I think that I had Ritter wrong. Apparently, Ritter's big Russian tour was not the result of some Russian equivalent to the Ford Foundation. It was a guy in Russia who sold his apartment to finance Ritter's book (in Russian) and the tour. That was last year.
Recently, Ritter was on his way for a 40-day coast-to-coast tour when he had his passport confiscated. He told Judge Nap not to travel to Russia. And his host was arrested by regional FSB at the same time. And is Ritter raising a stink about it? Not exactly.
I've been thinking about this for a while because I've followed MIH for a long time having migrated from the treehouse and it seems your tone is different. You sound like a collaborative not you the individual.
That's interesting, because, of all the writers I read online, I find have found Mark to be most consistent over time...by far. There are well-laid and well-reasoned foundational themes that ripple throughout, yet Mark has always shown the intellectual honesty to reveal evolutions in his thinking on any given topic. Definitely the same dude.
I agree, in the past. I'm hearing a different tone and maybe it's because the world's problems are more exacerbated. I thought I was reading a different voice or voices. Maybe I need new glasses.
Well, you can tell that I'm a lone individual by days like today. I did two quick posts this morning, then went to the Botanical Gardens with my wife and grandson, didn't get back till noon, then played chess (kinda) with my grandson till 2pm, took him home, then spent hours trying to deal with cicadas attacking my young Redbud. Guess what I didn't do during all that time? Read/write.
Re the state of the world, yes, I do think that geopolitics Trumps US politics at this time, even though the two are totally intertwined.
I take on know-it-alls almost daily in the commenting section of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. My inference is the more I'm attacked without the substance of my argument addressed, the more I've hit the target.
Mark, any chance you could do some digging on history is Scott Ritter and his sentence? He is hot topic these days and I was wondering if he was set up by your former employer etc.
If you're asking whether he was targeted by the Intel Community, probably more than one agency, I don't doubt it. OTOH, he was extremely foolish to get caught up in that stuff.
Whether the outcome was totally fair--his claim as I understand it is that he didn't believe the age of the UC cop--I don't know. He did reject a plea deal and served his time.
Obviously that episode has to give one pause for concern about him. I would never want to give him any classified access, based on that. OTOH, he did show integrity in his professional career. People are usually a mixed bag. He appears to me to be a generally reliable source of information and undoubtedly has a wealth of high level intel experience. But that episode would, to me, disqualify him. However, I'm happy to get his information.
That Ritter interview with Judge Nap was exceedingly terrifying. We are very, very close to annihilation if he is to be believed and we are largely dependent on a large number of arrogant and ignorant fools in the Biden admin (and in Congress) to avoid it. Is there some/any way to get through to the politicians in Washington? I don't know what else we can do but try contacting our Congress people and describing the nature of this danger to them. Even if they are bought by Israel maybe they could come to their senses about Ukraine.
I applaud your desire to avoid destruction and devastation. Experience has taught me you'd find it much more satisfying to go talk to the proverbial brick wall.
Yes, I have to admit that just a few days ago I posted a comment at MIH on the futility of reaching out to congressional representatives. I posted THIS comment out of a mixture of frustration, despair, and forlorn hope. What can I say, I remain an optimist at heart and a pessimist by brain.
I’m surprised the U.S. bases in Syria and Jordan have not been targeted more.
I would have also thought attacks would have increased enough to force a withdrawal. Same with U.S. forces in Iraq.
And I’ve not heard much for a while about the Sunni forces in the Turkish safe zone in Northern Syria. I remember there was a meeting between Turkey and Russia about Syria.
My guess Iran does not want to distract from the Hamas / Israel struggle, and the success of the Houthani’s against the U.S. and Western naval forces. Of course Israel wants to distract with actions in Syria and Lebanon.
Targeting US bases in Syria and Jordan seems like a prudent path. Give 48 hours notice and then level it. Do it overlapping. Every day, tell them that another base will be destroyed in 48 hours. Or maybe it is the old Iranian tale of the wise man who wanted exponential doubling of his pay? Start with one base, then two bases, then four . . . it would be over quickly.
I think Iran continues to tread lightly on the surface. They still do not want explicit war with Israel or the U.S. Especially now that they have more political instability to deal with.
The Houthani attacks have been such a huge success, I doubt Iran sees a need to directly escalate. Their catspaws are doing amazing,
Next Iranian proxy that is heating up is Herzbollah with Northern Israel.
Iraq and Syria also has Iranian proxies.
Herzbollah due to the Lebanese diaspora has world wide reach. I don’t see these sleeper cells being activated unless things really escalate. They seem to be involved in illegal activities such as drugs, but the U.S. has ignored to play nice with Iran.
And Iran signaled Israel it’s too dangerous to hit Iran directly.
It’s disgusting that is true, and the more I think about it, the more Pompeo’s statement “We lied, we cheated, we stole” tells me how rotten the CIA is.
Aren't we paying Iran fairly regularly? I mean much compensation has been sent their way by Zhou over the past 3 years. I'm thinking we're paying Iran and their militias to stand down.
