The Unravelling Of The American Age Is Accelerating

Hello All,It is looking more and more likely that Donald Trump’s War (the war of choice against Iran that he launched on February 28, 2026) might be one of the most consequential wars in US history. If the last few days are any indication, what this war has done is greatly accelerate American decline and failure. It has done this by severely degrading the position of the USA in the Middle East—and through that to the Pacific—and at the same time exposed the weakness and rot at the core of the US military. Note: Here are some earlier pieces I have written about the ending of the American Age, however I did not foresee the dramatic and fast unravelling we are seeing now. Yesterday’s stunning advance by Houthi forces (remember that these are allied with and supported by Iran) to seize control of the port of Mokha, which sits at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, puts them in a very dangerous position to control the flow of oil through that waterway. Houthi Forces Celebrating One Of Their Recent Military Successes: Are They Also Celebrating The End Of The American Age In The Region? Here is the BBC map of Mokha’s location. As you can see, it is ideally placed to control traffic in and out of the Red Sea to the Arabian Sea (and from there into the Indian Ocean and then out to the world. And to make things even worse