veteranstoday--2020-02-18--Deep State Luciferianism and the Psychopathic New World Order

THADDEUS KOZINSKI taught philosophy and humanities for ten years at Wyoming Catholic College , where he also served as Academic Dean .
Kozinski is the author of The Political Problem of Religious Pluralism : And Why Philosophers Can ’ t Solve It ( Lexington Books , 2010 ) , and a forthcoming book on Aristotelian logic .
His recent book is Modernity as Apocalypse : Sacred Nihilism and the Counterfeits of Logos .
His essays have been published in Modern Age , First Things , Telos , Public Discourse , ABC Religion and Ethics , etc .
JEA : In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Sacred Nihilism and the Counterfeits of Logos , you allude to the “ psychopathic new world order of the twenty-first century.
” [ 1 ] What do you mean by that and what are some manifestations of this “ psychopathic new world order ” ?
TJK : In 1984 ( interestingly enough ) , a Polish psychiatrist named Andrzej Łobaczewski ( 1921-2007 ) completed the work that he began shortly after World War II as a member of a group of social scientists studying the nature of totalitarianism , having experienced it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The book that was the fruit of his many years of suffering and research is Political Ponerology : A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes .
His thesis is that the regimes he suffered under , including the United States to which he immigrated in the late 70s , are most accurately described as pathocracies , ruled by a small group of genetic psychopaths , with a wider group of willing lackeys with psychopathic tendencies , creating a political culture of “ acquired psychopathy.
” The masses duped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both enables and accompanies pathocratic rule , for they naturally characterize and translate any pathological behavior and speech into the moral and rational categories with which they are familiar due to their inability to imagine the psychological world in which the psychopaths live .
As Łobaczewski ’ s Polish colleague Stefan Błachowski wrote : “ The general inability to recognize the psychological type of such individuals [ i.e .
psychopaths ] causes immense suffering , mass terror , violent oppression , genocide and the decay of civilization .
… As long as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ spellbinding ” ] power of the psychopaths is not confronted with facts and with moral and practical consequences of his doctrine , entire social groups may succumb to his demagogic appeal.
” And , “ Methods are developed for spreading dissension between groups ( as in the maxim “ divide et impera ” [ divide and rule ] ) .
Treason and deceit in politics are given justification and are presented as positive values .
Principles of taking advantage of concrete situations are also developed .
Political murder , execution of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the product of political systems at the level of primary integration [ i.e .
psychopathy ] .7 Needless to say , Łobaczewski was prophetic .
IXXI , and the genocidal War on Terror hoax that it birthed , bears all the pathocratic earmarks described above .
False-flag terrorism is intrinsically psychopathic , and yet it is now the normal modus operandi of contemporary politics .
Due to the Internet and courageous truth-tellers , many are waking up to this fact .
But what we are dealing with today is even worse than pathocracy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but it was also Luciferian , which is not the same thing as either simple human wickedness or psychopathy .
As the research of scholars such as S.K .
Bain and Thomas Breidenbach has revealed , IXXI was an occult , human sacrifice , scapegoating ritual orchestrated by Deep State Luciferians .
Our pathocracy , and the Luciferianism that now accompanies and exacerbates it , can also be seen in the attempt of these elites to overthrow not only morality , in their promotion of homosexuality and baby-murder , but also Being itself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reality of gender and the intractable limits of human freedom .
Recently , Canada legally prohibited a father from preventing his fourteen-year old son from undergoing a sex-change operation .
This is a State at war with Being and anyone who dares to recognize the authority of Logos over the authority of the State .
Both psychopaths and Satanists behave as if they are not creatures but the Creator , and they are working to create a culture wherein their demented mode of consciousness becomes the mode of consciousness of all .
Metaphysically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ person , an “ I , ” not an object , an “ it , ” and morally speaking , we are obliged to treat both ourselves and others as “ I ’ s and not “ its.
” Psychopaths and Luciferians treat themselves as the only “ I ’ s ” that exist , and everyone else as their “ its.
” Secularist liberalism is just the social , cultural , economic , political , and religious embodiment of the disordered soul of the psychopath and Luciferian , and it has the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people into the consciousness and outlook of these evil people .
This habituation is becoming global now .
After IXXI , being a good person means , for those inclined to the Right , condoning the murder of Muslims and wars of genocidal aggression , and substituting America for the Catholic Church as the only true “ force for good in the world.
” For those left-inclined , it means condoning the murder of babies and the cultural war against Logos , and substituting a woke-America and Israel leading a globalist state as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
JEA : You have a long paragraph on pages 189-190 that I think is pertinent to quote in full here .
You said : TJK : “ When an explanation for a massively violent event and its concomitant crisis emerges as the official , unquestionable , and authoritative narrative ; when it includes , and without empirical evidence or investigative inquiry , the assignation of innocence and exceptionalism of the victims , and utter depravity and terrifying power to the designated criminals ; when dissent from this narrative is socially forbidden , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and prosecution ; when it spawns behavior in contradiction with itself , such as committing acts of terror in the name of eradicating terrorism , or restricting and punishing free speech in the name of expanding and protecting it ; when the narrative is immediately supported , echoed , and policed by the vast majority of the ruling classes , including both the mainstream and ‘ alternative ’ ( gate-keeping left and right ; when it successfully unites and synthesizes otherwise opposed factions of the populace—liberals with neoconservatives , libertarians with statists , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; when rational scrutiny and frank discussion of obvious explanation holes in the narrative are forbidden ; and when the ritualistic , annual remembrance of an event and recitation of its hallowed story—particularly the harrowing portrayal of the demonic villains to which it assigns all blame for both the increasing domestic strife among citizens and the perpetual Manichean war against the newest ‘ enemy ’ —instils and evokes primordial fear and religious awe in the populace ; when the narrative of an event or series of connected events possesses all of these attributes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them , we know we are dealing with no ordinary phenomenon.
” These are powerful words .
Can you expand on this for us ?
The Catholic Mass and Eucharist is where the Innocent Victim is mystically slain , making present and real , here and now , His historical crucifixion , where His resurrected body is made available for the consumption and , thus , deification of its partakers .
This sacramental ritual requires its celebrants to be in state of repentance , imputing righteousness only to the Lamb who was slain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in His slaying .
The Eucharist makes all its partakers one in His divine love , and this love is to be shared with the world , hence the meaning of the word “ Mass ” —Ite missa est— “ Go , you have been sent.
” The Eucharist is both the source of unity for the Church , but also the world .
States that reject the moral and spiritual authority of the Catholic Church are doomed to become enslaved to the authority of another , not-so-loving moral and spiritual authority .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ accurate , in light of the Mass and Eucharist it can be seen as their diabolical inversion , a counterfeit ritual , a black-mass .
The masses are made to gather at the spectacle of the righteous victim who is slain , but instead of evoking in them repentance and confession of guilt , it produces self-righteousness and pharisaical judgment .
Instead of departing the spectacle unified in and prepared to share the divine love that was made present there , they depart unified in a shared hatred of the demonic “ other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upon the murderous hatred instilled in their hearts .
And like divinely revealed Catholic dogma , there is to be no questioning of or dissent from the satanic dogmas revealed to us by the priests whose media incantations and governemental sermons authoritatively define the reality of what took place .
I think false-flag terror is essentially a scapegoating ritual sacrifice , which , as René Girard has shown , is the inevitable foundation for political unity of all non-Gospel converted and infused cultures , and is the diabolical inversion of Jesus ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ individually and collectively , either follow and obey the Gospel , or we follow the devil and scapegoat .
There is no third option .
We are dealing with a phenomenon that can only be fully understood and effectively combatted in light of the Gospel and in the power of His grace .
As I discuss in detail in my book , the fear and awe that is instilled by these events , which makes their narratives unquestionable and their ensuing violence seemingly omnipotent , is best described as the “ satanic sacred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the true sacred , the sacred Heart of Jesus .
JEA : You cite Professor Lance deHaven-Smith in his study Conspiracy Theory in America ( University of Texas Press ) saying that the CIA invented the term “ conspiracy theorist.
” [ 2 ] Unpack this complicated issue for us here .
TJK : I would urge readers interested in this topic to read Smith ’ s book , or just the discussion of it by Ron Unz , who summarizes here the essential point : During the mid-1960s there had been increasing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that a lone gunman , Lee Harvey Oswald , had been solely responsible for President Kennedy ’ s assassination , and growing suspicions that top-ranking American leaders had also been involved .
So as a means of damage control , the CIA distributed a secret memo to all its field offices requesting that they enlist their media assets in efforts to ridicule and attack such critics as irrational supporters of “ conspiracy theories.
” I think God in His providence has allowed the Internet because it poses the most serious obstacle to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a double-edged sword , providing a means to both freedom and enslavement .
One of the reasons I have dedicated my life to liberal education and philosophy is because being able to think , both discursively and intuitively , with the mind and the heart , is now an essential requirement for successfully negotiating contemporary culture in general and the Internet in particular so as to be able to learn what one needs to learn for the good of one ’ s soul and the souls of those we need to love @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not been able to stop the truth from getting out , but social media censorship is becoming more and more blatant and ubiquitous , and I am not sure what the outcome of this will be .
It ’ s hard not to see some sort of civil war on the horizon .
I am convinced that the only power that can vanquish the evil in which we are now immersed and getting more powerful every day ( even though its “ power ” is illusory ) is the power of God .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of His power .
We have to strive to know and do His Divine Will in every moment .
Indeed , we need to live in His Divine Will .
A few years ago , I discovered the writings of a 19th century Italian Catholic mystic named Luisa Piccarreta ( already deemed a Servant of God by the Church , and soon , it appears , to be canonized ) whom Jesus Christ personally taught to live in the Divine Will .
Her life was a miraculous one .
The teachings , given @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needed , are contained in 36 volumes .
I would urge readers , non-Catholics included , to study these teachings .
They are beautiful and powerful and self-authenticating , and reading them along with and in light of the Gospels will do much good to your soul .
This is the best introduction to guide you : https : //www.amazon.com/Crown-History-Imminent-Glorious-Universal-ebook/dp/B07XBHG7GZ • [ 1 ] Thaddeus J. Kozinskii , Modernity as Apocalypse : Sacred Nihilism and the Counterfeits of Logos ( Brooklyn , NY : Angelico Press , 2019 ) .

