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Western Media Hails More Ukraine “Wonder Weapons” That Russia Also Has

More than just lying about the latest “wonder weapon” to keep Ukrainians fighting on the frontline and the Western public lined up in support of the war for as long as possible - the Western media, in a deeply concerted manner, continues to mischaracterize the war itself and those the US is backing in it, including unrepentant Nazis.

References:

NEO - Western Media Hails More Ukraine “Wonder Weapons” That Russia Also Has (Apr. 7, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/04/07/western-media-hails-more-ukraine-wonder-weapons-that-russia-also-has/
Guardian - Ukraine's National Militia: 'We're not neo-Nazis, we just want to make our country better' (2018):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/13/ukraine-far-right-national-militia-takes-law-into-own-hands-neo-nazi-links
Guardian - ‘The frontline is like Terminator’: fighting robots give Ukraine hope in war with Russia (Apr. 4, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/04/fighting-robots-give-ukraine-hope-in-war-with-russia
Interpreter - In Ukraine, ground robots are increasingly going on the offensive (Mar. 30, 2026):
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/ukraine-ground-robots-are-increasingly-going-offensive
NBC News - Ukraine's Nazi problem is real, even if Putin's 'denazification' claim isn't (Mar. 2022):
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/ukraine-has-nazi-problem-vladimir-putin-s-denazification-claim-war-ncna1290946
Guardian - Azov fighters are Ukraine's greatest weapon and may be its greatest threat (2014):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/10/azov-far-right-fighters-ukraine-neo-nazis

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- As predicted a month ago, the US Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to the Middle East is now imposing a blockade on Iranian oil to China;

- Those fixated on "Israel" are distracting away from what is ultimately an act of war on China amid what is quickly shaping into World War 3;

- The notion that it is "inconceivable" the US would launch one war to set the stage for war with another nation ignores both US history and the history of empire in general;

References:

New Atlas - US Prepares for Next War of Aggression Against Iran to Further Encircle Russia & China (Feb. 21, 2026):
https://youtu.be/-5ysDu9LK3s?si=tCzPN7A24iDxPI1U
New Atlas - Day 17: Why is the US Deploying a Marine Expeditionary Unit Amid War on Iran? (Mar. 16, 2026):
https://youtu.be/eRaB3-ShxGk?si=LbyrchJZ4GylJe6B
BBC - How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat (2023):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64294915
USNI News - Strait of Hormuz Traffic Down As U.S. Blockade Appears to Deter Some Ships (Apr. 14, 2026):
https://news.usni.org/2026/04/14/strait-of-hormuz-traffic-down-as-u-s-blockade-appears-to-deter-some-ships

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- A recent supposed “search and rescue” mission in Iran involving a downed F-15 and A-10 warplane required at least 2 C-130 transport airplanes deployed to an abandoned airfield where MH-6 helicopters were deployed;

- The C-130s were reported “stuck” and subsequently destroyed along with the 4 MH-6 helicopters they brought in;

- In 2023 the exact same mission was being practiced in the middle of Wyoming along a highway using similar equipment including C-130s, MH-6s, and A-10 warplanes;

- This raises the possibility the mission in Iran - just like the training mission in Wyoming - was in fact part of an ongoing ground operation to develop combat power inside Iran rather than for search and rescue and that the mission was compromised and ended as a costly search, rescue, and evacuation mission;

References:

WyoToday - History Made with Military Aircraft Operations on Wyoming Highways (May 2023):
https://www.wyotoday.com/news/history-made-with-military-aircraft-operations-on-wyoming-highways/article_f0292645-683e-5177-bdb2-a3cc5b77d830.html
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- The US has announced a blockade of all maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz originating from Iran or having agreed with Iran for passage;

- This is the full implementation of Washington’s initial objective for waging war with Iran, an oil blockade of not only China but also much of the multipolar world;

- The US’ primary geopolitical objective is global hegemony and the only way it can achieve this objective is by dragging the rest of the rising multipolar world down relative to US power and wealth;

- The primary means to do this is by targeting the life blood of modern civilization which is energy;

- The US has been sabotaging and creating energy crises deliberately around the world including through the invasion of Venezuela, the destruction of the Nordstream pipelines, its own blockade on the so-called “shadow fleet,” and the US CIA and military targeting Russian energy production, storage, and export facilities within Russia itself;

References:

CNN - Trump’s strait blockade risks another serious blow to the global economy (Apr. 13, 2026):
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/13/politics/trump-strait-blockade-hormuz-iran-war-analysis
TIME - The U.S. Is Deploying Thousands of Marines to the Middle East. Here’s What They Could Be Used For (Mar. 25, 2026):
https://time.com/article/2026/03/24/marines-deployed-iran-war-trump/
BBC - How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat (2023):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64294915
US Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade on China (2018):
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-review

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April 12, 2026 - US-Iran Talks Collapse: US Floats Iran-China Blockade as US Prepares for Further War on Iran

- US "negotiations" with Iran failed primarily because US terms were illegal under international law and simply coercion dressed up as “negotiations;”

