strait? or strait of Taiwan? that could grind globe to halt; what would happen if Iran locked down via Houthis the Red Sea? Iran showed it can withstand US & Israel combined bombing & emerge stronger
Except for the corrupt media aspect I vehemently disagree. Most are completely unaware of the interconnected dynamics involving the Persian Gulf Arena and The Caribbean corridor The Trump administration has intelligently focused on. Below is only a partial assessment:
THE PROMETHEUS DOCTRINE (as at least a couple of writers have termed it although not 100% applicable)): TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO RECONNECT ENERGY, SHIPPING, FINANCE, Ai AND POWER.
The mistake most analysts make is treating the Persian Gulf, Venezuela, Panama, Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador, and the Caribbean as separate geopolitical theaters.
They are not.
The emerging strategic logic of the Trump era appears to view them as a single integrated system composed of four layers:
1. Energy production.
2. Maritime chokepoints.
3. Financial and computational control.
4. National Security
Viewed through that lens, the Persian Gulf and the Caribbean become opposite ends of the same strategic network.
The Persian Gulf remains the world's primary hydrocarbon reservoir. The Caribbean Basin contains the largest proven oil reserves in the Western Hemisphere, centered on Venezuela. Between them lie the shipping routes, insurance systems, financial institutions, ports, and naval corridors that determine who ultimately controls global energy flows.
The Panama Canal sits at the center of this architecture.
Trump's repeated focus on Panama was not primarily about Panama itself. It was about preventing strategic competitors from establishing leverage over a maritime corridor through which roughly 5–6% of global trade passes annually and which carries a substantial portion of U.S. container traffic. Key Routes: The canal is particularly critical for trade between Asia and the U.S. East Coast, accounting for 40% of all U.S. container traffic. officials repeatedly framed Chinese-linked port operations around the canal as a national-security concern.
The canal issue therefore cannot be separated from the broader contest with China.
After Panama joined China's Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese firms expanded infrastructure investments around the canal. Although Beijing does not control the canal itself, Chinese-linked commercial interests gained positions around critical port facilities, triggering increasing concern in Washington.
Venezuela represents the energy side of the equation.
China has long been one of the largest destinations for Venezuelan crude. U.S. sanctions, Chevron licensing disputes, and pressure on the Maduro government can all be interpreted as attempts to influence who ultimately benefits from Venezuelan petroleum production.
At the same time, Venezuela has deepened relationships with Russia, China, and almost nuclear bomb ready Iran (according the IAEA 2026 studies). Reports and intelligence discussions have repeatedly referenced military cooperation involving Russian equipment, Chinese systems, and Iranian drone technology and tech support. While the scale of these relationships remains relevant, Washington clearly views them through a strategic-security lens rather than merely a commercial one.
This is where the Monroe Doctrine reappears in modernized form.
The nineteenth-century Monroe Doctrine sought to exclude rival great powers from the Western Hemisphere.
The twenty-first-century version seeks to exclude rival powers from Western Hemisphere infrastructure networks, energy systems, ports, telecommunications, logistics corridors, and military basing arrangements.
The objective is no longer territorial control.
The objective is systems control.
Seen this way, pressure on Venezuela, scrutiny of Chinese influence around the Panama Canal, concerns over Iranian and Russian military penetration of Latin America, and renewed attention to Cuba and the Caribbean all become components of a single geopolitical project.
The project is not fundamentally about nations.
It is about networks.
Energy networks.
Shipping networks.
Financial networks.
Information networks.
In that sense, Trump's strategy resembles a modern Promethean effort to reconnect pieces of an American sphere of influence that had gradually become integrated into competing Eurasian systems over the previous three decades.
The US has people of great intellect and high moral standards. Unfortunately, hardly any of them occupy seats of power in Washington, DC. There are reasons for that, some captured 24 centuries ago by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work 'The Republic'. But that's another subject, not for here.
While hard, almost impossible to believe, US foreign and military policies have been outdated by the world of the 21st century. The decision to attack Iran, the devastating military defeat, and the global consequences that have and will continue to follow resulted from that backwardness.
