The New Atlas (previously Land Destroyer) on Odysee

US Continues War on Iran, Russia and the Western Media's Insidious Role to Sell It

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 03:22:21 GMT

- US continues strikes on Iranian maritime shipping, continuing its disruption of energy exports from all of West Asia particularly to China and the rest of Asia;

- Recent US strike on an Iranian wedding has been used as an opportunity to sell long-standing US ambitions to create ethnic division within Iran to undermine the nation;

- Russia is deploying anti-drone measures around energy production/storage infrastructure indicating the rising costs of US-directed drone and missile strikes;

- The Western media is helping spin and justify cultural genocide in Ukraine's Russian-speaking city of Odessa;

References:

Guardian - ‘Unimaginable grief’: Iranian town left devastated after US strike on wedding (Sep. 4, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/iranian-town-kuhestak-devastated-strike-wedding
Brookings - Which Path to Persia? (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
BBC - Majority Russian-speaking city in Ukraine considers language ban in the arts (Sep. 6, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33kzvgn8pyo
BBC - China Muslims: Xinjiang schools used to separate children from families (2019):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-48825090
NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Dec. 2025):
https://archive.ph/8s49D

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gZLp5s5v8I

How the US Destruction of the INF Treaty Backfired

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

While the US has lofty plans to eventually outproduce Russia in terms of the many munitions and launch systems previously prohibited by the INF treaty, it remains to be seen whether or not the US has the ability to put these plans into action and whether or not Russia can continue to meet or exceed US military industrial production in the process. So far, it would appear that the US decision to unilaterally withdraw from its arms control treaties with Russia has backfired.

References:

NEO - How the US Destruction of the INF Treaty Backfired (Aug. 29, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/08/29/how-the-us-destruction-of-the-inf-treaty-backfired/
Business Insider - Ukraine says Russia used its upgraded, longer-range 'Iskander-1000' missile in a bombardment of Kyiv (Aug. 27, 2026):
https://archive.ph/Yxruj#selection-1513.0-1524.0
NYT - Bush Pulls Out of ABM Treaty; Putin Calls Move a Mistake (2001):
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/13/international/bush-pulls-out-of-abm-treaty-putin-calls-move-a-mistake.html
USNI - Aegis Ashore Site in Romania Declared Operational (2016):
https://news.usni.org/2016/05/12/aegis-ashore-site-in-romania-declared-operational
NATO Allied Air Command - NATO Assumes Command of Aegis Ashore Site in Poland (2024):
https://ac.nato.int/archive/2024/nato-assumes-command-of-aegis-ashore-site-in-poland
TWZ - Diagram of Aegis Ashore system:
https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/aegis-poland-layout.webp?strip=all&quality=85&%3Bw=1024
White House - President Donald J. Trump to Withdraw the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (2019):
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-withdraw-united-states-intermediate-range-nuclear-forces-inf-treaty/
TWZ - U.S. Long-Range Missiles Headed To Germany As Arms Race Escalates (2024):
https://www.twz.com/news-features/u-s-long-range-missiles-headed-to-germany-as-arms-race-escalates

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS_12qPCKds

US War on Multipolarism: Turning the Gameboard Over

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The US is waging a multidomain war on multipolarism - stretching far beyond just military and economic power - meaning for multipolarism to prevail - it must mount a multidomain defense likewise extending far beyond just military and economic alternatives.

References:

NEO - US War on Multipolarism: Turning the Gameboard Over (Aug. 17, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/08/17/us-war-on-multipolarism-turning-the-gameboard-over/
RNYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://archive.vn/az6LC
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_Iran_strategy.pdf
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (sponsored by the Army Quadrennial Defense Review Office, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff G-8, Headquarters, Department of the Army, 2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
RAND Corporation - Great Power Competition and Conflict in the 21st Century Outside The Indo-Pacific and Europe (RAND Project Air Force, 2023):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA900/RRA969-1/RAND_RRA969-1.pdf

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMksFRdgddo

US-Canadian "Split" another Exercise in Public Perception Management

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:07:43 GMT

Just as the US created the political circus of a "US-EU split" to sell greater costs to average Europeans for the US proxy war on Russia in Ukraine, a similar political circus is being performed regarding US-Canadian trade and relations.

In reality, the US dominates key industries in Canada including technology, resources, energy, media, military production, and manufacturing all while Canada depends overwhelming on the US for trade - importing and exporting more from and to the US than with the rest of the world combined exposing the lack of leverage and thus agency Canada actually possesses exposing the fiction of this current dispute.

References:

Harvard University Atlas of Economic Complexity - Canadian Exports:
https://atlas.hks.harvard.edu/explore/treemap?exporter=country-124&view=markets&importer=group-1
Harvard University Atlas of Economic Complexity - Canadian Exports:
https://atlas.hks.harvard.edu/explore/treemap?exporter=group-1&importer=country-124&view=markets&tradeDirection=imports

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhcjTycKEAE

Anduril: “Hyperscaling” the Worst of America’s Military Industrial Complex

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:21:35 GMT

Despite the US literally bombing Iran and fighting Russia within its own borders by proxy through Ukraine - neither Russia nor Iran (nor China) have ever attacked the United States within its borders. Within these same US borders, neglect of education, healthcare, and infrastructure has visibly, tangibly reduced the quality of life for the average American.

Corporations like Anduril siphoning off tax dollars for threats abroad that do not exist, making these resources unavailable to solve threats to Americans at home that do exist - are responsible for this.

In the end, Palmer Luckey and Anduril - as well as other arms manufacturers and profiteering industries driving US foreign policy abroad - pose a much greater threat in reality to the average American and their way of life, than any threat Russia or China are claimed to pose in fiction.

References:

WSJ - We Do Fail … a Lot’: Defense Startup Anduril Hits Setbacks With Weapons Tech (Nov. 2025):
https://archive.ph/nqlr6
Washington Post - Pentagon presses defense firms to build weapons as Iran war depletes stocks (Aug. 8, 2026):
https://archive.vn/JTkre
Bloomberg - Anduril CEO Talks Ohio Plant, an IPO, Working With Trump (Jan. 2025):
https://youtu.be/g7mQHhudNYw?si=jDjdZQoU_tfX_WnU&t=228
TechCrunch - From $19M to $1.5M, here’s how much Anduril pays top execs like Palmer Luckey in cash and stock (2024):
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/26/anduril-salaries-palmer-luckey-other-execs-how-much-do-they-make/

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3fp-GW7K7M

China Lands Rocket, Russia Launches N. Korean Missiles, and US-Israeli Theater

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:57:42 GMT

- China successfully lands another space launch system, expanding reusability and positioning itself to match, then exceed the US in terms of annual space launches;

- Russia is reportedly using larger numbers of Kn-23 ballistic missiles from North Korea, which indirectly suggests greater Chinese support than often reported;

- Israel’s strikes on Syria are meant to create the illusion of Israeli friction with both the US and Syria - to help minimize public awareness of Syria’s role as a US proxy alongside Israel vs. both Iran and its regional allies;

References:

NEO - US War on Multipolarism: Turning the Gameboard Over ():
https://journal-neo.su/2026/08/17/us-war-on-multipolarism-turning-the-gameboard-over/
And also on X if NEO is blocked in your country:
https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/2089910830603342101
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
Al Jazeera - Analysis: Syrian airbase attack is an Israeli message to Damascus, Ankara (Aug. 18, 2026):
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/8/18/analysis-syrian-airbase-attack-is-an-israeli-message-to-damascus-ankara
DW - Syria, US condemn Israeli strikes on military base (Aug. 18, 2026):
https://www.dw.com/en/syria-us-condemn-israeli-strikes-on-military-base/a-78417507
New Atlas - China’ Long March 10B Rocket Closes Gap with US on Space Launch Capabilities (Aug. 3, 2026):
https://youtu.be/xcjvkUxkAps?si=Nf5-e4KIvBdwzJ9P

