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WUHANGATE – 2. Hiv Inside CoronaVirus Bio-weapon: Proof from the Indian Research Misteriously Concealed

« The finding of 4 unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV , all of which have identity /similarity to amino acid residues in key structural proteins of HIV-1 is unlikely to be fortuitous in nature .
This work provides yet unknown insights on 2019-nCoV and sheds light on the evolution and pathogenicity of this virus with important implications for diagnosis of this virus » .
These two sentences could have marked the beginning of an in-depth research on the new strain of CoronaVirus which until April 14 caused more than 117 thousand deaths worldwide with the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic , so named @ @ @ @ @ @ @ severe in 2003 ( 813 deaths only ) .
But as those words also opened the door to the conspiracy theory of bacteriological weapon insinuating that this virus had been produced in the laboratory , the disturbing research ( source 1 ) has been hidden by the scientific community .
This happened although CoVid-19 is still without cure , without exact diagnosis , without ascertained causal links of lethality 3 months after its discovery in Wuhan , in December 2019 .
For this reason , after highlighting in the previous 11 reports all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sufficient to describe CoVid-19 as a bio-weapon , we went to recover , with no little effort , the study of the authoritative team of scientists from the Kusuma School of Biological Sciences of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ( IIT Delhi ) , as hoped in an interview to the newspapers by the Italian specialist Maria Rita Gismondo , director of the Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology , Virology and Diagnostics of the Bio-emergencies of the Sacco Hospital in Milan .
The evidence of that Indian research , elaborated with chemical graphs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the availability of world researchers only for 24 hours , from 30 January to 1 February 2020 .
Then it was inexplicably removed by the authors themselves , probably put under tremendous pressure from the world of medicine and biology , and today it can only be found on two other medical science websites .
In one of them on each page .
the word “ retired ” stands out in English .
Partly crediting its scientific foundation , however , is the study carried out to deny its conclusions which , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ existence of some traces similar to those of HIV in the Covid-19 genome .
Although the study has been “ hidden ” in the last three months , the health systems of many countries of the world have focused on antivirals and precisely on retroviral anti-HIV drugs , the AIDS virus , to identify the most effective cure to prevent lethals pulmonary interstitial fungal infections .
If further recent studies in China and Italy , following the very few autopsies carried out , have revealed as a probable cause of death also cardiovascular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( we will talk about it in another article ) , in the last weeks the experiments with chloroquine or hidroxichloroquine associated with anti-AIDS drugs have obtained results of different but confirmed efficacy .
ITALIAN HEALTHCARE IGNORE THE LINKS BETWEEN COVID-19 AND HIV This occurred in the context of research that gropes in the darkness of the complexity of the virus , of which various different genotypes have already been ascertained , capable of attacking the infected in a different way , as also emerges from the findings on mortality from one country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Indian study was censored by the biochemical community demonstrating a far from scientific approach given the still very mysterious characteristics of CoVid-19 .
A striking example emerges from the pages of the Istituto Superiore della Sanità in Rome regarding the use of chloroquine .
« This drug belongs to the category of HIV protease inhibitors , an enzyme essential for the final cut of the various viral components .
The fact that it had later been shown to inhibit a SARS virus protease was also quite amazing , because the HIV and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ » « The idea of using chloroquine in combination with lopinavir and returnavir against SARS coronavirus was first launched by Andrea Savarino in 2005 , based on observations he previously made in cells infected with a virus from a different family ( HIV ) » .
At the date of the release of the press release in the press office section , on 18 February 2020 , the Italian ISS ignored ( or didn ’ t consider relevant ) the research led by the Indian biochemist Bishwajit Kundu , awarded for a study @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Academy of Sciences of the USA , and his colleague James Gomes , who graduated in Chemical Engineering at Jadavpur University and in Master of Science at Tulane University in New Orleans , who in the past has also obtained the prestigious Sigma Xi recognition for scientific research .
Well , despite this , even Professor Anthony Fauci , president of the American National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , would have contacted his friend and colleague Enrico Garaci , director of the Italian Superior Health Institute for years , to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the disease .
« The evolution of 2019-nCoV remains elusive .
We found 4 insertions in the spike glycoprotein ( S ) which are unique to the 2019-nCoV and are not present in other coronaviruses .
Importantly , amino acid residues in all the 4 inserts have identity or similarity to those in the HIV-1 gp120 or HIV-1 Gag .
Interestingly , despite the inserts being discontinuous on the primary amino acid sequence , 3D-modelling of the 2019-nCoV suggests that they converge to constitute the receptor binding site » .
The two scientists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( 1 ) supported by some students of the renowned Kusuma School of Biology but then mysteriously withdrawn .
Maybe for avoiding conspiracy ’ conjectures… Their discovery was liquidated with the facility of a Facebook post by the Italian Enrico Bucci , adjunct professor at the Temple University of Philadelphia : « Two sequences are typical of bat coronavirus , while of the remaining two only one is really preserved with HIV , but it is only 6AA long , which means that the data is purely random ( 2 ) » .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ blog on FB Criminal “ Balle ( lies ) ” and for his book Bad Scientists rather than for his research , founded three biopharmaceutical companies , assuming in 2008 the scientific direction of the BioIndustry Park of Canavese ( Turin ) .
That ’ s a specialist center of European excellence between companies and industries in the medical sector where Advanced Accelerator Applications srl stands out , a company controlled by the Swiss big-pharma Novartis and European leader in the production and marketing of radiopharmaceuticals obtained from radioactive elements ( such as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the field of Molecular Nuclear Diagnostics ( MND ) .
The Swiss multinational is now engaged in research for the CoronaVirus vaccine but according to the declarations made to Corriere ( 3 ) by its manager Pasquale Frega , CEO of Novartis Italia , it is already ready “ to donate hydroxychloroquine to the global fight against Covid ” as soon as he gets the ok from AIFA ( Italian Medicines Agency ) .
On the other hand , this big-pharma has a bad experience to make Italy forget : « The Italian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two batches of the Fluad flu vaccine , from the Novartis pharmaceutical company , after the suspected deaths of three people who had just been given it » Focus magazine wrote on 28 November 2014 ( 4 ) .
Even the EMA ( European Midicines Agency ) suspended it when the dead became 11 but later “ exonerated ” the drug thus allowing it to be put back on the market .
The criticism of the pharmaceutical entrepreneur Bucci to Indian research , however , was emphasized by Open , Italian online newspaper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Hungarian-American plutarch George Soros who leads the New York Open Society with the similar name , engaged in the “ philanthropy ” of US and European Democratic politicians as highlighted by the famous Soros List in Brussels .
THE WUHAN ’ S SUPERVIRUS AND HIV TRACKS IN COVID-19 For simple and necessary “ PLOT-LOGY ” ( analys of plots , which differs from “ imaginary plotism ” for his accurate scientific foundations ) , we had found that the military laboratories of the US Pentagon for the production of bacteriological weapons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help of US government agencies DTRA , DARPA , USAID and the infamous CIA in Ukraine and Georgia just after the colorful revolutions funded by Soros .
For the same reasons of honest research of scientific truths we have also highlighted that the extremely dangerous super-virus modeled on that of SARS was created in the BSL 4 laboratory in Wuhan , which ended up in the sight of any speculation on the bio-weapon theory of the American expert Francis Boyle .
That disturbing experimentation of a “ chimeric ” pathogen , that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ existing in nature , was conducted thanks to USAID funding during the administration of Barack Obama , exponent of the Democraic Party financed both by Soros and by pandemic prophet Bill Gates .
This happened in the period 2013-2017 in which the former US president was supported in the National Security policies of the White House by the deputy Adviser Avril Haines , former CIA deputy director , bio-arms expert and protagonist of the suspected exercise on the CoronaVirus pandemic called Event 201 organized in New York with the financing of the Bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these are just incredible coincidences !
Such as the presence of the four HIV inserts in CoVid-19 discovered by Indian scientists and then hidden from the whole world with the help of a scientific study that considered these traces to be random .
« A recent informally presented report , however , showed that 2019-nCoV had four insertions in the spike glycoprotein gene that is critical for the virus to enter the target cells when compared to other coronaviruses » wrote the research team ( source 5 ) led by two Chinese scientists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protein S. Spike in Covid-19 promotes viral propagation in the human respiratory tract in the same dramatic way as the chimeric supervirus experimented on mice in Wuhan .
« It was claimed that these inserts were either identical or similar to the motifs in the highly variable ( V ) regions ( V1 , V4 and V5 ) in the envelope glycoprotein or in the Gag protein of some unique HIV-1 strains from three different countries ( Thailand , Kenya and India ) .
Together with the structure modelling analysis , the authors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with HIV-1 proteins could provide an enhanced affinity towards host cell receptors and increase the range of host cells of 2019-nCoV .
This study implies that 2019-nCoV might be generated by gaining gene fragments from the HIV-1 genome » we can still read in the introduction to the scientific dossier contesting the results of the Indian study..
This hypothesis , if ascertained , would confirm the theory that this new CoronaVirus would have been elaborated in the laboratory exactly as it happened for the “ chimeric ” SHC014 ( also connected to SARS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ viral strain of the current pandemic ) built , as mentioned above , in the maximum bio-safety facilities of the Wuhan Virology Center and Chapel Hill of North Carolina University .
That supervirus was created in 2015 as part of the project funded not only by the government agency USAID ( often the economic instrument of the Central Intelligence Agency ) but also by the NGO EcoHealthAlliance of New York , supported in turn by giants such as Johnson & Johonson but also by the most prestigious Pharmacy University of the Kingdom of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1 ) .
What does the group of Chinese scientists who analyzed the Indian study claim ?
?
« However , while the 100 % match between the insertion 1 and 2 sequences and the HIV sequences were found in 19 entries , the matches between the insertion 3 and 4 sequences and HIV-1 sequences were rather poor ( from 42 % to 88 % ) .
Moreover , the insertion 4 sequence ambiguously hit multiple different genes ( gag , pol and env ) in the HIV-1 genome , suggesting that similarities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between them are too low to be reliable .
» .
THE CHINESE OF “ BRITISH TEACHING ” REFUTE THE INDIANS The research by Feng Gao , a graduate of Cambridge ( Uk ) and now assistant of the Department of Physics , Chemistry and Biology ( IFM ) of the University of Linkoping , Sweden , and his colleague Xiaojun Li of the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver ( Canada ) , also published on the NHI website , the US National Institute of Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of HIV-1 but not for all insertions .
« Sequences that completely match the insertion 3 and 4 sequences were not found in any HIV-1 sequences .
This clearly shows that these insertioin sequences are widely present in living organisms including viruses , but not HIV-1 specific .
All these regions in HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein are highly variable with many large insertions and deletions , indicating that they are not essential for biological functions of HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein .
The detection of completely matched sequences of 1 and 2 insertions in only a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are very rare or not present among tens of thousands of natural HIV-1 sequences .
This also explains why four insertion homolog sequences could only be independently found in different HIV-1 genomes .
Because of their poor identities to and rareness in the HIV-1 sequences , HIV-1 could not be the source for those insertion sequences in the 2019-nCoV genome » .
The “ rare ” presence is sufficient for the two British-based Chinese scientists to close the case without further investigation into that strange “ contamination ” between viruses .
The research @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perhaps infinitesimal , exist of such a hypothetical natural combination … The conclusions of the Indian researchers of the Biological School of Kusuma were very different : « Our results highlight an astonishing relation between the gp120 and Gag protein of HIV , with 2019-nCoV spike glycoprotein .
These proteins are critical for the viruses to identify and latch on to their host cells and for viral assembly ( Beniac et al.
, 2006 ) .
Since surface proteins are responsible for host tropism , changes in these proteins imply a change in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Indian research points out : « Due to the presence of gp120 motifs in 2019-nCoV spike glycoprotein at its binding domain , we propose that these motif insertions could have provided an enhanced affinity towards host cell receptors .
Further , this structural change might have also increased the range of host cells that 2019-nCoV can infect .
To the best of our knowledge , the function of these motifs is still not clear in HIV and need to be explored .
The exchange of genetic material among the viruses is well known @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the need to investigate the relations between seemingly unrelated virus families » .
In simpler words , according to the study conducted by researchers from New Delhi , these “ inserts ” would have made the new viral strain of SARS-2 more aggressive and contagious .
The discovery could therefore explain the difference in morbidity and mortality compared to the SARS of 2003 .
But as it could confirm the thesis of a virus built with biochemical engineering and therefore a bacteriological weapon it is better not to investigate the surprising results @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 4 inserts in the 2019-nCoV mapped to short segments of amino acids in the HIV-1 gp120 and Gag among all annotated virus proteins in the NCBI database .
This uncanny similarity of novel inserts in the 2019- nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag is unlikely to be fortuitous .
Further , 3D modelling suggests that atleast 3 of the unique inserts which are non-contiguous in the primary protein sequence of the 2019-nCoV spike glycoprotein converge to constitute the key components of the receptor binding site .
Of note , all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around 10 that may facilitate virus-host interactions .
Taken together , our findings suggest unconventional evolution of 2019-nCoV that warrants further investigation .
Our work highlights novel evolutionary aspects of the 2019-nCoV and has implications on the pathogenesis and diagnosis of this virus » wrote the team led by Bishwajit Kundu and James Gomes .
THE MODELED KILLER PROTEIN AND THE LETHAL GENOTYPE The investigation of their colleagues instead would have hurriedly ruled out any consequences .
The withdrawal of the study has silenced Kusuma researchers despite having noticed the same suspicious modeling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had discovered the genetic trace of the new CoronaVirus… ( read more ) Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio © COPYRIGHT GOSPA NEWS for VETERANS TODAY only – no reproduction without authorization – original italian version

