Briefly Noted: The Blinken Hoax And American Exceptionalism; Russia Pressuring US In Syria

I frankly haven’t been paying that much attention to Clintonista Deep Stater Mike Morrell’s testimony that the “Hunter Laptop Is Russian Disinformation” hoax—I mean, did anyone really doubt that that was a hoax—that the hoax was organized by none other than Little Tony Blinken, then with the Zhou campaign. In other words, it was a Zhou campaign hoax that the MSM ran with. Could any “revelation” be less newsworthy? The biggest question, I suppose, is whether Deep Stater Morrell provided that testimony with Deep State blessing—another drip in the steady drip of revelations seemingly intended to force Zhou to step down from running again, if not to step down from the White House he currently occupies? So, from my point of view, it was a question of waiting to see whether anything came of this. So far, the story doesn’t seem to have traction in the MSM.

However, the guys at The Duran had an interesting 20 minute conversation on this topic. It’s interesting largely because it provides an intelligent non-American viewpoint. Toward the end, Alexander Mercouris argues that this episode in US politics is really exceptional—exceptional to America. He argues that these types of hoaxes—hoaxes that involve demonization of foreign powers as the basis for the false allegations—are largely unique to American politics. Accepting this view, part of its exceptionalism is the fact that it’s a hoax in plain sight, much like the collusion of providing favored candidates with inside information before debates. Everybody knows what’s going on, including—and especially—the MSM. How can this be going on? What makes this possible in America, whereas even most third world countries don’t descend to this level of public corruption in their political processes? What ever happened to any sense of shame among Americans?

David Sacks

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The Secretary of State orchestrated a hoax in which 51 government officials falsely accused the Russian government of disinformation in order to cover up Biden family corruption. Is it any wonder that American diplomacy is held in such low regard?

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4:43 PM · Apr 21, 2023

On to Syria.

I’ve referred to these matters previously, even recently. It’s clear that Russia—at the invitation of the Syrian government and with Iranian cooperation—is pressuring the US to withdraw its invasion force from Syria. The actions that Russia has taken also suggest to me a level of confidence on the part of the Russians in their military capabilities. From Simplicius:

The next clip is a newly declassified and released video from the Pentagram which reportedly shows Russian Su-35s intercepting and dominating American F-16s over Syria, in what U.S. refers to as “coalition airspace” (whatever that means).

'Over the course of my career I have not seen this kind of disregard for agreed upon protocols and deconfliction rules,' Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich of AFCENT said in a statement. 'We've seen Russian aircraft come within 500 feet of our aircraft. - DailyMail Article

The first video is reportedly taken from a U.S. airforce F-15, while the second is from an F-16.

This comes after panicked reports from the U.S. just last month that Russian planes are now routinely overflying directly above U.S. airbases in Syria, causing great alarm in the MIC.

Russia is clearly turning up the pressure on the U.S.’s illegal occupation in Syria in concert with Iran, who’s been doling out strikes on U.S. assets. I’ve reported before that there’s a very good chance those Iranian strikes were flown on the wings of Russian intel fed to Iranian assets as a tit-for-tat, to show the U.S. that if they want to feed ISR info to Ukraine for striking Russian targets, then Russia will do the same against U.S. assets in Syria.

The spokesperson for the US Central Command (CENTCOM) Colonel Joe Buccino disclosed on 13 April that 11 more US troops based in Syria have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after a series of retaliatory strikes against illegal US bases in March.

According to CNN, Buccino affirmed that the US military’s medical teams are continuing to evaluate and assess their troops for indications of permanent and traumatic brain injuries.

The US personnel wounded in these attacks in Syria amount to 25 troops, including a US military contractor, who was killed at a facility in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province on 23 March. Washington claims the perpetrators of the attack were affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).