Date: Tuesday, 31 March 2026
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The Current Status of the U.S. Regime’s Effort to Conquer the Entire World
30 March 2026, posted by Eric Zuesse. (All of my recent articles can be seen here.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1fwdsgBBB0
“Putin’s Oreshniks SHOCK Trump as New War Front Erupts w- Brian Berletic.”
excerpt of
“Putin's Missile Swarm SHOCKS Trump, Ukrainian Army CRUSHED - Brian Berletic & KJ Noh.”
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INTERVIEWER: Vladimir Putin was visiting uh uh Mr.
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Lukashenko, Victor Lukashenko of Belarus to
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talk about in particular Russia’s Oreshnik
00:09
missiles which are going to be deployed
00:11
and stationed in Belarus. Um and this
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is what he had to say. Uh hold on. No,
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this is not the right one. This is what
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he had to say regarding this that has uh
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the the collective west in somewhat of a
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a major state of alarm. Here's what he
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said. “The first thing I would I wanted
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to say in this connection, we have
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already manufactured the first serial
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production Oreshnik missile complex and
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it's already been fielded.”
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The Oreshnik missile is now mass-produced.
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Given the test that occurred last year
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and how much that frightened the west
00:47
and the power of that missile — that has
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caused some great panic. But then a a
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Russian lawmaker had this to say in
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particular about the nuclear submarine
00:57
threat. Viktor Vodolatsky responded to
01:00
Donald Trump's nuclear submarine threat
01:04
uh the movement of nuclear submarines to
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appropriate regions, by saying there are
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significantly more nuclear submarines in
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the world's oceans and they have the
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strongest and most powerful weapons.
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This is why uh Trump's two boats let
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them float. They have been at gunpoint
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for quite a long time. Very strong
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words. Uh I mean these this moment is
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very reminiscent of the cold war. Uh
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it's a a very kind of new cold warlike
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moment where we have Russia gearing up
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uh in a very big way. Brian, uh for this
01:36
larger conflict — and Oreshnik are now a
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part of this — many people have said, well
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this isn't a direct threat. It doesn't
01:42
mean much. It doesn't mean Oreshniks
01:44
are going to be used but they're
01:45
available and that is that's a that's a
01:47,
big deal for a country like Russia, which
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is under significant threat right now.
01:52
What's your thoughts? BRIAN BERLETIC: Well, this this is
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Russia.
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Russia has to demonstrate significant
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deterrence against the United States and
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its client states because if they don't,
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we we can see the US will just continue
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taking and taking and taking. They do
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this salami slice strategy where they
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just take just a tiny bit each time so
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that it doesn't seem like a big deal,
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but over time it starts to add up.
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They've been doing the exact same thing
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to Iran in the Middle East. And they've
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done the exact same thing to China in
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the Asia-Pacific. And as a matter of
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fact, we've already seen the conflict uh
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with Iran culminate in open war. Uh and
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this is exactly how these other
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conflicts are going to unfold. And the
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United States honestly believes that
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eventually it could fight uh a war
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against these countries directly. it
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suspects that it can do this without it
02:45
escalating to to nuclear warfare or they
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they believe somehow it would be limited
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nuclear war and they feel and maybe
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there is some truth to this — they’re on
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the other side of the planet they have
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oceans between them and everybody else —
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and so when when they are causing all of
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this uh murder mayhem death and
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destruction from one side of Eurasia to
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the other,
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they are destroying everything there,
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and the United States remain remains
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untouched on on the other side of the
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planet. They, the US, has its forces
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spanning the globe and they're able to
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project this military power in ways that
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both Russia and China cannot. Of course,
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Iran most certainly cannot. And so, so
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this does give them an advantage. They
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see that over time, the trajectory of
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the rise of multipolarism, the the
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fading of US-led unipolarism, they know
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that this opportunity isn't going to
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last forever. So they're trying to take
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advantage of it now while it lasts. Now
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you were talking about the Oreshnik and
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how these weapons and other weapons have
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been stationed in Belarus, and what Russia
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is basically doing is extending
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protection and and essentially almost
03:53
integrating Belarus into the Russian
03:55
Federation, because if they don't do
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this, the US is going to uh use its
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super weapon that a lot of people
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don't don't really seem to talk about or
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notice that much, and that is America's
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ability to infiltrate and politically
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capture a targeted nation. This is what
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they did to Ukraine which caused this
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war in the first place, which
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short-circuited the Ukrainian people's
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ability to to pursue their own best
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interests and to essentially commit
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national suicide. And they openly tried
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to do this to Belarus many times over the
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past two or three decades since the end
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of the cold war. Essentially they are
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doing this here in the Asia-Pacific
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region. They've already politically
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captured Europe. The European Union is
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essentially an American project, an
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extension of American policy. People
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always ask, why is Europe doing this?
