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Dutch Josh 2 
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 Posted: 11 Apr 2025 at 12:21am |
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Under Donald Trump’s revived “America First” worldview, democracy comes with a unique twist: the US reserves the right to impose crushing tariffs, sweeping sanctions, and economic sabotage on any country it chooses. But should the targeted nation dare to retaliate or assert its sovereignty, it is swiftly labeled a threat and warned of military consequences. The message is blunt: accept being bullied and economically suffocated, and you may earn the privilege of being submitted and not being bombed. Resist, and you’ll face “maximum pressure,” American-style. https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/national-news/space-command-relieves-commander-of-duty-criticizing-trump-vance or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/national-news/space-command-relieves-commander-of-duty-criticizing-trump-vance ; Just days after Vice President JD Vance's March visit to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, the installation commander sent out an email to the base distancing it from Vance’s criticism of Denmark and its oversight of the territory. She has, today, been relieved of her Command. Col. Susan Meyers, the commander of the 821st Space Base Group who also oversees the Pentagon's northernmost military base, sent a March 31 message to all personnel at Pituffik seemingly aimed at generating unity among the airmen and Guardians, as well as the Canadians, Danes, and Greenlanders who work there, following Vance's appearance. She wrote that she "spent the weekend thinking about Friday's visit -- the actions taken, the words spoken, and how it must have affected each of you." "I do not presume to understand current politics, but what I do know is the concerns of the U.S. administration discussed by Vice President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base," Meyers wrote in the email, which was communicated to Military.com. https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/national-news/us-ambassador-to-ukraine-has-resigned or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/national-news/us-ambassador-to-ukraine-has-resigned ;United States Ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, has resigned. Ambassador Brink was nominated by President Biden to be U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine on April 25, 2022, shortly AFTER the Russian entry into Ukraine. She was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on May 18, 2022, and arrived in Kiev on May 29, 2022. DJ, Hal Turner may have some value as a source. His extremist pro-trump stands are damaging him...I think the country needs ALL the Biden people - OUT - of government. I say "Good riddance." It is crazy... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lW2EZb1vc4 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lW2EZb1vc4 ;Danny Haiphong/USA
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DJ, A group of countries in a "coalition of the willing" may be working on a "plan B"...IF UKraine is collapsing move in western "peace keepers", western intervention...A first group (UK, France, NL, DK, Baltic states, Poland, ...also Finland, Canada ?) getting in an open war with Russia in UKraine may "pull" the US in such a war...
There are US-Russia talks..However the "gap" ( in many ways) may be much to wide. The US wants to remain the global dominant player and believes it can "beat" Russia-Iran AND China...stopping BRICS+ The BRICS+ view is "we are already the number 1" in many ways...We do NOT need either the US or the US$...Both Russia and Iran see themselves at war with the US...There is NO point in making deals with (this) US to find out the US just as easy makes deals as break them... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk2zlzgy4H8 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk2zlzgy4H8 Lena Petrova/WAinC;
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DJ, For NL World War Two started in may 1940-almost 85 years ago...The European aspect of that war for NL has three stages; Invasion-may 1940 and two (main) battles; september 1944, april 1945...
It is now 80 years ago British and Canadian forces moved in towards my town Arnhem. In september/october 1944 around 200,000 citizens from this area were "evacuated"...Some of them survived the winter 44/45 in chicken runs. The west of NL faced mass starvation killing 20,000 people. (With excess deaths very likely above a "norm" for a lot of people not dying). So in april 1945 British/Canadian forces moved into the Arnhem region from the South-East..the same route the Germans used in may 1940 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Arnhem or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Arnhem ..."the liberation" of Arnhem was described as moving into a ghost town...Several hundreds died while fighting in ruins... UK/Canada forces in part fighting Dutch ss troops...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_of_Arnhem or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_of_Arnhem Some parts of Arnhem-and suburbs to the east (Velp a.o) were NOT evacuated...Allied bombings did kill dozens of Dutch citizens... --------- At an international reception a woman from Nijmegen-at that reception- heard a US air force "higher rank" bragging on how he bombed Nijmegen in february 1944...killing over 800 Dutch citizens...The woman was shocked and disgusted... ---------- DJ, Does the US understand what war is ? Europe has seen way to much bloodbaths...Russia/Soviet Union lossed 27 million people beating the nazi's...it stopped napoleon and will stop nato... China not only did see millions killed fighting Japan since the 1930's...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War#Casualties or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War#Casualties China also did see the US killing tens of thousends Chinese forces in Korea 1950-53...with a "coalition of the willing" fighting against the USSR/China-communism... Europe did also send some "experienced fighters" (in part to get rid of them) that did fight for the Germans and/or in colonial wars... The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War 1980-1988 -US created- may have seen 1 million deaths...the 2003 NATO invasion of Iraq may have resulted in loss of lives at the same level.... My point; If you have seen war you will do all you can to avoid war...Somehow US politics never realizes what war brings...A possible outcome could be the US may see war on its soil...Learning the hard way...