I wonder ??? How is possible that that KC-46 has tail number 20-46079, that implies contracts for at least 46,079 aircraft in FY2020, if not a typo, I am very perplexed.
Wow!! This Mossad guy was giving us a classic example of Zionist dissembling. Blaming Assad is such a blatant falsehood. We now know who the bad guys have been in the middle east and it's not the people this guy is projecting fault upon.
Unfortunately, these people won't grasp the reality of their situation until they are punched very hard in the face. At the risk of seeming too pessimistic, I believe the best we can hope for now is that Russia/Iran/China/Houthis give the West a short, sharp bloody nose that - finally - wakes them up.
Frankly, Cardie, I don't think the Nuland/Lindsey types will ever wake up, even when their hair starts to fall out from post-nuke radiation. However, there's a chance that other influential people around them might realise that dying for globalists and the Deep State isn't worth it, and kick them out. Here's hoping.
That video is....WOW. So the rumors about them providing treatment to Sunni jihadists is true - not that its a surprise. I'm so glad I have been busy the past 24 hours & did not see those B-52s on my screen, I might have had a stroke, lol. But, let me add a couple of other interesting aviation happenings to this one: The US Navy has been running a Poseidon P8-A along the coast of Israel, up past Lebanon along the Syrian coast. This has been on & off for a couple of weeks. Its sometimes accompanied by a Triton drone - like a Global Hawk, not armed - but the Triton is sometimes prowling the coast of Libya around Tripoli too (wonder what's happening there?). We're definitely providing intel. I read on The Cradle earlier that things are getting spicy again in Syria. If you can't control it all, burn it all down seems to be the name of the game.
Mark, this is a major update to the Ritter story.
I think that I had Ritter wrong. Apparently, Ritter's big Russian tour was not the result of some Russian equivalent to the Ford Foundation. It was a guy in Russia who sold his apartment to finance Ritter's book (in Russian) and the tour. That was last year.
Recently, Ritter was on his way for a 40-day coast-to-coast tour when he had his passport confiscated. He told Judge Nap not to travel to Russia. And his host was arrested by regional FSB at the same time. And is Ritter raising a stink about it? Not exactly.
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/justice-for-scott-ritter-and-his
I've been thinking about this for a while because I've followed MIH for a long time having migrated from the treehouse and it seems your tone is different. You sound like a collaborative not you the individual.
That's interesting, because, of all the writers I read online, I find have found Mark to be most consistent over time...by far. There are well-laid and well-reasoned foundational themes that ripple throughout, yet Mark has always shown the intellectual honesty to reveal evolutions in his thinking on any given topic. Definitely the same dude.
I agree, in the past. I'm hearing a different tone and maybe it's because the world's problems are more exacerbated. I thought I was reading a different voice or voices. Maybe I need new glasses.
Thanks--I take that as a compliment. I've always said I learn from commenters.
I appreciate your efforts but I didn't mean it as compliment.
Oh, I see what you mean. No, it's strictly just me the individual.
If you say so.
I've enjoyed your content for a long time. Thank you.
Well, you can tell that I'm a lone individual by days like today. I did two quick posts this morning, then went to the Botanical Gardens with my wife and grandson, didn't get back till noon, then played chess (kinda) with my grandson till 2pm, took him home, then spent hours trying to deal with cicadas attacking my young Redbud. Guess what I didn't do during all that time? Read/write.
Re the state of the world, yes, I do think that geopolitics Trumps US politics at this time, even though the two are totally intertwined.
Who among us knows everything? Only the fool.
Definitely not referring to Mr. Wauck.
I take on know-it-alls almost daily in the commenting section of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. My inference is the more I'm attacked without the substance of my argument addressed, the more I've hit the target.
Mark, any chance you could do some digging on history is Scott Ritter and his sentence? He is hot topic these days and I was wondering if he was set up by your former employer etc.
just a thought.
Thanks.
If you're asking whether he was targeted by the Intel Community, probably more than one agency, I don't doubt it. OTOH, he was extremely foolish to get caught up in that stuff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Ritter#Arrests_and_conviction_for_sex_offenses
Whether the outcome was totally fair--his claim as I understand it is that he didn't believe the age of the UC cop--I don't know. He did reject a plea deal and served his time.
Obviously that episode has to give one pause for concern about him. I would never want to give him any classified access, based on that. OTOH, he did show integrity in his professional career. People are usually a mixed bag. He appears to me to be a generally reliable source of information and undoubtedly has a wealth of high level intel experience. But that episode would, to me, disqualify him. However, I'm happy to get his information.
U R The Man, Mark!
That Ritter interview with Judge Nap was exceedingly terrifying. We are very, very close to annihilation if he is to be believed and we are largely dependent on a large number of arrogant and ignorant fools in the Biden admin (and in Congress) to avoid it. Is there some/any way to get through to the politicians in Washington? I don't know what else we can do but try contacting our Congress people and describing the nature of this danger to them. Even if they are bought by Israel maybe they could come to their senses about Ukraine.
I applaud your desire to avoid destruction and devastation. Experience has taught me you'd find it much more satisfying to go talk to the proverbial brick wall.
