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Uncompromising US, long-term confrontation

Andrey Sushentsov
Valdai Discussion Club
Fri, 28 Jun 2024 08:35 UTC
Eagle and the Bear
© algora.com
The desire of the US to dominate and its refusal to see other countries as equals, willing and able to assume equal responsibility for peace and stability, is the short answer to the question of why Moscow-Washington relations cannot get out of the current state of crisis. This attitude also leads the US to the same difficulties in its relations with China, India and even some of its own allies, such as Turkey.

The Russian and Chinese position is buttressed by the principle that peace is the result of compromise between the major centers of power, and that without their mutual agreement - without equality, mutual respect, a willingness to recognize each other's interests, and adherence to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs - a stable order is impossible. The US believes, however, that peace is a deterministic given, and that no special effort is needed to maintain it. This leads to paradoxical solutions: the more weapons, the more peace. The West is not yet ready to become just one of the Atlanteans holding up the sky. It still believes it should be in charge.

Are changes in relations between Moscow and Washington possible with a change of administration in the United States? I expect that this will not have a significant impact on the American line towards Russia. It is useful to look at American politics as an independent factor in our planning - we need to assume we cannot rely on the US elites. Washington will in most cases act with hostility towards Russia, in some cases opportunistically, engaging Moscow at time when it suits its own interests.

There is still a paradigm gap between Russians and Americans in their understanding of the world in the 21st century. US experts believe that Russia is part of the West and will inevitably end up in the Western camp at the end of this crisis, with China as its opponent. This set of paradoxical ideas has been present in the American narrative since the early 1990s.

The Americans believe that ultimately Russia has no alternative, and will therefore accept any offer from Washington. With the dollar sure to remain as the dominant currency for the medium term, the US will be an important country. And much depends on its turbulent domestic political life.
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Syringe

WHO's on first

Bruce Pardy
Brownstone Institute
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:00 UTC
A new game is coming to every town and city on Earth. It's called Global Public Health baseball. The team to beat is the Biomedical State. Here's their starting lineup.

WHO's on First
Pitcher: Public Health Bureaucracy

Prone to mistakes and wild pitches. Arrogant, can do no wrong. Was a role player in the bullpen for most of career but broke into the limelight in the last campaign. To everyone's surprise, has become an attention whore.

Catcher: Military and Scientific Research Institutes

Controls the game for the Biomedical State but doesn't want to be in the spotlight. Lets Public Health have the attention. Self-interested. Team player as long as the team is doing as it's told. Good buddies with Pharma.
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Bullseye

Russia may downgrade relations with NATO countries stoking Ukraine conflict


PressTV
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:37 UTC
russia nato flag
Russia says it is considering downgrading its relations with certain NATO countries due to the deeper involvement of the US and its allies in the Ukraine war.

"The issue of lowering the level of diplomatic relations is a standard practice for states that face unfriendly or hostile manifestations," Russia's presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.

"Due to the growing involvement of the West in the conflict over Ukraine, the Russian Federation cannot but consider various options for responding to such hostile Western intervention in the Ukrainian crisis."

The Russian government has criticized the United States for continuing to provide military assistance to Ukraine. Washington recently approved Kiev's use of long-range missiles supplied by the West on targets inside Russia, further escalating tensions with Moscow.


Comment: And that's just the criminality that the West is admitting to: Terrorists attack a synagogue and two Orthodox churches in southern Russia's Dagestan


Comment: Many of those same nations are being downgraded by the financial rating agencies for their economic failings, it seems appropriate that they should be downgraded for their geopolitical, diplomatic, and moral bankruptcy:

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Star of David

Ilan Pappe: The Collapse of Zionism

Ilan Pappe
newleftreview.org
Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00 UTC
zionism
Hamas's assault of October 7 can be likened to an earthquake that strikes an old building. The cracks were already beginning to show, but they are now visible in its very foundations. More than 120 years since its inception, could the Zionist project in Palestine - the idea of imposing a Jewish state on an Arab, Muslim and Middle Eastern country - be facing the prospect of collapse? Historically, a plethora of factors can cause a state to capsize. It can result from constant attacks by neighbouring countries or from chronic civil war. It can follow the breakdown of public institutions, which become incapable of providing services to citizens. Often it begins as a slow process of disintegration that gathers momentum and then, in a short period of time, brings down structures that once appeared solid and steadfast.

The difficulty lies in spotting the early indicators. Here, I will argue that these are clearer than ever in the case of Israel. We are witnessing a historical process - or, more accurately, the beginnings of one - that is likely to culminate in the downfall of Zionism. And, if my diagnosis is correct, then we are also entering a particularly dangerous conjuncture. For once Israel realizes the magnitude of the crisis, it will unleash ferocious and uninhibited force to try to contain it, as did the South African apartheid regime during its final days.

Comment: Having succumbed to the mother of all ideological possession(s) - a pathology if there ever was one - most Zionists are constitutionally incapable of demonstrating a sincere willingness to live as equal citizens with Muslim Arabs, Christians, or anyone else; their psychological makeup is not only genocidal, but suicidal. They just don't know it yet.

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Bullseye

Washington siding with terrorism - Moscow


RT
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:20 UTC
Sevastopol beach
© Konstantin Mikhalchevsky / RIA NovostiSevastopol beach hours after it was struck by a Ukrainian ATACMS cluster munition
The US is helping Ukraine launch "terrorist strikes" against Russian civilians, Moscow's ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, has said. Kiev used US-provided ATACMS missiles with cluster munition warheads to attack the Russian city of Sevastopol on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring more than 150 others, including dozens of children.