by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy
CLAMOROUS UPDATE!
French Nobel Medicine phd Luc Montagnier confirms Indian Research on HIV inserts inside COVID-19!!!
https://www.gospanews.net/en/2020/04/18/wuhangate-3-covid-19-created-in-lab-with-hiv-medicine-nobel-confirms-indian-research-disclosed-by-gospa-news/
FIRST POST
«The finding of 4 unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV, all of which have identity /similarity to amino acid residues in key structural proteins of HIV-1 is unlikely to be fortuitous in nature. This work provides yet unknown insights on 2019-nCoV and sheds light on the evolution and pathogenicity of this virus with important implications for diagnosis of this virus».
These two sentences could have marked the beginning of an in-depth research on the new strain of CoronaVirus which until April 14 caused more than 117 thousand deaths worldwide with the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic, so named for its correlations to Respiratory Syndrome Acute severe in 2003 (813 deaths only).
But as those words also opened the door to the conspiracy theory of bacteriological weapon insinuating that this virus had been produced in the laboratory, the disturbing research (source 1) has been hidden by the scientific community. This happened although CoVid-19 is still without cure, without exact diagnosis, without ascertained causal links of lethality 3 months after its discovery in Wuhan, in December 2019.
For this reason, after highlighting in the previous 11 reports all the serious, precise and concordant indications sufficient to describe CoVid-19 as a bio-weapon, we went to recover, with no little effort, the study of the authoritative team of scientists from the Kusuma School of Biological Sciences of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), as hoped in an interview to the newspapers by the Italian specialist Maria Rita Gismondo, director of the Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Diagnostics of the Bio-emergencies of the Sacco Hospital in Milan.
The evidence of that Indian research, elaborated with chemical graphs and every scrupulous technological device, remained in the availability of world researchers only for 24 hours, from 30 January to 1 February 2020.
Then it was inexplicably removed by the authors themselves, probably put under tremendous pressure from the world of medicine and biology, and today it can only be found on two other medical science websites. In one of them on each page. the word “retired” stands out in English. Partly crediting its scientific foundation, however, is the study carried out to deny its conclusions which, in fact, in turn confirms the existence of some traces similar to those of HIV in the Covid-19 genome.
Although the study has been “hidden” in the last three months, the health systems of many countries of the world have focused on antivirals and precisely on retroviral anti-HIV drugs, the AIDS virus, to identify the most effective cure to prevent lethals pulmonary interstitial fungal infections.
If further recent studies in China and Italy, following the very few autopsies carried out, have revealed as a probable cause of death also cardiovascular thrombosis capable of triggering massive pulmonary embolism (we will talk about it in another article), in the last weeks the experiments with chloroquine or hidroxichloroquine associated with anti-AIDS drugs have obtained results of different but confirmed efficacy.
ITALIAN HEALTHCARE IGNORE THE LINKS BETWEEN COVID-19 AND HIV
This occurred in the context of research that gropes in the darkness of the complexity of the virus, of which various different genotypes have already been ascertained, capable of attacking the infected in a different way, as also emerges from the findings on mortality from one country to another.
But despite this, the Indian study was censored by the biochemical community demonstrating a far from scientific approach given the still very mysterious characteristics of CoVid-19. A striking example emerges from the pages of the Istituto Superiore della Sanità in Rome regarding the use of chloroquine.
«This drug belongs to the category of HIV protease inhibitors, an enzyme essential for the final cut of the various viral components. The fact that it had later been shown to inhibit a SARS virus protease was also quite amazing, because the HIV and coronavirus proteases do not share structural similarities»
«The idea of using chloroquine in combination with lopinavir and returnavir against SARS coronavirus was first launched by Andrea Savarino in 2005, based on observations he previously made in cells infected with a virus from a different family (HIV )».
The discovery is disturbing.
At the date of the release of the press release in the press office section, on 18 February 2020, the Italian ISS ignored (or didn’t consider relevant) the research led by the Indian biochemist Bishwajit Kundu, awarded for a study on human prion proteins by the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, and his colleague James Gomes, who graduated in Chemical Engineering at Jadavpur University and in Master of Science at Tulane University in New Orleans, who in the past has also obtained the prestigious Sigma Xi recognition for scientific research.
Well, despite this, even Professor Anthony Fauci, president of the American National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, would have contacted his friend and colleague Enrico Garaci, director of the Italian Superior Health Institute for years, to get information on how the Italy was approaching the disease.
THE 4 AIDS’ AMINO ACIDS INSIDE CORONAVIRUS
«The evolution of 2019-nCoV remains elusive. We found 4 insertions in the spike glycoprotein (S) which are unique to the 2019-nCoV and are not present in other coronaviruses. Importantly, amino acid residues in all the 4 inserts have identity or similarity to those in the HIV-1 gp120 or HIV-1 Gag. Interestingly, despite the inserts being discontinuous on the primary amino acid sequence, 3D-modelling of the 2019-nCoV suggests that they converge to constitute the receptor binding site».
The two scientists wrote in the abstract of their research (1) supported by some students of the renowned Kusuma School of Biology but then mysteriously withdrawn. Maybe for avoiding conspiracy’ conjectures…
Their discovery was liquidated with the facility of a Facebook post by the Italian Enrico Bucci, adjunct professor at the Temple University of Philadelphia: «Two sequences are typical of bat coronavirus, while of the remaining two only one is really preserved with HIV, but it is only 6AA long, which means that the data is purely random (2)».
Bucci, who became famous for the blog on FB Criminal “Balle (lies)” and for his book Bad Scientists rather than for his research, founded three biopharmaceutical companies, assuming in 2008 the scientific direction of the BioIndustry Park of Canavese (Turin).
That’s a specialist center of European excellence between companies and industries in the medical sector where Advanced Accelerator Applications srl stands out, a company controlled by the Swiss big-pharma Novartis and European leader in the production and marketing of radiopharmaceuticals obtained from radioactive elements (such as rhenium, holmium or lutetium) in the field of Molecular Nuclear Diagnostics (MND).
The Swiss multinational is now engaged in research for the CoronaVirus vaccine but according to the declarations made to Corriere (3) by its manager Pasquale Frega, CEO of Novartis Italia, it is already ready “to donate hydroxychloroquine to the global fight against Covid” as soon as he gets the ok from AIFA (Italian Medicines Agency).
On the other hand, this big-pharma has a bad experience to make Italy forget: «The Italian Medicines Agency has banned the sale of two batches of the Fluad flu vaccine, from the Novartis pharmaceutical company, after the suspected deaths of three people who had just been given it» Focus magazine wrote on 28 November 2014 (4). Even the EMA (European Midicines Agency) suspended it when the dead became 11 but later “exonerated” the drug thus allowing it to be put back on the market.
The criticism of the pharmaceutical entrepreneur Bucci to Indian research, however, was emphasized by Open, Italian online newspaper which became famous for celebrating the virtues of the Hungarian-American plutarch George Soros who leads the New York Open Society with the similar name, engaged in the “philanthropy” of US and European Democratic politicians as highlighted by the famous Soros List in Brussels.
THE WUHAN’S SUPERVIRUS AND HIV TRACKS IN COVID-19
For simple and necessary “PLOT-LOGY” (analys of plots, which differs from “imaginary plotism” for his accurate scientific foundations), we had found that the military laboratories of the US Pentagon for the production of bacteriological weapons including bio-genetic ones had increased with the help of US government agencies DTRA, DARPA, USAID and the infamous CIA in Ukraine and Georgia just after the colorful revolutions funded by Soros.
For the same reasons of honest research of scientific truths we have also highlighted that the extremely dangerous super-virus modeled on that of SARS was created in the BSL 4 laboratory in Wuhan, which ended up in the sight of any speculation on the bio-weapon theory of the American expert Francis Boyle.
That disturbing experimentation of a “chimeric” pathogen, that is artificially created with genome editing but not existing in nature, was conducted thanks to USAID funding during the administration of Barack Obama, exponent of the Democraic Party financed both by Soros and by pandemic prophet Bill Gates.
This happened in the period 2013-2017 in which the former US president was supported in the National Security policies of the White House by the deputy Adviser Avril Haines, former CIA deputy director, bio-arms expert and protagonist of the suspected exercise on the CoronaVirus pandemic called Event 201 organized in New York with the financing of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation.
Obviously, these are just incredible coincidences!
Such as the presence of the four HIV inserts in CoVid-19 discovered by Indian scientists and then hidden from the whole world with the help of a scientific study that considered these traces to be random.
«A recent informally presented report, however, showed that 2019-nCoV had four insertions in the spike glycoprotein gene that is critical for the virus to enter the target cells when compared to other coronaviruses » wrote the research team (source 5) led by two Chinese scientists referring to the famous “killer” protein S.
Spike in Covid-19 promotes viral propagation in the human respiratory tract in the same dramatic way as the chimeric supervirus experimented on mice in Wuhan.
«It was claimed that these inserts were either identical or similar to the motifs in the highly variable (V) regions (V1, V4 and V5) in the envelope glycoprotein or in the Gag protein of some unique HIV-1 strains from three different countries (Thailand, Kenya and India). Together with the structure modelling analysis, the authors speculated that these motif insertions sharing similarity with HIV-1 proteins could provide an enhanced affinity towards host cell receptors and increase the range of host cells of 2019-nCoV. This study implies that 2019-nCoV might be generated by gaining gene fragments from the HIV-1 genome» we can still read in the introduction to the scientific dossier contesting the results of the Indian study..
This hypothesis, if ascertained, would confirm the theory that this new CoronaVirus would have been elaborated in the laboratory exactly as it happened for the “chimeric” SHC014 (also connected to SARS but different for various nucleids from the viral strain of the current pandemic) built, as mentioned above, in the maximum bio-safety facilities of the Wuhan Virology Center and Chapel Hill of North Carolina University.
That supervirus was created in 2015 as part of the project funded not only by the government agency USAID (often the economic instrument of the Central Intelligence Agency) but also by the NGO EcoHealthAlliance of New York, supported in turn by giants such as Johnson & Johonson but also by the most prestigious Pharmacy University of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (see WuhanGate reportage – 1).
What does the group of Chinese scientists who analyzed the Indian study claim??
«However, while the 100% match between the insertion 1 and 2 sequences and the HIV sequences were found in 19 entries, the matches between the insertion 3 and 4 sequences and HIV-1 sequences were rather poor (from 42% to 88%). Moreover, the insertion 4 sequence ambiguously hit multiple different genes (gag, pol and env) in the HIV-1 genome, suggesting that similarities (as low as 42%) between them are too low to be reliable. ».
THE CHINESE OF “BRITISH TEACHING” REFUTE THE INDIANS
The research by Feng Gao, a graduate of Cambridge (Uk) and now assistant of the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) of the University of Linkoping, Sweden, and his colleague Xiaojun Li of the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada), also published on the NHI website, the US National Institute of Health, therefore confirms the existence of traces of HIV-1 but not for all insertions.
«Sequences that completely match the insertion 3 and 4 sequences were not found in any HIV-1 sequences. This clearly shows that these insertioin sequences are widely present in living organisms including viruses, but not HIV-1 specific. All these regions in HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein are highly variable with many large insertions and deletions, indicating that they are not essential for biological functions of HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein. The detection of completely matched sequences of 1 and 2 insertions in only a few HIV-1 strains demonstrated that four insertions are very rare or not present among tens of thousands of natural HIV-1 sequences. This also explains why four insertion homolog sequences could only be independently found in different HIV-1 genomes. Because of their poor identities to and rareness in the HIV-1 sequences, HIV-1 could not be the source for those insertion sequences in the 2019-nCoV genome».
The “rare” presence is sufficient for the two British-based Chinese scientists to close the case without further investigation into that strange “contamination” between viruses. The research does not highlight how many probabilities, perhaps infinitesimal, exist of such a hypothetical natural combination …
The conclusions of the Indian researchers of the Biological School of Kusuma were very different: «Our results highlight an astonishing relation between the gp120 and Gag protein of HIV, with 2019-nCoV spike glycoprotein. These proteins are critical for the viruses to identify and latch on to their host cells and for viral assembly (Beniac et al., 2006). Since surface proteins are responsible for host tropism, changes in these proteins imply a change in host specificity of the virus».
Indian research points out: «Due to the presence of gp120 motifs in 2019-nCoV spike glycoprotein at its binding domain, we propose that these motif insertions could have provided an enhanced affinity towards host cell receptors. Further, this structural change might have also increased the range of host cells that 2019-nCoV can infect. To the best of our knowledge, the function of these motifs is still not clear in HIV and need to be explored. The exchange of genetic material among the viruses is well known and such critical exchange highlights the risk and the need to investigate the relations between seemingly unrelated virus families».
In simpler words, according to the study conducted by researchers from New Delhi, these “inserts” would have made the new viral strain of SARS-2 more aggressive and contagious. The discovery could therefore explain the difference in morbidity and mortality compared to the SARS of 2003. But as it could confirm the thesis of a virus built with biochemical engineering and therefore a bacteriological weapon it is better not to investigate the surprising results …
«To our surprise, all the 4 inserts in the 2019-nCoV mapped to short segments of amino acids in the HIV-1 gp120 and Gag among all annotated virus proteins in the NCBI database. This uncanny similarity of novel inserts in the 2019- nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag is unlikely to be fortuitous. Further, 3D modelling suggests that atleast 3 of the unique inserts which are non-contiguous in the primary protein sequence of the 2019-nCoV spike glycoprotein converge to constitute the key components of the receptor binding site. Of note, all the 4 inserts have pI values of around 10 that may facilitate virus-host interactions. Taken together, our findings suggest unconventional evolution of 2019-nCoV that warrants further investigation. Our work highlights novel evolutionary aspects of the 2019-nCoV and has implications on the pathogenesis and diagnosis of this virus» wrote the team led by Bishwajit Kundu and James Gomes.
THE MODELED KILLER PROTEIN AND THE LETHAL GENOTYPE
The investigation of their colleagues instead would have hurriedly ruled out any consequences. The withdrawal of the study has silenced Kusuma researchers despite having noticed the same suspicious modeling highlighted by the first Chinese scientists who had discovered the genetic trace of the new CoronaVirus… (read more)
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Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio
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veteranstoday--2020-04-16--Convicted Trump Advisor Says Bill Gates, Not the Chinese, Created COVID 19

