Since the Anglo-Zionist war on Russia went hot we’ve emphasized that the war is a global one. The Anglo-Zionist strategy, since taking full control of US foreign policy under the Clintons has been focused on isolating the “world island,” the great Eurasian landmass with its wealth of resources, centered in Russia. The goal is to squeeze Russia, bringing it to its knees so that it can be split up and its resources placed at the disposal of the Anglo-Zionist Empire. With that accomplished, the subjugation of China and Central Asia would follow. Control of the Black Sea basin and the use of Ukraine as a proxy against Russia were a key part of that strategy from the beginning.
Putin saw this coming and prepared for it. His hope was to strengthen Russia to the point that the goal of dividing Russia up would have to be abandoned, and Russia would be accepted as a partner of the West—a partner that retained its sovereignty and cultural heritage. A key to thwarting the Anglo-Zionist world imperial project was obviously the neutralizing of Ukraine. A Ukraine that was incorporated into NATO—the vehicle for Anglo-Zionist expansion—would be a mortal, existential, threat to Russia. A neutral Ukraine with its traditional ties to Russia—cultural and economic—would be acceptable for Russia.
All this positioning came to an end with the ousting of Trump and the installation of a full on Neocon, Anglo-Zionist, regime in the Imperial City on the Potomac. Trump, for whatever faults he had had, was never fully controlled by the Anglo-Zionists and, especially, for all his accommodation to his Neocon advisers, resisted full scale war. With the removal of Trump and the installation of the new Zhou regime, restraint ended. Full control of foreign policy was restored to the Neocon advisers, who saw that Russia’s rebuilding under Putin had reached the point at which the Anglo-Zionist project for world domination was faced with a now or never decision. Putin, reluctantly, chose to resist, seeing no other option.
The Anglo-Zionists entered the war full of optimism, believing that the Sanctions War could bring Russia to its knees in short order, and that Russia’s rebuilt military would be broken when it attempted frontal assaults on the massive defensive fortifications of the Donbass. We all know how that worked out. The Sanctions War has largely backfired against the West, and Putin’s quick seizure of the Black Sea littoral from the Dnieper to the Don, including the Zaporozhye NPP (largest NPP in Europe), proved to be a master stroke. Russia was able to settle in to a war of attrition that is now reaching its end point.
The Anglo-Zionist economic war continues, but Russia and BRICS continue to adapt. The road hasn’t always been smooth, and difficulties no doubt lie ahead, but Russia is strengthening its geopolitical position. In fact, Russia has gone on the geopolitical offensive, and nowhere more than in the Middle East. Russia’s military presence in Syria has been strengthened and Russian diplomacy has persevered in courting both Turkey and the Arab oil states. However, it has been its strategic relationship with Iran that has most strengthened Russia’s regional position. By rolling back the US domination of the Middle East, Russia obtains breathing room—a relaxing of the stranglehold that the Anglo-Zionists have sought to exert across Russia’s Central Asian and Black and Caspian Sea underbelly.
Which brings us to Netanyahu’s scheme to launch a regional war that would destroy Iran. Obviously, this scheme is fraught with danger for US dominance, and yet the destruction of Iran would be a grave blow against Russia’s network of geopolitical relationships. As in Ukraine, the idea behind Netanyahu’s war to expel Palestinians and then pivot to Lebanon was a lightning war. Again, as in Ukraine—and quite predictably—Israel has been unable to come anywhere close to that objective, approaching a year on from the outset of the war. To the contrary, and despite mind boggling levels of US and UK military assistance, it is Israel that is being brought to its knees through largely economic means—along with unrelenting pressure from Hezbollah. Israel is desperate to bring on the regional war, and the Anglo-Zionists cannot afford to allow Israel to go under—much as Russia and China cannot afford (and have openly stated) to let Iran be destroyed by the Anglo-Zionists. The shifting of such large amounts of US military resources to the Middle East are proof of this dynamic. And yet two factors stand in the way.
