Brian Berletic today: US Carries Out More Strikes on Iran

 

▪️US claims strikes are in response to downed US Apache attack helicopter and "defensive" in nature;

▪️In reality, the attack helicopter was involved in imposing an illegal blockade on Iran (an act of war) following a unilateral and likewise illegal war of aggression launched against Iran in late February - follow up strikes since the "ceasefire" are meant to further degrade Iran's ability to DEFEND itself from ongoing US aggression;

▪️There is no "ceasefire" or "talks," just the US picking apart Iran just below the threshold of total war so it doesn't run out of munitions - but at a pace that prevents regional stability from resuming and energy exports from restarting;

▪️There are claims from US intelligence that Iran is rapidly rebuilding military capabilities lost during the previous US war launched February/March meaning Iran might be waiting to reach a certain level of readiness before launching more effective defensive operations - that remains to be seen;

▪️The US attacks coupled with the economic impact of the US blockade on Iran impose additional pressure on Iran ahead of what will be inevitably further "regime change" attempts;

▪️Unless the US blockade is broken or the multipolar world works around it - including preventing Iran's collapse and Asian nations from becoming energy dependent on the US - the US is still advancing its objectives both in the region and globally.

US Lists Chinese Companies "Aiding China's Military"

▪️Amid the daily political circus and hallucinations of a "retreating" or "conciliatory" United States, the US continues expanding wars, proxy wars, a global blockade on Russia, China, and Iran as well as again targeting some of China's largest companies;

▪️Even if these companies did associate with China's military (as US companies do with the US military) - unlike the US military, China's military has not attacked or invaded a single nation this entire 21st century - the only "danger" these companies pose to the US are in terms of America's inability to compete fairly;

▪️The decision is a deliberately false pretext to sabotage China's rise and firmly lays to rest fantasies of the US seeking to "accommodate" or "coexist" with China;

▪️The actual trajectory of US-Chinese relations has always been and continues to be one of US encirclement, containment, and desired primacy over China;