is it Israel, Jordan, and the Persian Gulf states, in Asia-Pacific it is the island province of Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines.

For those citing munition shortages and other symptoms of US imperial overreach during this current conflict as "proof" it is suffering instead at the expense of "Israel" - munition shortages and energy crises began with the US proxy war in Ukraine years earlier.

Some other facts:

AIPAC spending is dwarfed by US arms manufacturing lobbying alone saying nothing of big-oil, big-pharma, big-tech etc.;

Israel is entirely dependent on US arms, munitions, joint military industrial production, air and missile defenses, ISR, and both political and financial support - support that Israel would blow away in the wind without;

Last year the US literally used Israel to trigger its war on Iran to absorb the blame and retaliation in full from the resulting conflict - as per US policy papers proposing doing so as early as 2009;

This year Israel again absorbs the brunt of the retaliation - and thanks to useful idiots - sole blame for the conflict instead of Wall Street and Washington;

IMPORTANT: Pointing this out does not somehow "defend Israel" or negate Israel's crimes any more than Ukraine being a US proxy negates its many and multiplying crimes.

The US and its proxies are all guilty.

It is important to hold EVERYONE involved in injustice accountable.

It is most important to deal with a global threat at its root and that root lies in Wall Street and Washington - not an artificially created country completely dependent on both.
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🇺🇸/IRAN: 1 Week in - Still too early... US-led strikes on Iran are ongoing, Iranian missile retali

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 22:45:51 GMT

🇺🇸/IRAN: 1 Week in - Still too early...

US-led strikes on Iran are ongoing, Iranian missile retaliation continues (for 1 week now) but several clocks are ticking;

▪️Iranian missiles and launchers:

The US and Israel are actively hunting Iranian missile launchers which, if sufficiently neutralized, negates whatever extensive stockpiles of missiles Iran might have.

Iran's rate of fire has already been on the decease. I hear many reasons why that might be, but one of those reasons might be loss launchers.

If rates drop, then come back up, this means there are other reasons for drops in rates. Keep a close eye on this.

A full loss of Iranian launch capabilities would alleviate pressure on US anti-missile defense munitions and allow the US to extend its war significantly.

However, Iran would still be able to resist with drones and anti-shipping missiles as well as simply resist by maintaining internal stability regardless of US bombing (as Afghanistan and Vietnam did).

Iran will have lost significant leverage to force a shorter war and will then be required to fight on in a much longer one.

At this point however, Iran is still launching missiles.

▪️US anti-missile munitions:

The US and its proxies may run short of anti-missile munitions before mid-March (shorter than they already were).

If Iranian missile and drone strikes continue, even as a trickle, this may lead to an increase in damage to regional US military infrastructure compromising its ability to continue its war.

The depletion of defensive and offensive US weapons also inhibits the many other wars and proxy wars of aggression it is waging or preparing for;

▪️Maintenance wall for US/proxy aircraft:

Around mid to late March, maintenance requirements will significantly impact sortie rates, forcing either a drop in operational tempo or a major rotation of aircraft into the region including possible rotations of aircraft carriers.

This is might be why the US keeps talking about a "4-5 week operation";

▪️US-Israeli ISR drones:

These are expensive long range drones (like Hermes and Reapers) used to find targets across Iran.

Iran has already shot down dozens of them with Israel likely having around 100-200 of these drones available in total and the US having 200-300 (but not all in theater).

Iran won't be able to shoot them all down, but continued attrition will also impact operational tempo and effectiveness;

There are other metrics at play including the potential outcome of almost certainly planned US ground operations involving US special forces and US-armed terrorists previously used to topple Libya, Syria, and fight in both Lebanon and Iraq.

Iran has "mosaic" defense strategy for its missile, naval, and internal security operations that has so far proven resilient and effective despite unprecedented US aggression.

Modern warfare, especially when an offensive passes from initial momentum to a sort of equilibrium, involves attrition more than simple initiative.

It is still too early to tell regarding any of these metrics.

If the US runs out of anti-missile munitions we will see significantly more damage to US targets.

If Iran runs out of launchers, we will see a steep drop off of ballistic missile launches even after maintenance walls and loss of IRS drones impact US operational tempo hunting those launchers.

Ultimately, the US must either topple the Iranian government or use an exit ramp for another pause to win or end its war of aggression this round.

Iran simply has to survive to win this round.

