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Marzbaan…
"Since the early 1900s, Mackinder’s “Heartland doctrine” dominated the geopolitical mindset and actions of the #
West (primarily the British, but also Nazi Germany adopted this obsession). The strategy initially envisaged the undermining, dismantling and total takeover of the “Russian Empire”… the #
domination of the entire #
European and #
Asian continents would follow… and then the rest of the world. As
Zbigniew Brzezinski and George Friedmann of Stratford pointed out, it was always about #
controlling the rich #
resources and geopolitical position of #
Russia and #
Asia.
But following WW2, during the ensuing Cold War, this essentially British agenda no longer seemed to be the order of the day, as the imperial and colonial centre of power had shifted away from the UK to the US… and the US had already begun pursuing its many imperial ambitions in other parts of the world to expand its own influence (through various wars, proxy wars and conflicts around the world (Vietnam, Korea, West Asia, Africa, Central, and South America)."
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