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Tom Luongo
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There is far more to the current multi-modal geopolitical war than just what\u2019s happening in Ukraine. This conflict has led to a myriad of downstream effects and moves which are just as important as what the encirclement of Bakhmut means.<\/p>\n
For years the wildcard in the BRICS Alliance has been India. India\u2019s rivalry with China as well as its complicated relationships with both Russia and the West have always served as wedge issues to drive the alliance apart.<\/p>\n
During the Trump years the \u201cI\u201d in BRICS, India, was slowly working its way under Prime Minister Narendra Modi back into the West\u2019s orbit. It led to me thinking that that \u201cI\u201d had been replaced by Iran, especially pre-COVID-19.<\/p>\n
Today with the ascendence of Lula to the presidency in Brazil, the BRICS have, for now, lost the \u201cB\u201d in their alliance. So, with all of the talk about the BRICS coming into their own as a global economic and political force the situation is far from settled because the West and\u00a0Davos\u00a0<\/em>are simply not going to let this just happen without a fight.<\/p>\n The relationship between Russia and China is dominating the headlines with major US officials making significant threats to China, in particular, about supporting Russia. These threats are, of course, very real, coming from people like Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.<\/p>\n At the same time, they are also not overtures to real negotiations. Making demands that only promise the abeyance of the stick with no carrot is not an opening offer, it\u2019s a closing offer. So, while Yellen travels to Kiev to pledge Zelenskyy unlimited support of US taxpayer funds while the \u201cBiden\u201d administration dithers over how to deal with the situation in E. Palastine, Ohio, tells us where the priorities of our leadership is.<\/p>\n Winning the geopolitical war must take precedence over everything else, even if there is no real \u2018country\u2019 left after the war is over.<\/p>\n There is a saying by Sun Tsu making the rounds today in social media that is wholly appropriate here:<\/p>\n \u201cAn evil enemy will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes.\u201d \u2013 Sun Tzu<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This describes the actions of Yellen, Blinken and their fellow travelers in Europe perfectly. Now, I know this is not news to anyone who\u2019s read my work for the past few years. You know I view them as vandals, not incompetents, but it\u2019s important to keep this in mind at every step in this march towards global conflict.<\/p>\n Because this is the way most of the BRICS nations and their growing list of sympathizers also view the situation. Russia has made this very clear. Vladimir Putin, his Foreign Minster Sergei Lavrov, and former Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, have all expressed this.<\/p>\n The longer this conflict goes on the more adamant about these points they become. The same can be said for China and its leadership.<\/p>\n China says less than the Russians do, but does more with who they choose to talk to and when. Foreign Minister Wang Xi\u2019s recent visits to Moscow and Tehran further cemented a triangular foundation of support. These visits were contemporaneous to the convocation of warmongers in Munich two weeks ago. That was not an accident.<\/p>\n Neither was Premier Xi\u2019s visit to Riyadh and the major Arab summits where he made sincere overtures to welcome them into the forming pan-Asian economic sphere. Don\u2019t think for a second these events don\u2019t have knock-on effects and reverberate in national capitols all over the world.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve seen a spate of major announcements further underscore just how far along the entire BRICS project, with or without Brazil, is.<\/p>\n This brings me back to India as the wildcard. Modi\u2019s journey from a guy with one foot on two islands (East v. West) to planting his feet firmly with the East has been an interesting and vital one.<\/p>\n If we\u2019ve learned nothing else over the past year of war in Ukraine it is that most of the world is unphased by threats by the US by the countries I\u2019ve just discussed. Iran clearly doesn\u2019t care. China understands that if Russia falls militarily, China is next. Saudi Arabia and the rest of OPEC+ understand who their future trade partners really are.<\/p>\n This is why India is now in the crosshairs of\u00a0Davos.\u00a0<\/em>They are the last major power in the region left to stymie Asian integration.<\/p>\n Reports circulated the same weekend as the Munich Security Conference that none other than George Soros was behind the attacks on PM Modi through a report from Hindenberg Research. They targeted one of Modi\u2019s big financial supporters, Guatam Adani\u00a0William Engdahl covered this in detail.<\/a><\/p>\n In January Hindenburg targeted an Indian billionaire,\u00a0Gautam Adani<\/strong>, head of the Adani Group and at the time reportedly the richest man in Asia. Adani also happens to be the major financial backer of Modi. Adani\u2019s fortune has multiplied hugely since Modi became Prime Minister, often on ventures tied to Modi\u2019s economic agenda.<\/p>\n Since the January 24\u00a0Hindenburg report<\/strong>\u00a0alleging improper use of offshore tax havens and stock manipulation, Adani Group companies have lost over $120 billion in market value. Adani Group is the second largest conglomerate in India. Opposition parties have made a point that Modi is tied to Adani. Both are long-term friends from Gujarat in the same part of India.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n But Engdahl doesn\u2019t stop there. He very smartly ties this to George Soros\u2019 speech at Munich, you know, the one he skipped this year\u2019s WEF conference in Davos to give. Soros called out Modi directly saying his days were numbered and he\u2019s no \u2018democrat.\u2019<\/p>\n Soros is beyond being coy about these things anymore. He\u2019s telling you what he\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n