veteranstoday--2020-06-17--Do Palestinians’ lives matter?

Do Palestinians’ lives matter?

Lately , anti-racism activists and their fellow-travellers have been vandalising statues in the UK , including a memorial to Winston Churchill .
Even Nelson is threatened .
And Robert Peel , like Churchill , has been boarded up for protection from the loonies .
Incredibly Robert the Bruce , king of Scotland 1306-1329 , hero of Bannockburn and bringer of independence , has been branded a racist by graffiti scribblers .
Bruce ( or de Brus ) , Earl of Carrick and 7th Lord of Annandale , was of Norman descent I believe .
So , is our entire medieval @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that – condemned ?
If it ’ s the feudal system and the struggle between mighty lords and their lowly vassals that bothers today ’ s hypersensitive agitators , most of our history books will have to be taken off the shelves and our monarchs consigned to the dustbin in order to appease them .
Why don ’ t these firebrands look for modern-day racists to complain about ?
In which case they might focus on “ Israel ’ s knee-on-the-neck occupation of Palestine ” , as Leslie Bravery describes it .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and part of Syria and is stuffed with baddies with no redeeming features whatsoever .
They have been busy ethnically cleansing the native Palestinians and stealing their lands for seven decades .
And what of their many supporters in high places ?
What should we call people who defend the indefensible… who admire the despicable… who applaud the expulsion at gunpoint of peaceable civilians and the confiscation of their homes ?
Being a Friend of Israel – like most of the Conservative Party at Westminster – means embracing the terror and racism on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It means embracing the dispossession of the innocent and oppression of the powerless .
It means embracing the discriminatory laws against those who stubbornly remain in their homeland .
It means embracing the jackboot gangsterdom that abducts civilians — including children — and imprisons and tortures them without trial .
It means embracing the theft and annexation of Palestinian lands and water resources , the imposition of hundreds of military checkpoints , the severe restrictions on the movement of people and goods , and maximum interference with Palestinian life at every level @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inflicted by Israel on Gaza and feeling not too bothered about blowing hundreds of children to smithereens , maiming thousands more , trashing vital infrastructure such as hospitals , schools , power plants and clean water supplies , and causing $ billions of devastation that will take 20 years to rebuild .
And where is the money coming from ?
That ’ s right – from you and me .
It means turning a blind eye to the strangulation of the West Bank ’ s economy and the cruel 14-year blockade on Gaza @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Palestinians ’ right to self-determination and return to their homes .
It means shrugging off the religious war that humiliates Muslims and Christians and prevents them visiting their holy places .
It means meekly accepting a situation in which hard-pressed American and British taxpayers are having to subsidise Israel ’ s illegal occupation of the Holy Land .
And if , after all that , you are still Israel ’ s special friend , where is your self-respect ?
Pandering to Israel has been immensely costly in blood and treasure and stupidly damaging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ludicrous that a foreign military power which has no regard for international law and rejects weapons conventions and safeguards can exert such influence on foreign policy in the US and UK ?
Everyone outside the Westminster/Washington bubble knows perfectly well that there can be no peace in the Holy Land without justice .
In other words no peace until the occupation ends .
Everyone knows that international law and countless UN resolutions still wait to be enforced .
Everyone knows that Israel won ’ t comply unless sanctions are imposed .
Everyone knows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t be lifted until warships are sent .
What ’ s more , everyone now knows that the US is not an honest broker , that Israel wants to keep the pot boiling and that justice won ’ t come from more sham ‘ negotiations ’ .
Nor will peace .
Everyone knows who is the real cause of turmoil in the Middle East .
And everyone knows that Her Majesty ’ s Government ’ s hand-wringing and empty words of ‘ concern ’ serve no purpose except to prolong the daily misery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to complete its criminal scheme to make the occupation permanent .
And that is about to happen .
For the last year Israel ’ s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been saying he ’ ll “ extend sovereignty on all the settlements ” including sites that have security importance or are important to Israel ’ s heritage .
And that will include Hebron , Jericho and the Jordan Valley .
The move would be another major step in the fulfilment of the long-running Plan Dalet ( otherwise known as Plan D ) which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violent takeover of the Palestinian homeland as a prelude to declaring Israeli statehood – which they did in May 1948 .
It was drawn up by the Jewish underground militia , the Haganah , at the behest of David Ben-Gurion , then boss of the Jewish Agency .
Plan D ’ s intention was not only to gain control of the areas of the Jewish state and defend its borders but also to control the areas of Jewish presence outside those borders and ensure “ freedom of military and economic activity ” by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of transport routes .
“ Outside the borders of the state ” was a curious thing to say when nobody would admit to where Israel ’ s borders actually ran , but the aim was to steal land that wasn ’ t allocated to Israel but was reserved for a Palestinian state on the 1947 UN Partition Plan map .
Since then Israel has purposely kept its borders fluid in order to accommodate the Zionists ’ perpetual lust for expansion into Palestinian and Syrian territory and eventual takeover .
No doubt with this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the appointment of the pro-annexation Settlements Minister Tzipi Hotovely as Israel ’ s next ambassador to the UK .
Hotovely is a religious-nationalist extremist committed to the ‘ Greater Israel ’ project .
As Minister of Settlement Affairs in the Israeli government many here will regard her as a war criminal .
All Israeli settlements ( a more appropriate word would be ‘ squats ’ ) in the Occupied Palestinian Territories ( OPT ) violate Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention and are considered illegal under international law .
And many see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a war crime for the simple reason that Article 8 ( 2 ) of the Rome Statute defines “ the transfer , directly or indirectly , by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies , or the deportation or transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory ” as such “ when committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes ” .
Hotovely tends to run @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jews for not understanding the complexities of the region because “ they never send their children to fight for their country , most of the Jews don ’ t have children serving as soldiers ” .
She herself slid out of compulsory military service by becoming an educational guide in Jerusalem and an emissary of the Jewish Agency in the United States .
She ’ s also keen to re-write New Israel ’ s sordid history : “ We need to delete the word ‘ occupation ’ and we need to redefine the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rejects Palestinians ’ hopes for statehood and instead dreams of a Greater Israel spanning the length and breadth of current Israel plus the Palestinian territories , saying “ We need to return to the basic truth of our rights to this country… .
This land is ours .
All of it is ours .
We did not come here to apologise for that.
” But what is the basic truth of her right to the land ?
She came there from the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic so a question that immediately springs to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does she have with the Holy Land ?
Has she had a DNA check-up ?
And what exactly gives her and her kind the right to lord it over the Palestinians who have been there all the time ?
” In London she ’ ll replace Mark Regev , former Netanyahu spokesman and mastermind behind Israel ’ s propaganda programme of disinformation and dirty tricks .
Under Regev ’ s watch in January 2017 a senior political officer at the Israeli embassy in London , Shai Masot , plotted with stooges among British @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political woodwork to “ take down ” senior government figures including Boris Johnson ’ s deputy at the Foreign Office , Sir Alan Duncan .
Masot was almost certainly a Mossad asset .
His hostile activities were revealed not , as one would have wished , by Britain ’ s own security services and media but an Al Jazeera undercover news team .
Her Majesty ’ s Government ’ s response ?
“ The UK has a strong relationship with Israel and we consider the matter closed.
” At a Labour Party conference @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ they are going to pull all the stops , they are going to smear , they are going to try anything they can to stop Corbyn… .
the reason anti-Semitism is used is because they [ the Israelis ] have no argument….
” And that ’ s exactly what happened .
Corbyn , a perceived threat to Israel ’ s cosy relationship with the UK , is now relegated to the sidelines .
Regev came to help silence criticism of the Israeli regime .
Why the switch to lovely Tzipi ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ here to smooth ruffled feelings caused by Israel ’ s latest planned land grab in the creeping annexation of the West Bank .
And Regev , mission accomplished in the UK , is needed in Tel Aviv to defend Netanyahu from the ensuing flak if he goes ahead with annexation .
Where does the EU stand in all this ?
A year ago one hundred and fifty-five European researchers and academics delivered a stinging rebuke to Federica Mogherini , High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy and Vice-President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Moedas , European Commissioner for Science , Research & Innovation .
Their letter expressed the outrage felt throughout the world , and especially in European countries including the UK , at the EU ’ s policy of endlessly rewarding the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Israel .
Perversely each new act of unspeakable brutality , each new onslaught of disproportionate force against civilians had brought fresh privileges , fresh co-operation , fresh embraces from an enthusiastic EU élite .
The letter said among other things : “ In spite of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and violation of human rights , and regardless of the commitment for upholding human rights of European countries , Israel enjoys an exceptionally privileged status in dealing with Europe also through the Association Agreement and has been receiving grants from the European Commission in the area of research and innovation ( FP7 and its successor Horizon 2020 ) .
“ Funds are granted even to Israeli arms producers such as Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd , the producers of lethal drones that were used in the Gaza military assaults against civilians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have close ties with Israeli military industry .
“ We appeal to the European Union to impose a comprehensive military embargo on Israel , as long as Israel continues to blatantly violate human rights .
We are deeply disturbed that public funds contributed by European tax payers are channeled to a country that not only disregards human rights but also uses most advanced knowledge and technology for the very violation of human rights.
” The EU-Israel Association Agreement has a lot to answer for .
It came into force in 2000 for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and security , ( 2 ) shared prosperity through , for example , the creation of a free trade zone , and ( 3 ) cross-cultural rapprochement .
It governs not only EU-Israel relations but Israel ’ s relations with the EU ’ s other Mediterranean partners , including the Palestinian National Authority .
To enjoy the Association ’ s privileges Israel undertook to show “ respect for human rights and democratic principles ” as set out as a general condition in Article 2 , which says : “ Relations between the Parties @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Agreement itself , shall be based on respect for human rights and democratic principles , which guides their internal and international policy and constitutes an essential element of this Agreement.
” Essential being the operative word .
Respecting human rights and democratic principles is not optional .
Article 2 allows steps to be taken to enforce the contractual obligations regarding human rights and to dissuade partners from pursuing policies and practices that disrespect those rights .
The Agreement also requires respect for self-determination of peoples and fundamental freedoms for all .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ principles the EU , had it been an honourable group , would have enforced Article 2 and not let matters slide .
They would have suspended Israel ’ s membership until the regime fully complied .
Israel relies heavily on exports to Europe so the EU could by now have forced an end to the brutal occupation of the Holy Land .
Questions in the House of Commons last week revealed that the Government plans to host a UK-Israel trade and investment conference in London .
One such question advertised the fact that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by 286 % over the last decade , and bilateral trade levels are at a record high ” .
The Minister , Conor Burns , announced : “ We strongly value our trading relationship with the State of Israel and are working closely with the Israeli government to implement the UK-Israel trade and partnership agreement.… We are working with the Israeli counterparts to host a UK-Israel trade and investment conference in London , which will have its primary focus on scoping out and identifying new opportunities and collaboration between Israel and the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of State for International Trade what recent discussions she ’ d had with her counterpart in the Israeli government on a UK-Israel free trade deal .
Ranil Jayawardena , answering for the Secretary of State , said that the UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement , signed in February 2019 , will enter into force at the end of the Transition Period in January 2021 .
It will allow businesses to trade as freely as they do now , without additional tariffs or barriers .
“ Total trade between the United Kingdom and Israel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to £5.1bn .
We value this trade relationship and are committed to strengthening it , so we will seek to work with counterparts in the new Israeli government to host a bilateral trade and investment summit in London.
” Clearly there ’ s still a desire at the heart of UK government to reward racist Israel , not only for its knee-on-the-neck brutality but even for a crime of such enormity as can ’ t-breathe annexation .

