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originally posted by: burntheships
a reply to: JinMI
And if anyone is curious as to how the DS viewed
the normalized relations between Israel, and Saudi Arabia,
this is a very good insight.
www.foreignaffairs.com...
I see a lot of people saying let Israel and Palestine
deal with it. Reading that, it is very obvious that
there are other hands at work in the darkness.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: 1947boomer
originally posted by: nugget1
a reply to: Mahogany
Iran is already helping Russia in Ukraine, giving them military aid, selling them attack drones etc, North Korea is providing the Russians with ammo and artillery shells.
The lines are already drawn, we know who stands on each side
We also know how Iran is spending the 6 billion Biden so graciously freed up for them. I hear they pinky swore not to use it for anything pertaining to weapons; I think they fibbed.
None of the 6 Billion has left Qatar yet.
If I have 100 dollars set aside for food and you promise me 100 dollars for food then I'm going to take that original hundred dollars and buy terror.
Get it?
originally posted by: nugget1
a reply to: Mahogany
None of the 6 Billion has left Qatar yet.
originally posted by: Phantom423
Iran has the bomb. That's why they're taking this risk. It will be blackmail or both countries turned into parking lots.
originally posted by: Dalamax
Israel has a huge Russian population and is backed by the USA. So what gives?
a reply to: Mahogany
originally posted by: Mahogany
No links, just a handful of thoughts and a few more words.
What is happening in Israel scares me. Not because of the already thousand dead, but because of the many millions more that could happen. My worst case scenario is that what happened in Gaza is a precursor for a larger proxy war, a war between Israel and Iran. And that means an extension of the proxy war between USA and Russia, now being fought through Ukraine.
The sides would be clear if there were to be an Israel-Iran war. On one side you have USA, Europeans and most of the Western world supporting Israel, and on the other you would have Iran's allies Russia and some of the -Stans,and North Korea; potentially China as well though economic aid. Iran is already helping Russia in Ukraine, giving them military aid, selling them attack drones etc, North Korea is providing the Russians with ammo and artillery shells.
The lines are already drawn, we know who stands on each side, so if there were to be an Israel-Iran war, it would become an extension of what is already happening in Ukraine, it would create a second front in the same war, with exactly the same players on each side.
Proxy war --> all out war?
Is this what we're moving slowly towards - a world war?
originally posted by: Quintilian
BRICS is becoming more relevant and their 5 member nations now account for more of the world's' gdp than the G7. With two of them set to surpass the US in the 2030's (China passed them long ago in real terms). OPEC has silently sided with Russia going by their actions.
The people in general understand what is happening going by approval ratings. Have a look at the leadership apporaval ratings for G7 countries, compared to those who either align with Russia or don't want to sanction them (India, Brazil, Mexico etc).
Is it fair to call yourself the leader of a "democracy" with a 22% approval rating (Macron).? The UK leadership has been a game of musical chairs recently and there seems discontent Germany. Our institutions are failing and politics now seems to exist for corruption and not much else.
There also seems an anti western imperialism sentiment in much of the world, exemplified by central African countries throwing out western puppets and taking back control in recent times. Putin is inspiring this further and seen as a hero in many places for standing up to the western bullies.
The US will soon have no choice soon but to confront China directly if they wish to maintain hegemony (sanctions and proxy wars won't work on China). That would be the big one, a direct conflict between nuclear powers would be immensely dangerous and even more so because it would be a war the US could never win conventionally. It would be the final act in the play.
The economic fight is (and has been) under way. I just don't see the US and China engaging militarily except maybe in some isolated skirmishes to test their mettle and show off.
originally posted by: nickyw
outside of an accidental series of events that pit us against China, the chances of the us and china clashing match those of the UK and US in the 30s...
originally posted by: nickyw
a reply to: Mantiss2021
The US and others don't detonate because they no longer have to, all the updates / yield / use / storage / transport / accidents /safety are modelled in simulations..
unless you seriously think Americans are the only advanced race on the entire planet capable of using computers..
simulations, computing tech along with drones are the great levellers that the likes of the dreadnoughts once where.