𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐍: 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐀 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 — 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐎𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐈𝐓 While the media obsesses over the optics of the Iran deadline, VDH just laid out the geopolitical map that nobody else is drawing. “𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘴... 𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘢. 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘻𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢, 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘉𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵-𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢.” Read that again. Under Biden, China, Russia, and Iran were 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 — Panama, Venezuela, the entire hemisphere. Under Trump, a conservative wave has swept Latin America and all three adversaries have been pushed out. Then Hanson turned to Russia: “𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘥. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.” Russia’s military is gutted. Its Middle East proxy network is collapsing. And Iran — its last remaining partner — is about to lose its drone and weapons pipeline because 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 at will. Hanson’s broader point is the one the Fareed Zakarias of the world refuse to acknowledge: “𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳.” The Strait of Hormuz crisis, Hanson argued, has a silver lining: “𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.” For decades, Europe free-rode on American security guarantees while funding adversaries through energy purchases. That era is ending. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭. 𝐇𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐩 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭.show more

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