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Poland's foreign minister says sending NATO troops to Ukraine 'not unthinkable'

Tom Ozimek
Epoch Times
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC
Ukrainian servicemen prepare their weapons during a military training exercise near the front line in the Donetsk region, on Feb. 23, 2024.
© Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty ImagesUkrainian servicemen prepare their weapons during a military training exercise near the front line in the Donetsk region, on Feb. 23, 2024.
Radoslaw Sikorski, Poland's foreign minister, said that the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine should not be ruled out.

Poland's foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Friday that it's "not unthinkable" for NATO forces to be deployed to Ukraine after French President Emmanuel Macron issued a similar warning that prompted backlash and backpedaling from other leaders.

Mr. Sikorski made the remark during a panel discussion in the Polish parliament in Warsaw on March 8, held to mark the 25th anniversary of Poland's accession to the trans-atlantic defense pact.

"The presence of NATO forces in Ukraine is not unthinkable," Mr. Sikorski said, per a translation of his remarks by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Comment: Western leaders, yet again, reveal their complete lack of common sense.
And Russia is, once again, showing they're the only adults in the room, through patience and offering to negotiate. One wonders who is more reasonable and who thinks more about the consequences of their action. The Western leaders appear more like miffed children in a playground than leaders.

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Bad Guys

Liz Cheney, January 6 committee deep-sixed exonerating evidence of Trump's push for National Guard

Mollie Hemingway
The Federalist
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:48 UTC
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© Bill Clark/CQ Roll CallLike father, like daughter, and not in a good way.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney looks on as his daughter Rep. Liz Cheney takes the oath of office, Jan. 3, 2017.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney's January 6 Committee suppressed evidence that President Donald Trump pushed for 10,000 National Guard troops to protect the nation's capital, a previously hidden transcript obtained by The Federalist shows.

Cheney and her committee falsely claimed they had "no evidence" to support Trump officials' claims the White House had communicated its desire for 10,000 National Guard troops. In fact, an early transcribed interview conducted by the committee included precisely that evidence from a key source. The interview, which Cheney attended and personally participated in, was suppressed from public release until now.

Deputy Chief of Staff Anthony Ornato's first transcribed interview with the committee was conducted on January 28, 2022. In it, he told Cheney and her investigators that he overheard White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows push Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to request as many National Guard troops as she needed to protect the city.

Comment: The whole affair smells to high heaven.

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Saying "Hamas just needs to surrender" is saying "We'll kill kids until we get what we want"

Caitlin Johnstone
Caitlin's Newsletter
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:44 UTC
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© unknownUS President Joe Biden
Of the many awful warmonger comments President Biden made in his State of the Union address Thursday night, arguably the worst was when he reiterated the US empire's position that it is fine and good for the IDF to keep murdering Gazan civilians until Hamas bows to all of Israel's demands.

Biden did this by lamenting the "heartbreaking" death and starvation of civilians in Gaza while in the same breath stating that Hamas could end all of this violence by laying down arms and surrendering those responsible for the October 7 attack. Biden said:
"Israel has a right to go after Hamas. Hamas ended this conflict by releasing the hostages, laying down arms — could end it by — by releasing the hostages, laying down arms, and surrendering those responsible for October 7th.

"This war has taken a greater toll on innocent civilians than all previous wars in Gaza combined. More than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed, most of whom are not Hamas. Thousands and thousands of innocents — women and children. Girls and boys also orphaned. Nearly 2 million more Palestinians under bombardment or displacement. Homes destroyed, neighborhoods in rubble, cities in ruin. Families without food, water, medicine."
"It's heartbreaking," added Biden, referring to the genocide that he himself is actively backing and could choose to end at any time.
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Fearful electioneering turbo charges Western warmongering


Strategic Culture Foundation
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC
TrumBden
© The Duran/Mark Pekmezian/KJNThe Grenade vs The Cone
Western political leaders are digging a deeper hole for their eventual collapse.

Western states are facing an acute political crisis whereby their established governing parties and leaders are fighting for survival amid a grave loss in legitimacy in the eyes of their electorates.

In the United States, incumbent President Joe Biden is vying for reelection in November with historically lowest poll numbers ever for an occupant of the White House.

Meanwhile, across the European Union, governing parties and leaders are braced for a drubbing from parliamentary elections in June.

