Less Axis, More AlliesThe three points of security contention for the West; Russia, Iran and China, seemed to become ever closer until recently when Russia stepped aside during the US attack on Iran’s nuclear program. Much of the reversal of the Axis came with assertive moves from the US and their allies against ties between Russia, Iran and China. The lack of success on the battlefield by the Axis may explain other policy developments that are designed to fracture the Western alliance, mostly by playing the Delay Card and forcing internal upheaval in Western countries. The targeting of Western norms, via the normalization of disproportionately eroding actions in local communities, clearly function by permanently altering Western interests and the internal degradation of Western norms. A fractured Russia and/or China is bad for the West as it would harm both local allies and adversaries of Western powers.