The US will never recover. The world from this point forward will indeed be a "New World Order".
"The US has people of great intellect and high moral standards." Yes but those men and women of a bygone era are probably rolling in their graves and they cannot be raised like Lazarus by POTUS.
Take a look at the island off Albania that Jared Kushner is facilitating negotiations. An island fortress chokepoint controlled by private venture capital. The writer’s conclusion on connecting networks is very plausible, especially in consideration of the Effort off Albania. The question to whose benefit? I’m not so sure the average American citizen will see any benefit. We are entering into a feudal type technocracy that will be run by AI. The walls of the digital prison are going in place very quickly.
Nonsense! America holds Iran hostage. Iran again breaks the ceasefire launching 10 missiles at Israel. All were shot down. Their funded terrorist friends (Hezbollah and the Houthis) also attacked Israel, and it was largely ineffective. We can hit them and they can't hit us. Who's winning this war?... Not Iran.
You fucking ignoramus. Read Pascal Najadi’s SubStack and shut the Fuck up until you have digested what he has laid out. You are like a kitten or a toddler: distracted by shiny objects and noises.
Thank God there are men like Pascal and DJT, who are wiser by far than you will ever be, though, if you would just shut up, watch and listen (& stop posting insulting AI generated ad hominem memes, you limp prick), you might gain a small fraction of their wisdom. (You are welcome for the advice you never would think to ask for.)
So..... you want the guy who got us into this madness, to get us out? I kinda doubt he will unless and until he gets his way. And Iran isn't going along with that.
Kalshi calculates there's only a 6.4% chance you're correct so you may want to show them what fools they are and bet heavily that you're right. Also you may want to bet now on a massive red wave in the midterms and on a landslide GOP victory in 2028.
https://palexander.substack.com/p/is-it-your-ability-to-stranglehold
https://palexander.substack.com/p/boom-potus-trump-schlongs-kristen
JJJ
JJJ's Substack
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Except for the corrupt media aspect I vehemently disagree. Most are completely unaware of the interconnected dynamics involving the Persian Gulf Arena and The Caribbean corridor The Trump administration has intelligently focused on. Below is only a partial assessment:
THE PROMETHEUS DOCTRINE (as at least a couple of writers have termed it although not 100% applicable)): TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO RECONNECT ENERGY, SHIPPING, FINANCE, Ai AND POWER.
The mistake most analysts make is treating the Persian Gulf, Venezuela, Panama, Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador, and the Caribbean as separate geopolitical theaters.
They are not.
The emerging strategic logic of the Trump era appears to view them as a single integrated system composed of four layers:
1. Energy production.
2. Maritime chokepoints.
3. Financial and computational control.
4. National Security
Viewed through that lens, the Persian Gulf and the Caribbean become opposite ends of the same strategic network.
The Persian Gulf remains the world's primary hydrocarbon reservoir. The Caribbean Basin contains the largest proven oil reserves in the Western Hemisphere, centered on Venezuela. Between them lie the shipping routes, insurance systems, financial institutions, ports, and naval corridors that determine who ultimately controls global energy flows.
The Panama Canal sits at the center of this architecture.
Trump's repeated focus on Panama was not primarily about Panama itself. It was about preventing strategic competitors from establishing leverage over a maritime corridor through which roughly 5–6% of global trade passes annually and which carries a substantial portion of U.S. container traffic. Key Routes: The canal is particularly critical for trade between Asia and the U.S. East Coast, accounting for 40% of all U.S. container traffic. officials repeatedly framed Chinese-linked port operations around the canal as a national-security concern.
The canal issue therefore cannot be separated from the broader contest with China.
After Panama joined China's Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese firms expanded infrastructure investments around the canal. Although Beijing does not control the canal itself, Chinese-linked commercial interests gained positions around critical port facilities, triggering increasing concern in Washington.
Venezuela represents the energy side of the equation.
China has long been one of the largest destinations for Venezuelan crude. U.S. sanctions, Chevron licensing disputes, and pressure on the Maduro government can all be interpreted as attempts to influence who ultimately benefits from Venezuelan petroleum production.
