Yes and the US assets and oil interests in the region are toast if things get much hotter. Interpreting the Iranians’ move to delegitimize the US on a historic scale as weakness is just another example of the sociopathy and arrogance which runs through the imperialist power structure

God bless her, but your grandma isn’t a significant European financial power or a major global south semi-colony like Brazil or China.

The US is frantic to maintain control over Europe and delegitimize its rivals, if the US could wave a magic wand, every rival countey would belong to the level of Russia and Venezuela, legally barred from accessing the UN for fear of arrest. Switzerland acknowledging the diplomatic weight of China and Brazil is very significant.

Rate of profit tends to go down

Now imagine if they had something to advertise which people actually want!

The current editor of The Atlantic was a Zionist prison guard during the First Intifada. But don’t worry, he says his friends describe him as very leftist.