US Empire tricks

EDITOR—The US under a new administration is attempting to convince many Americans that it seeks the end of the conflict in Ukraine. However all talk has centered on continued pressure on Russia, additional arms for Ukraine, and simply the outsourcing of a Syria-style conflict freeze to Europe instead of an actual enduring peace. At the same time, the US has repeatedly pointed out that it is prioritizing confrontation with China in the Asia-Pacific region and simply doesn’t have enough resources to fight both wars at the same time, needing Europe to “double down” vis-a-vis Russia.

EDITOR’S NOTE —Brian Berletic is —again—clear and comprehensive in his warning against premature celebration of the malignant US empire’s downfall. What we are witnessing, says, Brian, is a global clash of the two main forces shaping contemporary history, the Eurasian multinodal bloc, driving the BRICS, led by Russia, China, and Iran, and the collective West, still headed by the US empire. The latter is still, despite its mediocre and at times pathetic leadership and incurable systemic issues (emanating from its blind allegiance to free market capitalism), an extremely powerful entity. The outcome of this clash —waged on many points of pressure, such as Syria, Ukraine, West Asia, the EU, the Caucasus, and certainly the Far East—is still being decided, as humanity awaits to see who will crack first. Each bloc is likely to suffer defeats and victories—Russia and Iran just saw a serious setback in Syria and Lebanon, while Washington may soon have to deal with a huge defeat in Ukraine—so proxies will suffer and may be destroyed, but before the path is clear humanity will probably come close or even enter a true nuclear Armageddon stage. The lesson is “Don’t Count the US Empire Out” just yet. Washington is known for implementing a totally depraved, amoral strategy, diabolical in its effectiveness, and the multipolar world has yet to find effective ways of neutralising it.