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Is Zelensky the new Saakashvili? Western armchair revolutionaries are now making the same mistake in Ukraine they did in Georgia

Glenn Diesen
RT
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 12:52 UTC
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© Olena Kudiakova/Ukrinform/Bancroft Media/Getty ImagesActivists of the National Corps and other organizations march in Kyiv
Media outlets are being shut down. Political opponents are being locked up. A semi-frozen war continues to simmer in the East. And yet, foreign talking heads are still applauding Ukraine's turn to the West as a great achievement.

In a recent article, 'Ukraine's Dangerous Success', veteran Moscow critic Edward Lucas argued that "Ukraine's almost unimaginable progress since 1991 is a nightmare for Russia." The crux of his argument is that the country's stance toward Ukraine is not dictated by Kiev's domestic anti-Kremlin posture. Russia, he says, is fearful that the success of Ukraine can undermine the country's legitimacy at home.

The argument is almost identical to that of an article written two months earlier by Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine's former prime minister. Yatsenyuk argues that NATO expansionism is not driving Russia away from the West, but that failure to expand the bloc will be a victory for President Vladimir Putin.
"In order not to lose Russia forever, the West must do everything possible and more to integrate Ukraine and other countries in our region into a United Europe, and therefore into NATO and the EU. This is exactly what Mr. Putin fears because Ukraine's freedom means something more than our national interests. It proves that Russia too can be free and that Putin is not indispensable."
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Soros dumps $1M into pro-Newsom PAC to fight recall effort

Ian Cheong
Conservative Brief
Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:00 UTC
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© PAC/Eric Risberg/AP/KJNBillionaire George Soros • California Governor Gavin Newsom
Billionaire philanthropist and progressive, George Soros, who financially supports and drives leftist causes all over the world, has provided an additional $500,000 to a political action committee opposing the California recall of Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom.

Soros' donations to Newsom thus far have reached a total of $1,000,000.

According to the Associated Press, filings with the California Secretary of State's office show that George Soros contributed to a group called "Stop the Republican Recall of Governor Newsom."

The contribution was made on Monday, August 30, and was Soros' third donation to the PAC, following a pair of $250,000 donations.

George Soros has a history of supporting progressive district attorney candidates and criminal justice reform efforts in states like California, Texas, and other states.

Comment: Money can't buy you love...but it might influence a recall vote. Note: the media and publicity honkers win every time.

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Taliban, opposition vie to control Panjshir; Pakistan spy chief flies to Kabul


Alarabiya News
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 02:56 UTC
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© AFPAfghan resistance movement forces on hilltop patrol in Anaba district, Panjshir province
Taliban and opposition forces were fighting on Saturday for control of the Panjshir valley north of Kabul, the last province in Afghanistan holding out against the extremist group, according to reports.

Taliban sources had said on Friday the group had seized control of the valley, although the resistance denied it had fallen.

The Taliban have so far issued no public declaration that they had taken the valley, which resisted their rule when they were last in power in Kabul in 1996-2001.

A spokesman for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, which groups opposition forces loyal to local leader Ahmad Massoud, said Taliban forces reached the Darband heights on the border between Kapisa province and Panjshir but were pushed back.

"The defense of the stronghold of Afghanistan is unbreakable," Fahim Dashty said in a tweet.
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'No further powers to Brussels': Hungary's foreign minister calls for more sovereignty within the EU


RT
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 15:40 UTC
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© Reuters/Adriano MachadoHungarian FM Péter Szijjártó
Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto has called for limiting Brussels' dominance over nations on the continent. Speaking to Swiss media, he accused the EU of "extortion" and questioned its authority.

"The EU is strong when its member states are sovereign and strong themselves, and that means - no further powers to Brussels," Szijjarto said in an interview with Swiss daily Blick. Competitiveness among member states must also be increased, the minister said, suggesting European countries should not be restrained by the membership. "We definitely don't want the United States of Europe."

Hungary is "always the target of attacks" from Brussels, Szijjarto alleged, claiming such an attitude is the result of his country's policies oriented toward national interests.

Hungary's conservative government led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban is frequently criticized by the EU authorities. Its stance on the bloc's migration policies has been a sticking point. In May, Budapest angered Brussels when it vetoed a proposed revision to a longstanding EU trade and development agreement with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) partnership countries, citing concerns over the draft's implications for increasing ACP migration to the EU.

The EU leadership has also been particularly condemnatory over Budapest's contentious law against LGBT propaganda, which resulted in withholding investment plans, containing grants and loans, earlier this year.

"This is extortion," the minister told Blick, saying that "the contributions are not humanitarian donations that are paid out of generosity, but part of a contract between the EU and Hungary."
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So sad! Israeli officials 'alarmed' by US withdrawal from Afghanistan

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 19:07 UTC
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RETIRED COLONEL KOBI MARON SPEAKING ON I24 NEWS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF AMERICAN WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN IN PROJECTING “WEAKNESS” IN THE MIDDLE EAST. SEPT. 3, 2021.
Israeli officials have reacted with "alarm" to the images of the United States leaving Afghanistan, arguing that the U.S. has empowered Israel's enemies, according to an expert observer. Some say the withdrawal shows why Israel can never leave the occupied Palestinian territories.

Bottom line- The American "Forever war" is still getting raves in Israel.

Israeli government leaders have been careful not to be very vocal about that view. Though Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said two days ago that the U.S. withdrawal could "hugely" impact the battle with al-Qaeda.

