On the basis of America always accusing others of doing what the US wants to do, it’s notable how many times the Western MSM have parroted the claim that “Russia / Putin is losing, so will use nuclear weapons”
Since Russia is NOT losing, and enjoys well-night unstoppable escalation dominance with their very modern, very effective conventional arsenal, this seems a repeat of the “Saddam Hussein WMD” claims of the US, and might be just as dangerous.
It will be interesting (and very educational) to see how Russia responds to Lithuania’s breach of the rail corridor agreement between Russia and Kaliningrad. Also, one wonders just “who” thought this might be a good provocation, especially in the current very tense climate.
My observations lead me to believe that many Americans, inexplicably, are cheering on Ukraine as a civic duty. This is on the heels of decades worth of deadly, disastrous foreign policy adventures that benefit no one.
There is nothing patriotic about being stupid.
In light of this it would come as no surprise if Russia does indeed conclude a *massive* first strike is their best path to survival and elimination of their perpetual enemies.
Is the USA considering a nuclear first strike?? Unless they have some secret super weapons that I am not aware of, I doubt it. However, as Gonzalo asserts, the “Biden” regime needs some massive distraction(s) from domestic USA reality in order to stay in power and/or a pretext to declare a national emergency. While I doubt they will choose a nuclear exchange with Russia, some sort of war is likely. Not to be ruled out is a war on the American people (mostly Biden’s opponents) under various pretexts.
There’s conscious and unconscious bias in human beings. I think it’s also in nations and in foreign policy as well. In martial arts there are blows that can kill. There are those in the military that are looking at first strike against Russia and planners that think violations of the ABM and INF treaties are OK, and think they have successfully abrogated these treaties, and it’s ok to have these missile sites in Romania and Poland, and OK to develop all these new technologies for first strike and expand NATO militarization to Russia’s borders, to defend those missile bases and air bases, and it’s a good trick.
So if we are not conscious of what is unconscious, an unconscious bias may destroy the world as surely as that Doomsday Machine that Ritter and Ellsberg talk about, the Russian Dead Hand system. Those bases in Rumania and Poland may be designed to kill the Dead Hand system to alleviate the effects of the retaliatory second strike.
Not good news Gonzalo Lira, but realistic news and truth. I don’t want escalation, but I knew from the beginning our reprobate government would. They having chose the evil end.
I was thinking it would happen in Transnistra since Russia retains a large arms stockpile there and a military cadre. Russia does not officially recognize the independence of Transnistria; nevertheless, Russia maintains special relations with Transnistria in the political, military, cultural, and economic spheres. However, Gonzalo makes sense.
Transnistra is a good calculation but the people of Moldova are turning out en masse against their pro-US government and maybe provoking Transnistra would result in America losing its foothold next door. Poland however is insane and I think Gonzalo is right about them being the NATO vanguard.
Wesley Clark has already shown us the path that remains for the empire in Europe, it is to win or lose power on the entire planet. Gonzalo only comes to confirm what the AngloZionist elites headed by the United States are planning and as true criminals with known criminal records they will not hesitate to try to repeat a new Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
Can everyone stop using the word ELITES. There nothing elite in any of them.
They are
Political aristocracy
Military aristocracy
Financial aristocracy
Banking aristocracy
Sexual evil aristocracy.
Spy aristocracy.
Everyone else the planet is the down trodden, suffering masses. Soon to be slaves with a used by QR code.
No jab no job
No jab no medical care
No jab no shopping for food-delivery only.
No jab no leaving your assigned work room.
Free internet
Free compulsory porn channels.
So far only the last two have not become law.
Hope I have not offended you, but frankly, l no longer give a dam about the entire sh*t show.
Who’s fault is it ..We the people, that’s who. This video may just be the last warning.
I agree that the word “elites” is wrong, that is what they want to be called in the media.
What they really are are US government criminal looters. Simple.
Dear Aaron and Harvey…I’m sorry that the term I used has bothered you, but to respect the rules of the forum I do not write expletives or personal insults and I prefer to use the Russian golden rule for diplomacy when referring to all the thieving, murderous, servile scourge and exceptionalist as “our partners”, so I used “elites”.
I am not at all bothered by your answers and I take it as a good observation. Best regards
Can everyone stop using the word ELITES. There nothing elite in any of them.
They are
Political aristocracy Political kleptocracy
Military aristocracy Military kleptocracy
Financial aristocracy Financial kleptocracy
Banking aristocracy Banking kleptocracy, banksters having installed a system of usury they call ‘interest’
Sexual evil aristocracy. Sexual and society destroying kleptocracy
Spy aristocracy. Banksters’ spying and strong arm kleptocracy.
Dear friend, just to let you know that so called Lithuanian gov’t, is not in charge of country called Lithuania. American Embassy in Vilnius (capital of Lithuania), gives all the orders to socalled Lithuanian gov’t. This is happening since 1990s (collapse of USSR). 30+ years, Lithuanians are slaves and under siege from US and Western Europe (similar to Ukraine). In fact, majority of Lithuanians, can’t wait till Russia comes back and liberates them from wicked western rules and laws. Ordinary Lithuanians have enough of western “values and culture”, perverts, pedophiles, gay parades, etc…
If he’s correct and things seriously kick off, I’m very sure the US and NATO and 5Eyes idiots will not only be fighting Russia. They will be fighting China at the same time.
Good luck with that.
In order to comprehend what the Western Powers & specifically, the US power is doing, you have to start studying the US Financial Center and what it is purposely doing. It’s all for nought if we can’t take the time to learn.
Joseph Biden is in a stable condition after falling off his bicycle during a fun ride. His advisors were initially concerned that this could delay signing off on his next arms shipment to Ukraine.
Update –
Doctors have given Joe the all clear after samples were taken from his colostomy bag.
A senior hospital consultant later stated that further neurosurgery was unnecessary as his advanced dementia should take its natural course.
Not that it’s doing to make a difference. More Kabuki theater.
Do you think the puppet masters give a damn about Constitutionality ?
They wave the “Constitution” as “justification” while essentially taking a squat on it.
They use the Constitution as enough honey on a turd to sell it as baklava.
If anyone still believes in the Constitution as the law of the land, I’ve got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.
Not quite true regarding Russia’s position being they will only use nukes if attacked with nukes. Putin has said he will use nukes if Russia faces an existential threat, which suggests it doesn’t necessarily need to be of a nuclear nature. But the rest of Gonzo’s message is reasonable. I’m in Poland, and there are definitely a lot of nuts here who are gung ho on provoking Russia.
That still implies that Russia will only use nuclear weapons if under very serious threat and of course the most catastrophic existential threat would come from such weapons. This is in complete contrast to the US which includes first strike as a military option even when there is no threat, never mind existential !
I don’t think Russia needs nuclear weapons, in any setting to respond to an existential threat. Consistently, in almost every speech, there is a reference to non-nuclear weapons far worse than nuclear in terms of destruction. I think we are close to those being revealed.
maybe scott ritter thinks that the nuclear threat will deter the chinese from defending their interests .
the usa has only one trump card left in it’s hand, first nuclear strike, but china, and russia for that matter, won’t flinch.
so it’s up to the usa to back down or go down in flames…
There is a bit more to it. A few years back Russias doctrine was updated.
The background was Empires brilliant idea of making low yield tactical nukes. The thinking was that due to the more limited damage from a smaller charge, they could be used as part of regular combat.
Russia warned about this development, and later revised and made clear it’s nuclear doctrine. It was stated that as a consequence of developments, any missile entering Russian territory would be treated as Nuclear. Also, there would be no proportional responce to an nuclear attack … the responce would be full strength.
Now, with Ukraine toying with the idea of sending rockets into Russia proper … we’re already living on the edge of the abyss.
It may be emotionally satisfying for some to hear what Ritter is saying, which appears to be the entire point. His wild extremes are intended to emotionally manipulate, and he is no longer an unbiased source for analysis.
The problem for Lithuania is that Russia supplies most (if not ALL) of their energy needs, and this action would certainly place such supplies at risk – especially since the agreement has been in place for the past 30 years.
Whilst almost certainly NOT the initiator of WW3, nevertheless this is an interesting development, presumably orchestrated “behind the scenes” by the usual suspects, for the usual reasons.
All very good Gonzo, but CNN headlines are reporting “Kellyanne Conway critcizes husband over stance on Trump”. The average American does not know that there is even a war going on in the Ukraine, let alone know where the Ukraine is. What are they to make of your video no matter how much truth you are saying?
On WHAT PLANET does a devoted humanitarian go on a humanitarian mission to Ukraine and end up (through random circumstance and poor choices) firing an RPG on a Russian tank on the front lines? I know a lot of very educated progressives who are hopeless but these two the cake if they are telling the truth.
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If anyone reading this has any insight, I would be interested to know if they might be INTEL instead of the hapless volunteers they claim to be? Their entire stories seem absolutely absurd. IMHO
“On WHAT PLANET does a devoted humanitarian go on a humanitarian mission to Ukraine and end up (through random circumstance and poor choices) firing an RPG on a Russian tank on the front lines? I know a lot of very educated progressives who are hopeless but these two the cake if they are telling the truth.”
Probably on a planet where a couple of Americans made stupid choices and now are attempting to plan a way to get out of their situation without taking a few 7.62×39mm rounds to the chest. Say anything regardless of how absurd. The name of the game in the Empire Of Lies is to – Lie.
