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Geopolitical analysis by Brian Berletic (aka Tony Cartalucci) with a focus on Eurasia, based in Bangkok, Thailand.
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US Loses F-15 & A-10 Warplanes as Costs Rise Amid War on Iran
Apr 400:13:05Tap to summarize- The US has lost an F-15 and A-10 warplane over Iran within a short span of time; - While this is a tactical snapshot that may betray strategic reality, it poses possible implications regarding Iranian air defense capabilities and strategies based on air ambushes; - If further incidents like this take place, it may force the US to scale back sorties over Iran and depend more on stand-off strikes, reducing the pace and intensity of US aggression; - It is important to back up possible strategic implications with more than a single tactical snapshot meaning only time will tell regarding the significance of this event; References: BBC - US pilot rescued after fighter jet downed over Iran, US media report (Apr. 4, 2026): https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3r395l91l3oWhere to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailandTwitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerleticRumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlasPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyerPromptPay: 0851547235...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0UZAmbyfD4
Transcribe →As US Escalation Continues vs. Iran, US Escalates vs. China in the Asia-Pacific
Apr 200:52:20Tap to summarizeAs US Escalation Continues vs. Iran, US Proxies Escalate vs. China in the Asia-Pacific - The US continues escalating despite daily “mixed signals” from the US administration aimed at dragging public opinion in favor of a much longer and costly war than could be sold upfront; - The US, as it escalates with Iran, continues waging proxy war with Russia in Ukraine as well as attacking Russia with long-range drones targeting energy production and exports, as well as pushing Asia-Pacific proxies in encroaching upon and provoking China; - The US seeks to undermine, contain, and collapse all geopolitical rivals, falling short of this, the US will settle for destroying Eurasia, Africa, and Latin America and emerging out the other end of global catastrophe as the “strongest” relative to its rivals; References: The New Atlas - YouTube Post: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxOW_KzL3nprVgHLaa1LhOXknmNCf2vdSJThe New Atlas - X post: https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/2037692676804641012Reuters - Ukrainian drones strike Russia's Ust-Luga port again, sources say oil terminal hit (Mar. 31, 2026)https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-drones-damage-russias-ust-luga-port-again-governor-says-2026-03-31/Guardian - Japan to deploy missiles to island near Taiwan by 2031, says defence minister: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/25/japan-missiles-yonaguni-island-near-taiwan-2031-defence-minister#:~:text=1%20month%20old-,Japan%20to%20deploy%20missiles%20to%20island%20near%20Taiwan%20by%202031,an%20existential%20threat%20to%20JapanUS State Dept., Office of the Historian - Courses of Action in Vietnam (1965):https://archive.ph/Ar01H#selection-2525.0-2525.28Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailandTwitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerleticRumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlasPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyerPromptPay: 0851547235...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXuxfX0y1H4
Transcribe →1 Month: US War on Iran Escalating Globally - Russia Sees US Aggression Growing into World War
Mar 2700:43:54Tap to summarize- Western media admits nearly 1 month into the US war of aggression against Iran, Iran is still firing approximately 30 missiles a day at just Israel alone indicating Iran is pacing its missile launches and that US attempts to significantly degrade Iranian missile capabilities have so far failed; - Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov has publicly connected Washington’s multiple wars of aggression, from Latin America to Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as the beginnings of World War 3, and an attempt to “preserve the remnants of its dominance;” - US Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) continue to close in on the Middle East poised to either storm locations on or along Iran’s shores, or participate in interdicting shipping Iran has allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz; - US CIA drone strikes have concentrated on St. Petersburg Russia and in particular energy export facilities including oil terminals and tankers at port nearby. This is part of a global energy blockade the US is attempting to impose on China first and foremost, but also as a means of degrading or destroying the economies of China’s closest partners; - US-EU continue their “split” narrative, allowing the US to justify focusing more of its resources on Iran (and ultimately China) while the EU uses the narrative to justify greater and more direct involvement in war with Russia over Ukraine including a recently announced UK “blockade” on