Brian Berletic
Brian Berletic holds 2 positions across 2 conflicts.
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Former US Marine turned Bangkok-based geopolitical analyst. Runs The New Atlas (formerly Land Destroyer Report). Previously wrote under the pen name Tony Cartalucci. Uses OSINT methodology - Western sources, Pentagon briefings, satellite imagery - to challenge Western narratives. His analysis is detailed and data-driven but filtered through a deep hostility toward US foreign policy that consistently produces conclusions favoring US adversaries. Whether the hostility drives the analysis or the analysis drives the hostility is the question his audience should ask.
Affiliations
Premises
US foreign military intervention is an extension of American imperialism and hegemonic maintenance
The Iranian nuclear threat is being manufactured through the same intelligence manipulation that preceded the Iraq War
Historical determinism favors multipolarity and the decline of US hegemony
Military strikes cannot permanently eliminate Iranian nuclear capability - a war with Iran is militarily unwinnable
The Ukraine conflict is a US proxy war against Russia using Ukrainian lives
NATO expansion provoked Russia's invasion of Ukraine
The war in Ukraine cannot be won militarily by Ukraine regardless of Western support levels, making continued military aid futile
There is a suppression of legitimate discourse around US foreign policy enforced through professional and political consequences
Positions
US-Israel War on Iran 2026 · 2026-03-01
The US-Israeli strikes on Iran are a war of aggression against a nation that posed no imminent threat. There are real-world limitations on what Russia and China can do - the US is waging proxy war on both simultaneously while conducting direct war on Iran. But this overextension is precisely what will accelerate the multipolar transition the US is trying to prevent.
Stated purpose
Frames this as serving realistic geopolitical analysis by exposing US aggression while explaining why allied powers face constraints in responding.
Ukraine War · 2024-06-01
Ukraine is a US proxy war against Russia that the West is systematically losing. Western media maintains a 'Ukraine is winning' narrative that has no factual basis - use the West's own sources, including Pentagon briefings, and the picture is clear: Russia has escalation dominance, industrial superiority, and strategic patience. Ukrainian-held positions in Donbass face collapse as supply lines are disrupted by steady Russian advances.
Stated purpose
Frames this as serving factual accuracy by using Western sources to debunk Western propaganda about the military situation in Ukraine.