by Jonas E. Alexis and Thaddeus J. Kozinski
THADDEUS KOZINSKI taught philosophy and humanities for ten years at Wyoming Catholic College, where he also served as Academic Dean.
Kozinski is the author of The Political Problem of Religious Pluralism: And Why Philosophers Can’t Solve It (Lexington Books, 2010), and a forthcoming book on Aristotelian logic. His recent book is Modernity as Apocalypse: Sacred Nihilism and the Counterfeits of Logos. His essays have been published in Modern Age, First Things, Telos, Public Discourse, ABC Religion and Ethics, etc.
JEA: In your recent book, Modernity as Apocalypse: Sacred Nihilism and the Counterfeits of Logos, you allude to the “psychopathic new world order of the twenty-first century.”[1] What do you mean by that and what are some manifestations of this “psychopathic new world order”?
TJK: In 1984 (interestingly enough), a Polish psychiatrist named Andrzej Łobaczewski (1921-2007) completed the work that he began shortly after World War II as a member of a group of social scientists studying the nature of totalitarianism, having experienced it first-hand first under Nazism and then Stalinism. The book that was the fruit of his many years of suffering and research is Political Ponerology: A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes.
His thesis is that the regimes he suffered under, including the United States to which he immigrated in the late 70s, are most accurately described as pathocracies, ruled by a small group of genetic psychopaths, with a wider group of willing lackeys with psychopathic tendencies, creating a political culture of “acquired psychopathy.” The masses duped by the Orwellian distortion of language that both enables and accompanies pathocratic rule, for they naturally characterize and translate any pathological behavior and speech into the moral and rational categories with which they are familiar due to their inability to imagine the psychological world in which the psychopaths live.
As Łobaczewski’s Polish colleague Stefan Błachowski wrote:
“The general inability to recognize the psychological type of such individuals [i.e. psychopaths] causes immense suffering, mass terror, violent oppression, genocide and the decay of civilization. …
As long as the suggestive [i.e. hypnotic, charming, “spellbinding”] power of the psychopaths is not confronted with facts and with moral and practical consequences of his doctrine, entire social groups may succumb to his demagogic appeal.”
And, “Methods are developed for spreading dissension between groups (as in the maxim “divide et impera” [divide and rule]).
Treason and deceit in politics are given justification and are presented as positive values. Principles of taking advantage of concrete situations are also developed. Political murder, execution of opponents, concentration camps and genocide are the product of political systems at the level of primary integration [i.e. psychopathy].7
Needless to say, Łobaczewski was prophetic. IXXI, and the genocidal War on Terror hoax that it birthed, bears all the pathocratic earmarks described above. False-flag terrorism is intrinsically psychopathic, and yet it is now the normal modus operandi of contemporary politics. Due to the Internet and courageous truth-tellers, many are waking up to this fact.
But what we are dealing with today is even worse than pathocracy. IXXI was, of course, psychopathic, but it was also Luciferian, which is not the same thing as either simple human wickedness or psychopathy. As the research of scholars such as S.K. Bain and Thomas Breidenbach has revealed, IXXI was an occult, human sacrifice, scapegoating ritual orchestrated by Deep State Luciferians.
Our pathocracy, and the Luciferianism that now accompanies and exacerbates it, can also be seen in the attempt of these elites to overthrow not only morality, in their promotion of homosexuality and baby-murder, but also Being itself, in their rejection of the immutable reality of gender and the intractable limits of human freedom.
Recently, Canada legally prohibited a father from preventing his fourteen-year-old son from undergoing a sex-change operation. This is a State at war with Being and anyone who dares to recognize the authority of Logos over the authority of the State. Both psychopaths and Satanists behave as if they are not creatures but the Creator, and they are working to create a culture wherein their demented mode of consciousness becomes the mode of consciousness of all.
Metaphysically speaking, every human being is a person, an “I,” not an object, an “it,” and morally speaking, we are obliged to treat both ourselves and others as “I’s and not “its.” Psychopaths and Luciferians treat themselves as the only “I’s” that exist, and everyone else as their “its.”
Secularist liberalism is just the social, cultural, economic, political, and religious embodiment of the disordered soul of the psychopath and Luciferian, and it has the effect of habituating otherwise normal and moral people into the consciousness and outlook of these evil people.
This habituation is becoming global now. After IXXI, being a good person means, for those inclined to the Right, condoning the murder of Muslims and wars of genocidal aggression, and substituting America for the Catholic Church as the only true “force for good in the world.”
For those left-inclined, it means condoning the murder of babies and the cultural war against Logos, and substituting a woke-America and Israel leading a globalist state as the vanguard of human evolution into Deity.
JEA: You have a long paragraph on pages 189-190 that I think is pertinent to quote in full here. You said:
TJK: “When an explanation for a massively violent event and its concomitant crisis emerges as the official, unquestionable, and authoritative narrative; when it includes, and without empirical evidence or investigative inquiry, the assignation of innocence and exceptionalism of the victims, and utter depravity and terrifying power to the designated criminals; when dissent from this narrative is socially forbidden, even to the extent of legal harassment and prosecution; when it spawns behavior in contradiction with itself, such as committing acts of terror in the name of eradicating terrorism, or restricting and punishing free speech in the name of expanding and protecting it; when the narrative is immediately supported, echoed, and policed by the vast majority of the ruling classes, including both the mainstream and ‘alternative’ (gate-keeping left and right; when it successfully unites and synthesizes otherwise opposed factions of the populace—liberals with neoconservatives, libertarians with statists, humanists with Nietzscheans, theists with atheists; when rational scrutiny and frank discussion of obvious explanation holes in the narrative are forbidden; and when the ritualistic, annual remembrance of an event and recitation of its hallowed story—particularly the harrowing portrayal of the demonic villains to which it assigns all blame for both the increasing domestic strife among citizens and the perpetual Manichean war against the newest ‘enemy’—instils and evokes primordial fear and religious awe in the populace; when the narrative of an event or series of connected events possesses all of these attributes, or even just a few of them, we know we are dealing with no ordinary phenomenon.”
These are powerful words. Can you expand on this for us?
The Catholic Mass and Eucharist is where the Innocent Victim is mystically slain, making present and real, here and now, His historical crucifixion, where His resurrected body is made available for the consumption and, thus, deification of its partakers. This sacramental ritual requires its celebrants to be in state of repentance, imputing righteousness only to the Lamb who was slain and confessing one’s personal guilt in His slaying.
The Eucharist makes all its partakers one in His divine love, and this love is to be shared with the world, hence the meaning of the word “Mass”—Ite missa est—“Go, you have been sent.” The Eucharist is both the source of unity for the Church, but also the world. States that reject the moral and spiritual authority of the Catholic Church are doomed to become enslaved to the authority of another, not-so-loving moral and spiritual authority.
If my description of false-flag terrorism is accurate, in light of the Mass and Eucharist it can be seen as their diabolical inversion, a counterfeit ritual, a black-mass. The masses are made to gather at the spectacle of the righteous victim who is slain, but instead of evoking in them repentance and confession of guilt, it produces self-righteousness and pharisaical judgment.
Instead of departing the spectacle unified in and prepared to share the divine love that was made present there, they depart unified in a shared hatred of the demonic “other,” prepared to share and act upon the murderous hatred instilled in their hearts. And like divinely revealed Catholic dogma, there is to be no questioning of or dissent from the satanic dogmas revealed to us by the priests whose media incantations and governmental sermons authoritatively define the reality of what took place.
I think false-flag terror is essentially a scapegoating ritual sacrifice, which, as René Girard has shown, is the inevitable foundation for political unity of all non-Gospel converted and infused cultures, and is the diabolical inversion of Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross.
We, individually and collectively, either follow and obey the Gospel, or we follow the devil and scapegoat. There is no third option. We are dealing with a phenomenon that can only be fully understood and effectively combatted in light of the Gospel and in the power of His grace.
As I discuss in detail in my book, the fear, and awe that is instilled by these events, which makes their narratives unquestionable and their ensuing violence seemingly omnipotent, is best described as the “satanic sacred,” only to be defeated by the true sacred, the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
JEA: You cite Professor Lance DeHaven-Smith in his study Conspiracy Theory in America (University of Texas Press) saying that the CIA invented the term “conspiracy theorist.”[2] Unpack this complicated issue for us here.
TJK: I would urge readers interested in this topic to read Smith’s book, or just the discussion of it by Ron Unz, who summarizes here the essential point:
During the mid-1960s there had been increasing public skepticism about the Warren Commission findings that a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, had been solely responsible for President Kennedy’s assassination, and growing suspicions that top-ranking American leaders had also been involved. So as a means of damage control, the CIA distributed a secret memo to all its field offices requesting that they enlist their media assets in efforts to ridicule and attack such critics as irrational supporters of “conspiracy theories.”
I think God in His providence has allowed the Internet because it poses the most serious obstacle to the propagandists. Of course, it’s a double-edged sword, providing a means to both freedom and enslavement. One of the reasons I have dedicated my life to liberal education and philosophy is because being able to think, both discursively and intuitively, with the mind and the heart, is now an essential requirement for successfully negotiating contemporary culture in general and the Internet in particular so as to be able to learn what one needs to learn for the good of one’s soul and the souls of those we need to love and protect.
The Deep State has not been able to stop the truth from getting out, but social media censorship is becoming more and more blatant and ubiquitous, and I am not sure what the outcome of this will be. It’s hard not to see some sort of civil war on the horizon. I am convinced that the only power that can vanquish the evil in which we are now immersed and getting more powerful every day (even though its “power” is illusory) is the power of God. But He requires us to be conduits of His power. We have to strive to know and do His Divine Will in every moment. Indeed, we need to live in His Divine Will.
A few years ago, I discovered the writings of a 19th-century Italian Catholic mystic named Luisa Piccarreta (already deemed a Servant of God by the Church, and soon, it appears, to be canonized) whom Jesus Christ personally taught to live in the Divine Will. Her life was a miraculous one. The teachings, given to mankind at this time when most needed, are contained in 36 volumes.
I would urge readers, non-Catholics included, to study these teachings. They are beautiful and powerful and self-authenticating, and reading them along with and in light of the Gospels will do much good to your soul.
This is the best introduction to guide you: The Crown of History: The Imminent Glorious Era of Universal Peace


