Puppet Masters
Ben Caspit also wrote about a fair prospect of a "war of choice," whilst a Haaretz editorial - explains Professor Idan Landau in an Israeli news blog - noted: "The Israeli government therefore owes Israeli citizens a precise, pertinent and persuasive explanation as to why a missile factory in Lebanon has changed the strategic balance to the extent that it requires going to war. It must present assessments to the Israeli public as to the expected number of casualties, damage to civilian infrastructure and the economic cost of going to war, as compared with the danger that construction of the missile factory constitutes."
We live dangerous times in the Middle East today - both in the immediate present, and in the mid-term, too.
The Journal of the American Medical Association published a report Wednesday detailing what they call a "neurotrauma from a nonnatural source" experienced by Americans while in Havana.
According to the U.S. State Department, 24 Americans experienced these mysterious "health attacks" which has left medical officials baffled for more than a year now. After the incidents, the U.S. withdrew most of their diplomats and officials out of Havana.

An Israeli gas platform is seen in the back as a sailor in the Israeli navy stands aboard a patrol boat in the Mediterranean sea some 15 miles (24 km) west of the port city of Ashdod February 25, 2013.
During a televised address in Beirut on Friday, Nasrallah said Hezbollah could "disable [Israel's offshore oil installations] within hours."
"If you prevent us, we prevent you; if you open fire at us, we will open fire," he added during a ceremony commemorating the death of Imad Mughniyeh, the party's former military commander who was assassinated in Damascus in 2008.
According to the indictment, the parties in question formulated a number of plans to support the campaign of President Donald Trump and disparage former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Their plans included political rallies and posing as grassroots groups. However, the examples provided in the document raise questions about how they could have ever been effective in swaying the election.
In a nutshell, the plan was to hold rallies for and against both Clinton and Trump and to promote social media groups focusing on political and social issues.
The Russian Ambassador to the UK, Alexander Yakovenko, told RT's Going Underground program that the foreign secretary was asked to sit down with Russian officials to discuss claims that Russia interfered in the 2016 EU referendum.
Yakovenko told host Afshin Rattansi that the foreign secretary's response was a flat-out "No".
When asked about the UK allegations into vote tampering, Yakovenko's answer was simple: "No - and I'll tell you why - because there are no facts."
"What is interesting...Boris Johnson was in Moscow on the 22nd of December and we discussed this problem," Yakovenko said.

Postal worker Rex Harrison unloads his vehicle at the post office at Soda Springs, Calif., in 2016.
Trump's proposals largely mirrored those submitted in his last budget, as well as legislation that has been introduced in Congress. While lawmakers have sought to maintain delivery standards, however, Trump would allow USPS to "reduce mail delivery frequency from six days to five days where there is a business case for doing so." That proposal would likely face pushback in Congress, especially from lawmakers representing rural areas, and even postal management has dropped its proposal to eliminate mail delivery on Saturdays.
Mueller's court filings show 13 Russian nationals attempted to sow chaos throughout the election cycle and beyond; holding competing events for both Trump and Clinton on the same day in the same city.
"On one day, Nov. 12, 2016, the defendants organized a rally in New York to 'show your support for President-elect Donald Trump' while at the same time organizing a 'Trump is NOT my president rally' that also was held in New York," writes CNBC.
NBC News also reports that the Russian agents held a "Support Hillary" rally in July 2016 in Washington, DC.
The bombshell revelations throw even more cold water on the liberal conspiracy theory that President Trump and his staff "colluded" with Russian officials to steal the election from Hillary Clinton; just one of many excuses commonly touted by the former Secretary of State following her stunning defeat.
Comment: The Mueller team's narrative is that the Russians conspired to 'create chaos' (as if America needed any help with that), thus their alleged support for both parties. However, as Virginia State Senator Richard Black told RT, if you want to influence an election you do it in favour of one or another party; "creating chaos" simply does not achieve anything.
More on the indictments story:
- Mueller indicts 13 Russians, 3 companies for trolling the US election, saying mean things about Killary
- Mueller indictments: Insane anti-Trumpists call for yet more escalations against nuclear superpower Russia
Although there's a difference of opinion, the chief of the government office said his country will continue talks with the UN about the current migrant package.
According to Lazar the plans to "remove legal or physical barriers and open up borders" are unacceptable. He added that "making migration organised, continuous, and legitimate" is against Hungary's interests.
Comment: Hungary isn't the only country defying the destructive mass migration policies of the UN and EU:
- "Europe can go f*ck itself": Italy's right party leader sees rise in popularity
- Legal cases made by EU against Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic for not taking in refugees
- Austrian government calls for "restrictive asylum policy" amid growth in crime committed by "foreigners"
- German town's 'pro-refugee' mayor calls moratorium amidst Merkels struggle to form coalition
- Meet Laura Huhtasaari, Finnish election candidate who wants out of EU, end to mass migration, supports Trump
- Refugee crisis is a time bomb and the EU helped to create it says Russian ambassador to the EU
- Why Russia grants temporary status to refugees
- Where European populism is going in 2018
Thirteen Russian individuals and three entities, were accused of attempting to advance the presidential bid of Donald Trump and tarnish the reputation of Hillary Clinton with the ultimate goal to "spread distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general." However, none of the activities described in the indictment were able to sway the vote, US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told media.
Comment: More on this latest round of anti-Russian hysteria:
- Mueller indicts 13 Russians, 3 companies for trolling the US election, saying mean things about Killary
- Mueller indictments: Insane anti-Trumpists call for yet more escalations against nuclear superpower Russia
The word "Russians" is America's top trend on Twitter at the time of this writing because of a Mueller indictment of thirteen alleged members of a Russian troll farm, those nefarious supervillains who posted pictures of puppies and promoted Bernie Sanders to "sow discord in the U.S. political system, including the 2016 U.S. election." Predictably, no evidence is added to cohesively tie the establishment Russia narrative together with allegations of Russia hacking the Democratic party and giving their emails to WikiLeaks, meeting with Donald Trump Jr at Trump Tower, any shenanigans with well-hydrated Russian prostitutes, or indeed anything tying the troll farm to Trump or the Russian government at all.
The focus instead is on people disguising their identities to troll Americans on social media, which we have now learned constitutes a "conspiracy to defraud the United States." As Disobedient Media's Elizabeth Lea Vos rightly points out, it is also behavior that the Hillary Clinton campaign is known to have funded and engaged in extensively.













Comment: Considering the US' history with all kinds of covert weapons and warfare against other nations and those of its own people, including in its own government, there is a strong likelihood the source of the attack came from within: