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Gaza war persists due to US and Israeli 'stubbornness' - Moscow


RT
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 12:02 UTC
Gaza
Smoke rises among the residential areas after Israeli attacks in Gaza.
The two nations are preventing the UN Security Council from stopping "the vicious cycle of violence," a Russian envoy has said.

The uncompromising stance being taken by Israel and the US is making it impossible to end the conflict in Gaza, Russia's permanent representative to the UN has said.

Vassily Nebenzia made the comments during a UN Security Council session dedicated to the year-old Gaza crisis in the Middle East on Tuesday.

The attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on October 7 last year, in which some 1,200 Israelis were killed and 250 taken hostage, was "a tragedy" but it is being used to justify "the merciless and inhumane mass collective punishment of the Palestinians," the envoy said.

The people of Gaza "are facing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe unseen since World War Two," he stressed.

Comment: Israel is able to continue to invade and bomb sovereign nations due to the US. Without US support, Israel wouldn't do anything and would quickly discover that it would be in its interests to make friends with its neighbours instead of enemies. Yet, the US continues to send weapons, troops and money to prop up the regime.

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Star of David

Best of the Web: Washington spent at least $23bn in ONE YEAR to 'assist' Israel: Report


The Cradle
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 20:00 UTC
A GBU-31 Version 3 america bomb
© U.S. ArmyA GBU-31 Version 3 munition lays on a munition assembly conveyor at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho,.
The historic figure does not include details of hundreds of arms deals that US officials obscured by keeping them below the threshold that would have required Congress approval

The US government spent at least $22.76 billion between 7 October 2023 and 30 September 2024 to support Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and fuel the raging regional war, according to a report published by Brown University's Costs of War project.

Since the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood by Hamas one year ago, Washington provided Israel with $17.9 billion in military aid alone, the highest amount in the two countries' histories, adjusted for inflation. Nevertheless, the report highlights that "this figure represents only a partial picture of total US support for the Israeli [army] over that time period."

A large portion of Washington's "security assistance" for Israel consists of munitions, from artillery shells to 2,000-pound bombs that have been dropped over residential areas in Gaza and Lebanon.
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Vapid Kamala Harris' '60 Minutes' trainwreck shows why she's avoided press meetings

Dan McLaughlin
New York Post
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 19:43 UTC
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© 60 Minutes / CBSVice President Kamala Harris was interviewed by Bill Whitaker on the "60 Minutes" special.
Every interview Kamala Harris does reminds us why she does so few. Even with a sympathetic questioner in CBS' Bill Whitaker and a lot of editing, her pre-recorded 60 Minutes sit-down that aired Monday didn't go well.

Harris gave us a glimpse into her mind, and there's not much there.

Be thankful for small favors: At least she didn't deflect anything with "I grew up a middle-class kid."

But her canned evasions still aren't actually answers to the big questions of this election: What she really believes, how she'd offer "change" from Joe Biden, what she plans to do, or why anyone should expect any of her policies to work.

Whitaker challenged Harris on a few points, but this shouldn't have been a hard interview.

There were no "gotcha" questions. There were no surprises.

Comment: Kamala's debacle gets even better, as CBS tries to pull her buns out of the fire:




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Best of the Web: Danish media reports US Navy was spotted near Nord Stream blasts


RT
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:34 UTC
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© Getty Images / Reinaldo UbillaWasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge at the harbour in Stockholm, Sweden, ahead of the 'Baltops 22' exercise.
American warships were operating in the area with their transponders switched off, Politiken has reported

US Navy vessels were operating near the Nord Stream pipelines shortly before the explosions that crippled the connectors in the Baltic Sea, Danish newspaper Politiken has reported, citing a local harbormaster. The newspaper added that their transponders - used to locate vessels for safety purposes - had been switched off.

The crucial energy infrastructure, built to deliver Russian gas to Germany and the rest of Europe, was ruptured by underwater blasts in September 2022.

The piece by Politiken was published on September 26 but largely went unnoticed. However, it resurfaced on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, with claims being reposted by Glenn Greenwald and other prominent journalists.