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Posted: 11 Apr 2025 at 11:42pm |
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— Politico.- < aria-label="Grok s" role="" ="-175oi2r r-1777fci r-bt1l66 r-bztko3 r-lrvibr r-1loqt21 r-1ny4l3l" ="" style="text-align: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit; align-items: stretch; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; : relative; : 0; overflow: ; justify-: center; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; user-: none;"> < aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="menu" aria-label="More" role="" ="-175oi2r r-1777fci r-bt1l66 r-bztko3 r-lrvibr r-1loqt21 r-1ny4l3l" -testid="caret" ="" style="text-align: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit; align-items: stretch; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; : relative; : 0; overflow: ; justify-: center; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; user-: none;"> It's the year of Our Lord 2025, and the White House tells us about America having been exploited.
Didn't know she was a stand-up comedian.- < aria-label="Grok s" role="" ="-175oi2r r-1777fci r-bt1l66 r-bztko3 r-lrvibr r-1loqt21 r-1ny4l3l" ="" style="text-align: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit; align-items: stretch; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; : relative; : 0; overflow: ; justify-: center; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; user-: none;"> < aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="menu" aria-label="More" role="" ="-175oi2r r-1777fci r-bt1l66 r-bztko3 r-lrvibr r-1loqt21 r-1ny4l3l" -testid="caret" ="" style="text-align: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit; align-items: stretch; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; : relative; : 0; overflow: ; justify-: center; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; user-: none;">    Kellogg Proposes Dividing Ukraine into Spheres of Influence – The Times
Trump’s special envoy on Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has proposed a ceasefire plan that would effectively divide Ukraine into zones of influence, similar to post-WWII Germany, The Times reports.
Key points of the proposal:
 Russia would control eastern Ukraine; Western Ukraine could host British and French troops as part of a “security mission.”
The U.S. would not deploy ground forces but may assist with coordination.
An 18-mile buffer zone would separate Ukrainian and Russian forces.
New elections in Ukraine could follow a ceasefire.
Europe should not expect U.S. military support unless it's willing to act independently.
Russia opposes any NATO troop deployment after a ceasefire, while European countries are hesitant to send forces without firm U.S. backing—making the plan basically impossible.
Why are these people wasting our time?https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/flash-china-cancels-all-lng-purchases-from-usa-sec-to-de-list-china-companies-from-stock-markets or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/flash-china-cancels-all-lng-purchases-from-usa-sec-to-de-list-china-companies-from-stock-markets DJ, BRICS+ is "breaking" with the US. "The rest of the west" moving towards "BICS+"... US talks in/with Russia not only ignoring UKraine but also US allies... My view; Russia welcomes a break up of "the west"...it may be a major goal in US-Russia talks for them...A self delusioned US is isolating itself, driving itself into a swamp...
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Posted: 12 Apr 2025 at 4:19am |
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Asia’s not waiting—they’re tossing U.S. debt overboard and hoarding gold like it’s the end of days.
Trump isn’t playing 4D chess. He’s lighting matches in a fireworks factory.
