russia-insider--2020-04-30--More Evidence COVID Is a US Bio Attack on China

The American economy has been shut down by foolish government orders , and the insights of Mises and Rothbard tell us that complete collapse is only a matter of time .
In an earlier column , I warned that the Deep State might seek to start a war with China to divert attention from our domestic mess .
As I warned last month , “ Because the epidemic started in China and spread from there , hostility toward Chinese people living in the US has gone up .
Chinese-owned stores have been threatened , and gun sales to Chinese who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have few takeout customers .
“ The President ’ s talk about the ‘ Chinese virus ’ fans the flame of ill-feelings , and some fear that the government may provoke a war with China in order to distract attention from a tanking US economy .
US government propaganda has spread false claims about predatory Chinese trade practices to get the American people ready for hostile action toward China.
” Here 's an excellent in-depth analysis of Ron Unz 's recent bombshell article which argues that COVID is a biowar attack by Neocons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the FTN podcast .
See the full article and transcript here .
Unfortunately , things have gotten much worse since last month .
America continues its policies of naval confrontation in the South China Sea ; there are threats to sue China for damage caused by the coronavirus ; and President Trump has threatened to pursue payment on long-defunct Chinese bonds in order to bankrupt the Chinese economy .
Our disastrous trade war with China continues .
But today I want to focus on something even more sinister .
There is good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is part of an American biological warfare campaign against China and Iran .
The brilliant physicist Ron Unz , who has time and time again been proved right by events , makes this case in a scintillating analysis .
Unz notes that “ Shortly before the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan , that city had hosted 300 visiting American military officers , who came to participate in the 2019 Military World Games , an absolutely remarkable coincidence of timing .
As I pointed out at the time , how would Americans react if 300 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ visit to Chicago , and soon afterward a mysterious and deadly epidemic had suddenly broken out in that city ?
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“ Scientific investigation of the coronavirus had already pointed to its origins in a bat virus , leading to widespread media speculation that bats sold as food in the Wuhan open markets had been the original disease vector .
Meanwhile , the orchestrated waves of anti-China accusations had emphasized Chinese laboratory research on that same viral source .
But we soon published a lengthy article by investigative journalist Whitney Webb @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own enormous biowarfare research efforts , which had similarly focused for years on bat viruses.
” Unz adds a number of items that lend cogency to his analysis .
First , this is by no means the first suspicious biological attack on China .
“ During the previous two years , the Chinese economy had already suffered serious blows from other mysterious new diseases , although these had targeted farm animals rather than people .
During 2018 a new Avian Flu virus had swept the country , eliminating large portions of China ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Swine Flu viral epidemic had devastated China ’ s pig farms , destroying 40 % of the nation ’ s primary domestic source of meat , with widespread claims that the latter disease was being spread by mysterious small drones .
My morning newspapers had hardly ignored these important business stories , noting that the sudden collapse of much of China ’ s domestic food production might prove a huge boon to American farm exports at the height of our trade conflict .
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So for three years in a row @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strange new viral diseases , though only the most recent had been deadly to humans .
This evidence was merely circumstantial , but the pattern seemed highly suspicious.
” In order to deflect attention from its own activities , the US government has hinted the virus came from a biological laboratory in Wuhan , but it is hardly likely that the Chinese government would inflict a damaging disease on its own people .
“ It ’ s a classic propaganda tool for the US government to deflect attention from its own activities by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Unz says , “ Despite America ’ s growing economic conflict with China over the last couple of years , I had never considered the possibility that matters might take a military turn .
The Chinese had long ago deployed advanced intermediate range missiles that many believed could easily sink our carriers in the region , and they had also generally improved their conventional military deterrent .
Moreover , China was on quite good terms with Russia , which itself had been the target of intense American hostility for several years ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revolutionary hypersonic missiles had drastically reduced any American strategic advantage .
Thus , a conventional war against China seemed an absolutely hopeless undertaking , while China ’ s outstanding businessmen and engineers were steadily gaining ground against America ’ s decaying and heavily-financialized economic system .
“ Under these difficult circumstances , an American biowarfare attack against China might have seemed the only remaining card to play in hopes of maintaining American supremacy .
Plausible deniability would minimize the risk of any direct Chinese retaliation , and if successful , the terrible blow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set it back for many years , perhaps even destabilizing its social and political system .
Using alternative media to immediately promote theories that the coronavirus outbreak was the result of a leak from a Chinese biowarfare lab was a natural means of preempting any later Chinese accusations along similar lines , thereby allowing America to win the international propaganda war before China had even begun to play.
” Unz points to another significant fact .
After China , the next country to suffer from the virus was Iran , America ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ As the coronavirus gradually began to spread beyond China ’ s own borders , another development occurred that greatly multiplied my suspicions .
Most of these early cases had occurred exactly where one might expect , among the East Asian countries bordering China .
But by late February Iran had become the second epicenter of the global outbreak .
Even more surprisingly , its political elites had been especially hard-hit , with a full 10 % of the entire Iranian parliament soon infected and at least a dozen of its officials and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some who were quite senior .
Indeed , Neocon activists on Twitter began gleefully noting that their hatred Iranian enemies were now dropping like flies.
” When I read Unz ’ s analysis , it brought to mind an incident in the American bombing campaign against Serbia in 1999 .
The US bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade , and I thought at the time that the attack was deliberate .
American military assaults on China go back a long way .
Unz agrees .
“ The [ British ] Sunday Observer published @ @ @ @ @ @ @ citing several NATO military and intelligence sources who fully confirmed the deliberate nature of the American bombing of the Chinese embassy , with a US colonel even reportedly boasting that their smartbomb had hit the exact room intended.
” Even if the American warmongers don ’ t succeed in provoking a disastrous military conflict in China , we have much to fear .
As Murray Rothbard has taught us , the State has throughout history been the great enemy of liberty .
The monstrous controls over the American people and over our economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , even if the coronavirus goes away .
The great historian Robert Higgs in Crisis and Leviathan and other works has documented to the hilt the way in which restrictions imposed in emergencies have lingering effects .
This is his famous “ ratchet effect.
” Unz doesn ’ t mention Higgs , but he does call attention to a vital fact that makes it extremely likely that the restrictions will stay put , however bad their impact .
I ’ ll conclude with his incisive comment : “ But as we see absolutely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America ’ s current government is grotesquely and manifestly incompetent , more incompetent than one could almost possibly imagine , with tens of thousands of Americans having now already paid with their lives for such extreme incompetence .
