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NATO using war games to 'prepare for conflict' - Moscow


RT
Sat, 04 May 2024 16:59 UTC
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© Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesM1A2 Abrams main battle tanks ride on M3 amphibious rigs of the German/British Amphibious Engineer Battalion 130
Vistula River • NATO Dragon 24 military exercise • March 05, 2024 near Gniew, Poland
NATO's largest exercise since the Cold War are being held near Russia's border, indicating that the US-led bloc is "seriously preparing" for a potential conflict with Moscow, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.

The Steadfast Defender drills, featuring some 90,000 troops from all 32 NATO member states and 1,100 combat vehicles, started in late January and will end in May.

According to the wargame scenario, Zakharova said:
"The coalition's actions against Russia are being practiced using all the instruments, including hybrid and conventional weapons. We have to admit that NATO is seriously preparing for a 'potential conflict' with us."
The diplomat was commenting on accusations made by NATO earlier this week that Russia was allegedly carrying out "hybrid activities" on the member countries' soil, which they insist constitute a threat to their security. These actions include "sabotage, acts of violence, cyber and electronic interference, disinformation campaigns, and other hybrid operations," the bloc claimed in a statement on Thursday.

Zakharova dismissed the allegations as "disinformation" and an attempt to shift public attention from NATO's own activities.

Comment: Clearly NATO is not impressing Russia but itself.

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Best of the Web: Delivering a 'True Promise': An insider's account of Iran's retaliatory strikes on Israel


The Cradle
Fri, 03 May 2024 17:54 UTC
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Iranian firebrand MP Mahmoud Nabavian reveals the calculated strategy, diplomatic intrigue, and bold military prowess that showcased Tehran's 13 April missile strikes on Israel.

Following the strategic success of Iran's 'True Promise' retaliatory drone and missile operation in response to last month's Israeli bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, The Cradle presents an exclusive insider's narrative provided by Iranian Member of Parliament Mahmoud Nabavian, a principalist who won the most votes in Tehran during the country's March elections.

His account of the retaliatory strikes against the occupation state offers unparalleled insights into the 13-14 April events. With access to military sources, Nabavian's testimony serves as the most detailed view to date by an Iranian government official on Iran's response, one that has sorely exposed the vulnerabilities of Israel's air defense systems.
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Inconvenient truth: Some EU states still consider Russia a 'good friend'


RT
Sun, 05 May 2024 17:29 UTC
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© Thierry Monasse/Getty ImagesEU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell addresses the European Parliament in Brussels on April 10, 2024
Top diplomat Josep Borell acknowledged that not everyone in Europe sees Moscow as a threat

The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has admitted that not every member state sees Russia as Europe's "most existential threat."

He argued that disputes between members are preventing the bloc from taking a unified stance on Moscow, and are holding back military aid to Ukraine.

Speaking at Oxford University in the UK on Friday, Borrell said he sees "more confrontation and less cooperation" in world affairs, and brought up instances of dissent among EU members when it comes to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the conflict in Ukraine.

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Russia's IMF representative says BRICS should be prepared for dollar collapse


RT
Sun, 05 May 2024 17:15 UTC
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© Iliya Pitalev; Ria Novosti
The international group could create an alternative currency based on their national legal tenders, according to Alexey Mozhin

The BRICS group of nations could offer an alternative currency in the event of a collapse of the dollar and the international monetary system, according to Russia's executive director at the International Monetary Fund, Alexey Mozhin.

In an interview with RIA Novosti published on Friday, the expert noted that the shortcomings of the current financial system are becoming more apparent and that many publications have started to mention BRICS "in the context of the fact that this association can offer an alternative."
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Macron warns about Russian missiles in a defeated Ukraine


RT
Sun, 05 May 2024 15:38 UTC
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The potential redeployment of Moscow's military assets would threaten not only Kiev's neighbors, but France itself, the president has said

A total Russian victory over Ukraine in which the entire country is defeated would be detrimental to European and NATO security, as it could allow Moscow to place missiles at the EU's doorstep, French President Emmanuel Macron has said.

In an interview with the French daily La Tribune on Saturday, Macron, who has famously refused to rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine, once again advocated a policy of "strategic ambiguity" towards Russia, arguing that the key idea behind such an approach is to project strength while "not giving too many details."

Describing Russia as "an adversary," the French president stressed that establishing "a priori limits" would be interpreted as weakness. "We must remove all visibility from it, because that is what creates the ability to deter," he argued.


Comment: All the Western leaders thought Russia's concern about having NATO missiles on Russia's doorstep was not a legitimate security concern. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, it does not feel so nice. Still it would be unlikely that the current crop of NATO leaders have renewed their understanding of Russia's security concern before the start of the current conflict in Ukraine. Reflection and introspection is not a trait of those leaders.


Comment: Before the start of the conflict, Russia called for Ukraine to be neutral and not a member of NATO because it would endanger its security. NATO's chief thought it was a ridiculous argument.