Officials speaking privately are more forthcoming. Neri Zilber, an Israeli journalist associated with the Israel lobby group the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told the Israel Policy Forum yesterday that he had heard "surprise, shock, and alarm" from ordinary Israelis.
"Israelis don't like to regard their closest ally, the United States, as being defeated, as being almost humiliated. So that was the general vibe. You had Israelis texting me... quite shocked to see what happened- as I think all of us were."
"Israeli officials also viewed it with a bit of alarm but not hysteria," Zilber said. "There is concern in Israeli quarters about what it might mean for Israel's enemies and America's enemies." Israelis worry that the withdrawal will embolden Iran and Hezbollah, he said.
"The whole notion of deterrence and what lessons Iran and ISIS and other bad actors in the Middle East closer to Israel draw from the US Afghanistan story and the 20 year campaign that just ended .. it will be interesting to see if that's the lesson that bad actors actually draw from Afghanistan."
The same notion of "bad actors" and enemies was voiced today on the Israeli channel, i24 News. Retired Colonel Kobi Maron said the American withdrawal "projects weakness" and that Iranian officials "sense a lack of determination" on America's part.
"Those tough pictures [from the Kabul airport] affect Israeli deterrence and American deterrence across the Middle East."
These claims about the effectiveness of military prowess also touch on Israel's 54-year-long occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem and Gaza.
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Taliban says 'China our most important partner, ready to invest"


NDTV
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:49 UTC
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Describing China as its "most important partner", the Afghan Taliban has said it looks to Beijing to rebuild Afghanistan and exploit its rich copper deposits as the war-ravaged country faces widespread hunger and fears of an economic collapse.

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the group supports China's One Belt, One Road initiative that seeks to link China with Africa, Asia and Europe through an enormous network of ports, railways, roads and industrial parks.

"China is our most important partner and represents a fundamental and extraordinary opportunity for us because it is ready to invest and rebuild our country," Geo News quoted Mujahid as saying in an interview to an Italian newspaper on Thursday.

There are "rich copper mines in the country, which, thanks to the Chinese, can be put back into operation and modernised. In addition, China is our pass to markets all over the world," said Zabihullah Mujahid.

China has been making some positive statements towards the Taliban and has expressed the hope that its dreaded cadre will follow moderate and prudent domestic and foreign policies, combat all forms of terrorist forces, live in harmony with other countries, and live up to the aspiration of its own people and the international community.
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Modern-day Mengele - Fauci must be removed

Martin Armstrong
Armstrong Economics
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 18:05 UTC
Mengele Fauci
© Armstrong Economics
Now the new Dr. Mengele of our time, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who does not actually practice medicine, has announced that the US is still planning for COVID-19 booster shots to continue. Everyone will be mandated to get one after 8 months. Biden said shots could be administered after 5 months. The entire story is that COVID will end once we vaccinate the world. But coronaviruses exist in animals, so it will NEVER be defeated — that is the TRUTH!

So, what is really going on is simple. They are gradually dripping out of their mouths the next objective little by little. First, a vaccine would restore the world to normal. Now, the vaccines will become a regular requirement even to move. They are slowly recreating the Berlin Wall to prevent movement in hopes of preventing an uprising.
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Early Canada election call backfires: Trudeau trailing in polls

David Ljunggren
OANN
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:34 UTC
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© REUTERS/Carlos OsorioCanada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes an announcement inside the Sunwing Airlines hangar during his election campaign tour in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, September 3, 2021.
Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finds himself behind in polls ahead of a snap election he called hoping his management of the COVID-19 crisis would propel him to victory.

Trudeau called the Sept. 20 election last month, two years ahead of schedule. At the time, his Liberals were well ahead and looked likely to regain the majority in parliament they lost in 2019. His main rival, Conservative leader Erin O'Toole, has repeatedly attacked him for calling a vote during the pandemic.

The latest polls by Nanos, Ekos and others show Liberal fortunes have faded as voters have grown fatigued with Trudeau, 49, who has been in power since 2015. One Liberal strategist said on Friday the early-vote call had backfired as it was seen as "wrong" and "greedy" by electors.

Comment: Hopefully Canada will take this opportunity to send ultra-woke soyboy Trudeau back to some obscure community college campus to teach a [fill-in-the-blank] 'studies' class. His leadership has been disastrous for Canada. It may just happen:





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Best of the Web: Jen Psaki, brass-necked hypocrite: How far is Biden's official mouthpiece willing to go to protect her flailing boss?

Damian Wilson
RT
Sat, 04 Sep 2021 17:16 UTC
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© ReutersWhite House Press Secretary Psaki holds the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington
Being White House press secretary is hard. Particularly hard when your boss seemingly can't remember what he said last week. Even harder when he's caught trying to push a false narrative onto another world leader.

It must have something to do with all those TV lights, the undivided attention of the audience and the sheer power of being the intermediary between the President of the United States and the world's press that turns perfectly ordinary people into power-crazed monsters prepared to say or do anything to keep mud from sticking to their employer.

Comment: Par for the course:

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Former Australian PM accuses Scott Morrison of leading country into 'cold war' with China to become US' 'fawning acolyte'


RT
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:24 UTC
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© Scott Barbour/Getty Images; REUTERS/Henry Nicholls(L) Paul Keating; (R) Scott Morrison
Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has accused current leader Scott Morrison of pushing the country into a "cold war" with China and damaging relations with Beijing in a "fawning" effort to please Washington.

In an interview with the Australian Financial Review, Keating argued that the Morrison government's confrontational stance with China was absurd, given that Australia "is a continent sharing a border with no other state" and "has no territorial disputes with China."

Keating pointed out that China is "12 flying hours away from the Australian coast," yet the current government, "through its foreign policy incompetence and fawning compulsion to please America, effectively has us in a cold war with China." Keating served as prime minister and leader of the Australian Labor Party between December 1991 and March 1996.

Comment: See also:

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