In Russian historical traditions, it is customary to hang, rather than shoot, mercenaries, traitors or Nazis. Russians consider death from a bullet worthy, but not from a noose. It would have been better if these two American fools had shot themselves in the head instead of being captured.
If these two clowns say they came to the Ukraine on their own, they would be mercenaries, and probably would end up getting shot or hanged. Now if they say they are U.S. military sent to the Ukraine under orders, they would be sent back to the U.S.A. after spending a little time in some Gulag. It will be interesting to hear what these guys will be saying over the next few weeks. It will be interesting to see how the Press and the U.S. State department will massage this one.
Wow! Glad you found them (sic.) Just a couple days ago I was watching a clip on a U.S. late nite news show where a U.S. State department spokesman was saying these two clowns, err U.S. citzens, were “lost”, and every effort was being made to “find” them. So much for real news in the U.S.A.
Serve these guys some apple pie, and thank them for their service to our country…..
Regional accents in America are no longer as pronounced as they once were, but upon listening to the first guy I can tell you he doesn’t sound like he’s from Alabama. My guess would be Midwest or western United States, a region spanning from Indiana to as far west as the Dakotas or Wyoming, and possibly as far south as Utah. His pronunciation of Kharkov and Mikolayev are excellent for an American.
This was a sickening interview. These men will both be executed and it was haunting to see their self-realisation of this fact. The first had the benefit of life experience, and it was clear he knew the DPR-ers are not succeptible to “the narrative.” The second was ignorant, appeared entirely motivated by fear and will likely not die well when the time comes. I have a much better understanding of the historical Nazis after watching this.
I am only curious about your sources of information. I know you must not reveal any sources that are within reach of the SBU or the CIA or any other such demons. I am only curious if these views are your own philosophy or if you have economic or military sources for such figures as “1,000 Ukrainian soldiers are killed or wounded … .” Where do you come up with the figures?
Just curious.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy listening to you and I believe you are credible, but then again what you say is what I want to hear, so I am perhaps biased. I do not listen to MSM at all. I began with questioning why on earth the US destroyed Yugoslavia, then Iraq, then Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and here I am.
Those killed are only part of the story. A higher number are injured, many critically, and they will consume resources that Ukraine lacks. Also, they are effectively removed as a component of the number of available combatants, so the drain on the Ukraine military may be considerably higher than we suppose.
At what stage the entire system ceases to be effective (let alone functional) we have yet to see.
Politicians in the US (and many in Europe) serve at the will of – and in the interest of – the military industrial complex. They are puppets, not leaders. Can anyone even imagine Biden having nuclear launch codes? They would be safer with a drunk schizophrenic meth addict.
Just as the Pentagon derailed the shipment of predator drones to Ukriane they will not allow nuclear war to end their rigged game. They are in the business of war, but a nuclear war will put them out of business.
Further provocations are intended to reinforce the rapidly declining EU/NATO support for the US war against Russia and to create even more demand for US military spending (because too much is never enough).
For reference, if you had bought $1,000 of Raytheon stock in 1995 it would be worth over $275,000 today. That is a 100% increase in the original investment every year for 27 years. And now you’re going to start a nuclear war?
Then again … there we have no shortage of psychopaths. I pray for sanity, and I am not religious.
FWIW I remember somewhere that Biden was never given access to the nuke codes and never will be. Take it with a grain of salt, but it would be consistent with a few other things about who’s in charge at the Pentagon, i.e., that the Biden regime doesn’t have total control over there.
Gonzalo is correct in that the Americans, both left and right, will do nothing in response. They are all waiting for the 2023 elections to save them in the direction of either left or right. The US military/police just want a taxpayer subsidized pay check. The population as a whole (minus the 1% that served in the military) have no idea what real suffering a war on the homeland will bring. And the Leftist voters are just useful idiots to be cast aside should the Globalists elite win this war – very stupid people!
FWIW, the Governor of the Kaliningrad Oblast, Anton Alikhanov, has issued a statement pointing out the simple fact that Lithuania’s measures run counter to provisions of the agreement on Lithuania’s accession to the European Union.
His comment that “these steps are illegal and may entail far-reaching implications for Lithuania and the European Union” would seem to be a gross understatement of the potential consequences and their scope. On the other hand, they are consistent with all of Russia’s other efforts from the beginning to avoid the escalation of armed conflict if at all possible. That possibility looks increasingly doubtful to this observer.
Not only in Lithuania is Russia being provoked, but not a day after Macron, Scholtz and Draghi visited Kiev, we hear of new language restrictions being imposed in all schools in Nikolayev (Mykolaiv) from 1 September. There will no longer be classes taught in Russian at any level.
After Donetsk comes Zaporizhia (didn’t Russia recently say this oblast was part of the corridor to Crimea?), then Kherson (already in Russian hands), then Mykolaiv. The road to Moldova (and Odessa) is not so hard to discern.
Negotiations? Maybe not.
Meanwhile, Russia gets stronger while the U.S. and the E.U. get weaker and more fractured. Winter is not so far away.
An interesting aside on the role of the U.S. in all this is watching the U.S. quietly start buying Russian fertiliser after getting the E.U. to ban it. The Yanks are eating Europe’s lunch just like they ate Australia’s lunch after getting the Ozzie government to provoke China over the origins of Covid. This brought about a halt to Ozzie barley going to China. Guess who filled that shortfall?
Don’t tell that to the average Aussie, Mate! Most of the population believe the sun shines out of the US’s bum, and that America “would never do anything to damage Australia’s interests!”
The fact that America doesn’t give a damn about anyone’s interests other than American interests is lost on the local populace.
If a “real” war was / is to break out in Europe, rest assured the Aussies will support the US up to the hilt.
Russian nuclear deterrence is very simple,there are 7m jews (incl 750k US citizens) concentrated in tiny israel available for instant wipe out, just four nukes and the surrounding Arabs/Palestinians will finish the job. Russia has made it clear that israel will be a first retaliation target if the great saran ever nukes Russian territory, its upto the billmahers, blinkins, nulandmans, shermans, schiffs,etc (who now rule in the US) to be on their talk shows 24/7 working overtime in Congress too, to stop the wasps at the Pentagon from doing anything silly or their 7m khazar tribesmen occupying Palestine will be toast. Therefore with no threat of incoming nukes, Russia can start using special “bunker busters” to *DEMILITARISE these nazi devils hiding under 8ft concrete bunkers* built since the 2014 Maidan coup, which theyr currently safely hiding under to shell Russian civilians in Donetsk with such impunity
Any Gaymerica war against russia will end in the anhilation of the american armies because, quite simply, any war against russia will occur within easy reach of russian soil.
America will face supply lines of thousands of miles and russia will face supply lines of zero miles.
War over.
Done and done.
Because the American military KNOWS the last election was stolen via massive fraud, they acknowledge that the biden regime is illegitimate. Thus, the military does not recognize biden as CinC. Therefore, many American military will not follow insane orders from the regime and flag officer class, flag officers being essentially political whores and are bought and paid for stooges of the deep state. Take heart people of the world, there are still patriotic Americans here in the USA and we are just as tired of this crap as the rest of the world and the biden regime will not last. Never assume that the American people are all behind the biden regime, most of us aren’t and we are ready to resist the drive to WWIII.
ignorance of the truth is no excuse for being, well, ignorant. in your case, willful ignorance. The proof has been out in the public realm since Nov 2020, and the the volume and precision of it has only grown sharper. The truth is out and growing, and even die hard dummies will have to see it for what it is.
Biden is illegitimate POTUS – stolen election – cant do it again given level of vote that will need to be overcome with – ballot stuffing / software / hardware – measures
so he will declare martial law – to cancel the state elections – the Red States wont stand for it – and will press on with the elections – the blue will stand by him in the cancellation
so there will be constitutional crisis – this attack in Lith. will be escalated to nuclear quickly by Biden to save the entire SICK AND WRONG super structure of US government.
question is will the military follow?
Nuland / Blinken et al will do anything to save their plan – but the military has a choice to follow the orders
The MIC – in cooperation with the CIA, RNC, and DNC – assures that every presidential election is stolen.
The primary job of the CIA is regime change. Did you think that does not apply to the US? If for some reason they can’t control the president they undermine him (RussiaGate) or assassinate him (JFK).
Bravo for the finish. Yes, every single American could hear this video and still do nothing. The generations born before 1950 were the last ones to believe their wishes mattered and take citizenship seriously. Even those born in 1955 had experienced the murders of JFK, MLK, and RFK, the eye opening Vietnam War era, a shift to full fiat money, Watergate, and an oil crisis, all by the age of 18. After all of that, the idea that citizen action could derail the deep state agenda was pretty well falsified.
Lithuanian government have a death wish. The ‘easiest’ way for Russia to minimize the escalation would be to carve out a piece of Lithuania. The RF could achieve that via passage from Belarus.
There is possibly one positive thing that may be going on in the USA. Devolution. This has been detailed by Patel Patriot. Essentially it means Trump before he left, put the military in control. Why? Because the 2020 Election was rigged and there was foreign involvement in the rigged election. There was internet traffic from overseas into the Dominion and other voting machines. They have the IP addresses and everything. This may come out before the end of this year. So essentially the USA was attacked by a foreign power This set off this emergency and Devolution.
