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The American "War for Righteousness" is a War for Evil

Boyd Cathey
My Corner
Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:00 UTC
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Friends,

Back on October 25, 2022 Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) celebrated the withdrawal by the Democratic congressional "progressive caucus" of their abortive letter (October 24) imploring the Biden administration to engage in serious negotiations with Russia and Ukraine to possibly end the bloody conflict in Eastern Europe that threatens rapidly to become a nuclear conflagration which could end life on earth as we know it.

Raskin is not just any ordinary Democratic congressman; he's an important member of the special House commission which has been busily investigating that dire threat to "our democracy," the January 6, 2021 "insurrection." Yes, he's a far Leftist and Jewish and his message is often just as frenzied and fanatical as that of any member of the Squad. But with one major difference: he's highly placed and well connected, part of the Democrat establishment, so when he speaks, he speaks with some authority for the party and its leadership.

After praising his fellow Leftists for withdrawing their plea for negotiations to end a cruel and vicious conflict — oddly, is that not what Leftists traditionally claim they do, demand "peace" and an "end to violence"? — and jumping on the jingoist and warmongering bandwagon, a spiraling path which may well end in nuclear holocaust, Raskin uttered his most important and revealing paragraph and the real reasons the US is deeply involved in a faraway conflict in Eastern Europe.
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Chess

Imran Khan could outplay the military and return to power in Pakistan


Middle East Eye
Thu, 24 Nov 2022 13:36 UTC
Imran Khan
© AFPFormer Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is pictured in Lahore on 21 September 2022. As Khan works on a political comeback, the country's next army chief may have to revise the institution's approach Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is pictured in Lahore on 21 September 2022.
Pakistan's unique political history has made the relationship between the executive and the military one of the nation's defining features. The military establishment has usually been the dominant power broker, with most civilian rulers ceding it space in the foreign policy and national security domains. Any attempts to challenge this status quo are met with severe institutional backlash.

Civilian leaders are unable to maintain their political standing without reaching a compromise with the military leadership. But there are signs of potential change, as former Prime Minister Imran Khan has refused to leave the political scene since his removal from office.

As a result, Khan has been in a soft confrontation with the country's military for months now. As all other attempts to remove him from the political fold failed, he was eventually disqualified from holding public office by the country's election commission.

Comment: Below is some footage of recent rallies and protests in support of Khan:



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Chinese government began COVID-19 vaccine research "no later than November 2019", say experts

Will Jones
The Daily Sceptic
Sun, 30 Oct 2022 07:46 UTC
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The new U.S. Senate report pointing the finger at a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology makes for very interesting reading. Katherine Eban of Vanity Fair and Jeff Kao of ProPublica have done a detailed write-up with the inside track on the report which is worth reading alongside it.

In this post, I want to make a few observations on what the report and article add to our understanding of the origin of the virus.

To my mind, one of the most interesting things about the report is that it seems to try to pin it on a leak around November 2019, when there was evidence of a major safety breach at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). From Eban and Kao:

Comment: Many pieces of data suggest that the virus was created in a lab. Maybe China is somehow involved in the virus creation or maybe China knew something about the virus long before the public knew anything about it, but all the evidence suggests that the USA, the empire of lies, was probably the creator of this lab virus and they have probably used it to gain more power and control over humanity.

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Bad Guys

South Korea and US kick off major war games amid heightened tensions with the North


RT
Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:05 UTC
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FILE PHOTO: US and South Korea begin one of their biggest joint aerial war games on October 31, 2022 with hundreds of warplanes staging mock attacks 24-hours-a-day.
South Korea and the US launched their first major joint air drills in almost five years on Monday. The exercises, involving more than 240 warplanes, come at a time of heightened tensions with North Korea, amid fears that Pyongyang could test another nuclear weapon.

The 'The Vigilant Storm' exercise is expected to last throughout Friday and will see the deployment of about 140 South Korean planes, including state-of-the-art F-35A stealth fighters as well as F-15K and KF-16 jets.

Meanwhile, the US has sent around 100 aircraft, including F-35B fighters and a number of electronic warfare and tanker planes, as well as U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. The maneuvers will be also attended by Australia, which has deployed a KC-30A tanker transport.

