The Iran-Israel clash has served as a catalyst for renewed escalation by Western leaders, and World War III cannot be ruled out

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By Timur Fomenko

The Iran-Israel clash has served as a catalyst for renewed escalation by Western leaders, and World War III cannot be ruled out

The events of recent weeks have produced a sudden jolt in Western politics. From a lethargy that was starting to creep into US and western discourse over the Ukraine war, Iran’s attack on Israel suddenly seemed to have had the effect of awakening Ronald Reagan from his grave and leading to a surge of neo-conservativism on steroids, on both sides of the Atlantic.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson did a complete 180-degree U-turn and proclaimed himself a “Reagan Republican” passing a series of aid bills for astronomical overseas spending that he had otherwise blocked for months, as he denounced an “axis of evil.” Along with that, a proposed TikTok ban bill came out of nowhere too and was quickly signed into law.

Then the UK decided to devote its largest ever aid package to Ukraine, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warning of an “axis of authoritarian states” and amplifying ideologically combative rhetoric.

At the same time, it was then revealed Biden had sent 300km long range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine despite having pledged not to do so for years, fearing escalation.

Finally, EU President Ursula von der Leyen has suddenly dramatically increased economic warfare on China, pushing the European Commission to open probes on scores of Chinese exports. Where exactly did all this come from?

It’s almost as if the US and its allies seized upon the tensions between Iran and Israel in order to “whitewash” their slate and double down on a series of objectives they are otherwise losing public support for, including the war in Ukraine, but also Israel’s invasion of Gaza.

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Personally I think he oversells the suddenness and unexpected nature but the firmness does seem to be increasing and one has to wonder if the US/NATO is going to choose to escalate in Ukraine. After all they’re already weathering massive protests against their policy of aiding genocide in Palestine and simply calling them all terrorist sympathizers and people duped by Russia, by contrast Ukraine is far more popular a cause.

Where he sees a push with the potential for WW3 I see that but in a larger sense the chessboard being set up for cold war 2.0, economic blocs and wars with lines firmly drawn in the sand and an “either you’re with us, or with them” mentality towards others or as Blinken put it “you’re either at [our] table or on the menu”.

  • idkmybffjoeysteel [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    21·
    2 months ago

    There is an axis of authoritarian states and I’m living in one lol. The fact that I live in relative comfort within the imperial core says nothing of the world wide suffering inflicted by this regime. If it is not authoritarian to crack down on dissenters (anti-genocide protestors) then what is? Funny how nearly a century later they still put Hermann Goering’s methods into play.

  • deathtoreddit
    17·
    2 months ago

    Ich frage euch: Wollt ihr den totalen Krieg?!

    frothingfash YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

  • Mzuark
    13·
    2 months ago

    I know this gets said a lot, but the people in power are genuinely panicking. All their plans to provoke a big money generating war have fallen through and they’ve completely lost the youth vote.

        • ghost_of_faso2
          23·
          2 months ago

          Yes, we’re aware its from RT. This says nothing about what type of propoganda this is though comrade, you should really understand what you’re saying better.

          Propoganda is political art, calling something propganda literally means nothing, its just a descriptor.

          Is it bad propoganda? Is what it is saying false? Can you verify that?

          Dont be so basic in your critique.

          • Addfwyn
            10·
            2 months ago

            Going to go out on a limb and guess they are no comrade nor fellow traveler.

        • Lemmykoopa
          13·
          2 months ago

          Give me your source for news that isn’t propaganda pls

    • Addfwyn
      20·
      2 months ago

      Propaganda can be true. It isn’t even inherently a negative thing. It is just information that advocates/opposes a specific doctrine. Too many people have come to think propaganda are inherently lies, but that is often not the case. When the propaganda is irrefutable truth it is far more effective.

      Unless you think we should avoid the truth just because it supports an unpopular narrative?

    • darkcallingOP
      18·
      2 months ago

      It’s literally an opinion and analysis piece. They’re supposed to be engaged with critically, the community this was posted in was geopolitics for critically engaging with interesting opinions and analysis.

      Liberals claim to support freedom of thought and a variety of views but in reality are all too happy to immediately short-circuit and shut down in a frothing rage the moment they see anything Russian. Tell me again though how you are free thinking, tell me again how you are not programmed to do just that by your own domestic media propaganda.

  • audin@lemm.ee
    346·
    2 months ago

    Russia: invades a neighboring country and is literally re-positioning into a war economy to cope

    Also Russia: “The US and the UK are pushing for total war”

    • Pili
      35·
      2 months ago

      What is the common denominator between the tensions that exist in Ukraine, Palestine, Taiwan, and Iran?

      • LeniX
        30·
        2 months ago

        And also Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq (twice), Libya, Yugoslavia (along with Serbia and Kosovo), Yemen, Haiti, Bolivia, Venezuela (muh steal their oil) et fucking cetera… The list is long enough to fill a library.

    • Soviet Snake
      26·
      2 months ago

      Thank you for the most braindead brainwashed imperialist analysis I’ve read in a while. You can go and keep sucking daddy US boots now.

      • audin@lemm.ee
        133·
        2 months ago

        thanks for the NPC reply, keeping the reddit flag high I see

        • ghost_of_faso2
          251·
          2 months ago

          reddit is when you say the opinion that got 99% of this fourm banned from reddit

        • ghost_of_faso2
          231·
          2 months ago

          man when the libs over at lemmy.world think you went too far you might have a problem, I could find your ideology in slavery america by talking to a plantation owner.

        • LeniX
          18·
          2 months ago

          Man, lame.ee libs have some brain rot in their noggins… Calling others NPCs while giving actual NPC responses and parroting mainstream media talking points about Russia.

          • Lemmykoopa
            8·
            2 months ago

            This why why they NEED the Russian election interference story, otherwise maybe the “NPCs” did research and somehow came to a conclusion that disagreed with what the majority believes

        • deathtoreddit
          191·
          2 months ago

          My man, you compare us folks to reddit when you have similar foreign policy takes to them

          What differs you from the crowd? The fact you want gay rights? The fact you want to mow down Columbia protestors?

          Here, we are just anti-western and we don’t hide it…

          If you want, go to lemmy.world…

        • Lemmykoopa
          11·
          2 months ago

          Not being an NPC ofc means agreeing with the widely held, greatly policed and propagated positions of the US state department

    • cayde6ml
      51·
      2 months ago

      You mean liberates a neighboring country after being bombed for 8 years, and whose economy continues to improve.