The roots of this unprecedented loss of legitimacy among Western political establishments are manifold. But surely one cause is the rank hypocrisy of Western leaders that has now been laid bare. How can political figures expect to have any moral authority when they are seen to be inveterate liars and shamelessly corrupt?

Western governments and their servile media lecture about "democracy", "human rights" and upholding "law and order". They claim to be motivated by such principles in their support of Ukraine against alleged Russian aggression. Yet these same governments are complicit in the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza through their unwavering support for the Israeli regime.

Western leaders have been fatally exposed and compromised by the conflict in Ukraine and Gaza. The contradiction is terminal.

Comment: We may all be dumbfounded how quickly Biden's poll numbers resurrect from the 'dead'.

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First fatal attack on shipping by Yemen's Houthi rebels escalates risk for reeling Mideast

Jon Bambrell
Associated Press
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:07 UTC
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© DVIDS/Handout via ReutersAn aerial view of the Barbados-flagged ship True Confidence ablaze following a Houthi missile attack at sea, March 6, 2024, in this handout photo.
The first fatal attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on shipping threatens to further sever a crucial maritime artery for global trade and carries with it risks beyond those just at sea.

Already, the White House is warning that there will be a response to Wednesday's attack on the Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned bulk carrier True Confidence in the Gulf of Aden. What that will look like remains unclear, but the U.S. has already launched round after round of airstrikes targeting the Houthis, a rebel group that has held Yemen's capital since 2014, and more are likely on the way.

However, a wider economic, humanitarian and political impact is looming from the attack. It also further highlights Yemen's years-long war, now overshadowed by Israel's grinding war on Hamas on the Gaza Strip that may reach into the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, raising the danger of worsening regional anger.

Comment: AP also writes that three Red Sea data cables have been cut as Houthis launch more attacks. Israel boasts of being one of the most advanced high tech countries in the world, so despite the Houthi's denial, it seems an elegant and inexpensive way to hinder their enemy . . . .
Three cables under the Red Sea that provide global internet and telecommunications have been cut as the waterway remains a target of Yemen's Houthi rebels, officials said Monday. Meanwhile, a Houthi missile attack set a ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden, but caused no injuries.

What cut the lines remains unclear. There has been concern about the cables being targeted in the Houthi campaign, which the rebels describe as an effort to pressure Israel to end its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Houthis have denied attacking the lines, however.

While global shipping has already been disrupted through the Red Sea, a crucial route for cargo and energy shipments from Asia and the Middle East to Europe, the sabotage of telecommunication lines could further escalate the monthslong crisis.

The cut lines include Asia-Africa-Europe 1, the Europe India Gateway, Seacom and TGN-Gulf, Hong Kong-based HGC Global Communications said. It described the cuts as affecting 25% of the traffic flowing through the Red Sea. It described the Red Sea route as crucial for data moving from Asia to Europe and said it had begun rerouting traffic.

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In early February, Yemen's internationally recognized government in exile alleged that the Houthis planned to attack the cables. The lines appeared to have been cut on Feb. 24, with the organization NetBlocks noticing internet access in the East African nation of Djibouti suffering from interruptions two days later. Seacom serves Djibouti.

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The Houthis insist their attacks will continue until Israel stops its combat operations in the Gaza Strip, which have enraged the wider Arab world and seen the Houthis gain international recognition.


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The Biden doctrine in Gaza: bomb, starve, deceive

Aaron Maté
Aaronmate.net
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC
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© Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
The White House unveils a new PR stunt for Gaza aid while hiding US arms transfers to Israel.

At his State of the Union address Thursday night, President Biden announced that the US military will install a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza to deliver emergency aid to the besieged enclave, where more than 2.2 million Palestinians face a humanitarian crisis, including starvation. The pier, which will take weeks if not months to complete, will be built by US soldiers.

The US, Biden claimed, "has been leading international efforts to get more humanitarian assistance into Gaza" and believes that "protecting and saving innocent lives has to be a priority."

In reality, the emergency project underscores Biden's real priority: to prolong Israel's rampage in Gaza, the US is even willing to deploy its own military for face-saving public relations stunts.