- US Vice President JD Vance’s role in the failed talks and his public threats against Iran afterward confirm his ardent support for US aggression evident even during 2024 presidential campaigning;

- US war with Iran is part of continuity of agenda, driven by US-based corporate interests transcending presidential administrations regardless of rhetoric or supposed political affiliations with the Biden administration carrying out policy without which the current war could not have been launched;

- Beyond the Middle East the US is attacking, undermining, and toppling nations producing and shipping oil and gas to China with the ultimate goal of blockading, undermining, containing, and even collapsing China itself;

- The Trump administration is even floating the idea of a blockade on Iran meant specifically place pressure on China;

References:

Guardian - JD Vance says US delegation leaving Pakistan after failing to reach deal with Iran (Apr. 12, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/jd-vance-says-no-deal-us-iran-pakistan-talks-islamabad
Newsweek - JD Vance Tells Tim Dillon US Needs Weapons To Fight China, Not Russia (Oct. 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-tim-dillon-taiwan-priority-over-ukraine-1975851
Newsweek - JD Vance Floats Donald Trump Deal To End War in Ukraine (Sep. 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-floats-donald-trump-deal-end-russia-ukraine-war-1953302
Ben Norton’s Geopolitical Economy Report - Oil war: US war on Iran aims to save petrodollar and global dollar dominance (Mar. 13, 2026):
https://youtu.be/zcXrvKVsPV8?si=H3eznLCLA5CWM9jn
Richard Medhurst - The Petrogas-Dollar: The Secret US Strategy Behind the Iran War (Apr. 11, 2026):
https://youtu.be/0nt1CgQsgpI?si=IDhP9uMZegaomALB
CNN - Exclusive: US intelligence indicates China is preparing weapons shipment to Iran amid fragile ceasefire, sources say (Apl 12, 2026):
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/11/politics/us-intelligence-iran-china-weapons
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
Brookings Institution - Corporate Funding 2022:
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/brookings_contributorslist_fy2022.pdf
Brookings Institution - Corporate Funding 2024:
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OGC-FY24-2nd-half-Contributor-Update-List.pdf
NYT - The Partnership (admissions of US CIA and US military involvement in drone strikes on Russian energy production and tankers exporting Russian energy products) (Dec. 2025):
https://archive.ph/PL0ES
WSJ - Trump Reposts Article Saying He Could Blockade Iran if Talks Fail (Apr. 12, 2026):
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-latest-news-israel-us-lebanon-2026/card/trump-reposts-article-saying-he-could-blockade-iran-if-talks-fail-kTNagHmshSVdjBKVHbZ0
The New Atlas - Day 11: A US War on Iran is a US War on China - US “Distant Blockade” Placed on China (Mar. 10, 2026):
https://youtu.be/2e_z3cctHSE?si=DGOhH6CuWJr26PnR

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The US war of aggression launched against Iran on February 28, 2026, is only the most recent US aggression launched to undermine and dismantle the multipolar world.

References:

Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa
Reuters - Georgia started war with Russia: EU-backed report (2009):
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE58T4MO/#:~:text=The%20report%20said,into%20Georgia%20proper.
NYT - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (2024):
https://archive.ph/3yvmU
ABC - Trump admin approves new sale of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine (2019):
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-admin-approves-sale-anti-tank-weapons-ukraine/story?id=65989898
NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Dec. 2025):
https://archive.ph/PL0ES
TASS - Today's global conflicts make it look like WWIII has started already: Lavrov’s remarks (Mar. 24, 2026):
https://tass.com/politics/2106245
The New Yorker - The Redirection (2007):
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/03/05/the-redirection
NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/15aid.html
Reuters - Israel says its air strikes destroyed most of Syria's strategic weapons stockpiles (Dec. 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-incursion-into-syria-reaches-25-km-southwest-damascus-security-sources-2024-12-10/
Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
BBC - Why is there tension between China and the Uighurs? (2014):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-26414014
US State Dept., Office of the Historian - Courses of Action in Vietnam (1965):
https://archive.ph/Ar01H#selection-2525.0-2525.28
Irrawaddy - Myanmar Junta Abandons Chinese Pipeline Amid Resistance Attacks (May 2025):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-junta-abandons-chinese-pipeline-amid-resistance-attacks.html

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- The US has no interest in peace with Iran and is simply agreeing to a ceasefire (again) to reorganize and rearm ahead of restarting hostilities with Iran at the soonest possible juncture;

- The ceasefire affords the US another opportunity to use its Israeli proxy to strike at Iran, possibly even with nuclear weapons, playing “spoiler” to non-existent US interest in peace all to afford the US plausible deniability;

- As the US poses as wanting “peace” with Iran, it continues its other global wars of aggression aimed at the wider multipolarism Iran is a central pillar in lifting up;

References:

NYT - Iran’s 10-Point Proposal Demands an End to Attacks and Sanctions (Apr. 6, 2026):
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/world/middleeast/iran-10-point-proposal.html
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf


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- The US has lost an F-15 and A-10 warplane over Iran within a short span of time;

- While this is a tactical snapshot that may betray strategic reality, it poses possible implications regarding Iranian air defense capabilities and strategies based on air ambushes;

- If further incidents like this take place, it may force the US to scale back sorties over Iran and depend more on stand-off strikes, reducing the pace and intensity of US aggression;

- It is important to back up possible strategic implications with more than a single tactical snapshot meaning only time will tell regarding the significance of this event;

References:

BBC - US pilot rescued after fighter jet downed over Iran, US media report (Apr. 4, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3r395l91l3o

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As US Escalation Continues vs. Iran, US Proxies Escalate vs. China in the Asia-Pacific

- The US continues escalating despite daily “mixed signals” from the US administration aimed at dragging public opinion in favor of a much longer and costly war than could be sold upfront;

- The US, as it escalates with Iran, continues waging proxy war with Russia in Ukraine as well as attacking Russia with long-range drones targeting energy production and exports, as well as pushing Asia-Pacific proxies in encroaching upon and provoking China;

- The US seeks to undermine, contain, and collapse all geopolitical rivals, falling short of this, the US will settle for destroying Eurasia, Africa, and Latin America and emerging out the other end of global catastrophe as the “strongest” relative to its rivals;

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The New Atlas - YouTube Post:
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxOW_KzL3nprVgHLaa1LhOXknmNCf2vdSJ
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https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/2037692676804641012
Reuters - Ukrainian drones strike Russia's Ust-Luga port again, sources say oil terminal hit (Mar. 31, 2026)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-drones-damage-russias-ust-luga-port-again-governor-says-2026-03-31/
Guardian - Japan to deploy missiles to island near Taiwan by 2031, says defence minister:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/25/japan-missiles-yonaguni-island-near-taiwan-2031-defence-minister#:~:text=1%20month%20old-,Japan%20to%20deploy%20missiles%20to%20island%20near%20Taiwan%20by%202031,an%20existential%20threat%20to%20Japan
US State Dept., Office of the Historian - Courses of Action in Vietnam (1965):
https://archive.ph/Ar01H#selection-2525.0-2525.28

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- Western media admits nearly 1 month into the US war of aggression against Iran, Iran is still firing approximately 30 missiles a day at just Israel alone indicating Iran is pacing its missile launches and that US attempts to significantly degrade Iranian missile capabilities have so far failed;

- Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov has publicly connected Washington’s multiple wars of aggression, from Latin America to Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as the beginnings of World War 3, and an attempt to “preserve the remnants of its dominance;”

- US Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) continue to close in on the Middle East poised to either storm locations on or along Iran’s shores, or participate in interdicting shipping Iran has allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz;

- US CIA drone strikes have concentrated on St. Petersburg Russia and in particular energy export facilities including oil terminals and tankers at port nearby. This is part of a global energy blockade the US is attempting to impose on China first and foremost, but also as a means of degrading or destroying the economies of China’s closest partners;

- US-EU continue their “split” narrative, allowing the US to justify focusing more of its resources on Iran (and ultimately China) while the EU uses the narrative to justify greater and more direct involvement in war with Russia over Ukraine including a recently announced UK “blockade” on Russia’s “shadow fleet” and continued seizures of “shadow fleet” vessels by other EU members;

References:

Washington Post - Iran’s missiles pierce Israel’s defenses, raising doubts about interceptors (Mar. 26, 2026):
https://archive.ph/1qSTC#selection-257.0-260.0
TASS - Today's global conflicts make it look like WWIII has started already: Lavrov’s remarks (Mar. 24, 2026):
https://tass.com/politics/2106245
Washington Post - Pentagon considers diverting Ukraine military aid to the Middle East (Mar. 26, 2026):
https://archive.ph/wip/tPgiD
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
BBC - UK now 'ready' to seize Russian shadow fleet ships, Healey says (Mar. 27, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0n9z3jlvo
Guardian - JD Vance role touted as Pakistan attempts to broker US-Iran peace talks (Mar. 24, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/24/pakistan-army-chief-iran-peace-talks-trump-call
Newsweek - JD Vance Tells Tim Dillon US Needs Weapons To Fight China, Not Russia (Oct. 28, 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-tim-dillon-taiwan-priority-over-ukraine-1975851
Kyiv Independent - Another Baltic Sea port in flames as Ukrainian drones strike major natural gas port in Ust-Luga (Mar. 25, 2026):
https://kyivindependent.com/drone-attack-hits-russias-leningrad-region-fire-reported-at-ust-luga-port/
NYT - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (Feb. 2024):
https://archive.ph/3yvmU
BAIRD Maritime - Russia's Sibur delivers first LPG cargo to China from Baltic Sea port (Dec. 2025):
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/gas/russias-sibur-delivers-first-lpg-cargo-to-china-from-baltic-sea-port#:~:text=Sibur%2C%20Russia's%20largest%20producer%20and,at%20the%20end%20of%202024.
NYT - The Separation (Dec. 2025):
https://archive.ph/PL0ES

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