Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org (Home - Stephen Lendman)

Multiple US-instigated regional conflicts rage, more potential trouble brewing.

Two weekend Israeli acts of aggression against Syria risk possible conflict escalation. Other battles in the country rage - America and its rogue allies opposing Russian-led efforts to resolve years of US-launched war diplomatically.

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt gave Qatar an unacceptable 13-point ultimatum - designed to be refused.

Will hostile relations escalate to conflict? Will what Washington calls a family squabble erupt into another regional war - possibly pitting Qatar, Iran, Turkey, and maybe Russia against the other Gulf states, Egypt and US-dominated NATO?

Things aren’t likely to go this far, but given escalated regional tensions, anything is possible by accident or design. Small wars become big ones this way.

US-war in Iraq continues endlessly - on the phony pretext of combating ISIS Washington supports.

Pentagon-led terror-bombing in Iraq and Syria continues indiscriminately massacring defenseless civilians - in harm’s way, no safe havens anywhere in targeted areas.

US aggression in Afghanistan moves toward escalating again with more Pentagon combat troops heading to the theater. Endless war rages in the country despite being lost years ago with no prospect of turning things around no matter how many US forces are involved.

On Monday, Yemeni Houthis battling Riyadh-led aggression said one of its naval vessels struck a Saudi-led coalition warship with an “appropriate weapon” off the coast of Mukha in Ta’izz province.

A Yemeni source said the ship was conducting hostile acts in territorial Yemeni waters when it was attacked.

It’s the 11th Saudi-led coalition warship struck since its US-supported family dictatorship launched naked aggression on Yemen in February 2015 - conflict continuing endlessly with no near-term prospect for resolution.

Raging Iranophobia and Russophobia in Washington risks unthinkable US war on one or both countries, possible nuclear war if launched.

Bipartisan neocons infesting Washington and Israel want pro-Western puppet governance replacing sovereign Iranian independence.

Will Trump give hawkish generals running America’s military agenda authority to attack the country - regime change a long sought US goal since its 1979 revolution?

Is Russia on their target list? Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark earlier said “(n)othing is more dangerous than the aggressive US/NATO troop movements” near its borders.

The same goes for provocatively installing so-called missile defense systems intended solely for offense in neighboring countries.

America’s longstanding efforts to marginalize, weaken, contain and destabilize Russia, including by surrounding the country with hostile US military bases, could one day erupt into war between the world’s dominant nuclear powers - a nightmarish scenario if launched.

Moscow threatens no one. Washington’s rage for unchallenged global dominance threatens humanity.

The only nation ever to use nuclear weapons in warfare could do it again - possibly this time against Russia and/or Iran, risking nuclear armageddon if unthinkable insanity becomes official US policy.

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