Lies and hysterics are all the West has left
Reading the lies in western media is depressing. Because 1) they show how much contempt they have for us little people, and 2), these freaks show they can’t even lie intelligently.
I have included a few articles below that exemplify the copious lies in the media but this is a tough topic. It’s depressing to read the blatant examples of crass disinformation.
It is sad to see what lowbrows write and enforce the laws that control us. It’s like being in a prison with knuckle-dragging sadists as your keepers.
But the good news is that lies are all they have left. Their coming come-uppance will have to be colossal – something to look forward to.
Come quickly, multipolar world!
Here’s your daily air strike update for June 16, 2024
https://ria.ru/20240616/su-34-1953191493.html
16.06.202
Su-34 attacked the command post and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
© RIA Novosti / Valentin Kapustin
A Su-34 fighter-bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces over the airfield in the special operation zone. Archive photo
A flight of Su-34 bombers struck a command post and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
MOSCOW, June 16 – RIA Novosti. Russian aviation bombed the command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the zone of responsibility of the West group of forces, the Ministry of Defense reported.
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“A flight of Su-34 bombers, accompanied by a Su-35S fighter, took off from the home airfield and bombed the command post and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” the release says.
During the strike, high-explosive aerial bombs with a universal glide and correction module were used, the department specified.
Having completed the combat mission, the aircraft successfully returned to their home airfield. Intelligence reported that the target was successfully hit.
Russian Aerospace Forces actively use aerial bombs equipped with universal glide and correction modules in the northwestern military zone. Thanks to them, combat aircraft can strike at enemy fortified areas without exposing themselves to fire from their anti-aircraft missile systems.
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Putin says ‘theft’ of Russian assets in G7 deal ‘will not go unpunished,’ references nuclear arsenal
DECENSORED NEWS
JUN 16, 2024
During a speech at the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that “theft” of Russian assets and foreign exchange reserves “will not go unpunished,” and that attempting to “inflict a strategic defeat on Russia,” with its massive nuclear arsenal, “can result in tragedy.”
“Western politicians… either do not understand the scale of the threat that they create or are simply obsessed with their impunity and their exclusivity.”
Watch:
Here’s a transcript of the AP’s translation seen in the video above:
“Western countries have now frozen a part of Russian assets and foreign exchange reserves, and are now thinking about some kind of legal basis in order to completely appropriate them. But, despite all of the scheming, theft will remain theft and will not go unpunished.” (…) “Calls to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, which has the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons, demonstrate the extreme adventurism of Western politicians. They either do not understand the scale of the threat that they create or are simply obsessed with their impunity and their exclusivity. Both of these can result in tragedy.”
Putin’s comments come one day after G7 leaders (per Reuters) “agreed on an outline deal to provide $50 billion of loans for Ukraine using interest from Russian sovereign assets frozen after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in 2022.”
“Now it is becoming obvious to all countries, companies (and) sovereign funds that their assets and reserves are far from safe in both the legal and economic sense of the word,” Putin is quoted as saying in a translation published by Reuters.
“Anyone could be next in line for expropriation by the U.S. and the West.”
Preparedness and “Saber-rattling”
Here's brief, abridged timeline of some of Russia’s statements and actions in recent months related to the question of nuclear escalation:
March 13: Asked about Russia's preparedness for a potential nuclear war, Putin reportedly says, "From a military-technical point of view, we are, of course, ready," but also opines that "there are enough specialists in the field of Russian-American relations and in the field of strategic restraint” in the US. "Therefore, I don't think that here everything is rushing to it (nuclear confrontation)."
May 6: Russia announces plans to conduct nuclear drills in response to what it calls "provocative statements and threats of certain Western officials.”
May 22: Russia begins the previously-announced drills in the Southern Military District. They involve "practical training in the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons."
June 5: During a meeting with international news agencies organized by TASS, Putin is asked by Reuters' global foreign policy editor Samia Nakhoul: "What would trigger a nuclear war, and how close are we to that risk?"
"You know, we're always being accused of rattling some sort of nuclear saber," Putin said. "Was it me who voices the issue of possible use of nuclear weapons? You lead me to this topic and say that I was rattling a nuclear saber after that."
In a series of additional clips from the same June 5 meeting (seen in the video above) — which appear to be part of the same exchange with Nakhoul — Putin is quoted as saying:
It's a very tough topic. The United States is the only country that used nuclear weapons during the Second World War. Hiroshima, Nagasaki [got hit by] 20 kilotons. Our tactical nuclear weaponry is 70-75 kilotons. It's just tactical nuclear weapons. Let's not push it. Not only using it, but threatening to use it.
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For some reason, the West believes that Russia will never use them [nuclear weapons]. We have a nuclear doctrine; look what it says. If someone's actions threaten our sovereignty and territorial integrity, we consider it possible for us to use all means at our disposal. This should not be taken lightly or superficially but professionally.
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There is no need to form an image of an enemy out of Russia — you're only harming yourselves by doing that. They invented that Russia wants to attack NATO — are they out of their minds? Wooden-headed like this table. Who invented that? It's nonsense, rubbish. It would be rubbish if it wasn't a plan – just to trick their own population by saying "Help! Russia is going to attack soon, we must arm ourselves urgently, send weapons to Ukraine!" In reality, it is done to preserve their own imperial standing and might, that's what it's done for.
June 6: Cuban officials say that four Russian warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will arrive in Havana the following week, adding that none of them will carry any nuclear weapons, and that their presence "does not represent a threat to the region." NBC News reports that "U.S. officials said that the Russian military presence was notable but not concerning."
June 12: The Russian fleet arrives in Cuba, where it's "greeted by 21 cannon salutes." "US officials say this appears intended by Vladimir Putin as a high-profile response to the Biden administration's support for Ukraine," reports CBS News:
"Russian ships have occasionally docked in Havana since 2008, when a group of Russian vessels entered Cuban waters in what state media described as the first such visit in almost two decades," writes the AP. "In 2015, a reconnaissance and communications ship arrived unannounced in Havana a day before the start of discussions between U.S. and Cuban officials on the reopening of diplomatic relations."
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Chris Hedges speaks to TRUTH on Zionism
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Alexander Mercouris on Ukraine war
Mercouris tells us about utter lies in the Ukrainian media, which are, as usual, parroted in Western media. Speaking of which, I just now saw an article in the msm news outlet that raised my blood pressure. The article title says that NATO is claiming Russia is suffering “astronomical” losses in Kharkov.
Obvious lie. Russian defense ministry has been reporting close to 2000 Ukrainian losses per day for some weeks now.
But look: Russia has air superiority and ample supplies of artillery shells, while Ukraine is complaining of “shell” hunger. Kiev cannot lie about that because the Ukes are screaming for more ammo from the West, which, however, cannot supply their needs.
I showed here why it is illogical to try and assert that the Russians are losing more men than Ukraine. And since I wrote that piece, things have gotten catastrophically worse for the Ukraine side, which is now admitting that it lacks manpower to fight the Russians. And the reason this is so is that since the first Ukrainian counteroffensive, it has been squandering the lives of its soldiers even as the Russians have been extremely conservative with its troops’ lives – which is why it advances so slowly.
Listen here to Alexander Mercouris’ thorough and well-researched analysis:
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Warning:
The following is dangerous propaganda favoring genocide. Extreme caution and skepticism advised:
This is the biggest pack of lies I have ever seen, even from Israel
LIES: Evangelicals, we must stand up to modern media Goliaths who hate Israel, us, and the truth
Israel murders over 100 journlists in cold blood and then pretends that the deceased are a dangerous enemy??
Israel has murdered over 100 journalists in cold blood and yet they are trying to portray their victims as dangerous?? Dead people don’t kill!
HERE is the truth:
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
LAVROV WAS RIGHT: ZELENSKY SENSED A COMPLETE FAILURE. "FORMULA" WON'T BE A SALVATION
Politician Oleg Tsarev, assessing the first day of the “summit” in Switzerland on Ukraine, stated: this is a complete failure. Even before the event, the “Zelensky formula” was reduced to three humanitarian points, and at the beginning of the conference everyone was vying with each other to talk only about Russia. Even before this meeting in Bürgenstock, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called this event “a get-together.” [Actually, Lavrov used the term междусобойчик, mezhdusoboychik, meaning a kind of meeting between individuals who all know each other and share the same narrative and values. In other words, an ingrown group]
The formula was not sufficient
Despite loud statements about how grandiose the “summit” on Ukraine in Switzerland was supposed to be, the event was a fiasco. As politician Oleg Tsarev noted, there was a complete failure in Switzerland.
Not only that, more than 100 countries out of 160 invited refused to participate in the event. Those who refused included US President Joe Biden [well, Biden sent his veep – a kind of subtle snub], Chinese President Xi Jinping [sent foreign minister], Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [sent foreign minister], as well as representatives of Kuwait, Iran, Egypt and other countries.
Switzerland did not extend an invitation to Russia. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov previously spoke about the “summit,” the event is more of a get-together.
“The completely empty and worthless, dead-end “peace formula” of Zelensky was declared as the basis for the discussion without alternative,” the minister noted, adding that the foreign ministers of China and Brazil said that it was important to look for a new basis for promoting a settlement, which should be acceptable to both parties.
