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The murderous Zelensky regime has yet again attempted to drag the open-minded Iran into its desperate calculation of war. It also wants to broaden the scope of the war.

The biggest shock may not arrive on the battlefield—it could hit first at the US and European gas pumps for starters. And with Yemen now playing a more active role in the regional conflict, consumers may soon discover that rising energy prices are only the opening act. Meanwhile, it is all the more difficult to view the latest escalation as a series of isolated events.

Since 1945, American foreign policy has obeyed a systemic invariant: maintaining the world in a state of structural vassalage. This Pax Americana, which is nothing more than a myth shrouded in economic violence and military coercion, is crumbling.