NY Post : ( via Rupert Murdoch ) Roger Stone suggested Monday that Bill Gates may have had a hand @ @ @ @ @ so that he could plant microchips in people ’ s heads to know who has @ @ @ @ @ for COVID-19 .
“ Whether Bill Gates played some role in the creation and spread @ @ @ @ @ for vigorous debate .
I have conservative friends who say it ’ s ridiculous and @ @ @ @ @ Stone told Joe Piscopo , host of the radio program “ The Answer ” on @ @ @ @ @ asked about conspiracy theories regarding the pandemic .
“ He and other globalists are using @ @ @ @ @ microchipping people so we know if they ’ ve been tested .
Over my dead @ @ @ @ @ No way , Jose !
” Stone told a fawning Piscopo , who referred to @ @ @ @ @ adviser as “ a legend.
” Gates has long been an outspoken advocate for preparing @ @ @ @ @ like coronavirus .

NY Post: (via Rupert Murdoch) Roger Stone suggested Monday that Bill Gates may have had a hand in the creation of coronavirus so that he could plant microchips in people’s heads to know who has and has not been tested for COVID-19.
“Whether Bill Gates played some role in the creation and spread of this virus is open for vigorous debate. I have conservative friends who say it’s ridiculous and others say absolutely,” Stone told Joe Piscopo, host of the radio program “The Answer” on 970 AM, who had asked about conspiracy theories regarding the pandemic.
“He and other globalists are using it for mandatory vaccinations and microchipping people so we know if they’ve been tested. Over my dead body. Mandatory vaccinations? No way, Jose!” Stone told a fawning Piscopo, who referred to President Trump’s longtime adviser as “a legend.” Gates has long been an outspoken advocate for preparing for a global health crisis like coronavirus.


veteranstoday--2020-04-16--Anak Krakatau Eruption: A Burp Compared to 2018 Volcanic Display

Indonesian Volcano ‘ Anak Krakatau ’ Fired Lava and Ash Into the Sky Last Weekend Indonesia ’ s Anak Krakatau volcano blasted a thick , gray cloud of ash some 1,640 feet skyward over the weekend in the longest-lasting eruption since 2018 , reports Edna Tarigan for the Associated Press .
Indonesia has not reported any damages or deaths so far , according to a statement from the country ’ s Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation .
The country issued a level 2 alert , the second-highest on a scale of four .
Level 2 alerts indicate “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is “ exhibiting heightened or escalating unrest with increased potential of eruption , timeframe uncertain , or an eruption is underway but poses limited hazards , ” according to the United States Geological Survey .
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Indonesian Volcano ‘Anak Krakatau’ Fired Lava and Ash Into the Sky Last Weekend
by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano blasted a thick, gray cloud of ash some 1,640 feet skyward over the weekend in the longest-lasting eruption since 2018, reports Edna Tarigan for the Associated Press.
Indonesia has not reported any damages or deaths so far, according to a statement from the country’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation. The country issued a level 2 alert, the second-highest on a scale of four. Level 2 alerts indicate “watch” status, meaning the volcano is “exhibiting heightened or escalating unrest with increased potential of eruption, timeframe uncertain, or an eruption is underway but poses limited hazards,” according to the United States Geological Survey.
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veteranstoday--2020-04-16--Michigan’s Meth and Oxy Dealers Protest Lost Profits From Whitmer Lockdown

How many are FBI informants ?
For those who are still allowed by America ’ s fascist dictatorship to still buy weapons legally , VT offers : from Gordon Duff and Mike Chester , we present ; The VT Custom Firearms Shop is open for business and is ready to take your orders .
We took a short break to give Mike a rest but he is back building custom firearms which we are proud to offer .
Recent events have seriously increased the demand for firearms and many dealers are experiencing shortages .
We have plenty of in-stock complete @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for custom builds .
There are many weapons in inventory that are not listed including a good supply of curio and relic military weapons .
We have a somewhat limited supply of optics and magazines so , for now , they are not available for sale except with a rifle or pistol purchase .
Since many people are now experiencing financial limits due to not being able to work we have introduced a new basic rifle at a lower price point but with all of the quality , you have come to expect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regular models available for the same price that they were before the current situation .
Many sellers are trying to take advantage of the current shortage by raising their prices but we don ’ t believe in price gouging .
Of course , our suppliers have raised their prices and when our inventory needs to be replaced we will have to raise our prices to compensate .
But for now , we are keeping them low .
We don ’ t encourage panic buying but are here to serve your needs .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these guns , please contact Mike Chester at Chet ’ s Firearms of Howell , Michigan .
[ email protected ] or phone 517-548-9558 .
Ask for Mike .
Prices do not include shipping to your local FFL .
All prices are plus reasonable shipping , all sales require normal license procedures and are limited by law in your area , please check .
Dealer is Chet Firearms of Howell , Michigan .
We have these weapons for immediate shipment and a few more , like a truckload .
You want it , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any caliber or may well have it for immediate shipment .
DISCLOSURE : Chet ’ s Firearms is a private company .
VT promotes Chet ’ s Firearms and Adamas personnel design weapons offered by Chet ’ s , a federally licensed dealer and manufacturer .
VT has NO financial interest in Chet ’ s Firearms and is NOT an owner , partner , or affiliate with Chet ’ s Firearms .
All legal responsibilities for gun sales is that of Chet ’ s Firearms and NOT VT or Veterans Today Network This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rifle .
The functional parts are the same high quality that we use on our premium rifles .
The differences are that it has a basic Mil-spec adjustable stock and pistol grip .
No optic is included at this price .
Our basic model is a step above most basic rifles in that we include a 10 inch slimline keymod front rail instead of the plastic handguard most offer .
• 16-inch Phosphate coated or parkerized barrel compatible with .223 and 5.56 ammo • 30 or 10 round magazine ( depend on your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in base price ( add a 3-9X40 Barksa scope for $ 60 or fold-able open sights for $ 35 ) • This rifle is also available in other calibers at a slight premium .
Call Mike for details .
California and New York have enacted cosmetic laws that ban so-called “ assault rifles.
” Any rifle with any appearance item from a list of “ features ” makes it illegal to purchase .
We designed and built a “ featureless ” rifle that has none of the evil parts .
Functionally it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it just looks different .
At first glance , it looks a bit odd but it is actually very pleasant to shoot .
We only have one in stock and these special stocks are now in short supply so we don ’ t know when we will be able to build another one .
• 16-inch phosphate coated barrel , target crowned without threads ( one of the banned features ) • Special “ featureless ” stock with a curved hand grip instead of a pistol grip .
( another banned item ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the military should be using as it has much more power and accuracy at distance .
The bullet is still traveling at supersonic speeds at 1000 yards .
This rifle features a high-end ELD Defense match grade target barrel .
It maintains accuracy at well past 1000 yards .
ELD is a British company that has made barrels for the UK competition rifle team for many years .
They have recently entered the US market and offered manufacturers reasonable prices to get us to try their products .
We have found their quality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are using them the introductory prices have ended .
This is the last barrel we bought at the lower price so in the future this rifle will cost more .
The photo shows the rifle equipped with a Zeiss scope which is currently out of stock so we are offering it with a Hi-Lux Leatherwood scope in 4-16X44 .
This is a quality “ piece of glass.
” You also have the option for an additional $ 25 of upgrading to the Hi-Lux Leatherwood scope in 6-24X44 .
Our line of custom .308s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can not offer them for sale at this time .
We do , however , have one that was built by Palmetto State Armory that we can sell .
We took their rifle and replaced the stock with a MOE and added a custom pistol grip .
We put on a detachable carry handle with built-in dual aperture sights that co-witness with the front sight post .
We added a removable rail with a 3-9X40 Barksa scope on top of the handle .
This can be easily removed or replaced using the single @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • “ Punisher ” muzzle brake ( Maybe slightly different than one pictured ) • ACS stock ( this stock is sold out , but the same rifle is available with a MOE stock at the same price ) • 30 round or 10 round magazine ( depending on your local laws ) The .450 Bushmaster round was developed specifically as a deer hunting round though it can also be a quite effective anti-personnel round .
Several states , including Michigan , have different zones during deer hunting season .
Those nearer to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or rifles using non-tapered rounds .
The intent of the non-tapered round was to use a pistol cartridge in a rifle for a limited range and power .
Rounds such as the .357 magnum , .44 magnum or the .45 Long Colt are used .
Any rifle that uses a cartridge has a larger compartment for powder and is necked down to propel a smaller caliber bullet at high velocity is not allowed .
Bushmaster designed a round to get around this limitation and called it the .450 Bushmaster .
You can think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ long Colt .
It is a non-tapered cartridge so it is legal to use in these restricted areas but has power similar to the high powered hunting rifles .
• 8 round magazine specifically designed for the .450 ( a standard .223 magazine can be used in single stack configuration but is much more prone to jam . )
• Optic not included in price but we have a few available .
The .458 SOCCOM was designed by the military to be a handheld rifle used primarily by the Navy and Coast Guard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drug runner ’ s boats .
It fires a large heavy bullet at high velocity .
A typical example is a 350-grain bullet going 1800+ feet per second .
This could take down an elephant , though that would be wrong .
We have one Chinese made SKS rifle ( It appears to be a Norinco , but it does not have brand markings ) It has not been touched and is still coated in cosmolene .
It is a battle used and has some trench art on the stock .
It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ AK-47 ) We gave it a cursory examination and it appears to be in relatively good condition but it has been used in battle so it has some scars .
The cosmolene prevents a closer inspection and I didn ’ t take any photos .
We are therefore offering it in as-in condition .
• We also have a new modern custom foldable stock that accepts removable magazines and one magazine .
These are available if desired at an extra cost of $ 100 .
Contact Mike for the details .
This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hand select ” condition .
The Finns copied the Russian Mosin Nagant but shortened the barrel slightly and installed a much-improved trigger system .
They made only a tiny fraction of the number made by the Russians and few were imported to the US .
It is still in cosmolene and is in above average condition .
It appears to have been used very little or not at all .
It is chambered in 7.62X54R as is the original Russian model .
These are quite rare and this may be your only chance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a few of our available offerings .
We have many assembled rifles in stock for immediate shipping as well as parts to custom build on to your specifications .
Call Mike at 517-548-9558 to ask any questions or to place an order .
Ask for Mike We accept cashier ’ s checks , Money orders , Visa , MasterCard , and Discover .
There is a 3 % surcharge for credit card use as that is what we are charged and we just pass it along .
The following photos are of some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these are not currently available .

