Yes, I did. Let me show you the big picture first, and then I’ll tell you the important news.
Communist China, Nationalist Russia, and Radical Islam are three new powers that want to change the world order to fit their own needs. They aren’t afraid to use any tool at their disposal—even murder—to do so.
*Radical Islam is a movement that spans borders, but Iran is the country that represents it. I might use both of them at the same time.
The people in this new Axis are also wonderful friends, even if they don’t agree with you on everything. China, Russia, and Iran will work out their differences (which could include violence) after they’ve overthrown the American-led unipolar order. This is similar to how Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia worked together to brutally divide Poland.
We shouldn’t think of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East as separate from the growing threat of war in the Pacific. All of them are part of the Axis’s plan to destroy what the old order (the West plus the Pacific Rim) has built.
If you look at the map, the western Pacific includes all the countries other than Hawaii. Russia typically believes that its rule should extend at least through Poland, ideally to the Rhine and the Bay of Biscay. It wants to reclaim its empire. While radical Islam aspires to a global kingdom, it is content with purging the House of Peace of anything even slightly unIslamic, using the most violent methods possible.
People in the Axis countries may not have planned their activities in detail, but they know how to work together like a talented jazz band.
Some say the post-war or Cold War order isn’t worth defending, but I won’t. My sole purpose is to make connections and provide you with the most accurate information possible.
So far, we’re in a fantastic spot. We only need to make sure our friends stay safe and kill the odd rocket, missile, or drone. If we don’t do better at keeping our friends armed, I think our luxury will decrease.
This week, everyone is on the edge of their seats because Iran has promised to punish Israel for killing Hamas terrorist leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week. Iran is probably still hurting from its last failed attempt to directly attack Israel, but it is still thinking about better (or at least less bad) choices.
The United States Navy is ready to shoot down more rockets and drones from any direction the next attack comes from.
Two US Navy ships are named Roosevelt. The USS Roosevelt, a guided-missile destroyer named after Franklin D. Roosevelt, is DDG-80. CVN-71 is the USS Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier named for Teddy Roosevelt.
This week, the Saudi government informed Iran that any missiles, drones, or planes entering Saudi airspace would be considered a violation of Saudi sovereignty. The Open Source Intelligence Monitor revealed this. The Kingdom was quick to say, “We are defending ourselves, not Israel,” so maybe that doesn’t sound like such a big deal.
But Iran doesn’t need to use Saudi Arabia’s skies to attack Israel. The Saudis are showing that Arabs are becoming more united as the Persian Empire spreads across the Arab Middle East.
For myself, I miss the times when President Trump’s sanctions kept Iran essentially in a box. But since President Emeritus Joe Biden let them go, the best we can hope for right now is an Arab partnership working with the Israelis in a way that doesn’t feel official. This would put a stop to Iran’s actions.
It’s going to be terrible without reason, but that’s the nature of world wars.