Russia’s “shadow fleet” and continued seizures of “shadow fleet” vessels by other EU members; References: Washington Post - Iran’s missiles pierce Israel’s defenses, raising doubts about interceptors (Mar. 26, 2026): https://archive.ph/1qSTC#selection-257.0-260.0TASS - Today's global conflicts make it look like WWIII has started already: Lavrov’s remarks (Mar. 24, 2026): https://tass.com/politics/2106245Washington Post - Pentagon considers diverting Ukraine military aid to the Middle East (Mar. 26, 2026): https://archive.ph/wip/tPgiDUS DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 12, 2025): https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/BBC - UK now 'ready' to seize Russian shadow fleet ships, Healey says (Mar. 27, 2026): https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0n9z3jlvoGuardian - JD Vance role touted as Pakistan attempts to broker US-Iran peace talks (Mar. 24, 2026): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/24/pakistan-army-chief-iran-peace-talks-trump-callNewsweek - JD Vance Tells Tim Dillon US Needs Weapons To Fight China, Not Russia (Oct. 28, 2024): https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-tim-dillon-taiwan-priority-over-ukraine-1975851Kyiv Independent - Another Baltic Sea port in flames as Ukrainian drones strike major natural gas port in Ust-Luga (Mar. 25, 2026): https://kyivindependent.com/drone-attack-hits-russias-leningrad-region-fire-reported-at-ust-luga-port/NYT - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (Feb. 2024): https://archive.ph/3yvmUBAIRD Maritime - Russia's Sibur delivers first LPG cargo to China from Baltic Sea port (Dec. 2025): https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/gas/russias-sibur-delivers-first-lpg-cargo-to-china-from-baltic-sea-port#:~:text=Sibur%2C%20Russia's%20largest%20producer%20and,at%20the%20end%20of%202024.NYT - The Separation (Dec. 2025): https://archive.ph/PL0ESWhere to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailandTwitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerleticRumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlasPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyerPromptPay: 0851547235...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QZyYjeC01w
Transcribe →Here is the map I used in my most recent video of all of the CURRENT US wars and proxy wars, invasio
Mar 2400:00:15Tap to summarizeHere is the map I used in my most recent video of all of the CURRENT US wars and proxy wars, invasions and occupations related to cutting of China's energy imports from its largest and most important partners including Russia, Iran, and Venezuela. Click on it to see the whole image....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUhzeKY4hh0
Transcribe →US War on Iran & the Wider Dirty War on China: US/Ukrainian Mercenaries In Myanmar
Mar 2200:53:21Tap to summarize- While the US attack on Iran throttles energy production and exports to China, following the cutting of energy exports from Venezuela to China in a war earlier this year, and years of attacking Russian energy production via Ukraine, US-backed militants in Myanmar are attacking pipelines leading directly into China; - A US citizen and several Ukrainians were caught bringing in large numbers of combat drones to fight the central Myanmar government and attack key infrastructure across the country including Belt and Road Initiative projects; - Zooming out from any one of these conflicts reveals a global US war and proxy war as well as a developing global oil blockade against China; References: NEO - American/Ukrainians Caught Arming Militants in Myanmar and the US Dirty War on China (Mar. 20, 2026): https://journal-neo.su/2026/03/20/american-ukrainians-caught-arming-militants-in-myanmar-and-the-us-dirty-war-on-china/The Indian Express - NIA arrests six Ukrainians, one from US for plotting terror activities in India (Mar. 17, 2026): https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nia-arrests-six-ukrainians-one-from-us-for-plotting-terror-activities-in-india-10585555/Reuters - Ukraine seeks release of citizens arrested in India over alleged Myanmar drone activity (Mar. 18, 2026): https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/ukraine-seeks-release-citizens-arrested-india-over-alleged-myanmar-drone-2026-03-18/#:~:text=By%20Krishna%20N.,Sign%20up%20here.CNBC - Who is Matthew VanDyke? NIA arrests US citizen and six Ukrainians for links with anti-India insurgent groups (Mar. 19, 2026): https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/nia-arrests-us-citizen-matthew-aaron-vandyke-six-ukrainians-anti-india-drone-warfare-training-network-in-myanmar-ws-l-19871344.htmNewsweek - Meet Matthew VanDyke, Former U.S. POW Training Ukrainians to Fight Russia (Apr. 2022): https://www.newsweek.com/meet-former-u-s-pow-training-ukrainians-fight-russia-1699373US-Backed Militants and Opposition in Myanmar The New Atlas - Myanmar: US-backed Fronts Behind War, Blocking Development - starts at around 1 minute, 30 seconds (2021): https://youtu.be/7ReeqgDlHmk?si=TIPbp5XRRSVl8Utr&t=91Wikileaks - THAILAND: ALLEGED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS ALONG THAI BORDER:https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05BANGKOK3930_a.htmlWikileaks - SNAPSHOT OF NORTHERN KAREN STATE PROVIDES LITTLE HOPE:https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08CHIANGMAI32_a.htmlWikileaks - FREE BURMA RANGERS: PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; NOT ARMING INSURGENTS:https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CHIANGMAI188_a.htmlWikileaks - KAREN GROUPS SAY FIGHTING WON'T REACH REFUGEE CAMPS IN THAILAND:https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CHIANGMAI70_a.htmlWikileaks - MILITARY DETENTION OF AMCIT UNDERSCORES SHIFT IN THAI POLICY TOWARD BURMA:https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08CHIANGMAI69_a.htmlThe World - Myanmar Elections: A Changing Country and its Exiled Opponents (2013): https://web.archive.org/web/20250120151946/https://theworld.org/stories/2013/08/15/myanmar-elections-changing-country-and-its-exiled-opponentsUS NED - Burma (Myanmar) (2020): https://web.archive.org/web/20210314232434/https://www.ned.org/region/asia/burma-2020/VOA - Myanmar Shadow Civilian Government Opens Office in Washington (2022): https://www.voanews.com/a/myanmar-shadow-civilian-government-opens-office-in-washington-/6840870.htmlNUG “Ministry of Foreign Affairs” - Zin Mar Aung:https://mofa.nugmyanmar.org/h-e-daw-zin-mar-aung/US NED - Ms. Zin Mar Aung: https://web.archive.org/web/20201202195214/https://www.ned.org/fellows/ms-zin-mar-aung/US State Department - International Women of Courage Award Winners 2012: https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/gwi/iwoc/2012/bio/index.htmThe New Atlas - Washington's, Not Myanmar's "National Unity Government" (2021): https://youtu.be/AqoM5JwnQcI?si=sMdbz_sZivTov7BlA Maritime Oil Blockade On China US Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade Against China—Tactically Tempting but Strategically Flawed (2018): https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-reviewNYT - The Separation (Dec. 30, 2025): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.htmlWhere to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailandTwitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerleticRumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlasPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyerPromptPay: 0851547235...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul020wnWG-g
Transcribe →NEW ARTICLE: American/Ukrainians Caught Arming Militants in Myanmar and the US Dirty War on China R
Mar 2100:00:15Tap to summarizeNEW ARTICLE: American/Ukrainians Caught Arming Militants in Myanmar and the US Dirty War on ChinaREAD HERE: https://journal-neo.su/2026/03/20/american-ukrainians-caught-arming-militants-in-myanmar-and-the-us-dirty-war-on-china/"The recent arrest of American and Ukrainian citizens providing these militants with additional training and modern combat drone technology is not just a war against Myanmar’s central government and the peace and stability of the nation and people of Myanmar, but also a war against China and the peace and stability of the entire Asia-Pacific region — even the world."...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9BsR3zNfFc
Transcribe →A little More Regarding Joe Kent's "Resignation" ... Odd neither Kent nor Tucker Carlson talked ab
Mar 1900:00:15Tap to summarizeA little More Regarding Joe Kent's "Resignation" ... Odd neither Kent nor Tucker Carlson talked about Carlson's father's role in the FDD (vice chairman) blamed now by Kent for "Israel" "forcing" the US into war on Iran.Who thinks it's all a coincidence and not controlled opposition and scapegoating at all? Source: NYT - Richard Carlson, Journalist Who Led Voice of America, Dies at 84 (2025): https://archive.ph/iIPJG...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC6ZHV4K8FQ
Transcribe →Joe Kent/Tucker Carlson's Highly Publicized Blame-Game: Destructive, Disruptive Wars Require Scapego
Mar 1900:00:15Tap to summarizeJoe Kent/Tucker Carlson's Highly Publicized Blame-Game: Destructive, Disruptive Wars Require ScapegoatsHow are people listening to Joe Kent and his still unapologetic pro-war stance (just not pro-this-particular-war, (supposedly)) and him claiming "Israel" somehow tricked President Trump (who Kent claims is a "fantastic deal maker," eerrr - like with Russia over Ukraine???) and not seeing the game being played here? This doesn't prove "Israel controls the US." Someone simply saying something you want to hear doesn't prove it - documented evidence proves it.Kent even throws out transparent lies anyone could look up and disprove - like claiming think tanks like the FDD represent "pro-Israeli" power over the US administration. The problem is the FDD and other think tanks/pro-Israeli lobbying like it operate on drastically smaller budgets than arms industry, big-oil, big-pharma-funded think tanks like Brookings, RAND, CSIS and others who actually shape US foreign and domestic policy regardless of who is president.These are larger corporate-funded think tanks that laid out plans years ago that have since been implemented verbatim (Which Path to Persia - 2009) regardless of the fictions now being used to explain events today by people like Kent. Kent also falsely claimed that the US was genuinely pursuing a deal with Iran - when I