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Similar perhaps although Israels 'Greater Israel Project' is usually seen as being limited to the Middle East, so regional hegemony as opposed to the US with its global hegemony.
Nearly all of the world is currently subject to US military dominance and monetary dominance.
The petrodollar SWIFT trade payments mechanism supported by its military bases and global power projection has been the US mechanism- but that is now coming under increasing competition from China.
The current middle east war suits both Israels 'Greater Israel' expansion objectives and the US imperative of perpetuating petrodollar dominance.
Today most of the Middle Easts oil and gas exports go to Asia, in particular China and increasingly that trade is being paid for in Yuan not dollars.
By invading Iran which has long accepted yuan for its oil and gas exports to China in direct breach of US sanctions the US is seeking to both make an example of Iran and stop the trend of other middle east energy exporters accepting payment in Yuan.
The Saudis, UAE and others have increasingly been accepting payment in Yuan, not the dollar and are joining mBridge which enables digital trade payments outside of the USD SWIFT system.
Israel may be seeking to expand its regional hegemony as it sees US global hegemony receding and so sees the need to expand its own territory and power projection capacity.
Yea that’s great insight. I’ve heard it said before many years ago that Iran will be Israel’s last Boss to defeat, with all that’s been happening, would you agree with that statement?
Yes Iran appears to be the biggest, perhaps only real challenge to Israel gaining regional hegemony.
Take out Iran and who then could stop them and The Greater Israel Project?
Most other Middle East states are subservient to US military 'protection' and host to US bases- Iran is challenging that and the impact on other gulf states may see some moving away from US-Israeli alignment . . . China is now their biggest market for energy exports and US military looks like not being capable of enforcing its will on Iran.
The Hormuz strait could be the USAs equivalent to what the Suez Crisis was to The British Empire, which saw the end of British Pound dominating global bank reserves and trade payments and switching to the USD in the 1950s.
Now I do have to ask, since WW3 has been discussed since the Cold War, would say that this will be the catalyst that thrust the earth into world war or do we have many more years as Israel continues to expand? And who will the many players on both side?
IMO we are already engaged in WW3, at least to the extent that US-China are fighting via proxies on several fronts already in Ukraine and Middle East...and US is directly involved in Iran conflict.
Without Chinese energy purchases and supply of manufactured goods neither Iran or Russia would be able to engage in the conflicts now ongoing with US and US allies in Middle East and Ukraine.
US is attacking Chinas energy suppliers who have been selling oil and gas for Yuan, in the case of Iran for more than a decade in breach of US-SWIFT sanctions.
China is challenging the US and its petrodollar hegemony...via mercantile success.
China has won the trade war in terms of coming to dominate global trade in manufactured goods and commodities.
US is responding with military aggression to cut Chinas energy supplies.
China is not engaging directly with the US militarily but has cut the supply or refined rare earths US military needs to make most of its high tech military equipment.
China gets low cost supply of oil from Russia and Iran paid for in Yuan and exports and enables both Russia and Iran to challenge US military and monetary hegemony.
'Sun Tzu's philosophy emphasizes strategic victory through understanding and outmaneuvering opponents rather than direct confrontation. The idea is to use intelligence, timing, and adaptability to achieve goals without unnecessary conflict, making the best victories those won without fighting.'
That is a fair point.
Wow! That’s a great breakdown. Any reading or viewing recommendations for these topics?
For this war as it happens and some background Aljazeera is maybe the best current MSM source.
For a westerner understanding modern China Peter Hesslers books are informative.
On a broader overview and background these docos although not directly related are some of my favourites.
Thanks for the response and info definitely going to check them out and watch the documentaries
Interesting, is what Israel is doing according to this project similar to what the USA has done since the end world war 2 by establishing military bases around the world especially in the regions of Europe and Asia? Now the land mass itself wasn’t under the USA but military base are there and military exercises have been and still are be executed at such locations. Or am I way off making this comparison?