That's China's vision, objective and immediate goal. They have the leverage to make it happen.
Summary of Xi's January 2026 announcement:
"It's a sweeping vision for building a global financial power organized around socialist principles, without the greed and without a financialization of the economy (what Xi calls 脱实向虚, “drifting from the real economy into the virtual”).
-- Arnaud Bertrand
1914: Austria tries to overthrow King of Serbia, which leads to World War I and millions dead. Epic Fail.
1917: Idiot schemers in German government give Vladimir Lenin safe passage from his Swiss exile back to Russia to overthrow the Russian Provisional Government and take Russia out of the war. Lenin succeeds, but then unleashes the worst regime in history on Russia—a regime that subsequently threatened all of Europe. Epic Fail.
1919-1920: Following World War I, punitive treaties formally dissolve Habsburg, Hohenzollern, and Ottoman regimes. Europe and the entire Middle East are further destabilized, leading directly to World War II. Epic Fail.
1963: CIA backs military coup to overthrow South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, thereby deepening U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Epic Fail.
2001-2021: U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, resulting in tens of thousands dead, tens of thousands of traumatic brain injuries, and trillions spent, achieves nothing, leaves Taliban in power. Epic Fail.
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Within 24 hours of my last post on the subject (below: "War could begin in 48 hours" ), America is now in a hot, kinetic world war with Iran and its international allies. Combat operations are in active operation.
"Stay sheltered," Mr. Trump told the Iranian people. "Don’t leave your home, it’s very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will, probably be your only chance for generations… now is the time to seize control of your destiny."
Questions affecting the destiny of Americans: Is this war Biblically justified? Did Congress approve it? What will be the American casualties at home and abroad? At what point will the war be declared over?