So the U.S. just wrecked Western shipping through a major transit to show the world how tough (and stupid) we are. We're back to bombing the Middle East for the same reason. We have added the arming of a genocide and mass murder of children to our wretched foreign policy record. Throw in the Ukrainian catastrophe, the boomerang effect a brutal economic sanctions war against Russia, and our criminal action to end European dependence on Russian energy which have all badly damaged our Western allies, and it's pretty clear that the U.S. is determined to continue to double down on the failed policies of U.S. primacy. The Red Sea blockade will prove inflationary (how can it not?) in time to drive Biden out of office which will deliver Trump, his lunatic 60% tariffs and the consequent boost to inflation, and more intense China bashing to the White House. So we can all forget about a secure and prosperous America..
I lived in the northern Chihuahuan desert of west Texas for a number of years. The pack rat analogy is a good one, particularly, the desert pack rats. One winter they got into an old shed on our property, and they loaded up my workbench and every other flat surface in sight with piles of cholla. If you've never experienced this type of cactus, let me say, it is mean stuff! I contemplated burning down the old shed instead of clearing it all out! (They even chewed a complete ring around my wooden White Mountain ice cream freezer rendering it completely ruined. Nature took care of cholla for me with a spring wildfire that burned the shed down and several homes in our little ranch neighborhood. Both the pack rats and the fire are good analogies to empire's destructive ways.
So the U.S. just wrecked Western shipping through a major transit to show the world how tough (and stupid) we are. We're back to bombing the Middle East for the same reason. We have added the arming of a genocide and mass murder of children to our wretched foreign policy record. Throw in the Ukrainian catastrophe, the boomerang effect a brutal economic sanctions war against Russia, and our criminal action to end European dependence on Russian energy which have all badly damaged our Western allies, and it's pretty clear that the U.S. is determined to continue to double down on the failed policies of U.S. primacy. The Red Sea blockade will prove inflationary (how can it not?) in time to drive Biden out of office which will deliver Trump, his lunatic 60% tariffs and the consequent boost to inflation, and more intense China bashing to the White House. So we can all forget about a secure and prosperous America..
Those who rule America do not seek security or prosperity.
They seek power and empire.
I lived in the northern Chihuahuan desert of west Texas for a number of years. The pack rat analogy is a good one, particularly, the desert pack rats. One winter they got into an old shed on our property, and they loaded up my workbench and every other flat surface in sight with piles of cholla. If you've never experienced this type of cactus, let me say, it is mean stuff! I contemplated burning down the old shed instead of clearing it all out! (They even chewed a complete ring around my wooden White Mountain ice cream freezer rendering it completely ruined. Nature took care of cholla for me with a spring wildfire that burned the shed down and several homes in our little ranch neighborhood. Both the pack rats and the fire are good analogies to empire's destructive ways.