Whether Ukraine’s state officials and oligarchs always deserve our sympathy, we leave for the reader to decide — though as a nation Ukrainians have been beyond heroic. Even eastern Ukraine, its most Russian-friendly part, was not as easily cowed by Putin as Russia’s population is (and was) by the Kremlin.
Yuri Felshtinsky and Michael Stanchev
In their book, Blowing Up Ukraine, Felshtinsky and Stanchev describe the evolution of Ukraine from a corrupt Soviet republic to a nation struggling toward freedom. The authors wrote, “One could dismiss Ukraine’s extraordinary and complex evolution … as ultimately irrelevant to the world at large. But this would be a mistake. We uncover the patterns of behavior with which Russia intends to treat the rest of the world if given the chance. In addition, we show how over two decades of mounting frustration, Putin has become obsessed with Ukraine — comparable with Stalin’s mania about Poland.”
Russia’s current political leaders are almost entirely from the “armed detachment of the Communist Party”; that is, the KGB. Those who are not, are nonetheless militants that in a normal country would be considered fringe lunatics. Their democratic mimicry is a Marxist caricature of how Western governments function. The long-time head of Russia’s Liberal Democratic Party, the late Vladimir Zhirinovsky, was often heard publicly threatening Poland with nuclear weapons. The one-time Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Russia’s military industry, Mr. Dmitry Rogozin, has repeatedly threatened eastern Europe. He also wrote a forward to a book, Alaska Betrayed and Sold: The History of a Palace Conspiracy, by Ivan Mironov. In this forward, Rogozin seconded Mironov’s claim that the sale of Alaska to the United States was a betrayal. Rogozin believes in “the historical and judicial right of Russia for the return of the lost colonies, Alaska and the Aleutian islands, over which the Russian flag flew 150 years ago.”
It is not only Ukraine that Russia’s leaders want to conquer. Felshtinsky and Stanchev say that Putin’s circle have an insatiable appetite for land and plunder. Trained under the Soviet system, with Marxist-Leninist ideas stuffed into their heads, they think only of destruction and spoliation. They are not builders. These people are collectively vindictive. The best example is the bombardment of the Russian-speaking Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. The city was to be punished for opposing Russia’s 2014 invasion and annexation of Russian territory. Last year, citizens of the city huddled in their homes, trying to survive the bombardment, unable to flee because the Russians were known to attack civilian vehicles.
Having studied the Russian elite, Felshtinsky and Stanchev believe that a nuclear blackmail scheme has long been part of the plan. This is no ordinary nuclear blackmail. Perhaps it is sensational, but the authors suggest the Kremlin will use nuclear weapons for shock effect. The Russian leaders, of course, will deny responsibility for any nuclear attacks that do occur. This idea is deeply ingrained in the authors’ analysis, based as it is on interviews with oligarchs and other insiders. As this book was published months ago, there is a remarkably successful prediction found in its pages:
One look at Belarus clarifies that the nuclear stage of Operation Novorossiya has started. Unlike Ukraine, the Kremlin has successfully turned Belarus into a vazal state. Its President Alexander Lukashenko, neighbor to Ukraine and NATO members Poland, Latvia and Lithuania, rescinded his country’s non-nuclear status on 27 February 2022, three days after Russia’s invasion….
Why was this done? What was the strategic thinking behind this move? According to the authors, “Belarus never dismantled its nuclear infrastructure and can now re-arm ‘itself’ with long-range nuclear weapons as a ‘sovereign’ nation.” This is the perfect basis for the aforementioned nuclear blackmail. They write, “It is a bluff at this stage, but it is no coincidence that this very public intimidation coincides with the very public war on Ukraine. With Putin’s words, it is only a matter of time before they are much more than that.”
The Kremlin strategists want to give the future use of nuclear weapons “momentum.” According to the authors, Moscow wants to appear reluctant to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus. With crocodile tears they will lament the wicked behavior of NATO that necessitates such measures. Belarusians “may be killed in retaliation,” say Felshtinsky and Stanchev, “but once the nuclear precedent is established, the clock cannot be dialled back.”
More recently, In an interview with Jonathon Fink in April, Mr. Felshtinsky explained Moscow’s intention to use nuclear weapons based in Belarus, so that NATO’s expected conventional retaliation would fall on Belarus instead of Russia. He added,
I am slightly puzzled by the absence of a reaction — any reaction — from Belarus. Because, again, everybody there, like state TV … discuss with smiles how they will destroy Poland and Lithuania with nuclear strikes. That’s fine, but no one is asking the question, well, ‘Aren’t they going to retaliate?’ … No one is worried, somehow.
It is understandable that Putin doesn’t care about Belarus, says Felshtinsky, but how could normal people tolerate such representations in their media? The idea, of course, of nuclear strikes on Poland, would be to interdict military assistance to Ukraine (which largely comes through Poland). In terms of this kind of insanity, Felshtinsky explained,
There are some leaders in history that are so blind with the absolutely crazy idea of destroying an opponent … in the end it damages them…. That’s what Putin is doing now with Ukraine. He is so much into this idea of taking control of Ukraine, that he basically doesn’t understand that if he isolates Russia entirely from Europe … then the only partner … might be … China.
Of course, that is not a problem when you are a closet Marxist-Leninst. The destructive dream of tearing down all that is, to remake the world and become a god oneself, has been the temptation of modernity. Men who play at being the saviors of mankind are invariably destroyers. This is a general rule which, looking back at history, is verified again and again.
Therefore, we should not be surprised if top Russian leaders, like former President Dmitry Medvedev, sound like maniacs who are ready to push the button. Putin’s right hand, Mr. Petrushev, recently gave an interview in which he sounded completely detached from reality. “It’s unbelievably primitive,” says Felshtinsky, “and stupid.”
Here we have brutality in the form of a farcical version of Stalin. one might characterize this as “all the brutality and none of the brains.” Where, exactly, do they think such a farce will lead? Do they imagine that the use of nuclear weapons will frighten the West into capitulation? In such circumstances, human nature is sorted rather quickly. While many will prove cowardly, the rest will stand up. This is how Ukraine has managed to stand. Readers should be reminded of Napoleon’s dictum that morale is to numbers as three is to one.
As they are morally empty, Russia’s leaders are led, step by step, to the nuclear option. “Trusting nuclear weapons to Belarus,” says Felshtinsky, “for them, might sound as a very reasonable way to correct the situation.”
And who are “they” in this context? Felshtinsky says that Putin is not actually a dictator, for he is beholden to a kind of Politburo. If you take Putin down, he says, you do not take the system down.
Russia is in a difficult position, of course. Europe is rearming. Russia is sanctioned. The Ukrainian Army has defeated the Russian offensive and is now pushing back. “This leads to a ridiculous situation,” says Felshtinsky. “I tell you what Putin would do. He will not say that it is Russians who are controlling these nuclear weapons [in Belarus].” Of course, Putin cannot give the weapons to Belarus without violating the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. So he has a dilemma. If Belarus cannot control and fire the weapons, who does?
“[Here] is what is going to happen next. On one particular day, he will inform the world that, you know, Ukrainians … took control of [the] nuclear weapons and fired … those nuclear weapons pretending that they are Russians to provoke a conflict between Russia and NATO. So they would never accept the blame for the strike. That is what’s going to happen next; so, again, I would say that this is extremely dangerous.
Given that Felshtinsky outlined this scenario in April, we now look back on the bizarre events of last weekend and scratch our heads. It is now acknowledge that Mr. Prigozhin, the instigator of a mutiny against the Kremlin, is in Belarus. It is reported that 5,000 of his Wagner mercenaries are headed there. On Monday Putin gave a speech in which he said Wagner mercenaries were free to go to Belarus.
Is not Felshtinsky’s scenario being engendered by Putin “allowing” the Wagner troops into Belarus?
What are we really looking at here?
I’m afriad this plan was discussed with China, as well. And I do not think that the fact that Lukashenko flew to Peking [Beijing] some time ago … had nothing to do with this. I do not think that the visit of Xi to Moscow recently, again, had nothing to do with this discussion. At least Putin announced the transfer of nuclear weapons to Belarus soon after Xi left. They mentioned something about the next hundred years of unbelievable history, which both countries should wait for. So, I think this plan was discussed.
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Hmmmmm…..
https://voxday.net/2023/06/28/rangers-lead-the-way/
Shades of early-Vietnam War???
On that website you posted I read the following: “Freedom of speech and freedom of expression were always satanic devices only intended to go one way.” Why should anyone credit a site like this?
A number of people credit Beale because he “the superior intellect.” He’s just another small man publishing Putin’s rubbish.
How is a man with a 3rd Ranger battalion tattoo supposed to prove that the 3rd Ranger battalion has deployed to Ukraine? We all know that there are lots of Westerners who’ve voluntarily gone to Ukraine to fight for them. Is it really so hard for you to believe that maybe at least *ONE* of them is a *VETERAN* of the 3rd Ranger battalion? That’s more plausible than the claim that the current 3rd Ranger battalion has deployed to Ukraine.
