Israel becoming a dangerous pariah; Ukraine/US/NATO a dangerous loser. As Israel defies the UN, and as the “exceptional” geniuses around Biden ignore Kremlin warnings regarding provocations re Ukraine, the likelihood increases for US use of tactical nukes.
A mercifully jocular start to dialogue on Putin Does China. NYT is shocked and awed by Xi’s two-cheek embrace of Putin. NYT headline speaks volumes: Xi’s Warm Embrace of Putin is Defiance of West. And, gosh, Xi won’t press Putin to end war. Speaks volumes
Putin’s and Xi spare no effort to demonstrate that China and Russia are solidly joined at the hip, incl ostentatious bear-hugs. Xi has Putin’s back on Ukraine. It beyond whimsical to try to “drive wedge” between the two. Cameos from Toria Nuland and Bobby Gates
“That’s not what I’m hearing!” ‘President Scheer’ at Weekly Briefing, as I draw implications of Putin-Xi alliance and note Biden advisers undercut promise to Putin NOT to put “offensive strike missiles” in Ukraine; comparing now with Cuban missile crisis
Pandas do not usually hug bear visitors. Nevertheless, Xi and Putin have made it abundantly clear that the close relationship between China and Russia marks a tectonic shift in the balance of power. Escalation is in store if US doesn’t awake from its torpor. consortiumnews.com/2024/05/17/ray
Nuland’s Neocon Noodle Now Channels Madeleine Albright (“Yes, we believe killing 500,000 Iraqi children was worth it.”) politico.com/news/magazine/
Toria should click on this as she prepares her class at Columbia American Exceptionalism, an Infantile Disorder.
The President’s Weekly Briefing: I navigate treacherous shoals presenting what Truman at the outset said he wanted, first and foremost, from the CIA – “untreated intelligence”. ‘President’ & briefer, both, btw Rock and Hard Place? Try Scylla and Charybdis.