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Ba4Sxvq38

Cracks Grow Amid US Military Amid Iran War and Wider War on Multipolarism

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:13:24 GMT

- The USS Abraham Lincoln is suffering fresh food shortages, low morale, and mechanical failures following overextended deployment as part of the ongoing US war of aggression against Iran;

- Disruption in West Asian ports prevent replenishment at sea (RAS) operations from delivering fresh food before it spoils while critical repairs requiring port facilities go un-addressed;

- The US depends on its finite, overstretched aircraft carrier fleet to provide long-range ISR capabilities for US naval forces striking at Iran and Iranian maritime shipping, capabilities required to detect and defeat Iranian drone and missile strikes before reaching US naval vessels;

- Growing cracks in US military capabilities and waning US economic power is still offset by the US’ dangerous near-global control of information space (outside Russia and China) and its ability to leverage the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and adjacent networks to infiltrate, undermine, capture, and control entire nations without firing a shot;

- These capabilities coupled with existing military and economic power is being used to disrupt and destroy the global peace and stability required for multipolarism’s rise and displacement of US primacy;

Resources:

TIME - What to Know About the Growing Concerns Over Conditions on the Long-Deployed USS Abraham Lincoln (Aug. 15, 2026):
https://time.com/article/2026/08/14/uss-abraham-lincoln-conditions-trump-iran-war/
NBC News - No supplies, a food shortage and dark thoughts: Families of sailors describe life on the USS Lincoln (Aug. 14, 2026):
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/no-supplies-food-shortage-dark-thoughts-families-sailors-describe-life-rcna592446
Washington Post - U.S. military has lost roughly 25% of its Reaper drones as Iran war depletes arsenal (Aug. 15, 2026):
https://archive.ph/oqxS4
NED - Home Page:
https://www.ned.org/
BBC - US aircraft carrier on way to relieve USS Lincoln after issues reported on board (Aug. 15, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c171yp5zdrxo

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLxQDdNZtnI

US Shell Factory Exposed: Why US For-Profit Industry Can't Compete with Russian/Chinese Production

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:20:06 GMT

The US had set the target of manufacturing 100,000 155mm artillery shells every month by the end of 2025.

Instead, it has failed to reach even half this target.

This is in part due to an entire General Dynamics factory that failed to make a single usable shell component in 2 years and after receiving hundreds of millions of dollars to do so.

Far from just an issue with artillery shells, US military industrial production is being held back by systemic flaws rooted in the for-profit nature of the US government and economy itself - siphoning off billions (if not trillions) of tax dollars and not only returning nothing of value for the American public - but diverting funding abroad on wars of aggression at the expense of funding healthcare, education, and infrastructure at home.

This reveals US for-profit industry as the very threat in reality to the American people, industry and the politicians they own, claim Russia, China, and Iran are in fiction.

References:

CBS News - Defense watchdog finds new 155mm artillery plant failed to produce parts in 2 years since it was built, hindering production goals (Jul. 15, 2026):
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/defense-watchdog-155mm-artillery-plant-production-goals/
The War Zone - New $500M Artillery Shell Plant Failed To Produce Any 155mm Parts (Jul. 14, 2026):
https://www.twz.com/land/new-500m-artillery-shell-plant-failed-to-produce-any-155mm-parts
The New Atlas - Why US Artillery Shell Production Isn't Enough & Why Other Munitions Will Fall Far Shorter Still (Time stamp at 9 minutes, 40 seconds, Feb. 2024):
https://youtu.be/auNyHniau5s?si=-bRFcvBtBwfJCOPE&t=580
Forbes - The Countries With The Most STEM Graduates [Infographic] (2017):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/02/02/the-countries-with-the-most-stem-graduates-infographic/
CNN - Exclusive: Russia producing three times more artillery shells than US and Europe for Ukraine (Mar. 2024):
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/10/politics/russia-artillery-shell-production-us-europe-ukraine
Modern War Institute at West Point - The Industrial Window of War: How to Measure Russia’s Munitions Throughput—and How to Disrupt It (Mar. 2026):
https://mwi.westpoint.edu/the-industrial-window-of-war-how-to-measure-russias-munitions-throughput-and-how-to-disrupt-it/

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua8_pvbotTI

Washington Continues War on Russia & Iran: Stockpiles Low, Capacity to Harm Still High

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:38:12 GMT

- The US continues waging war and proxy war against Iran with Iran targeting US-backed Kurdish proxies in what looks like preemptive or spoiling operations in northern Iraq;

- US munition stockpiles are reportedly very low, however the US continues making missiles and slowly expanding production - meaning the US will rely on intermittent strike campaigns which will gradually increase in intensity;

- The US continues carrying out assassinations within Russia laundered through "Ukrainian intelligence" the US media long since admitted the US CIA took over and now uses as an extension of itself;

- Growing narratives of "Ukraine" making its own ballistic missiles is a long-ongoing US-European weapons program in which more capable missiles are transferred over to Ukraine, claimed to be "made in Ukraine," to create plausible deniability for increasingly effective strikes inside Russia;

- US President Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth play attacking a "clash" over depleted US munitions reveals ongoing attempts to scapegoat and distract away from ongoing US plans to degrade West Asia's energy exports through perpetual conflict in the region;

Resources:

CBS - U.S. has used nearly all its stockpile of long-range missiles in Iran war, sources say (Aug. 4, 2026):
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-stockpile-long-range-missiles-nearly-depleted-iran-war/
Guardian - Head of drone manufacturer critically injured in car bomb in Russia (Aug. 5, 2026):
NYT - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (2024):
https://archive.ph/60LoM#selection-7986.3-8027.163
Washington Post - Trump, Hegseth clashed at Camp David over Iran missile depletion concerns (Aug. 7, 2026):
https://archive.ph/242yz#selection-289.0-292.0
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJJlZrIe-FM

China’ Long March 10B Rocket Closes Gap with US on Space Launch Capabilities

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:15:17 GMT

- China has successfully launched and recovered the first stage booster of its Long March 10B rocket system marking only the second country to do so following US-based SpaceX and Blue Origin;

- The success will likely be followed by additional tests proving reusability before production and launch cadence is expanded closing the gap with the US which currently launches more payloads to orbit than China and Russia combined;

- The ability to reuse rockets allows for vastly greater numbers of launches, the rapid deployment of large satellite constellations, as well as advantages in anti-satellite operations - both in deploying systems to use against enemy satellites and replacing satellites the enemy has neutralized;

References:

SciNews - Long March-10B first launch and landing (Jul. 10, 2026):
https://youtu.be/2KbqTFxc6z4?si=Uql-cJo2LTvdPSIn
NEO - A New Space Race Above Earth May Determine Who Prevails Upon It (Dec. 2025):
https://journal-neo.su/2025/12/22/273982/
BBC - China lands reusable rocket for first time, state media says (Jul. 10, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2rmmx86pdo
International Rocket Launches - Live: Long March 10B Demo Flight Launch (No Commentary) (Jul. 10, 2026):
https://www.youtube.com/live/QOT4CBR6ryg?si=0IRbVzq9HwqnUVef
China Observer - Long March 10 Rocket Recovery Fails, China Denies It, Spends $100B Copying SpaceX for Nothing (Feb. 14, 2026):

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcjvkUxkAps

US Pauses War on Iran (Again) - Countdown to Next Round Begins

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 02:41:45 GMT

- US pauses its attacks on Iran once again to begin rearming, reorganizing and eventually restarting hostilities again at a time of its own choosing;

- The pause also cools off energy markets the US is deliberately disrupting and dismantling to its benefit - but in a way that doesn't trigger a united front against US disruptions;