Comment: Practically a freaking confession. You know you live in a vassal state when your leader submits to having your entire economy wrecked in pursuit of his master's goals:



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USA

USA: Elections in the midst of a dictatorship

Eduardo Vasco
Strategic Culture Foundation
Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC
Hoover
Imposing candidates, controlling public opinion and widespread repression of dissidents have been essential elements of the celebration of democracy in the United States.

All major Western media outlets, controlled by Washington's disinformation and propaganda apparatus, are providing extensive news coverage (or rather, "journalistic") of the presidential elections. The country is portrayed as a bastion of democracy and free choice for citizens. However, this 'paradise' is being threatened by one of the candidates, who is said to be an aberration and an anomaly of the American system. Therefore, the two assassination attempts against this candidate are justified by the tense climate and the polarization encouraged by him. At the same time, he - Donald Trump - has used these events as a propaganda weapon against his rivals, presenting himself as the victim of a regime controlled by the Democratic Party that has destroyed the American dream.

Both sides have used all the latest tools to gain the slightest advantage over their opponents. The most widely used is the spread of fake news. But Kamala Harris and the Democrats have been shielded from most of the accusations by the press that is linked to them.

Despite being an absolute demagogue, Trump is right when he says that the U.S. is living under a kind of dictatorial regime. However, this is not exactly due to the Democrats and it is not something new. The U.S. has always been a dictatorship, at least since it became a capitalist power.

Comment: "This is the country that wants to teach the rest of the world a lesson in democracy." Perhaps democracy should teach this country a lesson!

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Billionaires supporting Harris likely on Epstein list - Musk


RT
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:09 UTC
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© Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesElon Musk at a Trump rally
Backers of the Democratic presidential candidate are "terrified" of a Trump victory, the SpaceX CEO believes.

Many of the billionaires backing US Vice President Kamala Harris in the November election are likely "terrified" about Jeffrey Epstein's client list becoming public if Republican Donald Trump wins, according to SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Epstein, a financier who socialized with the rich and famous for decades, was arrested in 2019 for pimping out young women, including many minors, to his powerful acquaintances, whom he often flew to his private island in the Caribbean. The list of Epstein's "guests" and other evidence that has reportedly been gathered by the FBI has since remained under lock and key, even after Epstein died under suspicious circumstances in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019. His death was officially ruled a suicide.

Last month, Trump suggested in an interview with Lex Friedman that Epstein's "black book" could be made public if he wins in November.

Speaking with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday, Musk claimed that Harris was simply a "marionette" and that there are actually over a hundred "puppet masters" behind her, most of whom the billionaire said he probably knows personally. The tech mogul then went on to say that he would find it interesting to see the top one hundred of these "puppet masters" compared with the Epstein client list, suggesting there would be a "strong overlap."

Comment: Tangible evidence? Kill the messenger! Protection runs deep on this one.

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You will comply: This post-Soviet country is too independent for the West. Punishment is at hand

Tarik Cyril Amar
RT
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:24 UTC
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© Daro Sulakauri/Getty ImagesProtestors clash with law enforcement during demonstrations • Tbilisi, Georgia
Washington and Brussels are ramping up the pressure on Georgia again, believing others' sovereignty isn't the same as theirs.

Say what you will about the EU's "elites," they are persistent. They are on the verge of losing the Ukraine proxy war they have been waging under US command against Russia, but they never miss a chance to antagonize. This time it's Georgia's turn - the one in the Caucasus, of course: Brussels would never dare raise its voice about anything in the US, no matter how rotten the sorry remnants of "democracy" are over there.

If the Georgian government - duly elected and all that but still led by the Georgian Dream party, which Eurocrats love to hate - won't do as told by the EU, then, so the warning from the European Commission, "all options are on the table, including the potential temporary suspension of the visa liberalization scheme." What this means is that Georgians would lose their right, based on a 2017 agreement, to travel to and within the EU's Schengen Zone for up to six months without a visa.
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Harris reveals position on 'talks with Putin'


RT
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 08:23 UTC
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© Getty ImagesPresidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris
Ukraine must have a say in any diplomatic engagement about its future, the US vice president has said.

US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has ruled out talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to settle the Ukraine conflict, unless Kiev also participates in the process.

