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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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🇺🇸/IRAN - US Marines Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Deployed to Middle East The US deployment of the Tri
Mar 1500:00:15Tap to summarize🇺🇸/IRAN - US Marines Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Deployed to Middle East The US deployment of the Tripoli and its support ships provides the following capabilities: 1. Amphibious/helicopter/tilt-rotor landing operations; 2. Anti-shipping operations - both boarding ships and sinking them with anti-ship missiles; 3. F-35 multi-role warplanes; 4. Precision missile fire via HIMARS; What would the US be looking to do with a primarily anti-shipping force? 1. Perhaps seize Kharg Island by holding the infrastructure itself - forcing Iran to either destroy its primary means of energy export or hope in vain to someday get it back from the US (the US has already conducted shaping operations to do so); 2. Interdict ships by boarding them or by sinking them ensuring Iran's selective passage of the Hormuz Strait becomes an entirely closed strait; 3. Additional F-35 warplanes needed to augment existing airpower in the region as maintenance walls are reached; 4. The use of HIMARS to augment current precision strikes into western Iran; All additional resources the US brings to the region threaten to extend and escalate its war of aggression on Iran - but also threaten regional and global stability in the process....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsX36_0EicE
Transcribe →🇺🇸🇮🇷 Hamas Demands Iran Stop Striking US Arab Proxies and Why You Shouldn't Be Surprised ▪️BBC cal
Mar 1500:00:15Tap to summarize🇺🇸🇮🇷 Hamas Demands Iran Stop Striking US Arab Proxies and Why You Shouldn't Be Surprised ▪️BBC calls Iran "key ally," though Iran is an ally to the Palestinian cause, not Hamas itself - Hamas being of the Muslim Brotherhood, a US tool used to encircle and set the stage for this war to begin with;▪️Hamas' Oct 7, 2023 op into Israel served as pretext for not only Gaza's erasure but for wider war against Iran & its allies;▪️Iran is striking these Arab nations now because they host US forces & are politically captured by the US;▪️Hamas is ACTUALLY funded primarily by these US' Arab proxies, especially Qatar - NOT Iran - Qatar hosts the largest US military presence in the region;▪️I warned about this on Oct 7, 2023, regarding what Hamas really was & what its purpose was actually for and now here we are again;▪️I say "again" because during the US proxy war on Syria, Hamas actually sided and fought together with US backed terrorists against Syria and its Russian, Iranian, and Hezbollah allies;...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myhpOuTPf2Y
Transcribe →Day 15: Yes, the US DOES Have a Plan - Spanning Decades with Implications Far Beyond Iran
Mar 1400:48:07Tap to summarize- The US has been working towards this war on Iran throughout the entire 21st century spanning multiple presidential administrations; - The region was reshaped by US invasions and the arming of extremists under Bush, the “Arab Spring,” the “Iran Nuclear Deal,” and subsequent additional wars under Obama, the collapse of Syria under Biden, and launching direct war with Iran under Trump; - The war on Iran constitutes multiple phases of economic, political, covert, and direct military aggression hoping to collapse it just as Iraq was over the course of the 1990s and early 2000s; - US control over Iran and the Middle East directly serves wider geopolitical objectives regarding the isolation and containment of Russia and especially China; - Part of the US appearing to "not" have a plan is to avoid talking about how long and costly this war on Iran is and likely will need to be, and the larger more dangerous objective it fits into in regards to Russia and China; References: Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia (2009): https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdfRAND Corporation - Dangerous But Not Omnipotent: Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East (2009): https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG781.sum.pdfUS DoD - Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Air Force Gen. Dan Caine Hold a Press Briefing (Mar. 13, 2026): https://www.war.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4434484/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-and-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-air-force-gen-da/The New Yorker - The Redirection (2007): https://archive.ph/3ZB70Politico - The Iranian exile group that played Washington for this moment (Mar. 3, 2026): https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/03/the-iranian-exile-group-that-played-washington-for-this-moment-00808052?utm_content=topic/news&utm_source=flipboardVOA - US to Remove Iran Group From Terror List (2012): https://www.voanews.com/a/1512438.htmlUS State Department - Delisting MEK (2012): https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/09/198443.htmNYT - US Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):https://archive.ph/cvBTHUS State Department (YouTube) - Secretary Clinton Addresses Youth Movement Summit (Oct. 2009): https://youtu.be/OcBG7B6sgOk?si=HpFobzP55k5V4QapThe New Atlas - 2011 - Year of the Dupe (2011): https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-year-of-dupe.htmlReuters - Israel says its air strikes destroyed most of Syria's strategic weapons stockpiles (Dec. 2024): https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-incursion-into-syria-reaches-25-km-southwest-damascus-security-sources-2024-12-10/Where 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=rFEQCEOZbnI
Transcribe →The US DOES have a plan as it attacks Iran. And it isn't "Trump's" plan - but a plan that has been p