veteranstoday--2020-02-17--WaPo: Rudy Giuliani weaponizing Ukrainian corruption and shaking down the world

The impeachment trial of President Trump divided America and captivated the world .
At the center of it all was Rudolph W. Giuliani , the president ’ s old friend from New York .
Operating as Trump ’ s personal lawyer , Giuliani wove a complex web of misinformation involving Ukrainian tycoons and prosecutors , diplomats and hustlers , laying the groundwork for just the third impeachment trial in U.S. history .
Along with his associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman , Giuliani worked to get rid of Marie Yovanovitch , the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine at the time and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He also pushed for Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his son , just as the former vice president announced he was challenging Trump in 2020 .
As Giuliani waged his shadow pressure campaign , the Trump administration withheld millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine and denied its new president an urgently sought White House meeting .
“ The President ’ s Shadow ” is a feature documentary from The Washington Post that traces Giuliani ’ s evolution from one of America ’ s most beloved figures to one of its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his work in Ukraine almost brought down the president .
[ Editor ’ s Note : Despite all of the political critics of Trump , none of them will go near the “ mobbed up ” flavor of the Trump regime , the layers of it that even a rookie counter-intel guy could spot after a couple of years on the job .
Media has touched on it , especially in New York where everybody knows about the Trump family legacy and Donald ’ s long time relationship with mob attorney Roy Cohn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and labor issues with the Italian mob-controlled construction unions .
None of the Democratic candidates have even taken it on when it is really his most vulnerable flanks .
And because of that failure , Trump is mobbing up government even more , with the Republicans tickled pink they might be able to rig everything forever and run the US as the plantation they always viewed it .
We have published tons of this stuff , never been challenged on any of it , and almost never get a call from anyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more .
Now with Barr as AG , we see what some would consider a template for mobbing up the Justice Department , and the travesty going on in the Roger Stone sentencing intervention now .
At least we have a stream of prosecutors resigning .
I pray this is the tipping point , but I fear not… Jim Dean ] by Gordon Duff , VT Sr. Editor with New Eastern Outlook , Moscow and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences , a research institution for the study @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and North Africa .
Those who accept the policies of the Trump administration , cancellation of the JCPOA with Iran , seizing oil fields in Syria , endless sanctions on the nation after nation , Europe blackmailed , endless threats emanating almost hourly from Trump ’ s iPhone as “ national policy ” or even criminally deranged is simply not paying attention .
There is a method , and it isn ’ t the madness it appears to be .
Trump and the company have remade the “ business environment of the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ familiar with .
We call it “ organized crime.
” Currently , representatives of American political leaders are operating in over 60 nations .
These aren ’ t diplomats , though some actually are , technically at least , most are simply “ business agents , ” often with long criminal histories .
They sell “ the friendship ” of the United States in return for anything of value and the buyers , nations terrified of the United States , are ready to sign anything , give up anything .
From the film @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when Johnny was first starting out , he was signed to this contract with a big-band leader .
And as his career got better and better he wanted to get out of it .
Now , Johnny is my father ’ s godson .
My father went to see the bandleader and offered him $ 10,000 to let Johnny go , but the bandleader said no .
So the next day , my father went to see the bandleader again , only this time with Luca Brasi .
Within an hour , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certified check of $ 1,000 .
Kay : How did he do that ?
Michael : My father made him an offer he couldn ’ t refuse .
Kay : What was that ?
Michael : Luca Brasi held a gun to his head , and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract .
Today , Luca Brasi has been superseded by a drone assassination or , just perhaps , a color revolution at the hands of Google and Facebook .
Some of what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Despite broad censorship , it is relatively commonly known that Jared Kushner ’ s shaky personal finances received a generous bailout from Saudi Arabia , real estate loans but also broad partnerships for his father in law also , including Saudi Arabia ’ s first official brothel .
There is also the glaring issue of Netanyahu ’ s corruption , of which only the most minor areas are subject to his current criminal indictment in Israel .
In truth , Netanyahu has made billions , receiving kickbacks for military contracts from the US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but going much further as well .
Netanyahu , while prime minister of Israel , has been co-employed by the Adelson casino operations group , making presentations on their behalf tied to trades for stolen American intelligence and technology .
The list of political leaders in the Middle East profiting from ISIS and al Qaeda would be frightening but it began much earlier .
The vital Baku-Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline that services 30 % of the world ’ s oil reserves and passes through a number of nations began pumping stolen oil a decade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over operations from the American occupiers of Iraq , or , more likely , “ partnered with , ” adding new players to existing pirate operations that included Exxon and BP in what Iraq estimates as $ 1 trillion in stolen assets .
There are stories that are told , in part at least , told then buried , pushed out of sight and considered unimportant as an endless flow of wild conspiracy theories fabricated by “ official sources ” dominates the fake information flow .
It is impossible for someone working in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in relatively innocent NGOs , though few exist today that are not turned subverted or controlled by intelligence agencies , without stumbling over ham-handed resource looting around the world .
In recent days , moves against Nigeria by Trump have been directly tied to oil deals where hefty commissions are demanded by American politicians , in some cases up to 3 % of gross sale , based on Platts Marketscan prices .
In Sudan , for instance , many members of the current government still face international criminal charges tied to Darfur atrocities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terror listed ” and is being financially choked by American sanctions .