The image shows a man with a tattoo of a 3 with a diamond around it and claims that is the Ranger 3rd Battalion insignia but it isn’t. The 3rd Batt uses the Ranger scroll just like the other 2 battalions and the original insignia from WW2 was a diamond with a three but also had RANGER written in block letters. I think whoever wrote this is just spreading more garbage.
Vax Day can’t be trusted on this stuff. He’s as much a Putinist propaganda channel as Gateway Pundit. There are no US troops deployed to Ukraine outside of the training post in far western Ukraine and the Military Attaché’s office. Assertions like that of Theodore Beale, are nothing more than Putin’s sewage.
Vox, not Vax.
Thanks for writing this piece as it answers question(s) I posed to you via email recently.
I thought it was important to go over Yuri’s ideas and past statements.
Let’s say : “Belarus” nukes Poland, Russia denies any involvement, NATO the flattens Belarus. Then what ?
The idea is to get everyone in the mood for a peace conference to sell out Ukraine.
Everyone is conditioned to fear Nukes so everyone will be in the mood for a peace conference. It is depressing to think Ukraine will be sold out at a summit but it seems possible. Those people have suffered for 17 months. I pray for the people of Ukraine.
Kevin Taylor
Thanks for highlighting Felshtinsky, quite worrisome.
Excellent article, thank you.
Also thanks for recommending “The Chief Culprit” by Suvorov; I am reading it simultaneously with “Icebreaker”, and I can’t help but think there are similar patterns to what we are seeing.
With the leadership issues we have in our country and theirs, I feel a bit like we are about to take part in a reality TV version of Dr. Strangelove. Let us hope not.
Yes! There are interesting patterns Suvorov observes, showing us how a good military analyst thinks. Military moves are like a language. Many things are revealed by these moves.
Good observation, Jeff! Military moves ARE like a language.
It takes a strategic mind to hear it properly. To so many leaders and media types, this language is lost on them as if they were speaking in tongues. We are very blessed to have you here helping to interpret, Jeff. Thanks!!
Thanks Alan!
To quote from the quote in the opening paragraph: “Putin has become obsessed with Ukraine — comparable with Stalin’s mania about Poland.”
From the outset, this illustrates an emotional, subjective, to which the author is well entitled. However, such prejudice over looks the fact that Russia has genuine strategic interests, if not cultural ones, in claiming clear passage to the Black Sea.
To ignore Russia’s vital interests, is to rush headlong into nuclear war. It’s not pro Communism to advocate for negotiations or recognition of Ukraine’s Congressional legislation under Minsk II for autonomy of The Donbas. If Ukraine regrets that legislation, the Ukraine should either elect to rescind it or else honor it. Otherwise, Ukraine is without honor and the rule of law, and nuclear war becomes much, more inevitable for NATO.
You just cant help yourself, can you Lanyard?
He is a true believing Putin acolyte.
Overrunning Ukraine is in Russia’s “vital interest”? What about Ukraine’s legitimate interest in its internationally recognized borders? — borders affirmed as legitimate by the Russian Federation in 1994 in the Budapest memorandum? Do you really think Russia’s subversion and military aggression is justified? How? By simply repeating the words “vital interest” over and over? How is that a valid argument, magically entitling Russia to bomb cities, destroy dams and power plants, massacre civilians, place mines in the reactors of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant? You have to be a madman to think anyone is entitled to engage in such a war of aggression, legitimately. These are criminal acts, recognized as criminal by international law. You do believe in the rule of law, right? Or do you prefer the law of the jungle? If so, you are saying there is no right and wrong. So why are you siding with your country’s enemy? Moscow says we are their enemy. This is easily documented. And what about the vital interest of other countries which are in Europe, which will go to war to defend their principles? Are these vital interests unworthy? Why? Russia is a threat to everyone in the region. Otherwise, how to you explain Finland’s entry into NATO? How do you explain Sweden’s desire to enter NATO? What are they afraid of? Well, they are afraid of Russia. Can you understand this?
Hold up… Are you implying that it is easier for Russia to destroy a country, kill ~500,000 soldiers, wreck billions (trillions?) of dollars worth of military equipment and industrial infrastructure, destroy the lives of millions of people, risk starting a larger world wide war, and further alienate it’s obviously booming and awesome economy? Is that a better deal than if Russian would approach Ukraine for the trade of minerals, resources, and access to Ukraine’s industrial capacity as well as road and rail access to a port on the Black Sea, even though Russia’s geography touches the Black Sea? Am I understanding this correctly?
Or would the corrupt Soros/CIA/NATO lead-WEF-globalist-nazi-jew-child trafficking-homosexual-transgender-bioweapons building-Zionist Ukrainian government prefer that their entire country and population be wiped off the map in order to keep Russia from pursuing her “vital interests”? What are those vital interests anyway and why is it that war is the only way to accomplish them?
Did I miss any of the conspiracy theory/Russian talking points? I’m sure I need to add something about flat earth, buildaburgers, trilateral commission, freemasons, and chemtrails but I wasn’t quite sure how to fit them in…
Very good comment, Nate.
Please consult a map. Russia has Black Sea ports on the other side of the Kerch Straits. Novorossiysk is a beautiful Russian Black Sea port that the Russian Navy is presently using. Ukrainian territory is not needed for Russia to maintain warships in the Black Sea. And besides, what if your neigbor claims a strategic interest in your wife, your back yard, your garage, your bank account? Better hand it over or suffer the “justifiable” consequences.
Minsk II is a done deal, abrogated by negligence. Irrespective of rationale, a deal is a deal. If Ukraine regrets that decision, then the legitimate process would be to rescind it. The UN treaty signatories include the United States, England, Germany, and France, as well as Ukraine and Russia. What do you have against the rule of law, Jeff? Not expedient enough to suit you? Only dictators evade the rule of law.
You don’t know what you are talking about.
LOL. We both just threw the same facts in Lanyard’s face about the Russian coastline on the Black Sea. I only saw your post after I posted mine.
Lanyard, you’re being worse than stupid. Putin’s actions have been entirely the opposite of the rule of law. Putin abrogated Minsk, both of them, by invading.
Russia has clear access to the Black Sea from its own coast. Look at a map some time in the area southeast of Sevastopol. The Russian cities of Novorossiysk and Sochi are located on that coastline. The fact they haven’t built a naval base on their *OWN* coast is their own fault.
Lanyard,
Your argument is negated by Putin’s own remarks from last year in February. He said at a press conference as he was invading and attacking Ukraine, “Now the Minsk agreements don’t exist!” Why is that Lanyard? Because to Putin, they don’t exist because he said so.
Putin missed a trick; or did he? Russia could have kept The Donbas when they created Ukraine as an independent country after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, but nyet. Just like how Russia depopulates with Sputnik C19 lethal injections, along with the rest of the Globalists.
More facts, less erroneous speculation.
See Jeff, you reveal the knowledge of exculpatory evidence which you obfuscate in order to smear me.
I ask you key questions, and you never respond. I ask in good faith. You just spout rumors and unsubstantiated facts, one after the other. Are you interactive, or one of those dolls where you pull the string and a stock phrase comes out? Your statements are so vague I don’t even know what you refer to.
I said this last night that I answer your questions but you delete them. Today I see that again you delete my reply.
You did not reply my questions. I did not delete your answers, but this convoluted misinformation you keep posting here. I am trying to find some clarity with facts and things we can show are true. You keep adding rumor and non-fact to confuse the issues. When you write things I know are not true, and I asked you pointed questions that you cannot answer because you have insufficient knowledge, I stop wasting my time.
As you deleted in this thread last night, again I ask you to cite specific examples and let me answer the questions that you say that I did not answer. Or is WordPress censored by others than yourself?
Go back and read the thread, answer my questions. They have not gone anywhere.
Lanyard, Putin missed no tricks. Every Oblast in Ukraine voted for independence. That includes Crimea and the Donbas. Besides, Putin was not in charge then. Gorbachev had stepped down earlier and Yeltsin was in charge. The independence agreement required a referendum, and it was held.
That is correct.
Ohio E, I find no citation for a referendum. Nor do I find any stipulation for one. You most certainly haven’t provided any. Therefore, you must be making up fibs, again.
chathamhouse . org
/2020/05/minsk-conundrum-western-policy-and-russias-war-eastern-ukraine-0/conclusions
Lanyard, you see no reference to a referendum because you don’t want to. The referendum was required to determine which oblasts were to be included in Ukraine at independence.
You need to get away from the trash sites posting the nonsense you have swallowed.
“What are we really looking at here?”
Good question… and I don’t think any of the answers are positive. I just refilled my big freezer with meat and I’m heading to Sam’s for more canned goods.
Good idea.
It’s not just what’s going on with Russia/Belarus and Ukraine that has me concerned. It’s also all the Chinese and Russians crossing into the US from the southern border. “Something wicked this way comes…..”
Yes. We could be facing a major terrorist sabotage attack here at home. This is , frighteningly, one of the pre-war signs.