It is noteworthy that even this “peace formula” of Zelensky had to be cut down before the “summit” - the “partners” reduced the “formula” from 10 to 3 points, leaving only humanitarian conditions there.
On social networks they are openly laughing at the acting president of Ukraine. On the first day of the “summit,” Internet users, instead of once again listening to the lengthy speeches of the “guy in khaki,” counted how much he sniffled. A video of him “breaking the world record for most sniffles” during a press conference at the G7 in Italy has gone viral on social media. [fellow entertainers report that the actor Zelensky snorts coke]
Discussion on the wrong track
Continuing the topic of the conference, one cannot help but add that the forecast of failure for Zelensky in Switzerland was given not only in Russia. American Responsible Statecraft analysts emphasized that the “summit” would once again confirm the unviability of Kyiv’s “peace plan.”
The conditions put forward by Kiev are in fact completely unviable even as initial negotiating positions, the material says, and even if Ukraine agrees to negotiations, Russia will flatly reject them.
In turn, Russian President Vladimir Putin made clear Russia’s position regarding the “infighting” in Switzerland.
The conference on Ukraine in Switzerland represents another ploy to “set the discussion on the wrong track” and indicate the appearance of legitimacy of the Kyiv authorities, he said at a meeting with the leadership of the Foreign Ministry.
By the way, it was at this meeting that the head of Russia voiced what stirred the Western “hawks”. The President of Russia proposed a peace plan, following which the NWO would be completed. This plan involves the implementation of a number of points: the withdrawal of troops from the territory of new regions of Russia, the abandonment of plans to join NATO and, in general, a neutral, non-aligned, nuclear-free status of Ukraine.
In fact, the West will be forced at this Swiss conference to somehow respond to this peace proposal from Russia. The founder of Constantinople, Konstantin Malofeev, predicted what the response of the collective West would be:
They, of course, will refuse or ignore it, as they did with Putin’s letter on the eve of the SVO in January 2022. However, after this it will be unclear why this “peace conference” was convened at all if a peace proposal from Russia exists but is not being considered.
Talk only about Russia
It is noteworthy that the “absent guest” so filled the entire information space of the “peace” summit that it was impossible to ignore it.
Politician Oleg Tsarev points out that almost every speaker only said that it was necessary to invite Russia to the discussion:
“A complete failure of the conference in Switzerland! This is definitely different from the expectations of Zelensky, who continues to dream of how to present certain proposals to Russia after approval by the international community:
▪️President of Switzerland: “We understand well that a peace process without Russia is unthinkable. A long-term solution must include both sides.”
▪️German Chancellor: “It is necessary to involve Russia in dialogue... Real peace in Ukraine cannot be achieved without Russia.”
▪️President of Kenya: "...Russia should be at this table."
▪️Turkish Foreign Minister: “The summit in Switzerland could have been more effective if Russia had taken part in it.”
▪️ Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister: “Any credible process also requires Russian participation.” He added that the summit in Switzerland will lead to this.
▪️The head of the Mexican Foreign Ministry discussed with the President of Switzerland the importance of Russia’s inclusion in peace negotiations based on the UN Charter.
"The truth must be told." Whose truth?
US Vice President Kamala Harris tried to interrupt the agenda, arguing that Russia's peace proposal was not something worth discussing at all. More precisely, not what the United States wants to hear.
Yesterday Putin made a proposal. However, the truth must be told: he is not calling for negotiations, he is calling for surrender,
- Harris said pathetically.
However, as it turned out, the American side is not at all against a broad discussion on Putin’s peace plan. Thus, Assistant to the US President for National Security Jake Sullivan said that Washington would be interested in China's opinion on this matter.
And while the United States is playing its game, not wanting peace, while Zelensky is being presented as a legitimate leader, trying to distort reality, the countries of the world are no longer ready to fully follow the course of the hegemon in the face of the collective West.
The call that international law should not be applied selectively and that other conflicts should not be forgotten was also made at the “summit” in Switzerland. Thus, the Prime Minister of East Timor Xanana Gusmão, who was invited to the conference, expressed clearly not what like-minded Ukrainians expected. In particular, he directly stated that Kyiv’s problems are not the only ones in the world. For Zelensky, I think, these were unpleasant words.
Today we continue to see the selective application of international law... It happens too often that the nation that extolled the sanctity of international law becomes the one that violates it, the speaker said. - Right now there are about 65 wars going on in the world. Even if they seem far from our own countries, we should not forget about them.