Most recently , representatives , albeit “ private ” of the White House demanded and received $ 350 million in diamonds from that poverty-stricken nation , in trade for “ efforts ” on behalf of leaders facing prosecution seeking US intervention .
In fact , the original division of that nation , the separation of South Sudan , was predicated on negotiations between Washington , Khartoum and the UAE over “ delisting ” then-President Omar al-Bashir as a war criminal .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ negotiations and continue to consult with the Khartoum government .
Similar shakedowns are going on in Malaysia , Indonesia , Sri Lanka , Ethiopia , Egypt , Libya , Algeria , Morocco , and the list can go on forever .
When it gets to the Western Hemisphere , into Central and South America , Smedley Butler ’ s words again serve us well .
Nothing done today is without historical context .
Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933 , by Major General Smedley Butler , USMC .
War is just a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I believe , as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people .
Only a small inside group knows what it is about .
It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses .
I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else .
If a nation comes over here to fight , then we ’ ll fight .
The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here , then it gets restless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag .
I wouldn ’ t go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers .
There are only two things we should fight for .
One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights .
War for any other reason is simply a racket .
There isn ’ t a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to .
It has its “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , its “ muscle men ” to destroy enemies , its “ brain men ” to plan war preparations , and a “ Big Boss ” Super-Nationalistic-Capitalism .
It may seem odd for me , a military man to adopt such a comparison .
Truthfulness compels me to .
I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country ’ s most agile military force , the Marine Corps .
I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General .
And during that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time being a high-class-muscle-man for Big Business , for Wall Street and for the Bankers .
In short , I was a racketeer , a gangster for capitalism .
I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time .
Now I am sure of it .
Like all the members of the military profession , I never had a thought of my own until I left the service .
My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups .
This is typical with everyone in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mexico , especially Tampico , safe for American oil interests in 1914 .
I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in .
I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street .
The record of racketeering is long .
I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 ( where have I heard that name before ? )
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I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested .
During those years , I had , as the boys in the back room would say , a swell racket .
Looking back on it , I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints .
The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts .
I operated on three continents .
As close as we come to Butler in recent times is General Wesley Clark .
In 2007 , Clark @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , made the following statement : “ About ten days after 9/11 , I went through the Pentagon and I saw Secretary Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz .
I went downstairs just to say hello to some of the people on the Joint Staff who used to work for me , and one of the generals called me in .
He said , ‘ Sir , you ’ ve got to come in and talk to me a second.
’ I said , ‘ Well , you ’ re too busy.
’ He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He says , ‘ We ’ ve made the decision we ’ re going to war with Iraq.
’ This was on or about the 20th of September .
I said , ‘ We ’ re going to war with Iraq ?
Why ?
” He said , ‘ I don ’ t know.
’ He said , ‘ I guess they don ’ t know what else to do.
’ So I said , ‘ Well , did they find some information connecting Saddam to al-Qaeda ?
” He said , ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ There ’ s nothing new that way .
They just made the decision to go to war with Iraq.
’ He said , ‘ I guess it ’ s like we don ’ t know what to do about terrorists , but we ’ ve got a good military and we can take down governments.
” And he said , ‘ I guess if the only tool you have is a hammer , every problem has to look like a nail.
’ So I came back to see him a few weeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were bombing in Afghanistan .
I said , ‘ Are we still going to war with Iraq ?
’ And he said , ‘ Oh , it ’ s worse than that.
’ He reached over on his desk .
He picked up a piece of paper .
And he said , “ I just got this down from upstairs ’ — meaning the Secretary of Defense ’ s office — ‘ today.
’ And he said , ‘ This is a memo that describes how we ’ re going to take out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Iraq , and then Syria , Lebanon , Libya , Somalia , Sudan and , finishing off , Iran.
’ I said , ‘ Is it classified ?
’ He said , ‘ Yes , sir.
” I said , ‘ Well , don ’ t show it to me.
’ And I saw him a year or so ago , and I said , “ You remember that ?
” He said , ‘ Sir , I didn ’ t show you that memo !
I didn ’ t show it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t just the United States or Israel , running “ shakedown ” or “ protection rackets ” like Meyer Lansky ’ s Murder Incorporated or Al Capone ’ s Chicago based operations from the 1920s .
It isn ’ t just the United States , but it is mostly the United States .
A small army of “ hungry travelers , ” representing the private interests of the White House , Pentagon , and Congress , fully backed by the CIA and the militarized social media and internet giants that can and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the snipers to kill them ) on the streets time and time again , in nation after nation .
The weapons , terror lists , sanctions , advanced arms to unfriendly neighbors or , now at the top of the list , crushing the value of a national currency as we have seen in Lebanon , Syria , Iran but also in Pakistan .
A longer list ?
Venezuela , Argentina , Turkey , Brazil , India , and the Philippines , but the vulnerable nations include any with significant debt , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ begin orchestrated social media warfare and then send in the clowns , the bagmen for Washington .
The long and short of it ?
There is no more American foreign policy , only power and influence , money laundering , bank accounts in the Cayman Islands and a nation whose political and even military leaders are tired of working for gangsters .
They have decided to be the gangsters .