A significantly weakened Iran, however, will need to rebuild and prepare faster than the US for the next round to avoid cumulative attrition and eventual collapse.

Iran has demonstrated so far that it can - it may be easier for Iran to rebuild with Russian/Chinese help than for the US to replace the missiles it is expending.

Finally, the war on Iran is not a war "for Israel."

It is a US war on multipolarism and its result will determine the next phase of US aggression against Russia, China and the rest of the multipolar world.

Obsessing over the US proxy Israel is like believing the war in Ukraine is being fought for "Kiev" and will not impact or spread to US targets of aggression beyond it.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Americans beating their chests over sinking a single Iranian warship returning from joint drill

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 01:40:47 GMT

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Americans beating their chests over sinking a single Iranian warship returning from joint drills with India are missing the point.

Iran has warships. They are useful for specific tasks, valuable, and losing them costs Iran.

But Iran's strategy for defending itself against a US war of aggression did not include these ships.

It depends on 1000s of small boats with anti-ship missiles and other capabilities to create a naval version of its "mosaic" defense strategy.

Instead of consolidating Iran's naval capabilities into a handful of large expensive ships easy to track and sink, it has distributed these capabilities across many more, harder to find and target, easier to replace boats.

It remains to be seen how effective Iran's strategy is - but sinking Iranian warships at dock or in non-combat transit is symbolic, not symptomatic.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIY_3B5BZLM

As America bombs abroad and rots at home, China continues to build... From People's Daily: "The

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 01:20:34 GMT

As America bombs abroad and rots at home, China continues to build...

From People's Daily:

"The CR450, the world's fastest bullet train, has completed over half its operational evaluation, achieving a single-train speed of 453 km/h along with excellent performance in noise and energy consumption indicators, showcasing China's world-leading high-speed rail technology."

Not only does China make the fastest passenger trains on planet Earth, it also produces and operates the most powerful freight locomotives.

Lots of things are possible when you invest in your nation and your people rather than invading others and killing them.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY00mSS9Lio

DAY 5: Trump Talks Backing Militants Inside Iran, Will Not Rule Out US Troops on the Ground

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 02:53:58 GMT

- The US is now talking about the possibility of backing an armed proxy invasion of Iran using militias;

- The US is also not ruling out US boots on the ground in Iran;

- Both options were laid out in detail along with backing terrorism inside Iran, using Israel to attack Iran by proxy, and the launching of an extensive US air campaign against Iran in the 2009 Brookings paper, "Which Path to Persia;"

- These are all options the US prepared for ahead of time and is only piecemeal selling to the public to make it appear that developments are "organic" rather than premeditated;

References:

Fox News - Trump exploring backing militias in Iran to topple weakened regime following strikes: reports (Mar. 3, 2026):
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-exploring-backing-militias-iran-topple-weakened-regime-following-strikes-reports
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
Washington Post - U.S. won’t rule out sending ground troops into Iran (Mar. 4, 2026):
https://archive.ph/yWDx6#selection-227.0-230.0
CNN - CNN Exclusive: After Ukraine, Biden administration turns to Musk’s satellite internet for Iran (2022):
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/21/politics/white-house-musk-starlink-iran-protests-ukraine
WSJ - U.S. Smuggled Thousands of Starlink Terminals Into Iran After Protest Crackdown (Feb. 2026):
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-smuggled-thousands-of-starlink-terminals-into-iran-after-protest-crackdown-69a8c74f
Politico - The Iranian exile group that played Washington for this moment (Mar. 2026):
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/03/the-iranian-exile-group-that-played-washington-for-this-moment-00808052

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Meanwhile Over Iran... Iran is shooting down dozens of US and Israeli ISR drones operating over Ir

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:30:15 GMT

Meanwhile Over Iran...

Iran is shooting down dozens of US and Israeli ISR drones operating over Iran using a number of dispersed, cheap, numerous, and effective anti-air systems including 358 loitering missiles with passive IR sensors capable of detecting drones and striking before the drone itself detects the loitering missile.

Because all they require is rudimentary launch platforms and do not require radars or command centers, they are easier to hide, move, and use.

