Update on the conflict in the Middle East for November 1, 2023.

This is Brian Berletic's superior analysis of developments in the Middle East, as the US and its client states maneuver to regain the offensive vis a vis the Multipolar world. Brian notes how Israel is playing is cards to attain sustainability in its attack on Gaza, while the US explores avenues to provoke a war with Iran on the basis of a policy paper prepared in 2009 by the Brookings Institution, one of many "national security" think tanks that study and suggest ways for Washington to deploy its economic, propaganda and military resources to conquer targeted nations and achieve global hegemony.

• Israel begins ground operations in Gaza.
• In addition to incursions in the north along the Mediterranean Sea and north of Gaza City, there is now Israeli forces moving to cut Gaza City off from the rest of the southern strip.
• This will isolate Hamas and other fighters giving Israel the advantage logistically and in terms of attrition.

PRECIS
• Ukraine's "operational pause" is Kiev announcing the "Spring Offensive" has for all intents and purposes, ended.
• West continues to suffer setbacks in supplying ammunition to Ukraine including diverting much of it to Israel now.
• Israel continues air and ground attacks on Gaza, compounding a growing humanitarian catastrophe.
• US policymakers since at least as early as 2009 planned to provoke Iran into a conflict either directly or by proxy through Israel.
• The US is citing drone and rocket attacks on illegal US military bases in Syria and Iraq as a pretext to deploy anti•aircraft and anti•missile systems designed to down entirely different types of threats.
• It is clear that as the US had planned in 2009, Washington and its Israeli allies are preparing the battlefield ahead of a deliberate effort to goad Iran and its allies into a wider conflict.
• The US is fighting a 3 front proxy war through Ukraine in Eastern Europe against Russia, Israel in the Middle East against Iran, and Taiwan against the rest of China in Asia.
• With Iran’s role in supporting Russia’s successful military operation in Ukraine, the US has added incentive to eliminate Iran as a Russian•Chinese ally.
• The Middle East was transforming in favor of multipolarism with the US clearly attempting to disrupt the process by introducing widespread conflict.
• The US may feel the best possibility of success exists in the Middle East as its proxy war in Ukraine unravels and China’s military capabilities continue to close the gap between itself and US capabilities.

References:
Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) • Ukraine Draws Breath After Southern Successes (October 23, 2023): https://cepa.org/article/ukraine•draw...
CEPA • Our Supporters: https://cepa.org/about•cepa/our•suppo...
Bloomberg • Ukraine’s Missing EU Ammunition Could Hand Russia Advantage (October 26, 2023): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
Reuters • Israel pounds Gaza's north as it steps up ground assault (October 30, 2023): https://www.reuters.com/world/middle•...
Guardian • Israelis hesitant over Gaza ground invasion amid hostage fears, poll shows (October 27, 2023): https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
Reuters • Blinken tells UN: US doesn't want war with Iran but will defend itself (October 24, 2023): https://www.reuters.com/world/middle•...
CNN • US strikes 2 facilities linked to Iranian•backed militias in Syria following series of attacks on US forces in Middle East (October 27, 2023): https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/26/po...
Brookings Institution • Contributors List (2020): https://www.brookings.edu/wp•content/...
Brookings Institution • Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran (2009): https://www.brookings.edu/wp•content/...
The Atlantic • The Arab Spring: 'A Virus That Will Attack Moscow and Beijing' (2011): https://www.theatlantic.com/internati...
NYT • U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011): https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/wo...
New Yorker • The Redirection (2007): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20... Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
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Blueprint for an attack on Iran, prepared by the Brookings Institution, a prominent American think tank dedicated to the expansion and maintenance of US power in the world. This document proves the criminal cynicism of our "foreign policy experts", and the indisputable immoral purposes for which US military, political, propaganda and diplomatic power are used. Click on the image to download the whole document (in PDF).