The impeachment trial of President Trump divided America and captivated the world. At the center of it all was Rudolph W. Giuliani, the president’s old friend from New York.
Operating as Trump’s personal lawyer, Giuliani wove a complex web of misinformation involving Ukrainian tycoons and prosecutors, diplomats and hustlers, laying the groundwork for just the third impeachment trial in U.S. history.
Along with his associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, Giuliani worked to get rid of Marie Yovanovitch, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine at the time and a champion of the anti-corruption movement. He also pushed for Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his son, just as the former vice president announced he was challenging Trump in 2020.
As Giuliani waged his shadow pressure campaign, the Trump administration withheld millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine and denied its new president an urgently sought White House meeting.
“The President’s Shadow” is a feature documentary from The Washington Post that traces Giuliani’s evolution from one of America’s most beloved figures to one of its most controversial, and it shows how his work in Ukraine almost brought down the president.
Read Full Story at Washington Post
[ Editor’s Note: Despite all of the political critics of Trump, none of them will go near the “mobbed up” flavor of the Trump regime, the layers of it that even a rookie counter-intel guy could spot after a couple of years on the job.
Media has touched on it, especially in New York where everybody knows about the Trump family legacy and Donald’s long time relationship with mob attorney Roy Cohn who handled City Hall payoffs for him, and labor issues with the Italian mob-controlled construction unions.
None of the Democratic candidates have even taken it on when it is really his most vulnerable flanks. And because of that failure, Trump is mobbing up government even more, with the Republicans tickled pink they might be able to rig everything forever and run the US as the plantation they always viewed it.
We have published tons of this stuff, never been challenged on any of it, and almost never get a call from anyone in media or politics wanting to know more.
Now with Barr as AG, we see what some would consider a template for mobbing up the Justice Department, and the travesty going on in the Roger Stone sentencing intervention now. At least we have a stream of prosecutors resigning. I pray this is the tipping point, but I fear not… Jim Dean]
First published … February 12, 2020
by Gordon Duff, VT Sr. Editor with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa.
“Mobbed up” American Policy, The Global Shakedown
Those who accept the policies of the Trump administration, cancellation of the JCPOA with Iran, seizing oil fields in Syria, endless sanctions on the nation after nation, Europe blackmailed, endless threats emanating almost hourly from Trump’s iPhone as “national policy” or even criminally deranged is simply not paying attention.
There is a method, and it isn’t the madness it appears to be. Trump and the company have remade the “business environment of the world” in a way Americans are quite familiar with. We call it “organized crime.”
Currently, representatives of American political leaders are operating in over 60 nations. These aren’t diplomats, though some actually are, technically at least, most are simply “business agents,” often with long criminal histories.
They sell “the friendship” of the United States in return for anything of value and the buyers, nations terrified of the United States, are ready to sign anything, give up anything. From the film, The Godfather:
Michael: Well when Johnny was first starting out, he was signed to this contract with a big-band leader. And as his career got better and better he wanted to get out of it. Now, Johnny is my father’s godson. My father went to see the bandleader and offered him $10,000 to let Johnny go, but the bandleader said no. So the next day, my father went to see the bandleader again, only this time with Luca Brasi. Within an hour, the bandleader signed the release, with a certified check of $1,000.
Kay: How did he do that?
Michael: My father made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.
Kay: What was that?
Michael: Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract.
Today, Luca Brasi has been superseded by a drone assassination or, just perhaps, a color revolution at the hands of Google and Facebook.
Some of what you read is almost common knowledge. Despite broad censorship, it is relatively commonly known that Jared Kushner’s shaky personal finances received a generous bailout from Saudi Arabia, real estate loans but also broad partnerships for his father in law also, including Saudi Arabia’s first official brothel.
There is also the glaring issue of Netanyahu’s corruption, of which only the most minor areas are subject to his current criminal indictment in Israel. In truth, Netanyahu has made billions, receiving kickbacks for military contracts from the US, Germany, and other nations, but going much further as well.
Netanyahu, while prime minister of Israel, has been co-employed by the Adelson casino operations group, making presentations on their behalf tied to trades for stolen American intelligence and technology.
The list of political leaders in the Middle East profiting from ISIS and al Qaeda would be frightening but it began much earlier. The vital Baku-Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline that services 30% of the world’s oil reserves and passes through a number of nations began pumping stolen oil a decade before ISIS existed.
ISIS simply took over operations from the American occupiers of Iraq, or, more likely, “partnered with,” adding new players to existing pirate operations that included Exxon and BP in what Iraq estimates as $1 trillion in stolen assets.
There are stories that are told, in part at least, told then buried, pushed out of sight and considered unimportant as an endless flow of wild conspiracy theories fabricated by “official sources” dominates the fake information flow.
It is impossible for someone working in banking, oil, defense or even in relatively innocent NGOs, though few exist today that are not turned subverted or controlled by intelligence agencies, without stumbling over ham-handed resource looting around the world.
In recent days, moves against Nigeria by Trump have been directly tied to oil deals where hefty commissions are demanded by American politicians, in some cases up to 3% of gross sale, based on Platts Marketscan prices.
In Sudan, for instance, many members of the current government still face international criminal charges tied to Darfur atrocities. Moreover, Sudan is still “terror listed” and is being financially choked by American sanctions.
Most recently, representatives, albeit “private” of the White House demanded and received $350 million in diamonds from that poverty-stricken nation, in trade for “efforts” on behalf of leaders facing prosecution seeking US intervention.
In fact, the original division of that nation, the separation of South Sudan, was predicated on negotiations between Washington, Khartoum and the UAE over “delisting” then-President Omar al-Bashir as a war criminal. I acted as the intermediary in those negotiations and continue to consult with the Khartoum government.
Similar shakedowns are going on in Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, and the list can go on forever. When it gets to the Western Hemisphere, into Central and South America, Smedley Butler’s words again serve us well. Nothing done today is without historical context.
Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.
War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.
I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we’ll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag.
I wouldn’t go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.
There isn’t a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to. It has its “finger men” to point out enemies, its “muscle men” to destroy enemies, its “brain men” to plan war preparations, and a “Big Boss” Super-Nationalistic-Capitalism.
It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country’s most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high-class-muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.
I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.
I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China, I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.
During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.
As close as we come to Butler in recent times is General Wesley Clark. In 2007, Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, made the following statement:
“About ten days after 9/11, I went through the Pentagon and I saw Secretary Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz. I went downstairs just to say hello to some of the people on the Joint Staff who used to work for me, and one of the generals called me in. He said, ‘Sir, you’ve got to come in and talk to me a second.’ I said, ‘Well, you’re too busy.’ He said, ‘No, no.” He says, ‘We’ve made the decision we’re going to war with Iraq.’ This was on or about the 20th of September. I said, ‘We’re going to war with Iraq? Why?” He said, ‘I don’t know.’
He said, ‘I guess they don’t know what else to do.’ So I said, ‘Well, did they find some information connecting Saddam to al-Qaeda?” He said, ‘No, no.” He says, ‘There’s nothing new that way. They just made the decision to go to war with Iraq.’ He said, ‘I guess it’s like we don’t know what to do about terrorists, but we’ve got a good military and we can take down governments.” And he said, ‘I guess if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem has to look like a nail.’
So I came back to see him a few weeks later, and by that time we were bombing in Afghanistan. I said, ‘Are we still going to war with Iraq?’ And he said, ‘Oh, it’s worse than that.’ He reached over on his desk. He picked up a piece of paper. And he said, “I just got this down from upstairs’ — meaning the Secretary of Defense’s office — ‘today.’
And he said, ‘This is a memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.’ I said, ‘Is it classified?’ He said, ‘Yes, sir.” I said, ‘Well, don’t show it to me.’ And I saw him a year or so ago, and I said, “You remember that?” He said, ‘Sir, I didn’t show you that memo! I didn’t show it to you!’”
Conclusion
It isn’t just the United States or Israel, running “shakedown” or “protection rackets” like Meyer Lansky’s Murder Incorporated or Al Capone’s Chicago based operations from the 1920s. It isn’t just the United States, but it is mostly the United States.
A small army of “hungry travelers,” representing the private interests of the White House, Pentagon, and Congress, fully backed by the CIA and the militarized social media and internet giants that can and have put thousands of paid rioters (and the snipers to kill them) on the streets time and time again, in nation after nation.
The weapons, terror lists, sanctions, advanced arms to unfriendly neighbors or, now at the top of the list, crushing the value of a national currency as we have seen in Lebanon, Syria, Iran but also in Pakistan.
A longer list? Venezuela, Argentina, Turkey, Brazil, India, and the Philippines, but the vulnerable nations include any with significant debt, collapse the currency, apply sanctions, begin orchestrated social media warfare and then send in the clowns, the bagmen for Washington.
The long and short of it? There is no more American foreign policy, only power and influence, money laundering, bank accounts in the Cayman Islands and a nation whose political and even military leaders are tired of working for gangsters.
They have decided to be the gangsters.