Rationality and competence are obviously nowhere to be found among the Deep State Neocons that President Donald Trump has appointed to so many crucial positions throughout our national security apparatus .
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The American economy has been shut down by foolish government orders, and the insights of Mises and Rothbard tell us that complete collapse is only a matter of time. In an earlier column, I warned that the Deep State might seek to start a war with China to divert attention from our domestic mess. As I warned last month, “Because the epidemic started in China and spread from there, hostility toward Chinese people living in the US has gone up. Chinese-owned stores have been threatened, and gun sales to Chinese who fear attacks have soared. Chinese restaurants have few takeout customers.
“The President’s talk about the ‘Chinese virus’ fans the flame of ill-feelings, and some fear that the government may provoke a war with China in order to distract attention from a tanking US economy. US government propaganda has spread false claims about predatory Chinese trade practices to get the American people ready for hostile action toward China.”
Here's an excellent in-depth analysis of Ron Unz's recent bombshell article which argues that COVID is a biowar attack by Neocons in the US government against China, from the FTN podcast. See the full article and transcript here.
Unfortunately, things have gotten much worse since last month. America continues its policies of naval confrontation in the South China Sea; there are threats to sue China for damage caused by the coronavirus; and President Trump has threatened to pursue payment on long-defunct Chinese bonds in order to bankrupt the Chinese economy. Our disastrous trade war with China continues.
But today I want to focus on something even more sinister. There is good reason to believe that the coronavirus epidemic is part of an American biological warfare campaign against China and Iran. The brilliant physicist Ron Unz, who has time and time again been proved right by events, makes this case in a scintillating analysis.
Unz notes that “ Shortly before the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, that city had hosted 300 visiting American military officers, who came to participate in the 2019 Military World Games, an absolutely remarkable coincidence of timing. As I pointed out at the time, how would Americans react if 300 Chinese military officers had paid an extended visit to Chicago, and soon afterward a mysterious and deadly epidemic had suddenly broken out in that city?. . .
“Scientific investigation of the coronavirus had already pointed to its origins in a bat virus, leading to widespread media speculation that bats sold as food in the Wuhan open markets had been the original disease vector. Meanwhile, the orchestrated waves of anti-China accusations had emphasized Chinese laboratory research on that same viral source. But we soon published a lengthy article by investigative journalist Whitney Webb providing copious evidence of America’s own enormous biowarfare research efforts, which had similarly focused for years on bat viruses.”
Unz adds a number of items that lend cogency to his analysis. First, this is by no means the first suspicious biological attack on China. “During the previous two years, the Chinese economy had already suffered serious blows from other mysterious new diseases, although these had targeted farm animals rather than people. During 2018 a new Avian Flu virus had swept the country, eliminating large portions of China’s poultry industry, and during 2019 the Swine Flu viral epidemic had devastated China’s pig farms, destroying 40% of the nation’s primary domestic source of meat, with widespread claims that the latter disease was being spread by mysterious small drones. My morning newspapers had hardly ignored these important business stories, noting that the sudden collapse of much of China’s domestic food production might prove a huge boon to American farm exports at the height of our trade conflict. . . So for three years in a row, China had been severely impacted by strange new viral diseases, though only the most recent had been deadly to humans. This evidence was merely circumstantial, but the pattern seemed highly suspicious.”
In order to deflect attention from its own activities, the US government has hinted the virus came from a biological laboratory in Wuhan, but it is hardly likely that the Chinese government would inflict a damaging disease on its own people. “It’s a classic propaganda tool for the US government to deflect attention from its own activities by accusing the enemy of ‘starting it.” Unz says, “Despite America’s growing economic conflict with China over the last couple of years, I had never considered the possibility that matters might take a military turn. The Chinese had long ago deployed advanced intermediate range missiles that many believed could easily sink our carriers in the region, and they had also generally improved their conventional military deterrent. Moreover, China was on quite good terms with Russia, which itself had been the target of intense American hostility for several years; and Russia’s new suite of revolutionary hypersonic missiles had drastically reduced any American strategic advantage. Thus, a conventional war against China seemed an absolutely hopeless undertaking, while China’s outstanding businessmen and engineers were steadily gaining ground against America’s decaying and heavily-financialized economic system.
“Under these difficult circumstances, an American biowarfare attack against China might have seemed the only remaining card to play in hopes of maintaining American supremacy. Plausible deniability would minimize the risk of any direct Chinese retaliation, and if successful, the terrible blow inflicted to China’s economy would set it back for many years, perhaps even destabilizing its social and political system. Using alternative media to immediately promote theories that the coronavirus outbreak was the result of a leak from a Chinese biowarfare lab was a natural means of preempting any later Chinese accusations along similar lines, thereby allowing America to win the international propaganda war before China had even begun to play.”
Unz points to another significant fact. After China, the next country to suffer from the virus was Iran, America’s main target in the Middle East. “As the coronavirus gradually began to spread beyond China’s own borders, another development occurred that greatly multiplied my suspicions. Most of these early cases had occurred exactly where one might expect, among the East Asian countries bordering China. But by late February Iran had become the second epicenter of the global outbreak. Even more surprisingly, its political elites had been especially hard-hit, with a full 10% of the entire Iranian parliament soon infected and at least a dozen of its officials and politicians dying of the disease, including some who were quite senior. Indeed, Neocon activists on Twitter began gleefully noting that their hatred Iranian enemies were now dropping like flies.”
When I read Unz’s analysis, it brought to mind an incident in the American bombing campaign against Serbia in 1999. The US bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, and I thought at the time that the attack was deliberate. American military assaults on China go back a long way. Unz agrees. “The [British] Sunday Observer published a remarkable expose in October 1999, citing several NATO military and intelligence sources who fully confirmed the deliberate nature of the American bombing of the Chinese embassy, with a US colonel even reportedly boasting that their smartbomb had hit the exact room intended.”
Even if the American warmongers don’t succeed in provoking a disastrous military conflict in China, we have much to fear. As Murray Rothbard has taught us, the State has throughout history been the great enemy of liberty. The monstrous controls over the American people and over our economy are never going to be fully repealed, even if the coronavirus goes away. The great historian Robert Higgs in Crisis and Leviathan and other works has documented to the hilt the way in which restrictions imposed in emergencies have lingering effects. This is his famous “ratchet effect.”