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Translation from Arabic with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
التصعيد على الجبهة الشمالية وفق المفهوم الروسي (alkhanadeq.org.lb)
Saturday, June 15, 2024 12:48
Escalation on the northern front according to the Russian concept
Escalation between Hezbollah and the occupying entity [Resistance authors normally refuse to call Israel “Israel” because in their perception, it bears little to no resemblance to ancient Israel. Since they see it as an illegitimate occupier, they often refer to it as the occupying entity, interim entity or the like]
The concepts underlying Russian thinking on escalation management have several goals: managing escalation at current levels, keeping conflict limited, deterring additional participants from joining, and reducing the cohesion of opposing coalitions. The Russian state seeks to inform the enemy of the potential costs and ultimate futility of continued armed aggression against Russia's core security interests.
Accordingly, it appears that Hezbollah was able to adopt a clear strategy in managing its escalation with the interim entity, according to the Russian model, as it still controls to some extent the course of events and their development while maintaining the ability to cause harm, and sending messages to the enemy proving that it possesses the power and capabilities, and its endeavors To chart a new path at the level of deterrence, as well as to maintain the conflict within the level that prevents its escalation into war at this stage, based on its efforts to cause objective harm to the opponent, and its understanding of the targets of vital importance in the entity’s territory, as well as its analysis of potential methods to cause harm to them, with It sets standards for unacceptable harm to be inflicted, and defines the nomenclature and characteristics of the means capable of achieving it.
Based on a study, the Russian strategy for managing escalation: the development of basic concepts, which dealt with several aspects related to nuclear deterrence and intimidation, as well as ambiguity and surprise, in addition to limited and gradual escalation amid limited use of force, which was prepared by Michael Kaufman with a group of researchers, which will be discussed in this article. To the most prominent concepts addressed by the Russian strategy in this field with the aim of studying and understanding the reality of the escalation on the northern front between Hezbollah and the interim entity.
Managing escalation on the northern front
Stages of strategy development:
- The first stage, the demonstration and proof stage: through which Hezbollah sought to demonstrate the extent of its capabilities in blinding the occupation and eliminating its advanced espionage capabilities. He demonstrated his ability to direct strikes that disabled a group of spy columns and also targeted the Meron base, using precise strikes on specific types of targets. The importance of this stage became apparent in blinding the Israelis, obstructing the operations of monitoring and monitoring the movements of the resistance fighters, and making their tasks difficult.
- The second stage: The stage of causing appropriate damage: In this stage, Hezbollah sought to change some of its tactics and escalate its strikes, so its operations became a complex attack and quick direct responses to any Israeli attack, and targeting buildings, settlers, and strategic centers became an essential step in this stage. Its importance emerged in directing more painful and deterring strikes to the enemy, especially in depth and in sensitive and strategic centers, inflicting heavy losses on it and deterring it from any escalatory step.
The keys to the strategy: deterrence, maintaining freedom of action, striking in depth, maintaining the principle of attribution, inflicting a heavy price on the occupation at the right time and place, as well as more losses, displacement, continuous switching of tactics, and preserving its power cards and the elements of surprise.
- Deterrence: Hezbollah established deterrence through deterrence through defense and deterrence through the limited use of force in an effort to achieve strategic deterrence.
- Methods: Hezbollah has adopted several methods since the beginning of the battle, such as targeting the enemy’s espionage capabilities, combined attack, changing fighting methods, direct response, and enhancing the use of drones.
- Success of the strategy: Hezbollah succeeded in maintaining its offensive capabilities and efficiency and directing strategic strikes, as well as restricting the entity in the free use of forces and expanding its military objectives, including reaching depth and preserving the elements of surprise and surprise.
Temporary entity: exhaustion at various levels
Stages of escalation management:
The first stage: symbolic and disciplined combat.
- The second stage: Gradually expand the objectives to curb resistance and reduce damage.
- The third stage: continuing the escalation, crossing some lines.
- The fourth stage: The escalation develops at a greater pace and intensity.
Therefore, according to the Russian model, the Israelis adopted a combination of two stages:
- Prove and show strength.
- Inflict appropriate damage.
Hezbollah was able to operate according to a ceiling that would enable it to inflict the highest pain and appropriate damage on the enemy at the lowest cost, without the conflict rising to the level of a comprehensive war and preventing any preemptive operation, in light of the temporary entity’s use of its various criminal methods, plans, and tactics, which have not yet enabled it to attain any ability to manage escalation. Or to restore deterrence and control it, and all it does is kill and destroy without achieving any political or military achievements, in exchange for the army paying high prices in terms of human and military capabilities, and entering into a cycle of attrition from which it is difficult to get out.
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