Worth reading. From Gordon G. Chang:
“At the southern border, Chinese migrants are entering the United States in unprecedented numbers. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports that the number of apprehensions of Chinese migrants in the first five months of the current federal fiscal year was more than double that during all of the last fiscal year. The 8,000 Chinese migrants apprehended this calendar year are more than quadruple the number apprehended in the comparable period a year ago.
Chinese nationals are flying to Ecuador, which permits them to enter visa-free. They then make their way to the southern edge of the Darien Gap, about 66 miles of jungle separating Colombia and Panama. The migrants cross the natural barrier on foot, and once safely on the north side continue the journey to America, often by bus.
“It’s like an animal stampede before an earthquake,” said “Sam,” a Chinese migrant who crossed into America first in February at Brownsville, Texas, to Axios.
Some migrants are almost certainly members of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Representative Mark Green (R-Tenn.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said at a press conference on the 14th of this month that a Border Patrol sector chief informed him that some of the Chinese migrants at the southern border have “known ties to the PLA.”
“We have no idea who these people are, and it’s very likely, using Russia’s template of sending military personnel into Ukraine, China is doing the same into the United States,” said Green.
These military-linked migrants, despite their affiliations, have been released into America.
There is no question that China’s PLA is inserting saboteurs through Mexico. “At the Darien Gap, I have seen countless packs of Chinese males of military age, unattached to family groups, and pretending not to understand English,” said Yon, the war correspondent. “They were all headed to the American border.”
It is very possible that the war is coming this summer, or in the fall. Events in Ukraine and Russia are suggestive of a nuclear provocation of some kind.
“These military-linked migrants, despite their affiliations, have been released into America.”
People need to wake up to what is happening!
The Chinese infiltration of America, through trade, has been going on for thirty years. But our bourgeois elites (as the communists would say) could not resist the money they would make trading with China. And now we are, apparently, in the One Clenched Fist phase. War clouds are on the horizon.
The information (i.e. news articles) out there about these dubious ‘Chinese migrants’ is unfortunately very sparse, from my experience. I have to scour the Internet to find even a couple of news stories about them.
Yes, Gordon G. Chang seems to be a reliable source, in my opinion. He is sometimes on Fox News; I enjoy watching his interviews. He seems to be one of the few (besides Jeff) who is really clued in on how pernicious China’s influence is, and how malicious their potential future plans for both the U.S., and the world are, as well as one of the only people (again, besides Jeff) who is willing to speak about it openly.
Yes. He is very outspoken.
It seems like Gen. Surovikin has been arrested for supporting the coup
Yes, Moscow Times is reported this. Surovkin is arrested, no details given. And yet, the mutineers are sent to Belarus instead of being arrested. Was this mutiny a provocation to trick disloyal generals into showing their true colors?
I’ve wondered this myself, sort of an “Operation Trust” type gambit on a smaller scale.
“Anonymous US officials have pushed yet another massive claim regarding the weekend Wagner Group uprising in Russia–a claim which is being met with widespread skepticism on Wednesday, including a formal rejection from the Kremlin.”
Hard to believe any of it.
Kremlin scriptwriters. Like a bad Soviet era movie.
😆
I think the “coup” has smoked out who is “Putin-treu” and who is not; the only reservation I have is Jeff’s observation that Putin appeared somewhat lacking in his normal composure during his address at the weekend while the long march to Moscow was underway, but I am filing that as a fallback theory*, as this looks like a very plausible machination to set the scene for an escalation.
* Unless, of course, a faction within his “politburo” made the escalation decision and used Wagner to present Putin with a fait accompli. Or it might be part of setting the backstory for plausible deniability when things go mushroom shaped.
There is some kind of deception here. It is either a provocation, to innoculate the Russian Army against further mutinies, or there is something brewing in Belarus. We may speculate about this, but we simply do not know the full story.
They just raised the salaries of the Russian military by 10.5%. I’d say they’re a bit worried about loyalty and morale.
More difficulties for Russia’s overstretched budget.
Supposedly he was interrogated and released. Given the quality of info coming from Russia, trying to make out what is going on is, at times, a fool’s errand.
Will Putin use nukes? Maybe. There’s no guarantee.
What is guaranteed though; if he does, he will blame Ukraine or the CIA or whoever, and the vast majority of the ‘awakened’ alt media community will suck it up and believe every word of it, unquestioningly.
Nobody falls for Marxist propaganda like ‘truthers’ do.
Already I’ve read allegations that Prigozhin has joined with the Ukrainians — that he met secretly with the SBU, and has sold out for $6.2 billion from the CIA. Putin has already suggested the West was behind the mutiny. Now we find that Prigozhin is being described as a potential Ukrainian partisan! Oh my.
Given what you said in your last article, and my observations, I can’t take anything seriously that has been said about it. Leningrad Larry Johnson has had the same sort of spew he usually posts about things having to do with Putin’s regime.
Poor Larry. He drank Putin’s Kool Aid.
He drank every drop.
It seems that Prigozhin is now in Moscow to negotiate the deployment of Wagner forces in Belarus as well as heavy equipment. Furthermore last sunday in russian TV they were talking a lot about the use of nuclear weapons. Maybe at the end they can really blame Belarus or the “crazy” Priguzhin and his Wagner troups. Hard times are coming to Europe……
Thank you for posting this, Jeff— you answered most of my questions. But what are the chances that this plot doesn’t end in a peace negotiation & spirals completely out of control?
(I would encourage everyone here to get ready for just about anything to happen on July 11. Good idea to fill your freezer, pantry, and basement with everything you can stockpile.)
This all may be misdirection, and some other provocation is being contemplated. But it’s always good to be prepared. Putin could be looking for an excuse to fully mobilize.
Where did you see the claim that Prigozhin is in Moscow? Lukashenko said he was in Minsk.
This was on Twitter this morning, but labeled as “unconfirmed”. Was trying to figure out how he could be there– no matter what the scenario truly is.
https://twitter.com/301military/status/1674048480245866499?t=0zENgwiRjdzEeHYvmc1rcA&s=19
So many rumors. But if he is planning to do something in his new country, a planning session might have met in Moscow.
Trying to use Belarus in such a way is quite transparent. Anyone with a modicum of intelligence knows Belarus is simply a vassal of Moscow and any nukes that come from there will be launched on the order of Putin.
Also, for those interested, Jeff covered this exact topic (nuclear weapons in Belarus) on the Committee on the Present Danger: China’s most recent webinar. Jeff, it was one of the best interviews you’ve given:
https://presentdangerchina.org/webinar-no-limits-xis-cuba-gambit-and-putins-turbulent-week/
Thanks for posting that link. I often forget to check the COTPD:C site to what new things they’ve posted. I hate to miss anything that JRN participated in.
As a psychiatrist said once, no conscious wish of revolution what not ever comes to fruition, the unconscious wish in denial is what gets one there. Belarus is basically going to be this sort of unconscious play of the Russian/Soviets. It could mean thus that, actually, Russia consciously abandons the idea of nukes and eggs on Belaruss to take the conscious role of it, leading to Russia actually using them first hand after all – after unconsciously building the wish for it.
… by the way this is why I do not believe Truman used the bomb on Japan, consciously wishing to stop Japan, but unconsciously to prevent Japan from having a hold on Manshuria and China against the Soviets, to burn the bridges of a possible alliance with Japan to confront Stalin (the German alliance had been precluded by the Holocaust but no such device existed with Japan), and to warn Stalin to get going building a bomb for himself. I am 100% sure these people at State and Truman did it to help Russia/Soviets, only to have Putin now blame us and justify his use of the bomb because we used it “for our own” “unconscious” benefits etc.
How convenient a language, the one of doing the job the Soviets dare not take responsibility for, and then being blamed for it! This is an uncanny feminine form of manipulation to make the “toxic masculine” go to political prison and be condemned to self castrate and death. It makes us the unconscious instigated wish of Stalin – because these people never give orders that would lead to their responsibility but instigate randomly.
Just look how Putin instigated that fool Prigozhin in Syria to get hammered by US forces and then later in this gelded revolt that a more astute Prigozhyn could have easily organized given the discontent of front line troops! I mean, this is how Lenin did it? Putin must have chosen him as the lowest of the Zeks in order to manipulate him but it could have backfired big time… or was it planned that way? …
Someone planned it. For what purpose?
Finally, Rebekah Koffler seems to be tracking with this possibility of nuclear weapons being launched from Belarus by Prigozhin & the Wagner Group (see video at the below link). I think someone in the past has suggested interviewing her, and I second that idea.
https://twitter.com/rebekah0132/status/1673998978856222721?s=46
Koffler is now saying this? Oh dear.
Yes, only she doesn’t seem to be aware of the fact that China and Russia are working together.
Surely she did not miss that.
Days before Russia invaded Ukraine, China hit them (Ukraine) with a huge cyberattack. How could Koffler think they weren’t working together?
I guess there are so many angles to all this, it is possible to drop the ball and miss key facts and their implications. Always I am baffled by our intelligence experts.
I agree that this statement of hers is quite worrisome. She’s usually so spot-on in regards to what she says about Putin/Russia.
Koffler should watch this interview with Felshtinksy. He is very brave to speak up and to write this book. The interviewer said his partner in his first book, “Blowing Up Russia” was murdered by poison. There are very few people in this world willing to speak the truth with a gun pointed at their head.
Very true.
Jeff, among Engineers there are a many pejorative comments about the term “expert.” One is “ex” – has been, “spert” – a drip under pressure. Another that seems more popular was “a blowhard far from home.”
I never liked the word “expert” either. There is no clear definition.
She did. She states in this video that “Russia & China are not real allies”:
https://twitter.com/rebekah0132/status/1674001028121755649?s=46
If Peter Zeihan is correct, Russia is a vassal of China now.
The country with the largest nuclear arsenal is nobody’s vassal.
Russia will always be top dog among the barbarian hordes; come on OHENGINEER, you know Ezekiel 38 has it no other way; Russia is destined to emerge from this mess in Ukraine with its leadership credentials among the warlords of the East even stronger. And perhaps in a position to even broker “peace” in the Levant, of all things.
Jeff, Putin is quite dependent on China for many things now. he went begging to Xi for help, and he ended up reading a statement for Xi that completely downgraded Putin and Russia. It was a deep embarrassment for Putin.
Juts because he has more nukes than anyone else, does not mean that Russia has not been deeply degraded. I would say to the point of vassalage.
We should not be careful regarding such judgments. Some of this is for foreign consumption. China needs Russia as much as Russia needs China. I do not know of any vassalage.
Quiet, Ezekiel 38 and 39 has nothing to say about Russia’s status when the invasion is attempted. Russia is not doing well in Ukraine. At best, victory will be a matter of luck, and that is not anything to bet one.
Russia is being seriously drubbed militarily and economically in Ukraine.
Russia is not going to invade Israel any time soon.
Sorry Jeff, but I can not agree with you. It is coming, and not far in the future.
Jeff, you may be right. I know of no one in this game that is infallible. I wish there were such a man we could call on, but He would have to be God and He has only given us an outline and not told us much detail in His prophecies.
The timing for it is when Israel is restored to its historical homeland (Ez 38:8), Turkey aligned with Russia (Ez 38:6) and the Turkic tribes’ cousins, Gomer, with its bands (vast armies) also following Russia’s lead (Ez 38:6). The only thing missing is that Israel is arguably not yet dwelling with a strong sense of security, which is one of the conditions for the attack (Ez 38:11) and that’s why, along with Russia’s proposals to broker a peace deal before the Ukraine fiasco, I wonder if perhaps Russia will do so after it gains some kind of face-saving triumph in Ukraine; it might be (and I am speculating rabidly here, so beware!) based on joint investment in Israel’s Leviathan gas fields, but in any case, it could only come after the Anglo influence in the M.E. gets diluted even more and Israel perhaps sold on Russia as it natural protector, rather than the US.
Anyway, check out the mapping of Russian and Iranian (“Persia” in Ez 38:5) bases in southwestern Syria, close to Israel’s northern border and note that the prophesied attack breaks through that region only to come horribly undone primarily in the Galilee area (Ez 39:11):
https://jusoor.co/en/details/map-of-the-military-bases-and-posts-of-foreign-forces-in-syria
Turkey, for now, has all its Syrian bases clustered along its own border. Though the Turks and Iranians are at loggerheads theologically (the Turks being more secular Sunnis, and the Iranians Shi’a), the one thing they share is a common hatred for Israel, so that has to be part of the rallying efforts of Russia once “Gog” green-lights it.
The year for this will be 2028/29, and that’s another story, but in the meantime I interpret everything going on with Russia as preparatory to this vainglorious attack on Israel; Ez 38:7 doubly emphasises the preparedness of the Russian leadership for this, hinting (perhaps) that this will by then have become a sore point with them. Another point is that this adventure will come out of a terrible loss of quality of life in the East, followed by an upsurge in governmental tyranny and great anger among their populations, but again, that’s something I cannot delve into here.
Then nobody is ever allies.
Exactly.
How can they be? A house divided cannot stand. If they do manage to conquer the world together, they will turn on each other once their usefulness for the other party has waned. There are already signs of strain in the relationship between Russia and China, and both are deeply nationalistic and, China especially, ethnocentric.
Stalin used nationalism in WW2 because people will fight for their country and are less willing to fight for abstract communist ideals. In its war preparations China is following Stalin’s advice on this. Yet these leaders are communists rather than nationalists. If the world should ever fall to them, I believe they will suffer from the general malaise and economic collapse attending their victory. They will be destroyed by their success. Whether they fall into fighting each other is an open question. Could be they will blame each other for the disaster they have wrought themselves. This analysis of communism’s future defeat was first offered by Gustave Le Bon, over 100 years ago.
They project nationalism to the West as a disinformation tactic. There is no nationalism in the leadership of the Communist bloc nations. In fact, according to Golitsyn it is impossible. Read New Lies for Old.
Among countries of that type, they are at best cobelligerents.
I don’t know if it’s a common thing, but I can’t look at Twitter links anymore. They may have cut off viewing to anyone not registered with them, and I’m not.
I was unable to find that tweet as well. I tried to log in and it wouldn’t.
Same here
“Temporary emergency measure,” tweeted Musk in a reply to a user posting about the login requirement. “We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!”
What is data pillaging?
Felshtinsky is calling for NATO to change the government in Belarus to prevent nuclear war. Jeff, can you comment on that?
Overthrowing Lukashenko may or may not work. Furthermore, it might be too provocative. I know how Yuri feels, and I feel the same way, but NATO must be careful not to play into Putin’s false narratives. Putin must be left without any pretext, without any valid moral argument for using nukes. If he uses them, we must respond in kind — proportional response to avoid a full blown war, and launch on warning should be adopted as policy, may God save us. In such things as nuclear war, it is essential to avoid preemptive action; for then, all the deaths are on you.
If there were to be a nuclear war, nobody would know what hit them. The internet would be fried and the paper boy would have the day off.
Depends on the scale of use.
If Russia were to clear NATO out of Eastern Europe with tactical nukes, would Biden nuke Russia?
By the way, the PatRIOT interceptors did NOT strike SATAN2 mach 20 hypersonic missiles. That was executed by the X-37B with fusion lasers. If Russia were to attempt nuclear war, the US Space Force would hit the ICBMs as they leave the silos.
So, the question then becomes, would Biden use the X-37B to retaliate against a hypersonic attack on NATO in Eastern Europe?
I knew Peter Pry quite well, and he was part of the strategic posture structures. He did not believe we had an effective ABM defense — as effective as you describe.
Lanyard, there is no such thing as a fusion laser.
STS-121
More than a decade ago, Dr James DeLuze, applied for a patent on a nuclear fusion generator. He plans to make them small enough to power motorcycles. It took more than ten years for the US Patent Office to grant him the patent.
http://www.fusionenergysolutions.net/approved-patent.html
I suspect that the DoD developed it, and only allowed the Patent Office to issue the patent after the invention was obsolete.
Project Prometheus was a design for a nuclear fission powered Spacecraft, purchased by the DoD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Prometheus
The X-37B is a secret Spacecraft, yet NASA publicized it as conventionally powered. NASA Mission STS-121 evidently shot down three North Korean ICBMs on July 4th 2006, I suspect with a fission laser. It’s only logical to assume that the X-37B has been upgraded to nuclear fusion powered, with nuclear fusion laser weaponry.
https://magnum-mania.com/~magnumma/Forum/viewtopic.php?p=35726#p35726
Why is any of this credible? Does anything here check out?
More than a decade ago, Dr James DeLuze, applied for a patent on a nuclear fusion reactor. He plans to make them small enough to power motorcycles. It took more than ten years for the US Patent Office to grant him the patent. I suspect that the DoD developed it, and only allowed the Patent Office to issue the patent after the invention was obsolete.
Project Prometheus was a design for a nuclear fission powered Spacecraft, purchased by the DoD. The X-37B is a secret Spacecraft, yet the Air Force publicized it as conventionally powered. NASA Mission STS-121 evidentially shot down three North Korean ICBMs and nine Scuds, on July 4th, 2006, I suspect with a nuclear fission laser.
It’s only logical to suspect that the X-37B has been upgraded to nuclear fusion powered, and with nuclear fusion laser weaponry.
I repost this again without the links, as the previous post has yet to show here.
Lanyard, you make some mighty big leaps in your logical deducing.
I do not think he has deductive powers. Meanwhile his induction involves embracing the improbable, the incredible, and the unprovable.
Lanyard, you are posting sewage. There is no such thing as a Fusion Laser. Your “support” is bilge.
The DeLuze Fusion Reactor, is based upon a prototype developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. That model successfully created one single spark of Fusion energy. Dr DeLuze essentially, made it AC, whereby the spark keeps repeating.