Unz doesn’t mention Higgs, but he does call attention to a vital fact that makes it extremely likely that the restrictions will stay put, however bad their impact. I’ll conclude with his incisive comment: “But as we see absolutely demonstrated in our daily news headlines, America’s current government is grotesquely and manifestly incompetent, more incompetent than one could almost possibly imagine, with tens of thousands of Americans having now already paid with their lives for such extreme incompetence. Rationality and competence are obviously nowhere to be found among the Deep State Neocons that President Donald Trump has appointed to so many crucial positions throughout our national security apparatus.”


russia-insider--2020-04-30--Soros Launches Furious Attack on Putin in FT, 'War Crimes in Syria', 'Caused Migrant Crisis'

George Soros is a billionaire Hungarian-born investor who is extremely controversial due to his promotion of what he chooses to define as democracy and free-trade movements , primarily conducted through the Open Society Foundations , which he founded and has funded with $ 32 billion , according to one estimate .
He contributed to the campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton , which has in part led to conservative politicians in the United States and elsewhere frequently citing Soros when complaining about politically motivated interference in support of a progressive agenda for the United States and also globally .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ until Soros ’ s allies began to fire back with accusations of anti-Semitism , which had the effect of muting the complaints .
1956 and is now an American citizen .
The sources of at least some of his wealth are somewhat controversial .
He made over $ 1 billion in 1992 by selling short $ 10 billion in British pounds sterling , leading to the media dubbing him “ the man who broke the bank of England.
” He has been accused of similar currency manipulation in both Europe and Asia .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Paul Krugman was highly critical of Soros ’ s interference in financial markets , writing , “ Nobody who has read a business magazine in the last few years can be unaware that these days there really are investors who not only move money in anticipation of a currency crisis , but actually do their best to trigger that crisis for fun and profit .
These new actors on the scene do not yet have a standard name ; my proposed term is ‘ Soroi.
’ ” Soros was heavily involved with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Europe and had a hand in the so-called Rose Revolution in Georgia in 2003 and the Maidan Revolution in Ukraine in 2014 , both of which were supported by the U.S. government .
But in March 2017 , six conservative U.S. senators sent a letter to then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asking him to look into several grants that the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development ( USAID ) had given to groups connected to Soros , most particularly in Macedonia .
Soros ’ s projects are particularly targeted by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transnational in nature , and , indeed , some critics have noted that the well-funded and broadly supported Open Society is the most effective and visible weapon in the arsenal of the progressive dominated globalist movement .
Soros has been linked to a number of theories that see him as a puppet-master pulling the strings on a worldwide conspiracy to control key elements of the world economy as well as leading politicians .
His critics are generally conservatives who are opposed to the progressive causes that he promotes .
Soros has been in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a Washington-based think tank called the Quincy Institute , which is also funded by the libertarian Koch family .
The institute claims to be a non-partisan organization that promotes a “ restrained ” foreign policy using diplomacy as a means to resolve international disputes rather than threats followed up by warfare , which has become the preferred option for successive U.S. presidents and their administrations .
Soros ’ s motives in suddenly embracing diplomacy and non-intervention might well be questioned .
On March 4 , the Financial Times published an op-ed ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entitled “ Europe Must Stand With Turkey Over Putin ’ s War Crimes in Syria.
” It had the subtitle “ Focusing on the Refugee Crisis Russia Has Created Addresses Symptoms Not the Cause.
” In it , he let loose a sharp attack on both the Kremlin and President Vladimir Putin .
The Soros op-ed is full of errors of fact and is basically a call for aggression against Russia .
It starts with , “ Since the beginning of its intervention in Syria in September 2015 , Russia has not only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faithful Arab ally , Syrian President Bashar al-Assad .
It has also wanted to regain the regional and global influence that it lost since the fall of the Soviet Union.
” First of all , Russia did not “ intervene ” in Syria .
It was invited there by the country ’ s legitimate government to provide assistance against various groups , some of which were linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State , that were seeking to overthrow President al-Assad .
And apart from Soros , few actual experts on Russia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recreate the “ influence ” of the Soviet Union .
Moscow does not have the resources to do so and has evinced no desire to pursue the sort of global agenda that was characteristic of the Soviet state .
There then follows a complete flight into hyperbole with : “ Vladimir Putin has sought to use the turmoil in the Middle East to erase international norms and advances in international humanitarian law made since the second world war .
In fact , creating the humanitarian disaster that has turned almost 6 million Syrians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Russian president ’ s strategy in Syria .
It has been one of his central goals.
” None of Soros ’ s assertions are supported by fact .
The U.S. and Israel are the two top flaunters of international norms and law , not Russia , and there is no evidence whatsoever that Moscow sought to create the “ humanitarian disaster ” in Syria .
That was the work of the U.S. and its “ allies ” in the region who were supporting both separatists and terrorists .
Soros states his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ barbarous ruler that the world has seen since Joseph Stalin .
When his own people rose up against him , he developed a military strategy designed to inflict the greatest possible harm on his civilian opponents .
He deliberately targeted hospitals , schools and kindergartens , trying to kill or maim caregivers .
He has used poison gas and chemical attacks over the course of a conflict that has left more than half a million dead.
” None of the assertions are true and a lot of the “ evidence ” comes from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ include the notorious White Helmets .
The lies advanced about the use of chemical weapons have recently been exposed .
Soros goes on to describe how Russia has “ deliberately targeted ” and bombed schools and hospitals , claims that largely derive from sources hostile to al-Assad and Putin that are impossible to check .
Soros also asserts that , “ The only government that has put up military forces to defend the civilians trapped in Idlib by Mr. Assad and its Russian ally is Turkey.
” It is a claim that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as Ankara is involved in Syria in support of its own completely selfish irredentist objectives and its desire to crush the Kurdish militias operating in the north and east of the country .
Back in October , Turkey ’ s President Recep Erdogan issued an emotional call to Jihad to his supporters , saying , “ Inshallah , God has promised us in Syria victory from Allah and an imminent conquest ; and give good tidings to the believers .
We see it is happening right now.
” The Soros op-ed also included @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ In 2014 , I urged Europe to wake up to the threat that Russia was posing to its strategic interests , albeit in a different context and geography .
Russia had invaded Ukraine knowing that Europe would seek to avoid any confrontation with Moscow .
Yet what is happening in Idlib now is following the same pattern : Europe is evading a confrontation with Russia over its Syria policy when it should be standing up to it .
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with respect to Syria at least , Turkey deserves Europe ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to bolster Turkish President Erdogan ’ s negotiating position .
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I hope that this would also put Mr. Putin ’ s war crimes at the center of the European conversation.