… Stuart Littlewood, Britain
Lately, anti-racism activists and their fellow-travellers have been vandalising statues in the UK, including a memorial to Winston Churchill. Even Nelson is threatened. And Robert Peel, like Churchill, has been boarded up for protection from the loonies.
Incredibly Robert the Bruce, king of Scotland 1306-1329, hero of Bannockburn and bringer of independence, has been branded a racist by graffiti scribblers. Bruce (or de Brus), Earl of Carrick and 7th Lord of Annandale, was of Norman descent I believe. So, is our entire medieval history and culture – 1066 and all that – condemned?
If it’s the feudal system and the struggle between mighty lords and their lowly vassals that bothers today’s hypersensitive agitators, most of our history books will have to be taken off the shelves and our monarchs consigned to the dustbin in order to appease them.
Why don’t these firebrands look for modern-day racists to complain about? In which case they might focus on “Israel’s knee-on-the-neck occupation of Palestine”, as Leslie Bravery describes it. This snarling, brutal entity illegally occupies Palestine and part of Syria and is stuffed with baddies with no redeeming features whatsoever.
They have been busy ethnically cleansing the native Palestinians and stealing their lands for seven decades. And what of their many supporters in high places? What should we call people who defend the indefensible… who admire the despicable… who applaud the expulsion at gunpoint of peaceable civilians and the confiscation of their homes?
Being a Friend of Israel – like most of the Conservative Party at Westminster – means embracing the terror and racism on which the state of Israel was built. It means embracing the dispossession of the innocent and oppression of the powerless. It means embracing the discriminatory laws against those who stubbornly remain in their homeland.
It means embracing the jackboot gangsterdom that abducts civilians — including children — and imprisons and tortures them without trial. It means embracing the theft and annexation of Palestinian lands and water resources, the imposition of hundreds of military checkpoints, the severe restrictions on the movement of people and goods, and maximum interference with Palestinian life at every level.
It means not minding the bloodbaths inflicted by Israel on Gaza and feeling not too bothered about blowing hundreds of children to smithereens, maiming thousands more, trashing vital infrastructure such as hospitals, schools, power plants and clean water supplies, and causing $billions of devastation that will take 20 years to rebuild. And where is the money coming from? That’s right – from you and me.
It means turning a blind eye to the strangulation of the West Bank’s economy and the cruel 14-year blockade on Gaza. It means endorsing the denial of Palestinians’ right to self-determination and return to their homes.
It means shrugging off the religious war that humiliates Muslims and Christians and prevents them visiting their holy places. It means meekly accepting a situation in which hard-pressed American and British taxpayers are having to subsidise Israel’s illegal occupation of the Holy Land.
And if, after all that, you are still Israel’s special friend, where is your self-respect?
Pandering to Israel has been immensely costly in blood and treasure and stupidly damaging to our reputation. Is it not ludicrous that a foreign military power which has no regard for international law and rejects weapons conventions and safeguards can exert such influence on foreign policy in the US and UK?
Everyone outside the Westminster/Washington bubble knows perfectly well that there can be no peace in the Holy Land without justice. In other words no peace until the occupation ends. Everyone knows that international law and countless UN resolutions still wait to be enforced. Everyone knows that Israel won’t comply unless sanctions are imposed. Everyone knows that the siege on Gaza won’t be lifted until warships are sent.
What’s more, everyone now knows that the US is not an honest broker, that Israel wants to keep the pot boiling and that justice won’t come from more sham ‘negotiations’. Nor will peace. Everyone knows who is the real cause of turmoil in the Middle East.
And everyone knows that Her Majesty’s Government’s hand-wringing and empty words of ‘concern’ serve no purpose except to prolong the daily misery for Palestinians and buy time for Israel to complete its criminal scheme to make the occupation permanent.
And that is about to happen.
Can’t breathe!
For the last year Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been saying he’ll “extend sovereignty on all the settlements” including sites that have security importance or are important to Israel’s heritage. And that will include Hebron, Jericho and the Jordan Valley.
The move would be another major step in the fulfilment of the long-running Plan Dalet (otherwise known as Plan D) which was the Zionists’ blueprint for the violent takeover of the Palestinian homeland as a prelude to declaring Israeli statehood – which they did in May 1948. It was drawn up by the Jewish underground militia, the Haganah, at the behest of David Ben-Gurion, then boss of the Jewish Agency.
Plan D’s intention was not only to gain control of the areas of the Jewish state and defend its borders but also to control the areas of Jewish presence outside those borders and ensure “freedom of military and economic activity” by occupying important high-ground positions on a number of transport routes.
“Outside the borders of the state” was a curious thing to say when nobody would admit to where Israel’s borders actually ran, but the aim was to steal land that wasn’t allocated to Israel but was reserved for a Palestinian state on the 1947 UN Partition Plan map. Since then Israel has purposely kept its borders fluid in order to accommodate the Zionists’ perpetual lust for expansion into Palestinian and Syrian territory and eventual takeover.
No doubt with this in mind the Israeli government has confirmed the appointment of the pro-annexation Settlements Minister Tzipi Hotovely as Israel’s next ambassador to the UK. Hotovely is a religious-nationalist extremist committed to the ‘Greater Israel’ project. As Minister of Settlement Affairs in the Israeli government many here will regard her as a war criminal.
All Israeli settlements (a more appropriate word would be ‘squats’) in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) violate Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention and are considered illegal under international law. And many see Israel’s long-running squatter policy as a war crime for the simple reason that Article 8(2) of the Rome Statute defines
“the transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies, or the deportation or transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory” as such “when committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes”.
Hotovely tends to run off at the mouth having criticised American Jews for not understanding the complexities of the region because “they never send their children to fight for their country, most of the Jews don’t have children serving as soldiers”. She herself slid out of compulsory military service by becoming an educational guide in Jerusalem and an emissary of the Jewish Agency in the United States.
She’s also keen to re-write New Israel’s sordid history: “We need to delete the word ‘occupation’ and we need to redefine the term ‘refugee’….” Hotovely rejects Palestinians’ hopes for statehood and instead dreams of a Greater Israel spanning the length and breadth of current Israel plus the Palestinian territories, saying “We need to return to the basic truth of our rights to this country…. This land is ours. All of it is ours. We did not come here to apologise for that.”
But what is the basic truth of her right to the land? She came there from the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic so a question that immediately springs to mind is: “What ancestral links does she have with the Holy Land? Has she had a DNA check-up? And what exactly gives her and her kind the right to lord it over the Palestinians who have been there all the time?”
In London she’ll replace Mark Regev, former Netanyahu spokesman and mastermind behind Israel’s propaganda programme of disinformation and dirty tricks. Under Regev’s watch in January 2017 a senior political officer at the Israeli embassy in London, Shai Masot, plotted with stooges among British MPs and other maggots in the rotting political woodwork to “take down” senior government figures including Boris Johnson’s deputy at the Foreign Office, Sir Alan Duncan.
Masot was almost certainly a Mossad asset. His hostile activities were revealed not, as one would have wished, by Britain’s own security services and media but an Al Jazeera undercover news team. Her Majesty’s Government’s response? “The UK has a strong relationship with Israel and we consider the matter closed.”
At a Labour Party conference fringe meeting Israel insider Miko Peled warned that “they are going to pull all the stops, they are going to smear, they are going to try anything they can to stop Corbyn…. the reason anti-Semitism is used is because they [the Israelis] have no argument….”
And that’s exactly what happened. Corbyn, a perceived threat to Israel’s cosy relationship with the UK, is now relegated to the sidelines.
Regev came to help silence criticism of the Israeli regime. Why the switch to lovely Tzipi? I’d say she’s here to smooth ruffled feelings caused by Israel’s latest planned land grab in the creeping annexation of the West Bank. And Regev, mission accomplished in the UK, is needed in Tel Aviv to defend Netanyahu from the ensuing flak if he goes ahead with annexation.
EU’s shame
Where does the EU stand in all this? A year ago one hundred and fifty-five European researchers and academics delivered a stinging rebuke to Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, and Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Science, Research & Innovation.
Their letter expressed the outrage felt throughout the world, and especially in European countries including the UK, at the EU’s policy of endlessly rewarding the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Israel. Perversely each new act of unspeakable brutality, each new onslaught of disproportionate force against civilians had brought fresh privileges, fresh co-operation, fresh embraces from an enthusiastic EU élite. The letter said among other things:
“In spite of continual and serious breaches of international law and violation of human rights, and regardless of the commitment for upholding human rights of European countries, Israel enjoys an exceptionally privileged status in dealing with Europe also through the Association Agreement and has been receiving grants from the European Commission in the area of research and innovation (FP7 and its successor Horizon 2020).
“Funds are granted even to Israeli arms producers such as Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd, the producers of lethal drones that were used in the Gaza military assaults against civilians, together with numerous academic institutions that have close ties with Israeli military industry.
“We appeal to the European Union to impose a comprehensive military embargo on Israel, as long as Israel continues to blatantly violate human rights. We are deeply disturbed that public funds contributed by European tax payers are channeled to a country that not only disregards human rights but also uses most advanced knowledge and technology for the very violation of human rights.”
The EU-Israel Association Agreement has a lot to answer for. It came into force in 2000 for the purpose of promoting (1) peace and security, (2) shared prosperity through, for example, the creation of a free trade zone, and (3) cross-cultural rapprochement.
It governs not only EU-Israel relations but Israel’s relations with the EU’s other Mediterranean partners, including the Palestinian National Authority. To enjoy the Association’s privileges Israel undertook to show “respect for human rights and democratic principles” as set out as a general condition in Article 2, which says:
“Relations between the Parties, as well as all the provisions of the Agreement itself, shall be based on respect for human rights and democratic principles, which guides their internal and international policy and constitutes an essential element of this Agreement.”
Essential being the operative word. Respecting human rights and democratic principles is not optional.
Article 2 allows steps to be taken to enforce the contractual obligations regarding human rights and to dissuade partners from pursuing policies and practices that disrespect those rights. The Agreement also requires respect for self-determination of peoples and fundamental freedoms for all.
Given Israel’s contempt for such principles the EU, had it been an honourable group, would have enforced Article 2 and not let matters slide. They would have suspended Israel’s membership until the regime fully complied. Israel relies heavily on exports to Europe so the EU could by now have forced an end to the brutal occupation of the Holy Land.
Rewarding annexation
Questions in the House of Commons last week revealed that the Government plans to host a UK-Israel trade and investment conference in London. One such question advertised the fact that “Israeli exports to the UK grew by 286% over the last decade, and bilateral trade levels are at a record high”.
The Minister, Conor Burns, announced: “We strongly value our trading relationship with the State of Israel and are working closely with the Israeli government to implement the UK-Israel trade and partnership agreement.… We are working with the Israeli counterparts to host a UK-Israel trade and investment conference in London, which will have its primary focus on scoping out and identifying new opportunities and collaboration between Israel and the United Kingdom.”
Another MP asked the Secretary of State for International Trade what recent discussions she’d had with her counterpart in the Israeli government on a UK-Israel free trade deal. Ranil Jayawardena, answering for the Secretary of State, said that the UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement, signed in February 2019, will enter into force at the end of the Transition Period in January 2021.
It will allow businesses to trade as freely as they do now, without additional tariffs or barriers. “Total trade between the United Kingdom and Israel increased by 15 per cent in 2019 to £5.1bn. We value this trade relationship and are committed to strengthening it, so we will seek to work with counterparts in the new Israeli government to host a bilateral trade and investment summit in London.”
Clearly there’s still a desire at the heart of UK government to reward racist Israel, not only for its knee-on-the-neck brutality but even for a crime of such enormity as can’t-breathe annexation.
Stuart Littlewood
15 June 2020