If this continues daily, US-Israeli drone ISR capabilities will begin to severely degrade and impact operational momentum.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XtTzMPK3n4

Day 4: Iran's Mosaic Defense Tested + Why China Isn't Joining the War to Save Iran

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 05:38:41 GMT

- Iran's mosaic defense strategy continues to enable regional long-range missile and drone strikes on US and proxy military and now economic infrastructure;

- Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz also indicates that initial US decapitation strikes have failed to disrupt well-prepared mosaic defense operations;

- The US is now bombing internal security facilities in Iran hoping to shape the ground ahead of US-backed terrorism inside Iran aimed at toppling the Iranian government;

- However, Iran also has organized internal security against this threat into a mosaic defense strategy, only time will tell if it will overcome US plans in the hours, days, and weeks ahead;

- China is not intervening in the US war on Iran for realistic logistical and military limitations and has, instead, supported Iran in a number of other important and more effective ways economically, industrially, and in terms of military support;

Iran Mosaic Defense Post on X:
https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/2028665307330666679
Chinese Aid to Iran Post on X:
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Still too early... US strikes are still ongoing, reports claim police stations and internal se

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:57:18 GMT

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Still too early...

US strikes are still ongoing, reports claim police stations and internal security facilities are being targeted meaning the US is still shaping the conflict for anticipated US-backed violence it hopes to trigger across Iran via traitors and terrorists.

Until this plan is fully implemented and neutralized by Iranian forces, Iran still faces serious challenges in the hours and days ahead.

As of now, Iran's mosaic defense strategy continues to successfully carry out region-wide strikes on US military targets and now economic targets within the territory of US proxies.

The question is whether or not its mosaic defense strategy (which also includes provisions for dealing with internal security) will be as successful at preempting US-backed terrorism inside Iran.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDTwixEWpvg

Why isn't China intervening to stop the US war of aggression against Iran? Somehow this is still a

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:01:43 GMT

Why isn't China intervening to stop the US war of aggression against Iran?

Somehow this is still a question people are asking, so I will explain.

1. China's military is built to defend China within and along its borders against a massive and growing US military build-up all along its peripheries ongoing for decades.

Its forces are organized around hardware designed specifically for this purpose - not to project military power around the globe like the US does - and the US has these capabilities because it is an aggressor - not for national defense.

China literally has no ability to project the military power required to confront and successfully stop a full-scale US war of aggression on the other side of the planet with the capabilities it has for national defense;

2. In order to launch this war on Iran - the US spent decades building up a network of global and regional bases, logistical networks, ammunition depots, fuel dumps, regional integrated air defense capabilities etc. to first encircle Iran - then attack it.

China would be required to create an equal or greater network throughout the region to stop this- and this simply isn't possible;

3. The US built its network up through both politically capturing nations in the region (Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait) and invading/occupying them (Iraq & Syria).

China simply doesn't conduct its foreign policy this way - because if it did - it would be just as bad as the US itself;

4. If you think China could simply project military power over the horizon - this is even more difficult and unrealistic. This requires huge amounts of long-range aircraft, immense aerial refueling capabilities, and long-range munitions as well as forward bases at least near the region to do so.

Sending naval vessels would simply place them at the mercy of a better prepared and more extensive military positions the US has established over decades as explained above;

5. What China has likely done is all that it could do - provide economic support against illegal US sanctions, provide technical/material support for Iran's military industrial production, provide military support through the transfer of weapons and equipment.

All of these have their limits especially in terms of the transfer of military equipment to Iran - which takes YEARS to train Iranian personnel on EFFECTIVELY, as well as to integrate it through training in modern combined arms operations.

This last point regarding the amount of time it takes to effectively integrate new military hardware into a military is exactly why Ukraine has failed to absorb and fully utilize floods of Western weapons and equipment in the US proxy war on Russia being waged there.

CONCLUSION

There are real-world limitations on what nations like Russia and China can do against US wars of aggression elsewhere especially considering the fact the US is waging proxy war on both Russia and China at the same time it wages direct war on Iran.

Russia and China are doing what is realistic and within their capabilities - and are constantly expanding their own capabilities in order to do more when possible.

Do not confuse real limitations with a lack of concern or will - and realize blaming Russia or China for a US WAR OF AGGRESSION simply serves Washington's agenda - not Iran's or any of its allies.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump, his administration, and the corporations they serve killed these US troops in yet anothe

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 02:55:54 GMT

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump, his administration, and the corporations they serve killed these US troops in yet another unnecessary, illegal, and unjustified war of aggression on the other side of the planet.