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They're destroying their own economy.
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Why are they doing this? Because the
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people in power do not represent or or
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reflect the interest of Europe. They
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reflect the interest of Washington who
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put them there in power. They're doing
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the they want to create the same
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dynamics here in the Asia-Pacific
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region. And they they've done this in
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the Middle East to a great degree. They
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have all kinds of proxies there who are
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pursuing war and proxy war against their
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own best interest to serve American
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hegemony worldwide. So this is this is
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the the threat that Russia, China and
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Iran are faced with and I would say
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multi-polarism as a whole and the the
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response to this has to be full spectrum
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because the US is waging full spectrum
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war against them. INTERVIEWER: Not only did this
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Russian lawmaker say straight up that we
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have our weapons pointed at you, we have
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our submarines pointed at you, uh
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they're more effective, they've been
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there for quite a long time, but uh when
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it comes to the Oreshnik, I mean, this is
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quite a powerful weapon. And while yes,
05:46
the United States uh to Brian's point,
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it has the will. It wants to expand. it
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wants to move. There's a there's a
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Russia and China, these countries, they
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don't want to fight wars of aggression.
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So, uh, what do you make of the overall
06:04
situation and Russia's response in this
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context?
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K.J. Noh: Well, you know, once again, I think it's
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important to highlight that Russia has
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been very very measured throughout the
06:14
war. Uh, but the US is pushing the
06:17
buttons and they're trying to go as far
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as they can. So, you know, absolutely
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Russians don't want to fight just like
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the Chinese don't want to fight. They
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don't want a war. But they're also
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signaling that if we need to go up the
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threshold, if we need to go up the, you
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know, the escalation ladder, we will.
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And the Oreshnik, uh the Oreshnik is
06:39
a very interesting weapon because it is
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a non-nuclear
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strategic weapon; that is, it's a weapon
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that has the force and the destructive
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capacity of a nuclear weapon but it is
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non-nuclear, it works purely from the
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kinetic energy that it generates in its
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incredibly uh rapid hypersonic flight;
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the US has nothing that can deal with
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that that can uh challenge that and even
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if we were to remove Oreshnik from the
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picture. We've also seen that the U.S., uh
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missile shield, the U.S. capacity to
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defend itself, has been tested. It's been
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thoroughly tested in the recent Israel
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Iran war, the 12-day war, and it has
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been found completely lacking. Let's
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think about what happened between uh you
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know the exchange between Iran and
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Israel. Well, you know, uh True Promise
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3 was the largest ballistic missile
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launch in history. 500 550 missiles. We
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don't know exactly how many hit, but we
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know that the battle damage was enough
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uh that Israel had to tap out a and that
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it also is hiding the battle damage.
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This is currently censored. So whatever
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happened, we know that it was
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significant.
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In this process, we also know that the
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U.S. threw everything they had against uh
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Iran’s, uh uh uh missile capacity.
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That is, they brought in Patriots from
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other theaters. In fact, they said it
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was the most intense Patriot [missile] engagement
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in the history of the weapon. They
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brought in the THAAD system. Uh the
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Israelis themselves had David's Arrow uh
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sorry, David Sling Arrow 2 and three, and
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the Iron Dome. So, multiple layers of
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defense uh systems. Uh, and the Russians [no, the Iranians]
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were able to uh to to to to you know to
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to to demolish these uh with what look
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to be largely conventional uh ballistic
08:53
missiles. So that sends a very very
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strong message to the United States. You
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no longer have escalation dominance. You
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no longer have a missile shield. Uh you
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no longer have impunity in attacking
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countries with standoff weapons as that
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they have always had and if you think of
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that equation and then on top of that
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you add hypersonics like the Oreshnik,
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which as I said are strategic uh
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non-nuclear weapons [the world’s only weapons in that category so far] then I think that the
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United States, if it were to think uh
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carefully, would say, you know, we need to
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sue for peace right away. But it's not
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doing that — it only knows knows one thing
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which is to escalate and to move
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forward. It doesn't have a reverse gear.
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It doesn't even have uh you know it it
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the neutral the idle gear is only so
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that it can go forward again. And so
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this is a very very dangerous moment. Uh,
09:49
and we have to understand that you know,
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as Brian said, the US will do several
09:54
other things. It's waging full spectrum
09:57
uh war. Uh, so uh as conventional war
10:00
becomes less and less uh viable, uh, they
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will do, you know, the kind of dirty wars,
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the small wars, the regime change uh
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color revolution operations creating
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essentially chaos around the world and
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certainly all around Asia.
