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Kremlin reveals who nuclear doctrine change is aimed at


RT
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:14 UTC
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© yulenochekk/File/Getty ImagesRed Square • Moscow
Putin's proposal to update Russia's nuclear doctrine should discourage the West from supporting aggression against Moscow, the Kremlin says.

A proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin to update the national nuclear doctrine should serve as a warning to Western states of what could happen if they support aggression against Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

On Wednesday, Putin suggested that the new nuclear strategy should treat "aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state" as a "joint attack" that would cross the nuclear threshold.

The implication is that the new rules would apply to a possible Ukrainian attack deep inside Russia with advanced weapons supplied by the US, Britain or France.

According to the Russian leader, Moscow would also "consider" resorting to a nuclear option if it gets "reliable information" about a "massive" missile strike launched by another state against Russia or its closest ally, Belarus.

Comment: Clearly and succinctly the stakes have risen.

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USA

The stage is being set for the greatest period of chaos in U.S. history

Michael Snyder
themostimportantnews.com
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:00 UTC
USA drain
© UnknownAmerica Going Down The Drain
If chaos is what they intended, everything is coming together beautifully. Major wars threaten to throw the entire planet into a state of turmoil, criminals are running wild in our streets, and in a little over a month the outcome of the presidential election is likely to cause an unprecedented explosion of anger. If all of this wasn't bad enough, our politicians have been allowing millions of desperate people to come pouring over our wide open borders. Some of these "new arrivals" belong to international criminal gangs, and members of these gangs are being arrested for violent acts, theft, drug dealing and sex trafficking all over America. Other "new arrivals" belong to terror groups in the Middle East, and you would think that this would be a major national security concern. Russians have also been crossing the border illegally, as have very large numbers of military-age Chinese men. The stage is being set for the greatest period of chaos in U.S. history, and this should deeply alarm all of us.

Since Joe Biden has been in the White House, we have witnessed a spike in migration that is absolutely unprecedented in our history.

Millions of people have been allowed in, and once they get into this country they can go wherever they want.
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Arrow Down

Biden drains remaining Ukraine aid funds


RT
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:03 UTC
Zelbiden
© Michael M Santiago/file/Getty ImagesUkrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and US President Joe Biden
The US president's authorization from Congress to spend the money expires next week.

US President Joe Biden announced nearly $8 billion in military aid to Ukraine on Thursday, releasing the remaining funding authorized by Congress. Lawmakers recently declined to extend the availability of certain funds beyond next week's deadline.

The funding includes $2.4 billion under the Pentagon's Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and $5.5 billion under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA). The mechanisms allow payments to arms manufacturers and permit weapons to be drawn directly from American military stockpiles. The latter sum was set to expire at the end of this month, which marks the end of the fiscal year in the US.

The White House had hoped that the US Congress would allow the PDA money to be spent at a later point. However, legislation passed on Wednesday did not include any such clause, reportedly following resistance from Republicans skeptical of the continued bankrolling of Kiev.

Comment: Another US cash flush - down the Ukraine drain.

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Cult

US intel agencies fear 'lethal retaliation' from Russia - NYT


RT
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 13:05 UTC
FILE PHOTO: A test-launch of the Russian Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile.
© Sputnik / Russian Defense MinistryFILE PHOTO: A test-launch of the Russian Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile.
Moscow could "covertly sabotage" American bases if Ukraine is allowed to strike deeper inside Russia, the newspaper has claimed

US intelligence agencies have warned that Moscow may directly retaliate against Kiev's Western backers if they permit Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike deep inside Russia, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

According to an intelligence assessment cited by the newspaper, analysts believe that even if Ukraine is allowed to use Western-supplied missiles freely, it will not significantly impact the conflict due to their limited numbers. Furthermore, after initial strikes, Russia would likely relocate vital functions out of range, making it harder for Kiev to achieve any military objectives.

Moreover, such a decision would be a high-stakes gamble, as it could lead to "lethal" attacks on US military assets worldwide, the NYT reported.

Russia's potential responses could range "from stepped-up acts of arson and sabotage targeting facilities in Europe to potentially lethal attacks on US and European military bases," according to the assessment. US officials reportedly believe that if Moscow decides to retaliate, it will likely do so "covertly" rather than through overt attacks to reduce the risk of a wider conflict.

Comment: It appears that some in the Western power circles still have some sort of intact self-preservation instinct.

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Penis Pump

British army is too small - House of Lords report concludes


RT
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:46 UTC
British army
Junior soldiers take part in their graduation parade at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate, England, August 8, 2024
The UK's armed forces would get "chewed up" in a large-scale conflict, a House of Lords report has found

The British military does not have enough troops to fight a modern war and is "unprepared" for a potential conflict with Russia, a report compiled by the House of Lords has concluded. The report is the latest in a long line of publications and statements casting doubt on Britain's ability to engage in warfare.

The British Army currently fields 72,500 active-duty troops, down from a peak of more than 163,000 in the early 1980s. This downsizing was deliberate, and was based on the belief that "the use of advanced technology" would compensate for fewer personnel in uniform, the House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee stated in a report published on Thursday.

"The war in Ukraine, however, has shown that in a conflict between two technologically capable states, technology is not a magic bullet that can swiftly end a war," the report warned. Sheer numbers still matter, and despite the use of drones and electronic warfare, whichever side fields "small, lean, boutique forces" will find that these forces "get chewed up over time," the committee wrote.


