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To: Les H who wrote (43281)8/15/2024 9:23:43 AM
From: Les H  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 51270
 
The 'quiet world war' behind the struggles in the Middle East: This is the global map of interests in the Middle East
Israel's war is a part of a broader global confrontation involving major powers whose involvement in the region is increasing; On one side is the United States, aiming to strengthen alliances with moderate Arab states, and on the other side is Russia, tightening its ties with Iran and, along with China and North Korea, seeking to weaken its Western rival

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It's been going on for a long time. It became especially evident after Congress passed the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) against 'Al Qaeda' and similar groups. The US came up with a list of countries it was planning to invade, including today's Lebanon. The only question is how to manufacture the pretext for an invasion and what proxies would be deployed to create the pretext. The Pentagon also ran a 4-hour presentation on C-SPAN on how the world was divided up between the US and the rest of the world, portending there would be efforts to expand the sphere of dominance.