The first is political. The US cannot launch a war that will appear to be unprovoked, especially not in the midst of an election campaign in which it appears that Trump has a good chance of winning. The Dem establishment has pulled off a coup, but the financial establishment is clearly starting to get cold feet. In this situation, only a massive Iranian attack on Israel could appear to justify US entry into a major war in the Middle East that the public opposes. This is especially the case because such a war would, this time around, entail substantial losses. The second factor is related. Entry into such a major war would be almost assured of disaster if Russia (and China) were free to throw some considerable weight behind Iran.
That’s the dynamic that I speculated on yesterday. My idea was that the increase in offensive actions from Ukraine against Russia itself—not just against Donbass or Crimea—are intended to force Putin to concentrate his attention at home, leaving the US with a relatively free hand against Iran. In such an eventuality, China would also be largely deterred from engaging. Of course “a relatively free hand” is a relative concept. Nevertheless, what is clear is that the offensive actions from Ukraine against Russia (the Kursk incursion, the escalating drone attacks on infrastructure, threatened missile attacks) are all being done under US and NATO direction and in the face of military common sense. I argued that the only sense to be made of such a seeming contravention of sound military strategy—hastening Ukraine’s demise—is to assume that that it serves a strategic purpose for the moving force (the Anglo-Zionists) behind it. That purpose, I argued, lies in the Middle East—providing a relatively free hand to the Anglo-Zionists by keeping Putin occupied at home.
How is that scheme working out? Putin appears to be unperturbed, although angry. Russia and China have, together, reaffirmed their strategic commitment to Iran. In addition, Russia has increased the tempo of its military operations in conjunction with the Syrian government. Putin and Xi appear to see through this ploy. The other problem remains the political one. Iran, despite the steady and increasing Israeli escalations, seems to remain committed to the long term. The Neocon belief in their infalliable ability to manipulate geopolitical players is once again coming a cropper. Or so it seems.
In light of the above, consider two items.
Today Simplicius devoted his Sitrep to the recurring phenomenon of Russian “doomers”—Russian commentators who fail to grasp that Russia is engaged in a global war and demand that Putin throw all Russia’s resources against Ukraine. That, of course, is exactly what the Anglo-Zionists would like to see—at this point. They know they’ve lost in Ukraine and need a victory elsewhere, but to accomplish that they need that “relatively free hand,” since they can’t afford to appear to be walking away from Ukraine until, maybe, after the election. Simplicius writes:
And it’s easy to see how some even on the Russian side could begin feeling shaky about Russia’s ongoing war effort, but I have a different take on the ongoing situation. While the latest events have exposed some of the corruptions and shortcomings of the Russian military-state apparatus, at the same time they must be viewed as an accelerated psychological campaign on the part of the West, which is emptying its tank to create a sense of peaking paranoia and an atmosphere of crisis for Russia.
Ukraine has for now abandoned its objectives on the ground—in the real war—and has gone all in on the PR element. Granted, we’ve said this many times before, ... But now, they’ve gone on full retreat, and repurposed the vast majority of their resources to carrying out asymmetric attacks deep inside Russia for the sole purpose of destabilizing Putin’s public concensus.
Read that in light of all the above.
Next, Megatron offers an insightful analysis of Iran’s refusal to play the role that the Anglo-Zionists have assigned to it—that of igniting a regional war. Bear in mind that Iran is undoubtedly in close consultation with Russia and China in all this:
Megatron @Megatron_ron
 Personally, I don't think Iran will respond in the way everyone expects.
Iran will not attack Israel with missiles, as this would definitely trigger an all-out war between Iran and the US, who are willing to go to war on Israel's behalf.
This war the US will definitely lose, territorially due to logistics and will have to leave the Middle East, but Iran and the entire region will suffer huge consequences.
Iran will lose all the oil platforms, power plants and other critical facilities it has been building for years.