” The op-ed is neither conciliatory nor “ diplomatic ” and is a clear sign that Soros picks his enemies based on ideological considerations that also drive his choices on how to frame his ventures .
He is a billionaire who has chosen to use his money to remake the world in an image that he is comfortable with .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that kind of thinking going around—that having lots of money ipso facto equates to some kind of superior wisdom .
And the whole process is facilitated by the fact that politicians as well as space on editorial pages of leading newspapers can easily be bought .
Soros would have Europe and the United States taking on Russia over what he perceives to be going on in Syria , where they have no genuine interests .
It is a formula that we have seen played out repeatedly in the past 20 years and can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer and a columnist and television commentator .
He is also the executive director of the Council for the National Interest .
His other articles appear on the website of “ The Unz Review .
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George Soros is a billionaire Hungarian-born investor who is extremely controversial due to his promotion of what he chooses to define as democracy and free-trade movements, primarily conducted through the Open Society Foundations, which he founded and has funded with $32 billion, according to one estimate. He contributed to the campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, which has in part led to conservative politicians in the United States and elsewhere frequently citing Soros when complaining about politically motivated interference in support of a progressive agenda for the United States and also globally. At least they used to do so until Soros’s allies began to fire back with accusations of anti-Semitism, which had the effect of muting the complaints.
1956 and is now an American citizen. The sources of at least some of his wealth are somewhat controversial. He made over $1 billion in 1992 by selling short $10 billion in British pounds sterling, leading to the media dubbing him “the man who broke the bank of England.” He has been accused of similar currency manipulation in both Europe and Asia. In 1999, New York Times economist Paul Krugman was highly critical of Soros’s interference in financial markets, writing, “Nobody who has read a business magazine in the last few years can be unaware that these days there really are investors who not only move money in anticipation of a currency crisis, but actually do their best to trigger that crisis for fun and profit. These new actors on the scene do not yet have a standard name; my proposed term is ‘Soroi.’ ”
Soros was heavily involved with the restructuring of former communist regimes in eastern Europe and had a hand in the so-called Rose Revolution in Georgia in 2003 and the Maidan Revolution in Ukraine in 2014, both of which were supported by the U.S. government. But in March 2017, six conservative U.S. senators sent a letter to then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asking him to look into several grants that the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) had given to groups connected to Soros, most particularly in Macedonia. Soros’s projects are particularly targeted by conservatives and nationalists, as they are transnational in nature, and, indeed, some critics have noted that the well-funded and broadly supported Open Society is the most effective and visible weapon in the arsenal of the progressive dominated globalist movement.
Soros has been linked to a number of theories that see him as a puppet-master pulling the strings on a worldwide conspiracy to control key elements of the world economy as well as leading politicians. His critics are generally conservatives who are opposed to the progressive causes that he promotes. Soros has been in the news recently for his financial support of a Washington-based think tank called the Quincy Institute, which is also funded by the libertarian Koch family. The institute claims to be a non-partisan organization that promotes a “restrained” foreign policy using diplomacy as a means to resolve international disputes rather than threats followed up by warfare, which has become the preferred option for successive U.S. presidents and their administrations.
Soros’s motives in suddenly embracing diplomacy and non-intervention might well be questioned. On March 4, the Financial Times published an op-ed (unfortunately behind a paywall) by Soros entitled “Europe Must Stand With Turkey Over Putin’s War Crimes in Syria.” It had the subtitle “Focusing on the Refugee Crisis Russia Has Created Addresses Symptoms Not the Cause.” In it, he let loose a sharp attack on both the Kremlin and President Vladimir Putin.
The Soros op-ed is full of errors of fact and is basically a call for aggression against Russia. It starts with, “Since the beginning of its intervention in Syria in September 2015, Russia has not only sought to keep in place its most faithful Arab ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It has also wanted to regain the regional and global influence that it lost since the fall of the Soviet Union.” First of all, Russia did not “intervene” in Syria. It was invited there by the country’s legitimate government to provide assistance against various groups, some of which were linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State, that were seeking to overthrow President al-Assad.
And apart from Soros, few actual experts on Russia would claim that it is seeking to recreate the “influence” of the Soviet Union. Moscow does not have the resources to do so and has evinced no desire to pursue the sort of global agenda that was characteristic of the Soviet state.
There then follows a complete flight into hyperbole with: “Vladimir Putin has sought to use the turmoil in the Middle East to erase international norms and advances in international humanitarian law made since the second world war. In fact, creating the humanitarian disaster that has turned almost 6 million Syrians into refugees has not been a byproduct of the Russian president’s strategy in Syria. It has been one of his central goals.” None of Soros’s assertions are supported by fact. The U.S. and Israel are the two top flaunters of international norms and law, not Russia, and there is no evidence whatsoever that Moscow sought to create the “humanitarian disaster” in Syria. That was the work of the U.S. and its “allies” in the region who were supporting both separatists and terrorists.
Soros states his belief that “Assad is the most barbarous ruler that the world has seen since Joseph Stalin. When his own people rose up against him, he developed a military strategy designed to inflict the greatest possible harm on his civilian opponents. He deliberately targeted hospitals, schools and kindergartens, trying to kill or maim caregivers. He has used poison gas and chemical attacks over the course of a conflict that has left more than half a million dead.” None of the assertions are true and a lot of the “evidence” comes from propagandists for the terrorist groups, to include the notorious White Helmets. The lies advanced about the use of chemical weapons have recently been exposed.
Soros goes on to describe how Russia has “deliberately targeted” and bombed schools and hospitals, claims that largely derive from sources hostile to al-Assad and Putin that are impossible to check. Soros also asserts that, “The only government that has put up military forces to defend the civilians trapped in Idlib by Mr. Assad and its Russian ally is Turkey.” It is a claim that is perhaps the biggest lie of all, as Ankara is involved in Syria in support of its own completely selfish irredentist objectives and its desire to crush the Kurdish militias operating in the north and east of the country. Back in October, Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan issued an emotional call to Jihad to his supporters, saying, “Inshallah, God has promised us in Syria victory from Allah and an imminent conquest; and give good tidings to the believers. We see it is happening right now.”
