Thursdayy, 12 February 2026 — The New Atlas

• Recently Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made revealing comments regarding continued US global ambition for domination across economics, monetary policy, energy, and more, calling into question US intentions regarding supposed “diplomacy” it is conducting regarding Ukraine;

• The US is likely planing to use the upcoming Munich Defense Conference to cement in place the fictional US-Europe “split” US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has already publicly revealed would be used to sell a US-European “division of labor” and greater European sacrifice to continue America’s proxy war in Ukraine on its behalf;

• US “diplomacy’ regarding Iran is likewise a tired distraction from inevitable US-initiated armed conflict. The US has sought regime change in Iran since Iran ousted Washington’s puppet regime in the late 1970s;

• Because degrading or destroying Russia and Iran are prerequisites for US ambitions to encircle, contain, and destroy China, all of these conflicts will continue no matter what political rhetoric emerges from Washington, London, or Brussels;