veteranstoday--2020-02-17--Rosneft tells Putin New Arctic Project will be Biggest in Global Oil

Two close companions with decades-long cooperation on Tuesday sat down for a talk in the Kremlin and it was the Arctic that was on top of their agenda .
Igor Sechin has worked with Vladimir Putin since the 1990s and is considered among the most powerful and influential men in the country .
This time , it was the Vostok Oil project that was the key issue of discussion .
Igor Sechin and his state-owned oil company Rosneft intends to develop large oil reserves on the wide-stretched tundra lands of northern Ural and export it through a projected seaport in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the biggest project in the modern-day global oil industry , Sechin underlined to Putin .
According to the Rosneft leader , Vostok Oil will include the development of 15 new industry towns , two airports , a seaport , about 800 km of new pipelines , 3500 km of new electricity lines and 2000 MW of electric power capacity .
It will require 100,000 new jobs and lead to a 2 percent annual hike in national GDP , he explains .
The project is based on the development of several oil fields , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ area .
The new pipelines and the projected seaport terminal will enable the partners to export an estimated 25 million tons of oil per year through the Northern Sea Route .
The pipeline will also be projected to carry oil from Payakha , the fields located along the Yenisey River .
By the year 2030 , a total of 100 million tons of oil can be exported through the pipeline and the new seaport in Taymyr .
A fleet of top ice-class Arc7 tankers are to be built for the project , Sechin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leader has the support he needs from the Kremlin .
New Russian legislation paves the way for massive investments in the company ’ s new Arctic project , as well as several more giant petroleum investments in the region .
Rosneft and other oil developers will get large tax cuts that are to cover project development costs .
The legislation that in January was hammered through government includes measures that are to trigger the development of nine new huge Arctic hydrocarbon projects with investments a high as 14.7 trillion rubles ( €210 billion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the projected new projects .
On the backdrop of the new projects lies the Kremlin ’ s desire for a hike in shipments on the Northern Sea Route ( NSR ) .
Vladimir Putin in May 2018 made the Arctic shipping route a national priority and requested a total of 80 million tons of annual shipments on the route by the year 2024 .
According to Igor Sechin , it is the President ’ s stress on the NSR that lies behind the development of Vostok Oil .
Vladimir Vladimirovich [ … @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provide for shipping volumes on the Northern Sea Route and as part of our fulfillment of this task our company is along with partners working on developing a new oil and gas province in our country ’ s north , in the Taymyr Peninsula , Sechin said .
The resource basis of the province is about five billion tons of oil , he made clear .
More than 10 trillion rubles ( €144 billion ) will have to be invested in the area , and 2 trillion in the first project development phase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worked actively with Indian partners and that country ’ s Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan last month confirmed that Indian companies will take part in the Vostok Oil .
In addition to Indian partners , also western companies will take part , Igor Sechin told Vladimir Putin .
There are a number of other western investors and we expect this to become a big , huge international project .
We count on the support from your side in this project , » Sechin underlined to the President .
Putin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s new initiative .
Igor Ivanovich , the project is indeed very big , and of course very perspective .
It includes the boost of national GDP and increase of shipments on the Northern Sea Route , and of course strengthening of Russia ’ s positions in the Arctic .
A the same time , he expresses a certain reservation .
I wish you the best of luck , [ but ] make sure that you account for everything in the correct manner .