- The war on Iran is part of a wider war on multipolarism the US continues to wage - if the war on multipolarism continues, so will the war on Iran;

- US foreign policy is driven by unelected corporate-financier interests - not politicians - thus any analysis or solution based on the notion "politicians" instead of the largest corporations in the US are making decisions is destined to fail;

References:

Guardian - US pauses Iran attacks after Trump advised to halt bombing (Jul. 27, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/26/us-pauses-trump-netanyahu-attacks-on-iran-talks-hormuz
BBC - US and Iran pause strikes for third night to make space for talks, US ambassador says (Jul. 27, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y45kdkynpo
NEO - The US War on Iran Continues (Jul. 3, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/07/03/the-us-war-on-iran-continues/ or https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-us-war-on-iran-continues.html
FT - Oil price tumbles as Iran and US pause strikes over Strait of Hormuz (Jul. 27, 2026):
https://www.ft.com/content/403625cc-8371-43ee-997a-f6908a97f52e?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Bloomberg - Thailand Looks to Invest in US LNG Projects to Secure Supply (Jun 30, 2026):
https://archive.ph/BYq07#selection-1247.0-1268.0
Thai PBS - Ambassador says Russia always open to energy sourcing talks with Thailand (May 2026):
https://world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/ambassador-says-russia-always-open-to-energy-sourcing-talks-with-thailand/61419
FT - Ukraine striking Russian energy infrastructure at unprecedented rate (Jul. 5, 2026):
https://archive.ph/4Vdzu
FT - Russian online retailer Wildberries becomes target for Ukraine’s drones (Jul 2026):
https://archive.ph/CTRc0#selection-1475.0-1478.0
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_Iran_strategy.pdf
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPMtZJhEYDc

The Ukraine War is a US war on Russia

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:32:39 GMT

As the Western media continues shaping narratives depicting a growing divide between the US and Europe regarding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine - a narrative involving an increasingly disinterested and disengaging US with an increasingly desperate and confrontational Europe - it is important to remember precisely how this war was started and why, as well as the material reality shaping its continuation.

References:

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/
IISS - A European Way of War Without the United States (Jun. 15, 2026):
https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/survival-online/2026/06/a-european-way-of-war-without-the-united-states/
NYT - The Separation (Dec. 2025):
https://archive.vn/8s49D
FT - Ukraine striking Russian energy infrastructure at unprecedented rate (Jul. 5, 2026):
https://www.ft.com/content/13687b48-9e54-44a1-bd4d-600bbc052baf?syn-25a6b1a6=1
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html
New Atlas - Former Google CEO Wants to Build AI Drone Army for Ukraine (Feb. 2024):
https://youtu.be/qWC-48Y_gmQ?si=KILU2lE33y5hHeQ-
NYT - The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine (Mar. 2025):
https://archive.ph/MTANn
Kalibrated Maps - Ukraine:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=19JQzYZ3O2zC02_zj36ynO4n1So5x0UE&ll=49.586964231588425%2C36.76115659615482&z=6

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhV87G9gXXU

US Bombs Iranian Bridges, Roads - Disruptions to West Asian Energy Exports Resume

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:56:48 GMT

- The US has shifted strategy to long-range stand-off strikes on Iran's coasts including maritime shipping, ports, rail, roads, and bridges to strangle Iran's civilian economy;

- Iran's retaliatory missiles strikes are successfully striking and destroying valuable US military infrastructure in the region, however, the US is capable of continuing the war with infrastructure beyond the region and reach of Iranian capabilities;

- The war on Iran is part of a wider war on multipolarism - including and especially against China in the Asia-Pacific region impacted by disrupted energy exports from West Asia;

- The US cannot compete with multipolarism so is attempted to destabilize and destroy it;

- Understanding the global nature of the US war on Iran and the US-based corporations driving it allows the global public to expose, oppose, and isolate the interests driving this destructive global-spanning US policy;

Resources:

NEO - The US War on Iran Continues (Jul. 3, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/07/03/the-us-war-on-iran-continues/
BBC - US denies Iranian claims it hit civilian infrastructure in latest strikes (Jul 18, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c151gdjwd10o
AJ - Why is the US attacking southern Iran’s civilian infrastructure? (Jul. 17, 2026):
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/17/why-is-the-us-attacking-southern-irans-civilian-infrastructure
NPR - The U.S. is back to blockading Iran as the Strait of Hormuz standoff escalates
(Jul. 14, 2026):
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/14/nx-s1-5893257/us-iran-updates
Guardian - US attacks oil tanker in strait of Hormuz as strikes reported in Tehran (Jul. 16, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/us-attacks-oil-tanker-strait-of-hormuz-iran-tehran-strikes
Guardian - Iran proves it can still inflict damage despite waves of US attacks (Jul. 17, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/17/iran-inflict-damage-us-attacks

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvlTKizSTvU

The US War on Iran Continues & Why It Was Never Going to Stop

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:14:01 GMT

The US continues to playact diplomacy with Iran regarding the latest “memorandum of understanding” (MOU) signed, then immediately violated by the US, re-negotiated, and supposedly agreed upon again - using the pause in all-out war to carefully shape the battlefield ahead of what will inevitably be another round of large-scale aggression.

References:

RAND Corporation - Dangerous But Not Omnipotent (2009):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG781.html
NYT - The Separation (Dec. 2025):
https://archive.ph/p7lM1#selection-4877.0-4877.212

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mjMxswV3KE

US Prepares Army of Terrorists to Fight China Across Eurasia as War on Multipolarism Expands

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:20:33 GMT

- US government-funded media NPR as part of a multi-year campaign to portray Uyghur terrorists as “freedom fighters” has whitewashed their prominent role among the ranks of Al Qaeda in Syria throughout the US-backed proxy war spanning 2011-2024;

- The article seeks to prepare public perception for the use of US-sponsored terrorists to be deployed from Syria across Eurasia to attack Chinese investments, citizens, and perhaps even China itself;

- This is only the most recent chapter in the US’ use of terrorist organizations (designated as such by the US itself until delisting them to provide more direct support) to advance US geopolitical objectives worldwide and more specifically vis-a-vis China;

- The US is already amid a long-standing dirty war wages against China along its borders following several years in the early 2000s where US-backed extremism was targeting and killing people inside China itself;

Resources:

US-backed Terrorism in China

NPR - The foreign fighters who helped topple Assad — and why China worries about them (May 17, 2026):
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/17/g-s1-113270/uyghurs-china-syria-war-fighters-rebels-bashar-al-assad
USSD - Revoking the Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (2025):
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/07/revoking-the-foreign-terrorist-organization-designation-of-hayat-tahrir-al-sham
USSD - Rewards for Justice – Reward Offer for Information on al-Nusrah Front Leader Muhammad al-Jawlani (2017):
https://2017-2021.state.gov/rewards-for-justice-reward-offer-for-information-on-al-nusrah-front-leader-muhammad-al-jawlani/
NEO - Afghanistan: America’s Other Ongoing Proxy War (May 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/05/11/afghanistan-americas-other-ongoing-proxy-war/
BBC - Why is there tension between China and the Uighurs? (2014):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-26414014
LA Times - In China, rise of Salafism fosters suspicion and division among Muslims (2016):
https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-saudi-arabia-20160201-story.html
NED - Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act Builds on Work of NED Grantees (2020): https://www.ned.org/uyghur-human-rights-policy-act-builds-on-work-of-ned-grantees/
World Uyghur Congress - About (accessed June 2026):
https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/introducing-the-world-uyghur-congress/