Berkeley Lab did this many years ago, but it recently made news. Maybe it’s been further developed and similar to the DeLuze Reactor? Naturally the technology has been withheld.
https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2023/05/22/fusion-qa-the-path-forward/
Lanyard, you keep posting nonsense. There is, so far, no successful fusion reactor. The weapon you posit is not possible without the ability to obtain sustained fusion. The only such reaction that has taken place is thermonuclear weapons, and a bomb pumped laser is simply not possible in atmosphere unless you plan to destroy yourself as well.
You are still posting sewage.
You really believe that the PatRIOT interceptors actually shot down the SATAN2 mach 20 hypersonic missile? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, HA!
Sad little man you are, Lanyard. Good, honest man you can be. Will you?
I’ve only just started watching the video, but are we aware of how Felshtinsky came to the conclusion that Belarus would attack Lithuania/Poland by September?
He does not say.
WELL, IS THIS IS NOT JUST PEACHES, BERRIES, AND CREAM!!:
27 Jun, 2023
By Professor Sergey Karaganov, honorary chairman of Russia’s Council on Foreign and Defense Policy,
“This month, there has been an active debate in Russia about the possibility of Moscow preemptively using nuclear weapons.”
http://www.rt.com/russia/578814-russia-has-to-consider-launching-nuclear-strike/
Yes, saw this as well a couple of days ago:
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/26/7408686/
It appears that Kadyrov met with Putin yesterday.
Where did you read that, @GREYKNIGHT? (Not seeing it on a Google News search)
https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/06/28/putin-met-with-ramzan-kadyrov-on-june-27-kremlin-press-secretary-peskov-admits-p
OFF TOPIC, BUT STUNNING STATEMENT (JUST TOLD NYQUIST, IT STUNNED HIM):
Marco Rubio says he’s heard shocking ‘firsthand’ accounts of UFOs from top Pentagon officials who claim US owns crashed non-human craft – and is working on reverse-engineering their technology
*Sen Rubio said some UFO whistleblowers are ‘fearful of harm coming to them’
*Rubio advised against making ‘any prejudgment or jumping to any conclusions’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12238931/Senator-Marco-Rubio-says-officials-high-clearances-knowledge-UFO-craft-retrievals.html
READ MORE: Pentagon whistleblower says US has recovered dead UFO pilots
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12161993/US-trying-create-weapon-wreckage-non-human-UFOs-claims-new-Pentagon-whistleblower.html
Remnants of an ‘ALIEN SPACECRAFT’ may have been found at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean – by Harvard physicist who believes Oumuamua was an ET craft that passed by Earth in 2017
*Possible alien probe, ‘IM1’ meteor was stronger, faster than any in NASA catalog
*Scientists recovered 50 ‘perfectly round’ tiny iron spheres at the site of impact
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12243125/Harvards-Avi-Loeb-says-50-microscopic-spherules-recovered-Pacific-alien-probe.html
Pentagon UFO whistleblower claims people have been killed by ‘non-human intelligences’ and says US government will do ANYTHING to protect the secret
*David Grusch served 14 years in the Air Force before going public with his claims
*He says the government has been lying for decades about discovering UFOs and extra-terrestrial life
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12186605/Pentagon-UFO-whistleblower-claims-people-killed-non-human-intelligences.html
Project Blue Beam
I think somehow @GREYKNIGHT’s link got partially deleted, but for those interested, it is here:
https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/06/28/putin-met-with-ramzan-kadyrov-on-june-27-kremlin-press-secretary-peskov-admits-post-factum
Thank you
The Chinese military has recently added a “total war” scenario when testing and evaluating the performance of new weapons, according to scientists involved in the project – South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3225529/chinese-military-conjures-world-war-z-scenario-all-out-conflict-test-and-evaluate-new-navy-weapons?module=lead_hero_story&pgtype=homepage
Last year I recall many stories that Putin was overseeing and ordering drills on nuclear options. Last October a whole slew appeared, Here is one.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-europe-moscow-sergei-shoigu-752933fd7c59c22226ef377363955de8
One of those articles included a reference I saved re Tucker Carlson. Tucker seems to have made a deal with the devil. Help Russia occupy Ukraine and become a major world influencer to bring down Biden.
@JuliaDavisNews
“Meanwhile in Russia: since the Kremlin is losing to Ukraine on the battlefield, state TV propagandists are forced to resort to nuclear intimidation of the U.S. and its allies — with the help of Tucker Carlson. They promise to help Carlson to campaign against Biden.”
@LADYFROMLIBERTYGARAGE: No, Mr. Carlson is not trying to be *the* big influencer to bring down Biden, not anymore at least. He calls out US aid to Ukraine as a move to in turn call out the U.S. national security state as an adjunct of the larger deep-state uniparty establishment apparatus, which has two main crutches to support it, one being the national security/military complex, the other being the mainstream media. (Secondary supporters are the academia/education complex and the collective entertainment industry.) But Mr. Carlson has now lost his erstwhile vast broadcast means (Fox) and for now has resorted to Twitter in order to pick up the mantle and continue. But being on Twitter, while quite visible, does not carry the extensive direct reach for him that Fox did. Actually, it is more Bill O’Reilly now that carries the driving get-rid-of-Pathetic Joe flag, citing him as now the worst U.S. President of all time, (replacing James Buchanan—-I would say Woodrow Wilson, but that’s Bill O’s current call.) O’Reilly also lost his Fox platform, but has built back up substantially on his website, radio. and now the new First News channel with a nightly program. Mr. Carlson is still at the beginning of his ‘rebuild’ effort, that will take some time. Who knows, maybe he will yet end up on a channel like Newsmax, I would hope that he would. But for now he is no longer the dissenting media ‘big gun’ against PJ, virtual quack “Dr.” Jill, and their chained(?) circus animal Hunter.
As Carlson is clueless about the communist infiltration of the Democratic Party he has been deaf to reports that Biden has dragged his feet on arming Ukraine. We do not hear of American tanks fighting in Ukraine. We hear of German-made tanks, given to Ukraine not by us, but by Poland and Sweden and Spain. We gave some old armored personnel carriers, and we initially refused to give HIMARS, and were blackmailed into giving them by the UK and Poland. You can be sure that Biden will — if he can — pull Moscow’s fat out if the fire when the opportunity comes. Already Biden took Putin’s side against Prigozhin. This is a strong hint of things to come.
Thank you, Mr. Holm, for taking the time to write. When I posted my comment, I felt a little uncertain whether I had contributed anything of value to this blog, but your understanding was very helpful as well as Jeff’s.
I follow Bill O’Reillly as well. And he has been clear that Putin and Communism are enemies who are not to be trusted. I so appreciate that in this smoke and mirrors world we live in.
I hope you’re right that Tucker’s Twitter reach doesn’t really impact people who make policy, or alter our support, but Jeff says, that the Biden team will eventually say, :”This is the best we can do and hand over Ukraine on a platter.”
Listening to military podcasters, the complaint is given over and over that America has refused to give Ukraine “offensive weapons.” We are afraid of triggering World War III. So how will Ukraine ever take its territory back without such weapons? This illustrates the way in which we tie the hands of the Ukrainian military, and protect Moscow from its mistakes. As long as Ukraine lacks the means to solidly defeat the Russian Army, the Russians can go back to the drawing board and find new ways to defeat Ukraine. This situation, as Mr. Felshtinsky has said, is ridiculous. It is like the situation we cultivated in Vietnam during the war there. The enemy is allowed to invade our allies and win, but our side can only defend. This kind of war can last a long time, especially as the communists continually fail in their offensives. But eventually we tire of supporting the besieged country and abandon them. This happened to Vietnam and Cambodia. I am afraid, given the nature of Biden and his staff, this same procedure has been put into effect.
I don’t know about a deal with the devil, but Zeihan has called Carlson a lying sack of “manure.” Carlson has sold himself on behalf of Putin.
I think i have to agree with Zeihan.
@OHENGINEER Sir, did you watch the entire Carlson show while he was on Fox, night after night, year after year? (I did.) I cannot remember him ever being a ‘Putin shill’, he did not try and justify the invasion of Ukraine, his bottom line was that it was just not in the geopolitical/national interest of the U.S. to become so involved with such immense amounts of material and financial aid, considering the huge national debt and immense deficits our rogue zoo-creature ‘leaders’ have and do run up. We have been committing vast amounts of money, upwards of $100 billion or more to date, a virtual bottomless piggy bank for Pathetic Joe to dole out at his pleasure. Money we really don’t have! (But I also do not recall him claiming there should be *no* aid, either). And, as he would often state, there was no formal auditing process established for the dispensation and application of the funding by anyone he knew of, so that leaves it wide open to abuse (like, multiple Swiss dachas for Zelensky and his inner circle? By the way, the guy *does* look like a strip club manager in a sweatshirt. He’s a former game show host, after all.) Carlson was simply looking out for America’s interest above all. He did not fervently take either the Ukranian or Russian side. As for Marxist influence in the U.S., he did allude to that at times, particularly with the rise of BLM and Antifa. He excoriated the Democratic Party and its most prominent figures over their radicalism aimed at destroying the foundational pillars of the U.S. He took on RINO Republicans, too—in effect, the ‘uniparty’ deep-state establishment overall. Folks, there has been no other media figure dedicated to preserving our *country as founded* than TC. He *is* on our side more than any other in the American press. Why else did he become so renowned, popular, and influential?