This trade war isn’t a flex—it’s economic suicide on a global scale. DJ, Very likely ALL of BRICS+ may agree on economic warfare against the US to prevent (further) military US wars... By de-dollar-izing, a stop on "strategic trade", limiting logistics the US may learn in a hard way it is not able to start wars with Iran, China...(both essential for BRICS+). IF USrael attacks Iran it WILL be seen as a US attack on BRICS+. Western war criminals may still meet eachother, dream of "global dominance". DJ-My view; Iran did break USrael air defense enough to tell USrael "do not start a fight". Russia-Putin may have warned netanyahu...We will NOT stop an Iranian reaction if you attack Iran... A "Finland-model" treaty may end the UKraine war...however Russia may also demand Finland itself has to return to the agreements after World War Two...Finland had to stay neutral...NOT join NATO...(and again "the west" broke another deal...by admitting Finland into NATO). ---- An USrael attack on Iran-seen as a US attack on BRICS+-may result in lots of frontlines reopened by BRICS+ to get the US (and allies) out of Africa, Asia, Latin America... Depending on definition 90-85% of global population is "non western"....The Yemen war -blocking the Red Sea-is just a "small warning".... --- In reaction BRICS+ attacks on the US mainland may aim at energy, logistics...while also making clear it is NOT meant as a start of all out war with the US-but an escalation to prevent such all out war...So US radar/NORAD may NOT be attacked (yet)... If the US still fails to "get the message"...USrael goes (again ???) nuclear... DJ-Russia, China, Iran, North Korea are prepared for nuclear war...The US may be overstretched in targets-with hypersonic missiles destroying a lot of US (nuclear/military) capacity before it is out of US (air) space... Slowly at least some people "wake up" and realize we are in the worst military crisis ever...with the US/trump to blame for it... -
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https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/u-s-and-iran-begin-nuclear-talks-in-oman or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/u-s-and-iran-begin-nuclear-talks-in-oman ;
Iran has replied that, despite the USA pulling-out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) negotiated under the Obama regime, that agreement is still in full force and effect with the other countries that signed-on to it, and as such, Iran is honoring that agreement and has no nuclear ambitions. Israel, of course, is paranoid, and wants absolute proof and absolute control over the issue, which Israel has no right to seek because Israel itself has nuclear weapons. This morning, Iran proposed a "nuclear-free Middle East." Iran seeks Israel being disarmed of the nuclear weapons they already have. That went over like a lead balloon, but the proposal has now been made. DJ, The main point trump would like to get is US global dominance...but he is moving further away of that by the hour... https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202504/1331967.shtml or https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202504/1331967.shtml ; The US tariff will impact supply chains, and ultimately, consumers in the US will end up paying more for the same goods, Victor Cadena, executive vice president of the Mexican Chamber for Commerce in China, said in an exclusive interview with the Global Times when commenting on the tariff stick waved by the US on global countries including Mexico and China. Facing the uncertainty posed by the US tariffs policy to the global trade, Cadena said that China and Mexico have strong connections in manufacturing supply chains, especially in the automotive and many other industries. More than 1,400 Chinese companies are registered and operating in Mexico across various industries, the Mexican chamber head said, citing data from the Mexican Ministry of Economy. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202504/1331963.shtml or https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202504/1331963.shtml ; BRICS members engaged in in-depth discussions regarding the US "reciprocal tariffs" policy, expressed serious concerns over the trade tensions triggered by the US measures, and jointly called for opposition to unilateralism and trade protectionism during the second meeting of the BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues, which was held via video conference from Thursday to Friday, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Saturday. The group, established in 2011, is a key contact group for BRICS members to exchange views on a range of economic, trade and investment related issues, according to the official website of South Africa's Department of Technology, Industry and Competition. During the meeting, China pointed out that the US government's recent imposition of the "reciprocal tariff" policy has severely undermined the international trade system, disrupted global industrial and supply chains, exerted prolonged impacts on the world economy, which represents typical unilateralism, protectionism, and economic bullying. China emphasized that BRICS countries serve as a crucial platform for emerging market nations and developing countries to strengthen solidarity and cooperation and safeguard shared interests. They play a significant role in advancing the reform of the global governance system and promoting the liberalization and facilitation of global trade and investment. At this critical juncture, BRICS members should steadfastly adhere to the correct direction of globalization, jointly safeguard the multilateral trading system based on rules, and maintain global economic stability, according to a statement published by the ministry on its official website. DJ, In lots of European countries you have "Value Added Tax" consumers pay...In the US that tax is added in a different way. This does not make the VAT in Europe a "European tariff" as trump claims...It is NOT linked to where products come from... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_tax or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_tax In lots of countries you do not have to pay tax over books, basic essentials have a low tax rate, luxe goods have ahigh (20%) tax rate...