How many are FBI informants? For those who are still allowed by America’s fascist dictatorship to still buy weapons legally, VT offers:
from Gordon Duff and Mike Chester, we present;
Chet’s Firearms
The VT Custom Firearms Shop is open for business and is ready to take your orders. We took a short break to give Mike a rest but he is back building custom firearms which we are proud to offer.
Recent events have seriously increased the demand for firearms and many dealers are experiencing shortages. We have plenty of in-stock complete rifles and pistols as well as parts for custom builds.
There are many weapons in inventory that are not listed including a good supply of curio and relic military weapons. We have a somewhat limited supply of optics and magazines so, for now, they are not available for sale except with a rifle or pistol purchase.
Since many people are now experiencing financial limits due to not being able to work we have introduced a new basic rifle at a lower price point but with all of the quality, you have come to expect from us.
We still have our regular models available for the same price that they were before the current situation. Many sellers are trying to take advantage of the current shortage by raising their prices but we don’t believe in price gouging. Of course, our suppliers have raised their prices and when our inventory needs to be replaced we will have to raise our prices to compensate. But for now, we are keeping them low. We don’t encourage panic buying but are here to serve your needs.
For further information or to purchase any of these guns, please contact Mike Chester at Chet’s Firearms of Howell, Michigan. chetarms@charter.net or phone 517-548-9558. Ask for Mike. Prices do not include shipping to your local FFL.
All prices are plus reasonable shipping, all sales require normal license procedures and are limited by law in your area, please check.
Dealer is Chet Firearms of Howell, Michigan. We have these weapons for immediate shipment and a few more, like a truckload. You want it, we will build it for you, any caliber or may well have it for immediate shipment.
Call Mike at 517 548 9558
DISCLOSURE: Chet’s Firearms is a private company. VT promotes Chet’s Firearms and Adamas personnel design weapons offered by Chet’s, a federally licensed dealer and manufacturer. VT has NO financial interest in Chet’s Firearms and is NOT an owner, partner, or affiliate with Chet’s Firearms. All legal responsibilities for gun sales is that of Chet’s Firearms and NOT VT or VT Network
Quality basic rifle .223/5.56
This is our new model “basic” rifle. The functional parts are the same high quality that we use on our premium rifles. The differences are that it has a basic Mil-spec adjustable stock and pistol grip. No optic is included at this price. Our basic model is a step above most basic rifles in that we include a 10 inch slimline keymod front rail instead of the plastic handguard most offer.
Loadout:
16-inch Phosphate coated or parkerized barrel compatible with .223 and 5.56 ammo
Standard mil-spec adjustable stock and pistol grip
10-inch slimline keymod rail
Muzzle brake
30 or 10 round magazine (depend on your local laws)
Optic not included in base price (add a 3-9X40 Barksa scope for $60 or fold-able open sights for $35)
This rifle is also available in other calibers at a slight premium. Call Mike for details.
$499
California / New York Compatible Rifle
California and New York have enacted cosmetic laws that ban so-called “assault rifles.”
Any rifle with any appearance item from a list of “features” makes it illegal to purchase. We designed and built a “featureless” rifle that has none of the evil parts. Functionally it is identical to our regular AR rifles, it just looks different.
At first glance, it looks a bit odd but it is actually very pleasant to shoot. We only have one in stock and these special stocks are now in short supply so we don’t know when we will be able to build another one.
Loadout:
16-inch phosphate coated barrel, target crowned without threads (one of the banned features)
Special “featureless” stock with a curved hand grip instead of a pistol grip. (another banned item)
10 round magazine (CA and NY limit)
3-9X40 Barksa Scope included
12-inch slimline keymod rail
$729
6.5 Grendel Precision 20 inch Target Rifle
The 6.5 Grendel is the round that the military should be using as it has much more power and accuracy at distance. The bullet is still traveling at supersonic speeds at 1000 yards.
This rifle features a high-end ELD Defense match grade target barrel. It maintains accuracy at well past 1000 yards. ELD is a British company that has made barrels for the UK competition rifle team for many years. They have recently entered the US market and offered manufacturers reasonable prices to get us to try their products. We have found their quality to be excellent. Now that we are using them the introductory prices have ended. This is the last barrel we bought at the lower price so in the future this rifle will cost more.
The photo shows the rifle equipped with a Zeiss scope which is currently out of stock so we are offering it with a Hi-Lux Leatherwood scope in 4-16X44. This is a quality “piece of glass.” You also have the option for an additional $25 of upgrading to the Hi-Lux Leatherwood scope in 6-24X44.
Loadout:
20 Inch Stainless steel ELD match grade target barrel
15 inch Ultra-slimline keymod rail
Custom Stainless muzzle brake
MOE stock
Custom pistol grip
Harris style bipod
25 round Magazine
$849
.308 Carbine
Our line of custom .308s are still awaiting approval and so we cannot offer them for sale at this time. We do, however, have one that was built by Palmetto State Armory that we can sell. We took their rifle and replaced the stock with a MOE and added a custom pistol grip. We put on a detachable carry handle with built-in dual aperture sights that co-witness with the front sight post. We added a removable rail with a 3-9X40 Barksa scope on top of the handle. This can be easily removed or replaced using the single thumbscrew that locks it in place.
Loadout:
Palmetto State Armory .308 carbine rifle
MOE stock
Custom pistol grip
Removable carry handle with dual aperture sights (co-witnesses with front sight post)
Removable top rail for carry handle
3-9X40 Barksa scope
20 round magazine
$829
.300 AAC (Blackout) Rifle
Loadout:
16-inch phosphate coated chrome molly barrel
12-inch Slimline rail with removable rail sections
“Punisher” muzzle brake (Maybe slightly different than one pictured)
Full Auto rated bolt carrier
ACS stock (this stock is sold out, but the same rifle is available with a MOE stock at the same price)
UTG Rail mounted Dragon Claw style bipod
Custom pistol grip
Leapers/UTG 3-9×32 “Bug Buster” scope with red/green illuminated reticle
30 round or 10 round magazine (depending on your local laws)
$799
.450 Bushmaster Rifle
The .450 Bushmaster round was developed specifically as a deer hunting round though it can also be a quite effective anti-personnel round.
Several states, including Michigan, have different zones during deer hunting season. Those nearer to cities only allow the use of shotguns or rifles using non-tapered rounds. The intent of the non-tapered round was to use a pistol cartridge in a rifle for a limited range and power. Rounds such as the .357 magnum, .44 magnum or the .45 Long Colt are used.
Any rifle that uses a cartridge has a larger compartment for powder and is necked down to propel a smaller caliber bullet at high velocity is not allowed. Bushmaster designed a round to get around this limitation and called it the .450 Bushmaster. You can think of it as basically a .45 very long Colt. It is a non-tapered cartridge so it is legal to use in these restricted areas but has power similar to the high powered hunting rifles.
Loadout:
16 Inch Phosphate coated barrel
12 inch slimline keymod rail
Custom “tanker” style muzzle brake
Omega Tactical custom adjustable stock with thick butt pad
Custom pistol grip
8 round magazine specifically designed for the .450 (a standard .223 magazine can be used in single stack configuration but is much more prone to jam.)
Optic not included in price but we have a few available.
$749
.458 SOCCOM “Shoulder Cannon”
The .458 SOCCOM was designed by the military to be a handheld rifle used primarily by the Navy and Coast Guard to shoot holes in pirate ships and drug runner’s boats. It fires a large heavy bullet at high velocity. A typical example is a 350-grain bullet going 1800+ feet per second. This could take down an elephant, though that would be wrong.
Loadout:
16 inch phosphate coated barrel
Custom muzzle brake
Omega Tactical adjustable stock with thick butt pad
Extra heavy duty buffer spring to reduce recoil
15 inch rounded keymod rail with slant nose front
Uses standard .223 30 round magazine in single stack mode (Holds 11 .458 rounds)
$749
Collectible Rifles
SKS Rifle
We have one Chinese made SKS rifle (It appears to be a Norinco, but it does not have brand markings) It has not been touched and is still coated in cosmolene. It is a battle used and has some trench art on the stock. It is chambered in 7.62X39 (same as the AK-47)
We gave it a cursory examination and it appears to be in relatively good condition but it has been used in battle so it has some scars. The cosmolene prevents a closer inspection and I didn’t take any photos. We are therefore offering it in as-in condition.
The price is $349 .
We also have a new modern custom foldable stock that accepts removable magazines and one magazine. These are available if desired at an extra cost of $100. Contact Mike for the details.
Finnish Mosin Nagant
This is a very rare collectible rifle in “hand select” condition. The Finns copied the Russian Mosin Nagant but shortened the barrel slightly and installed a much-improved trigger system.
They made only a tiny fraction of the number made by the Russians and few were imported to the US. It is still in cosmolene and is in above average condition. It appears to have been used very little or not at all. It is chambered in 7.62X54R as is the original Russian model. These are quite rare and this may be your only chance to get one.
Price is $499
These are just a few of our available offerings. We have many assembled rifles in stock for immediate shipping as well as parts to custom build on to your specifications.
Call Mike at 517-548-9558 to ask any questions or to place an order.
Ask for Mike We accept cashier’s checks, Money orders, Visa, MasterCard, and Discover. There is a 3% surcharge for credit card use as that is what we are charged and we just pass it along.
The following photos are of some of our previous builds. Some of these are not currently available.


