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
What Else Could US Military Prevent
Judge Napolitano asks, If the US military can thwart intense efforts toward wider war in Ukraine, can it prevent war in Palestine from becoming a regional war? Also, who knew about those exploding pagers? And is Netanyahu afraid of “universal jurisdiction”
The Choice Between Plague and Cholera
As Germans put it in 2016 the US election is again a choice between Pest [plague] und Cholera. The odds-on favorite = the MICIMATT & enablers of genocide/fans of torture. My God! Are we the fearful, sheepishly submissive Germans of WWII? Only 6 weeks left!
https://antiwar.com/blog/2024/09/20/micimatt-for-president/
The Pentagon vs the Hawks
Truly remarkable that we have to depend on US military to keep wars (Ukraine & Middle East) from escalating to direct US military participation. The Pentagon has won – at least for the nonce – latest round with the hawks on Ukraine; can it thwart Bibi too?
Trump and the Intelligence Community
“The Intelligence Community has six ways from Sunday to get back at you if you foolishly take it on”: Sen Schumer to Maddow 1/3/17 https://youtube.com/watch?v=4Py25LPuv-c But Trump & Vance loudly threaten to clean out the rot. What is likely to happen this time? Nima & I:
Hillary Flip Flops on RT
Hillary once gave RT high praise: March 2, 2011: “The Russians have opened up an English language network. I’ve seen … and it’s quite instructive.” http://businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-al-jazeera-2011-3 Perhaps too “instructive”? Hillary to Maddow Monday: Indict Americans who help RT.