BREAKING on breaking Nordstream pipelines: John Anker Nielsen, a Danish habormaster near pipelines detected USN ships with transponders off 4 or 5 days before explosion. He was ordered to turn back and “not allowed to say a thing”. h/t Glenn Greenwald & X.
Can the Pentagon Prevent Escalation
Can Pentagon prevent escalation in WAsia, as it did in Ukraine? I believe Russia’s def minister is assuring Secy Austin that Putin can help rein in Iran, IF Biden reins in Netanyahu. If that’s a no-can-do pre-US election Biden will let slip the dogs of war
No Forensics? No Problem!
No forensics? No problem! Oct 7, 2016 Directors of Homeland Security & Nat’l Intelligence issued false “Joint Statement” that Russia hacked DNC emails. https://dhs.gov/archive/news/2016/10/07/joint-statement-department-homeland-security-and-office-director-national Turns out Obama made them do it; his pressure to help Clinton was revealed at trial of DNC lawyer Michael Sussmann
More Messages from Russia and China
Additional movement of plates in tectonic shift in US-Russia-China balance of power. Putin (9/2): “China & Russia are allies in every sense of the world.” Zakharova (9/11): Moscow & Beijing will respond to “double containment” with ”double counteraction”.
Putin is Not Bluffing on Nukes
Briefing the ‘President’. Putin is not bluffing on nukes. Blinken and Sullivan have “shown their mettle”. If you won’t fire them, put them on 4-months leave. Widen your circle of advisers beyond those wet behind the ears. And talk to John Mearsheimer
What is Likely in MidEast and Ukraine
With 1 month to go before US election, talking w/Nima re what likely to happen in MidEast & Ukraine. Significance of Russian assertion Russia and China could “combine with double counteraction” in response to US threats. Do not miss cameo of Pompeo at end!
Netanyahu: Chutzpah on Steroids
Netanyahu: Chutzpah on steroids. Like fmr PM Ariel Sharon, he reckons he has the US president “wrapped around his little finger” (as Gen Brent Scowcroft told the Financial Times in October 2004). Netanyahu wants wider war, with the US all in, b4 election.
No Questions, No Answers
No dodgy WHouse answers today. Instead, a new rubric: “Ask me no questions & I’ll tell you no lies”. NO Q&A at “media” events w/Biden/Zelensky & Harris/Zelensky. With eye on Polish voters, Harris said Poland could be Putin’s “next”. FACTCHECK: Please see: consortiumnews.com/2024/07/02/ray
You Cannot Win in Ukraine AND Avoid WWIII
PRIORITY: FOR THE PRESIDENT: Exactly 20 months ago we Veteran Intelligence Professionals warned you it would not be possible to BOTH defeat Russia in Ukraine AND avoid WWIII. Putin made that clear yesterday. Please ponder this, as you prepare for Zelensky. original.antiwar.com/veteran-intell
Biden Being Played
A close facsimile to The President’s Daily Brief. Biden, played by Robert Scheer, is also being “played by” Netanyahu & Zelensky). Update on Israel-Hezbollah & Ukraine. Forewarning Biden Zelensky’s advisers still include Boris Johnson, & now David Petraeus