US Created ISIS-Al Qaeda

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
NYT - C.I.A. Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Opposition (Jun. 2012)
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/cia-said-to-aid-in-steering-arms-to-syrian-rebels.html
Washington Post - U.S.-backed Syria rebels routed by fighters linked to al-Qaeda (Nov. 2014):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-backed-syria-rebels-routed-by-fighters-linked-to-al-qaeda/2014/11/02/7a8b1351-8fb7-4f7e-a477-66ec0a0aaf34_story.html
US State Department - Revoking the Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (2025):
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/07/revoking-the-foreign-terrorist-organization-designation-of-hayat-tahrir-al-sham

US Delists Uyghur Terrorists Ahead More Open Support

DW - US removes China-condemned group from terror list (2020):
https://www.dw.com/en/us-removes-separatist-group-condemned-by-china-from-terror-list/a-55527586
US CENTCOM - U.S. Airstrikes Target Terrorist Networks in Northern Afghanistan (2018, archived):
https://web.archive.org/web/20180209023309/https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/1436093/us-airstrikes-target-terrorist-networks-in-northern-afghanistan/

US-Backed Terrorism Targeting China Elsewhere

National Interest - Free Baluchistan (2011, archived):
https://web.archive.org/web/20251126061402/https://nationalinterest.org/feature/free-baluchistan-4799
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
France 24 - Deadly car bombing in Pakistan targets hotel hosting Chinese ambassador (2021):
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20210421-deadly-car-bombing-in-pakistan-targets-hotel-hosting-chinese-ambassador
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

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBu858sTt1M

US War on Multipolarism: Bombing Iran, AI Drones to Ukraine, Making Philippines Next "Ukraine"

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:35:18 GMT

- As the US begins bombing Iran amid both a "ceasefire" and following an "MOU," it also continues pushing war elsewhere against the multipolar world;

- The US is stockpiling maritime drones in the Philippines it is already using to attack Russian warships, commercial vessels, and tankers carrying Russian energy exports;

- Recent claims by German media that US President Donald Trump gave orders to US tech giants to make AI drones for Ukraine are false, the program started over 2 years ago during the Biden administration and was simply continued under the Trump administration highlighting continuity of agenda;

References:

Reuters - France seizes 'shadow fleet' tanker, stepping up pressure on Russia (Jun. 25, 2026):
https://www.reuters.com/world/french-navy-has-intercepted-another-russian-shadow-fleet-tanker-macron-says-2026-06-25/
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
USNI - U.S. Asymmetric Aid Program Transfers Unmanned Vessels to the Philippines, Plans Attack Drone Transfer by 2027 (Jun. 23, 2026):
https://news.usni.org/2026/06/23/u-s-asymmetric-aid-program-transfers-unmanned-vessels-to-the-philippines-plans-attack-drone-transfer-by-2027
RAND Corporation - Dangerous But Not Omnipotent (2009):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG781.html
NYT - The Separation (Dec. 2025):
https://archive.ph/p7lM1#selection-4877.0-4877.212
The New Atlas - Former Google CEO Wants to Build AI Drone Army for Ukraine (Feb. 2024):
https://youtu.be/qWC-48Y_gmQ?si=cCQNmAbpwl-MP2oe&t=1599

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXE0aMbDU9M

The Quiet Capture of Armenia: The Secret War the US Wages Beyond Armed Conflict (& How to Stop it)

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 05:08:18 GMT

The admitted election interference and political capture of these nations by the United States spanning the entire 21st century has changed the global geopolitical map in Washington’s favor. Yet this process still remains a poorly understood, under-reported, yet an incredibly powerful US tool in its pursuit of primacy and its “insuring no rivals develop.”

Nations like Russia and China are clearly aware of this US method of infiltrating and capturing the political, educational, cultural, and informational space of targeted nations along their respective peripheries and beyond - leading to the subsequent hijacking and transformation of these nations’ military and economic power from serving self-preservation to serving as self-destructive proxies aimed at both nations.

Both nations through government and media programs have published reports and documentaries detailing the process - but often long after US success.

Unfortunately, the state media of both nations have repeatedly failed to “get ahead” of US infiltration and subversion - often with both Russian and Chinese state media simply repeating Western media narratives depicting protests organized by the US as “pro-democracy” or “anti-corruption” movements - thus amplifying US information warfare.

References:

NYT - U.S. Strategy Plan Call for Insuring No Rivals Develop (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
NED - Annual Report (2018):
https://www.ned.org/annual-report/2018-annual-report/
Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa
Union of Informed Citizens - Annual Report 2021:
https://uic.am/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Տարեկան-Հաշվետվություն-2021_ENG-1.pdf
EU Neighbours East - The Armenian TV station giving people a voice and space to speak (2025):
https://euneighbourseast.eu/news/stories/the-armenian-tv-station-giving-people-a-voice-and-space-to-speak/
NED - Annual Report 2019, In Focus: Armenia:
https://www.ned.org/annual-report/2019-annual-report/eurasia-2019/armenia-2019/
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs - The National Endowment for Democracy:What It Is and What It Does (2024):
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xw/wjbxw/202408/t20240809_11468618.html

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTEYoOM7FdI

US-Iran "MOU" Sets Stage for Renewed US Siege

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:56:35 GMT

-The US-Iran “agreement” is just an agreement to make an agreement involving a party - the US - historically incapable of making and upholding treaties, agreements, or even MOUs;

-In the most recent phase of the US’ decades-running war on Iran, Iran has simply “survived,” not “won;”

-The US failing at this juncture to topple Iran when it can resume armed aggression at any time means Iran remains at threat until the unlikely withdrawal of US forces from the region along with the draw-down of support for its various proxies in the region;

-Iran now faces either a possible longer pause it will need to race the US in preparations for the next confrontation, or another immediate disruption of any longer-term peace for the continued psuedo-ceasefire it has agreed to with Iran where it stays just under the threshold of total war with Iran while managing energy prices based on shipping disruptions and the prospect of wider war;

-The US already has two excuses ready and waiting to undo any agreement it makes with Iran including its long-established and well-used “Leave it to Bibi” option and the US’ own “intelligence community” preparing to accuse Iran of not abiding by any agreement made;

-Both options have been repeatedly used by the US to unilaterally withdraw from previous agreements made with Iran as well as to provoke armed aggression against Iran;

-The US has also discussed using its terrorist proxies in Syria now controlling the US-toppled nation to fight Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon as a means of sidestepping provisions in the US-Iranian agreement requiring the US proxy Israel to end military aggression in Lebanon;

-OPEC monthly oil reports from January and April 2026 indicate a nearly 20% decrease in energy production;

-This 20% decrease in production is the result of physical damage to energy production infrastructure from missile exchanges during the war, the filling up of storage facilities and the necessity to temporarily stop production because of that, and other factors;

-The timeline for restoring this 20% reduction in West Asian energy production spans anywhere from 6 months to a year or more;

-Within that window, the US can restart aggression and disrupt recovery by either reducing it back to a 20% reduction, or even further as part of its energy blockade of both China and Asia;

-Meanwhile the US continues expanding its confrontations with all other pillars of the emerging multipolar world including Russia and China;

References:

BBC - What's in the US-Iran agreement? (Jun. 18, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgmqzr6p9mo
Times of Israel - Ministers say Israel won’t be bound by Iran deal, as opposition castigates Netanyahu’s ‘absolute failure’ (Jun. 15, 2026):
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-vows-to-stay-in-south-lebanon-if-iran-strikes-well-hit-it-with-full-force/
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
Axios - Scoop: CIA director doubts Iran's intentions on deal, sources say (Jun. 15, 2026):
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/15/us-iran-deal-cia-director-ratcliffe
OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report (January 2026):
https://www.opec.org/assets/assetdb/momr-january-2026.pdf
OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report (April 2026):
https://www.opec.org/assets/assetdb/momr-april-2026.pdf
Fortune - Asia turns to U.S. oil and gas amid Iran war: ‘We get too much into that tree-hugging mode’ (Jun. 4, 2026):
https://fortune.com/2026/06/04/asia-turns-us-oil-gas-iran-war-tree-hugging/
Reuters - Trump says he talked to Syrian leader about taking on Hezbollah (Jun. 17, 2026):
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-he-talked-syrian-leader-about-taking-hezbollah-2026-06-17/
BBC - US scraps $10m bounty for arrest of Syria's new leader Sharaa (Dec. 2024):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07gv3j818ko
BBC - From Syrian jihadist leader to rebel politician: How Abu Mohammed al-Jolani reinvented himself (Dec. 2024):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0q0w1g8zqvo