Two close companions with decades-long cooperation on Tuesday sat down for a talk in the Kremlin and it was the Arctic that was on top of their agenda. Igor Sechin has worked with Vladimir Putin since the 1990s and is considered among the most powerful and influential men in the country.
This time, it was the Vostok Oil project that was the key issue of discussion.
Tundra oil
Igor Sechin and his state-owned oil company Rosneft intends to develop large oil reserves on the wide-stretched tundra lands of northern Ural and export it through a projected seaport in the Taymyr Peninsula.
It will be the biggest project in the modern-day global oil industry, Sechin underlined to Putin.
According to the Rosneft leader, Vostok Oil will include the development of 15 new industry towns, two airports, a seaport, about 800 km of new pipelines, 3500 km of new electricity lines and 2000 MW of electric power capacity.
It will require 100,000 new jobs and lead to a 2 percent annual hike in national GDP, he explains.
To Arctic coast
The project is based on the development of several oil fields, including at least three in the Vankor area. The new pipelines and the projected seaport terminal will enable the partners to export an estimated 25 million tons of oil per year through the Northern Sea Route.
The pipeline will also be projected to carry oil from Payakha, the fields located along the Yenisey River. By the year 2030, a total of 100 million tons of oil can be exported through the pipeline and the new seaport in Taymyr. A fleet of top ice-class Arc7 tankers are to be built for the project, Sechin has previously explained.
Massive tax cuts
The oil company leader has the support he needs from the Kremlin. New Russian legislation paves the way for massive investments in the company’s new Arctic project, as well as several more giant petroleum investments in the region.
Rosneft and other oil developers will get large tax cuts that are to cover project development costs.
The legislation that in January was hammered through government includes measures that are to trigger the development of nine new huge Arctic hydrocarbon projects with investments a high as 14.7 trillion rubles (€210 billion). Vostok Oil is the biggest of the projected new projects.
Northern Sea Route
On the backdrop of the new projects lies the Kremlin’s desire for a hike in shipments on the Northern Sea Route (NSR). Vladimir Putin in May 2018 made the Arctic shipping route a national priority and requested a total of 80 million tons of annual shipments on the route by the year 2024.
According to Igor Sechin, it is the President’s stress on the NSR that lies behind the development of Vostok Oil.
Vladimir Vladimirovich […], we have been requested to provide for shipping volumes on the Northern Sea Route and as part of our fulfillment of this task our company is along with partners working on developing a new oil and gas province in our country’s north, in the Taymyr Peninsula, Sechin said.
The resource basis of the province is about five billion tons of oil, he made clear.
Indian buyers
More than 10 trillion rubles (€144 billion) will have to be invested in the area, and 2 trillion in the first project development phase.
Rosneft has over the last years worked actively with Indian partners and that country’s Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan last month confirmed that Indian companies will take part in the Vostok Oil.
In addition to Indian partners, also western companies will take part, Igor Sechin told Vladimir Putin.
There are a number of other western investors and we expect this to become a big, huge international project.
Support from President
We count on the support from your side in this project,» Sechin underlined to the President.
Putin appears full of praise for Sechin’s new initiative.
Igor Ivanovich, the project is indeed very big, and of course very perspective. It includes the boost of national GDP and increase of shipments on the Northern Sea Route, and of course strengthening of Russia’s positions in the Arctic.
A the same time, he expresses a certain reservation.
I wish you the best of luck, [but] make sure that you account for everything in the correct manner.
Source: The Barents Observer


veteranstoday--2020-02-17--Photo Study: Syrian Underground Bases and Tunnel Complexes

Army uncovers tunnels and underground bases while combing areas west of Aleppo Aleppo , SANA – Syrian Arab Army units began wide-scale combing operations in the areas liberated from terrorism in Aleppo ’ s western and southwestern countryside , uncovering tunnels , trenches , and fortified bases for terrorists in Dahret Abdrabu and the western ring road in the western countryside .
SANA ’ s reporter accompanying army units during the combing operations said engineering units are dismantling the IEDs and landmines left behind by terrorists , finding tunnels , trenches , and underground bases that terrorists had dug beneath @ @ @ @ @ @ @ homes .
The tunnels also contained weapons and ammo left behind by terrorists .
Syrian Arab Army units on Monday expanded their operations against terrorists in Aleppo ’ s western countryside , liberating three villages .
SANA ’ s reporter in Aleppo said army units continued to pursue fleeing terrorists in Aleppo ’ s western and northwestern countryside , establishing control over the villages of Basarton , Hoor , and Enjara in the western countryside .
The reporter said advancing units targeted terrorists ’ positions in the western and northwestern countryside with artillery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them and destroying their fortifications .

Army uncovers tunnels and underground bases while combing areas west of Aleppo
Aleppo, SANA – Syrian Arab Army units began wide-scale combing operations in the areas liberated from terrorism in Aleppo’s western and southwestern countryside, uncovering tunnels, trenches, and fortified bases for terrorists in Dahret Abdrabu and the western ring road in the western countryside.
SANA’s reporter accompanying army units during the combing operations said engineering units are dismantling the IEDs and landmines left behind by terrorists, finding tunnels, trenches, and underground bases that terrorists had dug beneath buildings after they displaced locals from their homes.
The tunnels also contained weapons and ammo left behind by terrorists. Syrian Arab Army units on Monday expanded their operations against terrorists in Aleppo’s western countryside, liberating three villages.
SANA’s reporter in Aleppo said army units continued to pursue fleeing terrorists in Aleppo’s western and northwestern countryside, establishing control over the villages of Basarton, Hoor, and Enjara in the western countryside. The reporter said advancing units targeted terrorists’ positions in the western and northwestern countryside with artillery and rocket barrages, inflicting losses upon them and destroying their fortifications. SANA’s camera accompanies Syrian Arab Army units in Hreitan town in Aleppo’s northwestern countryside – PHOTOS


veteranstoday--2020-02-18--Turkey support for Idlib terrorists boomerangs on Erdogan

Turkey informs Russia of its ‘ clear ’ policy in NW Syria [ Editor ’ s Note : Erdogan begins rolling out his international sob story but forgets we have a long list of the depredations he has inflicted upon Syria during his phony ceasefire pledge .
The chickens may have come home to roost for the wannabe Sultan .
He is vulnerable politically and militarily , and has a number of major players who would just love to watch the Erdogan regime commit hari kari in Syria so he can be replaced by someone committed to Balkanizing Turkey .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and does not include Syria .
NATO would be hard pressed to get involved with backing Erdogan in supporting the Idlib terrorists .
But along with Trump it might be thrilled to see the Turks and Syrians go at it with Russia and Iran caught in the middle…a “ two fer one ” shot .
The US coalition , with mainly Israel and Saudi Arabia , would be ordering the party supplies already and champagne .
What was Turkey ’ s concern for refugees when the Idlib jihadis blocked civilians from exiting the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terrorists to have a large pool of jihadi extremist muslims to fight for $ 200 a month for Turkey ’ s interests while his own troop watch from safety .
We have an unconfirmed report late afternoon that a coup is eminent in Turkey , with many suspects for putting out false alarms , so we have pinged our sources to keep us informed .
Erdogan has huge resources to put down riots , and has a history of making mass arrests to sap the manpower for a coup… Jim W. Dean ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
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Click to donate > > Turkey has made the necessary military preparations in northwestern Syria and told Russian counterparts it was determined to push Bashar al-Assad regime to previous boundaries , spokesman of ruling Justice and Development ( AK ) Party said on Tuesday .
Omer Celik said Turkey completed necessary military preparations in Syria and it would take necessary steps if the Syrian regime did not withdraw to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Celik underlined that Russia , an ally of the Syrian regime , was “ clearly ” informed about Turkey ’ s stance in the region .
With 148,000 people displaced in Idlib city in the past six days , the number of displaced people in Idlib and neighboring areas since January 2019 has reached nearly 2 million , most of them taking shelter in areas close to the bordering Turkey , which already hosts over 3.6 million Syrian refugees .
Tens of thousands of people , including women and children , are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ camps they take shelter in lack basic facilities .
They face great difficulty meeting their food and healthcare needs .
Regime forces backed by allies Iran and Russia have been trying to capture the Aleppo countryside and parts of neighboring Idlib province , a stronghold of opposition forces in the war-torn country .
Besides a refugee crisis , their advances have also affected cooperation between Moscow and Ankara , which sent its troops to Idlib as part of the 2017 Astana and 2018 Sochi accords that sought de-escalation .
But regime forces , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it continue to violate the cease-fire .
So far this month , artillery fire by regime troops has martyred 12 Turkish military personnel and one civilian contractor .
While Ankara and Moscow continue their negotiations over Idlib , President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week said Turkey ’ s military would drive back Syrian forces if they did not withdraw from the northwestern region .
In response to a question on the recent coup debate in the country , Celik said : “ Coup discussion is an unnecessary agenda item for Turkey .
All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” FETO and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15 , 2016 , which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured .
Ankara also accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions , particularly the military , police , and judiciary .

