On July 18, even before the UN unanimous vote, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei re-entered the scene with a bang, clarifying where Iran is heading next, geopolitically. He emphasized the nuclear deal would not change Tehran's policy toward the "arrogant" US government. John Kerry was mortified; as if he didn't know, based on his extensive conversations with Zarif.
So there we have it. Washington carrots will buy nothing -- as the stick also didn't. What Iran post-sanctions is aiming at is what's brewing in the New Great Game in Eurasia; the interlocking integration promoted by the Chinese-led New Silk Roads and the Russia-led Eurasia Economic Union (EEU); the infrastructure financing of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) and the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); the prospect of soon joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO); the Eurasia-wide offensive to bypass the US dollar; and of course the normalization of trade and commerce with Europe.
The Three (Eurasian) Amigos
The Pentagon's new military strategy made it very clear that the number one issue for the Masters of the Universe -- irrespective of who's in the White House -- is a concerted push to strategically isolate both Russia and China, and destroy their strategic partnership. As unrealistic as this policy may be, it may even lead to a hot war; the Pentagon does leave the option on the table.
Failed state Ukraine is just a pretext for NATO's perpetual expansion. Threatening a huge area from Russia's southern underbelly to the west of Iran, ISIS/ISIL/Daesh is being instrumentalized, Divide and Rule-style, to actually end up with Sykes-Picot and pave the way for yet another Pentagon intervention, in Syria, in Iraq, or in "Syraq."
And in Asia-Pacific, the "pivot to Asia," as much as it's just a chimera for the moment, remains in play, centered on interfering with China in the South China Sea.
From Syria to Ukraine all the way to the South China Sea, the trend points to Exceptionalistan creating havoc for the Top Three Eurasian powers. This is a frontal shock of two models -- what I have previously described as Eurasia integration against the Empire of Chaos.
The Masters of the Universe seem to believe that the "pivot to Asia" won't work if Iran is not part, as a vassal state, of the imperial design for Southwest Asia. Well, listen to Khamenei; that won't happen.
The road ahead, for Iran, is a mix of Eurasia integration spearheaded by the China-Russia partnership, and mutually beneficial, extensive trade relations with Europe. It's a neat echo of the initial motto of the Islamic revolution: "Neither east nor west."
The empire won't buy -- or bribe -- a new vassal. So expect an inevitable, nasty renewal of the Wall of Mistrust even before the architecture of sanctions eventually vanishes.
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