Grayzone debates whether ground war will go ahead in Iran
Fri 7:35 am +00:00, 4 Sep 2026Jiang Xueqin, also known as Professor Jiang, meets The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal and discusses the future of US empire while cruising through one of the country’s most notoriously blighted areas – LA’s Skid Row.
On his drive, Jiang presents a daring prediction of the next phase of the Iran war, then offers a scathing critique of the inequality he’s witnessed on his tour of the US, and of the American economic system. Next, Max debates the self-described game theorist on his views about secret society control over global politics. Blumenthal asks if these organizations are even secret at all, and whether they simply serve as social networks for the capitalist class.
Jiang is the host of the popular educational channel Predictive History, where he correctly predicted the re-election of Donald Trump, the initiation of US and Israeli assaults on Iran, and US defeat in the war. A Canadian citizen and former journalist, Jiang currently lives in Beijing.
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Conclusion. The war makes no sense and is only being fought at the request of Israel.
They visit Skid Row, in Downtown LA. Jiang comes from Beijing and has never seen anything like it. No hope. No housing policy. A black hole.
There is profit in failing societies, Flock cameras, enforcement agencies, like there’s profit in failing wars.
Prices are outrageously high. It’s every man for himself. US is an empire in decline. A civilization in decline.
US foreign policy is to prevent any competitor from emerging. China has emerged.
Japan is being militarised, forming alliances with India, Philippines and Australia. China and Japan could fight over Taiwan.
The global order is not unaffected. People could lose access to cheap oil and food. Famine. Mass migration. Civil war everywhere. What will replace the current order? Liberalism is dead. Civil strife. Politically motivated violence. Antifa. Extreme wealth and extreme poverty. Very old rich. Everyone else. Poor pay no taxes so government feels no obligation to provide services.
Beijing is also an empire in decline. Inequality endemic. Corruption too. China very passive to recent global events.
Israeli lobby is out in the open. Why talk about secret societies? Israel should be independent. There are no US interests in The Greater Israel Project.
