The US Foreign Policy Takeover That Left 4.5 Million People Dead
The neocon-globalist war machine, the one spearheaded by people like Tony Blair, Don Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, that has been carried forward for 2 decades by people like John Brennan, Victoria Nuland, Keir Starmer, Antony Blinken, Ursula von der Layan and Jake Sullivan, killed 1 million people in Iraq, it destroyed Libya to the point where black slaves were being sold in the country, it wrecked Syria in a clandestine operation, spending billions of taxpayer dollars over 2 decades, leaving it in the hands of Al-Qaeda, and it demolished Afghanistan, abandoning it after 20 years of invasion, broken promises and war, leaving it in the care of the Taliban.(1),(2)
In a 23 year period, from 2002 – 2025, the US neocons from both major US political parties have conducted dozens of unprovoked, brutal regime change operations all over the globe, killing over 4.5 million people in the process.(3) In late 2023 the then sitting US presidential administration moved on to assisting, arming and funding a live-streamed Israeli genocide in Gaza that continues to this day under the now sitting US presidential administration. *FTR, no other country has generated anything even remotely akin to the amount of death and damage that the US has done (with the help of its European vassal state allies) over the course of the past 2 and 1/2 decades.
Deindustrialization and Dehumanization in the US and Europe
The vast majority of this planet’s population now, rightfully, fears, distrusts and dislikes the US. This was not the case in the 20th century. Not anywhere near the extent to which it is the case now. We, the US, have become the scourge of this earth since neocon foreign policy became bipartisan US doctrine after 9-11. In the 21st century US leadership has been a ruthless, heartless, duplicitous murder machine following a doctrine drawn up largely by a sociopath (The Wolfowitz Doctrine) for going on 24 years now.(4)
Over the course of the last 10 to 15 years European vassal states such as Germany, France and England have been following the US’ neocolonialist globalist path and are now paying a massive economic price for it. Europe, under the leadership of people like former BlackRock CEO Friedrich Mertz, Rothschild family affiliate Emmanuel Macron and Tony Blair protege Keir Starmer, has also become war-obsessed in a way it hasn’t been in many decades. Their current plan is to take on Russia and China without their daddy’s (the US) help. We’ll soon see how well that goes.(4a)
The confusion and all around awfulness so many of us have been feeling these past 2 decades is not because of the other political party or because of some big personality, be he/she/they of the so-called left or of the so-called right. Over the course of the last few decades the US has become a de-industrialized, dehumanized war and weapons sales economy that has produced little other than an unparalleled amount of death and demolition in the 21st century. As a result, we in the West have become immersed in a state of collective nonmeaning.
This 21st century culture of constant war accompanied by economic austerity and the lack of a unitive shared project has culminated in feelings of isolation and hopelessness. Many people’s mental health has been understandably affected by these conditions.
The Monster is Inside the House
By 2011, the year after the Citizens United bill passed, both political parties were completely bought-off by the multi-billionaire donor class. Over the course of the last 15 to 20 years, careerist politicians and the disingenuous hacks in “mainstream” media have tried to blame the US’ sociopathic warlust on the Russians, on the Muslims, on whatever evil “other” of the year they chose depending on which way the war-wind is blowing.
In reality though, the reality outside the “mainstream” media bubble that most or at least many of us still choose to live in, the world has moved on from our Collective Western shit-show. The other 81% of the world, the part that lives beyond the US-Euro Western information spectrum, knows very well who the culprit is and has been these last 23 years.(5) The BRICS alliance of countries from mostly outside the Western sphere has outstripped the Western G7 countries economically and militarily and it has grown larger and stronger with each passing year since 2021. The US is no longer the global top dog. Those days are obviously over.(5a)
On the plus side of all of this, there is also a rapidly growing number of people here in the US and in Europe who can see and hear that the monster is not “outside”. They have caught onto the fact that the main problem, that the core danger is emanating from inside the house, so to speak. They see that the perpetual wars, the recessions and their causes are emanating from inside the Western monetary system and power structure. In reality, ultimately, almost all wars are Western bankers’ wars.(6)
A New Mindset is Needed in the West
All of this to say, domestically speaking, it’s time to move on (together) from the donor-dominated partisan politics shell game. The Democratic party is now a war-obsessed neocon-globalist suck-up tank. The Republican party is no better. In fact, it used to be worse than the Democratic party but not anymore. Now it’s pretty much a tie. They’re both useless in their current form, serving the billionaire donor-globalist class instead of the citizenry. Europe has problems that have similar roots to those in the US, with some differences that we won’t have time to touch on here.
Humanity is Moving On
This is the century that will inevitably bring on the downfall of Western dominance. In fact, this is the decade in which the Global South/the East has already begun surpassing the West. Regardless of who likes it and/or who doesn’t like it, humanity is moving on. A 500 year period of Western dominance is ending and a totally new era is upon us. The multipolar age has already begun.(7) We, all of humanity, will learn to stand together or, divided, we will continue falling for the same old bullshit in different forms.
Lastly
I’m going to leave you with a short list of alternative media sources, sources that present a point of view that ranges outside the standard Western “mainstream” narrative. I have personally found these sources to be extremely useful. They have been a great help in understanding the massive changes the world is now undergoing.:
1-The Duran Channel – One of the most prominent and reliable geopolitical podcasts/youtube channels in the world today.
2- Dialogue Works – An excellent source of fresh opinions featuring highly knowledgeable guests from all over the world
3- Jeffrey Sachs – This clip features Jeffrey Sachs, who is in my view, one of the greatest sources of geopolitical information out there today. This particular clip contains seminal information. The Channel that the clip appears on I am not familiar with.
4- Al Jazeera News – A good source of alternative news and information.
5- MOATS with George Galloway – Galloway is a political progressive and he’s a member of the Workers Party in the UK. He is also a very entertaining and informative talk show host.
6- Glenn Greenwald – Glenn is one of the very best journalists living on planet Earth today. Hands down:
7- The Jamarl Thomas Show – Jamarl is a very astute interviewer and one of the premier presenters of alternative points of view on youtube. **This particular clip is for advanced students.
8- Colonel Douglas McGregor and the youtube channel “Judging Freedom” – McGregor is arguably the world’s top military expert, in my opinion and in the opinion of many others. “Judging Freedom” is a youtube show that has excellent guests.
9- Neutrality Studies – A very good Swiss program that isn’t bound by the Western narrative. The New Atlas with Brian Berletic – Brian is one of the more knowledgeable and consistently enlightening war reporters on youtube.
10- Mark Lesseraux at Pressenza – At the preceding link you can access all of my articles at Pressenza:
CITATIONS:
- 1-https://time.com/5042560/libya-slave-trade/
- 2-https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/al-qaida-linked-group-claims-major-advance-in-syria-army-says-its-fighting-back/ar-AA1uZPBm
- 3-https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4006281-post-9-11-wars-death-toll-estimated-at-4-5m/
- 4-https://realpol.substack.com/p/the-wolfowitz-doctrine-a-blueprint
- 4a-https://news.sky.com/story/germany-europes-largest-economy-is-facing-a-third-consecutive-year-of-recession-13289549
- 5-https://www.pressenza.com/2025/08/the-collective-west-the-us-europe-canada-australia-new-zealand-israel-and-parts-of-latin-america-versus-the-other-81-of-the-world/
- 5a-https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/how-brics-was-born-how-it-overtook-g7-and-where-it-is-headed/articleshow/102913989.cms
- 6-https://www.pressenza.com/2025/07/all-wars-are-bankers-wars/
- 7-https://www.clingendael.org/publication/brics-and-emerging-order-multipolarity