While four of the missiles were intercepted by air defenses, a fifth veered off course and detonated a cluster warhead over a busy Black Sea beach, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The Ukrainian attack was purposefully carried out when there was a maximum concentration of people on the beach, Antonov told journalists when asked to comment on Washington's lack of reaction to the deadly strike.
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Bad Guys

Netanyahu's wife accuses army leaders of planning coup d'etat


The Cradle
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:52 UTC
Sarah Netanyahu
© Flash90Sarah Netanyahu told families of Hamas captives that she has 'no confidence' in the army's senior leadership Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend the opening ceremony of the inauguration of the new emergency ward at the Barzilay hospital, in Ashkelon, Israel on February 20, 2018.
Sarah Netanyahu accused Israel's army chiefs of seeking to carry out a coup against her husband, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Haaretzreported on 25 June, based on leaked audio obtained by the newspaper.

In a meeting last week with families of some of the captives held by Hamas in Gaza, Sarah Netanyahu stated several times in the tape that she has no confidence in the army's senior officers.

The families became upset by Mrs Netanyahu's comments, saying the fate of their captive family members depended on the army.

Comment: Maybe some factions are wanting his ousting, because Israel's ground invasions aren't having much success, and there have been significant troops losses; there have also been a number of top resignations; and whilst the majority of Israelis cheer on the genocide, a significant number of those still want Netanyahu gone.

Although, maybe Netanyahu's wife just got caught out (yet again) and her backtracking made the situation even worse. Given all the leaks and scandals she's involved in, she doesn't appear to be liked by many.

However, she is evidently also accustomed to lying, scheming, and manipulating public opinion, so it's also possible that this leak had other, or multiple, intentions.

Either way, Israel's genocidal aims aren't Netantyahu's alone, and so, whatever happens with the leadership, there's little chance that Israel's war of terror will be over anytime soon:

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Light Sabers

Russia to restrict EU media outlets in response to EU's recent censorship ruling


Sputnik
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:31 UTC
Russia's Foreign Ministry
Russia's Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow.
On Monday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Moscow will respond to the EU's ban on some Russian media, including RIA Novosti and Izvestia.

Russia to restrict access to broadcast resources of a number of EU media outlets and operators on its territory from June 25 in response to the bloc's ban on some Russian media, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

"As a response to the decision taken by the EU Council on May 17 to ban 'any broadcast activity' on three Russian media (RIA Novosti, Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta), which goes into effect today, on June 25, we introduce counter restrictions on access on the territory of Russia to broadcast resources of a number of media outlets of the EU member states and all-European media operators who systematically disseminate false information about the progress of a special military operation," the ministry said in a statement.


Comment: Which would be the vast majority of the EU's legacy media outlets.


Comment: It is true, Russia has mostly enforced restrictions, on everything from media to people, as a response to the West's increasingly draconian, and desperate, crackdown.

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Caesar

Putin's 'war' is to re-shape the American zeitgeist

Alastair Crooke
ZeroHedge
Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:40 UTC
nuke
© UnknownRussian Nuke on Parade
The G7 and the subsequent Swiss 'Bürgenstock Conference' can - in retrospect - be understood as preparation for a prolonged Ukraine war. The three centrepiece announcements emerging from the G7 - the 10 year Ukraine security pact; the $50 'billion Ukraine loan'; and the seizing of interest on Russian frozen funds - make the point. The war is about to escalate.

These stances were intended as preparation of the western public ahead of events. And in case of any doubts, the blistering belligerency towards Russia emerging from the European election leaders was plain enough: They sought to convey a clear impression of Europe preparing for war.

What then lies ahead? According to White House Spokesman John Kirby:
"Washington's position on Kiev is absolutely clear: First, they've got to win this war. They gotta win the war first. So, number one: We're doing everything we can to make sure they can do that. Then when the war's over ... Washington will assist in building up Ukraine's military industrial base."
If that was not plain, the U.S. intent to prolong and take the war deep into Russia was underlined by National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan:
"Authorization for Ukrainian use of American weapons for cross-border attacks extends to anywhere [from which] Russian forces are coming across the border. Ukraine can use F-16s to attack Russia and use U.S. supplied air defense systems to take down Russian planes - even if in Russian airspace - if they're about to fire into Ukrainian airspace."

Comment: It is critical to comprehend the ever-increasing speed at which the global future is manifesting.

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Light Saber

Assange will push for pardon against spying conviction

Jamie Bullen
The Daily Mail
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:37 UTC
assange free
© The Daily MailJulian Assange embraces his wife Stella on being released from Belmarsh Prison, June 26, 2024
Wife insists he needs time and space to recuperate following 14-year legal saga

Julian Assange will push ahead with attempts to pardon his conviction for espionage but needs time and space to recover following his 14-year legal saga, his wife has said.

Stella Assange addressed a press conference around an hour after the WikiLeaks founder touched down in Canberra as a free man following a plea agreement.

Mr Assange had been wanted by US authorities following the disclosure of thousands of classified military documents in 2010 and spent more than five years in a British high-security prison after seven years holed up at the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
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Star of David

SOTT Focus: The Suspect Body Count: The Death Toll in Gaza is Much Higher Than We're Being Told

Seymour Hersh
Substack
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:38 UTC
gaza dead
The number of slain Palestinians in Gaza, including those believed to be Hamas cadres, has gone through a series of public recalibrations in recent weeks, as Israel's reshuffled war cabinet has struggled to minimize international rage at the slaughter there. The reduced body count was little more than a sideshow because the Israeli offensive is continuing in Gaza with no signs of the ceasefire that the Biden administration has been desperately seeking.
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