Footage shows Iranian ballistic missiles and slow, easy-to-intercept drones penetrating US air defenses at bases across the region meaning the US war was launched knowingly lacking any real ability to stop Iranian missiles from killing US troops.

This follows serial wars and proxy wars of aggression around the globe including the ongoing US war on Russia in Ukraine which have expended huge amounts of US air defense munitions.

These are troops who should not be in the region in the first place - many of whom are there as part of occupation forces following previous, equally illegal, unjustified US invasions based on the same lies told by the Trump administration to launch this war.

America's greatest enemy is Wall Street and Washington.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djyzJyRq_6Q

Day 3: Trump Declares "Success" vs. Iran, But Says War will Continue & More US Troops Will Die

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 02:33:54 GMT

- US President Trump claims to have eliminated Iran's military and political leadership and that remaining Iranian forces are "surrendering;"

- He also admitted the fighting continues, US troops are dying, more will die, and demands Iranian military forces he just said were "surrendering" to surrender;

- Iran continues carrying out complex regional operations indicating its mosaic defense strategy is still working, forcing the US and its proxies to expend huge amounts of munitions in the process;

- Iran's greatest danger involves internal cohesion, it is still too early to draw conclusions regarding the fighting at this point;

References:

BBC - Trump says US will 'avenge' military deaths (Mar. 2, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn5ge95q6y7t
Guardian - Oil price expected to surge after Iran strikes and strait of Hormuz closure (Mar. 2, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/01/oil-price-surge-iran-us-israel-strikes-markets
NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html

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US Launches War of Aggression on Iran: US Seeks Quick Win vs. Iranian Long-term Survival

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 03:39:40 GMT

- The US has launched (re-launched) a war of aggression against Iran;

- The US seeks to decapitate Iran's military and political leadership, degrade Iranian military capabilities, than use special forces, militants, and terrorists to topple the government on the ground;

- Iran seeks to leverage "mosaic defense" to continue defense despite decapitation strikes, and long-term survival;

- Iranian survival will result in depleted US munition stockpiles, allowing more damage to be dealt to US targets and proxies across the region and compromising US global ambitions in the short and long-term;

- The US seeks to topple Iran and consolidate control over the Middle East to further isolate and contain both Russia and eventually China in pursuit of global primacy;

Resources:

AP - Live Updates on Iran:
https://apnews.com/live/live-updates-israel-iran-february-28-2026
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html
American Rhetoric - Trump Announces Operation Epic Fury (Feb. 28, 2026):
https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/donaldtrumpoperationroaringlion.htm

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US Using "Diplomacy" as Pretext not to Prevent its War of Aggression Against Iran

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:23:12 GMT

- The US is using supposed "negotiations" it has no interest in actually succeeding as a pretext for a pre-determined war of aggression it has already decided to launch against Iran;

- The US is now openly admitting it will use Israel to provoke a wider war it hopes will cost American service members' lives and justify a large-scale US war against Iran;

- The US seeks war with Iran to degrade its military, political, and economic system, and eventually collapse the government entirely, all as part of further isolating, encircling, and containing both Russia and ultimately China;

- A destructive war in the Middle East could serve as a means to begin a more constricting campaign of economic sanctions and an energy embargo on China itself which the US is also in the process of preparing for and even implementing already;

- Should the US feel desperate in terms of toppling Iran, it may seek to use nuclear weapons by having its Israeli proxies carry out the attacks, absorb all the blame and retaliation, as long-standing US policy papers have noted in regards to US-backed conventional Israeli strikes;

References:

Politico - White House officials believe ‘the politics are a lot better’ if Israel strikes Iran first (Feb. 25, 2026):
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/25/white-house-politics-israel-strikes-iran-00799456
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
The Hill - Vance to Iran: Talks show US pursuing diplomatic deal; Trump has right to use military option if he chooses (Feb. 25, 2026):
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5754746-vance-us-seeks-iran-diplomacy/
Newsweek - JD Vance Tells Tim Dillon US Needs Weapons To Fight China, Not Russia (Oct. 28, 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-tim-dillon-taiwan-priority-over-ukraine-1975851
Newsweek - JD Vance Floats Donald Trump Deal To End War in Ukraine (Sep. 13, 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-floats-donald-trump-deal-end-russia-ukraine-war-1953302
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
RAND - Dangerous But Not Omnipotent (2009):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG781.html
US State Dept. - U.S. Relations With Taiwan (2022):
https://2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/

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