veteranstoday--2020-06-18--Blockbuster Bolton Revelations: Trump Bribed by China, OK’d Khashoggi Killing in Ivanka Ploy…more

Trump told the Chinese that if they helped get him elected , he would serve more than two terms so he could look out for their interests in the US…if only we were making this up Then he buried the CIA report that said MBS ordered the murder of Washington Post columnist Khashoggi in a deal to cover Ivanka ’ s use of private email servers Guardian : Donald Trump was willing to halt criminal investigations to “ give personal favors to dictators he liked ” , according to a new book written by his former national security adviser John @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ He ’ s so full of shit ” In his memoir , due to be published later this month , Bolton reports that Trump pleaded with China ’ s President Xi Jinping to help him get re-elected by buying more US agricultural products , according to accounts of his forthcoming memoir .
In his pursuit of a good personal relationship with Xi , Trump is described as brushing aside human rights issues , even providing encouragement to the communist leader to continue to build concentration camps for China ’ s Muslim Uighur @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s justice department has attempted to stop being published , Bolton argues the House impeachment inquiry should have ranged much further than just Trump ’ s efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government for his own political gain .
According to excerpts published by the Wall Street Journal , New York Times and the Washington Post , Bolton describes a pattern of corruption in which Trump routinely attempts to use the leverage of US power on other countries to his own personal ends .
“ The pattern looked like obstruction of justice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we couldn ’ t accept , ” Bolton writes , adding that he took his concerns to the attorney general , William Barr .
The anecdote involving Xi is particularly damaging for Trump in the run-up to an election in which he is trying to position himself as tough on China , and his opponent , Joe Biden , as being in Beijing ’ s pocket .
read more… 1 .
Trump pleaded with China to help win the 2020 election According to the excerpt of Bolton ’ s book published by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to use its economic power to help him win a second election .
In one instance , Trump and President Xi Jinping were discussing hostility to China in the US .
“ Trump then , stunningly , turned the conversation to the coming US presidential election , alluding to China ’ s economic capability and pleading with Xi to ensure he ’ d win , ” Bolton writes .
“ He stressed the importance of farmers and increased Chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat in the electoral outcome .
I would print Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government ’ s prepublication review process has decided otherwise.
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Trump suggested he was open to serving more than two terms In another eye-opening exchange published in the Wall Street Journal , Trump also seems to support Xi ’ s idea of eliminating presidential term limits .
“ Xi said he wanted to work with Trump for six more years , and Trump replied that people were saying that the two-term constitutional limit on presidents should be repealed for him , ” Bolton writes .
“ Xi said the US had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t want to switch away from Trump , who nodded approvingly.
” Bolton ’ s book reportedly details cases where Trump tried to kill criminal investigations as favors to dictators .
One incident published in the Washington Post includes a 2018 discussion with the Turkish president , Recep Erdoğan .
Bolton says Erdoğan gave Trump a memo claiming that a Turkish firm under investigation in the US was innocent .
“ Trump then told Erdoğan he would take care of things , explaining that the southern district prosecutors were not his people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problem that would be fixed when they were replaced by his people.
” According to Bolton , Trump was also approving when Xi defended China ’ s internment of Uighur Muslims in detention camps .
“ According to our interpreter , ” Bolton writes , “ Trump said that Xi should go ahead with building the camps , which Trump thought was exactly the right thing to do.
” According to leaked Communist party documents published in November , at least 1 million Uighur Muslims are detained in the camps .

