BRIAN BERLETIC—Despite US voters hoping the incoming Trump administration will end America’s wars abroad, citing apparent interest in divesting in Ukraine as proof of change to come, President-elect Trump and his vice president pick JD Vance have vowed even while campaigning to shift US attention overseas from Ukraine to a much larger and more dangerous confrontation with China.
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BRIAN BERLETIC—AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE US EMPIRE IS SINKING BECAUSE IT WON’T ABANDON CAPITALISM, ITS RAISON D’ETRE.
The US realizes its window of opportunity following the Cold War to assert itself as sole global superpower is closing (if it hasn’t closed already). It seeks to find a way to match or exceed the military capabilities and industrial capacity of both Russia and China through “innovation;” – The US refuses to recognize the fundamental flaws in its own system as well as the premise upon which it seeks primacy in the first place. Start-up companies seeking to out-innovate and/or out-produce China propose unrealistic measures that either won’t work or that China is already employing itself on a much larger scale. -
BRIAN BERLETIC—As Ukrainian forces continue military operations in Kursk, Russia, the actual line of contact continues to crumble as Russian forces advance. Ukrainian progress in Kursk was due to a lack of Russian troops which are now flooding the area to contain and then roll back Ukrainian troops. Russian advances along the line of contact consists of overtaking extensive Ukrainian defensive positions. The Kursk incursion will raise the cost for Russia, but ultimately will accelerate the collapse of Ukraine’s own fighting capacity. US JASSM cruise missiles are being considered for Ukraine, a critical munition required for any future operation against China and a munition that is not produced in quantities equal or larger than even Russian-made cruise missiles. JASSMs are air-launched, meaning their use will be restricted by Ukraine’s small number of military aircraft capable of launching them.
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BRIAN BERLETIC—US foreign and domestic policy is developed with think tanks funded by the most powerful corporate-financier interests across the West Policy papers published by these think tanks are turned into bills by lawyers, brought to Washington by lobbyists, and signed off by Congress and the White House regardless of political affiliation or supposed political agenda. Multipolarism has challenged US political, military, and economic power by creating alternatives to the corporate-financier monopolies in the West driving US policies at home and abroad. Americans can create a better balance of power by redirecting their monthly income, time, energy, and attention away from these corporate-financier interests and toward local and foreign alternatives.
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BRIAN BERLETIC—Ukraine’s Commander in Chief General Syrsky is admitting that Ukraine is outgunned, outnumbered, and being outfought. In a recent interview, General Syrsky admitted Ukraine itself is having trouble mobilizing badly needed manpower. In the same interview, General Syrsky failed to articulate a coherent strategy to avoid what is essentially irreversible and inevitable defeat. The US proxy war against Russia in Ukraine was always designed to draw Russia into a costly fight in the hopes of over-extending Russia but at the cost of Ukraine. US policy is dominated by corporate-financier interests whom Washington serves, the only way to change US policy is to divert public money, time, attention, and energy away from these interests by focusing on alternatives to them just as multipolarism is creating alternatives undermining long-standing Western monopolies.