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Posted: 12 Apr 2025 at 10:04pm |
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The massive destruction left by the occupation's bombing of the Baptist Hospital in central #Gaza City.DJ, trump turning Gaza "into a new Riviera"...by killing (all ?) Palestinians ? Also US bombs-tax paid-on Yemen...still NOT reopening the Red Sea for USrael murder-trade... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S08xKEergc or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S08xKEergc Firstpost India;
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Since it is a very good story-my reaction in a new post; https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/1911241919142957145 or https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/1911241919142957145
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(NOTE: It is important to understand what the US actually seeks to accomplish with tariffs before jumping to conclusions as to why it is using them - the goal is not to "reindustrialize" the US, but to decouple from China and an international system the US will destroy through upcoming conflict WITH China the US is preparing for.
This isn't "Trump's idea," but rather policy contained within policy papers like Project 2025 created by the very monopolies Trump and Biden both serve and monopolies that are losing out from an emerging multipolar world China is leading the creation of.
Below is my entire article on the topic in full for those who cannot access it on NEO).
With the rollout of sweeping US tariffs aimed at nations worldwide, economists and geopolitical analysts alike are astounded by what at face value looks like irrational self-sabotage attributed to incompetence within the White House.
In reality, the tariffs are a central pillar of bipartisan foreign, trade, and economic policy implemented first during the previous Trump administration, continued and even expanded upon during the following Biden administration, before being expanded further still under the current Trump administration.
Rather than a random idea that formed within the mind of President Donald Trump himself or among those within his cabinet, sweeping tariffs are the stated policy of unelected corporate-financier interests, articulated in-depth within the pages of special interest-funded think tank documents including Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” paper under Chapter 26: Trade Policy.
The policy, far from a sound plan to re-industrialize America or genuinely balance America’s trade deficit, is instead meant to maintain America as “the world’s dominant superpower.”
The paper claims that:
To maintain that global positioning—and thereby best protect the homeland and our own democratic institutions—it is critical that the United States strengthen its manufacturing and defense industrial base at the same time that it increases the reliability and resilience of its globally dispersed supply chains. That will necessarily require the onshoring of a significant portion of production currently offshored by American multinational corporations.
While this seems to at first suggest a general re-industrialization of America’s economy, none of the actual measures required to do so are discussed with any serious attention – measures such as the sweeping education reforms and massive state investment in infrastructure and industry required to actually re-industrialize America.
The policies described within the pages of Project 2025 and now being implemented further under the current US administration are meant instead to disrupt global economic activity including trade and industry, particularly those of China, while compelling industry abroad to be moved to the United States.
An example of this is semiconductor manufacturer TSMC which was forced to move facilities to Arizona in the continental United States. A combination of poor infrastructure, weak supply chains, and a lack of skilled workers have caused massive budget and schedule overruns as well as necessitating the movement of hundreds of workers from Taiwan to the United States to fill roles American employees are incapable of fulfilling themselves.
Similarly, beginning in 2014 with the US-engineered overthrow of Ukraine’s elected government and the triggering of a proxy war with the Russian Federation, subsequent sanctions applied by the US and Europe and the deliberate destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines have crippled the latter’s supply of cheap Russian hydrocarbons.
This has forced European manufacturing to relocate to the United States, as DW in its 2023 article, “Is German industry migrating to the US?,” noted, claiming:
“One is the increase in geopolitical tensions. Many German companies see the US as a ‘safe harbor.’ Other reasons are the comparatively low energy costs and the very generous subsidies provided under the Inflation Reduction Act.”
