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The War against China – connecting the dots

US War on China | Energy Blockade on China

By Brian Berletic

US/IRAN/China NEW VIDEO: US War on Iran & the Wider Dirty War on China: US/Ukrainian Mercenaries In Myanmar

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Summary: 
– While the US attack on Iran throttles energy production and exports to China, following the cutting of energy exports from Venezuela to China in a war earlier this year, and years of attacking Russian energy production via Ukraine, US-backed militants in Myanmar are attacking pipelines leading directly into China;

– A US citizen and several Ukrainians were caught bringing in large numbers of combat drones to fight the central Myanmar government and attack key infrastructure across the country including Belt and Road Initiative projects;

– Zooming out from any one of these conflicts reveals a global US war and proxy war as well as a developing global oil blockade against China;

References:

  • NEO – American/Ukrainians Caught Arming Militants in Myanmar and the US Dirty War on China (Mar. 20, 2026): https://journal-neo.su/2026/03/20/american-ukrainians-caught-arming-militants-in-myanmar-and-the-us-dirty-war-on-china/
  • The Indian Express – NIA arrests six Ukrainians, one from US for plotting terror activities in India (Mar. 17, 2026): https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nia-arrests-six-ukrainians-one-from-us-for-plotting-terror-activities-in-india-10585555/
  • Reuters – Ukraine seeks release of citizens arrested in India over alleged Myanmar drone activity (Mar. 18, 2026): https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/ukraine-seeks-release-citizens-arrested-india-over-alleged-myanmar-drone-2026-03-18/#:~:text=By%20Krishna%20N.,Sign%20up%20here.
  • CNBC – Who is Matthew VanDyke? NIA arrests US citizen and six Ukrainians for links with anti-India insurgent groups (Mar. 19, 2026): https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/nia-arrests-us-citizen-matthew-aaron-vandyke-six-ukrainians-anti-india-drone-warfare-training-network-in-myanmar-ws-l-19871344.htm
  • Newsweek – Meet Matthew VanDyke, Former U.S. POW Training Ukrainians to Fight Russia (Apr. 2022): https://www.newsweek.com/meet-former-u-s-pow-training-ukrainians-fight-russia-1699373

US-Backed Militants and Opposition in Myanmar

  • The New Atlas – Myanmar: US-backed Fronts Behind War, Blocking Development – starts at around 1 minute, 30 seconds (2021):
    https://youtu.be/7ReeqgDlHmk?si=TIPbp5XRRSVl8Utr&t=91
  • Wikileaks – THAILAND: ALLEGED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS ALONG THAI BORDER:
    https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05BANGKOK3930_a.html
  • Wikileaks – SNAPSHOT OF NORTHERN KAREN STATE PROVIDES LITTLE HOPE:
    https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08CHIANGMAI32_a.html
  • Wikileaks – FREE BURMA RANGERS: PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; NOT ARMING
  • INSURGENTS: https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CHIANGMAI188_a.html
  • Wikileaks – KAREN GROUPS SAY FIGHTING WON’T REACH REFUGEE CAMPS IN THAILAND:
    https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CHIANGMAI70_a.html
  • Wikileaks – MILITARY DETENTION OF AMCIT UNDERSCORES SHIFT IN THAI POLICY TOWARD BURMA: https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08CHIANGMAI69_a.html
  • The World – Myanmar Elections: A Changing Country and its Exiled Opponents (2013):
    https://web.archive.org/web/20250120151946/https://theworld.org/stories/2013/08/15/myanmar-elections-changing-country-and-its-exiled-opponents
  • US NED – Burma (Myanmar) (2020):  https://web.archive.org/web/20210314232434/https://www.ned.org/region/asia/burma-2020/
  • VOA – Myanmar Shadow Civilian Government Opens Office in Washington (2022): https://www.voanews.com/a/myanmar-shadow-civilian-government-opens-office-in-washington-/6840870.html
  • NUG “Ministry of Foreign Affairs” – Zin Mar Aung: https://mofa.nugmyanmar.org/h-e-daw-zin-mar-aung/
  • US NED – Ms. Zin Mar Aung:
    https://web.archive.org/web/20201202195214/https://www.ned.org/fellows/ms-zin-mar-aung/
  • US State Department – International Women of Courage Award Winners 2012:
    https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/gwi/iwoc/2012/bio/index.htm
  • The New Atlas – Washington’s, Not Myanmar’s “National Unity Government” (2021):
    https://youtu.be/AqoM5JwnQcI?si=sMdbz_sZivTov7Bl

A Maritime Oil Blockade On China

  • US Naval War College Review – A Maritime Oil Blockade Against China—Tactically Tempting but Strategically Flawed (2018): https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-review
  • NYT – The Separation (Dec. 30, 2025): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html

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This is the REAL Endgame in Iran by James Corbett

Update Iran

Can Israel & the U.S. Sustain Iran’s Military Power? (w/ Alastair Crooke) | The Chris Hedges Report (March 7, 2026)

  • Iran’s superior preparation and missile strategy enable prolonged attrition warfare: Iran maintains vast decentralized stocks of missiles (including advanced hypersonics held in reserve), buried silos with autonomous “dead hand” firing capabilities across multiple districts, and uses older systems to exhaust Israeli/U.S. interceptors before escalating, making a long war sustainable for Iran while depleting attackers’ defenses.
  • The conflict has already inflicted significant strategic losses on Israel and the U.S.: Israeli interceptor missiles are being rapidly depleted, billion-dollar U.S. radar systems destroyed, and intelligence capabilities crippled; this reflects impulsive escalation driven by hubris, with shifting pretexts from nuclear threats to missile destruction and regime change.
  • Iran leverages regional Shia mobilization and symbolic acts for broader escalation: The killing of key figures (including the Supreme Leader) has sparked Shia solidarity, uprisings (e.g., in Bahrain), attacks on U.S. assets, and fatwas for jihad, turning the war into a wider sectarian/regional struggle that spreads beyond Iran’s borders and complicates U.S./Israeli objectives.
  • Control of the Strait of Hormuz gives Iran decisive economic leverage: Iran can threaten or close the strait (via mines, missiles, and coastal artillery), endangering global oil/LNG flows (~20-30% of world supply), pressuring energy markets, weakening the dollar, exposing Europe’s vulnerability, and shifting Gulf power dynamics toward Iran while making sustained U.S. naval operations risky or unsustainable.
  • U.S. and Israel face unsustainable overreach with no clear path to victory: The war—pushed by Netanyahu’s influence on Trump—lacks contingency plans for energy crises, long-term attrition, heavy civilian casualties (e.g., bombed schools), internal Israeli fractures, or political backlash at home; Iran “wins by surviving,” potentially forcing de-escalation on its terms (sanctions relief, troop withdrawal) amid regional blowback and economic fallout.

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