Endless War

1. Proves China credit worthiness as good as US.

2. KSA is sending its excess US $ to China which can either buy oil from KSA (declining imports overall), or other resources from global south, which might buy KSA oil with $.

While the scheme permits more economic activity outside of US influence, all financial $ eventually are deposited to US financial system. The paper implies reduced debt/dependence by global south.

With this successful bond auction, bonds for China exports becomes easier and likely to much of the world.

Though, US authorization is limited to military personnel in Kursk region. European PR was more vague.

Best retaliation would be to sink US aircarrier group protecting Israel. Nuclear strike. 50/50 Trump blames Biden instead of Russia for a nuclear strike.

reddit thread with good analysis: https://old.reddit.com/r/EndlessWar/comments/1gs3yia/us_warships_pull_back_from_yemeni_waters_after/

If there is any hope for less war, it is through meetings. Biden admin was objectively terrible at not talking with anyone, including using China trips to lecture China from there.

Trump may well destroy America, and launch more wars, but Musk is not that problem.

Netanyahu not only promised democracy would flourish everywhere with Saddam overthrow (Zionist supremacist neocon Ian Bremer then motivated creation of ISIS by divisively forbidding any government job to Sunnis)

Netanyahu also promised certainty that Iraq had WMDs.

America's tendency to call supremacist apartheid ethnostates democracies as a justification of taking on the enemies of evil as their own is the core corruption of America.

Leaks so far of a "peace plan" are total non starters. Most cabinet picks only smarts are how to be corrupt, and there is significant doubt about Trump's "Peace on first day of office".

China can play a direct role with Ukraine. Chinese/global south peace keepers on Ukrainian side would be acceptable to Russia. China can outbid Blackrock on reconstruction vs fire sale privatization of Ukrainian side. Can offer more neutral supervision of referendums to join Russia, and protection of non-nazi normalization Ukrainian national candidates.

From beginning of war, western propaganda has simultaneously told us that Ukraine is winning, and desperately needs more funding.

Weeks of continuous progress by Russia is not relenting based on Trump victory.

Bigger points mentioned is that ME rather than being US allies united against Iran is positioning to punish US by selling their massive treasury and other investments.

US media providing certainty that whole world will lick Diaper Don's diaper is sign of a top.

Major deep water shipping hub for most of South America.

Alfredo Thorne, a former finance minister who runs an economic consultancy, said while the Chinese investments benefit Peruvian exports, “they carry major political risks, including access to the US market”.

What total losers. Peru already has triple the trade with China than US. Likely to get BYD plant in the port city.

Maybe Israel/US can't beat Iran.

I disagree slightly with "Israel cannot possibly genocide every single last one of them" as their "peace plan", and world doesn't sit back if US bribes them to sit back.

There would be considerable US expense to it, and geopolitical scorn to it.

The election losing, from inflation consequences, dementia of instigating a war on Russia does create a warmongering opportunity to shift to a war on Iran where both sides can keep high weapon sales profits, and constrain Russia from directly nuking US aircraft battle groups or Israel. This requires a far better deal for Russia than the one Musk proposed last week, but that would have happened anyway on just the Ukraine basis. Sweeteners to allow Russia to tolerate a war on Iran, are likely above the non-starter provisions I highlighted in that thread.

US policy is always for endless war. Winning means ending war, and weapons sales, and oil price uncertainty premiums.

Not mentioned in Wolf's piece is the current high debt burden of US government. Projected tax cuts, with empire overextension, leaves little room for dealing with more climate disasters, terrorism, or outright nuclear strikes, or unlimited weapon donations.

Failing to show Russia the respect it deserves is a risk of the warmongering cabinet picks so far. Trying to catch up to Russia's military production value for Ukraine donation purposes is a risk to US solvency. Trump will also need to show respect for China to avoid nuclear strikes in Israel theater, IMO, though China's winning patience is equally probable.

The main reason empires crumble is the hubris that they are still doing awesome right before collapse. The elites are all thrilled with the most corrupt election in history. "Finally the rest of the world will respect our diaper Don" optimism.

KSA has been a long time ally for US, and its wars in the region. Biden promised them a nuclear weapons program, but that doesn't seem enough.

Biden's "we would need to invent an Israel if it did not exist" refers to destabilization of ME in order to control oil. KSA was the lynchpin for it.

Read through the cheap shots at Biden and Harris early in the piece.

The sanctions and tariffs aren't to keep the Chinese, Russians, et al out, they're to keep Americans in.

Musings on a few topics. Worrying that crackhead Mike Rogers is being considered for Defense. Needs Tulsi Gabbard.

The greatest of all stupidities in supporting demonic war against Russia is the intent to not only lose it, but make Russia more powerful.

The response is "naturally forcing" massive militarization increases of the west to "catch up", because rulers always love excuses for more and bigger wars, and the gullibility for demonism is never ceasing.

In March, the EU allocated 500 million euros ($544 million) to bolster the EU's ammunition production capacity to 2 million shells per year by the end of 2025.

Assuming the Empire's wet dream of a 10 year war until the last Ukrainian, that is a $50/shell capital cost above the $3000-$5000 unit cost of "dumb shells" (US has a $100k GPS guided shell as well).

https://news.sky.com/story/russia-is-producing-artillery-shells-around-three-times-faster-than-ukraines-western-allies-and-for-about-a-quarter-of-the-cost-13143224#:~:text=On%20cost%2C%20it%20said%20the,the%20Russian%20armed%20forces%20use.

Russia is producing artillery shells around three times faster than Ukraine's Western allies and for about a quarter of the cost, according to an analysis shared with Sky News.

When you tolerate CIA/NAFO troll/bots telling you how awesome this war is, you are collapsing your empire/nation. Don't expect the banksters and oil/weapons oligarchs to be the ones sacrificed.

freezing the war, establishing a demilitarized zone along the frontline, and providing Ukraine with new weapons, contingent upon Kiev agreeing not to join NATO for approximately 20 years. Also 800 mile demilitarized zone with EU troops patrolling area.

Not sure Russia will accept possible NATO in 20 years, but will reserve the right to object the next time someone proposes the sillyness. EU troops that side with Ukrainian nazis seem like a trojan horse they will see through as well. More US weapons would also seem unhelpful.

A proposal for democracy lovers would be to let Oblasts, through referendums, to choose between Ukrainian nazi rule or joining Russian Federation. Odessa and east of Dnipro perhaps limited. But return to Ukrainian national and local elections to also choose autonomy, and expel EU/nazi troublemakes is essential part of peace process that can endure.

Dnipro makes for a more permanent border that is hard to cross, and easyish to defend, and natural separation from nazi sympathizer factions.

It's very unlikely this exact proposal will be accepted by Russia.

Sholz Government has been exceptional at advancing energy independence and renewables, but US subjugation on all other matters is going to threaten what little success he has accomplished.

The only thing I like about Trump is exactly what so many empire managers hate about him: he gives the game away. He says the quiet parts out loud. He's the only president who'll openly boast that US troops are in Syria taking the oil or lament that they failed to take the oil from Venezuela, or just come right out and tell everyone he's bought and owned by Zionist oligarchs.

Trump is the opposite of Obama, who was very skillful at putting a pretty face on the evil empire. Trump puts a very ugly face on a very ugly thing. He is a much more honest face to have on the empire. A crude, stupid plutocrat who is owned by other plutocrats is the perfect representative of that tyrannical power structure.

Navies do seem obsolete in current times.