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Oleg Deripaska op-ed: The Deep State's ever-changing 'Russia narrative' is false public manipulation

Oleg Deripaska
The Daily Caller
Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:33 UTC

In the comedy movie "Wag the Dog," a fictitious U.S. president is on the cusp of losing an election over a real scandal. So a political spin doctor and Hollywood producer hired by his campaign instead distract the public by manufacturing "the appearance of a war" with Albania. The spin doctor explains: "It's not a war, it's a pageant. We need a theme, a song - some visuals." The producer ascribes Albania a false motive against the United States: "They want to destroy our way of life!" The story line keeps changing to explain away emerging, inconvenient realities.

The ever-changing "Russia narrative" in American politics is today's "Wag the Dog" scenario. Technology and the disintegration of evidence-based journalism permit a surprisingly small number of individuals to destroy bilateral or multilateral relations. Their motivation in shifting from an inconvenient reality into their desired reality is power and military-industrial commercial interests.

When I attended the Munich Security Conference in February, the extraordinary, coordinated message of a panel of U.S. senators was summarized by moderator Victoria Nuland, former assistant secretary of state under President Barack Obama, as: "Deep State-proud loyalists giv[ing] broad reassurance about continuity." One of the panelists, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), said: "What the Breitbart crowd would call the 'Deep State' is what many of us would call 'knowledgeable professionals.'" The panel's uniform message was essentially: Ignore Donald Trump and increase your defense budget to 2 percent, because the generals who are 'operationalizing policy' remain in charge.

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Outrage as UK government looks to seal Saudi £10 billion fighter jet deal and much more during Prince's visit

Joe Watts
Independent
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:00 UTC

Saudi Arabia moving towards purchase of 48 Typhoon fighter jets from UK after Crown Prince visit

Saudi Arabia has signed a provisional agreement with the British Government to buy 48 of the UK's Typhoon fighter jets.

If finalised, the deal struck on the final day of the visit from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman would be a major boost for BAE Systems - which employs some 35,000 people in Britain.

But with the Saudi regime embroiled in a bloody bombing campaign in Yemen, which has killed large numbers of civilians and precipitated a humanitarian crisis, the deal will anger anti-war campaigners.

Announcing the deal after a meeting with the Crown Prince, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said it had "opened a new chapter in our two countries' historic relationship".

Comment: Meet Gavin Williamson: British Defence Secretary Claims Russia 'could kill thousands and thousands and thousands' With Infrastructure Attack on UK

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Monolithic and Ruthless Conspiracy: The West's Obliteration of Yemen by Covert Means

'If the button is pushed, There's no running away' America, are you listening?

Scott Ritter
Russia News Now
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 00:00 UTC

Don't you understand what I'm trying to say?
And can't you feel the fears I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there's no running away,
There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave,
Take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy,
And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
-Barry McGuire, "Eve of Destruction," 1965

From 2002 until 2011, Paul Marcarelli, perhaps better known to American audiences as Verizon's "test guy," made a career starring in television commercials, wandering the width and breadth of the United States, holding a phone to his ear and asking the simple question, "Can you hear me now?" Verizon was, and is, in the communications business in which the ability to send a message is only as good as the corresponding ability to receive it.

On Thursday, Vladimir Putin, Russia's much-maligned president, delivered his state of the nation address to the Russian Federal Assembly (the Russian national Legislature, consisting of the State Duma, or lower house, and the Russian Council, or upper house). While the first half of his speech dealt with Russian domestic issues-and any American who has bought into Western media perceptions that Russia is a collapsing state, possessing a failed economy, would do well to read this portion of the speech - it was the second half of the presentation that caused the world to sit up and listen.

Russia and China would aim for US' Achilles heel in a war: Satellites

Dave Majumdar
The National Interest
Wed, 07 Mar 2018 00:00 UTC

Russian and Chinese space capabilities are growing rapidly, but moreover, both powers are developing counter-space capabilities to blunt America's advantage in that domain.

"Foreign countries - particularly China and Russia - will continue to expand their space-based reconnaissance, communications, and navigation systems in terms of the numbers of satellites, the breadth of their capability, and the applications for use," director of national intelligence Dan Coats said in his written testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 6. "Both Russia and China continue to pursue anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons as a means to reduce US and allied military effectiveness."