Trump told the Chinese that if they helped get him elected, he would serve more than two terms so he could look out for their interests in the US…if only we were making this up
Then he buried the CIA report that said MBS ordered the murder of Washington Post columnist Khashoggi in a deal to cover Ivanka’s use of private email servers
but that ain’t nuttin’…
[ Editor’s Note: VT was right once again, predicting that he would use every opportunity that the office of President provided to enrich himself and his family. He is desperate now as a Democratic sweep of the White house and the Senate would leave him totally exposed to Congressional investigations into everything he and his family did.]
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Guardian: Donald Trump was willing to halt criminal investigations to “give personal favors to dictators he liked”, according to a new book written by his former national security adviser John Bolton.
Mike Pompeo on Trump: “He’s so full of shit”
.@MarthaRaddatz: “How would you describe Trump's relationship with Vladimir Putin?” John Bolton: “I think Putin thinks he can play him like a fiddle.” Watch more from the exclusive interview this Sunday at 9|8c on ABC. pic.twitter.com/VALmx3Z0f0 — ABC News (@ABC) June 17, 2020
Billy, what are your thoughts on this John Bolton bombshell about @IvankaTrump and her daddy @realDonaldTrump ?https://t.co/o9Gwyr2UYm — Rocky (@Toby38309489) June 18, 2020
In his memoir, due to be published later this month, Bolton reports that Trump pleaded with China’s President Xi Jinping to help him get re-elected by buying more US agricultural products, according to accounts of his forthcoming memoir.
In his pursuit of a good personal relationship with Xi, Trump is described as brushing aside human rights issues, even providing encouragement to the communist leader to continue to build concentration camps for China’s Muslim Uighur population.
Former Trump adviser John Bolton writes that according to an interpreter who was present, when China's leader explained his reasoning for putting ethnic Uighurs in detention camps, the president agreed it was "the right thing to do." https://t.co/P6ppA7Ykfy — The Associated Press (@AP) June 17, 2020
In his book, which Trump’s justice department has attempted to stop being published, Bolton argues the House impeachment inquiry should have ranged much further than just Trump’s efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government for his own political gain.
A speechwriter for former Defense Secretary James Mattis took to Twitter to say he “can confirm” a controversial claim in John Bolton’s bombshell book https://t.co/qC4sdaka9s — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 18, 2020
According to excerpts published by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and the Washington Post, Bolton describes a pattern of corruption in which Trump routinely attempts to use the leverage of US power on other countries to his own personal ends.
CNN has now obtained a copy of "The Room Where It Happened." The lead, for history: "Bolton has leveled a stunning accusation against his former boss," claiming Trump personally asked his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to help him win the 2020 electionhttps://t.co/Hrv5DsiFCO — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 17, 2020
“The pattern looked like obstruction of justice as a way of life, which we couldn’t accept,” Bolton writes, adding that he took his concerns to the attorney general, William Barr.
Bolton book takeaways-he doesn't say much that's new-don't buy it:
-Trump did quid pro quos w/China, Turkey
-Didn't know Britain was nuclear power; asked if Finland was in Russia
-Even loyalists mock him
-He violated Logan Act
-Barr knows how bad it lookshttps://t.co/t0gfcbJlkv pic.twitter.com/gyYM6RbcWI — Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) June 18, 2020
The anecdote involving Xi is particularly damaging for Trump in the run-up to an election in which he is trying to position himself as tough on China, and his opponent, Joe Biden, as being in Beijing’s pocket. read more…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/17/john-bolton-book-trump-china-accusations-dictators
1. Trump pleaded with China to help win the 2020 election
According to the excerpt of Bolton’s book published by the Wall Street Journal, Trump asked China to use its economic power to help him win a second election.
Add Bolton w/ Haley as ppl who knew Khashoggi could be killed bc Trump & Kush gave the ok. His story that Trump defended SA to distract from Ivanka’s private emails is BS. Bolton absurdly said then he wouldn’t listen to the tape bc he couldn’t speak Arabic https://t.co/0uEXAcJS7D — Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) June 17, 2020
In one instance, Trump and President Xi Jinping were discussing hostility to China in the US. “Trump then, stunningly, turned the conversation to the coming US presidential election, alluding to China’s economic capability and pleading with Xi to ensure he’d win,” Bolton writes.
Trump had his shirts and ties made in China bcs he couldn't care less about America First, Ivanka got dozens of expedited trademarks from them, and Trump borrowed millions from Bank of China, so of course he asked China to help him win the 2020 election.https://t.co/9EQUdkC6sr — Facts Do Matter (@WilDonnelly) June 17, 2020
“He stressed the importance of farmers and increased Chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat in the electoral outcome. I would print Trump’s exact words, but the government’s prepublication review process has decided otherwise.”
2. Trump suggested he was open to serving more than two terms
In another eye-opening exchange published in the Wall Street Journal, Trump also seems to support Xi’s idea of eliminating presidential term limits. “Xi said he wanted to work with Trump for six more years, and Trump replied that people were saying that the two-term constitutional limit on presidents should be repealed for him,” Bolton writes. “Xi said the US had too many elections, because he didn’t want to switch away from Trump, who nodded approvingly.”
3. Trump offered favors to dictators
Bolton’s book reportedly details cases where Trump tried to kill criminal investigations as favors to dictators. One incident published in the Washington Post includes a 2018 discussion with the Turkish president, Recep Erdoğan. Bolton says Erdoğan gave Trump a memo claiming that a Turkish firm under investigation in the US was innocent. “Trump then told Erdoğan he would take care of things, explaining that the southern district prosecutors were not his people, but were Obama people, a problem that would be fixed when they were replaced by his people.”
4. Trump praised Xi for China’s internment camps
According to Bolton, Trump was also approving when Xi defended China’s internment of Uighur Muslims in detention camps. “According to our interpreter,” Bolton writes, “Trump said that Xi should go ahead with building the camps, which Trump thought was exactly the right thing to do.”
According to leaked Communist party documents published in November, at least 1 million Uighur Muslims are detained in the camps.
read more…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/17/john-bolton-book-trump-china-dictators-saudi-arabia


veteranstoday--2020-06-17--Atlanta Cop Charged with Felony Murder, Faces Electric Chair in Rayshard Brooks Killing

“ We have concluded at the time Mr Brooks was shot that he did not pose an immediate threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or officers , ” Howard said .
Guardian : The Atlanta officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back after the fleeing man pointed a stun gun in his direction faces 11 charges , including felony murder , a prosecutor said Wednesday .
Prosecutors said Brooks , who was black , posed no threat when he was gunned down and that the white officer kicked him and offered no medical treatment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Brooks was holding a stun gun he had snatched from officers but was 18ft , 3in away when he was shot by Officer Garrett Rolfe and was running away at the time , District Attorney Paul Howard said in announcing the charges five days after the killing outside a Wendy ’ s restaurant rocked the city .
The shooting sparked new demonstrations in Georgia ’ s capital against police brutality , after occasionally turbulent protests in response to George Floyd ’ s death in Minneapolis had largely simmered down .
The Atlanta @ @ @ @ @ @ @ less than 24 hours after Brooks died .
Howard made the announcement about officer Rolfe during a news conference in the city that had been eagerly awaited by many , including campaigners for police reform.Rolfe had already been fired after he fatally shot Brooks , 27 , on Friday night .
read more…

I want everyone who tried to justify the shooting of #RayshardBrooks to look at this photo of how the cop who shot him KICKED him afterwards and then I want you to gfy pic.twitter.com/3KK3VXJpkn
Guardian: The Atlanta officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back after the fleeing man pointed a stun gun in his direction faces 11 charges, including felony murder, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
https://twitter.com/CharlesMBlow/status/1273377502233231368?s=20
Prosecutors said Brooks, who was black, posed no threat when he was gunned down and that the white officer kicked him and offered no medical treatment as he lay dying on the ground.
Two weeks ago, the DA in Atlanta who's currently charging Officer Garrett Rolfe in the Rayshard Brooks case charged police officers with aggravated assault for using a taser on protesters. "A taser is considered a deadly weapon under Georgia law" pic.twitter.com/ZQfsjllEQS — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) June 17, 2020
Brooks was holding a stun gun he had snatched from officers but was 18ft, 3in away when he was shot by Officer Garrett Rolfe and was running away at the time, District Attorney Paul Howard said in announcing the charges five days after the killing outside a Wendy’s restaurant rocked the city.
This is #RayshardBrooks, in his own words. In this heartbreaking interview filmed just four months ago, Brooks speaks about the agony of being trapped in a prison reentry and probation system that won’t let him get back on his feet. pic.twitter.com/oXAiT3815Z — REFORM Alliance (@REFORM) June 18, 2020
The shooting sparked new demonstrations in Georgia’s capital against police brutality, after occasionally turbulent protests in response to George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis had largely simmered down. The Atlanta police chief, Erika Shields, resigned less than 24 hours after Brooks died.
NEW: The white Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back will face a felony murder charge and 10 other charges. Prosecutors say he could face a possible life sentence or the death penalty. https://t.co/a49VsyZxxm — NPR (@NPR) June 17, 2020


veteranstoday--2020-06-17--VT Cop Sense: George Floyd Arrest a Proven Fake, Floyd Murdered in Cop-Mob Hit

The story below , excerpted from the NY Times , tells about Cup Foods , owned supposedly by a Palestinian who was forced by obscure laws to turn Floyd in for his role in a “ one bill only that no longer exists ” counterfeit ring .
We have waited weeks and the evidence , the counterfeit $ 20 ( who counterfeits $ 20s when kids buy ice cream with C notes ? )
has never been seen .
Nobody has it , it disappeared and no one has asked for it but us , and we have asked for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , when Floyd was murdered by 4 hit men dressed as police , his body was searched .
No money was found , certainly no counterfeit money yet Floyd was supposedly murdered for his involvement in a counterfeiting ring .
Did he have more counterfeit money in his car ?
Did they search his house ?
What was found there ?
Did they find more counterfeit money ?
Did they find drugs ?
Who searched his house ?
Did they search his house ?
Who issued the warrant ?
If there was no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Service informed ?
If so , when and by whom ?
What agents were assigned from which field office ?
When the counterfeit bill was turned in by the killers , who was the detective assigned to investigate the counterfeiting ?
Who were the detectives that investigated the killing ?
Who did the original autopsy ?
Now , of course , we know that Floyd and one of his killers , Chauvin , knew each other and worked together , supposedly at a Hispanic/Mexican “ club.
” What else did they do together @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Were his devices seized and if/when , what was found on them ?
Who did he talk to before going to meet Floyd in front of Cup Foods where Chauvin and 3 other hitmen murdered Floyd and seem to have forgotten to file any paperwork that would have supported arresting or even questioning Floyd .
Where is the statement from the unnamed 17 year old employee at Cup Foods ?
It is not reasonable to think there is no video of Floyd supposedly passing a $ 20 but why is that video @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never to have existed , off the planet ?
Why has no one asked about it ?
Has anyone entered the store and photographed , looked for cameras or asked other employees about who owns the store and what else is going on there ?
NY Times : Ever since George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officers on May 25 after a grocery store reported that he had used a counterfeit $ 20 there , Muslim Americans have been asking why the store ’ s workers called the cops in the first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ low-income neighborhoods , Cup Foods is owned and largely staffed by an immigrant Muslim family , and the police call has prompted some to see racist motives .
Mahmoud Abumayyaleh , the Palestinian-American owner of Cup Foods , the grocery store , was away when a 17-year-old worker made the call .
A statement from the store referred to a “ state policy that requires stores ” to notify the police about counterfeit bills and Mr. Abumayyaleh described the practice as “ standard protocol ” for businesses .
He vowed that his store @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the police stop killing innocent people.
” For many small-business owners in low-income neighborhoods , the decision to not call the cops is not so easy .
The problem isn ’ t that you will subject yourself to more crime without the police .
It ’ s that the authorities often force the business owners to operate almost as an arm of the police .
If they refuse , they risk being shut down by the city through nuisance abatement laws .

