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Meanwhile, a similar parting of the ways seems to be happening at the level of 'international order'. In just one week, the US has increased sanctions on Iran, tabled a new package of sanctions against Russia and North Korea, and slapped sanctions on Venezuela. From positioning itself as the global arbiter of 'just wars' in the aftermath of 9/11, the US is today self-declared as the global arbiter of economic trade.
With sanctions the US government believes it can isolate Russia and other regimes it doesn't like, and thus 'hold the center'. But is it in fact only isolating itself and further polarizing opinion and society inside the USA?
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As we might expect, the actual implementation of this 'new world order' crashed from the get-go. The original plan was to demonstrate dominance and capability with the use of deep sea drilling in the Gulf and further. That blew apart with the Deep Water Horizon crisis. You might recall suspicion fell on Russia even then. A fall back plan was then put in use. We now have poisoned water aquifers and earthquakes.
Prez Trump's administration of 4 years may be the final fall back. The long drawn out gasp of the deep state to crush the Middle East nations and westernize the remnants. Something on the order of what has been done in Angola. Afghanistan's wealth of minerals is the end acquisition. So it seems to have come down to tit for tat. How long can the other guy last?