Coats noted that both Russia and China continue to press for restrictions on space weapons, but said that during a time of war, both Beijing and Moscow would justify the offensive space operations as a military necessity.

US slams Russia, fails to fault itself in the E. Ghouta crisis

Sputnik
Wed, 07 Mar 2018 21:00 UTC

The US State Department's narrative of Moscow and Damascus' failing to adhere to the provisions of UN Resolution 2401 clearly contradict facts on the ground. Meanwhile, it has turned out that the areas where the resolution remains largely neglected and people are not getting much needed humanitarian aid are those controlled by the US.

On March 6, the US State Department once again verbally attacked Russia and the Syrian government for what it called an attempt to "feign implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2401" and the demonstration of "complete disregard for the ongoing humanitarian disaster that still unfolds."

'Brutal Airstrikes by Russia and the Syrian Gov't Continue'

"Brutal airstrikes by Russia and the regime continue, especially in Eastern Ghouta, despite the unanimous UN Security Council vote on February 24th to demand an immediate cessation of hostilities throughout Syria," State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told a press briefing. "The strikes on Eastern Ghouta in recent days have demonstrated the farcical nature of Russia's proposed humanitarian corridor."

However, while citing UN Resolution 2401, which calls for the implementation of a 30-day ceasefire across Syria, the State Department spokesperson somehow failed to mention that the document clarifies that the truce does not apply to military actions against Daesh (ISIS/ISIL), al-Qaeda, al-Nusra Front and "and all other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with al-Qaeda or ISIL, and other terrorist groups, as designated by the Security Council."

Comment: When did the life of an ideology become more important than the lives of the people it professes to serve? Some countries get this. At least one doesn't.

The US has been outgunned, outmatched by Russia says top general seeking budget increase

RT
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 04:43 UTC

US troops in the Baltic countries would be "outranged, outgunned and outmatched" by Russians in case of a conflict, the head of the US European Command told lawmakers, seeking to secure funds in the face of a Moscow "threat."

"If you look at it in a concentrated way on the border of Eastern Europe and only on the ground force, I would agree with that statement," General Curtis Scaparrotti told Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday.

Inhofe was referring to the recent RAND Corporation report which found that Russian forces could take the capitals of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania within 60 hours. The report has been compiled over the past several years, with the assistance of EUCOM, Scaparrotti said.

"I don't have any argument with the basis of the report and the threat that we have," he added. Though the RAND report concluded that NATO has "sufficient resources, personnel, and equipment to enhance conventional deterrence focused on Russia," it argued a "more robust posture ... is worthy of consideration". "Hence my comment that I don't have all the forces I need in Europe today," Scaparrotti lamented, despite admitting that the US has "repostured forces" and "rewritten plans" of containing Russia over the past few years.

Last month, EUCOM requested $6.5 billion for its European Deterrence Initiative in 2019, which is roughly $2 billion more than requested for fiscal 2018.

Comment: It's all about inflation: Inflated money, inflated risk, inflated egos, inflated fear. When in doubt, whether justified or not, merely inflate the cause and throw money at it. When that doesn't work, do it again.

Erdogan: Turkey to clear terrorists in N. Syria up to Iraq border

Sputnik
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:43 UTC

The Turkish armed forces will clear the territory from the eastern bank of the Euphrates in Syria up to the border with Iraq of terrorists, after it does the same in Afrin and Manbij cities, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday.

"Today we are in Afrin, tomorrow we will be in Manbij, the next day we will ensure that the territory from the east bank of Euphrates will be cleared from terrorists up to the border with Iraq," Erdogan was quoted as saying by the Haberturk media outlet.

Speaking further, the Turkish head pointed out that the center of the Syrian city of Afrin was surrounded, adding that the Turkish forces were ready to enter it at any moment.

"Our target is Afrin. We have reached a good point. A total of 3,171 have been neutralized. Afrin's center is surrounded. We are ready to enter the center at any moment," Erdogan was quoted as saying by the Haberturk media outlet.

Comment: Sovereignty only seems to mean something when it is your own country being infringed upon. Erdogan has broken international laws by invading Syria for the purpose of eliminating Kurds from its southern border.

Khamenei: "We'll talk when we step into America', regional Iranian affairs none of US' business

RT
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:52 UTC

Tehran won't seek permission from Washington to maintain its presence in the Middle East, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has declared, adding that Tehran will talk with Americans if Iran decides to project power in their neighborhood.

