"Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it."
—Robert Greene, "The 33 Strategies of War"
Understanding war, especially fifth generation warfare (5GW) is indeed, a daunting pursuit.
Deception, information and psychological operations, technology, macroeconomics, logistics and history are just a few of topics the ardent student must "go deep" on.
Perhaps the most critical muscle to develop is that of discernment.
That starts with sorting out, what is a war and what is a battle.
The mainstream or "retail" media consistently strikes out in how these events are parsed and reported. They report about the multiple wars, economic concerns, political crises, red events, blue events, medical dangers and others as if they are standalones, stovepiped stories with no linkages.
The fact is that all these together represent "battles" of the bigger war.
You can think of them as puzzle pieces that all interconnect which is nearly impossible to do because the puzzle is covered by an intentionally induced "fog of war."
That is the nature of Fifth Gernation Warfare.
You are not meant to see how it all relates.
The fog is lifting.
Refocus your lens. Most Americans put down their newspapers and conclude that there is:
—War on the cartels
—War in Europe
—War in the Mideast
—Energy crisis
—Pending banking crisis
—Pending real estate crisis
—Failing Transatlantic Alliance
—Inflation crisis
—Potential food security issues
—Deportation fights
—Civil unrest/violence
The truth is that all of these and more are related battlespaces in a global war.
This writer calls it "World War Next" (WWN). Another way to describe what you’ll see if you put most of the pieces together is the sovereigntists vs the globalists.
Sovereigntists are the freedom yearning,
"We the People," "America First types," whereas the ever-evolving globalists seek to melt borders and control the world with their one-world-government dreams.
These "elite" families have been present since before the fall of Rome in some incarnation or another. They are the wealthiest few who have manufactured wars, stolen trillions, while adorning themselves in their institutions where their middle managers operate organizations like the City of London, World Economic Forum (WEF), UN and so on.
They have their secret societies, think tanks, special justice systems, and they own politicians around the world, down to the local level.
They live physically in many countries, but as a collective going back to 1688 (9 years’ war), referring to them as the British Empire is not inaccurate.
Over the last few decades, they have sought to replace our Constitution and creator imbued
rights in the name of climate change, sustainable development goals, redistribution and "wokeism."
Not since President William McKinley, have we had a president who has taken up the sword to fight these enslavers and their deep state legions.
McKinley was assassinated in September 1901 for his audacity.
As we saw in Washignton, D.C. over the weekend, Trump is still dodging their bullets.
With WWN framed this way a more explainable strategy emerges.
The first skirmish ends in Nicolas Maduro's trip to the U.S. so he can tell us all about election fraud, cartels, and bought-off U.S. officials.
The cartels represent the vascular system to the elites laundering operations.
With that in mind it probably makes more sense that the crown jewel of the deep state, MI6, said they would not share any intel regarding Venezuela.
Blast forward to the Mideast.
The City of London has played both sides of war there and manipulated markets for decades.
President Trump has worked to upend this since his first term with the Abraham Accords, attempting to replace a militarized foreign policy with diplomacy and mercantilism.
The Iranian regime and their nuclear dreams coming off the board is a blessing for humanity.
But look North.
Treasury Secretary Bessent took aim at the City of London's monopoly called Lloyd's of London, and sanctioned banks from London to Hong Kong who were laundering money for the IRGC via the Shamkani network.
As the straits remain locked up and the money stops, the damaged British empire is becoming increasingly desperate and more importantly, dangerous.
Europe laid the truth bare in attempts to blunt the Iran battle. We didn't need them.
At their think tanks like the pretentious Chatham House, they are wringing their hands that America seems to be declaring independence.
Again.
Yesterday, President Donald Trump, after an intense study of the multitiered geopolitical chess board, made, perhaps, his boldest move to date.
With certain back-channel diplomacy, UAE announced it is leaving OPEC, allowing it to freely increase its oil production.
Other OPEC members will be making similar announcements this year.
The globalists grip on their most important centers of influence and power is slipping.
This war is not yet over but it's worth winning.
Unless of course 15-minute cities, depopulation, censorship, net-zero carbon, lab meat and digital IDs are appealing.
Keep an eye on grand strategy, less on battles and keep putting the puzzle pieces together.
Brig Gen (ret) Blaine Holt is a former Deputy Representative to NATO, lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, tech entrepreneur, podcast host, and Newsmax contributor. The views presented are those of the author and do not represent those of the U.S. Government or Department of War. Read more Brig. Gen. (ret) Blaine Holt Insider articles — Click Here Now.
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