The amount of assistance, mostly humanitarian, given to Ukraine is less than one percent of the total U.S. budget. It is hardly “massive” and it is hardly going to break our economy. The problem is our runaway social spending. Carlson is not objective when it comes to Ukraine. He recently accused the Ukrainians of blowing up the Kakhovka Dam, which is counterfactual in the extreme and a position worthy of ridicule. He routinely mocked President Zelenskyy on his show, but never mocked President Putin. Carlson made a show of being neutral in the war, but he was clearly towing the Kremlin line. The Kremlin does not need us to side with them against Ukraine. They just need us to abandon the Ukrainian people, who would be crushed outright without some small token of assistance from us. Ukraine is effectively a bulwark against Russian aggression in Europe. If Ukraine falls, Russian and Belarusian officials have hinted that Poland and the Baltic States are next. You might say that we have no obligation to defend anybody, which is not true. But the main target of all Russia and China efforts is the United States. By combineing with other countries to restrain our enemies, we are defending ourselves in the most efficient way imaginable. If we abandon all the countries threatened by Russia and China, all those countries will abandon us in turn. One has to be an idiot not to see this basic fact.
Alas, Jeff, there are many idiots out there. Major infestations are seen at The Gateway Pundit and The Conservative Treehouse. I call them cosplay conservatives, because they certainly are not conservatives.
H.R. I saw more than enough of his swill to see what he was. Zeihan, and many others, got tired of seeing his trash and the only people that have much respect for the man are Putin shills. They love him to death.
I got sick of the man, and quit watching him. You need to listen to Jeff.
You got sick of which man? My app only allows me to see the last posting when I respond.
He got tired of Tucker Carlson.
He must have clicked the reply button under your comment, but was repkying to HR.
Ah.
I like some of Tucker Carlson’s things, but he is not well-read, and does not think things through.
Thank you Jeff=for being you. You always provoke deeper thought. Not always the thought angle as I, but considerate of a different angle. I see a larger Sino/Russo Plan. The USA has a spanking from on High coming; and I sorrow that that will be what it takes. Hang tough Patriot, I am with you.
🙃
Hmm… I’ll be traveling to Poland this September/October. It is since the last few years when going there I’m telling my daughter that it could be my last trip and it is possible that I could NEVER return. This scenario is now more probable than ever.
Still, it is as surprising as it is admirable that the current conservative Polish leadership is keeping such a composure and courage in the face of the ever-increasing menace presented by PUTLERISTAN and PUTLER himself, especially in the situation where Poland’s Western “brothers” are becoming increasingly rabid and hostile in their attitude towards Poland. They aren’t even trying to hide that they are determined to help to topple the Polish conservatives. The entire head of oppositionist snake consists of the former commies and their descendants and is entirely in the pocket of Germans and Russians, It could become really hot when I arrive in Poland.
I will have, probably, to ask my friends on this website to pray for me.
Regards – Bogdan the Aussie
The Russians have indeed used their German helpers in Poland, especially to manipulate the Polish media, which has German companies involved in the ownership. I was told this by a Polish media executive 15 years ago when a GRU spy nest was discovered in Polish military intelligence.
“All that we know derives from history…”
“To remember the past is to know that war always comes…”
“With twenty-five centuries of war and empire behind us, the future is clear. America’s chief military rival is violating nearly all of the arms control agreements it has signed. Why? Yevgenia Albats, Anatoliy Golitsyn, Jan Sejna, Andrei Navrozov, Stanislav Lunev and Andrei Codrescu provide the clues. Their books suggest that something dangerous is going on behind the alleged “collapse of communism.” And what is more, their books better fit the context of history than the CBS Evening News.”
When your goal is world revolution, treaties mean nothing. Why, oh why, have our leaders been so blind -for generations?
Money… Lots of money
Yessir
Our leaders have enemy agents of influence in their midst. These agents have successfully floated spurious arguments that have become the received wisdom of our time.
After watching the interview with Y. Felshtinsky, he presents some very interesting points going on behind the scenes for Putin as current Russian leader.
Does Putin appear weakened as a leader with the events last weekend? Are the hardliners soon to replace him? Today, most paying attention to world events, are learning of possible nukes in Belarus, courtesy Russia, for a potential strike on Poland, Lithuania (Putin knowing it would be Belarus that would be the one suffering a possible counter attack, not Russia).
What of China already being aware of the Russians plan of nukes being in Belarus, courtesy their own diplomatic ties?
Any attack in Europe would, or could, soon isolate Russia in terms of its own sympathizers, allies. And, if an attack in Europe happens, must Putin then turn attention to China’s potential threat to his own country/people? Very interesting indeed…
Yuri has this curious bit of information I have never heard before; namely, that Putin was not made President of a Russia by Yeltsin. He was made president by the Collegium of the KGB/FSB. Yuri called it “a Politburo.” Yet, Yuri evidently forgets that the KGB was the “armed detachment” of the Communist Party. As a historian Yuri has not addressed Moscow’s continued adherence to the Communist Bloc countries, and the fact that Lenin remains unburied. It is Communism in charge of secret structures that explains Putin’s political trajectory. It is the deception policy outlined by Golitsyn that explains Putin’s Christian and conservative and liberal pretenses of the last 23 years. Putin is a communist. He holds to the same fighting faith that rules China. Beijing is not going to attack Russia unless Russia genuinely breaks free from communism. That is why Ukraine is being attacked by Russia. It is not Russian imperialism, but the communist structures that are seeking to reestablish their control. The same struggle between communism and normal society is going on in America. The communists are united. Their enemy is not each other. Their enemy is every free man in every free country.
Yeltsin’s 3 last prime ministers were Primakov (ex deputy director KGB), then Stepashin (ex director FSB), then Putin (ex director FSB). Yeltsin had decided to bring the KGB back in power
It was not Yeltsin who was deciding anything. He was just a front man for the secret structures. A former KGB officer told me that Yeltsin’s Kremlin was full of KGB from the beginning. When the Soviet Union fell, Col. Stanislav Lunev asked his commander in the GRU whether Yeltsin’s coming to power meant they would be curtailing their operation to infiltrate the U.S. military and government. His boss cabled Moscow Center with that exact question. The reply came back that they were to INCREASE their activities against America. Once the West had swallowed the deception in its early stages, seeing they had unleashed too much freedom in Russia, the strategists in Moscow decided that KGB hands were needed to gradually bring the country back under control. Therefore, Primakov, Stepashin and Putin were brought in. This raised the moral of KGB and party Cadres while returning overt control to loyal oepratives in many areas of the country.
Interesting statement:
“On June 27, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko confirmed that a large number of Russian nuclear weapons have already been transferred to the country.
“It’s surprising they have failed to spot them,” he was cited as saying by the BelTA news agency, presumably referring to Western intelligence agencies.”
“Poland, which shares a border with Belarus, has expressed concern about the presence of Wagner forces in the country.
Polish President Andrzej Duda said Wednesday he hopes that the issue of Wagner’s presence in Belarus and the security threat that it apparently poses would be on the agenda at a summit of all 31 members in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11-12.
“This is really serious and very concerning, and we have to make very strong decisions. It requires a very, very tough answer of NATO,” Duda said.”
I wonder whether the Sao Paulo Forum meeting over the weekend (I think it ends on Sunday July 2nd) has any connection at all with the Yuri-Felshtinsky-purported machinations around the Wagner Mutiny; since the Sao Paulo Forum is happening just in the wake of this mutiny event and Brazil seems to have been chosen by China as a very special strategic ally (former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff became of late the chairwoman of the BRIC’s Bank).
Olavo de Carvalho (one of the dramatically few people who bothered to read the available published acts of the Sao Paulo Forum meetings (and related documents), repeatedly spoke about how Lula da Silva (founder of the Sao Paulo Forum) openly declared [during some Lula address] the Sao Paulo Forum meeting was an occasion for Latin American leaders to make up common strategic goals and coordination, away from the prying eyes of the media. The official meeting or hall speeches are almost just for show, what matters is what they say behind close doors. The former General Secretary of the Workers Party (Lula’s and Dilma’s party), Marco Aurelio Garcia, told/claimed before a Rede TV journalist several years ago, during an interview, that contrary to rumor the Workers Party put a significant effort to publicizing the name/meeting of the Sao Paulo Forum; despite the fact decades after the creation of this international organization [The Sao Paulo Forum], and for a long time, both right-wing as well as left-wing media and politics figures (e.g. mainstream right-winger author and journalist Diogo Mainardi) positioned themselves when asked in public venue interviews about this organization or Olavo’s opinion on it as saying they essentially couldn’t care less what it was about, or were not willing to directly discuss this subject matter. This suggests Marco Aurelio Garcia’s claimed ever intent to make the Sao Paulo Forum known was just a poorly-disguised lie. The media, largely controled by the left for a long time, never gave it publicity, much less in a way which corresponds to Garcia’s claim.