In the long-term, as more industry is forced to move from regions of the world like Asia and Europe to the United States through a combination of US tariffs and geopolitical sabotage, stress on America’s insufficient infrastructure, supply chains, human resources, as well as inadequate education and healthcare systems will only increase.
Even if sufficient resources are channeled into improving any or all of the above fundamental factors for transplanting industry to the United States, it will take years to catch up.
In the short-term, as a now 8 year-spanning policy of imposing tariffs and triggering trade war has demonstrated, an already immense cost-of-living crisis is set to expand even further, impacting the lives of tens of millions of Americans already struggling with grocery bills, rent, fuel, healthcare, and education.
Washington’s Obsession is with China, Not “MAGA”
The success the US has achieved in undermining and stripping away European industry is almost certainly guiding a much larger and more ambitious policy worldwide, ultimately in regard to China.
Project 2025 lists a number of actions to be taken in regard to China specifically including:
Strategically expand tariffs to all Chinese products and increase tariffs rates to levels that will block out “Made in China” products, and execute this strategy in a manner and at a pace that will not expose the U.S. to lack of access to essential products like key pharmaceuticals.
And:
Ban all Chinese social media apps such as TikTok and WeChat, which pose significant national security risks and expose American consumers to data and identity theft.
Additionally:
Systematically reduce and eventually eliminate any U.S. dependence on Communist Chinese supply chains that may be used to threaten national security, such as medicines, silicon chips, rare earth minerals, computer motherboards, flatscreen displays, and military components.
As well as:
Significantly reduce or eliminate the issuance of visas to Chinese students or researchers to prevent espionage and information harvesting.
All of which are either now US policy or are being transformed into US policy under the current Trump administration.
China’s manufacturing base has made everything from pharmaceuticals and everyday consumer products to construction materials and major infrastructure projects affordable for nations around the globe, rapidly improving living standards globally. The world collectively sees cooperation with China as an opportunity.
Because of China’s large population (larger than the G7 combined), its massive and still growing industrial base, and its world-class infrastructure, the US sees China as a threat – not in terms of any sort of genuine national security concern – but in terms of maintaining America as “the world’s dominant superpower,” as per Project 2025 and other policy papers sponsored by America’s unelected corporate and financier monopolies.
Such papers declare China as “a serious existential threat,” not to America as a nation-state or to the American people – both of which would only benefit as the rest of the world has from cooperation with China – but to the deeply entrenched corporate-financier monopolies no longer able to compete with not only Chinese goods and services, but those in nations rising alongside China everywhere from Latin America to Africa and across the whole of Eurasia.
The Worst-Case Scenario
While the most immediate and intuitive explanations for growing US tariffs against nations worldwide stem from protecting uncompetitive but deeply entrenched corporate-financier monopolies within the US from increasing foreign competition, or a specific strategy to contain China’s growing economic influence worldwide, there is a much more concerning possibility being overlooked by many – the US decoupling from a global economy it seeks to deliberately destroy through a combination of economic and actual warfare.
The obvious and growing impact tariffs will have on the cost-of-living crisis in the United States represent a high and unsustainable cost politically, socially, and economically for the United States – so much so that little else besides anticipation ahead of a major conflict could justify such costs as acceptable.
Were the US preparing for the deliberate destruction of the current global economic system, or large-scale war with one or more of its declared “adversaries,” decoupling itself from the global economy first on its own terms ahead of time – especially in terms of America’s dependence on China for supply chains including all throughout its military industrial base, would be a necessary prerequisite.
The above-mentioned example of semiconductor manufacturer TSMC building a factory in Arizona is admittedly a means of hedging against the possibility of war destroying TSMC facilities in Taiwan itself. US policymakers have even stated publicly that if China itself did not destroy the facilities, the US would deliberately do so to deny China access to them.
A paper published by the US Army War College in 2021 titled, “Broken Nest: Deterring China from Nest: Deterring China from Invading Taiwan,” would explain:
…the United States and Taiwan should lay plans for a targeted scorched-earth strategy that would render Taiwan not just unattractive if ever seized by force, but positively costly to maintain. This could be done most effectively by threatening to destroy facilities belonging to the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the most important chipmaker in the world and China’s most important supplier.