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5mps4XOx74

Anticipated US-Backed Protests in Indonesia Begin & How it fits into US Desire to Contain China

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:37:26 GMT

- while protests may believe they have legitimate anger and causes, the fact that US-funded organizations are directing and promoting the protests indicates yet another case of hijacked-grievances;

- The US just demanded Indonesia open its airspace to US military aircraft, a demand Indonesia rejected;

- US-funded media operations in Indonesia just 2 weeks ago attacked alternative media outlets who exposed US interference last year in Indonesia as a means of "pre-bunking" attempts to expose it again ahead of protests this year they knew were coming;

- The protests are enhanced by the global energy and economic crisis deliberately created by the US war on Iran in West Asia;

- US control over Indonesia would threaten the Malacca Strait, further constricting Chinese maritime shipping of both imported energy and exported goods;

References:

New Atlas - Information Warfare: Western-Funded Media Takes More Western Money To Cover Up US Meddling (regarding US-funded Indonesian-based media information operations) (May 26, 2026):
https://youtu.be/5xkRhIonmtw?si=p-AY1QwrnZT0jAlB
TEMPO - Tempo Responds to Prabowo's Claims of Serving Foreign Interests (Jan. 2026):
https://en.tempo.co/read/2082833/tempo-responds-to-prabowos-claims-of-serving-foreign-interests
Open Society - Media Development Investment Fund:
https://www.soroseconomicdevelopmentfund.org/investments/media-development-investment-fund
NED - Home Page:
https://www.ned.org/
Reuters - Indonesia signed letter but made no commitment to US on airspace access, defence minister says (May 2026):
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesia-made-no-commitment-us-airspace-access-defence-minister-says-2026-05-19/
US State Department, Office of the Historian - The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902:
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAEb1KwROAA

Who Really Controls US Foreign Policy & What They Gain By Convincing You Otherwise...

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:52:54 GMT

- The US is controlled by US-based corporations Americans themselves fund daily by buying their goods and services;

- These corporations are lead, chaired, and owned by majority white nominally "Christian" men, or in other words, Westerners - not ethnic or religious minorities like "Jews;"

- These corporations also make up the vast majority of lobbying money spent annually in the United States with organizations like AIPAC making up LESS than 1% of all US lobbying;

- It is stated US policy to scapegoat Israel amid the US war on Iran, a policy that has been promoted by the mainstream media, the algorithms of US-based social media platforms, and even the US administration itself;

References:

Brian Berletic (X) - Thread on who controls US foreign policy:
https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/2063074158536491365
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
US Office of the Historian - The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902:
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war
US House of Representatives - The Annexation of Hawaii:
https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1851-1900/The-annexation-of-Hawaii/
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgnjltFXBCE

US-Israel Attack Iran: "Leave it to Bibi" Playbook Used Again, US Feigns Ignorance

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:54:31 GMT

US Claims "Not" Involved in Israeli Strike on Iran are False

▪️Israel doesn't exist militarily without constant and complete US support - every plane, bomb, shred of intel comes from the US just like with Ukraine;

▪️US policy papers have described in detail how to use Israel to wage war on Iran and maintain plausible deniability;

▪️The US seeks to maintain instability in the region to reduce energy exports to both China and the rest of Asia, increase Asia's dependence on the US for energy, as well as continue weakening and undermining Iran itself;

▪️Because the US cannot maintain high-intensity protracted warfare in the region, it is using "negotiations," "peace talks," and its proxies to maintain a slow burn instead;

References:

NBC News - Live updates: Israel says it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets (June 8, 2026):
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-blog/live-updates-israel-iran-strikes-rcna346556
Axios - Trump tells Axios he will ask Netanyahu not to strike back at Iran (June 8, 2026):
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/07/trump-israel-iran-missile-attack
BBC - US says it was not involved in Israel's military strikes in Iran (June 2025):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2kd2k3mv7o
Times of Israel - US official: American military not involved in Israeli strikes on Iran (June 8, 2026):
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-official-american-military-not-involved-in-israeli-strikes-on-iran/
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nqd1aoyu3c

US Gives Ukrainian Nazis AI-Guided Drones & Why These Are not Game-Changers

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:24:31 GMT

▪️Western media has widely reported "medium range strikes" on Russian targets by AI-enabled drones with claims that it is complicating logistics specifically to Crimea;

▪️Many sources, like the BBC, cover up the US role altogether - others like France24 not only admit the "Hornet" drones were developed by the US, but that they were handed over to Ukrainian military units like Azov who include in all their drone footage Nazi-insignia watermarks;

▪️France24 admits: "The US-designed Hornet was developed by the American company Perennial Autonomy, which was founded and financed by former Google CEO, Eric Schmidt. This drone is frequently used in US Army training exercises. However, in July 2025, Perennial Autonomy – then called Swift Beat – made a deal to supply Ukraine with drones," and that, "Elite Ukrainian units like the Azov and Khartia Brigades have been posting images of Hornet drones striking Russian supply convoys;"

▪️While the US-made Hornet drones give Ukraine this ability, Russia has already been using AI-guided drones for battlefield air interdiction operations along with vastly greater numbers of FPVs, Geran, as well as many times more missiles, guided glide bombs, and guided rockets;

▪️While both sides have the ability to complicate each other's logistics - only Russia has the additional manpower, armor, and other equipment required to actually exploit it and translate it into territory gained and attrition imposed;

Sources:

BBC - Ukraine using AI drones to strike vital convoys supplying Russian troops (May 30, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjp0n7rn41o
France24 - Ukraine: How a kamikaze drone partially operated by AI is attacking Russian convoys (Jun. 1, 2026):
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260601-ukraine-kamikaze-drone-partially-operated-ai-attacking-russian-convoys
The Telegraph - Ukraine crisis: the neo-Nazi brigade fighting pro-Russian separatists (2014):
https://archive.ph/O8S43#selection-1709.0-1712.0
Wikipedia - Wolfsangel:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfsangel
Azov - Sxlud Unit:
https://azov.army/en/units/1st-corps-azov/unit-sxlud/

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIiSUKlN07w

Washington's Dirty War on China: From Pakistan & Iran to Afghanistan & Myanmar

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:04:28 GMT

It is clear the US has decided to use the same sort of armed proxies it has already reordered the Arab World with to launch attacks on Chinese BRI projects without necessitating direct US military action - thus advancing its geopolitical objectives and maintaining plausible deniability at the same time.

The emerging pattern is a series of US-engineered dirty wars launched all along China’s peripheries specifically to damage the flow of overland energy, raw materials, and finished exports at the same time the US is now openly imposing an expanding maritime blockade on China’s Russian and Iranian allies which in turn directly targets and blockades China itself - considering both nations count Beijing as their closest and most important economic and trade partner.

