Puppet Masters
In wars of words, truth isn't the first casualty. It's the first weapon - that's to say, our side's truth is our weapon; the other side's truth is a pack of lies (aka deception, disinformation, active measures, trolling). By the way, the US Constitution's free speech amendment is a two-edged sword in this war-making. Our side's freedom to speak the truth or to tell lies is lawful; the other side's freedom to speak their truth on our side of the front is an indictable crime, according to the Department of Justice. It's foreign agent influence peddling, election interference, sedition, or (if Julian Assange did it) espionage.

Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura arrive for the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.
Comment: Pretty rich coming from the butcher of Iraq.
Former President George W. Bush said in a new interview he's "still disturbed" by the U.S. Capitol riot.
"I can't remember what I was doing, but ... I was sick to my stomach ... to see our nation's Capitol being stormed by hostile forces," Mr. Bush told Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith. "And it really disturbed me to the point where I did put out a statement, and I'm still disturbed when I think about it.
"It undermines rule of law and the ability to express yourself in peaceful ways in the public square," he said. "This was an expression that was not peaceful."
Comment: Spoken like a true member of the elite. Why didn't he have the same sentiments about the catastrophe born of the 9/11 lie that was the Iraq War?
- Rumsfeld: Bush ordered invasion of Iraq war just 15 days after 9/11
- Psychopathic war criminal Bush has no regrets about 2003 Iraq invasion
- Bush admits sanctioning torture
- Iraqi woman, Sundus Saleh, uses Chilcot Report in war crimes lawsuit against George W. Bush
- 'I don't feel sorry for them': Bush risks wrath of injured veterans saying he has no sympathy because they volunteered their service
- George W. Bush: 'Borders should be respected' says ex-president who invaded and bombed 4+ nations
Biden's remark in a TV interview earlier in the week in turn prompted a terse quip from Vladimir Putin who wished the U.S. president "good health" and said that people tend to refer to others as they really see themselves.
The Biden interview came on the heels of the release of a report by the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence that concluded Putin had "authorized, and a range of Russian government organizations conducted, influence operations aimed at denigrating President Biden's candidacy and the Democratic Party, supporting former President [Donald] Trump, undermining public confidence in the electoral process and exacerbating sociopolitical divisions in the United States."
Comment: Whilst it's apparent that Biden is suffering from some kind of brain disease - and one poll reports that 40% of Americans think it's dementia - calling the President of another super power, a killer, showing absolutely no remorse and then basically refusing to talk to engage with him is a serious diplomatic incident and Russia will be forced to respond on behalf of its President and the people he represents:
- Why Victoria Nuland is dangerous and should not be confirmed as Biden's Under Secretary
- Joe Biden says 8 year olds are capable of choosing to be transgender
- Biden picks notoriously gaff-prone Psaki as future press sec along with 'toxic track record' Tanden as budget office director
- Joe Biden is Probably a Pedophile
An earlier report revealed how UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) contractor Albany Associates proposed to infiltrate civil society at every level in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania for London's benefit.
The Baltic states, all members of NATO, are considered strategically vital by London and Washington. They are also home to a sizable Russian-speaking population, a legacy of the countries once being constituent states of the Soviet Union.
Albany was just one of several firms potentially running FCDO-funded psyops in the region. Zinc Network, which has conducted a variety of clandestine operations for the UK government at home and abroad, is another.
Comment: Public relations: Manage the message to manage the people.
Closest advisors to the US President Joe Biden have deep ties to Big Business and Wall Street, with some earning millions of dollars in their careers prior to joining the White House, CNBC reported Saturday.
Citing new financial disclosures provided to the outlet by the White House, CNBC states that chief of staff Ron Klain, deputy chief of staff Jen O'Malley Dillon, senior advisor Mike Donilon, White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeffrey Zients, and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese are among the senior Biden aides included in the disclosures.
According to the report, before becoming the head of the National Economic Council, Deese was the Global Head of Sustainable Investing at BlackRock. Deese reportedly made over $2.3 million in pay and bonuses while at the investment company. Moreover, Deese also could have made an extra $2.4 million via BlackRock's restricted stock plan, according to the document.
Before entering the White House, Klain worked as an executive at the venture capital company Revolution, and his salary was reported as $1.8 million, and he began working for the company in 2005.
Comment: Biden requires White House associates that can run interference, should he come under financial and legal scrutiny.
The memo, titled "The US Palestinian Reset and the Path Forward," is still in an early "working stage" draft, according to the United Arab Emirates-based newspaper The National.
The memo, which was given to Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier this month, would form the basis for rolling back parts of Trump's policies, two sources familiar with the matter said.
Drafted by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs Hady Amr, the plan includes a $15 million aid package in COVID-related humanitarian aid for the Palestinians and supports a return to the two-state solution.
The memo reads:
"As we reset US relations with the Palestinians, the Palestinian body politic is at an inflection point as it moves towards its first elections in 15 years. At the same time, we [the US] suffer from a lack of connective tissue following the 2018 closure of the PLO office in Washington and refusal of Palestinian Authority leadership to directly engage with our embassy to Israel."The memo says the U.S. vision hopes
"to advance freedom, security, and prosperity for both Israelis and Palestinians in the immediate term which is important in its own right, but also as means to advance the prospects of a negotiated two-state solution."The Biden Administration's approach will return to past formulas, with the two-state solution "based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed land swaps and agreements on security and refugees," the memo said.
Comment: Unless the US is going to put muscle into this remake, Palestine is looking at rapidly diminishing returns as Israel continues to grow stronger and bolder.
This mutation of the empire's dominant dogma is manifesting throughout global institutions of economic, political and social control and is materializing in a myriad of conflict theatres.
In order to identify where woke imperialism exists, we have to define it first. So what is it? It's certainly not the first iteration of hegemonic domination buttressed by moralism.
The doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) was officialized by the United Nations in 2005, but its roots really trace back to the NATO bombing campaign of Yugoslavia. During the Obama years, the term "humanitarian intervention" caught on as the main moniker for such actions.

Members of the Taliban delegation (from the left): Khairullah Khairkhwa, Suhail Shaheen and Mohammad mattend a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2021. The Taliban warned Washington against defying a May 1 deadline for the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan.
The Taliban issued their warning at a press conference in Moscow, the day after meeting with senior Afghan government negotiators and international observers to try to jumpstart a stalled peace process to end Afghanistan's decades of war.
President Joe Biden's administration says it is reviewing an agreement the Taliban signed with the Trump administration. Biden told ABC in an interview Wednesday that the May 1 deadline "could happen, but it is tough," adding that if the deadline is extended it won't be by "a lot longer."
The articles which were the subject matter of the legal action were written for the Times by Maggie Astor and Tiffany Hsu, and the ruling legally classifies them as editorial content, although they were being billed by the Times as news.
The UN "sustainable economy" agenda is being realized quietly by the very same global banks which have created the financial crises in 2008. This time they are preparing the Klaus Schwab WEF Great Reset by steering hundreds of billions and soon trillions in investment to their hand-picked "woke" companies, and away from the "not woke" such as oil and gas companies or coal.













Comment: Going back a few years regarding Navalny, see Origins of the anti-Russia sanctions: The CIA-MI6 plot to corrupt Russia, recruit Navalny, murder Magnitsky, and blame Putin (VIDEO)
As for Sergei Skripal, see The Disappearing Spy