This web site also does the B reports 6 nights a week. The A reports are financial. The B reports are political. They have talked about Devolution and also about how Russia and Putin went after US bioweapons labs in the Ukriane and the globalist money laudering operation in the Ukraine.
Also those bioweapons labs may have been involved with Covid 19 as Russia has detailed and send the reports to the UN. This info has been detailed on Telegram by Bioclandestine and Intel Slava Z plus George Webb on Twitter. Russia may be going after labs in Nicaragua and other central American states. China may go after the bioweapons labs in Taiwan.
There are things going on in at least 6 to 7 US states about the 2020 election. Americans who remember and were paying attention knew that the vote count stopped in these states around Midnight on election night in most o fthese states. We woke up the next day and Biden won. This is all being documented including in the film 2000 Mules done.
Trump knew this was going to happen in advance and signed orders for devolution. Biden may not control the nuclear football. i.e. the launch codes.
What does this all mean? Biden does not control the US Military, if he did, American troops would be fighting in the Ukraine. They can send stuff, they can have paid mercs, C*A, paramilitaries but no real troops. The stolen election can also be nullified through decertifcation. It has happened before.
Okay – so assuming you do not believe any of this.
The U.S. military has back channel communication with the Russian military. Yeah they say no one is talking but they always talked – it is too important. There was back channel connection through the Cold War. The Ukraine is a C*IA and State Dept Op like Syria, Benghazi, etc. The Joint Chiefs of Staff in the military who really count are not onboard with this war. The top US military and top Russian military are talking to insure things do not spin out of control.
This happened before. Remember when Obama had the US Navy off the coast of Syria and the Russians had there navy between the Syrian coast and US Navy? Obama wanted to shoot cruise missiles into Syria. General Martin Dempsey (US Army) was the head of the joint chiefs (all the highest generals and admirals). Dempsey was the top guy from 2011-2015.
Dempsey on a Saturday without an appointment went to the White House and told Obama – No. We will not launch any missiles to start a war with Russia over Syria. I remember this very well. this came very close to starting a war with Russia. Russia was not backing down.
As I said before, I do not think Biden has control of the nuclear football aka the launch codes for the nuclear missiles. The man probably has dementia. Who is really in charge of the US Military and nuclear forces? I think based on Devolution that Patel Patriot has pointed out, I think the US. Joint Chiefs. I am praying he is right.
I’m no Trumplethinskin fan and I didn’t sleep checking on those 5 late State calls (turn those machines back on you CIA b*stards ) but I’m 99.99% certain he, no the American voters, in those States were cheated. Biden had to win 80%+ of the remaining 5% -10% of the uncounted votes in those SWING States. HIGHLY UNLIKELY. Biden needed a clean sweep.
Let’s get Andrei Martyanov to do the math – R = 0.8 x 0.8 x 0.8 x 0.8 x 0,8 = approximately (no calculator to the nearest fraction 1/4 or 25%. Add in the early morning delivery of the suitcases of ballots (ballot stuffing ), the dismissal of Republican observers from the counting areas, the machine tampering and the fact that the ESTABLISHMENT could not accept another Trump for 4 years, indicates to me a neutral from outside America that Trump was sticked up bigtime. With everything that’s being exposed in America now this ain’t a far fetched conspiracy theory.
You speak the truth but are lacking in one area – our (United States) govt is not beholden to the people. Our elections are rigged and we are an occupied nation.
Sure, you have pockets of citizens in control but as you have seen the federal govt does what it will. The president can order military action with no declaration of war from congress.
There is nothing we can do short of marching on Washington ourselves – don’t hold your breath.
The best thing that can happen for us is for Russia and China to fracture and destroy the current satanic world order who rules over the west.
That will free the remnant of heritage American citizens and most importantly, it will free the world.
Russia is doing a fantastic job of chewing through western weapons stocks. They will chew through the west and its armies. Let us hope we avoid/survive nuclear holocaust.
I like Gonzo; but, with this screed of his, I think Gonzo has gone off the deep end.
An escalation to nuclear weapons by the US requires the permission of the NATO heavy hitters. There is no way in hell, Macron, the Italians or the Germans will be party to that because they know (a) they are impotent and (b) their major cities will likely disappear.
Lots of talk about how a Russian victory in the Ukraine will embarrass Biden and the embarrassment will provoke him into reaching for escalation/nuclear weapons. Biden will not put boots on the ground in Ukraine much less launch a nuclear weapon. Nobody in the US will support either move and he knows it.
Lots of talk about NATO/US staging a situation requiring a NATO escalation/nuclear response. Complete fiction. See two paragraphs above.
A bit naive. Most of continental Europe is vassals of Empire, they will do as told or be liquidated.
Why do you think the NATO Supreme commander for Europe is allways American ?
NATOs defensive program for stopping the üntermench of the barbaric asiatic hordes is nuclear. Always was.
How things are progressing, this time next year 1’000s of Europeans will have frozen to death, starvation will not be uncommon. The only way to stay in power will likely be by declaring a state of emergency. All that is needed is a ‘good’ reason. Time for the good old days of strong leaders, people will demand it.
The US would be unable to make its vassals obey such an order. Its literal suicide to do so since every significant city in Europe and the US would be immediately destroyed.
That Lithuania is impeding the link between Russia and Kaliningrad is the one important news I got from the video. I didn’t know that. I see now it’s sanctioning goods to Kaliningrad.
Economic reasons (inflation, recession) for staging a war with Russia? Does it even sound right?
How does that help the Biden administration in the November elections? Who is the “Biden administration” that plans this war for economic motives? Not Milley or Austin – they are out of the loop regarding inflation or unemployment. Not Ms. Haines or Blinken – they also don’t have the range to evaluate or decide something like that even wrongly. Biden does not want war with Russia. We know that for a fact. He has been very clear on that in public and even in talking to Austin and Blinken, according to media reports. A war with Russia is the end of his political career to him. The Republicans will oust him, maybe even the Democrats. Gonzalo Lira in some way subscribes to the “puppet theory.” Lithuania is only a puppet, ergo the U.S. wants war with Russia. A good example of the failure of this theory.
How long would it take for Russia to roll over Lithuania ?
About as long as it takes for crap to go though a goose.
……and the media will spin it into pate de foie gras.
In the link ‘war is on’ posted above with Darnell & Ray McGovern he came across as a Superstar.
I’ve been saying, he knows his stuff but recently it looked like he’d been got at by the powers that be, however, after watching him on ‘war is on’s’ link then I’ve flipped back.
I think Putin’s speech at SPIEF has had a profound effect on him and he’s back on board.
Ha, ha. Don’t be cruel. He’s like a boxer being bounced around the ring and every time he bounces someone is saying he’s coming back. Don’t get me wrong. He can come back, but this “fight” is over. There’ll be some other occasion for his analysis. Putin gave a great speech and he’s back on the board (that’s cold, WTFUD). If we flip with him, we’re down too, eh?
My Jewish grandmother came from Lithuania. All but two family members were killed in WWII (her father had sent her to the USA long before the war). 96% of Lithuanian Jews were killed in WWII. Yet the Biden administration and notably Blinken and Nuland and many neocons are Jewish. It was the Soviet Union and Russia that put a stop to the Holocaust. Yet these idiots hate the Russia that saved what was left of European Jewry.
That’s what I can’t understand. Here is a song of Jewish partisans from WWII. How could Blinken stoop so low as to essentially support the people who killed so many of his coreligionists?
I married into an Ashkenazi family, so I know how they think. They lack empathy for their fellow human beings, especially the goyim, whom they regard as useful cannon fodder to be exploited, dead or alive.
Many of us have made the effort, over a number of years, to stop this stuff. It has not worked. I don´t know what will happen but, it is not looking good. I will continue to object to the nonstop war mongering, conducted by various ghouls. That said, I shall just try each to live each day the best possible because, if it does kick off there will be no reporting on the ´action´. The news will be cut, lots of thing just won´t exist anymore and no road will remain to go back and get it right. We will just need to rebuild, if possible.
Gonzo while he knows some stuff is like an empty can that makes too much noise. He has no understanding of his fiance and money. The big players don’t want a nuclear war, what sense would that make. They would not have a chance of spending their trillions or enjoying a normal life. The name of the game is to screw the populace and scare the shit out of them so they can print more money without anyone complaining. In the end, they win, its the average joe that suffers. So there will be no nuclear war, maybe some sort of war but no Nuclear war. Lira needs to understand Currency markets, investor sentiment and how to determine trends.
Lira has been “Compromised” since his “House Arrest”.
He was good at Debunking Propaganda Video since he’s a Vid Producer; but outside of that, he’s a Dating Coach and a Website Thief(Economist Steve Keen).
Had NATO waged war on Russia at the time of the SMO, I would have believed that this is the beginning of WW3.
A big however! Russia has dedicated a relatively small military against a quasi-NATO force… and is winning decisively. Russia are deliberately going ‘slow’ in the hope that the Ukranian army surrenders en masse thereby reducing the extent of casualties on both sides.
What RF has also done during this operation is not show all its cards. Neither has RF committed its best forces. This is a true sign to the west that they have not encountered a true war insofar as a true Russian blitzkrieg.
And I have yet to mention Belarus and China should we be in amidst of WW3.
A little setback like Lithuania cutting off the railroad to Kaliningrad can be handled and resolved diplomatically. It’s ba relative nothing burger compared to what has taken place in Ukraine since 2014.
The west is definitely doubling down with its minion armies in Finland and the Baltics but the Russian response to problems caused by these proxies will be swift and clinical.
That is just my humble opinion given my assessment of current day facts.
Sorry but having Lira on here all the time is not a good look.
He does not have any authority.
I read / listen/ watch people like Saker, Martynov, MoA, Ritter, McGovern, Johnson because they are experienced analysts. They are experts in their field.
While Lira can make good points and observations they are not a rock to be anchored to
– He does not have any authority.
Gonzalo Lira has personal experience from Wall Street.
Scott Ritter is an expert on USSR, then he ended up in Middle East
They aren’t as passive as Gonzalo thinks. The drag queen story hour in Seattle, the gayest most liberal city on the US had police snipers on the roof to keep angry parents at bay.
The FBI has been used to terrorize parents who go against school boards.
The fundamental problem here is simple, the US government will no longer respond to its citizens in any useful way. Protests mostly waste time and get people arrested, unless State approved like the George Floyd riots
We could if organized to a common goal make them comply by force but we lack a common goal to organize around and frankly fairly sober people have calculated the resulting ethnic and cultural war would kill at a bare minimum 1/3 of the population and at a maximum, most of it. I’ve seen 70% or even more.
We don’t have anything we want enough to pay that price.
The USA military (as most militaries) is not a monolithic structure. It is sufficient for one or a few crazies (which have been strategically placed in the last decades) to go rogue or “rogue”. The other side (be they Korean, Chinese or Russian) will not be interested in the local US intricacies.
Britain’s top army general has warned UK troops to prepare to fight and beat Putin’s armies in a land war
General Sir Patrick Sanders warned soldiers ‘we must prepare the Army to fight in Europe once again’.
We’ve got to make it clear that we are supporting the Ukrainians in their ambitions… to expel the Russians, expel Putin’s armies, from everything that he has obtained since February 24, and make sure the Ukrainians are not encouraged to go for a bad peace, something that simply wouldn’t endure.’
via intelslavaz
🇺🇦🇺🇸The Pentagon has published a complete list of weapons provided to Ukraine:
▫️ more than 1,400 Stinger man-portable air defense systems;
▫️ More than 6,500 Javelin anti-tank missile systems;
▫️ more than 20,000 other anti-tank weapons;
▫️more than 700 Switchblade kamikaze drones;
▫️126 155mm howitzers and 260,000 155mm artillery shells;
▫️108 tactical vehicles for towing 155mm howitzers;
▫️19 tactical vehicles for the evacuation of equipment;
▫️MLRS HIMARS and ammunition for them;
▫️20 Mi-17 helicopters;
▫️hundreds of armored highly mobile multi-purpose wheeled vehicles;
▫️200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
▫️more than 7000 small arms;
▫️ More than 50 million rounds of ammunition for small arms;
▫️75,000 sets of body armor and helmets;
▫️121 Phoenix Ghost tactical unmanned aerial system;
▫️laser-guided missile systems;
▫️ Puma unmanned aerial systems;
▫️ unmanned coastal defense ships;
▫️22 counter-battery radars;
▫️4 anti-mortar radars;
▫️4 air surveillance radars;
▫️2 Harpoon coastal defense systems;
▫️M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel ammunition;
▫️ S-4 explosives and explosive equipment for clearing interference;
▫️tactical secure communication systems;
▫️ Thousands of night vision devices, thermal imaging systems, optics and laser rangefinders;
▫️commercial satellite imagery services;
▫️ protective equipment for the disposal of explosive objects;
▫️chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear protective equipment;
▫️ medical supplies, including first aid kits;
▫️ means of electronic warfare;
▫️field equipment and spare parts;
▫️Funding training, maintenance and support.
None of this surprises me in the least. When others said there would never be a war I said we are dealing with mad men.
And my criminal Canadian government is involved too. The European leaders are just out of their minds. If we don not stand up and loudly demand they stand down, then get ready for smoke and ash.
I believe that Biden will send the US ground troops as the strategic oil reserve holdings will be down to 10% or less. Without fuel the US military ground troops will grind to a halt. Stitting ducks. Fish in a barrel.
Firstly, I do not think Lithuania and Poland are going to invade Kaliningrad.
Secondly, I am sure that flea sized Lithuania will be quietly reminded that it is totally dependant on Russia for it’s life-supporting energy and that messing about with the railway connection is not a good idea.
Yesterday I suggested in another thread that the “leadership” of the West is basically in the last stand at Avozstal mindset. They are surrounded and defeated and have no good options left. The options now are surrender or die. I have no doubt that some fraction of them prefer terms of surrender where maybe they get to keep some of their ill gotten wealth and they’re allowed to live out their lives in the Australian penal colony or somewhere else equally out of the way and soon to be unconnected from the rest of the world. The more problematic issue is that there are amongst them (and probably at the very top) those who are committed to ending the world as part of their insane, demonic worldview. These true believers wish to be united with the devil in eternal hell and have no problems taking the rest of us with them.
I also have little doubt that the rest of the world knows exactly the sort of monsters they are dealing with and are fully prepared for all of their insane scenarios. Lets not be naive and think that this Lithuania move has caught anyone in the Kremlin off-guard. Yet what do we see from Putin? Is he hunkering down and preparing for the end? No, he’s out there speaking about a grand vision of the future of his country and the world. A man of his intelligence who knows the end is near does not speak of building a future, he prepares his nation to meet their maker and make peace with their lives.
Likewise, we see the buzz of activity from the ME leaders meeting with Maduro, eager to build trade relations with the once pariah state. China is busy as ever building infrastructure. The rest of the world is moving forward building a future, there isn’t a sense of impending doom.
So rather than conclude that Russia is being baited somehow, I would suggest it is quite the other way around and that however much the US (via their rulers in the City of London, as per always) escalates, there exists a plan to neutralize it. It is more likely the beast is the one being baited in such a way as to draw out it’s most insane elements for the world to see and then put down in a way that minimizes collateral damage to the rest of the world. Again, Russia wasn’t forced into Ukraine. Russia saw this entire thing playing out years ago. Russia moved in when Russia was ready and everything was on their side. The West has nothing new in it’s playbook. They re-run the same plays over and over again–same playbook for well over a millennium. Given the state of the empire, one would logically have to conclude that this war in Ukraine would escalate to nukes. There is no basis for believing an agreement incapable people would act in anything but the most self-destructive and evil way.
So, no Gonzalo, there will not be any sort of continental war in Europe. The moment there are any significant US casualties, the US public and elites would be screaming to escalate to nukes, and therefore, whatever the multipolar alliance has planned, they will strike well before this point and put an end to this once and for all. Who knows, maybe all these aliens the US is blathering about lately already have signed an agreement with Russia and they’re going to stop all the US nukes from flying. Maybe the Russians and Chinese have some tech up their sleeves yet to be revealed that will stop them. But when you see complete hysteria and madness from one side, and calm and positivity from the other, I think it’s clear the battle has already been won.
Again, Putin’s speech at St. Petersburg was a victory speech. He’s not going to prematurely say the empire is dead and we’re entering a new era if he knows damn well the world is ending. Hard times ahead? Sure. But the gates of hell opening and the world ending? Nah, not happening.
“The moment there are any significant US casualties, the US public and elites would be screaming to escalate to nukes”
No. And there is no instance (in human experience) of a whole country asking for destruction or “mutual suicide.” Biden knows he would be blamed if a US-Russia war happened, having supported Ukraine and all that. Right now, he wants to avoid losing too much in the November election.
this is where this dude really shows he is bs: on the reason for the was in ucr “UCR was preparing to invade the Donbass AND RUSSIA”. I will leave it at that.
Ukraine was planning to invade the Donbass and Crimea. Whether Crimea is a part of Russia is arguable, but if you regard the Crimea as part of Russia – which de facto and historically and by choice of its residents, it is – then, yes, Ukraine was planning to invade Russia.
There was certainly the intention to “ethnically cleanse” the Donbass, and there was also the clear risk (as assessed by Russia) of incursion into Russian territory.
So, yes, Gonzalo is right. There was a very high likelihood of attacks on Russian border villages, and this was also one of the reasons behind the SMO (as has been mentioned on this site many times over the past few months).
I can’t say the USA will be annihilated, it would be more of an equal fight, depending if the US plays by the rules of war that they push on others. Never forget, the US can destroy a clinic or bomb an entire familiy without taken responsibility. They problem in a confrontation are the body counts. News outlets told early on that Russia lost more troops first monnth than the US during the Afghanistan campaign. US rules, Russia losers. But the difference is that the US didn’t fought a war, Russia is fighting a war. The US accept certain deaths but in confrontation with Russia it will be too much. The EU is even worse and almost hilarious if you watch job commercials for the army. Western Europe don’t accept deaths, the reason why they never sended a single soul on the ground to Syria to defeat IS. The US has technology advanced weapons. I told it before but Russia loses on the drone wars. Thousends small suicide drones are impossible to shoot them down and can kill many soulders or take out air defence, radars,… The US has recon drones that can autodetect Russian weapons and have HIMARS taking it out from 80 km. So Russia would need to have a watertight air defence umbrella. Maybe they counter with the snealy drones with brute force and just carpet bomb the enemy away. I came up with a concept for a suicide drone for clearing trenches, much safer than how to do it now. As when the war started, Russia can’t afford to lose. I believe Russia can use nuclear weapons when the existence of Russia is threatened. OK that’s that.
Russia has shown a lot of patience. After economical sanctions I would see that as an act of war, not all types of war are with weapons. Then they started targeting people and their families. Now that’s a breach of rule of law and there’s no difference between a dictator and those politicians. This act of war should be responded. I would train secret agents and eliminate politicians and their family, also everyone from bussinesses and federations that acted against Russia. Think about going after a politician children, they all will be scared for life, ruined. If they try to destroy you then you can try destroying them. In the West they don’t understand that actions have consequences. Maybe Russia should shoot a military cargo plane with weapons for Ukraine down. Sabotage LNG vessel with destination EU. The Western leader must feel consequences, it’s the same problem with national politics. You do know Von Der Leyen recked Germany and as reward she got a top EU job? Basically the EU is a collecction of failed politicians, no wonder that they behave like idiots, they are idiots.
– The US has recon drones that can autodetect Russian weapons and have HIMARS taking it out from 80 km. So Russia would need to have a watertight air defence umbrella.
According to Wikipedia the number of Himars produced is 40 per year, much less than the Russian BM Smerch (range 90 km)
MLRS has been part of Russian army for 70 years. They are overloaded with it, and millions of Russian reservists will have compentence of usage.
The technology is in the sub-ammo … that will be updated … using same delivery platform.
BM-21 can also also be updated with modern missiles.
Russia will file a complaint at the WTO and UN, and then use ships for cargo deliveries. Unless Lithuania or Poland (NATO) actually fires in Belarus or Kaliningrad, nothing will come of the rail boycott. It’s another “inconvenience” for Russia, but they will do a work around like always.
According to the available info about 50% of Kalingrads rail imports are to be embargoed. I doubt that will be enough to start WW3 given Russias options for retaliation. As well as the capacity of the seaport.
I’m a Brit so I don’t understand US politics but I do understand British politics. And it is true that Boris Johnson, facing extreme unpopularity, is going 100% for a long war between Ukraine and Russia as the only chance to win the next election. In a war, people tend to support their leaders.
He doesn’t care how many Ukrainians get killed, he just wants to prolong the war. And if that provokes WW3, well, tough, but the alternative is losing the next election (or being kicked out by his own party before then).
Nothing is more important to him than his chance of winning the next election. Not Ukrainian lives, not the British economy – not even British lives, if it comes to that. He’ll gamble anything if it can increase his chance of remaining Prime Minister.
gonzo does not know much about finances. There will be no Nuclear war. I have been studying and playing the markets for over 20 years. The big players will never allow the US to unleash Nuclear weapons. What is the point of having all the money in the world and living in bunker? They will create the impression of one while milking the masses, and that’s it. Yeah there might be a hot war minus the Nuclear weapons in which case America will become Russia’s bitch.
Furthermore, His denigration of Scott ritter was uncalled for.
Scott Ritter puts the probablity of things going nuclear by the end of the year at 70%. He seems to believe that the situation with China/Taiwan could be a trigger. But he must not know a lot about finance. Not sure how ‘studying and playing the markets for 20 years’ qualifies one for military prognostications. But I kinda hope you’re right.
Yeah you’re right, I don’t know anything about money. It’s not like my old man was a New York banker, or that I’ve been working with investment banks and hedge funds since ’97, or that I led my first nine-figure funding round in ’03, or successfully managed money during the GFC and came out ahead, or that I had a long-running financial blog with about 7mm views, or that I shorted the market pre-Covid and sold out my positions on 3/16/20, or that I do YouTube as a hobby because I just live off the income from my real estate and farming investments.
Yeah you’re right, I don’t know anything about money. But I DO know that only amateurs—like you—“play the markets” like it’s a casino, like it’s a game of luck. Pros know it’s not a game of luck.
Now go back to buying your Merrill Lynch ETF’s on margin, like a good little McMuffin.
Very similar to the notion that Eurostates and UK are independent actors. The “leaders” have been “tailhooked” either literally or figuratively, just as in the US military.
Calling someone “injudicious” and “hysteric” and saying he won’t pay attention to him, is not “denigration.” He says Ritter called him “gonzo” while making a false death announcement. I wish more details had been presented, but it’s “bastard” stuff if Ritter called him that while making such an announcement.
Speaking of Ritter, I visited Iran’s presstv.ir today and I found a Scott Ritter article posted there. Since they published him, I read it. He informed that the President of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, said this week in St. Petersburg that the war will be over before this year ends and that Ukraine will not be a nation by then. I still believe that the war will likely be over by the end of August but through a military coup (it’s getting more iffy), and I agree with Pushilin that it won’t be a nation by the end of the year (it might be in a transition to become part of Russia). Stoltenberg and PM Johnson are among those who believe the war will likely last many years. Why do they think that it doesn’t matter, and that it does not affect “security” if the Russians think their opinion is incompetent and clueless, and if it makes them lose respect (Putin is already predicting a change of leaders)?
Ritter: “The President of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, in a statement made during the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, indicated that Ukraine’s decision to receive heavy weapons from the West leaves the Russian forces no choice but to continue military operations even after the liberation of the Donbas.”
That makes sense. There are consequences to getting involved if things don’t work out. This reason Pushilin mentions is one big reason why no such help should have been rendered. It is not in the stated interest of the United States for Russia to be forced to go beyond the Donbass.
Even if you want to say they would do it anyway (!), you don’t give them the reason. The U.S. officially wants a stalemate right now to negotiate a good outcome. It would have been better not to send the weapons and negotiate the same outcome from a position of true strength (moral strength). Russia rejects the word “invasion” and without the weapon deliveries the West could say that Russia must not go beyond Donbass lest it becomes an obvious invader. (Maybe it would still be hard to stop the fighting bear, but easier.) Good point by Pushilin – that’s the perspective from his position. https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/06/17/684090/West-Ukraine-War-Fantasy-Death-Ukrainian-Nation
Russia has been “sand-bagging” during this SMO all along, and for good reason. They haven’t used their elite units {except for an occasional Spetsnaz operation or deployed their most modern weapons systems because they knew they would eventually need them in any future battles with NATO. Once they are deployed, the US and NATO will see they have seriously overplayed their hand. But by then it will be too late.
Gonzolo: The truth is, here in the Empire of Lies our politicians no longer listen to us. To them, we are the great unwashed masses that need them to tell us how to live. It’s not that we don’t care, it’s that we have lost control of our political institutions and people don’t have the stomach for what it would take to get them back. So they keep getting more of the same: Dumped on. Where can I donate to your “coffee fund”?
I’m certain the US military could beat Russia–We have DIVERSITY! What could Russia do against our RAINBOW Regiments and non-binary brigades and tranny battalions? Our drag-queen officer corps will give those russkis what for! And don’t forget about those women! Why they are all stunning, brave, strong, powerful, confident, independent, talented, heroic and all kinds of other adjectives. And as everyone knows–correct pronouns and adjectives win wars all the time. MMMmmmm on second thought maybe SOMEONE is going to have their woketard butts handed to them.
Stephanopoulos (ABC TV, “The Week with…”) interviewed Putin years ago and told him that Obama said that Russia’s army would become stronger if it allowed gays, etc. Putin responded with a forced smile (or knowing, semi-embarrassed smile), didn’t say anything. Well, it showed how much Obama cares about that issue.
OH, you could get it and read all of it, the site gives permission, just credit it. One of the best articles I have seen, it covers everything and is kind of written in your style. Please.
“Meet the New Boss; Putin Reroutes Critical Hydrocarbons Eastward Leaving Europe High-and-Dry”
By Michael Whitney
Michael Whitney is a renowned geopolitical and social analyst based in Washington State. He initiated his career as an independent citizen-journalist in 2002 with a commitment to honest journalism, social justice and World peace.
He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).
I’d put up a link, but fear that it would not allowed.
I tried posting the entire article, since the site gives permission, but it was too long.
All caps removed. Please don’t use as its screaming and breaks site rules. Mod.
Joe Biden is an old man with an election coming up. So this is an opportunity for a reimaging-ing, American press is full of floaters about how desperate Democrats are to run anyone else than Biden, so saber rattling is in order. I think Lira is overreacting, everyone knows that China will not only cease to remain ‘neutral ‘, but will move on Taiwan if Russia proper is invaded, by American military of any service. What will Biden and neocons do when in response to US ‘sanctions ‘ that would inevitably be imposed on China for protecting their national interest they begin waging a real trade war and dump US treasuries and corporate bonds or just nationalize US assets in China? Russia has many options for asserting power in the Baltic sea and the response will be control of the merchant waterways and port access. I doubt the American military will be a factor, in fact Russian navy may try provoking a US/Nato naval response to gauge ‘readiness’ right around … US election time, gosh haven’t we seen this movie before? In other words poking bear again will wake up dragon.
Would Putin really allow himself to be provoked into such a scenario? He surely sees the same possibilities as Gonzalo is warning about. I also maintain a belief that MAD still applies in both sides’ thinking, and the the US-NATO would not use nukes unless Russia struck first, or vice-versa.
