Economic Divide

Europe is on life-support? How can that happen? Maybe an exaggeration, maybe not. But the danger signs are there. The continent that has shaped world history more than any other region in the last 500 years finds itself to be a wandering bystander today. The European Union is facing an economic crisis. It can't adjust to the old reality of cheap gas, and it has shunned its main economic partners Russia and China and relied more on the US, a move that hurts its economy more than it helps it.

The Israeli regime's economy has shrunken deeply. Amid the regime's war footing, there seems to be no end in sight in its military escapades, which all comes at a cost for illegal Israeli settlers.

The African continent is rich with resources and manpower. Over 30% of all natural resources of the world come from there. Yet, Western governments, like France and the UK in particular, have been known to exploit the continent, and have even been denounced for keeping it poor for their own sake. Burkina Faso's interim ruler may have put a stop to that, exposing the Israeli regime's and the West's exploitation of Africa.

The US is doing its best to apply pressure on its adversaries by offering allied countries sweet businesses deals. Yet these deals have one thing in mind: US control. By planting its presence along the borders of Russia and Iran, the US hopes to contain both, yet fails to realize these projects against two superpowers are doomed to fail. The Zangezur route is now renamed after Trump, the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity or TRIPP, for short. As usual, Trump has to take credit for it. Iran has concerns. When it comes to peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, it does not like the US being a stone's throw away from its border. And that includes Russia.

Israel's damage during Iran's retaliation

Syria stands as one country. Or so it seems. There are competing outside forces implementing a colonial project spearheaded by the Israeli regime and backed by the US.

Setting a deadline for countries to reply, with an “or else” threat of tariff imposition: The US bullying is a method Trump is using to scare countries into submission. But not all countries are buying it. Sooner or later, they will retaliate, though not like the warp speed that Trump has used to apply his unjust tariffs, under "America First."

It started during his first term as US President, the US President has now continued that during his second time in office. Seven months after his inauguration, the US President has gone ahead and imposed tariffs on almost all countries that do trade with the US. Short term gains, yes, but long term fallout: has the US President and his economic team scrutinized that period fully?

War is a racket, everybody knows that. And no one has lived up to that slogan more than a superpower which is in decline, and that is the US. Clinging on to power is the US goal, and doing that militarily is the only way that the US knows in coercing countries into following its foreign policy directives.

The total economic losses to Israel following the 12-day war with Iran are estimated at around $6 billion, with infrastructure hit particularly hard.