The news in front of our eyes is dominated by the summer heat, drought, and now monsoons. Rivaled by the constant drip, drip, drip drama of citizen trump, and the news the Ukrainian’s continue to stymie the mighty Russian Paper Bear.
These are critically important events, well maybe not the citizen trump stuff. Lest we forget to raise our heads and look around we may very well be sleep walking into a New Axis World Coalition. Russia and China are forming tighter bonds which isn’t unexpected. However, Russia is now linking arms with the other terrorist states of North Korea, Syria, and Iran. North Korea has reportedly offered 100,000 ‘volunteers’ to fight in Ukraine. Syria is now demanding all U.S. troops out of the country. Iran is attacking U.S. forces and supporting terrorist forces in the Middle East and beyond. And then there’s Turkey, just playing the authoritarian transactional leadership game getting what they can from either Russia or NATO.
The consequence of these new, robust, and overt, coalitions will impact our lives for the foreseeable future. Given the predicament Russia is in, China’s long term expansionist plan, and the radicalized position of the other three states of terror the U.S., NATO, and the rest of the non-aligned world should be ready for almost anything at any time. It’s reasonable to foresee a nuclear North Korea, Syria and Iran curtesy of Russia, just ‘to balance’ the global power structure.
These are interesting times. Here’s hoping the world’s structural stupidity and self-absorbed nature doesn’t accelerate and exacerbate the situations.
Stay safe, Stay well
simplebender 