References:

NEO - Afghanistan: America’s Other Ongoing Proxy War (May 11, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/05/11/afghanistan-americas-other-ongoing-proxy-war/

Disrupting Afghanistan’s Economic Rise

The Interpreter (Lowy) - Afghanistan is surrendering its mineral wealth - and its future (Apr. 28, 2026):
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/afghanistan-surrendering-its-mineral-wealth-its-future
Lowy - Funding & Support:
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/about/funding-support
Bloomberg - U.S. Freezes Nearly $9.5 Billion Afghanistan Central Bank Assets (2021):
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-17/u-s-freezes-nearly-9-5-billion-afghanistan-central-bank-assets
The Diplomat - Targeted Attacks on Chinese Nationals in Afghanistan: A Wake-Up Call for Beijing? (Jan. 2026):
https://archive.ph/CFvcD#selection-1161.5-1166.0

The US Created ISIS-Al Qaeda

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
NYT - C.I.A. Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Opposition (Jun. 2012)
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/cia-said-to-aid-in-steering-arms-to-syrian-rebels.html
Washington Post - U.S.-backed Syria rebels routed by fighters linked to al-Qaeda (Nov. 2014):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-backed-syria-rebels-routed-by-fighters-linked-to-al-qaeda/2014/11/02/7a8b1351-8fb7-4f7e-a477-66ec0a0aaf34_story.html
US State Department - Revoking the Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (2025):
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/07/revoking-the-foreign-terrorist-organization-designation-of-hayat-tahrir-al-sham

Washington’s Global Dirty War on China

US Naval War College Review - A Maritime OIl Blockade Against China (2018):
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol71/iss2/6/
Irrawaddy - Myanmar Junta Abandons Chinese Pipeline Amid Resistance Attacks (2025):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-junta-abandons-chinese-pipeline-amid-resistance-attacks.html
France24 - Deadly Car Bombing in Pakistan Targets Hotel Hosting Chinese Ambassador (2021):
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20210421-deadly-car-bombing-in-pakistan-targets-hotel-hosting-chinese-ambassador

US Dirty War on China in Pakistan

The National Interest - Free Baluchistan (2011):
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/free-baluchistan-4799
CNN - Four killed in car bombing outside Pakistan hotel where Chinese ambassador was reportedly staying (2021):
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/21/asia/pakistan-bomb-blast-chinese-ambassador-intl-hnk
FT - Bombing near railway track in Pakistan kills at least 16 (May 25, 2026):
https://archive.ph/WhWII
US Gov Track - Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of Baluchistan, currently divided between Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan, have the right to self-determination and to their own sovereign country (2012):
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hconres104

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Fe6w71ltU

Ukraine Update: US Prepares to Feed Europe Next into Proxy War on Russia

Fri, 29 May 2026 06:33:48 GMT

Unfortunately, the US is not running short on proxies — even if the war appears to be drawing to an end in terms of grinding Ukraine down through attrition, the US is willing, capable, and actively preparing to feed the rest of Europe into the proxy war next, meaning Russia will then have to repeat the entire process again, but against a much more dangerous combined European force including member states armed with nuclear weapons.

References:

NEO - West Says Ukraine is Now “Winning” and Why it is Lying (Again) (May 25, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/05/25/west-says-ukraine-is-now-winning-and-why-it-is-lying-again/
Kyiv Independent - Is Ukraine starting to win the war again? (May 10, 2026):
https://kyivindependent.com/analysis-is-ukraine-really-turning-the-tide-of-this-war/
NYT - The Separation (Dec. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html
PBS - Ukraine faces military desertions as Russian invasion grinds through 5th year (Apr. 2026):
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ukraine-faces-military-desertions-as-russian-invasion-grinds-through-5th-year
Kyiv Post – Ukraine Emerges as Drone Superpower, Producing 4M UAVs a Year (Nov. 2025):
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/64110
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/
Politico - NATO’s Rutte asks allies for billions more in Ukraine aid (May 12, 2026):
https://www.politico.eu/article/natos-rutte-asks-allies-for-billions-more-in-ukraine-aid/
DW (on YouTube) - Is this the moment Ukraine has been waiting for? | DW News (May 28, 2026):
https://youtu.be/mOOib85JVu8?si=u8OPOAu6syBVjwqh
The Telegraph - Ukraine crisis: the neo-Nazi brigade fighting pro-Russian separatists (2014):
https://archive.ph/O8S43#selection-1709.0-1712.0
WSJ - Europe Is Starting to Think Putin Will Expand the War Beyond Ukraine (May 26, 2026):
https://archive.ph/hQTGo#selection-2513.15-2513.41

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdxtJrzORsU

US Bombs Iran Amid "Peace Talks" - Seeks to Maintain Regional War & Global Economic Crisis

Thu, 28 May 2026 03:20:08 GMT

The Western media continues to portray US-Iranian talks as a means for US President Donald Trump to end the war many portray as a "failure" even as the US continues striking Iran amid a "ceasefire."

The worst part about Western reports regarding supposed US "diplomacy" is that the last 26 years alone of US aggression against Iran prove the US uses diplomacy only to further war on its own terms, not to avoid or end it.

The US is currently managing similar balancing acts of hostility just below the threshold of all out direct war with both Russia and China.

References:

ABC News - Iran live updates: US conducts new airstrikes in southern Iran, US official says (May 28, 2026):
https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-peace-deal-work-progress-rubio/?id=133278077
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
Brookings Institution - Contributors 2021:
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/brookings_contributorslist_fy2022.pdf
Brookings Institution - Contributors 2023:
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OGC-FY24-2nd-half-Contributor-Update-List.pdf

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0IuioSq98g

Information Warfare: Western-Funded Media Takes More Western Money To Cover Up US Meddling

Tue, 26 May 2026 11:35:12 GMT

Western-funded media organizations in Indonesia have been funded by the West including George Soros’ Open Society Foundation-funded "Internews" and the European Union specifically to attack, smear, and silence those exposing Western interference in Indonesia.

A recent hit piece attempts to portray those exposing US interference in Indonesia as a “Russian information operation” simply because Russian media outlets reported on verified US interference in Indonesia - interference similar to what Russia itself has faced for decades.

References:

Angelo Giuliano on X:
https://x.com/angeloinchina
Nury Vittachi on X:
https://x.com/NuryVittachi
Tempo - Russia's Operation After the Protests (May 2026):
https://interaktif.tempo.co/proyek/operasi-rusia-setelah-unjuk-rasa/en/
Brian Berletic - 2025 X post regarding Konde’s US government funding and Indonesian protests:
https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/1963321700227191075
Konde - Homepage (US, UK, Australian government funding listed at bottom):
https://www.konde.co/
Internews - Donors and Supporters:
https://internews.org/about/current-donors/
Tempo - Tempo Responds to Prabowo's Claims of Serving Foreign Interests (Jan. 2026):
https://en.tempo.co/read/2082833/tempo-responds-to-prabowos-claims-of-serving-foreign-interests
Open Society Foundation, Soros Development Fund - Media Development Investment Fund:
https://www.soroseconomicdevelopmentfund.org/investments/media-development-investment-fund
Mongabay - ‘Without us, no scrutiny’: Indonesia’s independent media count cost of US funding cuts (Mar. 2025):
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/without-us-there-is-no-scrutiny-indonesias-independent-media-count-cost-of-us-funding-cuts/
Global Forum for Media Development - Indo-Pacific Media Advancement Program:
https://gfmd.info/fundings/indo-pacific-media-advancement-program/
Human Rights Osaka - Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation:Struggling for Democracy and its Own Sustainability:
https://www.hurights.or.jp/archives/focus/section2/2004/12/indonesian-legal-aid-foundationstruggling-for-democracy-and-its-own-sustainability.html#:~:text=On%20the%20other%20hand%2C%20support,public)%20to%20implement%20several%20programs
Ford Foundation - Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240415182315/https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/awarded-grants/grants-database/indonesian-legal-aid-foundation-145912/
New Atlas - Western-funded "Fact-Checkers" Cover Up US Interference in Indonesia:
https://youtu.be/y57Ol8oYJHE?si=kgNvUf_Q0vLwC6y4
New Atlas - US-Indonesia Gaslighting Part 2: "Fact Checkers" Attack Reports Exposing US Interference:
https://youtu.be/qAtqTYn6DS0?si=tKb71bdVWhST2t9z
Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa
NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/15aid.html

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xkRhIonmtw

America’s Future: A Prosperous, Peaceful Nation, or a Bankrupt, Violent Empire?