This represents a microcosm of much wider preparations spurred on by this most recent and otherwise unnecessarily extreme tariff policy.
The tariffs and associated policies targeting China specifically not only serve to help minimize the impact on the US itself if and when military conflict begins, it may be believed it can even help weaken China beforehand.
As drastic as this sounds, it should be remembered that the US is already currently engaged in a massive military build-up versus China in the Asia-Pacific region. The US has also been engaged in years of undeclared proxy-war with China through the use of terrorists and militants across Eurasia used to target and destroy Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure, Chinese engineers working on BRI projects, and local security attempting to protect them. The US is developing and deploying new weapons designed specifically for a near-future conflict with China.
Not only that, the US is preparing for a very particular type of conflict with China – one targeting Chinese maritime shipping worldwide, rather than taking on the Chinese military itself along or within its shores and borders. Several major steps have been taken by multiple US presidential administrations, including the Obama administration, now 2 Trump administrations, and the previous Biden administration in regard to what would be a worldwide blockade of Chinese maritime shipping.
The Obama administration’s “pivot to Asia” began the transformation of America’s military forces from one organized around the decades-long “War on Terror,” to a fighting force tailored for conflict with peer and near-peer competitors. During the first Trump administration, the US withdrew from arms control treaties, allowing for the development and deployment of treaty-violating missiles ranging from anti-ballistic missile defenses to intermediate and long-range missiles now being deployed across the Asia-Pacific.
During the Biden administration, the entire US Marine Corps was transformed from a combined-arms expeditionary fighting force to one custom-tailored specifically for anti-shipping missions in the Asia-Pacific region, replacing its tank and infantry forces with anti-shipping missile forces through the creation of “Marine Littoral Regiments” designed for littoral maneuver and sea denial operations amid peer or near-peer conflict.
The US Air Force had also begun implementing strategies during the Biden administration continuing under the Trump administration including its “Agile Combat Employment” (ACE) strategy to disperse US airpower across the Asia-Pacific region among larger numbers of air bases to make it more difficult for China to target and destroy US airpower in the event of armed conflict.
And in just the last several months – in addition to the growing US military presence across the Asia-Pacific – the current Trump administration has taken drastic measures to choke maritime shipping globally by expanding US military forces in the Middle East targeting both the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz, the potential annexation of Greenland specifically citing Russian and Chinese shipping as an impetus, as well as the seizure of the Panama Canal specifically to counter China.
While a global tariff policy to wall off the US economy from its own premeditated destruction of the global economy is a drastic policy, the complete reorganization of US military forces specifically for war with China along with the seizure of key maritime choke points worldwide are equally drastic and make sense only as part of a strategy to precipitate that destruction.
Empire in terminal decline throughout human history has suffered from dangerous desperation. In the 21st century, the US represents a modern-day empire in terminal decline – one armed with nuclear weapons, a global-spanning military, and in control of global economic tools capable of destroying the entire global system rather than concede its role placed above it. The goal would be to survive the controlled demolition of the global order it has presided over for decades and emerge the strongest player, best positioned for establishing itself once again as “the world’s dominant superpower.”
For the rest of the world and the emerging multipolar world order it is pursuing, a combination of deterrence, alternative economic, trade, and financial systems, and an opposing strategy of walling off and protecting economies and populations from American economic and actual warfare will be required.
The US is preparing to subject its own population as well as those of its supposed “allies” to immense long-term economic, social, and political pain. The cost-of-living crisis in the US will only grow worse. The US hopes that it can endure economic pain and disruption at home and abroad better than the emerging multipolar world can. Multipolarism’s survival will depend on proving otherwise.
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DJ, There are "claims" China was only two years away from "not needing" the US. China is the motor in the SCO, a driver behind BRICS+...ASEAN more and more "on the same line" as China.