At the same time, Venezuela has deepened relationships with Russia, China, and almost nuclear bomb ready Iran (according the IAEA 2026 studies). Reports and intelligence discussions have repeatedly referenced military cooperation involving Russian equipment, Chinese systems, and Iranian drone technology and tech support. While the scale of these relationships remains relevant, Washington clearly views them through a strategic-security lens rather than merely a commercial one.
This is where the Monroe Doctrine reappears in modernized form.
The nineteenth-century Monroe Doctrine sought to exclude rival great powers from the Western Hemisphere.
The twenty-first-century version seeks to exclude rival powers from Western Hemisphere infrastructure networks, energy systems, ports, telecommunications, logistics corridors, and military basing arrangements.
The objective is no longer territorial control.
The objective is systems control.
Seen this way, pressure on Venezuela, scrutiny of Chinese influence around the Panama Canal, concerns over Iranian and Russian military penetration of Latin America, and renewed attention to Cuba and the Caribbean all become components of a single geopolitical project.
The project is not fundamentally about nations.
It is about networks.
Energy networks.
Shipping networks.
Financial networks.
Information networks.
In that sense, Trump's strategy resembles a modern Promethean effort to reconnect pieces of an American sphere of influence that had gradually become integrated into competing Eurasian systems over the previous three decades.
I find this dovetails well with the stack I put out here
Nowhere has JJJ foreseen whatis about to happen.
The US has people of great intellect and high moral standards. Unfortunately, hardly any of them occupy seats of power in Washington, DC. There are reasons for that, some captured 24 centuries ago by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work 'The Republic'. But that's another subject, not for here.
While hard, almost impossible to believe, US foreign and military policies have been outdated by the world of the 21st century. The decision to attack Iran, the devastating military defeat, and the global consequences that have and will continue to follow resulted from that backwardness.
The US will never recover. The world from this point forward will indeed be a "New World Order".
"The US has people of great intellect and high moral standards." Yes but those men and women of a bygone era are probably rolling in their graves and they cannot be raised like Lazarus by POTUS.
What about 'regime change' ??? it happened for sure. Be careful what you wish for.
The theocracy regime was changed to the IRGC regime.
Can we take some sort of poll? Who thinks this was a success?
Take a look at the island off Albania that Jared Kushner is facilitating negotiations. An island fortress chokepoint controlled by private venture capital. The writer’s conclusion on connecting networks is very plausible, especially in consideration of the Effort off Albania. The question to whose benefit? I’m not so sure the average American citizen will see any benefit. We are entering into a feudal type technocracy that will be run by AI. The walls of the digital prison are going in place very quickly.
Nonsense! America holds Iran hostage. Iran again breaks the ceasefire launching 10 missiles at Israel. All were shot down. Their funded terrorist friends (Hezbollah and the Houthis) also attacked Israel, and it was largely ineffective. We can hit them and they can't hit us. Who's winning this war?... Not Iran.
You fucking ignoramus. Read Pascal Najadi’s SubStack and shut the Fuck up until you have digested what he has laid out. You are like a kitten or a toddler: distracted by shiny objects and noises.
Thank God there are men like Pascal and DJT, who are wiser by far than you will ever be, though, if you would just shut up, watch and listen (& stop posting insulting AI generated ad hominem memes, you limp prick), you might gain a small fraction of their wisdom. (You are welcome for the advice you never would think to ask for.)
Routes, Resources, Religion.
The 3 "R's"
The essentials, the compendium, the driving forces...
What kind of cool-aide have you been drinking?
So..... you want the guy who got us into this madness, to get us out? I kinda doubt he will unless and until he gets his way. And Iran isn't going along with that.
Iran is run by thugs. They will go down swinging but they will go down. The Persians are sick
and tired of their oppressors and will give them the boot this time.
Kalshi calculates there's only a 6.4% chance you're correct so you may want to show them what fools they are and bet heavily that you're right. Also you may want to bet now on a massive red wave in the midterms and on a landslide GOP victory in 2028.