I think that Putin will keep a cool head toward the Lithuanians and would accept the loss of Kaleningrad if it were to occur. After all, he’s going to be taking control of ALL of Ukraine anyway since Elensky and his dogs keep barking about retaking Donbas and Crimea…the loss of Kaleningrad would be a relatively small matter in the overall game.
“I think that Putin will keep a cool head toward the Lithuanians and would accept the loss of Kaleningrad if it were to occur.”
No! That’s a WWII victory. That, too, is celebrated every year in a Moscow parade. They would rather invade Lithuania than do that. In fact, Peskov said more than a month ago that Kaliningrad is untouchable by others, that it’s part of Russia like any other part. (You don’t know Putin – that’s what you would do.)
I hear what you’re saying about passing this message to a passive American audience, and I agree with that! However, it may make more sense to let the Lithuanian’s & Polish to influence their politicians as they have more of an influence & are more proactive than Americans.
Sadly, you are correct. American citizens have lost their Initiative and their faith to the extent that they will stand by and allow the corrupt and illegitimate American government to finally bring total ruin on them.
We appreciate Gonzalo’s input on these issues, and more. But we have a question: what is a seemingly wealthy American businessman in Kharkiv doing there? Is he a businessman making profit in that region? Or, is he tied in some ways to Russia, or, for that matter to Ukrainian’s corporate interests?
Gonzalo isn’t a journalist, he’s not an historian. He’s a businessman. Why would any American want to be in Kharkiv?
In the last 2-3 weeks.. this Ukrainian demonic clusterf**k has turned into a total “Meat Grinder” for the Ukies and its foreign mercenary fools.
The outcome is done in military terms, and most likely in Geo-political terms as well… the ONLY question remaining today is… “what is the vile, blood-lusting, warmongering ‘West” going to do?”
Go nuke, bio, chemical (again)???
Hope you stay safe ‘Gonzo’ when the Russians decide to turn their full attention to Kharkiv and Odessa
As we say here in Brazil: The US wants a war but is not prepared; Russia does not want a war, but is prepared.
I agree with Mr. Gonzalo and I try to clarify to my friends and relatives the situation abroad, asking them to look for impartial sites on internet.
One thing for me is crystal clear. If US attack Russia with nuclear bombs, their territory, contrary what happened in WWI and WWII, will be completely destroyed.
That’s a good warning. This may not be it, Mutual Assured Destruction-wise, but any one of these small players, like Lithuania, could blow everything out of all proportion, with the aid and assistance of the blinkered.
Scott Ritter thinks “zero chance” of nuclear war over Ukraine and puts a high probability on China doing an amphibious invasion of Taiwan, leading to destruction of the 6th fleet and total nuclear war.
For settling things down between Russia and America, he sees it as a problem around trust. The alleged Empire of Lies is beyond redemption in Russia’s eyes, so zero trust means zero chance of any stop to the Russian Special Operation in Ukraine, anything short of Kyiv.
See
McGovern counters that Sullivan, Blinken and Austin may have to go after the midterms but he sees critical danger before the midterms.
Ritter adds Nuland to the list but his faith in Biden is low to nonexistent.
And he thinks the end of the world may come through the sinking of a U.S. fleet.
Kaliningrad, Taiwan, Poland, all these little players have minds of their own, and are on the minds of their masters, but any proxy, proxy master, monopole or dipole could unwitting lead us to nuclear paroxysm.
Thanks for the input. Your analyses of the characters of Nuland and company were excellent.
Hope you are not too far up the metaphorical creek without a paddle.
When Uncle $hmuel starts slinging Nukes, I just hope and pray that I live long enough to see
news footage of Wa$hington, and everyone in it, incinerated. I hope also that Biden, Blinken,
Harris, Hilary Clinton, Cookie Nuland, etc etc., along with every other demoRAT is present.
I have been saying what Gonzalo also suspects. The US in its desperation is considering a nuclear first strike.
On the basis of America always accusing others of doing what the US wants to do, it’s notable how many times the Western MSM have parroted the claim that “Russia / Putin is losing, so will use nuclear weapons”
Since Russia is NOT losing, and enjoys well-night unstoppable escalation dominance with their very modern, very effective conventional arsenal, this seems a repeat of the “Saddam Hussein WMD” claims of the US, and might be just as dangerous.
It will be interesting (and very educational) to see how Russia responds to Lithuania’s breach of the rail corridor agreement between Russia and Kaliningrad. Also, one wonders just “who” thought this might be a good provocation, especially in the current very tense climate.
My observations lead me to believe that many Americans, inexplicably, are cheering on Ukraine as a civic duty. This is on the heels of decades worth of deadly, disastrous foreign policy adventures that benefit no one.
There is nothing patriotic about being stupid.
In light of this it would come as no surprise if Russia does indeed conclude a *massive* first strike is their best path to survival and elimination of their perpetual enemies.
*emphasis on MASSIVE
Looks like the US Public will soon have to make a choice chunga.
Sideshow-Bob or Crusty The Clown would make no difference, they’re all Deep State flunkies.
A People’s Agreement – Vote Out Incumbent and an Independent POTUS.
Remember when you could distinguish between a Government and an Opposition, well Bankcorp/The Casino bet Black & Red.
Nassim Taleb didn’t write about The ‘White’ Swan.
Is the USA considering a nuclear first strike?? Unless they have some secret super weapons that I am not aware of, I doubt it. However, as Gonzalo asserts, the “Biden” regime needs some massive distraction(s) from domestic USA reality in order to stay in power and/or a pretext to declare a national emergency. While I doubt they will choose a nuclear exchange with Russia, some sort of war is likely. Not to be ruled out is a war on the American people (mostly Biden’s opponents) under various pretexts.
There’s conscious and unconscious bias in human beings. I think it’s also in nations and in foreign policy as well. In martial arts there are blows that can kill. There are those in the military that are looking at first strike against Russia and planners that think violations of the ABM and INF treaties are OK, and think they have successfully abrogated these treaties, and it’s ok to have these missile sites in Romania and Poland, and OK to develop all these new technologies for first strike and expand NATO militarization to Russia’s borders, to defend those missile bases and air bases, and it’s a good trick.
So if we are not conscious of what is unconscious, an unconscious bias may destroy the world as surely as that Doomsday Machine that Ritter and Ellsberg talk about, the Russian Dead Hand system. Those bases in Rumania and Poland may be designed to kill the Dead Hand system to alleviate the effects of the retaliatory second strike.
https://raymcgovern.com/2022/06/18/scott-ritter-and-ray-on-ukraine/
I don’t believe it would work but what other people believe would work could kill us all anyway.
Paul Craig Roberts formerly of Reagan administration says Russian army has 10 million trained army reservists and their allie China has 50 million.
Not good news Gonzalo Lira, but realistic news and truth. I don’t want escalation, but I knew from the beginning our reprobate government would. They having chose the evil end.
I was thinking it would happen in Transnistra since Russia retains a large arms stockpile there and a military cadre. Russia does not officially recognize the independence of Transnistria; nevertheless, Russia maintains special relations with Transnistria in the political, military, cultural, and economic spheres. However, Gonzalo makes sense.
Transnistra is a good calculation but the people of Moldova are turning out en masse against their pro-US government and maybe provoking Transnistra would result in America losing its foothold next door. Poland however is insane and I think Gonzalo is right about them being the NATO vanguard.
Wesley Clark has already shown us the path that remains for the empire in Europe, it is to win or lose power on the entire planet. Gonzalo only comes to confirm what the AngloZionist elites headed by the United States are planning and as true criminals with known criminal records they will not hesitate to try to repeat a new Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
Dear Victor
Can everyone stop using the word ELITES. There nothing elite in any of them.
They are
Political aristocracy
Military aristocracy
Financial aristocracy
Banking aristocracy
Sexual evil aristocracy.
Spy aristocracy.
Everyone else the planet is the down trodden, suffering masses. Soon to be slaves with a used by QR code.
No jab no job
No jab no medical care
No jab no shopping for food-delivery only.
No jab no leaving your assigned work room.
Free internet
Free compulsory porn channels.
So far only the last two have not become law.
Hope I have not offended you, but frankly, l no longer give a dam about the entire sh*t show.
Who’s fault is it ..We the people, that’s who. This video may just be the last warning.
I agree that the word “elites” is wrong, that is what they want to be called in the media.
What they really are are US government criminal looters. Simple.
Dear Aaron and Harvey…I’m sorry that the term I used has bothered you, but to respect the rules of the forum I do not write expletives or personal insults and I prefer to use the Russian golden rule for diplomacy when referring to all the thieving, murderous, servile scourge and exceptionalist as “our partners”, so I used “elites”.
I am not at all bothered by your answers and I take it as a good observation. Best regards
Aaron,
May I please translate that?
Can everyone stop using the word ELITES. There nothing elite in any of them.
They are
Political aristocracy Political kleptocracy
Military aristocracy Military kleptocracy
Financial aristocracy Financial kleptocracy
Banking aristocracy Banking kleptocracy, banksters having installed a system of usury they call ‘interest’
Sexual evil aristocracy. Sexual and society destroying kleptocracy
Spy aristocracy. Banksters’ spying and strong arm kleptocracy.