veteranstoday--2020-01-07--Netanyahu screwed up the Israeli open secret

Michael Lofgren , a former defense budget analyst on Capitol Hill for more than thirty years , declared that the neoconservatives are “ kind of like the terminator , they just don ’ t die .
You would think they would be so discredited they would be shamed , but they have no shame.
” [ 1 ] It is the same thing with Benjamin Netanyahu .
You would think that he would be a little cautious with his political maneuvering , but he is not .
He has been an interesting fellow since the time he ascended to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not only has no shame but he perpetuates the same Zionist lies virtually every time he opens his mouth .
Back in 2013 , Netanyahu summoned the Hanukka slogan and said that “ we have come to expel the darkness , ” and “ The darkness that threatens the world the most today is the darkness of a nuclear Iran .
We are obligated to do everything possible to prevent that darkness .
If possible , it is preferable to do this through diplomatic channels , and if not we will act as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] Netanyahu again declared : “ I tell you and promise in the spirit of the Maccabees , we will not allow Iran to receive a military nuclear capability.
” [ 3 ] But Benjamin Netanyahu has recently shot himself in the foot by bragging that Israel is a nuclear power house in the world .
He let the political cat out of the bag , and he obviously realized that he screwed up .
As Reuters put it , “ In an apparent slip of the tongue on Sunday , Prime Minister @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power before correcting himself with a bashful nod and an embarrassed smile… ‘ The significance of this project is that we are turning Israel into a nuclear power , ” he said , before quickly correcting himself to say “ energy power.
’ He then paused for a beat , acknowledging his mistake with a smile , and then ploughed on with his comments.
” Do you now see the vital contradiction ?
The mad man in Tel Aviv is running around like a wild animal and telling the entire West to stop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same man is bragging about having nuclear weapons !
In fact , Israel has hundreds of nuclear weapons .
Sebastien Roblin of the National Interest declared last month that “ Israel Might Have as Many as 300 Nuclear Weapons .
And Some Are in the ‘ Ocean.
’ ” We all knew that Israel had nuclear weapons , [ 4 ] but they have even placed them in the ocean ?
Listen to this : “ Unofficially , Tel Aviv wants everyone to know it has them , and doesn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ willingness to use them if confronted by an existential threat .
Estimates on the size of Tel Aviv ’ s nuclear stockpile range from 80 to 300 nuclear weapons , the latter number exceeding China ’ s arsenal… “ Though Israel is the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East , Tel Aviv is preoccupied by the fear that an adversary might one day attempt a first strike to destroy its nuclear missiles and strike planes on the ground before they can retaliate.
” [ 5 ] Shouldn ’ t that blatant inconsistency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israel is still manipulating the White House using one of their finest puppets ( Donald Trump ) to go after Iran , but Israeli officials don ’ t even want to think that having nuclear weapons themselves would create anti-Israeli reactions around much of the world .
It gets even better : “ Israeli has aggressively targeted missile and nuclear technology programs in Iraq , Syria and Iran with air raids , sabotage and assassination campaigns .
However , it also has developed a second-strike capability—that is , a survivable weapon which promises @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an enemy ’ s first strike.
” [ 6 ] When U.S. officials finally learned about Israel ’ s nuclear weapons back in the 1970s and 80s , they were completely shocked because they had underestimated Israel .
The officials admitted when they first saw some of those warheads , “ Our thought was ‘ Holy shit !
’ How could we have been so wrong ?
We always said , ‘ So the Israelis got ten warheads ?
Okay .
So what ?
Anybody can build those.
’ All of a sudden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It blew everybody ’ s mind.
’ ” [ 7 ] Others in the Reagan administration were “ paranoid.
” One official declared , “ It was kept away from the people at Z Division [ a special group that provides the United States Intelligence Community with information about foreign nuclear programs ] .
” [ 8 ] This Zionist lagoon is still causing political problems in the Middle East because the Israeli regime does not believe in a moral universe .
As the late rabbi Rabbi Ovadia Yosef put it : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Western morality .
Living by Torah [ the Talmud , of course ] values will make us a light unto the nations who suffer defeat because of a disastrous morality of human invention.
” [ 9 ] Unless we hold Israeli officials accountable , they will continue to threaten virtually everything we all hold dear .
As Israeli historian Martin van Creveld put it back in 2003 : “ We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions , perhaps even at Rome .
Most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ force… .
We have the capability to take the world down with us .
And I can assure you that that will happen before Israel goes under.
” [ 10 ] • [ 1 ] Quoted in Kelley Vlahos , “ Neocons Are Back—But Not in the GOP , ” American Conservative , September 5 , 2013 .
• [ 2 ] Quoted in Herb Keinon , “ Vatican Advance Team to Arrive to Plan Pope ’ s Visit , ” Jerusalem Post , November 28 , 2013 .
• [ 3 ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Netanyahu Holds First Meeting with Pope Francis , ” Jerusalem Post , December 2 , 2013 .
• [ 4 ] See Avner Cohen , Israel and the Bomb ( New York : Columbia University Press , 1998 ) ; The Worst-Kept Secret : Israel ’ s Bargain with the Bomb ( New York : Columbia University Press , 2010 ) ; Roger J. Mattson , Stealing the Atom Bomb : How Denial and Deception Armed Israel ( CreateSpace Independent Publishing , 2016 ) ; Seymour M. Hersh , The Samson Option : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York : Random House , 1991 ) ; Michael Karpin , The Bomb in the Basement : How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World ( New York : Simon & Schuster , 2006 ) .
• [ 5 ] Sebastien Roblin , “ Israel Might Have as Many as 300 Nuclear Weapons .
And Some Are in the ‘ Ocean , ’ ” National Interest , July 28 , 2018 .
• [ 7 ] Seymour M. Hersh , The Samson Option : Israel ’ s Nuclear Arsenal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Random , 1991 ) , 291 .
• [ 9 ] Popper , “ Chabad Rabbi : Jews Should Kill Arab Men , Women and Children During War , ” Haaretz , June 9 , 2009 .

Michael Lofgren, a former defense budget analyst on Capitol Hill for more than thirty years, declared that the neoconservatives are “kind of like the terminator, they just don’t die. You would think they would be so discredited they would be shamed, but they have no shame.”[1]
It is the same thing with Benjamin Netanyahu. You would think that he would be a little cautious with his political maneuvering, but he is not. He has been an interesting fellow since the time he ascended to the Zionist throne in Israel. The man not only has no shame but he perpetuates the same Zionist lies virtually every time he opens his mouth.
Back in 2013, Netanyahu summoned the Hanukka slogan and said that “we have come to expel the darkness,” and “The darkness that threatens the world the most today is the darkness of a nuclear Iran. We are obligated to do everything possible to prevent that darkness. If possible, it is preferable to do this through diplomatic channels, and if not we will act as light unto the nations.”[2]
Netanyahu again declared: “I tell you and promise in the spirit of the Maccabees, we will not allow Iran to receive a military nuclear capability.”[3]
But Benjamin Netanyahu has recently shot himself in the foot by bragging that Israel is a nuclear power house in the world. He let the political cat out of the bag, and he obviously realized that he screwed up. As Reuters put it,
“In an apparent slip of the tongue on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Israel as a nuclear power before correcting himself with a bashful nod and an embarrassed smile… ‘The significance of this project is that we are turning Israel into a nuclear power,” he said, before quickly correcting himself to say “energy power.’ He then paused for a beat, acknowledging his mistake with a smile, and then ploughed on with his comments.”
Do you now see the vital contradiction? The mad man in Tel Aviv is running around like a wild animal and telling the entire West to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, but the same man is bragging about having nuclear weapons! In fact, Israel has hundreds of nuclear weapons.
Sebastien Roblin of the National Interest declared last month that “Israel Might Have as Many as 300 Nuclear Weapons. And Some Are in the ‘Ocean.’” We all knew that Israel had nuclear weapons,[4] but they have even placed them in the ocean? Listen to this:
“Unofficially, Tel Aviv wants everyone to know it has them, and doesn’t hesitate to make thinly-veiled references to its willingness to use them if confronted by an existential threat. Estimates on the size of Tel Aviv’s nuclear stockpile range from 80 to 300 nuclear weapons, the latter number exceeding China’s arsenal…
“Though Israel is the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East, Tel Aviv is preoccupied by the fear that an adversary might one day attempt a first strike to destroy its nuclear missiles and strike planes on the ground before they can retaliate.”[5]
Shouldn’t that blatant inconsistency strike any rational person as odd? Israel is still manipulating the White House using one of their finest puppets (Donald Trump) to go after Iran, but Israeli officials don’t even want to think that having nuclear weapons themselves would create anti-Israeli reactions around much of the world. It gets even better:
“Israeli has aggressively targeted missile and nuclear technology programs in Iraq, Syria and Iran with air raids, sabotage and assassination campaigns. However, it also has developed a second-strike capability—that is, a survivable weapon which promises certain nuclear retaliation no matter how effective an enemy’s first strike.”[6]
When U.S. officials finally learned about Israel’s nuclear weapons back in the 1970s and 80s, they were completely shocked because they had underestimated Israel. The officials admitted when they first saw some of those warheads, “Our thought was ‘Holy shit!’ How could we have been so wrong? We always said, ‘So the Israelis got ten warheads? Okay. So what? Anybody can build those.’ All of a sudden we learned they’d become sophisticated. It blew everybody’s mind.’”[7]
Others in the Reagan administration were “paranoid.” One official declared, “It was kept away from the people at Z Division [a special group that provides the United States Intelligence Community with information about foreign nuclear programs].”[8]
This Zionist lagoon is still causing political problems in the Middle East because the Israeli regime does not believe in a moral universe. As the late rabbi Rabbi Ovadia Yosef put it:
“I don’t believe in Western morality. Living by Torah [the Talmud, of course] values will make us a light unto the nations who suffer defeat because of a disastrous morality of human invention.”[9]
Unless we hold Israeli officials accountable, they will continue to threaten virtually everything we all hold dear. As Israeli historian Martin van Creveld put it back in 2003:
“We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets for our air force…. We have the capability to take the world down with us. And I can assure you that that will happen before Israel goes under.”[10]


veteranstoday--2020-01-07--Trump Bans Iran Foreign Minister from Addressing UN…Violating Another Treaty