The presence of the US military all across the globe and in the Middle East in particular is "malicious and seditious," Iran's supreme leader Khamenei said on his official website. Thus, Washington is no position to allow or disallow Tehran to increase its influence in the region, he emphasized, according to Reuters. "We will negotiate with America when we want to be present in America," the Iranian leader added.

The statement came as Khamenei was commenting on a recent visit to Iran of French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, who reassured Tehran of Europe's commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal. However, Le Drian also relayed European concerns over Iran's missile program and its policies in the Middle East, which pretty-much echoed the US reservations about the Islamic Republic.

"European countries come [to Tehran] and say we want to negotiate with Iran over its presence in the region. It is none of your business. It is our region. Why are you here?" Khamenei wondered.

Comment: Memo to US: If you lay down the rules, you had best follow them yourself. US-created paper tigers do not legitimize buildups of US military might and mission creep, no matter how good the propaganda. By tossing out unending false accusations, eventually the targets are assured to respond -- fulfilling US 'prophesy'. It's rigged.

Dept. of Justice announces 'Fast and Furious' docs withheld by Eric Holder will be released

Katie Pavlich
Townhall
Wed, 07 Mar 2018 12:45 UTC

The Department of Justice announced Wednesday additional documents related to the Operation Fast and Furious scandal during the Obama administration will be released to the House Oversight Committee. The documents were previously withheld by Attorney General Eric Holder, who was voted in civil and criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to turn them over. President Obama invoked executive privilege in June 2012 to prevent their release just hours before the contempt vote was held.

"The Department of Justice under my watch is committed to transparency and the rule of law. This settlement agreement is an important step to make sure that the public finally receives all the facts related to Operation Fast and Furious," Attorney General Jeff Sessions released in a statement.

The Department stated the document release is part of "the conditional settlement agreement, filed in federal court in Washington D.C." and "would end six years of litigation arising out of the previous administration's refusal to produce documents requested by the Committee."

Zionist lobby, backed by Adelson, is greasing the skids for McMaster's oust

Whitney Webb
MintPress News
Tue, 06 Mar 2018 00:00 UTC

Since replacing embattled former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Gen. H.R. McMaster has been a key fixture of the Trump White House, helping to guide the president's neoconservative foreign policy - particularly in Afghanistan and Syria. Yet recent reports have suggested that McMaster's days may be numbered, owing to differences of "personality" and "style" with the president and months of tensions said to have resulted from McMaster's private criticisms of the president's intelligence.

While mainstream reports have painted McMaster's likely departure as resulting from clashes with the president himself, the more likely reason for his exit is an effort by the pro-Israel lobby, namely the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) - the oldest Zionist organization in the United States. Though it was once considered the most influential Zionist organization in the U.S., ZOA lost prestige after Israel's founding, only to regain influence in recent decades by appealing to hard-line, conservative American Jews and Christian Zionists.

Beginning in August of last year, ZOA has lobbied to have McMaster replaced as the head of the National Security Council owing to what ZOA asserts is an "anti-Israel" bias. ZOA President Morton Klein, a long-time admirer of former Trump advisor and Christian Zionist Steve Bannon, expressed major concerns over McMaster's stance on issues involving Israel and its arch-rival Iran.

Comment: Geez what choices... At least McMaster anchors some perspective. These other potential candidates are zionist cookie cutter stooges. Sometimes the most valuable person on a team is the one that doesn't follow the pack. Is Trump going to allow a lobby and a rich guy to dictate his team? Probably.

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Puppet Masters

Oleg Deripaska op-ed: The Deep State's ever-changing 'Russia narrative' is false public manipulation

Outrage as UK government looks to seal Saudi £10 billion fighter jet deal and much more during Prince's visit

'If the button is pushed, There's no running away' America, are you listening?

Russia and China would aim for US' Achilles heel in a war: Satellites

US slams Russia, fails to fault itself in the E. Ghouta crisis

The US has been outgunned, outmatched by Russia says top general seeking budget increase

Erdogan: Turkey to clear terrorists in N. Syria up to Iraq border

Khamenei: "We'll talk when we step into America', regional Iranian affairs none of US' business

Dept. of Justice announces 'Fast and Furious' docs withheld by Eric Holder will be released

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