The Scythe Cut and the Two Roads to Beijing: How America's Partisan War Plans Are Converging into a Pincer Against China

The opening months of 2026 have exposed a profound realignment in the global order. The U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro on January 3 and the launch of Operation Epic Fury on February 28—culminating in the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and widespread strikes on Iranian nuclear, missile, and leadership targets—appear, at first glance, as separate operations aimed at regime change, counter-narcoterrorism, and nuclear prevention. Yet a growing body of strategic commentary points to an emerging, if opportunistic, grander design: a pincer movement designed to sever China's strategic lifelines and erode its network of partners.

This is not merely about Caracas or Tehran. It is increasingly about Beijing.

To grasp the architecture, recognize a longstanding pattern in U.S. foreign policy: two distinct partisan "roads" to containing China's rise, each rooted in ideology but sharing the same endpoint.

Unfiltered

 My joy and my sorrow are confined to a screen.

We are not surrounded by screens; we live inside them.

This is the step beyond postmodernism.

He who controls my screen controls my mood.

Is this life? Or just a filter of it ?

The Iran Escalation: Why Israeli Strategic Goals Don’t Always Align with American or Western Interests — And Why Letting Jerusalem Dictate Our Policy Is Eroding Our Global Posture

As of March 3, 2026, the Middle East is once again on fire. What began as an Israeli pre-emptive operation on February 28 has rapidly become a full-scale joint U.S.-Israeli air and missile campaign against Iran — “Operation Epic Fury” in American parlance. Strikes have hammered Iranian leadership compounds in Tehran, nuclear-related sites like Natanz, missile infrastructure, and even symbolic government buildings. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. Iranian retaliation has already hit Israel, Gulf states, and U.S. facilities, with oil prices spiking and global markets tumbling.