FP : The Trump administration is barring Iran ’ s top diplomat from entering the United States this week to address the United Nations Security Council about the U.S. assassination of Iran ’ s top military official in Baghdad , violating the terms of a 1947 headquarters agreement requiring Washington to permit foreign officials into the country to conduct U.N. business , according to three diplomatic sources .
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif requested a visa a “ few weeks ago ” to enter the United States to attend a Jan. 9 Security Council meeting on the importance of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a diplomatic source familiar with the matter .
The Thursday meeting was to provide Tehran ’ s top diplomat with his first opportunity to directly address the world community since U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the Jan. 3 drone strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani , a top Iraqi militia leader , among others .
The Iranian government was awaiting word on the visa Monday when a Trump administration official phoned U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to inform him that the United States would not allow Zarif into the country , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before the current crisis , U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in recent months had sought to restrict the ability of Zarif—a skilled debater who has studied in the United States and has extensive contacts with American journalists—to make his case to the American public during previous visits to the United States .
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Can the General Assembly take away the US permanent seat at the UNSC? Yes, for cause.
FP: The Trump administration is barring Iran’s top diplomat from entering the United States this week to address the United Nations Security Council about the U.S. assassination of Iran’s top military official in Baghdad, violating the terms of a 1947 headquarters agreement requiring Washington to permit foreign officials into the country to conduct U.N. business, according to three diplomatic sources.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif requested a visa a “few weeks ago” to enter the United States to attend a Jan. 9 Security Council meeting on the importance of upholding the U.N. Charter, according to a diplomatic source familiar with the matter. The Thursday meeting was to provide Tehran’s top diplomat with his first opportunity to directly address the world community since U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the Jan. 3 drone strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, a top Iraqi militia leader, among others.
The Iranian government was awaiting word on the visa Monday when a Trump administration official phoned U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to inform him that the United States would not allow Zarif into the country, according to the Washington-based diplomatic source.
But even before the current crisis, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in recent months had sought to restrict the ability of Zarif—a skilled debater who has studied in the United States and has extensive contacts with American journalists—to make his case to the American public during previous visits to the United States. read more…
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/06/trump-administration-blocks-iran-foreign-minister-zarif-addressing-un-security-council/


veteranstoday--2020-01-07--Trump’s Shameless Murder of Soleimani Will Kill Thousands of US Troops — By Suicide