The Sao Paulo Forum was for a long time a ghost story, it existed only in Olavo’s mind. Today it is openly discussed by some mainstream papers, so as long as for the sake of saying things like it is not linked to communism at all (to say it is is a conspiracy theory, essentially) or does not represent the left in its better sense or as a whole. The current meeting of this organization may be the most openly held yet (in Brazil’s capital no less), Lula will be attending. I may be mistaken but Lula seems to not prioritize as of right now to tone it down, as if there are other greater priorities at hand. Perhaps this means something.
The Sao Paulo Forum latest news is Lula made a speech during a session of the conference/meeting openly and/or recordedly praising communism essentially as a badge of honor (whereas Lula while visiting the US weeks ago tried to imply he is not actually a communist, during an interview). This is a manifest change of tone or policy regarding the activities of the Sao Paulo Forum, as I suspected. They are putting away the facade and secrecy of the organization, I don’t think this meeting had ever this much visibility as it is having right now. I would guess in light of the last March’s Putin-Xi agreeing on changes under way one hasn’t seen in 100 years, this may mean something.
It seems the communists have been increasingly visible since the pandemic. This is no accident. Perhaps we will see the mask coming completely off.
There is talk and videos attempting to show turmoil broke out in France and other European countries (price controls in France were a bad sign in that regard), a mall near Paris is said to have been burned down. These things, along with Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s report on NewsNation about the border crisis or the reported sabotage in US soil [reported by more than one source, I think] against food companies operations, seem to indicate the West is undergoing some kind of increasingly palpable crisis and foreign-caused maneuvers.
We are probably under attack, and our intelligence agencies are clueless.
Sadly, Yeltsin disgusted Russians from freedom. People were dying on the streets while oligarchs were drinking champagne. Male life expectancy fell by like 7 years. Yeltsin had like 2% popularity. Maybe Yeltsin did that on purpose
Oh yes, the capitalist circus of drunken Boris Yeltsin was meant to sour the Russian people on the promise of freedom. They had to innoculate them with a “demonstration” of what freedom really means. It is especially interesting that the “capitalism” developed in Russia followed the Marxist description of capitalism and democratic freedom. If the Russian people would not believe Marxist tracts, then give them a strong dose — arranged by the KGB and mafia/party structures tasked with robbing them afresh. Say it is capitalism, and everyone will happily vote for a KGB Lt. Col. to be president.
Oh yes, I saw this up close and personal. I had a Russian friend, an elderly academic retiree who was reduced to growing potatoes on a lot allocated to her miles from her apartment and to lugging the potatoes home for hours on public transport in order to eat. She was no fan of “capitalism.”
People who have no opportunities often look at the rich, at the so-called capitalists, as conspiring to keep them poor.
Just a question about Yuri Bezmenov, do you think he was a genuine defector or not ? Anyways it’s sad to see that much more people know him than Golitsyn who is much much more important
I do think Bezmenov was a genuine defector. You can tell the genuine defectors by what they say, and how they are regarded by our intelligence community. Because Bezmenov was interviewed by the Birch Society people, and did some speaking for them, there are video of his presentations. This made him more available to a generation that tends to avoid serious books.
I think Golitsyn was genuine, but Angleton was of the opinion that he never “made his bonafides.” That gives me pause on the “intel community.”
I have no idea where you got that from. Angleton believed in Golitsyn. Who says otherwise?
That is from a quote linked on the old Final Phase site. It was from an interview of Angleton. I have no reason to think you are telling a story, nor do I have any reason to think that interview was telling a story. It’s a real head scratcher.
It probably refers to some time ago, to something nuanced.
Ohengineer, what’s the “old Final Phase site” ?
Yolo, “The Final Phase” was a buzz phrase current close to 20 years ago, dealing with the final phase of the moves against the US. A guy using the handle of “William Wallace” had started the board after Jeff had to kill his own discussion board because there were several people that were way off in left field and could not be shut down under the mechanics of the Jeff’s board. William took his board down about 5 years ago for lack of activity. There is another board under the same name now, but last I looked, there had been no posts for a year.
This little chuckle break — brought to you from Holland.
Light scatters darkness, no matter how small the flicker.
https://twitter.com/youreadthishi/status/1674445910577758208?t=DAxg4-5VLj5cJS9Zc6U2LQ&s=19
That’s an interesting little clip. Although he oversimplifies a bit, he is poking directly at the European left. He is putting their Marxism in the spotlight. Does anyone know anything about this Dutch politician? I assume this is from Holland.
This looks like the guy, wiki quality, from the name given.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Baudet
It is such a shame that this classically educated man learned so little from his ancient mentors. In essence, Mr. Baudet holds all the essential conspiracy views of a poorly read person, of a person who knows nothing about the modern world, and the Leninist story that is central to revolutionary history since 1917. He believes every conspiracy theory that would lead someone to be pro-Putin, and so he incorrectly identifies the leftist dupes and fellow-travelers as the main enemy, becoming a dupe himself. To have someone like this represent anti-communism, and to be the challenger to the left, is to enable the communist scissor’s strategy that will be followed by convergence.
Michael Yon focuses on Holland alot because he feels their farmers are being gone after. They are some of the most productive farmers in the world. Holland is also the end of Belt and Road Inititive for CCP, with 2 huge ports, thus the active land grab.
https://twitter.com/Michael_Yon/status/1662919433151717376?s=20
Maybe the Dutch left and right will get together and compromise. The right will allow the country to lose its farmers, and the left will change over to Putin’s side because it’s the only way they will be allowed to eat.
Oh, that is sad about Baudet. It was amusing the spotlight he put on communism in that government moment, but didn’t go deeper into all his perspectives.
And, Yon and others are working hard to try to have a better ending for Holland than that. 🥀 But, it is like here– westerners r so naive, inert, and brainwashed from the decades to what is happening all around us.
It seems that a partial understanding of events may be dangerous.
Yes…. 🥀 Jesus warned the two most dangerous things people must take heed to, as this age enters closing stages (however many years, decades or more that may be yet), are being deceived and allowing one’s heart/love to grow cold/hard. Sobering.
Sobering indeed.
They’re speaking Dutch.
Re malicious “capitalism” of Russia under Yeltsin: In the case of my Russian friend, inflation was rampant and people literally could not afford to buy food. Hence the dependence on growing potatoes. I don’t believe this was a case of class envy or resentment, at least not on her part. In fact, she was a bit of a dissident, having been dismissed from her university post for some politically incorrect position she had taken.
I was thinking of all the Americans who believe in conspiracy theories about the evil rich.
Yes. Thus far, despite rampant inflation, evil capitalism has provided Americans with enough surplus to avoid starvation. Even those like the derelict homeless, with whom our city is teeming, have charitable options rather than starvation, if they choose to avail themselves.
I think many of our poorest people are overweight.
I did not realize that Yuri Felshtinsky authored his other book with Alexander Litvinenko! I’ll stop asking what his sources are right about… now!
Jeff, have you listened to his other interviews yet? I just started this one:
https://youtu.be/ASSEJEHdSmI
Yuri does not know about Golitsyn, and does not put all the facts of Soviet-Russian history together in the way I would. But he has a real mastery of the detail, and learned many things from Litvineko and others.
I was just reading that he was also targeted for assassination by the FSB in 2006, when he lived in Boston, but somehow managed to survive. He’s very brave to be doing these interviews now. I hope he’s in a safe location.
I think there have been many deaths which were assassinations, only nobody investigated. Look at all the people falling out of windows in Russia. Amazing how that happens so frequently with banking people and the heads of companies.
The second interview Felshtinsky gave in Sept 2022 was very interesting. Around the 55:00 minute mark he predicts that nuclear weapons would be fired into Europe from Belarus, and that this was the only reason Putin had not yet annexed Belarus. He also stated that Belarus was chosen because it is a small country and a nuclear retaliation would be unlikely, because Western countries would reason that radiation might easily spread to other countries. So he was making all these predictions (without the timeline) at least nine months ago. Here’s the link again in case anyone would like to view these remarks:
https://youtu.be/ASSEJEHdSmI
Yes, Felshtinsky’s analysis is remarkable; so I believe he has some kind of source, someone who told him something, In addition, elsewhere he says that Belarus maintained the facilities to store and handle nuclear weapons when Ukraine did not. This is another tip-off. Taken in total, this also suggests the Belarus contingency was prepared for three decades ago, when the decision was made to maintain the country’s support infrastructure for nuclear weapons.
You friend Jean Robin said in a Live that you made Trump aware of Golitsyn’s books through a common friend you had with Trump. Is that true ? Btw I hope to see you and Jean Robin talk again together soon, you really are close ideologically..
I urged someone who spoke to Trump regarding other matters, and who believed in Golitsyn’s analysis, to tell Trump about Golitsyn. I was told later that the Golitsyn thesis was explained to Trump at some point, but Trump reportedly said, “I don’t believe this.” After that, there was nothing more to say. I do not know that my urging had anything to do with Trump being told. All I know is that when Trump was told, his dismissed it out of hand.
