nortex97 said:
It's really doubly ironic that the Democrats, and our 'very fine' people at the FBI for instance, have worked for years for Russian oligarchs, including to censor/produce a narrative on their behalf, around Ukraine. Russia, Russia Russia is to a large degree a business partner, and ally of our White House, as is the CCP in matters ranging from he war in Ukraine to energy policy/inflation.
It was HRC who procured the "Steele dossier' of lies about Russian ties to Trump, the FBI who propped it up to create a false impeachment narrative, and "Honest Bob" Mueller's team at DoJ as special counsel who fanned the flames for years about Russia. Vindman ('oh say can you see,' Ukraine) and Ciaramella helped in their own ways of course, separately involving Ukraine/Nuland etc. But all of that required immense propaganda in the American media to convince the, ahem, dim witted among our public as to their veracity/truthfulness. Propaganda? LOL, that's practically all we have:
See, Russians aren't even human!
War is brutal, and Kiev is being struck in their Eastern cities more and more, unfortunately. Some of this is inevitable as the Russians have to convince the Ukrainian people to rise up and force their government to sue for peace, I guess. The Ukrainian 'elite' (oligarchs) are certainly not endearing themselves long term to their allies nearby. Lies about peace discussions/requirements persist.
Interestingly, China and the global south seem to get that it isn't about some barren towns like Bakhmut or the Donbas:
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It also seems to have done a solid job convincing the Global South that the war is about much more than the invasion of Ukraine.
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"The consensus is that this isn't a European war, but has impact on food, energy and economic stability globally and that it will take everyone on board to get to the final outcome of a settlement," said a diplomat from one of the non-Western countries.
Unlike the last conference in Copenhagen, Zelensky faced no pressure to drop his plan; in particular, there was broad consensus that withdrawing Russian forces from Ukraine was necessary. China has expressed a strong interest in continuing the talks.
Meh, I think Newsweek was essentially right in this essay last week: nobody is entitled to their own facts about the war in Ukraine: 12
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Like the war in Iraq, this is war of choice for the United States. No one is attacking a NATO member. As we were once told that Saddam Hussein was busy building an nuclear bomb, we are now warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to invade Poland. Neither claim ever had any basis in reality. Like the war in Afghanistan, this is another "forever war" with taxpayers being asked to spend ever-growing sums for "as long as it takes."
Yet just how long that might be or what we are hoping to achieve is never clearly stated.
Instead, those endorsing this war seem to posses a geopolitical vision that is inconsistent with the facts and does not consider the high costs or grave risks the Western alliance is assuming in return for little or no gain. Moreover, they appear to accept the dubious proposition that American and Ukrainian interests are identical and that the United States should have no say in how a war it has enabled ends.
Meanwhile, Victoria Nuland…
I cut out some tweets here for 'readability' but it is remarkable how China Joe's pro-Iran team has brought us to a disastrous brink o war with…China and Iran.
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In 2021, President Joe Biden appointed Malley to the position of special envoy to Iran, but on June 29 of this year, the State Department announced that he would be placed on unpaid leave while his security clearance was under review. On July 10, unconfirmed reports emerged that the FBI had become involved in the investigation. On Aug. 15, Yale's Jackson School of Global Affairs announced Malley as one of eight new senior fellows.
Some American politicians and scholars quickly criticized Yale and Princeton, where Malley also took a position for hiring Malley despite the unclear context around his leave.
"Pitiful. Look who my alma mater just made a prof," Sen. Ted Cruz, a Princeton alum, wrote in a post also on Aug. 15. "Rob Malley was such a pro-Iran radical that he was FIRED from Biden admin & had his security clearance stripped for 'mishandling classified docs' (the details are still hidden)."
But any of us could find a nice opening in around 35 days at an Ivy League school after having an FBI investigation opened into our 'mishandling' of classified documents, right?
These are the types of trusted advisors who have been shaping our foreign policy the past 3 years (and before that, under Obama).
Doug Band, Clinton Global Initiative, Epstein, HRC, k-street, it all goes together;
These are compromised, treasonous scoundrels at best. Pedophiles at worst. Russia, China and Iran; the Biden Familia and advisors best friends.
Onward to war with Iran, comrades!