Mar 1400:00:15Tap to summarizeThe US DOES have a plan as it attacks Iran. And it isn't "Trump's" plan - but a plan that has been pursued continuously from at least as early as the Bush Jr. administration to today. Just like Iraq wasn't toppled just in 2003 - but after years of war (Desert Storm, 1990-91), sanctions, and covert operations spanning multiple administrations, this current war with Iran is just one step of many meant to weaken and eventually destroy Iran. Look at the trajectory that brought about this conflict and use that trajectory to trace out the most likely future US foreign policy will take. Whether this US strategy succeeds or not depends on both Iran and its allies - but also the larger picture trying to topple Iran fits into - especially in regards to US ambitions to ultimately isolate and collapse Russia and especially China and how the former helps facilitate the latter....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeR7tmx719g
Transcribe →Regarding claims Iran is still shipping energy to China... China needs energy from the entire Middl
Mar 1300:00:15Tap to summarizeRegarding claims Iran is still shipping energy to China...China needs energy from the entire Middle East, not just Iran, and even if Saudi Arabia and others have alternative routes for Chinese-bound energy exports it will still be far less than they've been receiving before the conflict.And as the conflict continues there are greater chances even these alternatives will be targeted in one way or another - already the US is targeting Iranian energy production itself and is shaping narratives to justify the full interdiction of any energy exports from the region before they reach China. Notice how the US doesn't really seem to have a coherent/obtainable public objective regarding Iran.Is that because they don't have one at all?Or because their actual objective can't be said out loud (destroying the global economy hoping to kill off China while only weakening the US in the process)?A GRAND BARGAIN? Regarding claims that all of this will lead to a "grand bargain" with China to sell US energy to it directly - the whole point of the US invading Venezuela, attacking Iran, strangling China technologically for years is to strangle China completely. Selling energy to China will allow China to continue its already astronomical drive toward energy independence by 2030 and would still result in China's irreversible surpassing of the US - something the US has openly tried to prevent since the end of WW2. Even with a US-imposed blockade in place, China is still likely to achieve energy independence in 5-10 years albeit at much greater cost - at which point the US will have lost its remaining leverage over China. Also, unless purveyors of this theory suggest the US will control entirely all energy produced by Venezuela, Iran, AND the Persian Gulf states - the US itself has no possible way of providing China the total physical quantities of energy it needs as part of any "grand bargain."China's potential purchasing of US energy would simply be a short-term strategic bridge toward energy independence it is already pursuing - a bridge that would make little sense for the US to provide to it as part of some sort of genuine "bargain." A similar example is the US cutting chips off to China - hoping to strangle China's technological development. The US has since offered inferior chips as an alternative in the hopes of slowing down China's drive toward chip independence. Not only did China refuse because it knows this isn't a compromise but rather a trap - even if it accepted the offer it would have unlikely slowed down China's attempts toward chip independence since it knows the US will never accept coexistence....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEGKl8JWG4I
Transcribe →Day 13: Iranian Missiles Still Flying + Energy Exports Stopping as Global Crisis Looms
Mar 1200:17:54Tap to summarize- At day 13 despite claiming Iranian military command, political leadership, and launcher capacity has been destroyed, Iran averages 20 ballistic missile launches a day, exhausting US anti-missile munitions; - Iran is likely pacing itself for a long-term conflict lasting 6 months to even 1 year or more; - Even if the US "pauses" like it did last year, the war will continue because eliminating Iran is key to encircling Russia and ultimately containing China; - Beware of those blaming "Israel" for this war as Israel is merely an extension of US power in the region like Ukraine is vis-a-vis Russia in Eastern Europe; - Shifting blame to a US proxy allows the US to carry out extreme measures without taking responsibility for them up to and including the use of nuclear weapons and the destruction of the global economy; References: TOI - IDF estimates Iran now firing just 20 missiles a day at Israel, down from 90 last Saturday (Mar. 6, 2026): https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-estimates-iran-now-firing-just-20-missiles-a-day-at-israel-down-from-90-last-saturday/AJ - Iran fires missiles, drones at Gulf nations as ship hit in Strait of Hormuz (Mar. 11, 2026): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/11/iran-fires-missiles-drones-at-gulf-nations-as-ship-hit-in-strait-of-hormuzNYT - 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.htmlUS Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade AgainstChina (2018): https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-reviewWhere 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=1InKo5GIxyc
Transcribe →Dangerous Disinfo Shifts US Blame: Claims Israel "Caused" US War Rather Than an Extension of It
Mar 1100:23:59Tap to summarizeThe US can continue existing as a rapacious empire with or without Israel - it surely did fine for almost 2 centuries before Israel was created out of thin air by the Anglo-Americans - but the crimes of Israel would be impossible without US empire behind it. Israel is not blameless. Blame it for its role in facilitating Western empire up to and including abetting genocide and wars of aggression. But do not blame it for "corrupting" something that was never wholesome to begin with.Where 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=nXOHNgalVvQ