With criticism of Biden's Gaza complicity increasing inside the Democratic Party, and threatening him at the ballot box, the pier is the latest in a series of token gestures aimed at feigning concern for Gazans while providing unfettered support to the Israeli government that is indiscriminately attacking them.
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Building alliances: Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to Mar-a-Lago resort


Washington Examiner
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:52 UTC
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© Viven Cher Benko/EPADonald Trump and Viktor Orban spoke about “many things” when they met in Bedminster, New Jersey, August 2022
Former President Donald Trump met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Friday, an unconventional move since Orban did not meet with President Joe Biden during the trip.

Trump's presidential campaign claimed the pair met to discuss a "wide range of issues affecting Hungary and the United States, including the paramount importance of strong and secure borders to protect the sovereignty of each nation."

"He's a non-controversial figure because he says, 'This is the way it's going to be,' and that's the end of it. Right?" Trump said of the Hungarian prime minister in a video on Instagram. "He's the boss."

Comment: Ah, Viktor. Scourge of the woke and perennial thorn in the EU side. Long may you wave!

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Dominoes

Spain's PM proposes to recognize Palestinian state


Associated Press
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 16:24 UTC
Pedro Sanchez, Spain's Prime Minister
© AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, FilePedro Sanchez, Spain's Prime Minister delivers his speech at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 17, 2024. Sánchez said Saturday March 9, 2024 that he will propose that Spain's parliament recognizes a Palestinian state.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Saturday that he will propose that Spain's parliament recognizes a Palestinian state.

"I will propose granting Spain's recognition to the Palestinian state," Sánchez said. "I do this out of moral conviction, for a just cause and because it is the only way that the two states, Israel and Palestine, can live together in peace."

Sánchez added his voice to a chorus of other European leaders and government officials who have said that they could support a two-state solution in the Middle East as international frustration grows with Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories.

Comment: It may be a bit premature to be considering how life will look 'afterwards', because Israel and the West seem appear intent on escalating the war of terror ever further:

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US puppets: Kurds fear 'Afghanistan-style' withdrawal from Syria


The Cradle
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:25 UTC
Kurdish militia
The US military's Kurdish proxies occupying northeast Syria fear an "Afghanistan-like pullout" of US forces that would leave them at the mercy of their long-time enemy Turkiye, Middle East Eye (MEE) reported on 8 March.

Turkiye has escalated its airstrikes on areas in northeast Syria occupied by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in recent months; at the same time, Washington is in talks with the Iraqi government to potentially withdraw forces from Iraq.

The 900 US soldiers occupying northeast Syria with the SDF receive logistical support from US forces in Iraq. Any US withdrawal from Iraq may necessitate US withdrawal from Syria as well.

"The whole region is on fire and nobody will respond to Turkey's aggression against us when everyone is busy with Gaza. We have asked the US to rein in Turkey, but they have brushed us off," said Mahmoud Meslat, co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), the political wing of the SDF.

In recent months, Turkiye has bombed power stations, the region's electric grid, medical facilities, and oil fields, leaving millions without electricity or access to clean drinking water.

Kurdish fears of being abandoned by the US remain despite a visit last week to northeast Syria by US General Erik Kurilla.


Comment: Anyone with two neurons firing could see that relying on the US would not be viable long term solution. The Kurdish forces chose to not learn from history, though there are abundant examples in recent history of the US dropping useful 'allies' when the situation proved convenient.


Comment: Yes, it was always just a sinister plan by the US to deprive Syria the resources for rebuilding while sowing seeds of division.
Vanessa Beeley gives a good background of the Kurds from different perspectives in this article from 2019 and still the same is the situation 5 years later. Background: A guide to Turkey, the Kurds and NATO

The Kurds were given many opportunities in the past by the Syrian government to come into the fold under favorable conditions to the Kurds, yet each time, the Kurds chose to listen to the sweet words from the US. This article highlights that, even if it is 5 years old: Syrian Kurds are not helpless victims: They gambled, and lost
It's one thing to defend your nation or territories, it's another to be greedy and feel like you're untouchable. The Kurds arrogantly denied any cooperation with the Syrian government and Russia and heavily relied on the US to defend them. They placed a bet that nobody can win. The US is well known for treating their proxies just as vassals who'll do the dirty work and then would be thrown in the graveyard of history when they become useless.
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Neil Oliver: '...truth against lies...'

Neil Oliver
YouTube
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:06 UTC
Neil Oliver
Neil Oliver
'...with an onslaught of attacks from Big State and Big Tech people need to stick together & hold the line!'

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