I’m not concerned about China’s energy situation, I didn’t mention in my post because I don’t see it being realistic to attack China through energy.  The US has never specialized in frontal attacks anyways, they aren’t coming for China through energy, they are intentionally creating chaos for others in Asia that are more dependent on importing oil.

I appreciate your excellent post for laying out those energy numbers vis-a-vis China specifically.  To me, these numbers all make surrender drama more likely – just another batch of numbers that the smart guys in USreal absolutely know, so either they are making moves here for show, or there’s a different focus to what they’re doing.

I think the bigger concern if we aren’t looking at surrender drama, is that the US genuinely thinks it has managed to drive some wedge between Russia and China.  In my mind, the goal here is not to start WWIII but to take each piece on at a time.  That plan would be – finish off Iran, then pivot just enough to Ukraine to make Russia wilt.  Then, and only then, does the US start to think about pivoting to China.  The west has been throwing around total war by 2030, that makes sense for that actual China pivot if all goes to plan.

As ?proof? of that wedge, notice Bessent tweeted today that India gets a 30 day sanctions waiver to buy oil from Russia.  I’ll post the tweet later, have to find it again.  If there is a wedge to be found, I think USrael will absolutely do everything they can to exploit it.

How would this plan work?  It’s the same plan the US uses everywhere.  Create absolute chaos.  Destroy infrastructure everywhere so the whole world suffers, and eventually even China starts to succumb.  Supposedly attacks on Saudi Arabia oil infrastructure and the pipeline through Turkey aren’t from Iran, so that indicates to me the Hormuz closure was desired and planned.

This is all speculative, just trying to make sense of what is or isn’t happening on the ground.

Here’s a version of the same argument I made the other day on my typewriter, except in this version the USA did not surrender at Anchorage and instead is going full Roman Empire.  This is the WWIII version.  If this is right, China and Russia are late to the game.

https://x.com/Gccooke/status/2029587778871443881?s=20

NOW – Reporter: "Are you afraid of a U.S. invasion in your country?"
Araghchi: "No, we are waiting for them."
Reporter: "You are waiting for the U.S. military to invade, the ground troops?!"
Araghchi: "Yes!" pic.twitter.com/0L0cNXLopd

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 5, 2026

Imam Ali (as) said: “Be the enemy of the oppressor and the helper of the oppressed.” https://t.co/vlLwrCBvkF

— Shia Visuals (@ShiaVisuals) March 5, 2026

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was thinking they started this war just in time for planting season.  hmm…  I guess since the Epstein Files are out they’re just going all in on that depopulation thing…

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