NATO chief openly admits Russia invaded Ukraine because of NATO expansion
Stoltenberg statement
In reality Stoltenberg is just stating a well-established fact: contrary to the official western narrative, Putin invaded Ukraine not because he is evil and hates freedom but because no great power ever allows foreign military threats to amass on its borders — including the United States. That's why so many western analysts and officials spent years warning that NATO's actions were going to provoke a war, and yet when war broke out we were slammed with a tsunami of mass media propaganda repeating over and over and over again that this was an "unprovoked invasion".
As the West remained deaf to Russia's concerns the Special Military Operation started with the aim of demilitarizing and denazifying Ukraine.

NATO chief admits NATO expansion was key to Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Neil Oliver: 'Vaccine companies aren't paying the compensation... WE are'

Neil Oliver
GB News
Fri, 03 May 2024 11:32 UTC
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Neil Oliver delivers his weekly monologue, where this week he takes aim at revolution, and the rich and powerful.

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China is preparing its economy for 'something major' - Newsweek

Micah McCartney
Newsweek
Sat, 04 May 2024 22:34 UTC
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© AP Photo/Andy WongFILE: Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a toast after delivering his speech at a dinner marking the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 28, 2023.
China has been buying up commodities at a rapid clip, prompting analysts to wonder out loud whether Beijing is preparing to choose the economic "nuclear option."

"China is preparing for something major. That seems increasingly obvious judging from the stockpiling of important resources. Could it be that they are preparing a major one-off devaluation of the CNY?" Andreas Steno Larsen, CEO of Steno Research, wrote last week.

Currency devaluation is widely described as a "nuclear option" by economists due to the serious global repercussions it could trigger.

By intentionally devaluing the yuan, for instance, China could boost exports by making its goods cheaper and more competitive — but not without serious repercussions such as riling trade partners and worsening the country's trade war with the United States.

Comment: It's unlikely that China is planning to 'attack' the US in any way, because it has suffered all kinds of provocation and its retaliations have been rather balanced.

However, China is likely to position itself in such a way so that when it is forced to shield itself from US attacks, a consequence of the action that it does take may also hasten the demise of the West:

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Bad Guys

Entrapment: Unsealed docs show Smith's top prosecutor met with top Biden aide before classified material was found at Mar-a-Lago

Cristina Laila
The Gateway Pundit
Fri, 03 May 2024 21:32 UTC
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© Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith
Newly unsealed documents in Jack Smith's classified documents case against Trump further prove Biden's DOJ set up Trump.

The unsealed motion reveals Jack Smith's top prosecutor, Jay Bratt, met with a top Biden aide in September 2021 - before any classified documents were discovered at Mar-a-Lago.

Bratt met with an aide to Biden's White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain in September 2021.

Per Julie Kelly: Jay Bratt-who led investigation into classified docs then moved to Jack Smith's team after he was appointed-met with aide to WH chief of staff Ron Klain in Sept. 2021

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Control Panel

New US antisemitism law turns critics against Israeli genocide into criminals

Joachim Hagopian
Global Research
Fri, 03 May 2024 00:00 UTC
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On Wednesday May 1st, the House overwhelmingly passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act by a 320-91 vote, with only 21 Republicans joined by 70 Democrats against it. Expanding the scope of what is legally considered antisemitism, this is another bipartisan uniparty trap to ensnare the thousands of protesters exercising their free speech against the apartheid Israel's extermination of Palestinians, in effect criminalizing those that are critical of the genocide. This is piece of legislation is a betrayal of our First Amendment rights and a betrayal of the American people, and a testimonial how AIPAC Israel through bribery and blackmail have turned our constitutional republic into a totalitarian technocratic police state.

Foreign national influence is outlawed in the United States except with one exception, the American Israel Political Action Committee (AIPAC) that allows Zionist Israel money and bribery control to essentially own the treasonous US Congress.

Through intelligence agencies Mossad, CIA and MI6 in addition to AIPAC, US politicians are systemically coerced, bribed and blackmailed into unconditional support for Israel.
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Bad Guys

The 'Deep State' is far deeper than you can imagine

Former Rep. Jason Lewis (R-Minn.)
The Daily Caller
Sun, 28 Apr 2024 19:44 UTC
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© Michael M. Santiago/UPIFormer President Donald Trump leaves the courtroom for a recess during his criminal trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York on Friday, April 26, 2024.
Another week and another first for Donald J. Trump. No doubt, this is one he would be willing to pass on — the first criminal trial of a former president. But like all things in Trump world, it reveals more about his enemies than it does the 45th president.

For decades, pollsters have been telling us the electorate yearned for a third way, a nonpartisan who wasn't wedded to either party and would represent the vast middle. Along comes the brash, imperfect real estate developer who had worked with both sides of the aisle in "the art of a deal." The media elite loved it, especially the most salacious exploits of the prowling Manhattan mogul.

That is right up until presidential candidate Trump embraced a reformulated version of America First that turned out to be a direct threat to those global media empires. You know, the ones who profitably ran all those Big Pharma ads while "reporting'" on COVID. It wasn't long before the crude tapes and "hush money" stories started rolling in.
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