Here’s the contact info for anyone of importance in the Lithuanian gov’t. Light em’ up, I did.
https://lrvk.lrv.lt/en/contacts-1-1
Dear friend, just to let you know that so called Lithuanian gov’t, is not in charge of country called Lithuania. American Embassy in Vilnius (capital of Lithuania), gives all the orders to socalled Lithuanian gov’t. This is happening since 1990s (collapse of USSR). 30+ years, Lithuanians are slaves and under siege from US and Western Europe (similar to Ukraine). In fact, majority of Lithuanians, can’t wait till Russia comes back and liberates them from wicked western rules and laws. Ordinary Lithuanians have enough of western “values and culture”, perverts, pedophiles, gay parades, etc…
If he’s correct and things seriously kick off, I’m very sure the US and NATO and 5Eyes idiots will not only be fighting Russia. They will be fighting China at the same time.
Good luck with that.
In order to comprehend what the Western Powers & specifically, the US power is doing, you have to start studying the US Financial Center and what it is purposely doing. It’s all for nought if we can’t take the time to learn.
Elementary my dear Gonzalo.
Joseph Biden is in a stable condition after falling off his bicycle during a fun ride. His advisors were initially concerned that this could delay signing off on his next arms shipment to Ukraine.
Update –
Doctors have given Joe the all clear after samples were taken from his colostomy bag.
A senior hospital consultant later stated that further neurosurgery was unnecessary as his advanced dementia should take its natural course.
25th Amendment plan on the way.
Not that it’s doing to make a difference. More Kabuki theater.
Do you think the puppet masters give a damn about Constitutionality ?
They wave the “Constitution” as “justification” while essentially taking a squat on it.
They use the Constitution as enough honey on a turd to sell it as baklava.
If anyone still believes in the Constitution as the law of the land, I’ve got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.
Not quite true regarding Russia’s position being they will only use nukes if attacked with nukes. Putin has said he will use nukes if Russia faces an existential threat, which suggests it doesn’t necessarily need to be of a nuclear nature. But the rest of Gonzo’s message is reasonable. I’m in Poland, and there are definitely a lot of nuts here who are gung ho on provoking Russia.
That still implies that Russia will only use nuclear weapons if under very serious threat and of course the most catastrophic existential threat would come from such weapons. This is in complete contrast to the US which includes first strike as a military option even when there is no threat, never mind existential !
I don’t think Russia needs nuclear weapons, in any setting to respond to an existential threat. Consistently, in almost every speech, there is a reference to non-nuclear weapons far worse than nuclear in terms of destruction. I think we are close to those being revealed.
What will happen if China sinks a US Battle Group coming to the aid of Twain? Scott Ritter has said today things will go nuclear.
maybe scott ritter thinks that the nuclear threat will deter the chinese from defending their interests .
the usa has only one trump card left in it’s hand, first nuclear strike, but china, and russia for that matter, won’t flinch.
so it’s up to the usa to back down or go down in flames…
Please watch Scott Ritter and Ray McGovern on ‘war is on’ link below. He definitely doesn’t see China as a paper tiger, in fact, the opposite.
This is the setup to prepare for the attack/destruction of the USA. In the USA at this current time, we are being subjected to “gray terror” attacks. This type of operation was developed in Vietnam. The chickens have come home to roost. Appreciate the tube,but, waste of time. Current sitrep info as of this week will be found in the below video. Start @ 3-4 minute mark.
https://www.hagmannreport.com/agri-cide-genocide-now-underway-steve-quayle-joins-doug-hagmann-the-hagmann-report-full-show-6-16-2022/
There is a bit more to it. A few years back Russias doctrine was updated.
The background was Empires brilliant idea of making low yield tactical nukes. The thinking was that due to the more limited damage from a smaller charge, they could be used as part of regular combat.
Russia warned about this development, and later revised and made clear it’s nuclear doctrine. It was stated that as a consequence of developments, any missile entering Russian territory would be treated as Nuclear. Also, there would be no proportional responce to an nuclear attack … the responce would be full strength.
Now, with Ukraine toying with the idea of sending rockets into Russia proper … we’re already living on the edge of the abyss.
UKRAINE UPDATE (June 18, 2022) – with Scott Ritter and Ray McGovern.
Excellente vidéo, Iran,UE, Otan,Chine, Israel etc..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvVC1VBiWKM
War is on, war is on!
That’s the Scott Ritter I’ve been listening to for a few years. What a Superstar performance. Glad he’s back on board after a dodgy month.
It may be emotionally satisfying for some to hear what Ritter is saying, which appears to be the entire point. His wild extremes are intended to emotionally manipulate, and he is no longer an unbiased source for analysis.
Lithuania May Have Lit the Fuse on World War III
Smaller these ‘countries’ are, crazier they are.
https://sonar21.com/lithuania-may-have-lit-the-fuze-on-world-war-iii/
Easier to buy. I guess, before the fall, a protest got lit up. Contributed to the refusal by Alfa in Moscow.
Whilst it won’t help things much, Russia still has the ability to provide everything by sea – after all Kaliningrad is the home to their Baltic Fleet – such that Kaliningrad’s regarded as “Russia’s unsinkable aircraft carrier” – https://theconversation.com/kaliningrad-russias-unsinkable-aircraft-carrier-deep-in-nato-territory-182541
The problem for Lithuania is that Russia supplies most (if not ALL) of their energy needs, and this action would certainly place such supplies at risk – especially since the agreement has been in place for the past 30 years.
Whilst almost certainly NOT the initiator of WW3, nevertheless this is an interesting development, presumably orchestrated “behind the scenes” by the usual suspects, for the usual reasons.
All very good Gonzo, but CNN headlines are reporting “Kellyanne Conway critcizes husband over stance on Trump”. The average American does not know that there is even a war going on in the Ukraine, let alone know where the Ukraine is. What are they to make of your video no matter how much truth you are saying?
/The average American/
This maybe be the stupidity Gonzalo Lira is relying on to prevent WWIII:
FULL – HOUR LONG UNCENSORED INTERVIEW WITH BOTH CAPTURED AMERICANS – ALEXANDER DRUEKE & ANDY HUYNHE
https://www.bitchute.com/video/JyNwJ4DhABH9/
On WHAT PLANET does a devoted humanitarian go on a humanitarian mission to Ukraine and end up (through random circumstance and poor choices) firing an RPG on a Russian tank on the front lines? I know a lot of very educated progressives who are hopeless but these two the cake if they are telling the truth.
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If anyone reading this has any insight, I would be interested to know if they might be INTEL instead of the hapless volunteers they claim to be? Their entire stories seem absolutely absurd. IMHO
“On WHAT PLANET does a devoted humanitarian go on a humanitarian mission to Ukraine and end up (through random circumstance and poor choices) firing an RPG on a Russian tank on the front lines? I know a lot of very educated progressives who are hopeless but these two the cake if they are telling the truth.”
Probably on a planet where a couple of Americans made stupid choices and now are attempting to plan a way to get out of their situation without taking a few 7.62×39mm rounds to the chest. Say anything regardless of how absurd. The name of the game in the Empire Of Lies is to – Lie.
In Russian historical traditions, it is customary to hang, rather than shoot, mercenaries, traitors or Nazis. Russians consider death from a bullet worthy, but not from a noose. It would have been better if these two American fools had shot themselves in the head instead of being captured.
If these two clowns say they came to the Ukraine on their own, they would be mercenaries, and probably would end up getting shot or hanged. Now if they say they are U.S. military sent to the Ukraine under orders, they would be sent back to the U.S.A. after spending a little time in some Gulag. It will be interesting to hear what these guys will be saying over the next few weeks. It will be interesting to see how the Press and the U.S. State department will massage this one.
Wow! Glad you found them (sic.) Just a couple days ago I was watching a clip on a U.S. late nite news show where a U.S. State department spokesman was saying these two clowns, err U.S. citzens, were “lost”, and every effort was being made to “find” them. So much for real news in the U.S.A.
Serve these guys some apple pie, and thank them for their service to our country…..
Regional accents in America are no longer as pronounced as they once were, but upon listening to the first guy I can tell you he doesn’t sound like he’s from Alabama. My guess would be Midwest or western United States, a region spanning from Indiana to as far west as the Dakotas or Wyoming, and possibly as far south as Utah. His pronunciation of Kharkov and Mikolayev are excellent for an American.
This was a sickening interview. These men will both be executed and it was haunting to see their self-realisation of this fact. The first had the benefit of life experience, and it was clear he knew the DPR-ers are not succeptible to “the narrative.” The second was ignorant, appeared entirely motivated by fear and will likely not die well when the time comes. I have a much better understanding of the historical Nazis after watching this.
I am only curious about your sources of information. I know you must not reveal any sources that are within reach of the SBU or the CIA or any other such demons. I am only curious if these views are your own philosophy or if you have economic or military sources for such figures as “1,000 Ukrainian soldiers are killed or wounded … .” Where do you come up with the figures?
Just curious.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy listening to you and I believe you are credible, but then again what you say is what I want to hear, so I am perhaps biased. I do not listen to MSM at all. I began with questioning why on earth the US destroyed Yugoslavia, then Iraq, then Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and here I am.
Those figures of 200-500 KIA (not including wounded or POWs ) came from Zelensky’s own spokesperson earlier this week.
Russian MOD states 300-400 Ukrainian KIA every day for the last month and more.
Those killed are only part of the story. A higher number are injured, many critically, and they will consume resources that Ukraine lacks. Also, they are effectively removed as a component of the number of available combatants, so the drain on the Ukraine military may be considerably higher than we suppose.
