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- the US war on Iran has effectively cut Middle Eastern energy exports to China triggering a countdown on China’s 100 day reserves;

- China has been rushing toward energy independence presenting the US with a closing window of opportunity to cut off and starve China economically as part of a long-planned “distant blockade;”

- The US is already surging additional forces into the region ensuring the conflict continues throughout the 100 days China’s reserves will last;

- The US has already invaded Venezuela and is attacking Russian energy production and exports to cut them off from China;

- This plan has been laid out and pursued since the Bush Jr. administration leading up to the “Arab Spring” and the subsequent encirclement of Iran, Russia, and now China;

References:

The New Atlas - 2011: The Year of the Dupe (2011):
https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-year-of-dupe.html
The New Yorker - The Redirection (2007):
https://archive.ph/3ZB70
US Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade on China (2018):
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-review
NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (admitting CIA targeting Russian energy production and shipping) (Dec. 30, 2025):
https://archive.ph/PL0ES
Reuters - McCain ruffles Beijing with talk of Chinese Arab Spring (2012):
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/mccain-ruffles-beijing-with-talk-of-chinese-arab-spring-idUSTRE8130GT/
The Hill - McCain: Next stop for Arab Spring could be Russia (2012):
https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/180834-mccain-next-stop-for-arab-spring-could-be-russia/

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