Yes, I have to admit that just a few days ago I posted a comment at MIH on the futility of reaching out to congressional representatives. I posted THIS comment out of a mixture of frustration, despair, and forlorn hope. What can I say, I remain an optimist at heart and a pessimist by brain.
5 flat tops at sea all at once too. https://news.usni.org/category/fleet-tracker
I’m surprised the U.S. bases in Syria and Jordan have not been targeted more.
I would have also thought attacks would have increased enough to force a withdrawal. Same with U.S. forces in Iraq.
And I’ve not heard much for a while about the Sunni forces in the Turkish safe zone in Northern Syria. I remember there was a meeting between Turkey and Russia about Syria.
My guess Iran does not want to distract from the Hamas / Israel struggle, and the success of the Houthani’s against the U.S. and Western naval forces. Of course Israel wants to distract with actions in Syria and Lebanon.
And there is Ukraine in the background.
Targeting US bases in Syria and Jordan seems like a prudent path. Give 48 hours notice and then level it. Do it overlapping. Every day, tell them that another base will be destroyed in 48 hours. Or maybe it is the old Iranian tale of the wise man who wanted exponential doubling of his pay? Start with one base, then two bases, then four . . . it would be over quickly.
I think Iran continues to tread lightly on the surface. They still do not want explicit war with Israel or the U.S. Especially now that they have more political instability to deal with.
The Houthani attacks have been such a huge success, I doubt Iran sees a need to directly escalate. Their catspaws are doing amazing,
Next Iranian proxy that is heating up is Herzbollah with Northern Israel.
Iraq and Syria also has Iranian proxies.
Herzbollah due to the Lebanese diaspora has world wide reach. I don’t see these sleeper cells being activated unless things really escalate. They seem to be involved in illegal activities such as drugs, but the U.S. has ignored to play nice with Iran.
And Iran signaled Israel it’s too dangerous to hit Iran directly.
The CIA pretty much wrote the book on funding wars through drug trafficking.
They learned from the best:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars
All roads lead to London.
It’s disgusting that is true, and the more I think about it, the more Pompeo’s statement “We lied, we cheated, we stole” tells me how rotten the CIA is.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DPt-zXn05ac
Cia drug connections I know of are:
- French Connection - Marseilles had a large communist party. I think learned about this in Sachs’s/Tucker interview.
- Golden Triangle (Vietnam war area / era).
- Contras
- Afghanistan during Soviet occupation. And U.S. ignored some crops during U.S. occupation. And probably helped smuggling into Russia.
And of course the lsd experiments / Ultra:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKUltra
Aren't we paying Iran fairly regularly? I mean much compensation has been sent their way by Zhou over the past 3 years. I'm thinking we're paying Iran and their militias to stand down.
Are we on the monthly or quarterly plan for payments?
The Ritter interview is definitely a case of nota bene.
Wow. I had to look that one up. "nota bene". Noted.
I wonder ??? How is possible that that KC-46 has tail number 20-46079, that implies contracts for at least 46,079 aircraft in FY2020, if not a typo, I am very perplexed.
Wow!! This Mossad guy was giving us a classic example of Zionist dissembling. Blaming Assad is such a blatant falsehood. We now know who the bad guys have been in the middle east and it's not the people this guy is projecting fault upon.
Unfortunately, these people won't grasp the reality of their situation until they are punched very hard in the face. At the risk of seeming too pessimistic, I believe the best we can hope for now is that Russia/Iran/China/Houthis give the West a short, sharp bloody nose that - finally - wakes them up.
A punch to their wallet may be just as effective, but less violent after all we’re all for peace, no?🌈
Agreed. Being given a bloody nose is much better than being killed:
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-warns-of-fatal-consequences-against-us-over-miscalculation-in-ukraine/
that's what I said yesterday in the blog post about attacking China if they invade Taiwan.
Frankly, Cardie, I don't think the Nuland/Lindsey types will ever wake up, even when their hair starts to fall out from post-nuke radiation. However, there's a chance that other influential people around them might realise that dying for globalists and the Deep State isn't worth it, and kick them out. Here's hoping.
That video is....WOW. So the rumors about them providing treatment to Sunni jihadists is true - not that its a surprise. I'm so glad I have been busy the past 24 hours & did not see those B-52s on my screen, I might have had a stroke, lol. But, let me add a couple of other interesting aviation happenings to this one: The US Navy has been running a Poseidon P8-A along the coast of Israel, up past Lebanon along the Syrian coast. This has been on & off for a couple of weeks. Its sometimes accompanied by a Triton drone - like a Global Hawk, not armed - but the Triton is sometimes prowling the coast of Libya around Tripoli too (wonder what's happening there?). We're definitely providing intel. I read on The Cradle earlier that things are getting spicy again in Syria. If you can't control it all, burn it all down seems to be the name of the game.
https://thecradle.co/articles/terror-in-syria-a-us-distraction-from-gaza
The P8 has been spotted flying along the eastern Med coast for quite awhile now when not in Romania's eastern border.
Thanks.