Pick a side
Pick a side (there are no good ones) No1 Frank Ricard @NovusOrderM https://t.co/AGsr6RABIi 1:21 PM · Mar 17, 2026 · 28K Views 1 Reply · 9 Reposts · 50 Likes A thesis is circulating. It’s 8,000 words long, which - in the world of geopolitical essays - means it must be true. The argument as far as I understood goes like this: the Iran war was never about Iran. It was a surgical strike against China. The US holds all the cards. China is collapsing. The dollar is irreplaceable. The Gulf has realigned. NATO’s refusal to help is actually leverage. Europe will comply. Everything is going according to plan. I’ve spent the past month covering this war in real time. I have some notes. The centrepiece claim is that Operation Epic Fury “eliminated” Iran as a Chinese proxy. In a single 72-hour window. Overnight. Decapitated in an afternoon. The thesis uses the past tense throughout, the way you’d describe a completed renovation. [I am/wa...