Transcribe →People claiming "Israel" controls the US are either delusional or dishonest. The US in particular
Mar 1000:00:15Tap to summarizePeople claiming "Israel" controls the US are either delusional or dishonest. The US in particular has been exterminating indigenous populations, stealing land, and pilfering resources for nearly 200 years before Israel ever existed. How is what the US is doing to the Middle East any different than what it did to the indigenous people of the American Midwest? Western civilization has been doing it for centuries beforehand......the British empire for well over 2 centuries before the "Rothschilds." Western civilization was for centuries bent on brutal, racist empire-building and it continues today - Israel is just one of many cogs created perpetuating this process. The idea that "Israel" somehow got the ruthless, racist thieves running the US to bend a knee to "them" is an absurdity at face value. Almost as absurd as imaging the West was previously run by "honorable" men at one point, only to be "hijacked" by "Israel." Then there is the material reality of Wall Street (arms, oil, tech, pharma, etc.) spending vastly greater sums on lobbying than "AIPAC" and all other "Israeli" lobbying combined - Wall Street being dominated today just like it has always been - by white, nominally "Christian" males.The only thing worse than a Western civilization crumbling under its own rapacious-induced rot is trying to blame others for it - attempting to cite the symptom rather than the sickness. This ensures that the sickness is never noticed let alone treated - and to whose benefit? The sickness. The US can continue existing as a rapacious empire with or without Israel - it surely did fine for almost 2 centuries before Israel was created out of thin air by the Anglo-Americans - but the crimes of Israel would be impossible without US empire behind it. Israel is not blameless. Blame it for its role in facilitating Western empire up to and including abetting genocide and wars of aggression. But do not blame it for "corrupting" something that was never wholesome to begin with....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaPqEJ_AGOM
Transcribe →Day 11: A US War on Iran is a US War on China - US “Distant Blockade” Placed on China
Mar 1000:46:14Tap to summarize- 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.htmlThe New Yorker - The Redirection (2007):https://archive.ph/3ZB70US Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade on China (2018): https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-reviewNYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (admitting CIA targeting Russian energy production and shipping) (Dec. 30, 2025): https://archive.ph/PL0ESReuters - 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/Where 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=2e_z3cctHSE
Transcribe →🇺🇸/IRAN: US claims "dismay" over "Israeli" strikes on Iranian fuel depots, and why you shouldn't bel
Mar 900:00:15Tap to summarize🇺🇸/IRAN: US claims "dismay" over "Israeli" strikes on Iranian fuel depots, and why you shouldn't believe them...The US has, in all military operations throughout its history sought to exterminate all human life where and when possible, turning nations into failed states and inhibiting life for everyone, not just governments it targets. In Serbia it targeted the power grid. In Iraq the US starved half a million children to death even before its invasion and occupation killed another 1 million. In Libya vital infrastructure for agriculture was deliberately destroyed. In Syria the US seized and denied grain to deliberately starve the Syrian civilian population. And now the US seeks to do ALL of these things to Iran and it IS. As the US continues destroying Iran, and as more egregious crimes against humanity are required to do so, it will depend on its Israeli proxies to carry them out, or at least claim to carry them out, attacks that will cause immense human death and the destruction of vital infrastructure, all so the US can claim plausible deniability for itself. However, every bomb, missile, plane and drop of fuel Israel uses was given to it by the US, every target is fixed by US intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, and each sortie made possible by US capabilities Israel doesn't have including extensive aerial refueling, suppression of air defenses, region-wide radar enabling situational awareness, and even combat search and rescue.Every "Israeli" action is an American action. Thus every "protest" by the US is an act of theater primarily because if the US doesn't want these targets hit it will simply deny Israel the ISR and coordinated operational capabilities (aerial refueling, suppression of air defenses, electronic warfare etc.) required to hit them.The US knows, however, no one knows or cares about these material realities and will instead allow their myopic obsessions and emotions convince themselves somehow the Israelis, not the Americans, are in the driver's seat and these actions were "Israeli," not American, despite the fact Israel wouldn't exist in the first place (just like Ukraine) without full and constant support.Again, this DOES NOT absolve Israel for the war crimes carried out amid this war of aggression. Like America's proxies in Ukraine, all involved in atrocities must be fought against and held accountable. However, if you want the war to end and the danger eliminated, identity the root of the danger, not just obsess over the tips of the branches or their falling leaves....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKJwgmODmiY
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