Perhaps he will recall it at some later date, hopefully when he wins a second term. You never know what effect this may have had.
Every time I comment, post about Trump in response to your comment, it never actually posts…lol. “Someone” must be reading your blog posts Jeff.
Target words.
Vera Coking…
Lanyard, Jeff has asked you to quit posting, yet you have no respect for his site and whine if comments get trashed. You have no room for complaint.
And No, Putin is not saving Minsk as a an ace of any sort. he trashed it when he invaded. End of story.
Thanks, Lanyard, I just blocked you on Twitter. Wish I could block you on this blog.
Jeff, how long ago was that? Would current events make it possible for your source to have a follow-up conversation with Trump?
That was in 2018. I do not know if he has any contact with Trump now.
Possibly.
It may be pessimistic on my part but I’ve given up hope that there is an American leader that will see things as they are and act accordingly. I’m almost convinced that the world is just going to have to catch on fire for people to wake up and out of that fire will rise some leadership that will stand up and save whatever’s left of our nation. Trump ain’t the guy. He may do well on domestic issues but appears to be just as delusional as the rest of America.
Trump loves Trump first. A good leader loves his people the most.
Trump already correctly understands that China is an existential threat. He also warned Europe multiple times that they needed to increase their military spending, presumably because of the threat from Russia. I think he knows more than he lets on. And as it becomes clearer and clearer that Russia and China are aligned, diverse views will tend to converge, and more people will come around to our point of view.
This is inevitable.
I watched one of Peter Zeihan’s videos and he gets passel of Putinist trolls in his Twitter feed. he mutes them rather than blocking them. That lets them waste their time yelling into the ether.
Maybe we will all be caught up in the magical “rapture” that many conservative Christians here in America cling to when Armageddon happens. I was brought up to believe this and still will not concede this notion of saving believers from tribulation.
Ain’t no one coming to save us from the realization that everyone breathing today will have to make a choice to take “a mark” or refuse. To a lesser extent this was trialed with the “clot shots”. Many a Bible believing Christians succumbed to government and rolled up their sleeve willingly. As will happen soon when we see nuclear war break out and the balkanization of our own country here.
The Holy Spirit can not operate in the same way during the tribulation because the focus changes back to Israel. For that reason, the Church must be withdrawn because the Holy Spirit will not be removed from believers.
Yes
I know Mr Nyquist does not want any spiritual quibbling here, which is right and good. And that’s not what any of us want, anyways. But, I will just offer, for your own review, the other perspective of what the bible teaches, which is not taught much here in America. America is the last main place where pre-trib understanding/doctrine is still strongly held and taught.
It’s worth bringing up for the sake of love. People believe pre-trib doctrine because they were taught it by a pastor/teacher, not because one can come to that conclusion by a plain reading scripture. It’s just not there– OT or NT. So, if people are taught and then believe they will get out of the Big Trouble and then don’t – oh my. There will be such horrific offense at God and the church that one can see that would massively contribute to the great “falling away” Jesus spoke of.
These r the two most concise audible overviews of the major arguments for and against not embracing this doctrine I’ve come across. They provide a solid scriptural springboard to dive into the bible and search it out for oneself. Both of these teachers will say, “Don’t believe me. Be a Berean and search the scriptures for yourself.”
https://youtu.be/NgnYfMn3iF8
https://youtu.be/XfUhtx3mnGU
For a deep dive into scripture and an analysis of the teaching of America’s top pre-trib teachers, this series is very thorough. Think they are up to 17 parts now. They don’t get into scripture itself til part 3. The first 2 parts are intro.
https://youtu.be/ymqWbouIAjg
https://youtu.be/Vqs0WT_QHhg
https://youtu.be/XcutjeLFoSA
Here are the free books Joel R has written. In the book “Sinai to Zion”, he goes deep thru the whole of scripture regarding the return of Jesus. Also, if you scroll down to “The Rapture” there are several items for those who prefer scanning thru more abbreviated written resources.
https://joelstrumpet.com/?page_id=5755
Since we don’t hear the alternative teaching/perspective to the pre-trib doctine much here in the USA, at least these r some solid resources to objectively and prayerfully consider the patoral and scriptural concerns many have with this view. Undoubtedly, we all agree that contentious debates, rooted in emotion more than objectively delving into scripture together, are not helpful or edifying.
MNTGAL,
The pretrib doctrine has been held for centuries and anyone holding to a literal interpretation of the bible (allowing for figures of speech) holds the doctrine. My readings in scripture do show a pretrib rapture. Dispensationalism is widely held throughout the world, as is a pretrib rapture.
The doctrine has been ably, and persuasively, defended by many scholars. I won’t go into it here. but will say there aren’t many that agree with what you are holding, and most of them are postmilenialists. I do not see in scripture what you are pushing.
’nuff said.
Hi OhEngineer! I’m not sure you had interest or opportunity to listen or read anything posted. I doesn’t sound like it, and that’s totally fine if you didn’t. I don’t desire to “push” anything on anyone. No one is forced to click on anything. The ease of scrolling on by items is good! Just presenting another perspective many believers haven’t heard in America. Many churches don’t broach the topic at all, while others firmly and singularly hold the pre-trib perspective without the awareness it is not the one the early Church thru 1830’s embraced. For the sake of knowing where we have come from in Church history, it may be worth a glance. But, then again, there is no pressure to do so.
In any case, hope you can have a refreshing holiday weekend. Remembering and honoring the great gift of our Independence Day seems more important than ever this year.
The killing of a teenager in Nanteree generated riots. According to the twitter thread, there has been mortar fire on Firemen coming to fight fires caused by rioters.
https://www.fdesouche.com/2023/06/28/emeutes-en-cours-a-nanterre-apres-la-mort-dun-chauffard-de-17-ans-en-direct/
Lanyard, do you contribute anything honest and good to this life?
Jeff, last article you told me that there are many sources regarding Sakharov’s strange history with authorities and KGB. Do you have the sources ? I’m really interested in this subject
These sources are private persons in Russia.
One interview that might interest you, Philipp Bobkov ex deputy director fo the KGB. He talks about Sakharov and says that he spoke with him many time. Interview is in Russian : https://tvrain.tv/teleshow/interview/byvshij_pervyj_zampred_kgb_filipp_bobkov_o_shodstv-357733/
Bobkov is an interesting figure. This strange period, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, has many ambiguous figures with strange stories. Marina and Viktor Kalashnikov, who were working on an oral history of the USSR, were interviewing many of these people in 2004-7, learning all kinds of strange things. Then Gorbachev found out about these interviews. He went around the old Soviet elite, giving an order to everyone as if he was still the boss: “Stop talking to the Kalashnikovs.” What was he attempting to hide? Anyone poking around these matters is going to find many anomalous testimonies. What the Communist Party and KGB were doing is still not fully understood (in Russia or outside Russia). Viktor and Marina were poisoned with Mercury. They suffered a horrible range of symptoms. German doctors who found the mercury poisoning thought the mercury was laced with a radioactive element.
Claims are being made that the Kremlin has approved the sabotage of that nuclear reactor:
https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/1674708245716271104
Allegedly, Russian troops are already withdrawing from the area.
Jeff, what do you think of this scenario playing out as an easier plan B for Russia over the more complicated “Belarus nukes Poland and takes the fall for us” plan? I’m of a mind they would rather blackmail us with this threat, but can’t rule out them actually doing it.
I’ve seen horror stories saying the destruction of that nuclear power plant would cause extreme damage to Ukraine, though since I am not an expert, I can’t rate their claims. If it’s as bad as they claim, the war ends on the spot. Ukraine will be in mass evacuation mode. Russia will create complicated conspiracy theories blaming Ukraine. Tucker Carlson will repeat them and will show doctored photos of Zelenskyy planting the bombs himself. Russia loses Ukraine, or keeps what parts are safe from the fallout. Markets crash as a major bread basket of Europe is now irradiated.
Extreme, but then, these are drug addicted, vodka soaked psychopaths in power in Russia.
The only issue is that they lose Ukraine generally, destroying land they coveted.
But seems to me, having Belarus nuke Poland is extremely risky business. The West will stand up. That’s nuclear war. But this is nuclear sabotage, clouded over with disinformation, and I can see those European pukes and Joe Biden refusing to retaliate. In 10 years, maybe they’ll blame the whole thing on Ukraine, both left and right wing parties, if Russia is successful.
Why not both happening in the month of July? Each underscore’s the Kremlin’s will to destroy and punish anyone who opposes them. This will either result in the West’s collapse, or in an open declaration of war from Washington and European capitals. In that event, the people who present take Putin’s side are in grave danger. War mode is dictatorship mode. We faced a COVID lockdown medical dictatorship in the pandemic. Now we might have something far worse, which the Kremlin has facilitated. The U.S. Government, full of Marxists, would not wage an honest war. And then there is China. One trembles to think who has come to be in charge of the American military.
It seems to me that Russia and China may very well be on the verge of going all in.