Sun, 24 May 2026 07:39:24 GMT

The US hypothetically seeking a constructive role among nations rather than seeking dominance over them is for a nation that wants to be stable. The current US strategy is driven by a desire to be supreme. Historically, when a great power chooses supremacy over stability, the transition to a new international order usually happens through a major crisis - like a world war - rather than a “grand bargain.”

References:

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
Forbes - The Countries With The Most STEM Graduates [Infographic] (2017):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/02/02/the-countries-with-the-most-stem-graduates-infographic/
Beijing Review - U.S. National Security Strategy 2025: The Pursuit of Primacy Repackaged (Dec. 2025):
https://www.bjreview.com/Opinion/Pacific_Dialogue/202512/t20251215_800425745.html
The New Atlas - DEEP DIVE: New US "National Security Strategy" is Repackaged Wolfowitz Doctrine (Dec. 2025):
https://youtu.be/IBny7B--uE0?si=r_Pdt3Lf1ek96_nW
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
The New Atlas - DEEP DIVE: US Senate Hearing Reveals US Foreign Policy, Continued Confrontation with China (1/3) (Apr. 30, 2026):
https://youtu.be/x9ban3AI5oE?si=4GUQaaYX6m7sYRQe

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h89eZfDTkNA

US Blockade on Iran (& China) Continues: As Does March to War with China in the Asia-Pacific

Fri, 22 May 2026 03:26:08 GMT

- The US continues implementing its blockade on Iran, not to "topple Iran" or "open the Strait of Hormuz," but to perpetuate the conflict and the incremental, managed damage it is doing to energy markets and specifically Asia who is dependent on Middle Eastern energy exports;

- The US is performing a controlled demolition of part of the global economy in the same manner it imploded Europe's economy and its dependence on Russian energy, a process that has taken years to implement and is still ongoing;

- All while the US feigns seeking peace with Iran and Russia, it continues preparing its proxies in the Asia-Pacific for war with China;

References:

BBC - How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat (2023):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64294915
USNI - UPDATED: Tripoli ARG, 31st MEU Transit Malacca Strait En Route to the Middle East (March 18, 2026):
https://news.usni.org/2026/03/18/3-ship-tripoli-arg-31st-meu-transit-malacca-strait-en-route-to-the-middle-east
Marine Times - US Marines board and redirect Iranian-flagged tanker amid ongoing blockade (March 21, 2026):
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-navy/2026/05/20/us-marines-board-and-redirect-iranian-flagged-tanker-amid-ongoing-blockade/
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
FT - Iranian tankers bypass US blockade (April 21, 2026):
https://archive.ph/GaTLm#selection-1997.168-1997.249
USNI - Chinese, Australian Navy Helicopters Have ‘Unsafe’ Interaction Over Yellow Sea (March 2026):
https://news.usni.org/2026/03/10/chinese-australian-navy-helicopters-have-unsafe-interaction-over-yellow-sea

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYmSopkgIwE

US-China Meeting Was Performative as US Blockades & Proxy Wars Target China and its Allies

Mon, 18 May 2026 05:11:47 GMT

- The US has a long-established pattern of meeting with China (and also Russia), agreeing in principle to cooperation and stability, while in practice committing to continued war, proxy war, encroachment, and containment of China;

- The recent US-China meeting in China included little substance and concluded with not only unchanged US geopolitical objectives centered on containing China, but the continued escalation of blockades, wars, and proxy wars waged in pursuit of these objectives;

- On the issue of Taiwan, US President Trump continues the same pattern of agreeing in principle with China over the US' own "one China" policy, while in practice continuing to undermine China's sovereignty over the island province and the transformation of the island province into a battering ram to use against the rest of China;

References:

New Atlas (X) - Full Questions/Answers regarding recent US-China meeting (May 17, 2026):
https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/2055876779945181544
US State Department - U.S. Relations with Taiwan (archived):
https://2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/
US President Nixon Foundation - Shanghai Communique (1972):
https://www.nixonfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Shanghai-Communique.pdf
The Hill - Biden tells Xi ‘One China’ policy toward Taiwan has not changed (2022):
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3734233-biden-tells-xi-one-china-policy-toward-taiwan-has-not-changed/
NEO - Afghanistan: America’s Other Ongoing Proxy War (May 11, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/05/11/afghanistan-americas-other-ongoing-proxy-war/

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEqNx04e-yg

US-Indonesia Gaslighting Part 2: "Fact Checkers" Attack Reports Exposing US Interference

Sun, 17 May 2026 04:54:41 GMT

After receiving a second email from a Western-linked media organization in Indonesia - I go into further detail regarding Western-backed networks in Indonesia who are attempting to gaslight the public by accusing those reporting on US interference in Indonesia's internal political affairs of being a form of "foreign interference" themselves.

References:

New Atlas - Post on Indonesia unrest from 2025:
https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/1961479937334112261
Project Multatuli - Collaborations:
https://projectmultatuli.org/en/about/kolaborasi/
New Atlas - Continuity of Agenda: US Targets Indonesia - Seeks to Punish Jakarta for Joining BRICS (Sep. 2025):
https://youtu.be/BqgOn94c23M?si=mqNg5NY_HZL8aFDR
CNN - Indonesia’s fury and deep resentment rages on despite crackdown. Here’s what to know (Sep. 3, 2025):
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/01/asia/indonesia-protests-explainer-intl-hnk
Ford Foundation - General support to promote justice, democracy, and human rights across all layers of society through empowerment of marginalized groups, improvement of systems, institutions, and advocacy for legal justice and core support for institutional strengthening:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240415182315/https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/awarded-grants/grants-database/indonesian-legal-aid-foundation-145912/
Hurights Osaka - Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation:Struggling for Democracy and its Own Sustainability (2004):
https://www.hurights.or.jp/archives/focus/section2/2004/12/indonesian-legal-aid-foundationstruggling-for-democracy-and-its-own-sustainability.html#:~:text=On%20the%20other%20hand%2C%20support,public)%20to%20implement%20several%20programs
Mongabay - ‘Without us, no scrutiny’: Indonesia’s independent media count cost of US funding cuts (Mar. 2025):
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/without-us-there-is-no-scrutiny-indonesias-independent-media-count-cost-of-us-funding-cuts/
Project Multatuli - 2025 pro-protest posts:
https://x.com/projectm_org/status/1962493653227827662
Poynter - Major Funders:
https://www.poynter.org/major-funders/#1632843888743-52666069-9ec9
Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa
NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):
https://archive.ph/cvBTH#selection-4465.198-4465.216
NYT - Who Really Brought Down Milosevic? (2000):
https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/26/magazine/who-really-brought-down-milosevic.html
NED - Where NED Works:
https://www.ned.org/regions-2/

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAtqTYn6DS0

Western-funded "Fact-Checkers" Cover Up US Interference in Indonesia

Sat, 16 May 2026 04:58:03 GMT

-In this video, I respond to a recently received e-mail attempting to set me up for a smear piece trying to frame my work exposing US interference in Southeast Asia (and Indonesia in particular) as a “coordinated campaign” with “Russian media;”

- The author was Ika Ningtyas, a “fact-check coordinator” at Soros Open Society-funded Tempo in Indonesia. Ika Ningtyas has also worked for or coordinated with US government organizations like Voice of America, NED-funded organizations like Remotivi, as well as US and European government-funded organizations like Aliansi Jurnalis Independen;