Senior Editor
The story below, excerpted from the NY Times, tells about Cup Foods, owned supposedly by a Palestinian who was forced by obscure laws to turn Floyd in for his role in a “one bill only that no longer exists” counterfeit ring.
We have waited weeks and the evidence, the counterfeit $20 (who counterfeits $20s when kids buy ice cream with C notes?) has never been seen. Nobody has it, it disappeared and no one has asked for it but us, and we have asked for it over and over.
It doesn’t exist.
More still, when Floyd was murdered by 4 hit men dressed as police, his body was searched. No money was found, certainly no counterfeit money yet Floyd was supposedly murdered for his involvement in a counterfeiting ring.
Did he have more counterfeit money in his car? Did they search his house? What was found there? Did they find more counterfeit money? Did they find drugs? Who searched his house?
Did they search his house? Who issued the warrant? If there was no search, why?
Was the Secret Service informed? If so, when and by whom? What agents were assigned from which field office?
When the counterfeit bill was turned in by the killers, who was the detective assigned to investigate the counterfeiting?
Who were the detectives that investigated the killing? Who did the original autopsy?
Now, of course, we know that Floyd and one of his killers, Chauvin, knew each other and worked together, supposedly at a Hispanic/Mexican “club.” What else did they do together?
Was Chauvin a counterfeiter also?
Was Chauvin’s home searched? Were his devices seized and if/when, what was found on them? Who did he talk to before going to meet Floyd in front of Cup Foods where Chauvin and 3 other hitmen murdered Floyd and seem to have forgotten to file any paperwork that would have supported arresting or even questioning Floyd.
Where is the statement from the unnamed 17 year old employee at Cup Foods? It is not reasonable to think there is no video of Floyd supposedly passing a $20 but why is that video, which seems to not exist and never to have existed, off the planet?
Why has no one asked about it?
Has anyone entered the store and photographed, looked for cameras or asked other employees about who owns the store and what else is going on there?
…from the NY Times:
NY Times: Ever since George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officers on May 25 after a grocery store reported that he had used a counterfeit $20 there, Muslim Americans have been asking why the store’s workers called the cops in the first place.
Like many grocery stores in low-income neighborhoods, Cup Foods is owned and largely staffed by an immigrant Muslim family, and the police call has prompted some to see racist motives.
Mahmoud Abumayyaleh, the Palestinian-American owner of Cup Foods, the grocery store, was away when a 17-year-old worker made the call. A statement from the store referred to a “state policy that requires stores” to notify the police about counterfeit bills and Mr. Abumayyaleh described the practice as “standard protocol” for businesses. He vowed that his store will no longer do so “until the police stop killing innocent people.”
For many small-business owners in low-income neighborhoods, the decision to not call the cops is not so easy. The problem isn’t that you will subject yourself to more crime without the police. It’s that the authorities often force the business owners to operate almost as an arm of the police. If they refuse, they risk being shut down by the city through nuisance abatement laws.


veteranstoday--2020-06-17--Be Alert for COVID-19 Scammers

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veteranstoday--2020-06-17--NEO – The Fall of the Dancing Bear

NEO – The Fall of the Dancing Bear

by Gordon Duff , VT Sr. Editor , … with New Eastern Outlook , Moscow ( 1816 ) Trump is a “ dancing bear , ” controlled by Attorney General William Barr , part of a CIA cabal put together , in partnership with former FBI Director Robert Mueller , during the 1970s .
Barr and Mueller are and have been for decades , close personal friends despite attempts to represent them as otherwise .
Not only are they friends but they are “ cohorts in crime , ” as the expression goes , always working together , plotting their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years of American decline under Trump , rapid and catastrophic , seems to be one of those schemes , with Trump playing little or no real role at all , not really despite efforts to make things appear otherwise .
His wars are never fought , his projects never completed , his policies seldom enacted except , of course , where his personal brutality and those of the Deep State coincide .
This hypothesis was supported by a recent discussion with a White House advisor who went off script ” on Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ banned in the US by the FDA for COVID treatment ) , backing drinking or injecting bleach ( a toxic industrial form ) as a “ quack remedy ” and his threats of using the military illegally against US citizens .
Trump is now being isolated from “ harmful elements ” that made up his informal advisory group which included certain pseudo-Christian cult leaders and White Nationalists .
As things stand , $ 8 trillion was stolen from the economy during the fake COVID 19 bail out where 80 % of the cash @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s stock market “ pump and dump ” far more profitable and efficient than the 2007-8 sub-prime crash under Bush 43 .
The results were the same , first doubling , now tripling America ’ s fake national debt to the Deep State-owned Federal Reserve “ system ” and using the mechanisms put in place after 9/11 to push the nation into social disorder .
One might then ask whether both Bush 43 and Trump were , in actuality , “ tasked ” by the Deep State in ending American hegemony @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one that sees the United States as a “ milk cow ” to be used until it is no longer profitable and then sent off to be slaughtered .
COVID 19 with an expected 325,000 deaths and $ 12 trillion in economic losses may well be that slaughter .
There again , we look at the seemingly purposefully failed COVID 19 response and the dangerous reopening in the midst of Trump regime supported hoaxes claiming , in some extreme cases , that all COVID 19 dead are “ crisis actors.
” Many , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe this or similar falsehoods , a 35 % that votes for Trump and that will not be interfered with when it votes , as many millions of Americans now are .
According to the New York Times , the State of Georgia actually set up a polling place for the recent failed primary election inside a nursing home filled with dying COVID 19 patients as part of a GOP led voter suppression campaign .
Trump has touted that mail in ballots , how he and his family have always voted , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issue at this juncture , with the US in freefall and the entire globe aghast at the stumbling-bumbling pronouncements of a disgraced and discredited leader believed by most to be mentally incapacitated , acting as that dancing bear frontpiece for a criminal cabal using America ’ s remaining power to terrorize the world .
This narrative was told to me in 2016 by former CIA asset , Gene “ Chip ” Tatum , now retired in Ecuador .
Gene , who writes for Veterans Today , is a longtime friend .
Gene and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Mule , ” offered on Amazon , on what the book included and what was redacted by the CIA , which was much .
This book , as with others , isn ’ t to be taken as gospel , not without confirmations and on issues of this import , many confirmations .
Those confirmations now exist , to an extent , and the hypothesis that Trump , as with other presidents in the past , to varying degrees , serves a Deep State cabal or faces assassination or being isolated from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Obama spent 8 years in office , two massive electoral victories , but had both houses of congress and the Supreme Court held by the opposing political party .
Though Israeli expansionism was reigned in , a key issue and a peace deal with Iran was enacted , Obama still followed basic Deep State narratives of Russophobia and global militarism .
As the summer of 2020 approaches in the US , so much seems the same , perhaps it is , but the ability to hide the truth from the masses is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is this , Trump leads nothing , he is simply a dancing bear , brought out by those running the carnival , his handlers with a pocket full of treats with a gun and whip handy if needed .
The bear can still bite , with Trump , to follow the analogy , that means he could fire Attorney General Barr but can he ?
Here is what we assert : It is dangerous to believe any narrative that is hand fed , particularly one that fails every test , one that continually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that two political parties control America , that elections jockey back and forth between each and that leaders , such as they are , share different visions but also share a love of America , a love of peace , a love of mankind and are constrained by their humanity and decency , is not just false but laughable .
Behind this superficial and failed assessment is the idea that “ special interests ” influence policy but the “ best and brightest ” of Americans choose to serve in government .
Nothing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ When one looks at the Trump administration , one that shares much with its earlier incarnation under George W. Bush , one sees an individual , Trump as with Bush , of non-existent academic capabilities , a spoken narrative filled with absolutism , with deception and noted by its rambling incoherence .
What one sees is cheap street theatre for politics , fake leaders , fake government departments , fake courts , fake law enforcement , not just at national level but all the way to the murderous militarized police that flail at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well , use protests to put forward their own criminalistic and totalitarian agenda .
Where there was once a generalized view of regionalized differences in America , the violence of the spring and summer of 2020 , with much of it professionally orchestrated , not from the left or right but by Deep State operatives , we now see “ principalities ” where we once saw towns and cities .
Each of these tiny regimes is ruled by a law enforcement official deeply entrenched with local elites and organized crime , profiting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ courts and jails for personal profit and dishing out mob violence packaged as a fake “ war on crime ” perpetrated against the population by criminals in uniform .
What are those principalities ?
We begin a list in New York City , then Atlanta , Philadelphia , Seattle , certainly Minneapolis , but not all cities .
Rural counties are so much easier to control with rural poor , rural “ white ” poor , often addicted to methamphetamines and opiates , a trade that only thrives with full complicity of law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Detroit , Chicago , Toledo , Phoenix , but whose police departments have maintained professionalism and have not turned their emergency management over to Israeli based advisors , now blamed by many , perhaps wrongly , as the cause of much police violence .
Racism and brutality existed long before the Department of Homeland Security under Chertoff sought to turn America ’ s police into half-baked “ spies and commandos.
” With America still in the midst of a pandemic , President Trump hasn ’ t been involved for months .
Why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ personally taking banned medications or advocating scam cures has endangered his position as a carnival dancing bear ?
The world certainly now knows that the military takes orders from its Commander in Chief if it wants to and otherwise doesn ’ t .
The world also knows that the American military has broken with Trump and no longer is willing to take the money and keep quiet about his dictatorial policies and clear evidence of his diminished capacity .
Yet still , Trump could remain president for 4 more years , through rigging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CIA tactics and media manipulation , which is also a CIA tactic if you get down to it , despite the fact Trump ’ s personal decline is obvious .
By “ decline , ” we mean the descent from racist , bigot and ignoramus to bumbling fool and aged cripple .
What is also there to see is that what has passed for leadership in Washington , not just under Trump but some of his predecessors as well , is as we assert , a carnival with a dancing bear , one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to time slips his handlers , but a dancing bear just the same .
Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War that has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades and consulted with governments challenged by security issues .
He ’ s a senior editor and chairman of the board of Veterans Today , especially for the online magazine “ New Eastern Outlook .
”