In an interview with CBS on Monday, Harris was asked whether she would be willing to meet with the Russian leader to achieve peace in the conflict that has lasted nearly three years. "Not bilaterally without Ukraine, no. Ukraine must have a say in the future of Ukraine," she said.

Pressed on whether she would support fulfilling Ukraine's longstanding request to join NATO, she did not give a direct answer, saying it was an issue "we will deal with if and when it arrives at that point," adding
"Right now, we are supporting Ukraine's ability to defend itself against Russia's unprovoked aggression."
Harris went on to take a jab at her Republican rival Donald Trump on the issue, saying that "if he were president, Putin would be sitting in Kiev right now."

Comment: Putin in Kiev would be doing Ukraine a huge favor!

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Russian victory will liberate Europe - top French historian


RT
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:08 UTC
Emmanuel Todd
French historian Emmanuel Todd.
European "submission" to the US would be prolonged for a century if Moscow loses in Ukraine, according to Emmanuel Todd

A Ukrainian defeat would represent a victory for Europe, French anthropologist Emmanuel Todd has claimed, in an interview with the Italian news outlet Corriere di Bologna published on Tuesday.

According to Todd, who has stressed that he is not an explicit supporter of Moscow, if Russia were to lose in the Ukraine conflict, this would allow "European submission to the Americans to be prolonged for a century."

The leading intellectual has argued that Europe has effectively delegated the representation of the West to the US and has been paying the consequences ever since. He claims in the interview that nothing can be done to change this fact at the moment due to the ongoing Ukraine conflict, but suggests that its outcome will "decide the fate of Europe."

"If, as I believe, the US is defeated, NATO will disintegrate and Europe will be left free," Todd told the outlet, noting that it is unlikely that Russia would be compelled to militarily attack Western Europe after establishing itself on the Dnieper River.

Comment: The faster the EU countries realise the facts on the ground and make peace with Russia the better. That would not be in the interests of the US which is why it continues to drag out the conflict.

Emmanuel Todd view was pointed out in another article at the beginning of the year called A cult whose demise should probably be regretted:
According to Emmanuel Todd, the West no longer retains its perfectionist edge. Its fundamental task now is merely to avert the impending downfall, if it still can. As Todd cogently argues, the West has not only passed its "active stage," which is reflected in Henri-Frédéric Amiel's cited remark, but also the ensuing civilisation-on-auto-pilot "zombie stage". It now finds itself in the terminal "stage zero," the religious mainsprings whence its civilisation drew its vitality being completely sapped.

In the West, there is no longer a cult of efficiency and perfection capable of nurturing and sustaining a corresponding cultural articulation. The implications of such a view, if correct, are monumental.


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Central Asia in a Boom Over Western Sanctions on Russia

Phil Butler
New Eastern Outlook
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:20 UTC
Central Asia
© New Eastern Outlook
The ever-expanding list of Western sanctions on Russia has an unexpected and less-than-desirable effect. Central Asian countries are experiencing unheard-of growth due to Russian businesses and investors moving to the region.

A brief look at Tajikistan's 7.5% GDP growth, Uzbekistan's predicted 6.5%, Kazakhstan at 5%, followed by Kyrgyzstan with 4.6%, and the brilliant economic warfare waged by the West is a losing proposition. North Americans and Europeans are the only people being hurt by the proxy war in Ukraine and its economic facets.

Washington's geniuses say these Central Asian countries are helping Russia circumvent sanctions imposed by the West over the Ukraine crisis. Given that the E.U. is buying gas and oil from Russia via Indian refineries like there's no tomorrow, it seems like a no-brainer that the former Soviet republics would want to benefit from Western stupidity. Despite Washington and its allies pulling out all the stops against Russia, many countries worldwide are benefitting from and helping the Russian economy. Even with military spending projected to rise by 70%, the Russian deficit should be less than 2%. And there will be no borrowing to compensate.

Another conduit for expanded trade and cooperation is the Eurasian Economic Union with Russia, Belarus, and Armenia. This element facilitates economic integration through common markets, harmonizing regulation, and empowering free trade zones. These Asian partners are taking full advantage by helping Russia export commodities and products and importing from third parties to export into Russia. Consumption is up on both ends, which is good for Russia and her trading partners.
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