Turkey informs Russia of its ‘clear’ policy in NW Syria
…from the Anadula Agency, Turkey
[ Editor’s Note: Erdogan begins rolling out his international sob story but forgets we have a long list of the depredations he has inflicted upon Syria during his phony ceasefire pledge. The chickens may have come home to roost for the wannabe sultan.
He is vulnerable politically and militarily, and has a number of major players who would love to watch the Erdogan regime commit hari kari in Syria so he can be replaced by someone committed to Balkanizing Turkey. The suspect list for that is short and does not include Syria.
NATO would be hard pressed to get involved with backing Erdogan in supporting the Idlib terrorists. But along with Trump, it might be thrilled to see the Turks and Syrians go at it, with Russia and Iran caught in the middle…a “two fer one” shot. The US coalition, with mainly Israel and Saudi Arabia, would be ordering the party supplies already and champagne.
What was Turkey’s concern for refugees when the Idlib jihadis blocked civilians from exiting the crossing points? He has supported Idlib terrorists to have a large pool of jihadi extremist muslims to fight for $200 a month for Turkey’s interests, while his own troops watch from safety.
We have an unconfirmed report late afternoon that a coup is eminent in Turkey, with many suspects for putting out false alarms, so we have pinged our sources to keep us informed. Erdogan has huge resources to put down riots, and has a history of making mass arrests to sap the manpower for a coup… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … February 18, 2020 –
ANKARA
Turkey has made the necessary military preparations in northwestern Syria and told Russian counterparts it was determined to push Bashar al-Assad regime to previous boundaries, spokesman of ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party said on Tuesday.
Omer Celik said Turkey completed necessary military preparations in Syria and it would take necessary steps if the Syrian regime did not withdraw to the previous borderline set by de-escalation deal.
Celik underlined that Russia, an ally of the Syrian regime, was “clearly” informed about Turkey’s stance in the region.
With 148,000 people displaced in Idlib city in the past six days, the number of displaced people in Idlib and neighboring areas since January 2019 has reached nearly 2 million, most of them taking shelter in areas close to the bordering Turkey, which already hosts over 3.6 million Syrian refugees.
Tens of thousands of people, including women and children, are in need of humanitarian assistance as the camps they take shelter in lack basic facilities. They face great difficulty meeting their food and healthcare needs.
Regime forces backed by allies Iran and Russia have been trying to capture the Aleppo countryside and parts of neighboring Idlib province, a stronghold of opposition forces in the war-torn country.
Besides a refugee crisis, their advances have also affected cooperation between Moscow and Ankara, which sent its troops to Idlib as part of the 2017 Astana and 2018 Sochi accords that sought de-escalation.
But regime forces, its allies, and militias loyal to it continue to violate the cease-fire.
So far this month, artillery fire by regime troops has martyred 12 Turkish military personnel and one civilian contractor.
While Ankara and Moscow continue their negotiations over Idlib, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week said Turkey’s military would drive back Syrian forces if they did not withdraw from the northwestern region.
In response to a question on the recent coup debate in the country, Celik said: “Coup discussion is an unnecessary agenda item for Turkey. All our institutions loyal to democracy are awake.”
FETO and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.
Ankara also accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.


veteranstoday--2020-02-18--Syrian Army stops US military patrol – (updated)

And forces it to turn back [ Editor ’ s Note : The proof that US troops are not needed in Syria is put on display here .
They sure as hell aren ’ t patrolling looking for ISIS people as that would always entail coordinating with local security .
So what were they doing here today…logging in another patrol to justify a paycheck ?
But if you think this is bad in terms of a wasteful use of our military , VT readers might remember Gordon ’ s old Nam story of patrolling on a hill near a US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to watch planes take off , fly a few clicks over to a big hill , and bomb and napalm it , then circle around and land .
He watched this go on all afternoon and later asked an AF guy what was up with bombing where there was no VC , and was told the pilots were just logging in “ combat missions ” to polish up their resumes and reports going back to Washington .
That became one of Gordon ’ s classic “ how the world really works ” stories @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that came later .
Thank God these US “ patrolling troops ” are not draftees being abused to do this… Jim W. Dean ] A unit of the Syrian Army stopped a US military patrol in northeastern Syria and forced it to turn back .
This was not the first time when Syrian government forces limited the US movement in the area .
Over the past months , such incidents have become a general practice .

DISCLOSURE: Sourced from Russian government funded media
And forces it to turn back
…from Southfront
[ Editor’s Note: The proof that US troops are not needed in Syria is put on display here. They sure as hell aren’t patrolling looking for ISIS people, as that would always entail coordinating with local security.
#Syria #Qamishli Lieutenant Colonel Samer – the leader of the Syrian Arab Army checkpoint in Khirbat Amo village Will not allow the american occupation vehicles to pass, he & the people of Khirbat Amo & people of Albawaer Abo AlAsi promised themselves to kick out the occupation. pic.twitter.com/1scFymjU0K
So what were they doing here today…logging in another patrol to justify a paycheck?
If you think this is bad in terms of a wasteful use of our military, VT readers might remember Gordon’s old Nam story of patrolling on a hill near a US airbase one afternoon, where he was able to watch planes take off, fly a few clicks over to a big hill, and bomb and napalm it, then circle around and land.
He watched this go on all afternoon and later asked an AF guy what was up with bombing where there was no VC, and was told the pilots were just logging in “combat missions” to polish up their resumes and reports going back to Washington.
That became one of Gordon’s classic “how the world really works” stories, and there were a lot more that came later. Thank God these US “patrolling troops” are not draftees being abused to do this… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … February 02, 2020 –
A unit of the Syrian Army stopped a US military patrol in northeastern Syria and forced it to turn back. This was not the first time when Syrian government forces limited the US movement in the area. Over the past months, such incidents have become a general practice.
https://twitter.com/SteeleSyAA/status/1229607973984468993?s=20