by Gordon Duff, VT Sr. Editor, … with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow (1816)
– First published … June 17, 2020 –
Trump is a “dancing bear,” controlled by Attorney General William Barr, part of a CIA cabal put together, in partnership with former FBI Director Robert Mueller, during the 1970s.
Barr and Mueller are and have been for decades, close personal friends despite attempts to represent them as otherwise. Not only are they friends but they are “cohorts in crime,” as the expression goes, always working together, plotting their plots, scheming their schemes.
The years of American decline under Trump, rapid and catastrophic, seems to be one of those schemes, with Trump playing little or no real role at all, not really despite efforts to make things appear otherwise.
His wars are never fought, his projects never completed, his policies seldom enacted except, of course, where his personal brutality and those of the Deep State coincide.
This hypothesis was supported by a recent discussion with a White House advisor who went off script” on Trump’s recent blunders, hydroxychloroquine (now banned in the US by the FDA for COVID treatment), backing drinking or injecting bleach (a toxic industrial form) as a “quack remedy” and his threats of using the military illegally against US citizens.
Trump is now being isolated from “harmful elements” that made up his informal advisory group which included certain pseudo-Christian cult leaders and White Nationalists.
As things stand, $8 trillion was stolen from the economy during the fake COVID 19 bail out where 80% of the cash went to Deep State elites, making Trump’s stock market “pump and dump” far more profitable and efficient than the 2007-8 sub-prime crash under Bush 43.
The results were the same, first doubling, now tripling America’s fake national debt to the Deep State-owned Federal Reserve “system” and using the mechanisms put in place after 9/11 to push the nation into social disorder.
One might then ask whether both Bush 43 and Trump were, in actuality, “tasked” by the Deep State in ending American hegemony?
This is yet another hypothesis, one that sees the United States as a “milk cow” to be used until it is no longer profitable and then sent off to be slaughtered.
COVID 19 with an expected 325,000 deaths and $12 trillion in economic losses may well be that slaughter. There again, we look at the seemingly purposefully failed COVID 19 response and the dangerous reopening in the midst of Trump regime supported hoaxes claiming, in some extreme cases, that all COVID 19 dead are “crisis actors.”
Many, up to 35% of Americans, believe this or similar falsehoods, a 35% that votes for Trump and that will not be interfered with when it votes, as many millions of Americans now are.
According to the New York Times, the State of Georgia actually set up a polling place for the recent failed primary election inside a nursing home filled with dying COVID 19 patients as part of a GOP led voter suppression campaign.
Trump has touted that mail in ballots, how he and his family have always voted, is a form of communist takeover.
The issue at this juncture, with the US in freefall and the entire globe aghast at the stumbling-bumbling pronouncements of a disgraced and discredited leader believed by most to be mentally incapacitated, acting as that dancing bear frontpiece for a criminal cabal using America’s remaining power to terrorize the world.
This narrative was told to me in 2016 by former CIA asset, Gene “Chip” Tatum, now retired in Ecuador. Gene, who writes for VT, is a longtime friend. Gene and I went over this book, “The Mule,” offered on Amazon, on what the book included and what was redacted by the CIA, which was much.
This book, as with others, isn’t to be taken as gospel, not without confirmations and on issues of this import, many confirmations. Those confirmations now exist, to an extent, and the hypothesis that Trump, as with other presidents in the past, to varying degrees, serves a Deep State cabal or faces assassination or being isolated from power as with Barak Obama is confirmed.
Obama spent 8 years in office, two massive electoral victories, but had both houses of congress and the Supreme Court held by the opposing political party.
Though Israeli expansionism was reigned in, a key issue and a peace deal with Iran was enacted, Obama still followed basic Deep State narratives of Russophobia and global militarism.
As the summer of 2020 approaches in the US, so much seems the same, perhaps it is, but the ability to hide the truth from the masses is no longer there. What is clear is this, Trump leads nothing, he is simply a dancing bear, brought out by those running the carnival, his handlers with a pocket full of treats with a gun and whip handy if needed.
The bear can still bite, with Trump, to follow the analogy, that means he could fire Attorney General Barr but can he? Here is what we assert:
It is dangerous to believe any narrative that is hand fed, particularly one that fails every test, one that continually discredits itself when tested.
The narrative, that two political parties control America, that elections jockey back and forth between each and that leaders, such as they are, share different visions but also share a love of America, a love of peace, a love of mankind and are constrained by their humanity and decency, is not just false but laughable.
Behind this superficial and failed assessment is the idea that “special interests” influence policy but the “best and brightest” of Americans choose to serve in government.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
When one looks at the Trump administration, one that shares much with its earlier incarnation under George W. Bush, one sees an individual, Trump as with Bush, of non-existent academic capabilities, a spoken narrative filled with absolutism, with deception and noted by its rambling incoherence.
What one sees is cheap street theatre for politics, fake leaders, fake government departments, fake courts, fake law enforcement, not just at national level but all the way to the murderous militarized police that flail at protesters or, as has been cited as well, use protests to put forward their own criminalistic and totalitarian agenda.
Where there was once a generalized view of regionalized differences in America, the violence of the spring and summer of 2020, with much of it professionally orchestrated, not from the left or right but by Deep State operatives, we now see “principalities” where we once saw towns and cities.
Each of these tiny regimes is ruled by a law enforcement official deeply entrenched with local elites and organized crime, profiting on drugs and human trafficking, running courts and jails for personal profit and dishing out mob violence packaged as a fake “war on crime” perpetrated against the population by criminals in uniform.
What are those principalities? We begin a list in New York City, then Atlanta, Philadelphia, Seattle, certainly Minneapolis, but not all cities. Rural counties are so much easier to control with rural poor, rural “white” poor, often addicted to methamphetamines and opiates, a trade that only thrives with full complicity of law enforcement.
Some cities are inherently corrupt, Detroit, Chicago, Toledo, Phoenix, but whose police departments have maintained professionalism and have not turned their emergency management over to Israeli based advisors, now blamed by many, perhaps wrongly, as the cause of much police violence.
Racism and brutality existed long before the Department of Homeland Security under Chertoff sought to turn America’s police into half-baked “spies and commandos.”
Conclusion
With America still in the midst of a pandemic, President Trump hasn’t been involved for months. Why? Is it because his admissions of personally taking banned medications or advocating scam cures has endangered his position as a carnival dancing bear?
The world certainly now knows that the military takes orders from its Commander in Chief if it wants to and otherwise doesn’t. The world also knows that the American military has broken with Trump and no longer is willing to take the money and keep quiet about his dictatorial policies and clear evidence of his diminished capacity.
Yet still, Trump could remain president for 4 more years, through rigging American elections, always a combination of CIA tactics and media manipulation, which is also a CIA tactic if you get down to it, despite the fact Trump’s personal decline is obvious.
By “decline,” we mean the descent from racist, bigot and ignoramus to bumbling fool and aged cripple.
What is also there to see is that what has passed for leadership in Washington, not just under Trump but some of his predecessors as well, is as we assert, a carnival with a dancing bear, one that occasionally bites, that from time to time slips his handlers, but a dancing bear just the same.
Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War that has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades and consulted with governments challenged by security issues. He’s a senior editor and chairman of the board of VT, especially for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook.”