The Soros op-ed also included a bit of reminiscence, describing how, “In 2014, I urged Europe to wake up to the threat that Russia was posing to its strategic interests, albeit in a different context and geography. Russia had invaded Ukraine knowing that Europe would seek to avoid any confrontation with Moscow. Yet what is happening in Idlib now is following the same pattern: Europe is evading a confrontation with Russia over its Syria policy when it should be standing up to it . . . with respect to Syria at least, Turkey deserves Europe’s support. Europe should therefore seek to bolster Turkish President Erdogan’s negotiating position. . . . I hope that this would also put Mr. Putin’s war crimes at the center of the European conversation.”
The op-ed is neither conciliatory nor “diplomatic” and is a clear sign that Soros picks his enemies based on ideological considerations that also drive his choices on how to frame his ventures. He is a billionaire who has chosen to use his money to remake the world in an image that he is comfortable with. Unfortunately, there is a lot of that kind of thinking going around—that having lots of money ipso facto equates to some kind of superior wisdom. And the whole process is facilitated by the fact that politicians as well as space on editorial pages of leading newspapers can easily be bought. Soros would have Europe and the United States taking on Russia over what he perceives to be going on in Syria, where they have no genuine interests. It is a formula that we have seen played out repeatedly in the past 20 years and can only lead to disaster.
Philip Giraldi is a former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer and a columnist and television commentator. He is also the executive director of the Council for the National Interest. His other articles appear on the website of “The Unz Review.”


russia-insider--2020-05-01--Chinagate Is The New Russiagate... And Is Far More Dangerous

I ’ ve become convinced the next major event that ’ ll be used to further centralize power and escalate domestic authoritarianism will center around U.S.-China tensions .
We haven ’ t witnessed this “ event ” yet , but there ’ s a good chance it ’ ll occur within the next year or two .
Currently , the front runner appears to be a major aggressive move by China into Hong Kong , but it could be anything really .
Taiwan , the South China Sea , currency , economic or cyber warfare ; the flash points are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Something is going to snap and when it does we better be prepared to not act like mindless imbeciles for the fourth time this century .
When that day arrives , and it ’ s likely not too far off , certain factions will try to sell you on the monstrous idea that we must become more like China to defeat China .
We ’ ll be told we need more centralization , more authoritarianism , and less freedom and civil liberties or China will win .
Such talk is nonsense and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the worst aspects of the Chinese system and head the other way .
– From my 2019 piece : Two Paths Forward with China – The Good and The Bad Here 's an excellent in-depth analysis of Ron Unz 's recent bombshell article which argues that COVID is a biowar attack by Neocons in the US government against China , from the FTN podcast .
See the full article and transcript here .
As the clownish farce that is Russiagate slinks back into the psyop dumpster from which it emerged , an even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. government ’ s incompetent response to covid-19 .
Russiagate was likewise embraced by the national security state ( imperial apparatus ) for similar reasons .
Like establishment Democrats , the national security state also wanted to prevent the narrative that the status quo was rejected in the 2016 election from spreading .
It was incentivized to pretend Hillary ’ s loss was the result of gullible Americans being duped by crafty Russians in order to manufacture the idea that U.S. society was healthy and normal if not for some external enemy .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ state was to punish Russia for acting like a sovereign state as opposed to a colony of U.S. empire in recent years .
Russia has been an increasingly serious thorn in the side of unipolarism advocates over the past decade by performing acts such as buying gold , providing safe harbor for Edward Snowden , and thwarting the dreams of regime change in Syria .
Such acts could not go unpunished .
So Russiagate served its purpose .
It wasted our time for much of Trump ’ s first term and it helped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nomination .
Now we get Chinagate .
When the premier empire on the planet starts blaming external enemies for its internal problems , you know it ’ s almost always an excuse to let your own elites off the hook and further erode civil liberties .
While it appears the novel coronavirus covid-19 did in fact come from China , and China tried to discourage other countries from taking decisive action in the early days , our internal political actors blaming China for their own lack of preparation and timely reaction is patently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to see the situation clearly and respond early , why couldn ’ t our government ?
This isn ’ t rocket science .
The Chinese were acting as if the world had ended in cities across the country and we ’ re supposed to believe U.S. leaders simply listened to what the CCP was saying as opposed to what they were doing ?
How does that make any sense ?
It makes even less sense considering the Trump administration has been in an explicit cold war with China for almost two years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ security state just took China ’ s word for what was going on in the early days is preposterous .
So what ’ s going on here ?
Similar to Russiagate , the increased focus on directing our ten minutes of hate at the Chinese provides cover for the elites , but Chinagate is far more dangerous because the narrative will prove far more convincing for many Americans .
Although Russiagate was rapidly embraced by people with severe Trump Derangement Syndrome , most people just didn ’ t buy into it or care @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actually believed the Russians were responsible for our major problems at home , but when it comes to China the argument can be far more persuasive because many aspects of the economic relationship between the U.S. and China are in fact problematic .
Specifically , the U.S. transformed itself from a nation of producers and builders into a nation of debt-driven consumption slaves over the past five decades .
While China played a key role in this process , it wasn ’ t the driver .
Did China force the U.S. to abandon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the transition from an industrial empire into a financial one ?
Did China convince us to repeal Glass-Steagall , or lie about WMD in Iraq ?
Did China put a gun to our manufacturing executives ’ heads and force them to offshore manufacturing , or did the executives do that with greed filled eyes while earning billions upon billions from labor arbitrage ?
China may have directly benefited from five decades of avarice-driven policy crimes committed by American “ elites , ” but they didn ’ t cause them .
They are entirely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than Russiagate because very serious fundamental problems within the U.S.-China economic relationship do exist .
I don ’ t deny this , and I ’ m in favor of actual policies that would incentivize the American people to become producers and builders as opposed to castrated debt zombies .
The problem is many of the people ratcheting up the volume on the evils of China ( I don ’ t deny the abundance of evil ) aren ’ t interested in bringing liberty and production back to America .
Rather , they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your freedoms , economically and politically .
The same people who ’ ve been in charge of the country for the entire 21st century remain in charge .
Presidential politics is pure theater in an empire .
Think about it , the same people who brought you endless war , the surveillance panopticon and perpetual Wall Street crime and bailouts are supposed to take on China ?
The same China that made so many of them fabulously wealthy ?
Give me a fucking break .
The elitist agenda isn ’ t to use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ production to our shores , but to use heightened emotional fear to tighten their domestic power grip .
The idea is to use Chinese authoritarianism as a model for the U.S. Unsurprisingly , the usual suspects are already coming out of their snake holes to advocate for exactly that .
We saw this a few days ago when Harvard Law Professor and former George W. Bush administration lawyer , Jack Goldsmith , explicitly called for Chinese-like censorship of speech on the internet .
