I’ve been holding off commenting on the Russian military response to the Ukrainian truck-bomb terror attack on the Kerch Bridge—the latest in a series of terror style attacks. That response has come, as I’m sure readers have heard, in the form of massive Russian missile strikes throughout Ukraine. Here are a few tweets that provide the general picture of these strikes—apparently largely cruise missile strikes, including from the Russian Black Sea Fleet—in graphical form:
"Zelensky ... has completely botched realpolitik. Instead of harnessing Ukraine’s power as a neutral buffer state, his government went all-in on becoming subservient to one coalition while antagonizing its more powerful neighbor." Z has been subservient primarily not to the Banderites but to the people who actually put him in power in the first place - people who never had any interest in the Ukraine remaining a neutral buffer state. Funny that. Thus while the Russians (Medvedev in this instance) decry the Nazi elements in Kiev, we all know the influencers to whom they are really pointing.
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Yes, this guy is now retired, but I suspect that this view is shared by others in the Pentagon:
"President Biden's language -- we're about at the top of the language scale, if you will. And I think we need to back off that a little bit and do everything we possibly can to try to get to the table to resolve this thing," Mullen told "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz.
(Trigger warning for neocons) Fmr. Joint Chiefs chairman Adm. Mike Mullen says he's "a little concerned about the language" from Biden on nuclear war & says the US should "do everything we possibly can to try to get to the table" to negotiate with Russia. pic.twitter.com/3FFrXAufO2
This is a very rational appreciation of the situation. Let's hope that there are still people in DC, Davos and the Pentagon who are rational too. Nothing is off the tables with this bunch of maniacs. The next big question is, now that NS is not in fact kaput, whether the Germans will fold.
Ann Barnhardt has a post discussing the decades-long loss of executive function vested in our executive. Everybody knows that Biden is a puppet for other, unelected people pulling the levers of power. Everybody knows that our deep state is not letting Biden anywhere near the control room.
Per Michael Anton, 2016 was the Flight 93 election... and we stormed the cockpit... and all that's left of the Trump presidency is a smoking hole in the ground in Pennsylvania.
The deep state rolled out their plandemic regardless.
Everybody knows that Zelensky is a puppet, and not anywhere near the control room.
Ukrainians are getting chewed up and spit out.
On the other hand, from a distance Putin seems to be exercising executive power within his government. Can such a thing be true?
"Zelensky ... has completely botched realpolitik. Instead of harnessing Ukraine’s power as a neutral buffer state, his government went all-in on becoming subservient to one coalition while antagonizing its more powerful neighbor." Z has been subservient primarily not to the Banderites but to the people who actually put him in power in the first place - people who never had any interest in the Ukraine remaining a neutral buffer state. Funny that. Thus while the Russians (Medvedev in this instance) decry the Nazi elements in Kiev, we all know the influencers to whom they are really pointing.
Methinks a clearly unhinged Zelensky will be fleeing the country within days - definitely before that ground starts to freeze.
Norton tried to block me from coming here -- and said warning, this is a dangerous site (or words to that effect). The title and a few other places in your email were blocked off in red. When I tried to click thru on the title (which is how I usually come here to the site) Norton threw up a 'complicated' looking page and cited MIH for phishing, and this is a dangerous site. I clicked the 'go to browser' link and used it, too, but still couldn't get through. I did have the option of disputing their classification and it would be two days before I'd hear. I disputed -- said you were 'news'. Right at the moment I couldn't think straight because I was angry so I didn't really study the different categories.
Anyway, I had to finish lunch and came back and clicked on the email again and got through.
Stranger things, huh?!
Yes, this guy is now retired, but I suspect that this view is shared by others in the Pentagon:
"President Biden's language -- we're about at the top of the language scale, if you will. And I think we need to back off that a little bit and do everything we possibly can to try to get to the table to resolve this thing," Mullen told "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz.
(Trigger warning for neocons) Fmr. Joint Chiefs chairman Adm. Mike Mullen says he's "a little concerned about the language" from Biden on nuclear war & says the US should "do everything we possibly can to try to get to the table" to negotiate with Russia. pic.twitter.com/3FFrXAufO2
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) October 10, 2022
This is a very rational appreciation of the situation. Let's hope that there are still people in DC, Davos and the Pentagon who are rational too. Nothing is off the tables with this bunch of maniacs. The next big question is, now that NS is not in fact kaput, whether the Germans will fold.
Mark, I really appreciate the information you provide.
Thank you.
Ann Barnhardt has a post discussing the decades-long loss of executive function vested in our executive. Everybody knows that Biden is a puppet for other, unelected people pulling the levers of power. Everybody knows that our deep state is not letting Biden anywhere near the control room.
Per Michael Anton, 2016 was the Flight 93 election... and we stormed the cockpit... and all that's left of the Trump presidency is a smoking hole in the ground in Pennsylvania.
The deep state rolled out their plandemic regardless.
Everybody knows that Zelensky is a puppet, and not anywhere near the control room.
Ukrainians are getting chewed up and spit out.
On the other hand, from a distance Putin seems to be exercising executive power within his government. Can such a thing be true?
We should fear a petulant Biden.