Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Iran may be where the US-led world order ends

American hegemony is unraveling in real time as Iran strikes Gulf states and US security guarantees prove hollow

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More: The joint US"Israeli strike against Iran in February 2026 has triggered intense debate among scholars and policy observers. Military conflicts in West Asia are not unusual, but this particular episode may carry consequences far beyond the immediate battlefield. Some analysts have drawn parallels with the 1956 Suez Crisis, when Britain and France attempted to seize the Suez Canal after Egypt nationalized it.

Although the operation initially succeeded militarily, it collapsed politically after the US forced its European allies to withdraw. The crisis revealed that Britain could no longer act as an independent global power and symbolized the end of its imperial dominance.

Today, Iran strike could represent a comparable geopolitical inflection point. For more than seven decades, the US has anchored the global order, not only through military power but also through institutions, rules, and economic arrangements that have structured the post"Second World War international system. Many countries, including emerging powers, expanded economically within this framework.

China's rise as a manufacturing powerhouse and Russia's growing integration into global markets both occurred largely within an economic system shaped by American leadership. The legitimacy of US leadership, therefore, rested not only on strength but on the perception that the system it created produced stability and shared economic benefits.

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2026-03-18 09:37 AM

"For more than seven decades, the US has anchored the global order, not only through military power but also through institutions, rules, and economic arrangements that have structured the post"Second World War international system"

And every Trump voter voted to destroy that.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-18 09:55 AM

I told you so

#3 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-03-18 10:02 AM

No, it ended when people elected a moron who said "They're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats" over a qualified woman.

Period.

You think he's going to stop at Iran?

Hell no.

The Heritage Foundation wants war on Cuba too. And Ecuador. And Greenland.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-18 11:16 AM

Maybe? I would say it IS ended. NATO/Europe said bugger off and then Trump even went to China and they said get bent. Does anyone think Trump or his Idiocracy learned anything from that? No...

Could things change? Sure they could but it would require at least a decade of sanity if not more. But keep in mind Europe has doubled down on their own Military Industrial complex now. They will be less likely to support the US as we have been an unreliable "partner" under tRump. Just like markets and corporations like stability so do defense partners. They don't like random attacks on nations because imbeciles are trying to deflect from the problems at home and causing global issues.

Who's to blame? We are. I mean really. So many (censored) idiotic Americans voted for the d-bag that he won and so did the party which is not willing to stand against him AT ALL. How did these people that are flipping EVER vote for him? They are stupid and have been groomed in Social Media, church, etc. I hear things like "I don't know what to believe because so and so says this and they say that". This weekend, I got so furious at an otherwise intelligent friend who voted GOP talking about how bad things were that I said (he was a) "f------ moron if he couldn't figure it out. How did you ever become an engineer? You can't seem to reason."

This is Russia during the rise of Putin. Russian-Americans see this. What's scary is soooo many idiots - including many posters here - are all on board for it. tRump may be the dumbest dictator wannabe I have ever seen rise to power and the people under him - like Stephen Miller - are just evil.

#5 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2026-03-18 11:24 AM

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