Each and every day , an average of 20 American veterans take their own lives .
The standard diagnosis is PTSD .
But that catch-all label conceals the deeper reality : The biggest single factor driving veteran depression , alcoholism , drug addiction , and suicide is shame .
Veterans know that US attacks against Afghanistan , Iraq , and now Iran are unjust .
They have seen , and in some cases participated in , horrifically immoral behavior .
Invading someone else ’ s country is the supreme war crime , the worst crime that a human being can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and it encompasses and leads to all of the lesser war crimes .
Our veterans know , consciously or unconsciously , that they are war criminals .
That is why so many are executing themselves .
Donald Trump ’ s cowardly decision to invite Soleimani to Baghdad for a peace conference and ambush him at the airport—and then threaten to nuke Iranian heritage sites if the Iranians retaliate , as they must—brands every American serving in our armed forces with a smoking scarlet “ WC ” for “ War Criminal.
” All American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not only for Iranian retaliation , but for execution by anyone who wishes to enforce international law .
And that category includes the criminals themselves .
Service members will become their own judge , jury , and executioner at a much higher rate as the fallout from Trump ’ s off-the-charts war crimes stinks up the whole US military .
Suicidal depression is “ anger turned inward.
” Veterans ’ anger is bottled up , and results in suicide , when cultural conditioning prevents the individual from expressing his anger against the real @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new article by Ken Meyercord on the horrific “ immoral injuries ” that psychopathic decision makers like Trump are inflicting on our veterans .
Expect such suicides to sharply increase , in the medium and long terms , as a result of the outrageously immoral war on Iran that Trump has just launched .
I recently attended a panel entitled “ Coming Home : Dialogues on the Moral , Psychological , and Spiritual Impacts of War ” .
The event was about the invisible scars many veterans bear long after he or she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the scars were inflicted and how the afflicted recover from them is something those , like me , who have never been in combat can hardly understand .
One of the panelists at the event related the experience of a fighter pilot who on a bombing run was unable to see clearly what he had hit .
Viewing his cockpit screen footage later , he saw that a carport had been totally demolished by his bomb .
Amidst the rubble were four small bicycles .
For years afterwards the pilot had a recurring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ building and picks up a dead child from among the rubble .
As he hugs the child to him , he sees that the back of the child ’ s head has been blown off .
Simultaneously , the face of the child morphs into that of his own son .
Such anguished memories are sometimes referred to as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ( PTSD ) , sometimes as “ moral injury ” .
There ’ s a difference .
PTSD is a mental disorder which makes it difficult for a vet to reintegrate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ injury is a “ soul in anguish , not a psychological disorder ” , as one psychiatrist puts it .
It ’ s been defined as “ an injury to an individual ’ s moral conscience and values resulting from an act of perceived moral transgression ” .
If a veteran survives the wound to his morality , he may not only successfully get on with his life but make an especially valuable contribution to his country .
A second panelist at the event , a lady fighter pilot , came back from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or morally .
Without a twinge of conscience , she gushed about how good it felt to drop a bomb on a car filled with ISIS terrorists , knowing she had killed the personification of evil .
She felt no more empathy for the those she had killed than do our drone pilots , raining down death from thousands of miles away , who refer to the victims of their bombs as “ bugsplat ” .
I was tempted to try to inflict a little moral injury on the gung-ho Top Gunness , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of her “ good kill ” , but I decided that wouldn ’ t be very nice .
If I weren ’ t such a nice guy , I would have pointed out to her that the United States has a long history of working with Islamic extremists to counter governments we don ’ t approve of , the most overt case being our support of the mujahideen in Afghanistan in the 1980s .
In more recent times , our attitude vis-à-vis the Islamic State ( ISIS ) has been disturbingly ambiguous .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ into Syria to join ISIS came through the territory of our NATO ally , Turkey—apparently with that country ’ s blessing… and , by extension , our own .
Our good friend Qatar is generally credited with being a major financial backer of ISIS .
Would we tolerate such behavior from a faux country like Qatar with a measly 300,000 citizens and an American military base within a stone ’ s throw of the Emir ’ s palace if we didn ’ t approve of their generosity ?
So long as ISIS directed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we had no problem with it .
Only when it diverted its attention to trying to take over Iraq did we decide it needed to be reined in .
Even then , a number of times we bombed Syrian or Iraqi forces engaged in battle with ISIS—all a big mistake , of course .
Someone less kind than myself might have suggested to “ Miss Crack-shot USA ” that those grisly videos of masked evildoers beheading some hapless victim , which so enraged her as to free her from any soul-searching about exterminating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American stage managers than to some mullah ’ s fiery rhetoric .
I suspect growing up just down the road from the Air Force Academy , then attending the Naval Academy , made the pilot immune to my contrarian point of view , but not every veteran is so lucky .
Killing a fellow human being without guilt qualms is not normal .
That ’ s why many soldiers—even in the heat of battle—never fire their weapon .
It ’ s also why the army , I ’ ve been told , came @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t aim it at anyone in particular , you just start blazing away .
According to one expert , moral injury occurs when “ ( i ) there has been a betrayal of what is morally right , ( ii ) by someone who holds legitimate authority and ( iii ) in a high-stakes situation.
” Sending those who trust you into battle on the basis of lies ( e.g.
, Iraq ’ s weapons of mass destruction ; staged gas attacks in Syria ) is a gross betrayal of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which gave us the term Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder , the Vietnam War , concluded that ’ s what happened .
That ’ s why they founded Vietnam Veterans Against the War ( VVAW ) .
I can only imagine what pangs of guilt must haunt the slumber of those who feel they ’ ve been lied to .
Killing in a justified cause is hard enough to reconcile with our deep-seated aversion to the taking of human life ; without legitimate justification , it becomes simply murder .
How decent , good-hearted , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ injury ” , as I call it , is a mystery to me .
Maybe that ’ s why many Vietnam vets don ’ t like to talk about their experiences .
No one likes to admit to having been duped , even if they were only eighteen years old at the time and most of their older and supposedly wiser compatriots let themselves be duped as well .
I hope those trying to help troubled veterans do not seek to have them forget their shame , anger , and disgust over being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been injured themselves , the vets can instruct those of us who have never paid the price on the techniques employed by unscrupulous leaders to get us into illegitimate , aggressive wars .
That ’ s the special contribution I mentioned earlier that veterans can make to our country .
Many members of the VVAW are doing just that today .
Whatever methods are being used to “ cure ” those suffering from immoral injury , they have not been completely successful .
Last year , the number of attempted and successful suicides @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : 354 .
Professor Lawrence Wilkerson of William & Mary—who in a former life was Col. Larry Wilkerson , Chief of Staff to Colin Powell when he was Secretary of State—offers this explanation : “ GIs have killed or helped to kill more than 400,000 human beings in these wars [ Afghanistan , Iraq ] .
Killing at that level affects people .
It particularly affects people when they are unable to explain the reason for the killing… .
The U.S. government has told these young men and women that they are killing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for democracy , for women ’ s rights , for justice , to protect Americans , and for all manner of reasons that these troops know are just so much hogwash… .
These GIs know that , on account of many of these lies , they are killing people , wounding people , destroying their homes , bombing their towns and villages , and generally wreaking havoc for ‘ God and country ’ .
They know this is a lie .
But what are they to do about it ?
Some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time you see someone in uniform and are inclined to express your thanks , keep in mind what Col. Wilkerson has to say about this : “ [ T ] he 99 percent of America with no skin in the game of war makes sure to say quite frequently ‘ thank you for your service ’ to any of these GIs encountered at airports , in restaurants , on the street , or elsewhere .
From my own experience talking with serving troops and veterans—including a triple-amputee at Walter Reed National Military Medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see the 99 percent assuaging their guilt with a few meaningless words that don ’ t do a thing to alleviate the GIs ’ concerns .