veteranstoday--2020-06-17--Sitrep June 12, 2020, an Intel Drop

Sitrep June 12, 2020, an Intel Drop

Thirty three American cities are currently targeted by , and we are oversimplifying , police/Mossad/Freemason gangs who are organizing protests , counter-protests , staging looting and shaking down business owners .
They have already made millions .
These same groups , we are told , were responsible for a bio-terror attack on the US that has now led to 120,000 dead and the unusual nature of the spread and re-spread of COVID 19 .
COVID 19 is a bio-terror weapon developed in USAID funded programs but in its final form at the University of North Carolina by scientists normally employed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccines ” for diseases that are being created in secret US labs around the world .
Today , however , we are going to stay domestic and deal with other issues .
It is clearly recognized across the US , business and political leaders , the military , academics , that a criminal cabal working through Donald Trump , their “ dancing bear , ” has taken over the US .
To an extent , the issue of “ Israeli trained/controlled police ” is a real one though this is not a “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ involve Israel .
VT knows some of the groups that trained US police , some are owned by longtime friends , former IDF in Cyprus , who are quite decent .
They didn ’ t do it and didn ’ t turn down the money .
Here is what actually happened .
The MEGA group , the billionaires ( yes , many are Jewish ) who openly fund the Deep State ( some are blackmailed/coerced into funding like Epstein ’ s ‘ sponsor ’ -name withheld ) , working with the current Israeli @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kosher Nostra thugs and spies , now run about 30 % of the police departments in the US , particularly New York .
They do this through special units , all with different names , who have consulate handlers .
All are partnered with organized crime , human traffickers and the narcotics cabals .
These units run crime in America ’ s “ challenged ” neighborhoods and the police who work with them , members of these units and other police to run death squads for them , have brought us to where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been caught firebombing and looting , particularly in Minneapolis where VT has overwhelming evidence of how foreign intelligence operatives controlling special units have ramped up fake protest violence .
From a highly classified report , partially redacted : It is another very complex deep cover FF Gladio-style terror op developed years ago and rolled out as part of the Gladio Covid bio-terror attack by the Z ’ s , the company and Pentagon .
Numerous deeply compartmented teams were involved and deployed with little to no cross-talk .
100s more smaller type fake @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and conquer America .
The media , all of it , is involved at every level .
Highest quality computer enhanced video morphing was deployed .
The cops were new ( not cops ) the perp was a company man ?
The op was rolled out in 33 cities ( note the Kaballistic/high Freemasony COL number 33 ) .
Three teams of undercover were deployed and bricks trucked in for photo ops and added conflict and confusion among researchers .
Team 1 given hammers to bust out windows ; team 2 tossed slow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ induced local youth and intellectually challenged to loot goods by doing it first and putting into expensive cars and pickups and there is video evidence of all of this .
Police stood down for many hours to let their brothers deploy this Intel op .
All the fake stories are just part of the complex misinformation ops deployed to tweak researchers and keep them guessing wrong in many different directions forever .
1. pre-planning of this complex FF terror Op for 33 cities involving up to ten teams all compartmented ; many group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , strong confidentiality agreements included and promises for more such work for the rest of their lives 3. misinformation cross-talk ops deployed to spread confusion ; involves a number of misinformation teams intersecting with paid media assets Let ’ s now take a moment to talk about Jade Helm 20 , better known as the Pentagon ’ s new plaything , the “ Boogaloo Boys.
” During the late 70s , the Pentagon turned to two directions , Freemasonry and ultra-nationalists for their “ fall back ” strategy against communism .
Soon , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pentagon and their camps in Gaddafi ’ s Libya ( some of us were around then for this , no , there weren ’ t Irish in Libya , it was all US Special Forces , Phoenix-Gladio ) were deployed against European governments .
They kidnapped and murdered Italian PM Aldo Moro and set off bombs across Europe for two decades including the “ disco ” bombing that was blamed on Gaddafi , which led to Reagan ’ s attack on Libya .
They also staged the Lockerbie bombing .
They were also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and always have been al Qaeda , and the targets were worldwide , first destroy the Soviet Union , then loot the Middle East , then take down the United States .
We will stop here .
How have they done so far ?

The Senior Editor
The juicy stuff first:
Thirty three American cities are currently targeted by, and we are oversimplifying, police/Mossad/Freemason gangs who are organizing protests, counter-protests, staging looting and shaking down business owners. They have already made millions.
These same groups, we are told, were responsible for a bio-terror attack on the US that has now led to 120,000 dead and the unusual nature of the spread and re-spread of COVID 19. COVID 19 is a bio-terror weapon developed in USAID funded programs but in its final form at the University of North Carolina by scientists normally employed in “special projects” developing “vaccines” for diseases that are being created in secret US labs around the world.
Today, however, we are going to stay domestic and deal with other issues.
It is clearly recognized across the US, business and political leaders, the military, academics, that a criminal cabal working through Donald Trump, their “dancing bear,” has taken over the US. To an extent, the issue of “Israeli trained/controlled police” is a real one though this is not a “Jewish issue” nor does it really involve Israel.
VT knows some of the groups that trained US police, some are owned by longtime friends, former IDF in Cyprus, who are quite decent. They didn’t do it and didn’t turn down the money.
Here is what actually happened. The MEGA group, the billionaires (yes, many are Jewish) who openly fund the Deep State (some are blackmailed/coerced into funding like Epstein’s ‘sponsor’-name withheld), working with the current Israeli “diplomatic corps,” seeded with Kosher Nostra thugs and spies, now run about 30% of the police departments in the US, particularly New York.
They do this through special units, all with different names, who have consulate handlers. All are partnered with organized crime, human traffickers and the narcotics cabals. These units run crime in America’s “challenged” neighborhoods and the police who work with them, members of these units and other police to run death squads for them, have brought us to where we are today.
These groups have been caught firebombing and looting, particularly in Minneapolis where VT has overwhelming evidence of how foreign intelligence operatives controlling special units have ramped up fake protest violence. From a highly classified report, partially redacted:
It is another very complex deep cover FF Gladio-style terror op developed years ago and rolled out as part of the Gladio Covid bio-terror attack by the Z’s, the company and Pentagon.
–
Numerous deeply compartmented teams were involved and deployed with little to no cross-talk. 100s more smaller type fake ops are now being deployed to divide and conquer America. The media, all of it, is involved at every level.
–
Highest quality computer enhanced video morphing was deployed. The cops were new (not cops) the perp was a company man? The op was rolled out in 33 cities (note the Kaballistic/high Freemasony COL number 33).
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Three teams of undercover were deployed and bricks trucked in for photo ops and added conflict and confusion among researchers. Team 1 given hammers to bust out windows; team 2 tossed slow burning kerosene incendiaries in while Team 3 induced local youth and intellectually challenged to loot goods by doing it first and putting into expensive cars and pickups and there is video evidence of all of this.
–
Police stood down for many hours to let their brothers deploy this Intel op.
–
All the fake stories are just part of the complex misinformation ops deployed to tweak researchers and keep them guessing wrong in many different directions forever.
–
1. pre-planning of this complex FF terror Op for 33 cities involving up to ten teams all compartmented; many group constructed, contracts signed, payment promised, strong confidentiality agreements included and promises for more such work for the rest of their lives
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2. op deployed
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3. misinformation cross-talk ops deployed to spread confusion; involves a number of misinformation teams intersecting with paid media assets
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Let’s now take a moment to talk about Jade Helm 20, better known as the Pentagon’s new plaything, the “Boogaloo Boys.”
–
During the late 70s, the Pentagon turned to two directions, Freemasonry and ultra-nationalists for their “fall back” strategy against communism.
–
Soon, the terrorists trained under Gladio by the Pentagon and their camps in Gaddafi’s Libya (some of us were around then for this, no, there weren’t Irish in Libya, it was all US Special Forces, Phoenix-Gladio) were deployed against European governments.
–
They kidnapped and murdered Italian PM Aldo Moro and set off bombs across Europe for two decades including the “disco” bombing that was blamed on Gaddafi, which led to Reagan’s attack on Libya. They also staged the Lockerbie bombing.
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They were also the Red Brigades as they are now, and always have been al Qaeda, and the targets were worldwide, first destroy the Soviet Union, then loot the Middle East, then take down the United States.
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We will stop here. How have they done so far?


veteranstoday--2020-06-17--How Trump Has Failed Veterans (DNC)

How Trump Has Failed Veterans (DNC)

VT : When we didn ’ t think things could get worse for veterans , we got Donald Trump with his hiring freezes and near total shutdown of VA healthcare and claim processing long before the pandemic .
The private care program he came up with sent vets to local hospitals and doctors but also failed to pay any of the bills even though the care was carefully authorized .
This left veterans drowning in medical debt and forced into bankruptcy while the organization he contracted with simply stopped answering the phones .
Vets were bilked out of hundreds of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ money to Donald Trump .
Today , Trump is announcing a new plan from his task force to address veterans ’ mental health after he failed to address the crisis , lied about his successes , and repeatedly dismissed the seriousness of traumatic brain injuries among service members .
Trump dismissed the seriousness of traumatic brain injuries—which hundreds of thousands of American service members have suffered from .
Military Times : “ Trump says he doesn ’ t consider brain injuries sustained by US troops during Iran missile barrage ‘ serious ’ ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he does not consider potential brain injuries to be as serious as physical combat wounds , downplaying the severity of US service members being treated for concussion symptoms from an Iranian attack as ‘ headaches.
’ ” Wall Street Journal : “ Traumatic brain injury has been the most common wound for troops deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq , where insurgents turn to concealed roadside bombs to counter the military edge of U.S. and allied forces in face-to-face combat .
More than 408,000 American service members have suffered traumatic brain injuries since 2000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to the Pentagon ’ s Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center.
” The suicide rate among veterans and active duty service members rose while Trump ’ s chaotic VA failed to implement efforts to address the crisis .
Washington Post : “ Trump ’ s VA vowed to stop veteran suicide .
Its leaders failed to spend millions set aside to reach those at risk.
” Associated Press : “ THE FACTS : Trump incorrectly suggests that he helped reduce veterans ’ suicide , noting that his administration was working ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problem and that in fact the figure had come down .
But no decline has been registered during his administration.
” Wall Street Journal : “ The suicide rate among active-duty troops jumped 13 % in 2018 , according to a Pentagon report released Thursday , signaling that serving troops aren ’ t immune to the growing problem of suicide in the general population and among veterans .
The rate of suicides among active-duty troops was 24.8 per 100,000 in 2018 , up from 21.9 in 2017 , the report said.
” Wall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rose 2 % in 2017 , according to the latest Department of Veterans Affairs numbers released last week.
” Trump has repeatedly lied about efforts to expand mental health treatment for veterans and took credit for Obama-era initiatives .
Associated Press : “ In bountiful tweets and self-praise , President Donald Trump plays up ‘ tremendous progress ’ in improving care for veterans in his first year .
His claims fall short of reality .
Trump ’ s initiatives have yet to show meaningful impact , and his campaign promises of expanding access @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are unfulfilled.
” Associated Press : “ TRUMP : ‘ We ’ ve delivered same-day mental health services at every VA medical center.
’ THE FACTS : This may be the case , but it happened before Trump took office .
Shulkin , an Obama administration holdover , publicized the effort as VA ’ s undersecretary of health in April 2016 , before Trump was elected .
By late 2016 , the department ’ s blog announced that the goal of providing same-day primary and mental-health care when medically necessary would be achieved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s end .
”

