Even the Polish government seems to be looking for an exit ramp from the war on Russia. A Polish general has said that Russian forces are fighting well. Polish President Duda, in a recent interview, while calling for huge new weapons shipments to Ukraine, suggested that Russia “could” win—if Ukraine doesn’t get a massive infusion of advanced weaponry. Oh, but Poland won’t be sending much if anything along those lines. Perhaps the Poles are getting the message that Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova delivered in response to Duda’s interview:
"Second, look at the timing. The Hersh revelations follow hard on the heels of the classified docs story, the CSIS report (we’re running out of “stuff”), and the Rand report (for God’s sake, negotiate already!). This all falls within the time frame that Hersh would have needed to put his article together, thus giving the appearance of coordination."
If the Hersh story is true, which it very likely is, then the real story is one of Washington unity. The Nordstream caper was carried out apparently without the direct involvement of the CIA or SOCOM, or at least without enough involvement that they felt the need to notify Congress ahead of time.
Now legally and Constitutionally, this seems awfully sketchy. Sort of like Iran-Contra on steroids. In that case, they skimmed money from the sale of weapons to fund a covert operation that Congress would not. Here they apparently used people whose activities didn't have to be reported or explained. Now, when Iran Contra became public, as it inevitably did, Congress raised hell in part because they were strongly opposed to what the Reagan people were doing. In this case, they found people willing to blow up a Russian pipeline, which was an act of war, and what do we hear from Congress? Crickets, as far as I can tell.
There may be people in the Pentagon who have misgivings about Ukraine policy, but not to the point of disobeying what sound to me like illegal orders, which sort of makes me wonder what other illegal orders they're willing to execute. There was real and effective opposition to Iran Contra, but I'm not seeing a lot of effective opposition here.
Looks like Nato is only now getting up to speed, per Jens Stoltenberg:
“It is clear that we are in a race of logistics. Key capabilities like ammunition, fuel, and spare parts must reach Ukraine before Russia can seize the initiative on the battlefield. Speed will save lives.” (Breitbart) As has been mentioned, reality is trying its best to break through…
Norway informs NATO that Russian Northern Fleet set sail with nuclear weapons for the first time in 30 years.
https://warnews247-gr.translate.goog/ektakto-norvigia-o-rosikos-voreios-stolos-apeplefse-me-pyrinikous-pyravlous-meta-apo-30-chronia-etoimasies-syrraxis-me-nato/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Russia's response to Hersh revelations: If negotiations fail, Putin will give deadline of 72 hours before using nuclear weapons.
https://warnews247-gr.translate.goog/apantisi-rosias-stis-apokalypseis-s-chers-an-oi-diapragmatefseis-apotychoun-o-v-poutin-tha-dosei-prothesmia-72-ores-prin-tin-chrisi-pyrinikon-oplon/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
"Second, look at the timing. The Hersh revelations follow hard on the heels of the classified docs story, the CSIS report (we’re running out of “stuff”), and the Rand report (for God’s sake, negotiate already!). This all falls within the time frame that Hersh would have needed to put his article together, thus giving the appearance of coordination."
If the Hersh story is true, which it very likely is, then the real story is one of Washington unity. The Nordstream caper was carried out apparently without the direct involvement of the CIA or SOCOM, or at least without enough involvement that they felt the need to notify Congress ahead of time.
Now legally and Constitutionally, this seems awfully sketchy. Sort of like Iran-Contra on steroids. In that case, they skimmed money from the sale of weapons to fund a covert operation that Congress would not. Here they apparently used people whose activities didn't have to be reported or explained. Now, when Iran Contra became public, as it inevitably did, Congress raised hell in part because they were strongly opposed to what the Reagan people were doing. In this case, they found people willing to blow up a Russian pipeline, which was an act of war, and what do we hear from Congress? Crickets, as far as I can tell.
There may be people in the Pentagon who have misgivings about Ukraine policy, but not to the point of disobeying what sound to me like illegal orders, which sort of makes me wonder what other illegal orders they're willing to execute. There was real and effective opposition to Iran Contra, but I'm not seeing a lot of effective opposition here.
Yes but, LOOK!! balloons and UFOs!!
Amazing
Russian confiscated assets will be given to the Ukraine somehow under U.S. law…
https://news.yahoo.com/us-announces-first-transfer-confiscated-233000766.html
Looks like Nato is only now getting up to speed, per Jens Stoltenberg:
“It is clear that we are in a race of logistics. Key capabilities like ammunition, fuel, and spare parts must reach Ukraine before Russia can seize the initiative on the battlefield. Speed will save lives.” (Breitbart) As has been mentioned, reality is trying its best to break through…