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And then the other thing that, you know,
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we know is being prepared are tactical
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nukes which uh Elbridge Colby has been
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uh talking about for at least a decade.
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Uh and then we also know that the
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information warfare will continue to
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accelerate. The the key strength that
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the United States has above and beyond
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any other uh skill and capacity is its
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capacity to mystify, indoctrinate, and
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to wage information war [deceive the public]. So once again,
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we should expect an even greater uh
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level of uh propaganda and
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indoctrination.
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INTERVIEWER: The United States can't really catch up
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to Russia. Uh it's trying but what's
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such an interesting contradiction for
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the United States at this time when it
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comes to developments like the archnik
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is that it has to its doctrine has been
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uh win wars quote unquote quickly right
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full spectrum dominance and aggression
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take out the enemy quote unquote as fast
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as possible regime change as fast as
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possible that is victory now with Russia
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though there's a commitment into a long
11:32
war because that was never really in the
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cards. And uh it's a it's it's a
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dangerous contradiction when uh you both
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have uh this uh need to keep the
11:44
conflict going on the part of the United
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States as well as the fact that Russia
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is going to uh continue onward
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developing its own industrial base uh
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leading to possibly this uh parallel
11:57
process between the two of of of endless
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conflict and that seems to be the only
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choice the US has and is very committed
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to doing this. BERLETIC: I I'd be very careful
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about underestimating the United States.
12:07
No. No. They do not have the industrial
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power to wage a protracted war of
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attrition with Russia or China or even
12:17
with Iran. We we saw the the trouble
12:19
they had in in that conflict. As as KJ
12:22
was just pointing out, the the problem
12:24
is the United States fully understands
12:26
this. They understand that this is a
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weakness. It's inherent in the the
12:30
system that represents US special
12:33
interests, this uh pursuit of power and
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profit over purpose. The the inability
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to create the state-owned enterprises
12:41
that would actually facilitate uh the
12:43
the military power required to to seize
12:47
power, keep power uh by force only by
12:51
force. But see, the United States has
12:52
cultivated all of these other options.
12:55
They have tremendous economic power.
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They're still wielding. I just watched
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the United States course multiple
13:02
nations in Asia here in Southeast Asia
13:04
into these I wouldn't even call them
13:06
trade deals. It's it was trade
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concessions and trade coercion. And
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they're able to do this because of their
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e their economic power and all the other
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non-military uh instruments of power
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that the US has has perfected over the
13:22
the last several decades. And I I keep
13:24
going back to this uh ability of the US
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to infiltrate a country politically in
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terms of seizing its information space,
13:33
education, rigging the political system
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if it's a nation that has a a western
13:38
style uh you know quote unquote
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democracy. This is a system the US and
13:44
and the British imposed on many of these
13:46
countries outside of the west
13:47
specifically because it allows them to
13:49
come in interfere in that system and
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create the results each and every single
13:55
time an election takes place that favors
13:57
them and their interests at the cost of
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the the interest of the actual country
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holding these so-called elections. And
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the United States still has tremendous
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power over many nations. Uh has outright
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politically captured all of uh Europe
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and Japan, South Korea. It has taken the
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island province of Taiwan has
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politically captured that. This is part
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of China but has been politically
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captured by the United States. Uh and
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the United States is working its way
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into nations uh where it has varying
14:31
levels of success here in Southeast
14:33
Asia. Uh there was this border conflict
14:36
between Thailand and Cambodia. The
14:38
dynamics there were specifically because
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the U.S. has influence uh pretty pretty
14:44
much over the entire Cambodian
14:46
government. It's it's a it's a one party
14:48
single family government and they have
14:50
pivoted hard back toward the United
14:52
States over the last year or so. And
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they also have politically captured the
14:56
the political system, information space
14:58
and education system here in Thailand.
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And there is currently a U.S.-backed client
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regime in power here. And so this is how
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they're able to get these these
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countries to make concessions to make
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agreements to do things to pursue
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policies that serve U.S. interests [U.S. billionaires and their foreign colleagues] at
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their own [the public’s] expense
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Investigative historian Eric Zuesse’s latest book, AMERICA’S EMPIRE OF EVIL: Hitler’s Posthumous Victory, and Why the Social Sciences Need to Change, is about how America took over the world after World War II in order to enslave it to U.S.-and-allied billionaires. Their cartels extract the world’s wealth by control of not only their ‘news’ media but the social ‘sciences’ — duping the public.
