Max Blumenthal: The War Machine Reloads

Max discusses with R J Eskow the gathering storm fueled by the US and its vassals and accomplices, particularly NATO and Israel, in the Middle East, China, and the Ukraine, all and any of which could trigger a global conflagration.  Meantime, Iran, politically and economically stressed due to US sanctions, has managed to develop, despite constant attacks, its ballistic missile technology (non-nuclear), to protect itself from total assault by Israel and the West. This eminently rational position is dismissed by the Biden administration (as did Trump's), which continues to insist on Iran practically disarming unilaterally. The prospects for peace look dim, especially since the US leadership has no real vision for an adaptation to a multilateral world. The US, argues, Blumenthal, is virtually pushing countries like Iran to create or participate in a non-dollar economic sphere. This, he believes, may accelerate the fall of the US tyranny. The rapacious and by design exploitative imperial model of economic interaction is finished, implies Blumenthal. China offers a different, win-win trade deals model, and it is clear in time most nations will choose the Chinese way over the anglo-american (eurocentric) template of economic exchange.