Comment: 70000 thousand soldiers is roughly equal to the Ukrainian losses per week in Ukraine according to Russian MOD weekly/monthly reports.


Comment: Monty Python didn't think much of the British army and that was decades ago:

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Cruise Missle

China launches ICBM into Pacific - First test since 1980


RT
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 08:43 UTC
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Beijing has said the "routine" test, the first of its kind since 1980, was not directed against any country.

The Chinese military has test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, calling it part of regular training, although the exercise appears to be the first of its kind over the Pacific Ocean in more than 40 years.

According to officials, the ICBM, equipped with a dummy warhead, was launched from an undisclosed location at 8:44am Beijing time on Wednesday, and splashed down in a designated area in international waters.

The test was part of a "routine arrangement in our annual training plan," the Defense Ministry said.

Analysts have said the ICBM was likely a Dong Feng-41 with an operational range of 15,000 kilometers, or its predecessor, the Dong Feng-31.

China regularly tests short- and mid-range rockets within its territory and over the western Pacific as part of its ballistic missile program, but a test far into international waters is unusual. The last similar launch was believed to be in 1980 when China sent its first ICBM, the Dong Feng-5, into the Pacific Ocean.

Comment: The test comes at a time when the US is trying to create a socalled Asian NATO with South Korea Australia and Japan as partners.

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Bad Guys

Anglo-Americans attacked ally with Nord Stream sabotage - Russian intelligence


RT
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:20 UTC
FILE PHOTO: Gas leak in the Baltic Sea after the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage in September 2022.
© Danish Defense / Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesFILE PHOTO: Gas leak in the Baltic Sea after the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage in September 2022.
The US and UK are forcing Germany to hide the truth and blame "Ukrainian desperados," the SVR has claimed

The US and UK masterminded the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in an act of economic warfare against their EU allies, Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service has claimed.

The assessment released on Thursday, on the second anniversary of the undersea bombing, detailed an alleged effort by Washington and London to interfere in the investigation and blame another party.

Comment: Two years after the Nord Stream sabotage that destroyed infrastructure which had required about 10 billion Euros to build, the governments conducting investigations have revealed little. Sweden and Denmark closed down their investigation without being able to say much. The German Government dragged its feet and came up with some indications and on that basis issued a warrant for a Ukrainian. It is revealing, that the governments of the involved European countries apparently are satisfied with such explanations. For more articles about the Nord Stream sabotage event, see:

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Heart - Black

Banning Russia from Auschwitz ceremony 'perverted' - Serbian president


RT
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:39 UTC
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© Omar Marques / Getty Images
Excluding Russia from ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops illustrates what's wrong with the West, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said.

Troops of the Red Army's 332nd Rifle Division reached the death camp, built in southern Poland by Nazi Germany, on January 27, 1945, liberating around 7,000 remaining prisoners.

"Soon you will have the ceremony marking the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp," Vucic told Serbian media on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York.

"Those who liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Russians, won't be invited. I presume that those who had the camp built will be invited," Vucic said. "Everything in this world is, pardon my phrase, perverted and inverted."
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Chess

Netanyahu's Lebanon Gambit

Seymour Hersh
Substack
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 20:08 UTC
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© Photo byMahmoud Zayyat / AFP via Getty Images.Smoke billows from a site targeted by Israeli shelling in Zaita, in the southern Lebanon, on September 23
One way to understand the dramatic events of the past week, and the restitution of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political standing in Israel, is to recall a famous statement of Admiral Ernest King, the US chief of naval operations throughout the Second World War. As the war neared its end, so the story goes, King was told by an aide that a group of reporters wanted an interview with him. "When it's over," he replied, "tell them who won."

It could be Netanyahu's motto today. I was surprised to be told recently by a well-informed official in Washington that things had changed dramatically in the war in Gaza — in Israel's favor. There is no longer a possibility or a need for a ceasefire in Gaza, the official said. I further learned that ceasefire talk had been muted because, obviously, there is now a renewed Israeli war against the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. Amid the continuing carnage, Bibi's standing inside Israel has soared as the death toll in Lebanon has risen.
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Attention

The UN won't protect Gaza, but can adopt a 'Pact for the Future?'

Pepe Escobar
The Cradle
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:53 UTC
The United Nations has become a parody of itself. As world leaders gathered in New York this week, Gaza, Lebanon, and Palestine were nowhere on the agenda, but a rammed-through US Pact designed to protect the 'rules-based order' was right at the top.
Gaza Ruins
© The Cradle
The United Nations and its Security Council's inability - and unwillingness - to stop a live-streamed genocide has discredited it beyond any possible redemption. Any serious resolution inflicting serious consequences to Israel's deadly psychopathology was, is, and will be blocked at the UN Security Council.

Cue to a surrealist spectacle this past Sunday and Monday in New York right before the 79th annual General Assembly, where heads of state convened to deliver their lofty speeches at the GA podium.

UN member-states adopted a Pact for the Future, with 143 votes in favor, only seven against, and 15 abstentions. The devil is in the details, of course: who actually designed it and approved it; how did it make its way to the top of the agenda while the world is burning; and why do we smell a (giant) rat?

The UN public relations machine announced, cheerfully, that the "key outcome of the Summit of the Future is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to steer humanity on a new course towards our common future."

Nice language, but to be clear, this is nothing like the Chinese, inclusive, philosophical concept of "community of a shared future for mankind." It's more like the common future envisaged by the Atlanticist plutocracy that rules the so-called "garden," which only produces diktats for the "jungle."
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