By all means advocate for a reshuffling of the relationship @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lead to more freedom , resilience and economic vitality at home and I ’ ll support it , but don ’ t tell me we need to become China in order to defeat China .
If we ’ re dumb enough to fall for that , we ’ ll get exactly what we deserve .
Good and hard .
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I’ve become convinced the next major event that’ll be used to further centralize power and escalate domestic authoritarianism will center around U.S.-China tensions. We haven’t witnessed this “event” yet, but there’s a good chance it’ll occur within the next year or two. Currently, the front runner appears to be a major aggressive move by China into Hong Kong, but it could be anything really. Taiwan, the South China Sea, currency, economic or cyber warfare; the flash points are numerous and growing by the day. Something is going to snap and when it does we better be prepared to not act like mindless imbeciles for the fourth time this century. When that day arrives, and it’s likely not too far off, certain factions will try to sell you on the monstrous idea that we must become more like China to defeat China. We’ll be told we need more centralization, more authoritarianism, and less freedom and civil liberties or China will win. Such talk is nonsense and the wise way to respond is to reject the worst aspects of the Chinese system and head the other way. – From my 2019 piece: Two Paths Forward with China – The Good and The Bad
Here's an excellent in-depth analysis of Ron Unz's recent bombshell article which argues that COVID is a biowar attack by Neocons in the US government against China, from the FTN podcast. See the full article and transcript here.
As the clownish farce that is Russiagate slinks back into the psyop dumpster from which it emerged, an even more destructive narrative has metastasized following the U.S. government’s incompetent response to covid-19.
It was a fairytale invented by people intentionally putting their heads in the sand in order to avoid confrontation with political reality and to keep their cushy gravy-train of entrenched corruption going. It was clear to me from the start that Russiagate was a nonsensical narrative wildly embraced by a variety of powerful people in the wake of Trump’s election merely to serve their own ends. For establishment Democrats, it was a way to pretend Hillary Clinton didn’t actually lose because she was a wretched status quo candidate with a destructive track record, but she lost due to “foreign meddling.” This allowed those involved in her campaign to deflect blame, but it also short-circuited any discussion of the merits of populism and widespread voter dissatisfaction (within both parties) percolating throughout the land.
Russiagate was likewise embraced by the national security state (imperial apparatus) for similar reasons. Like establishment Democrats, the national security state also wanted to prevent the narrative that the status quo was rejected in the 2016 election from spreading. It was incentivized to pretend Hillary’s loss was the result of gullible Americans being duped by crafty Russians in order to manufacture the idea that U.S. society was healthy and normal if not for some external enemy.
Another primary driver for the national security state was to punish Russia for acting like a sovereign state as opposed to a colony of U.S. empire in recent years. Russia has been an increasingly serious thorn in the side of unipolarism advocates over the past decade by performing acts such as buying gold, providing safe harbor for Edward Snowden, and thwarting the dreams of regime change in Syria. Such acts could not go unpunished.
So Russiagate served its purpose. It wasted our time for much of Trump’s first term and it helped prevent Bernie Sanders from winning the Democratic nomination. Now we get Chinagate.
When the premier empire on the planet starts blaming external enemies for its internal problems, you know it’s almost always an excuse to let your own elites off the hook and further erode civil liberties. While it appears the novel coronavirus covid-19 did in fact come from China, and China tried to discourage other countries from taking decisive action in the early days, our internal political actors blaming China for their own lack of preparation and timely reaction is patently ridiculous.
The entire world saw China shutdown the entire city of Wuhan shuttering factories and the economy. Anyone with two eyes and half a brain could see they were ACTING as if this were very serious. I bought masks, hand sanitizer, lysol wipes at the end of January. Why didn't State? https://t.co/oECvvxbV0K — Stacy Herbrrrt (@stacyherbert) April 23, 2020
If Stacy and myself were able to see the situation clearly and respond early, why couldn’t our government? This isn’t rocket science. The Chinese were acting as if the world had ended in cities across the country and we’re supposed to believe U.S. leaders simply listened to what the CCP was saying as opposed to what they were doing? How does that make any sense?
It makes even less sense considering the Trump administration has been in an explicit cold war with China for almost two years. This concept that the American national security state just took China’s word for what was going on in the early days is preposterous. So what’s going on here? Similar to Russiagate, the increased focus on directing our ten minutes of hate at the Chinese provides cover for the elites, but Chinagate is far more dangerous because the narrative will prove far more convincing for many Americans.
Although Russiagate was rapidly embraced by people with severe Trump Derangement Syndrome, most people just didn’t buy into it or care. Only the most dimwitted amongst us actually believed the Russians were responsible for our major problems at home, but when it comes to China the argument can be far more persuasive because many aspects of the economic relationship between the U.S. and China are in fact problematic. Specifically, the U.S. transformed itself from a nation of producers and builders into a nation of debt-driven consumption slaves over the past five decades. While China played a key role in this process, it wasn’t the driver.
Did China force the U.S. to abandon gold convertibility in 1971, thus beginning the transition from an industrial empire into a financial one? Did China convince us to repeal Glass-Steagall, or lie about WMD in Iraq? Did China put a gun to our manufacturing executives’ heads and force them to offshore manufacturing, or did the executives do that with greed filled eyes while earning billions upon billions from labor arbitrage? China may have directly benefited from five decades of avarice-driven policy crimes committed by American “elites,” but they didn’t cause them. They are entirely homegrown.
Yep, the only people who benefit from the external enemy obsession are the people who actually wrecked this country.
Our own “elites.” https://t.co/bYZDH3cflW — Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) April 18, 2020
Chinagate is far more dangerous than Russiagate because very serious fundamental problems within the U.S.-China economic relationship do exist. I don’t deny this, and I’m in favor of actual policies that would incentivize the American people to become producers and builders as opposed to castrated debt zombies. The problem is many of the people ratcheting up the volume on the evils of China (I don’t deny the abundance of evil) aren’t interested in bringing liberty and production back to America. Rather, they’re trying to take away more of your freedoms, economically and politically.
Wall Street and the national security state (empire) ransacked and hollowed out this country. It wasn’t your neighbor, it wasn’t immigrants and it wasn’t an external enemy.
Know who did this and never forget it. — Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) April 22, 2020
The same people who’ve been in charge of the country for the entire 21st century remain in charge. Presidential politics is pure theater in an empire. Think about it, the same people who brought you endless war, the surveillance panopticon and perpetual Wall Street crime and bailouts are supposed to take on China? The same China that made so many of them fabulously wealthy? Give me a fucking break.