Comment: See also: North Korea fires missile over Japan

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The geostrategic consequences of Lula's re-election aren't as clear-cut as some might think

Andrew Korybko
korybko.substack.com
Mon, 31 Oct 2022 21:37 UTC
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Lula and Bolsonaro are striking exceptions to the oversimplification of contemporary leaders in the New Cold War either being unipolar liberal-globalists or multipolar conservative-sovereigntists since the first can be described as a multipolar liberal-globalist while the second was a unipolar conservative-sovereigntist. This is an admittedly imperfect assessment but one which nevertheless serves to make an important point: each leader has significant idiosyncrasies that complicate analyses of their foreign policy.

The return of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (popularly known as Lula) to the Brazilian presidency after Sunday's run-off election is being interpreted by many as a victory for the world's multipolar forces. This assessment is based on Lula's independent foreign policy during his previous two terms in offices, which triggered the US into orchestrating "Operation Car Wash" against him and his successor as part of that declining unipolar hegemon's Hybrid War on Brazil. His eventual replacement with Jair Bolsonaro was interpreted as a defeat for the world's multipolar forces, ergo why his re-election is seen as a victory.
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Arrow Up

Ukraine says Iran's help for Russia should push Israel out of neutral stance

Laura Kelly
The Hill
Sun, 30 Oct 2022 06:00 UTC
Korniychuck
© Dmytro KanterUkraine's Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuck
Ukrainian officials say Iran's wartime aid to Russia should convince Israel to abandon its position of withholding military assistance to Kyiv.

Ukraine also wants the Biden administration to step up pressure on Israel, which has condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion and delivered humanitarian support to Kyiv but refrained from offering arms.

Officials in Kyiv are hoping that Tehran's provision of suicide drones to Russia will lead to a shift in position for Israel. They are particularly pushing for Israeli help with air defenses that would provide protection against the Iranian drones. And they are making clear that the Biden administration should play a role in the pressure campaign on Israel.

"The Americans are the only country that Israel is listening to," Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk said in a phone call with The Hill from Tel Aviv.


Comment: One could speculate the reverse is also true.


Comment: Who's the newest addition to Kiev's kill list?
Israeli finance minister, Avigdor Lieberman has been added to the controversial Mirotvorets website "enemies of Ukraine" database on Sunday.

The authors of the site, which is believed to have links to the Ukrainian security services, described Lieberman as an "agent of influence" for Russia, who had been manipulating publicly significant information in favor of Moscow. They also blamed him for taking part in acts of "humanitarian aggression" against Ukraine.

Among the actions that led to Lieberman being placed on the list, were his refusal to finance an Israeli field hospital in Ukraine in March and his neutral stance on who is to blame for the massacre in the Kiev suburb of Bucha in April. The website also shared a link to an article, claiming that he had ties with Russian gas giant Gazprom.

Liberman said that Israeli assistance to Ukraine since the outbreak of the fighting between Russia and Ukraine in late February amounted to some $40 million.

The Mirotvorets website, translated as 'peacemaker', was launched in 2014, positioning itself as an independent database run by anonymous moderators to help Ukrainian authorities and "special services" apprehend pro-Russian terrorists, separatists, and war criminals, among others.

However, some have branded the database a 'kill list,' which is backed by the government, after several individuals, including writer Oles Buzina, politician Oleg Kalashnikov, and Russian journalist Darya Dugina were assassinated shortly after their profiles appeared on the website.

The most recent high-profile additions to Mirotvorets included Kazakhstan's president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters. There were claims that the world's richest man, Elon Musk, was put on the database in mid-October, but swiftly removed from it. The alleged addition happened after Musk offered a peace plan, which envisaged Kiev giving up territories to Moscow.


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Telephone

Biden lost temper with Zelenskyy in June phone call when Ukrainian leader asked for more aid

Carol E. Lee, Courtney Kube
NBC News
Mon, 31 Oct 2022 06:30 UTC
BM-21
© Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty ImagesUkrainian soldiers prepare to fire a BM-21 "Grad" rocket launcher
Kharkiv, Ukraine • October 4, 2022
It's become routine since Russia invaded Ukraine: President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speak by phone whenever the U.S. announces a new package of military assistance for Kyiv.

