The New Dark Age

Friday, 17 April 2026 — The New Atlas

• As predicted a month ago, the US Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to the Middle East is now imposing a blockade on Iranian oil to China;

• Those fixated on “Israel” are distracting away from what is ultimately an act of war on China amid what is quickly shaping into World War 3;

• The notion that it is “inconceivable” the US would launch one war to set the stage for war with another nation ignores both US history and the history of empire in general;