World War III thread: Global South (+ Resistance) vs. Golden Billion

[Northwest]

I think that this thread stands on its own, as it puts the war in the MENA in context, and it is becoming very clear that World War III is about to enter a “hot” stage, given the West’s terminal decline, and the fact that the conflict between the West and the Resistance in the MENA is part of the bigger war between the West and the Rest (Global North vs. Global South). The Global South is about to win decisively, so the West has no choice but to “go out with a bang,” and is going all out on front after front. And the MENA is but the lynchpin of all this.

The MENA is at the centre of the global maelstrom, in terms of trade, economics, and many other factors, being a vital source of energy and a node or “bridge” between East and West, along with the Central-Asian “Earth-Island” and the Caucasus. Everything that is happening globally is connected to the MENA, so the ongoing war is drawing the superpowers into the fray, with the multipolar Global South aligning with the Resistance against the West’s (Global North’s) unipolar Golden Billion. So the conflict in the MENA is like a singularity that ties together all other fronts.

If the MENA blows up, the world does—on several fronts at once, even beyond the MENA.

Here’s what we see:

• A common interest among stakeholders in evicting NATO’s forces from Mesopotamia, where the U.S., Israel, and Saudi Arabia have used the secessionist Kurds (in Syria the SDF, which is linked to the PKK/PYD via the YPG/YPJ) and their Wahhabi–Salafi allies, e.g., al-Qaida and ISIS, to weaken not just Iran and its allies, but also Russia and especially China, along with an increasingly-independent Turkey. Just as the Resistance prepares to attack NATO’s regional forces, Turkey is already beginning an offensive against the SDF, while Syria‘s Assad has remained ominously quiet, in light of improving Syria–Turkey ties in the background, whose context is the ongoing, Russian-and-Chinese-mediated Turkish–Iranian–Azerbaijani rapprochement in the face of a common Western threat. The Resistance, Iran, Russia, China, Syria, and Turkey have a common interest in opposing NATO’s continuing occupation of eastern Syria and portions of Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Ongoing instability in the MENA, along with the implementation of the Abraham Accords, is a distinct threat to Chinese economic interests, including the BRI. The long-term U.S. military buildup in the Pacific complements the Western military buildup in the MENA as part of an attempt to contain China and split the ongoing Sino-Russian entente. Right now there is a steadily-increasing risk of armed conflict breaking out in the South China Sea, reflecting China’s frustration with the West and in part as a response to Western actions in the MENA. The South China Sea, like Ukraine and the MENA, is yet another front in the opening stages of World War III. Additionally, conflict between India and China over territorial disputes is increasing the risk of another front in South-Central Asia, which would lead to not just an India-China war, but also a renewed Pakistan-India conflict. Again, all this is connected to what is happening in the MENA.

The situation right now is extremely momentous and serious. The liberation of Palestine and the eviction of NATO from the MENA will likely accompany China’s victory over the West in the Pacific (Taiwan etc.) and Russia’s over the West in Ukraine.

[mahmood8726]

Things are escalating fast, risk of collapse for regional stability:

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/15480

BREAKING: Hamas announces that the release of the next batch of Israeli hostages, originally scheduled for Saturday February 15th, will be postponed

 

This decision comes in response to repeated Israeli violations of the ceasefire and obstructions to aid entering Gaza.

 

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/15482

BREAKING: The IDF will retake control of the Netzarim Corridor, and the Rafah border crossing will be closed, if Hamas does not comply with delivering the hostages on Saturday
 

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/15484

BREAKING: The IDF's 'Gaza Division' has had their leaves canceled, all soldier are to report back to duty – ceasefire collapse seems imminent

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/15485

NEW: Netanyahu has informed Trump that Israel intends to postpone withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon for a second time, and that Israel will not meet the February 18th deadline – Channel 12

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/15489

NEW: A senior Hamas official has told Al-Mayadeen that the movement has concluded that 'Netanyahu has no interest in moving into the second phase of the deal'.

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/15488

NEW: The mediator team in Egypt fears for the imminent collapse of the Gaza ceasefire agreement – Reuters

 

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/15490

In response to the Israeli Channel 12, the Trump admin issues the following statement

 

Israel did not ask the US to extend the deadline for Israeli forces to fully withdraw from Lebanon, which is set for Feb. 18, per White House source

 

Edited February 10 by mahmood8726

[mahmood8726]

I say enough is enough, america and its allies are behaving like Hitler in ww2, every country in the region should stand up to America and israel, they need to be stopped.

 

Even American vassals like Egypt, Jordan, Saudi arabia, etc... need to start having common sense and realise they are just puppets who will be milked to death, they need to grow a spine fast. 

 

 

Trump had to open his mouth and this is the consequences of this idiot opening his mouth and saying this nonsense. Now he's trying to contain this mess he created, by saying he didn't tell Israel to stay in Lebanon, but I feel like it's too late, he knows hezbollah might declare war if Israel stays longer. 

Edited February 10 by mahmood8726

[Northwest]

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Lightning effect and duration of the fire ball being suspended in mid air and the very large mushroom cloud is the main give away , that is because it is being hit by neutrons from the nuclear fireball blast. It overloads the ccd’s electronic circuit producing white flashes. If the radiation is too high it will burn out the chip. ... Delivery is most likely by an IDF F-16 with a Saudi paint job on the plane. ... This is now the second known possible use of nukes in Yemen by Saudi Arabia. ... Saudi has no F-16’s. The aircraft reported to be used to droop the bomb in Yemen were F-16’s. ... The Mass Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) explosion is similar to that recorded in the Yemen video. ... The MOP however is a conventional weapon. it does have a nuclear warhead. ... The image below is a B61-11 tactical nuclear bomb, which can be launched either from a B-2 bomber or an F-16... The US military contend that “mini-nukes” are “humanitarian bombs” which minimize “collateral damage”. According to scientific opinion on contract to the Pentagon, they are “harmless to the surrounding civilian population because the explosion is underground”... The NEP can have a yield of up to a 1000 kilotons, or seventy times a Hiroshima bomb.

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^ Tactical nuclear weapons have apparently been used quite recently, as the above illustration from the Yemen war suggests. Nuclear warheads can be attached to MOPs. If the situation were to escalate these kinds of weapons, not to mention MOABs, could very well be used by the U.S./Israel vs. Iranian and Lebanese targets, to not mention those in Gaza.

[Panzerwaffe]

On 2/10/2025 at 1:36 PM, Northwest said:

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^ Tactical nuclear weapons have apparently been used quite recently, as the above illustration from the Yemen war suggests. Nuclear warheads can be attached to MOPs. If the situation were to escalate these kinds of weapons, not to mention MOABs, could very well be used by the U.S./Israel vs. Iranian and Lebanese targets, to not mention those in Gaza.

Opposite is neutron bomb , probably more effective though 

[Abu Nur]

On 10/29/2023 at 3:44 PM, Northwest said:

Turkish–Iranian–Azerbaijani rapprochement

This is absolutely false. They want to destroy Iran. All of their moves have supported Israel and they want to destroy the resistance. Erdogan is only interested in his neo-ottoman empire, trying to influence the Sunnis trough it.

Edited February 13 by Abu Nur