VT: When we didn’t think things could get worse for veterans, we got Donald Trump with his hiring freezes and near total shutdown of VA healthcare and claim processing long before the pandemic.
The private care program he came up with sent vets to local hospitals and doctors but also failed to pay any of the bills even though the care was carefully authorized. This left veterans drowning in medical debt and forced into bankruptcy while the organization he contracted with simply stopped answering the phones.
Vets were bilked out of hundreds of millions by a company that donated big money to Donald Trump.
Today, Trump is announcing a new plan from his task force to address veterans’ mental health after he failed to address the crisis, lied about his successes, and repeatedly dismissed the seriousness of traumatic brain injuries among service members.
Trump dismissed the seriousness of traumatic brain injuries—which hundreds of thousands of American service members have suffered from.
Military Times: “Trump says he doesn’t consider brain injuries sustained by US troops during Iran missile barrage ‘serious’” CNN: “President Donald Trump said he does not consider potential brain injuries to be as serious as physical combat wounds, downplaying the severity of US service members being treated for concussion symptoms from an Iranian attack as ‘headaches.’” Wall Street Journal: “Traumatic brain injury has been the most common wound for troops deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, where insurgents turn to concealed roadside bombs to counter the military edge of U.S. and allied forces in face-to-face combat. More than 408,000 American service members have suffered traumatic brain injuries since 2000, some 80% of them concussions, according to the Pentagon’s Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center.” The suicide rate among veterans and active duty service members rose while Trump’s chaotic VA failed to implement efforts to address the crisis. Washington Post: “Trump’s VA vowed to stop veteran suicide. Its leaders failed to spend millions set aside to reach those at risk.” Associated Press: “THE FACTS: Trump incorrectly suggests that he helped reduce veterans’ suicide, noting that his administration was working ‘very, very hard’ on the problem and that in fact the figure had come down. But no decline has been registered during his administration.” Wall Street Journal: “The suicide rate among active-duty troops jumped 13% in 2018, according to a Pentagon report released Thursday, signaling that serving troops aren’t immune to the growing problem of suicide in the general population and among veterans. The rate of suicides among active-duty troops was 24.8 per 100,000 in 2018, up from 21.9 in 2017, the report said.” Wall Street Journal: “Veteran suicide rates rose 2% in 2017, according to the latest Department of Veterans Affairs numbers released last week.” Trump has repeatedly lied about efforts to expand mental health treatment for veterans and took credit for Obama-era initiatives. Associated Press: “In bountiful tweets and self-praise, President Donald Trump plays up ‘tremendous progress’ in improving care for veterans in his first year. His claims fall short of reality. Trump’s initiatives have yet to show meaningful impact, and his campaign promises of expanding access to doctors and adding mental health specialists are unfulfilled.” Associated Press: “TRUMP: ‘We’ve delivered same-day mental health services at every VA medical center.’ THE FACTS: This may be the case, but it happened before Trump took office. Shulkin, an Obama administration holdover, publicized the effort as VA’s undersecretary of health in April 2016, before Trump was elected. By late 2016, the department’s blog announced that the goal of providing same-day primary and mental-health care when medically necessary would be achieved at every VA medical center by year’s end.”


veteranstoday--2020-06-17--Mexican president offers to sell gasoline to Venezuela, defying US sanctions

[ Editor ’ s Note : This was a surprise seeing Mexico jumping into the US-Venezuela oil and gas embargo battle , adding a new chapter to the ongoing sanctions saga .
Trump and his gang have put on display that any country not following US ‘ requests ’ could face US sanctions that would not draw any UN approval for the action , which would be a gross and continuing violation of the UN charter .
Mexico ’ s stance at this point is just an offer , as Venezuela has not requested Mexican gas .
But Iran has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of gas to the Maduro regime , despite US threats to punish not only the shippers but any incidental assistance they receive , as in port stops .
Mexico seems to feel , and I agree if it does , that to accept any ultimatums from the US on trade with third parties will only lead to more ultimatums , so better to hold the line when the first one arrives , as one surrender will never be enough .
Gangsters historically do not do one time shakedowns once a target has submitted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is to receive a steady flow of cash .
The catch here is when you have sovereign immunity , the shakedown business is very attractive , especially if you have a large military in reserve that will enforce shakedown directives if ordered to do so .
This the basis for Gordon ’ s signature address at the Damascus International Counter-terrorism Conference in 2015 , when he described how all the major international crime rings were already embedded within governments to come under their immunity shields as permanent partners .
Here we are five @ @ @ @ @ @ @ VT right , but the racket is bigger than ever , with no boundaries in sight other than a possible November 3rd one .
If Biden wins , it will not take long to see if he makes cleaning out the hoodlums a priority , or , if he goes quiet , wanting to continue the partnership .
We will be watching… Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ > > Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says his country is willing to sell gasoline to Venezuela on “ humanitarian ” grounds if asked , defying United States sanctions against the Latin American nation .
“ If a request were made and it was a matter of humanitarian need , we would do it , ” Lopez Obrador said Monday during his regular morning press conference , insisting that Mexico was an independent country .
The administration of US President Donald Trump has persistently taken measures to choke off Venezuelan oil exports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of President Nicolas Maduro of its key source of revenue .
Consequently , Venezuela ’ s state-run oil firm , the PDVSA , has been forced to exchange the country ’ s crude oil for imported petroleum in recent years , though such swaps have been waning since Washington began imposing sanctions on the PDVSA in January 2019 .
While saying that he would not take sides in the Washington-Caracas dispute , the Mexican president further said that his country could also export gasoline to Venezuela under the right circumstances .
He said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for oil sales from Caracas .
The remarks by the Mexican president came shortly after Iran — another target of US sanctions — sailed a flotilla of five tankers of gasoline and components to Venezuela through early June in defiance of threats from Washington .
The US failed to hinder Iran ’ s fuel shipments to Venezuela amid Tehran ’ s threat of a firm response to any such attempt .
But Washington has vowed to punish the shipping firms linked to the trade and is considering to impose sanctions on dozens of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oil .

…from PressTV, Tehran
[ Editor’s Note: This was a surprise seeing Mexico jumping into the US-Venezuela oil and gas embargo battle, adding a new chapter to the ongoing sanctions saga.
Trump and his gang have put on display that any country not following US ‘requests’ could face US sanctions that would not draw any UN approval for the action, which would be a gross and continuing violation of the UN charter.
Mexico’s stance at this point is just an offer, as Venezuela has not requested Mexican gas. But Iran has already offered to set up monthly shipments of gas to the Maduro regime, despite US threats to punish not only the shippers but any incidental assistance they receive, as in port stops.
Mexico seems to feel, and I agree if it does, that to accept any ultimatums from the US on trade with third parties will only lead to more ultimatums, so better to hold the line when the first one arrives, as one surrender will never be enough.
Gangsters historically do not do one time shakedowns once a target has submitted. The whole goal of the racket is to receive a steady flow of cash.
The catch here is when you have sovereign immunity, the shakedown business is very attractive, especially if you have a large military in reserve that will enforce shakedown directives if ordered to do so.
This the basis for Gordon’s signature address at the Damascus International Counter-terrorism Conference in 2015, when he described how all the major international crime rings were already embedded within governments to come under their immunity shields as permanent partners.
Here we are five years later, and not only was VT right, but the racket is bigger than ever, with no boundaries in sight other than a possible November 3rd one. If Biden wins, it will not take long to see if he makes cleaning out the hoodlums a priority, or, if he goes quiet, wanting to continue the partnership. We will be watching… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … June 17, 2020 –
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says his country is willing to sell gasoline to Venezuela on “humanitarian” grounds if asked, defying United States sanctions against the Latin American nation.
“If a request were made and it was a matter of humanitarian need, we would do it,” Lopez Obrador said Monday during his regular morning press conference, insisting that Mexico was an independent country.
“We make our own decisions and do not mess with the policies of other countries,” he said.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has persistently taken measures to choke off Venezuelan oil exports in a bid to starve the government of President Nicolas Maduro of its key source of revenue.
Consequently, Venezuela’s state-run oil firm, the PDVSA, has been forced to exchange the country’s crude oil for imported petroleum in recent years, though such swaps have been waning since Washington began imposing sanctions on the PDVSA in January 2019.
While saying that he would not take sides in the Washington-Caracas dispute, the Mexican president further said that his country could also export gasoline to Venezuela under the right circumstances.
He said he had not yet received any request for oil sales from Caracas.
The remarks by the Mexican president came shortly after Iran — another target of US sanctions — sailed a flotilla of five tankers of gasoline and components to Venezuela through early June in defiance of threats from Washington.
The US failed to hinder Iran’s fuel shipments to Venezuela amid Tehran’s threat of a firm response to any such attempt.
But Washington has vowed to punish the shipping firms linked to the trade and is considering to impose sanctions on dozens of foreign oil tankers that have transported Venezuelan oil.