In fact , such triteness deepens those concerns .
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By Kevin Barrett, VT Editor
Each and every day, an average of 20 American veterans take their own lives. The standard diagnosis is PTSD. But that catch-all label conceals the deeper reality: The biggest single factor driving veteran depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, and suicide is shame. Veterans know that US attacks against Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Iran are unjust. They have seen, and in some cases participated in, horrifically immoral behavior. Invading someone else’s country is the supreme war crime, the worst crime that a human being can commit according to the Nuremburg Principles, and it encompasses and leads to all of the lesser war crimes. Our veterans know, consciously or unconsciously, that they are war criminals. That is why so many are executing themselves.
Donald Trump’s cowardly decision to invite Soleimani to Baghdad for a peace conference and ambush him at the airport—and then threaten to nuke Iranian heritage sites if the Iranians retaliate, as they must—brands every American serving in our armed forces with a smoking scarlet “WC” for “War Criminal.” All American service members are now legitimate targets, not only for Iranian retaliation, but for execution by anyone who wishes to enforce international law. And that category includes the criminals themselves. Service members will become their own judge, jury, and executioner at a much higher rate as the fallout from Trump’s off-the-charts war crimes stinks up the whole US military.
Suicidal depression is “anger turned inward.” Veterans’ anger is bottled up, and results in suicide, when cultural conditioning prevents the individual from expressing his anger against the real war criminals.
Below is a fascinating new article by Ken Meyercord on the horrific “immoral injuries” that psychopathic decision makers like Trump are inflicting on our veterans. Expect such suicides to sharply increase, in the medium and long terms, as a result of the outrageously immoral war on Iran that Trump has just launched.
Kevin Barrett, VT Editor
Immoral Injury
By Ken Meyercord
I recently attended a panel entitled “Coming Home: Dialogues on the Moral, Psychological, and Spiritual Impacts of War”. The event was about the invisible scars many veterans bear long after he or she experienced the horrors of war. How the scars were inflicted and how the afflicted recover from them is something those, like me, who have never been in combat can hardly understand.
One of the panelists at the event related the experience of a fighter pilot who on a bombing run was unable to see clearly what he had hit. Viewing his cockpit screen footage later, he saw that a carport had been totally demolished by his bomb. Amidst the rubble were four small bicycles. For years afterwards the pilot had a recurring nightmare in which he enters a bombed-out building and picks up a dead child from among the rubble. As he hugs the child to him, he sees that the back of the child’s head has been blown off. Simultaneously, the face of the child morphs into that of his own son.
Such anguished memories are sometimes referred to as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), sometimes as “moral injury”. There’s a difference. PTSD is a mental disorder which makes it difficult for a vet to reintegrate himself back into civilian life. Moral injury is a “soul in anguish, not a psychological disorder”, as one psychiatrist puts it. It’s been defined as “an injury to an individual’s moral conscience and values resulting from an act of perceived moral transgression”. If a veteran survives the wound to his morality, he may not only successfully get on with his life but make an especially valuable contribution to his country.
A second panelist at the event, a lady fighter pilot, came back from her tour in Iraq uninjured either traumatically or morally. Without a twinge of conscience, she gushed about how good it felt to drop a bomb on a car filled with ISIS terrorists, knowing she had killed the personification of evil. She felt no more empathy for the those she had killed than do our drone pilots, raining down death from thousands of miles away, who refer to the victims of their bombs as “bugsplat”.
I was tempted to try to inflict a little moral injury on the gung-ho Top Gunness, so cocksure she was of the rectitude of her “good kill”, but I decided that wouldn’t be very nice. If I weren’t such a nice guy, I would have pointed out to her that the United States has a long history of working with Islamic extremists to counter governments we don’t approve of, the most overt case being our support of the mujahideen in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
In more recent times, our attitude vis-à-vis the Islamic State (ISIS) has been disturbingly ambiguous. The thousands of foreign fighters who poured into Syria to join ISIS came through the territory of our NATO ally, Turkey—apparently with that country’s blessing… and, by extension, our own. Our good friend Qatar is generally credited with being a major financial backer of ISIS. Would we tolerate such behavior from a faux country like Qatar with a measly 300,000 citizens and an American military base within a stone’s throw of the Emir’s palace if we didn’t approve of their generosity?
So long as ISIS directed its attacks against the Syrian government, we had no problem with it. Only when it diverted its attention to trying to take over Iraq did we decide it needed to be reined in. Even then, a number of times we bombed Syrian or Iraqi forces engaged in battle with ISIS—all a big mistake, of course. Someone less kind than myself might have suggested to “Miss Crack-shot USA” that those grisly videos of masked evildoers beheading some hapless victim, which so enraged her as to free her from any soul-searching about exterminating some noisome bugs, owed more to American stage managers than to some mullah’s fiery rhetoric.
I suspect growing up just down the road from the Air Force Academy, then attending the Naval Academy, made the pilot immune to my contrarian point of view, but not every veteran is so lucky. Killing a fellow human being without guilt qualms is not normal. That’s why many soldiers—even in the heat of battle—never fire their weapon. It’s also why the army, I’ve been told, came up with the rapid-fire M16: you don’t aim it at anyone in particular, you just start blazing away.
According to one expert, moral injury occurs when “(i) there has been a betrayal of what is morally right, (ii) by someone who holds legitimate authority and (iii) in a high-stakes situation.” Sending those who trust you into battle on the basis of lies (e.g., Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction; staged gas attacks in Syria) is a gross betrayal of their trust. Many returning from the war which gave us the term Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, the Vietnam War, concluded that’s what happened. That’s why they founded Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW).
I can only imagine what pangs of guilt must haunt the slumber of those who feel they’ve been lied to. Killing in a justified cause is hard enough to reconcile with our deep-seated aversion to the taking of human life; without legitimate justification, it becomes simply murder. How decent, good-hearted, feeling ex-soldiers deal with this “immoral injury”, as I call it, is a mystery to me. Maybe that’s why many Vietnam vets don’t like to talk about their experiences. No one likes to admit to having been duped, even if they were only eighteen years old at the time and most of their older and supposedly wiser compatriots let themselves be duped as well.
I hope those trying to help troubled veterans do not seek to have them forget their shame, anger, and disgust over being betrayed by those in power. Having been injured themselves, the vets can instruct those of us who have never paid the price on the techniques employed by unscrupulous leaders to get us into illegitimate, aggressive wars. That’s the special contribution I mentioned earlier that veterans can make to our country. Many members of the VVAW are doing just that today.
Whatever methods are being used to “cure” those suffering from immoral injury, they have not been completely successful. Last year, the number of attempted and successful suicides amongst marines—active and former—hit an all-time high: 354. Professor Lawrence Wilkerson of William & Mary—who in a former life was Col. Larry Wilkerson, Chief of Staff to Colin Powell when he was Secretary of State—offers this explanation: “GIs have killed or helped to kill more than 400,000 human beings in these wars [Afghanistan, Iraq]. Killing at that level affects people. It particularly affects people when they are unable to explain the reason for the killing…. The U.S. government has told these young men and women that they are killing these people for freedom’s sake, for democracy, for women’s rights, for justice, to protect Americans, and for all manner of reasons that these troops know are just so much hogwash…. These GIs know that, on account of many of these lies, they are killing people, wounding people, destroying their homes, bombing their towns and villages, and generally wreaking havoc for ‘God and country’. They know this is a lie. But what are they to do about it? Some of them kill themselves.”
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The next time you see someone in uniform and are inclined to express your thanks, keep in mind what Col. Wilkerson has to say about this: “[T]he 99 percent of America with no skin in the game of war makes sure to say quite frequently ‘thank you for your service’ to any of these GIs encountered at airports, in restaurants, on the street, or elsewhere. From my own experience talking with serving troops and veterans—including a triple-amputee at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center— nothing galls them more. They see the 99 percent assuaging their guilt with a few meaningless words that don’t do a thing to alleviate the GIs’ concerns. In fact, such triteness deepens those concerns.”