Blinken’s Blinkers: How explain juvenile diplomacy? The Greek tragic flaw of hubris. China, Russia, N Korea, Iran – even Niger – would be amused were it not so dangerous. I riff on pamphlet by Lenin 100 yrs ago exposing the excesses of ideology on steroids
Guinea Bissau bows to Israel, Withdraws Flags from Freedom Flotilla: “This is not the end. Israel cannot and will not crush our resolve to break its illegal siege and reach the people of Gaza. It is our responsibility to keep that hope alive. WE WILL SAIL.
Press Conference: Under Israeli Pressure, Guinea Bissau Moves to Withdraw Flotilla Flags
“Three Stooges” Blinken, Biden, Sullivan continue to make mess in Ukraine, China, and Israel. Antony ‘Innocent Abroad’ Blinken again tries gunboat-type ‘diplomacy’ in China, unable to wrap his mind around tectonic shift represented by China-Russia entente.
Israeli has delayed Flotilla departing Turkey with medical supplies and food to fend off starvation in Gaza. It is pressing Guinea Bissau to withdraw its flag from the lead ship, triggering a request for additional inspection, this one by the flag state.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6MpUqyOLcr/?igsh=YXRqbXQ1N2FxeDVs
The Freedom Flotilla ready to push off for Gaza, “the people of Gaza the wind in our sails; freedom for Palestine our North Star; food, medicine, solidarity, and love our gifts.” ‘Fair winds and following seas!’ to break the siege. Medea, on deck, reports.
Iran so far winner of the tit-for-tat with Israel which now between rock and a very hard place. Are Israeli leaders finally taking admonitions of Biden/Blinken/Sullivan seriously? Yes, so far. DEEP STAKES, though, for Israeli leaders; so expect unexpected.
Someone needs to tell Biden he is living in the past and that this is unforgivably dangerous. I played that role in the The President’s Daily Brief session https://twitter.com/raymcgovern/status/1781784752376201667 with ‘President Scheer’. Here’s a one-minute clip from Thursday’s interview.
In former CIA officer and presidential briefer, @RayMcGovern’s, “brief” to President Biden (played by ScheerPost founder, Robert Scheer), Ray had quite a reality check for the warmongering President:
The U.S. is not the most powerful country in the world anymore. pic.twitter.com/N7Jz0syJBq
— ScheerPost.com (@scheer_post) April 19, 2024
As Nima and I discuss the latest on Israel, Gaza, Iran, and the report that Russia shot down an F-35 carrying a nuclear weapon, the US Congress voted to throw good money after bad at the MICIMATT to support Ukraine in a losing cause and Israel in genocide.
The “blood-drenched arms traders” (Pope Francis) won big today, as the House voted to throw billions more good money after bad at the MICIMATT, while calling those billions “support for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan”. Surely time to sing loudly the MICIMATT song
https://raymcgovern.com/2024/01/01/micimatt-in-song/