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One aspect of the current clash of civilizations that goes largely unnoticed in the US is that there is only one civilization, if we can call it that, doing the clashing. That would be the US and its arrangement of vassals that emerged from WWII. As if participating in an exploitation video called good vassals gone bad, the former liberal governments of Europe have moved hard to the foreign policy right. Through near complete reversal of the Western liberal order, the West is back to fighting WWII. Only without any defensive missiles. Or competent leaders.
Rumors, as in stories in the mainstream press, have it that the US is running dangerously low on defensive (âinterceptorâ) missiles. Iran reportedly possesses and has been using offensive (âstrikeâ) hypersonic missiles that fly too fast to be reliably intercepted. The minimum lead time for the US to produce more defensive missiles is three to five years. Without defensive missiles, US âassetsâ in the Gulf including (US) military bases cannot be defended against Iranian missiles. That US military planners didnât foresee this suggests that competence isnât their strength.
Not that Americans would know anything about it. No news or low-quality propaganda are what we are fed. For one-and-one-half-trillion-dollars-per-year (Pentagon budget), higher quality propaganda should be the least that we get. Depending on the telling, either Ansar Allah (the Houthis) or Iran-affiliated militias in Iraq (remember Iraq?) have destroyed critical oil and gas infrastructure in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Aramco Jizan and Abqaiq Oil Stabilization Plant have been largely destroyed. Refineries and pipelines are ablaze. ...
The Saudi refineries that have been destroyed represent critical infrastructure that feeds global oil and gas supplies. Qatarâs Ras Laffan LNG processing facility was significantly destroyed in March. The Strait of Hormuz has now been substantially closed for five months with no signs of reopening. And the worldâs SPRs have been brought to dangerously low levels. The time-to-repair for both the Saudi facilities and Ras Laffan is five years. For those doing the math, the world is screwed. The consequences of Trumpâs war against Iran will be with us for decades. ... ...
...is claiming Cuba (a tiny suffocated island of 11 million people) is threatening and bullying it, and now has to beg for hundreds of billions more at least to sustain this new Iran war.
Viceroy of Venezuela: "Muh sovereignty!" Orwell rolls...
The administration is going after at the ICC for two reasons: they wish to shield the Israeli government from any consequences for its many crimes in Gaza and elsewhere, and they want to be able to commit their own crimes around the world with absolute impunity.
The administrationâs targeting of the ICC is a core part of their effort to make the world safe for war criminals.
ð¨ðº CUBA | The Nation, citing a leaked State Department cable obtained by reporter Ken Klippenstein, reports Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed U.S. embassies to lobby countries to oppose a July 7 U.N. General Assembly debate on the humanitarian impact of U.S. sanctions on Cuba.
The cable reportedly instructs allies to criticize Cuba, urges nonaligned states to stay silent, and warns countries supporting the debate that Washington âwill be listening very closelyâ to their remarks and discourages comments that could âcreate frictionâ in bilateral ties.
Cuba said the U.S. is trying to block debate through pressure and threats.
The Rubio Cable on Cuba Inside US efforts to shut down debate at the United Nations on Washingtonâs economic warfare.