Iran is still not fully prepared for such a war, as they still lack many air defense systems, the latest generation of fighter jets, intercontinental ballistic missiles that can reach the United States, they also need to officially announce that they possess several nuclear warheads, and to possess several submarines that they will carry all those weapons including nukes.
This will tie the hands of the United States, which, unlike Russia, will not hesitate to use tactical nuclear weapons.
The price of such a victory for Iran is unaffordable and will literally destroy the country.
If Iran decides to take such a step, it will again be very limited, followed only by material damage.
The cost of such a war to the US is also huge and therefore some balance of patience is maintained.
Iran's response to Israel's assassination of the Hamas leader in Teheran will be of a similar nature.
Probably one of the ministers in the government of Israel will lose his head in Tel Aviv. Iran, like Israel, will officially deny involvement, and the hot chestnut will again fall into Israel's hands.
It can happen only at an opportune moment, maybe even in 3 years.
However, even if Israel reaches an agreement with Hamas, Hezbollah will not stop and drones and missiles will continue to fly on both sides, albeit with reduced intensity.
7:43 AM · Aug 24, 2024
This is where matters stand, heading into the Labor Day weekend and the beginning of the campaign season.
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Your last couple of posts have been really insightful, Mark, and I think very persuasive. I've always thought that the timing of Oct 7 was significant. I watched us & the Brits systematically remove our stockpiles from every base we have in the ME. The military cargo planes would go back & forth between a base & either Poland or the UK for a couple of weeks, then move on to the next one. Then, we supposedly raided our extra stock in Israel, too. Add on top of that the unrest in Israel at that time over Netty's supposed judicial changes. Massive protests - with IDF reservists refusing to report for duty. If I saw/figured that out, imagine the intelligence the resistance obtained. The Empire & its cronies were busy with their war on Russia, so what better time to strike (add in our weak, feckless leadership). I'd imagine the resistance began to set itself up with training, supply chains for weapons, funding & logistics, etc., at least 20 years ago and was waiting for the right time to take action. Plus, I've always maintained that our lousy withdrawal from Afghanistan wasn't so much this admin's incompetence as a rush to get out and get their war on Russia started since they had to sit out 4 years while Trump was prez.
Good analysis as ever. All world wars are different and this century's latest installment is less gung-ho than the previous two installments.
The key word is escalation. If Russia or Iran take the bait, then the empire has a limited chance of hanging on to its hegemony for a few more decades. However, time is the greatest threat to the empire, a weapon western empires have never been able to master.
The empire is obsessed with time and money, so the longer Russia and Iran hold out, the more desperate and clueless the empire becomes.
Your last couple of posts have been really insightful, Mark, and I think very persuasive. I've always thought that the timing of Oct 7 was significant. I watched us & the Brits systematically remove our stockpiles from every base we have in the ME. The military cargo planes would go back & forth between a base & either Poland or the UK for a couple of weeks, then move on to the next one. Then, we supposedly raided our extra stock in Israel, too. Add on top of that the unrest in Israel at that time over Netty's supposed judicial changes. Massive protests - with IDF reservists refusing to report for duty. If I saw/figured that out, imagine the intelligence the resistance obtained. The Empire & its cronies were busy with their war on Russia, so what better time to strike (add in our weak, feckless leadership). I'd imagine the resistance began to set itself up with training, supply chains for weapons, funding & logistics, etc., at least 20 years ago and was waiting for the right time to take action. Plus, I've always maintained that our lousy withdrawal from Afghanistan wasn't so much this admin's incompetence as a rush to get out and get their war on Russia started since they had to sit out 4 years while Trump was prez.
Good analysis as ever. All world wars are different and this century's latest installment is less gung-ho than the previous two installments.
The key word is escalation. If Russia or Iran take the bait, then the empire has a limited chance of hanging on to its hegemony for a few more decades. However, time is the greatest threat to the empire, a weapon western empires have never been able to master.
The empire is obsessed with time and money, so the longer Russia and Iran hold out, the more desperate and clueless the empire becomes.