- This represents an effort to attack people exposing the danger of US interference abroad and an attempt to protect opposition groups the US is funding and backing in targeted nations;

- The ability of the US to reach into a targeted nation’s political and information space represents a danger equal or greater than the threat of US military aggression - allowing the US to undermine and even overthrow governments without the US military firing a single shot;

- The vast networks the US builds up over years to achieve this eventually reach critical mass and by the time the targeted nation realizes something must be done, it is too late - making it important to expose this problem and address sooner rather than later;

References:

The New Atlas - Continuity of Agenda: US Targets Indonesia - Seeks to Punish Jakarta for Joining BRICS (Sep. 4, 2025):
https://youtu.be/BqgOn94c23M?si=_wujHPWMDhFRwlen
Mongabay - ‘Without us, no scrutiny’: Indonesia’s independent media count cost of US funding cuts (Mar. 2025):
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/without-us-there-is-no-scrutiny-indonesias-independent-media-count-cost-of-us-funding-cuts/
NED - Where NED Works:
https://www.ned.org/regions-2/
Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa
NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/15aid.html
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
TEMPO - Tempo Responds to Prabowo's Claims of Serving Foreign Interests (Jan 2026):
https://en.tempo.co/read/2082833/tempo-responds-to-prabowos-claims-of-serving-foreign-interests
MDIF - Funders:
https://www.mdif.org/about/funders-and-impact-investors/
Open Society Foundations, Soros Economic Development Fund - Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF):
https://www.soroseconomicdevelopmentfund.org/investments/media-development-investment-fund
Kompas.com - Homepage (scroll down to Poynter logo):
https://www.kompas.com/
Poynter - IFCN:
https://www.poynter.org/ifcn/
Poynter - Major Funders:
https://www.poynter.org/major-funders/#1632843888743-52666069-9ec9
Project Multaatuli - Collaborations:
https://projectmultatuli.org/en/about/kolaborasi/

Ika Ningtyas Contributions to US Government & US NED-funded Media

Tribun Makassar - Follow the Webinar on Media Literacy in the Digital Era by VOA (2021):
https://makassar.tribunnews.com/2021/09/27/ikuti-webinar-literasi-media-di-era-digital-oleh-voa-dan-aji-berhadiah-handphone
Remotivi - DDoS, A New Way Of Silencing Critical Media (2022):
https://www.remotivi.or.id/headline/esai/792
VOA - Article 1 (Jan. 2024):
https://www.voaindonesia.com/a/aji-kebebasan-pers-di-indonesia-2023-dalam-kondisi-krisis-/7466183.html
VOA - Article 2 (2023):
https://www.voaindonesia.com/a/indeks-kebebasan-pers-sedunia-2023-peringkat-ri-membaik-tapi-jurnalis-masih-bekerja-di-lingkungan-sulit-/7076452.html
VOA - Article 3 (Feb. 2024):
https://www.voaindonesia.com/a/amnesty-internasional-indonesia-268-pembela-ham-diserang-sepanjang-2023/7467799.html
ANFREL (NED-funded) - ANFREL highlights importance of media in informing the public, monitoring electoral processes to achieve free, fair and democratic elections (2023):
https://anfrel.org/anfrel-highlights-importance-of-media-in-informing-the-public-monitoring-electoral-processes-to-achieve-free-fair-and-democratic-elections/

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y57Ol8oYJHE

The US War for Energy Dominance: Seeking Dominance Over Europe and Asia

Wed, 13 May 2026 23:50:45 GMT

Europe has already suffered what is likely irreversible political and economic damage from its political capture by the US and now its growing energy dependence on the US.

Asia risks being likewise weakened by growing energy dependence on the US, making political capture much more likely by the US, then being transformed into a united front - this time against China rather than Russia - and used to wage war on the US’ behalf at the expense of the people, peace, and prosperity of Asia.

References:

RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
Energy Intelligence - Low Prices Threaten US LNG Exports (2019):
https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/pictures/ColumbiaUniversityCenterGlobalEnergyPolicy-wg190612_4.pdf
ABC News - 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 (2025):
https://archive.ph/p7lM1
BBC - How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat (2023):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64294915
US Naval Institute - Tighten the Belt and Cut the Roads (2024):
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2024/january/tighten-belt-and-cut-roads
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
NEO - American/Ukrainians Caught Arming Militants in Myanmar and the US Dirty War on China (Mar. 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/03/20/american-ukrainians-caught-arming-militants-in-myanmar-and-the-us-dirty-war-on-china/
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
Irrawaddy - China-Backed Pipeline Facility Damaged in Myanmar Resistance Attack (Feb. 2022):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/china-backed-pipeline-facility-damaged-in-myanmar-resistance-attack.html
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
Guardian - From Jakarta to Manila, south-east Asia turns to Russia to plug fuel, fertiliser gaps caused by Iran war (Apr. 29, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/from-jakarta-to-manila-south-east-asia-turns-to-russia-to-plug-fuel-fertiliser-gaps-caused-by-iran-war
WSJ - U.S. Energy Exports Hit Records as World Adjusts to a Closed Persian Gulf (Apr. 24, 2026):
https://archive.ph/6pofd
US Naval Institute - Tighten the Belt and Cut the Roads (2024):
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2024/january/tighten-belt-and-cut-roads

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLwPdT30_C8

US Tightens Blockade on Iran: US Warplanes Strike/Disable 3 Ships Over 3 Days

Mon, 11 May 2026 03:37:03 GMT

- the US has escalated its blockade on Iran by striking and disabling 3 Iranian commercial vessels over the course of 3 days using inexpensive and plentiful 20mm cannon fire and standard guided missiles;

- this comes at a time when reports indicate the US has seized several ships, turned back dozens of others, while a nearly equal number have passed through the US blockade;

- the US tightening of its blockade in this manner both demonstrates a capacity to disable ships in large numbers at will, created deterrence against Iranian ships seeking to run the blockade, and avoids rapid escalation and market price fluctuations that might disturb Washington’s controlled demolition of Middle East energy exports and placing Asia further under US energy dependence;

References:

Army Recognition - US Navy launches first F/A-18 strafing attacks against Iranian tankers in Gulf of Oman (May 9, 2026):
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2026/us-navy-launches-first-f-a-18-strafing-attacks-against-iranian-tankers-in-gulf-of-oman
USNI News - 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
Guardian - US military seizes Iran-flagged ship trying to pass strait of Hormuz blockade (Apr. 20, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/19/trump-us-seizes-iran-flagged-cargo-ship
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/
FT - Iranian tankers bypass US blockade (Apr. 21, 2026):
https://archive.ph/GaTLm#selection-1997.182-1997.249
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
BBC - How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat (2023):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64294915
Daily Beast - Iran Trolls Trump With Claim He Is Gaming the Markets (Mar. 30, 2026):
https://www.thedailybeast.com/iran-trolls-trump-with-claim-he-is-gaming-the-markets/

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uigltdeqQMQ

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

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a5jVp0LkI4

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

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyXGuyJ5F2k

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/

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcqO6XMzU2M

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/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTlUKqZSo4c

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

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI3boRExLnE

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

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9ban3AI5oE

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/

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmw3MkFQvyQ

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

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHZrDYoshq0

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;

References:

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

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjbIPpTnDZ0

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:
https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/2041349935380201711

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjQXlHU-8ZM

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

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmHYS8oK-pg

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):
https://youtu.be/2e_z3cctHSE?si=DGOhH6CuWJr26PnR

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsELCv_hc3k

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

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEvB7l-APBw

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

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoGUFoVkLNA

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;

References:

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

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0UZAmbyfD4

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;

References:

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

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXuxfX0y1H4

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

Where to Find My Work:

Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic
Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863

How to Support my Work (and thank you!):

Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer
PromptPay: 0851547235
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QZyYjeC01w