The elitist agenda isn’t to use anger at China to bring freedom and production to our shores, but to use heightened emotional fear to tighten their domestic power grip. The idea is to use Chinese authoritarianism as a model for the U.S.
The post covid-19 elitist wet dream here is pretty transparent. Convince everyone to be a compliant farm animal on an imperial plantation.
To defeat China and all. — Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) April 27, 2020
Unsurprisingly, the usual suspects are already coming out of their snake holes to advocate for exactly that. We saw this a few days ago when Harvard Law Professor and former George W. Bush administration lawyer, Jack Goldsmith, explicitly called for Chinese-like censorship of speech on the internet.
In the great debate of the past two decades about freedom versus control of the network, China was largely right and the United States was largely wrong. Significant monitoring and speech control are inevitable components of a mature and flourishing internet, and governments must play a large role in these practices to ensure that the internet is compatible with a society’s norms and values.
By all means advocate for a reshuffling of the relationship between the U.S. and China that will lead to more freedom, resilience and economic vitality at home and I’ll support it, but don’t tell me we need to become China in order to defeat China. If we’re dumb enough to fall for that, we’ll get exactly what we deserve. Good and hard.
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russia-insider--2020-05-01--NYTimes, WashPo Reporting on Iran Read Like Neocon, State Dept Press Releases

Operating as imperial mouthpieces , US establishment media are hostile toward all sovereign independent nations on its target list for regime change .
They ’ re countries unwilling to sacrifice their sovereign rights to US interests .
Iran tops the list of Middle East nations Washington wants transformed into a vassal state — to gain control over its vast hydrocarbon resources and eliminate Israel ’ s main rival .
Ignoring endless US wars on humanity at home and abroad , and Iran ’ s regional peace , stability and mutual cooperation agenda , the NYT earlier turned truth on its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like a State Department propaganda press release — published by the Times , consistent with its press agent services for the state .
The above characterization is polar opposite how Iran operates , abhorrent of endless wars , related violence , and repression in all forms .
They ’ re US , NATO , Israeli specialties , including atrocities , what the Times and other establishment media consistently ignore — blaming victims of US high crimes for what ’ s committed against them .
Despite US war on Iran by other means , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ medical terrorism , the Islamic Republic is way outdoing the US in combating COVID-19 .
The US leads the world with over 960,000 outbreaks and around 55,000 deaths because of Trump regime failings in dealing with the coronavirus , notably his regime ’ s indifference toward the health and welfare of ordinary people at home and abroad .
On Saturday , Iranian deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi announced significant progress in containing COVID-19 outbreaks , saying the following : Outbreaks are 50 % below their peak numbers , deaths down about 70 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ obstacles on the country , its ruling authorities and people .
Overall , nations illegally sanctioned by the US are more successful than the world ’ s richest country in containing and dealing with coronavirus outbreaks .
It ’ s testimony to their public health diligence compared to Trump and congressional indifference toward all things relating to the rights , needs and welfare of ordinary people .
Iranian President Rouhani noted that things “ are on the path to control the disease , ” adding : “ The path to fighting and controlling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without the support of the people.
” Outbreaks in Iran number about 89,000 , the death toll around 5,600 .
Over 66,000 infected Iranians recovered and are well again .
Leave it to the neocon/CIA house organ Washington Post to throw cold water on its remarkable public health accomplishments .
WaPo falsely claimed its efforts to combat COVID-19 created a “ breeding ground for human rights abuse ” — a bald-faced Big Lie .
WaPo didn ’ t stop there , falsely claiming coronavirus outbreaks in Iran “ brought its leadership ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plain sight ( sic ) .
” The above clearly applies to the US , notably Trump , hardliners surrounding him , and their congressional counterparts — not the Islamic Republic .
When it comes to human and civil rights abuses on a global scale , the US is unmatched in its viciousness — at war on humanity worldwide with no end of it in prospect in contrast to Iran at peace with its neighbors , threatening none .
WaPo : “ COVID is exacerbating the government ’ s assault on the rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most disturbing is that readers believe this and other establishment media Big Lies about Iran and other nations on the US target list for regime change .
Separately weeks earlier , Wall Street Journal editors said with world attention focused on containing COVID-19 outbreaks , it ’ s “ no time to end Iran sanctions.
” The Journal ignored their flagrant illegality , their harm on ordinary people in nations where imposed , and their consistent ineffectiveness in achieving imperial aims .
Sanctions reveal US viciousness .
Its regimes get away with imposing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ imperial rage do nothing .
They also reveal US weakness , not strength .
Throughout the post-WW II era , the US used and continues using this tactic on targeted nations it doesn ’ t control .
Yet they never succeeded in serving its imperial interests , never toppling a sitting government , never turning populations against their ruling authorities .
Notably when the US attacks nations aggressively , popular support for governments in charge most often increase .
It ’ s because who else can people have to turn for support in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true in Britain during the blitz , true in Libya under Gaddafi when attacked by US-led NATO aggressively , true in Syria under Assad , and true in illegally sanctioned Iran .
Most Iranians support their government ’ s opposition to US imperial viciousness against their nation ’ s sovereignty They oppose regime change and the JCPOA they initially strongly supported — against it now because of no benefits it brought since Trump took office .
Iran is the region ’ s leading proponent of peace , stability , cooperative relations , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ free from the scourge of nuclear weapons .
The US is an unparalleled belligerent on the world stage , perpetually at war , abhorrent of peace , disdainful toward ordinary people everywhere — a fantasy democracy , never the real thing .

Operating as imperial mouthpieces, US establishment media are hostile toward all sovereign independent nations on its target list for regime change.
They’re countries unwilling to sacrifice their sovereign rights to US interests.
Iran tops the list of Middle East nations Washington wants transformed into a vassal state — to gain control over its vast hydrocarbon resources and eliminate Israel’s main rival.
Ignoring endless US wars on humanity at home and abroad, and Iran’s regional peace, stability and mutual cooperation agenda, the NYT earlier turned truth on its head, falsely claiming
“Tehran uses religious arguments, anti-imperialist nationalism, and neo-Stalinist repression to ensure compliance (sic).”
The above reads like a State Department propaganda press release — published by the Times, consistent with its press agent services for the state.
The above characterization is polar opposite how Iran operates, abhorrent of endless wars, related violence, and repression in all forms.
