When Great Powers Sink into the Swamp of Arrogance

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✍️ BETH Agency – Special Analytical Report:

In today's world, power is no longer measured by the number of missiles, but by a nation's ability to shape its future without falling into an endless quagmire.

Whoever contemplates the international scene today will notice a striking paradox:

The mightiest military powers are... drowning in "shallow water."

 

🔵 Russia and Ukraine: Drowning in Illusions

Moscow entered Ukraine, driven by overconfidence and hollow bravado at times, without a real plan to quickly end the conflict.
But it found itself facing a mobilized Western alliance, with unlimited support to Kyiv, turning the war into ongoing political and economic hemorrhaging.

The essential question: Has Russia realized it has trapped itself?
Despite its enormous military capabilities, the war has turned into a draining swamp.
It seems Russia forgot the harsh lesson when the Soviet Union collapsed without a single shot fired.

Conversely, has Ukraine realized it is merely a battlefield for major powers' score-settling?
Today, Ukraine faces an existential equation:
Either it seizes peace as a prize, or it bleeds to oblivion.

 

🔵 Gaza and Israel: Drowning in Shifting Sands

Israel’s military campaign in Gaza is unprecedented in terms of firepower,
but it lacks decisive victory.

The firm resistance within Gaza, alongside rising global ethical pressure,
has made Israel sink even deeper into the shifting sands of the strip.

The question arises:
Is Israel's drowning a mere battlefield failure—or the collapse of a lost project?

Israel, historically reliant on wars as a refuge,
finds itself today facing a rare moment of reckoning:
Will a new leadership emerge choosing security and stability over violence and aimlessness?

 

🔵 America Through Time:

From Vietnam to Iraq to Afghanistan...
A series of failures that were never properly addressed.

Today, with President Donald Trump's return, America stands at a rare crossroads:
Either transform into a genuine peace broker…
or continue spiraling into performative power that leaves behind only void and more enemies.

🔹 Tomorrow, with the start of the second round of negotiations with Iran,
🔹 the world stands at a critical threshold:
Either Washington succeeds in imposing real peace that ends regional chaos and cross-border terrorism,
or the American voice will gradually lose its global luster.

 

🔵 Meanwhile:

Despite the U.S. airstrikes against the Houthis, the threat remains.

Is it a sincere strike to neutralize the danger,
or a temporary political investment using a pressure card?

 

🔵 Symbolic Reading:

"A great power is not the one that fires the first bullet...
but the one who ends wars with honor and wisdom."

 

🔵 Summary of the Scene:

Great powers need deep introspection:
It’s not enough to own bombs; they must own vision.

🔵 Today, the Arabs—especially the Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia—
are more aware and more capable of discerning between glittering headlines and profound truth.

🔵 Tomorrow… much will be revealed.

 

🔵 Final Notes:

🌟 If Washington wishes to fully restore its stature, it must speak a new language—decisive and meaningful—or step aside.

🌟 Admitting mistakes is better than persisting in them; correcting mistakes is a sign of wisdom and courage, not a loss of dignity.

🌟 The “great powers” must respect the world’s intelligence...
Otherwise, they will drown in a mere "shallow puddle," with no one extending a hand to save them. The times have changed.

🌟 Peace is not weakness—it is wisdom.

🌟 Choosing safety is not surrender—it’s the ultimate victory that saves nations from drowning.

 

Insight:
Can a nation drowning in “shallow water” genuinely help solve the world’s problems?