2026 opened not with diplomacy or restraint, but with violence and arrogance. On January 3, the United States launched a sudden and illegal assault on Venezuela, striking military installations and sending elite forces into Caracas to seize President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. This was not an act of defense. It was an act of imperial seizure, carried out with total disregard for international law, national sovereignty, and human life.
The attack sent shockwaves across the world. Governments from Moscow to Beijing issued sharp condemnations, warning that the United States had crossed yet another dangerous line. Once again, Washington acted as judge, jury, and executioner, believing raw power grants moral authority.
This assault on Venezuela did not occur in isolation. It is part of a broader and deeply troubling strategy aimed at Iran and the growing coalition of nations challenging US dominance. The raid on Venezuela appears to be a calculated move to secure oil resources ahead of a wider war planned by the United States and Israel.
Since December 2025, the United States and Israel have steadily escalated pressure on Iran across every front. Economic warfare, political destabilization, and military threats have been deployed simultaneously, forming what Iranian leaders have correctly described as a full scale war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington marked a turning point. He pushed claims of an imminent Iranian threat, presenting questionable intelligence to justify yet another attack. These claims mirror past deceptions that led to catastrophic wars in Iraq and elsewhere, wars whose consequences the region still suffers today.
At the same time, Iran’s currency collapsed under the weight of sanctions and financial manipulation. The Iranian rial plunged to unprecedented lows, devastating ordinary citizens. Prices soared, savings vanished, and daily life became a struggle. This economic suffering was not accidental. It was engineered.
Unrest followed, as it so often does when foreign powers deliberately strangle an economy. Armed groups, reportedly supported by outside intelligence services, attacked police stations and security forces. Iran’s Basij militia suffered heavy casualties as chaos spread. This was not organic protest. It bore all the hallmarks of a manufactured destabilization campaign.
Iranian President Pezeshkian openly accused the United States, the European Union, and Israel of waging a comprehensive war against his country. His words reflected reality, not rhetoric. All signs point to an imminent escalation, possibly beginning with an attempted color revolution and ending with direct military strikes.
Unlike previous attacks, this coming assault would represent a dramatic escalation. Reports suggest that the United States and Israel may even contemplate assassinating Iran’s Supreme Leader. Such an act would plunge the region into uncontrollable conflict. Iran would almost certainly respond by closing the Strait of Hormuz, through which a significant portion of the world’s oil supply flows.
This is where Venezuela enters the picture. To shield their own economies from the consequences of their aggression, the United States and Israel appear determined to secure alternative oil supplies in advance. Venezuela, with the largest proven oil reserves on Earth, becomes the obvious target.
By seizing control of Venezuelan oil, Washington believes it can launch a war on Iran without suffering domestic economic fallout. If the Strait of Hormuz is blocked, the pain would fall not on the United States, but on nations like China and Japan, which rely heavily on that route for energy.
This strategy is not just reckless. It is cruel and calculated. Its aim is to fracture relations between China and Iran, sow chaos within the BRICS nations, and weaken the growing movement toward de dollarization that threatens US financial dominance.
The rise of BRICS has clearly alarmed Washington. Rather than adapt to a multipolar world, the United States has chosen confrontation. It is determined to break emerging powers through force, sanctions, and subversion. This path leads not to stability, but to global catastrophe.
Iran is also central to China’s Belt and Road Initiative and remains one of Russia’s key allies in the Middle East. Toppling the Iranian government would deal a severe blow to both China and Russia. This is why Iran has become the central battlefield in a larger struggle between declining imperial power and rising multipolar cooperation.
Venezuela was merely the opening act.
What unfolds next will determine the future of global order. For the BRICS nations, this is not a conflict they sought, but one they cannot avoid. Their backs are against the wall, forced to confront an aggressive alliance that has shown time and again that it respects neither law nor sovereignty.
The danger now is not hypothetical. It is real, immediate, and driven by a willingness to sacrifice entire nations for dominance. The world ignores this at its peril.
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