Somehow the US/trump thinks India will give up its "good relations" with Russia for almost a century to make a short term deal with trump...In reality "the elephant-India and the dragon-China are going for a tango" (Modhi-India). Asia is 70% of the global population...GDP-PPP, production capacity, natural resources may be around that %...So-as many times in history-the "west" needs Asia harder, Asia may be better of without the west/neo-colonialism... Giving up the #1 position you think you had may not be "welcome"...The UK lost the #1 position during World War Two (and there are links between nazism and the US going further then henry ford, bush-banks, IBM and coca-cola). Confrontation may be the WRONG approach. The Japanese https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1884694.The_Three_Bamboos or https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1884694.The_Three_Bamboos describes an alternative; flexibility and learning from others may be an Asian reaction. DJ, trump is further DECREASING !!!! US spending on education, healthcare...human rights in the US are a joke...Lots of better educated US citizens are LEAVING the US ! If the US wants to go for (maintaining) a #1 you need the brains... But also the US needs allies...and both the EU and UK (Japan, Korea is NOT "the west") "love to hate trump"...If there were polls sympathie for China may be growing, even Putin may be more popular in Europe then trump... EU/UK politics can no longer "sell" being involved in US (provoked) wars... China and the EU will increase talks, very likely will increase trade. The EU may be spending more on "war" however NOT on US weapons... A basic ingredient for economy is trust...and trump managed to destroy that basic trust by acting like an idiot...Keeping the US #1 may have been a long term goal but Obama may have been the last US president with a realistic strategy for that goal... ---- DJ, BRICS+ by now know the US is going for more confrontation. The strategy is to make the US less capable for fighting (major) wars... -De-dollar-ization was NOT a goal in itself-but an outcome of US sanctions on Russia. -Asia is a big mass of land-linked with Europe and Africa...US navy/air force only has limited usage there... -Why should ANY country do bussinesses-based on debts-with a country that disrespect you ? A Russian anti-tank weapon in battlefield use did do a "better" job while the costs were 5% of the same kind of US anti-tank weapon...The US idea of "isolating" enemies one by one is wrong...It did not work with Russia, will not work with Iran...will backfire hard on the US with China... A basic idea behind BRICS+ is creating "win-win" scenario's...NOT dominance but trust... The "west" replaced colonialism exploitation by neo-colonial exploitation...NOT "win-win" but a 0,1% getting very rich with ALL of the rest getting more poor... Since the BASIC problem is in the west it is OUR job to do better... |
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This morning, Russian forces struck the center of Sumy, targeting the area near the Congress Center of Sumy State University. The incident quickly gained traction in Ukrainian media due to reported civilian casualties in the street.
Kiev’s propaganda machine might have spun the story to portray a deliberate strike on civilians — but several key details, confirmed by Ukrainian public figures themselves, tell a different story.
 What did Ukrainian officials reveal?
 MP Maryana Bezuhla, known for occasionally breaking ranks with the official line, admitted that a military ceremony honoring Ukrainian troops was underway at the time of the strike.
Bezuhla also suggested there was likely a leak of information that exposed the gathering site to Russian forces. She criticized the Ukrainian military command for failing to learn from previous incidents where troop formations were hit.
Konotop Mayor Artem Semenikhin openly blamed Sumy regional governor Volodymyr Artyukh for organizing the ceremony in a central urban area. He went as far as admitting that after the first strike, he "was the first to flee — knocking over children on his way out."
Controversial MP Ihor Mosiychuk further confirmed that the event was a planned award ceremony for the 117th Territorial Defense Brigade on its 7th anniversary — and civilians had been brought in for the occasion.
While civilian casualties did occur — regrettably — the strike was aimed at a verified military target. Evidence from Ukrainian officials supports that. In this case, one missile may have lacked the precision needed to avoid collateral damage.
 Interestingly, Ukraine’s own media space shifted the focus from civilian losses to political infighting, dismantling the “deliberate strike on civilians” narrative without any external help.
 Strikes on troop formations have the potential to deal significant damage to Ukraine’s manpower — as seen in the highly effective attack on the 179th Training Center in Poltava in September 2024. Given the strategic impact, such targets are unsurprising choices.
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