But a phone call between the two leaders in June played out differently from previous ones, according to four people familiar with the call. Biden had barely finished telling Zelenskyy he'd just greenlighted another $1 billion in U.S. military assistance for Ukraine when Zelenskyy started listing all the additional help he needed and wasn't getting. Biden lost his temper, the people familiar with the call said. The American people were being quite generous, and his administration and the U.S. military were working hard to help Ukraine, he said, raising his voice, and Zelenskyy could show a little more gratitude.

Administration officials said Biden and Zelenskyy's relationship has only improved since the June phone call, after which Zelenskyy made a statement praising the U.S. for its generous assistance. But the clash reflects Biden's early awareness that both congressional and public support for sending billions of dollars to Ukraine could begin to fade. That moment has arrived just as the president prepares to ask Congress to greenlight even money for Ukraine.

Comment: Unheeded, the best defense is negotiation.

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Arrow Up

Lula defeats Bolsonaro to become Brazil's president

Mauricio Saverese, Diane Jeantet
The Washington Times
Sun, 30 Oct 2022 07:21 UTC
da Silva
© AP/Andre PennerBrazil elects Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to be president
Brazil's electoral authority said Sunday that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the leftist Worker's Party defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to become the country's next president.

With 98.8% of the votes tallied in the runoff vote, da Silva had 50.8% and Bolsonaro 49.2%, and the election authority said da Silva's victory was a mathematical certainty.

Da Silva — the country's former president from 2003-2010 — has promised to restore the country's more prosperous past, yet faces faces headwinds in a polarized society.

It is a stunning return to power for da Silva, 77, whose 2018 imprisonment over a corruption scandal sidelined him from that year's election, paving the way for then-candidate Bolsonaro's win and four years of far-right politics.

His victory marks the first time since Brazil's 1985 return to democracy that the sitting president has failed to win reelection. His inauguration is scheduled to take place on Jan. 1.

Thomas Traumann, an independent political analyst, compared the results to U.S. President Joe Biden's 2020 victory, saying da Silva is inheriting an extremely divided nation.
"The huge challenge that Lula has will be to pacify the country. People are not only polarized on political matters, but also have different values, identity and opinions. What's more, they don't care what the other side's values, identities and opinions are."

Comment: See also: Comeback kid Lula in the eye of a volcano

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Whistle

FBI whistleblower leaks document to Project Veritas


Conservative Fighters
Thu, 27 Oct 2022 01:00 UTC
leaked docs
© Project Veritas
Project Veritas shared an image on social media Thursday claiming an FBI whistleblower leaked a document showing the agency classified "misinformation" as an "election crime" ahead of the 2022 Midterm Elections next month.

According to the document, titled "2022 Midterm Elections Social Media Analysis Cheat Sheet," election crimes include eight sections that fall under federal jurisdiction, ranging from campaign finance to voter suppression. The details inform federal authorities what to look out for leading up to the November 8 election.

However, federal authorities have included misinformation, which means false or misleading information spread mistakenly or unintentionally, as something that could lead to a full or grand jury investigation.

The document also lists "disinformation" as an election crime, which points to "false or inaccurate information intended to mislead others." It also stated:
"Disinformation campaigns on social media are used to deliberately confuse, trick, or upset the public."
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Blue Planet

We are witnessing the birth of a new world order, where the West will simply have to live within its means

Sergey Karaganov
RT
Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:30 UTC
Merkel Obama G7 Boris Johnson
© Michael Kappeler / picture alliance via Getty Image/FilesThe G7 leaders line up for an informal group photo at the 'Merkel - Obama' bench after dinner at the G7 meeting at Schloss Elmau in June, 2022.
At last week's Valdai Forum, in Moscow I was invited to speak at a session entitled "The Crumbling World: Lessons for the Future from the Political-Military Crisis of 2022." The event has become a leader in the international intellectual community in dealing with global affairs of the present and future. But the title of the session gave me doubts, even if I didn't protest.

The crisis did not start in 2022, it started in the mid-1990s - just as the Second World War really began with the post-First World War Treaty of Versailles, which was unfair and laid the foundations for what transpired.

Almost three decades ago, the West refused to strike a just arrangement with post-Soviet Russia. Instead, as it seemed to many at the time, it created a new domination system based on so-called "rules."
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