They’re US, NATO, Israeli specialties, including atrocities, what the Times and other establishment media consistently ignore — blaming victims of US high crimes for what’s committed against them.
Despite US war on Iran by other means, notably Trump’s sanctions war and medical terrorism, the Islamic Republic is way outdoing the US in combating COVID-19.
The US leads the world with over 960,000 outbreaks and around 55,000 deaths because of Trump regime failings in dealing with the coronavirus, notably his regime’s indifference toward the health and welfare of ordinary people at home and abroad.
On Saturday, Iranian deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi announced significant progress in containing COVID-19 outbreaks, saying the following:
“There is a declining trend in corona disease in most provinces, and this has been the result of effective actions by the people and the government.”
Outbreaks are 50% below their peak numbers, deaths down about 70%, remarkable results given enormous US imposed obstacles on the country, its ruling authorities and people.
Overall, nations illegally sanctioned by the US are more successful than the world’s richest country in containing and dealing with coronavirus outbreaks.
It’s testimony to their public health diligence compared to Trump and congressional indifference toward all things relating to the rights, needs and welfare of ordinary people.
Iranian President Rouhani noted that things “are on the path to control the disease,” adding:
“The path to fighting and controlling this disease definitely cannot be traversed without the support of the people.”
Outbreaks in Iran number about 89,000, the death toll around 5,600. Over 66,000 infected Iranians recovered and are well again.
Leave it to the neocon/CIA house organ Washington Post to throw cold water on its remarkable public health accomplishments.
WaPo falsely claimed its efforts to combat COVID-19 created a “breeding ground for human rights abuse” — a bald-faced Big Lie.
WaPo didn’t stop there, falsely claiming coronavirus outbreaks in Iran “brought its leadership’s incompetence, corruption and oppressive rule into plain sight (sic).”
The above clearly applies to the US, notably Trump, hardliners surrounding him, and their congressional counterparts — not the Islamic Republic.
When it comes to human and civil rights abuses on a global scale, the US is unmatched in its viciousness — at war on humanity worldwide with no end of it in prospect in contrast to Iran at peace with its neighbors, threatening none.
WaPo: “COVID is exacerbating the government’s assault on the rights of Iranian citizens.”
What’s most disturbing is that readers believe this and other establishment media Big Lies about Iran and other nations on the US target list for regime change.
Separately weeks earlier, Wall Street Journal editors said with world attention focused on containing COVID-19 outbreaks, it’s “no time to end Iran sanctions.”
The Journal ignored their flagrant illegality, their harm on ordinary people in nations where imposed, and their consistent ineffectiveness in achieving imperial aims.
Sanctions reveal US viciousness. Its regimes get away with imposing them because nations able to challenge its imperial rage do nothing.
They also reveal US weakness, not strength. Throughout the post-WW II era, the US used and continues using this tactic on targeted nations it doesn’t control.
Yet they never succeeded in serving its imperial interests, never toppling a sitting government, never turning populations against their ruling authorities.
Notably when the US attacks nations aggressively, popular support for governments in charge most often increase.
It’s because who else can people have to turn for support in times of great duress.
It was true in Britain during the blitz, true in Libya under Gaddafi when attacked by US-led NATO aggressively, true in Syria under Assad, and true in illegally sanctioned Iran.
Most Iranians support their government’s opposition to US imperial viciousness against their nation’s sovereignty
They oppose regime change and the JCPOA they initially strongly supported — against it now because of no benefits it brought since Trump took office.
Iran is the region’s leading proponent of peace, stability, cooperative relations, the rule of law, and a world free from the scourge of nuclear weapons.
The US is an unparalleled belligerent on the world stage, perpetually at war, abhorrent of peace, disdainful toward ordinary people everywhere — a fantasy democracy, never the real thing.


russia-insider--2020-05-01--The Overwhelming Evidence Alexander Hamilton Was a Secret Jew - Part 2 (FTN Podcast, Audio + Transcr

The Overwhelming Evidence Alexander Hamilton Was a Secret Jew - Part 2 (FTN Podcast, Audio + Transcript)

In addition to their 'Week in Review ' coverage of political news , the FTN team does an amazing job with their so-called 'Deep Dives ' , in-depth investigations on varied subjects , from historical revisionism to how are dirt poor Latinos getting the money for the expensive journey to the US ( you guessed it , 'money-lenders ' , charging 50 % per year . )
- and many , many more .
It is a hugely valuable archive , available to subscribers .
FTN recently made this episode available to the general public , ( it was behind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the whole thing on their YouTube Channel or at the website .
This episode is one of their most earth-shattering , and sure to be a big draw for anyone interested in US history .
Highly recommended .
Truth to Power will be bringing you excerpts from this important episode over the coming days .
Jazz , James , and Borzoi dive deep into the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton , one of America ’ s most astro-turfed founding fathers .
Little is known about Hamilton ’ s early life , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a framer of the U.S. Constitution , first Secretary of the Treasury , creator of the nation ’ s first national bank , the architect of the inherently corrupt system of debt-financed capitalism we are saddled with today , chief author of The Federalist Papers , master of media manipulation , election meddler , and almost but never actually President of the United States .
Rest assured , we thoroughly smash that early life in order to fully understand the identity of the man himself ; who he is , where he comes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and ultimately , in turn , how he shaped the world itself .
Only once one fully understands Hamilton from those perspectives , do the trajectory and context of subsequent historical events , from war to immigration , finance to foreign policy , and from consumerism to vulture capitalism , become crystal clear .
We 've included a clip about Hamilton 's little known Jewish education in childhood , but we highly recommend you check out the full epdisode .
The full episode is now on FTN 's YouTube channel , embedded below @ @ @ @ @ @ @ About the FTN and TRS podcasts : FTN and the other podcasts on the TRS podcast platform have become required listening for anyone serious about understanding American politics .
In a highly professional and competent manner , they analyze topics , including Jewish influence , that others wo n't .
The FTN podcast in particular is hard news focused , delivering fresh dissident angles on current events that ruthlessly challenge the mainstream narrative .
Some of their episodes are free to the public , while others are behind a $ 10 monthly paywall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ journalism today because you get access to several excellent shows for that price .
We highly recommend Eric Striker 's , ( editor of the excellent National Justice website ) , and Mike Enoch 's 'Strike and Mike ' ( 1X per week ) which are also more hard news focused .
The Daily Shoah with Mike Enoch , Jesse Dunstan , and Alex McNabb , ( 3X per week ) , which is a less formal , Joe Rogan style radio talk show , is also excellent .
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