US Reorganizes Forces and Proxies in West Asia + What is "Project Meridian?"

- the US has only redeployed troops from Iraq to elsewhere in West Asia as part of its ongoing war on Iran; - the US maintains immense administrative, economic, and covert/proxy military power over Iraq and until that changes, Iraq remains subordinated to/occupied by the US; - The so-called "Mecca Alliance" is little more than US burden sharing extended over Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan; - It remains to be seen how extensive the "Mecca Alliance" will be mobilized as part of the wider US war on Iran and its network alliance which includes Ansarallah in Yemen; - US "Project Meridian" is a desperate attempt to leverage technology to reassert US military dominance over the world, but fails to recognize, let alone address the actual systemic problems causing a US decline in the first place; Resources: Reuters - Explainer: How the US controls Iraq's oil revenues (Sep. 30, 2026): https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-us-controls-iraqs-oil-revenues-2026-09-30/ BBC - Last UK and US troops leave Iraq as anti-Islamic State mission ends (Oct. 1, 2026): https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c65ym1dyn92mo AJ - Turkiye, Pakistan agree Saudi Arabia military deployment under Mecca pact (Oct. 5, 2026): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/5/mecca-alliance-agrees-to-activate-collective-deterrence-measures NYT - Saudi-Backed Yemeni Government Declares War Against Houthis (Oct. 4, 2026): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/world/middleeast/houthis-oil-attack-saudi-arabia-yemen.html US White House - National Security Strategy (2025): https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf New Yorker - The Redirection (2007): https://archive.ph/UzW93#selection-477.587-477.593 US DoD/DIA - Intel Memo (2012): https://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Pg.-291-Pgs.-287-293-JW-v-DOD-and-State-14-812-DOD-Release-2015-04-10-final-version11.pdf Reuters - US defense firm Anduril faces setbacks from drone crashes (2025): https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-defense-firm-anduril-faces-setbacks-drone-crashes-2025-11-27/ Militarnyi - SSU Abandons Altius Attack Drones after Failures at Front (Nov. 2025): https://militarnyi.com/en/news/ssu-abandons-altius-attack-drones-after-failures-at-front/ Business Insider - Inside America's $66 billion bet to beat China's shipbuilding empire (Oct. 3, 2026): https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-americas-66-billion-bet-to-beat-chinas-shipbuilding-empire-2026-10 NEO - US Cannibalizes Its Proxies and Itself as War on Multipolarism Expands (Sep. 29, 2026): https://journal-neo.su/2026/09/29/us-cannibalizes-its-proxies-and-itself-as-war-on-multipolarism-expands/ Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235