have warned for years any "deal" the US sought to make with Iran was meant to serve - not to prevent war - but as a pretext FOR war - which is literally what happened! And again - this was laid out in excruciating detail in the 2009 Brookings "Which Path to Persia" paper. If anything - this further proves the US is using Israel as a proxy - not just to catch Iranian ballistic missiles for 3 weeks in a row now along side America's other regional proxies - but also to be thrown under the bus politically to shift blame away from the US for a US war that is gradually destroying the ENTIRE world economy. Beware of Kent and those like Tucker Carlson who give him a platform and help deflect blame for US policy while pretending to oppose it. Anything this popular and highly-publicized is usually done on purpose - just like Trump and "MAGA" itself. When will people learn?...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETaJAQmGDmg
Transcribe →Day 19: US Burning Through Munitions Amid Gamble to Topple Iran, Cut China Off From Oil with 1 War
Mar 1800:36:04Tap to summarize- The US has burned through huge quantities of high-end weapons on Iran it had been stockpiling for war it sought to provoke with China in the Asia-Pacific; - The US not only likely never had enough weapons for a war with China, but it will be unable to even replace what it has spent on Iran for years to come; - The US war on Iran is thus likely an attempt to reduce or remove 2 obstacles to US primacy with one war, degrading or toppling Iran and the imposition of a global maritime oil blockade on China at its source (US capture of Venezuela, US strikes on Russian energy production, and now the incremental shutdown of energy exports from the Middle East); - The US likely hopes it can emerge from the global economic crisis it is creating “stronger” relative to China; References: CSIS - Iran War Cost Estimate Update: $11.3 Billion at Day 6, $16.5 Billion at Day 12 (Mar. 13, 2026): https://www.csis.org/analysis/iran-war-cost-estimate-update-113-billion-day-6-165-billion-day-12#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Department%20of%20Defense,first%20days%20of%20the%20war.WaPo - Early Iran strikes cost $5.6 billion in munitions, Pentagon estimates (Mar. 9, 2026): https://archive.ph/VIDXTDefense One - Shahed drone meets clone in US war on Iran (Feb. 28, 2026): https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2026/02/shahed-drone-meets-clone-us-iran-exchange-strikes/411785/CNN - The Iran war’s troubling missile math (Mar. 4, 2026): https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/04/politics/missiles-weapons-stockpile-iran-us-war#:~:text=The%20American-made%20THAAD%20mobile,without%20increasing%20production%20to%20match.Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade Against China (2018): https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-reviewNYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992): https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.htmlWhere to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailandTwitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerleticRumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlasPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyerPromptPay: 0851547235...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP3h6VK7adQ
Transcribe →Day 17: Why is the US Deploying a Marine Expeditionary Unit Amid War on Iran?
Mar 1600:52:01Tap to summarize- The US is sending a US Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) including the USS Tripoli with 2,500 Marines, F-35 warplanes, V-22 Osprey, and transport helicopters; - Out of 2,500 Marines, only 1,200 are part of a ground combat element, the rest are spread across air combat elements, command, logistics, and other supporting roles; - The MEU could participate in the seizure of Kharg Island and other critical facilities, board and seize ships, sink ships, augment US regional airpower with its F-35 warplanes, or augment US regional missile forces with its compliment of HIMARS and ATACMS/PrSM munitions; - The MEU poses a threat to the shipping of energy to China Iran is reportedly allowing through the Strait of Hormuz specifically because of its anti-shipping capabilities created under the Biden administration specifically for war with China; References: USNI - USS Tripoli, 31st MEU Heading to the Middle East (Mar. 13, 2026): https://news.usni.org/2026/03/13/uss-tripoli-31st-meu-heading-to-the-middle-eastBBC - How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat (2023): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64294915#:~:text=Launched%20in%202020,on%20its%20past.USMC - MARINE AIR-GROUND TASK FORCES (2022): https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/AY23%208672%20Org%20of%20the%20USMC%20L2%20MAGTFs%20Reading%20-%20Final_docx.pdfWhere to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailandTwitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerleticRumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlasPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyerPromptPay: 0851547235...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRaB3-ShxGk
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