Thomas Karat of the Netherlands gave me time and space for a tour d’horizon-type interview and inserted up front ‘This-Is-Your-Life’-type short video clips of me, starting with my Feb. 21 briefing the UN Security Council on sabotage of Nordstream pipeline.
The Ukrainian Missile Crisis
Caitlin Johnstone nails it for those willing to consider the reality that Moscow feels as threatened as JFK did in 1962 https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2023/08/27/the-last-time-a-foreign-military-threat-was-placed-near-the-us-border-the-world-almost-ended/ She puts cogent English to what I tried to show last April in a briefing I titled “If the Missile Fits, Beware” https://raymcgovern.com/2023/05/03/if-the-missile-fits-beware/
Who Killed Prigozhin?
Did Putin order Prigozhin killed or is Putin the adult in the room? (Memo to Establishment media “Putin did it: he’s a thug, remember?”) Doesn’t seem likely to Ritter, Johnson, me. At Friday Roundtable w/Judge Napolitano, we also talk Ukraine (29 minutes).
Visualizing the BRICS Expansion
Adolescent G W Bush: “You’re either with us or against us!” Adolescent geniuses w/Biden throw BRICbats at “unexceptional” nations; insist on “rules-based int’l order” where US makes the rules. How’s that working out for you, Tony, Jacob, Victoria? Uh-oh!
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-brics-expansion-in-4-charts/
Tempering the Tears
‘United States of Tears’ veteran South African journalist Johan Allers titled Aug 16. interview. Allers was close to Nelson Mandela. I tried to temper the tears by citing the miracle of peaceful turnover of power & reconciliation in S Africa. Why not here!
Sensibility from Sarkozy – Ray Discusses on Critical Hour
Neutrality, not NATO, for Ukraine; talks, not escalation, says Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Take a look at the map – “Russia is not going anywhere.” Can moderate voices from “Old Europe” prevail? Possible use of “mini-nukes” also discussed on today’s “Critical Hour”.
Just Some Mini-Nukes
Why Joe Biden & son, Blinken, & Sullivan may resort to “mini-nukes”, rather than concede Ukraine defeat & NATO “power failure”. Short answer: only 14 months before election AND they have personal stake. If they lose, there is enough evidence for jail time.
Not So Great Danes
The Danish F-16s going to Ukraine, with all deliberate speed, are so old Hans Christian Anderson worked on them as a flight mechanic before turning to fairy tales – like the tale that F-16s will make a difference in the proxy war. Monday with the Judge & Ray, Aug 21, 2023, 24 min
The Unbridled Freedom and Impunity of US Intelligence
On “Judging Freedom”, Judge Napolitano judges the unbridled freedom, and impunity, enjoyed by US intelligence to do lethal covert action, at times w/out even a wink and nod from the president.
Roundtable w/Larry Johnson and me, August 18, 2023 (27 minutes)
The Best Nuclear Catastrophe…
In a new ‘Bob & Ray Show’ (click https://youtube.com/watch?v=B2g_TCYuIAM to sample an old one), Bronxites Robert Scheer (City College 1958) and I (Fordham 1961) talk serious nuclear; especially danger that Ivy League’s “Best & Brightest” may get us ALL killed this time.
https://scheerpost.com/2023/08/11/veteran-cia-analyst-on-russia-ray-mcgovern-has-never-been-more-scared-of-nuclear-catastrophe/