I agree. Of course all of that is true, but it doesn’t mean the empire does not perceive a strategic interest in seeing Isn’treal expand into Syria, nor does it mean the Iraq and Afghanistan weren’t successfully plundered and weakened. You cannot conquer anywhere forever, even if imperialism desires it. Although 40 years is a long time in the modern era. In neither case was the US forced out, it just got what it wanted and turned it’s attention elsewhere.
The problem the US has is that it can’t be everywhere at once. The US had to abandon Afghanistan because they wanted to have a proxy war in Ukraine. Now that it failed, they want to either take on Iran or start something with China. My point isn’t that US is just going to stop, but that they continuously get weaker in every regard as they continue doing this. There is a real material cost to each of these adventures, and these costs continue to add up. My view is that the downfall will be economic as opposed to a military defeat. Trump will likely accelerate this process with his open trade war on the BRICS.
At the same time, the US military is simply not strong enough to take on its main adversaries like Russia and China. All they can do is to continue chaos around the world which ultimately pushes countries towards BRICS.
I agree. Of course all of that is true, but it doesn’t mean the empire does not perceive a strategic interest in seeing Isn’treal expand into Syria, nor does it mean the Iraq and Afghanistan weren’t successfully plundered and weakened. You cannot conquer anywhere forever, even if imperialism desires it. Although 40 years is a long time in the modern era. In neither case was the US forced out, it just got what it wanted and turned it’s attention elsewhere.
The problem the US has is that it can’t be everywhere at once. The US had to abandon Afghanistan because they wanted to have a proxy war in Ukraine. Now that it failed, they want to either take on Iran or start something with China. My point isn’t that US is just going to stop, but that they continuously get weaker in every regard as they continue doing this. There is a real material cost to each of these adventures, and these costs continue to add up. My view is that the downfall will be economic as opposed to a military defeat. Trump will likely accelerate this process with his open trade war on the BRICS.
At the same time, the US military is simply not strong enough to take on its main adversaries like Russia and China. All they can do is to continue chaos around the world which ultimately pushes countries towards BRICS.