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Iran’s new leadership is younger, savvier, ruthless and even more hard-line
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YOU FUCKS BOMBED AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ASSASSINATED THEIR LEADER. Iran is somehow being aggressive while the US set up military bases for decades, yet somehow that's not seen an encroachment.
Also such massive concessions like:
Stop surrounding our country with military bases.
Promise to not attack us again.
Recognize that a waterway just off our coast should be managed by us and the nation on other side of the straight.
Stop implementing illegal sanctions.
Let us dictate our own energy policy.
Give us access to our own money, that you stole.
Such unreasonable demands that they ask for. Literally just asking the US to recognize Iran's sovereignty is considered a massive "concession" rather than how things should be according to international law.
Iran isn't the first, but may well be the last sovereign state US picks a fight with.
Eta: part of me wonders if this wasn't something USA wanted, so they can ramp up aggression.
Personally I think the US will try to intervene in the Sahel some time within the next two years. They've been setting up a millitary presence on Nigeria, and the AES threatens to lead by good example if left untouched.
Personally, I think the next socialist revolution or emergence of a socialist state will happen somewhere in Africa. My top guesses are eitheir from the Sahel or a country from East Africa, perhaps Kenya.
However I think this war has been a massive blow to the empire. Just not the one that ends its military interventions against soverign states. I think they'll attempt one more.
Kenya is a lost cause. The Sahel--if not suppressed by ECOWAS and Nigeria, may become true socialist states.
But like you said
The US has been increasing their military presence in W.Africa, and their most used tools (terrorists) are getting louder and braver as the days pass.
Don't forget France's interests in all of that.
They basically got kicked out, even Gabon & Madagascar were usurped by the US. At best they get tossed some of the rinds.
The French are at the helm. They, the US, and the Nigerian government are working together.
And let's no forget the Ukrainian presence in Africa
Ukraine has been aiding the terrorist effort since 2015. My hatred of that nation is at the same level as my hate towards the US Military Industrial Complex.
What makes you say Kenya is a lost caused? The CPM-K has been rising pretty quickly if I'm not mistaken, and the current president's behavior has sparked quite a bit of discontent. I don't think it's as likely as the Sahel, but the infrastructure for a revolution looks farther along then most other places to me.
The people have the fire for revolting against their own government, not against western ideologies. How can they become a true socialist state if they look towards Washington, London, or Paris for guidance?
At the very least, it may cool anticom activity for a moment.