At what stage the entire system ceases to be effective (let alone functional) we have yet to see.
Here is another take on this.
Politicians in the US (and many in Europe) serve at the will of – and in the interest of – the military industrial complex. They are puppets, not leaders. Can anyone even imagine Biden having nuclear launch codes? They would be safer with a drunk schizophrenic meth addict.
Just as the Pentagon derailed the shipment of predator drones to Ukriane they will not allow nuclear war to end their rigged game. They are in the business of war, but a nuclear war will put them out of business.
Further provocations are intended to reinforce the rapidly declining EU/NATO support for the US war against Russia and to create even more demand for US military spending (because too much is never enough).
For reference, if you had bought $1,000 of Raytheon stock in 1995 it would be worth over $275,000 today. That is a 100% increase in the original investment every year for 27 years. And now you’re going to start a nuclear war?
Then again … there we have no shortage of psychopaths. I pray for sanity, and I am not religious.
FWIW I remember somewhere that Biden was never given access to the nuke codes and never will be. Take it with a grain of salt, but it would be consistent with a few other things about who’s in charge at the Pentagon, i.e., that the Biden regime doesn’t have total control over there.
Gonzalo is correct in that the Americans, both left and right, will do nothing in response. They are all waiting for the 2023 elections to save them in the direction of either left or right. The US military/police just want a taxpayer subsidized pay check. The population as a whole (minus the 1% that served in the military) have no idea what real suffering a war on the homeland will bring. And the Leftist voters are just useful idiots to be cast aside should the Globalists elite win this war – very stupid people!
FWIW, the Governor of the Kaliningrad Oblast, Anton Alikhanov, has issued a statement pointing out the simple fact that Lithuania’s measures run counter to provisions of the agreement on Lithuania’s accession to the European Union.
His comment that “these steps are illegal and may entail far-reaching implications for Lithuania and the European Union” would seem to be a gross understatement of the potential consequences and their scope. On the other hand, they are consistent with all of Russia’s other efforts from the beginning to avoid the escalation of armed conflict if at all possible. That possibility looks increasingly doubtful to this observer.
Ref: https://tass.com/russia/1468041
Not only in Lithuania is Russia being provoked, but not a day after Macron, Scholtz and Draghi visited Kiev, we hear of new language restrictions being imposed in all schools in Nikolayev (Mykolaiv) from 1 September. There will no longer be classes taught in Russian at any level.
After Donetsk comes Zaporizhia (didn’t Russia recently say this oblast was part of the corridor to Crimea?), then Kherson (already in Russian hands), then Mykolaiv. The road to Moldova (and Odessa) is not so hard to discern.
Negotiations? Maybe not.
Meanwhile, Russia gets stronger while the U.S. and the E.U. get weaker and more fractured. Winter is not so far away.
An interesting aside on the role of the U.S. in all this is watching the U.S. quietly start buying Russian fertiliser after getting the E.U. to ban it. The Yanks are eating Europe’s lunch just like they ate Australia’s lunch after getting the Ozzie government to provoke China over the origins of Covid. This brought about a halt to Ozzie barley going to China. Guess who filled that shortfall?
Don’t tell that to the average Aussie, Mate! Most of the population believe the sun shines out of the US’s bum, and that America “would never do anything to damage Australia’s interests!”
The fact that America doesn’t give a damn about anyone’s interests other than American interests is lost on the local populace.
If a “real” war was / is to break out in Europe, rest assured the Aussies will support the US up to the hilt.
Russian nuclear deterrence is very simple,there are 7m jews (incl 750k US citizens) concentrated in tiny israel available for instant wipe out, just four nukes and the surrounding Arabs/Palestinians will finish the job. Russia has made it clear that israel will be a first retaliation target if the great saran ever nukes Russian territory, its upto the billmahers, blinkins, nulandmans, shermans, schiffs,etc (who now rule in the US) to be on their talk shows 24/7 working overtime in Congress too, to stop the wasps at the Pentagon from doing anything silly or their 7m khazar tribesmen occupying Palestine will be toast. Therefore with no threat of incoming nukes, Russia can start using special “bunker busters” to *DEMILITARISE these nazi devils hiding under 8ft concrete bunkers* built since the 2014 Maidan coup, which theyr currently safely hiding under to shell Russian civilians in Donetsk with such impunity
Any Gaymerica war against russia will end in the anhilation of the american armies because, quite simply, any war against russia will occur within easy reach of russian soil.
America will face supply lines of thousands of miles and russia will face supply lines of zero miles.
War over.
Done and done.
Nukes will fly.
Because the American military KNOWS the last election was stolen via massive fraud, they acknowledge that the biden regime is illegitimate. Thus, the military does not recognize biden as CinC. Therefore, many American military will not follow insane orders from the regime and flag officer class, flag officers being essentially political whores and are bought and paid for stooges of the deep state. Take heart people of the world, there are still patriotic Americans here in the USA and we are just as tired of this crap as the rest of the world and the biden regime will not last. Never assume that the American people are all behind the biden regime, most of us aren’t and we are ready to resist the drive to WWIII.
No, there is nothing like sufficient evidence for the claim that Biden didnt win.
i have fixed your error.
No, there is nothing like sufficient evidence in the corporate owned MSM or social media for the claim that Biden didnt win.
Looks like you misspelled “i have no evidence that Biden didnt win.”
ignorance of the truth is no excuse for being, well, ignorant. in your case, willful ignorance. The proof has been out in the public realm since Nov 2020, and the the volume and precision of it has only grown sharper. The truth is out and growing, and even die hard dummies will have to see it for what it is.
Folks, please do not go off-topic – Mod
Your sources also told us Putin is losing in Ukraine
Yes, I’ve also heard a long time ago that Biden doesn’t have access to the nuke codes.
Biden is illegitimate POTUS – stolen election – cant do it again given level of vote that will need to be overcome with – ballot stuffing / software / hardware – measures
so he will declare martial law – to cancel the state elections – the Red States wont stand for it – and will press on with the elections – the blue will stand by him in the cancellation
so there will be constitutional crisis – this attack in Lith. will be escalated to nuclear quickly by Biden to save the entire SICK AND WRONG super structure of US government.
question is will the military follow?
Nuland / Blinken et al will do anything to save their plan – but the military has a choice to follow the orders
we will see what they do
The MIC – in cooperation with the CIA, RNC, and DNC – assures that every presidential election is stolen.
The primary job of the CIA is regime change. Did you think that does not apply to the US? If for some reason they can’t control the president they undermine him (RussiaGate) or assassinate him (JFK).
Bravo for the finish. Yes, every single American could hear this video and still do nothing. The generations born before 1950 were the last ones to believe their wishes mattered and take citizenship seriously. Even those born in 1955 had experienced the murders of JFK, MLK, and RFK, the eye opening Vietnam War era, a shift to full fiat money, Watergate, and an oil crisis, all by the age of 18. After all of that, the idea that citizen action could derail the deep state agenda was pretty well falsified.
I’m 1947 Joy and I totally agree with you. But you forget to mention the effect the beatniks had with young intellectuals during that same period.
Madness. What more to say? Despair?
Lithuanian government have a death wish. The ‘easiest’ way for Russia to minimize the escalation would be to carve out a piece of Lithuania. The RF could achieve that via passage from Belarus.
WW3 averted.
BREAKING: Did Lithuania Light the Fuse on World War III?
By Larry Johnson
Published June 18, 2022 at 6:00pm
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/breaking-lithuania-light-fuse-world-war-iii/
There is possibly one positive thing that may be going on in the USA. Devolution. This has been detailed by Patel Patriot. Essentially it means Trump before he left, put the military in control. Why? Because the 2020 Election was rigged and there was foreign involvement in the rigged election. There was internet traffic from overseas into the Dominion and other voting machines. They have the IP addresses and everything. This may come out before the end of this year. So essentially the USA was attacked by a foreign power This set off this emergency and Devolution.
https://substack.com/profile/40784034-patel-patriot-jon
This web site also does the B reports 6 nights a week. The A reports are financial. The B reports are political. They have talked about Devolution and also about how Russia and Putin went after US bioweapons labs in the Ukriane and the globalist money laudering operation in the Ukraine.
Also those bioweapons labs may have been involved with Covid 19 as Russia has detailed and send the reports to the UN. This info has been detailed on Telegram by Bioclandestine and Intel Slava Z plus George Webb on Twitter. Russia may be going after labs in Nicaragua and other central American states. China may go after the bioweapons labs in Taiwan.
https://x22report.com/
There are things going on in at least 6 to 7 US states about the 2020 election. Americans who remember and were paying attention knew that the vote count stopped in these states around Midnight on election night in most o fthese states. We woke up the next day and Biden won. This is all being documented including in the film 2000 Mules done.
https://node-2.2000mules.com/
Trump knew this was going to happen in advance and signed orders for devolution. Biden may not control the nuclear football. i.e. the launch codes.
What does this all mean? Biden does not control the US Military, if he did, American troops would be fighting in the Ukraine. They can send stuff, they can have paid mercs, C*A, paramilitaries but no real troops. The stolen election can also be nullified through decertifcation. It has happened before.
Okay – so assuming you do not believe any of this.
The U.S. military has back channel communication with the Russian military. Yeah they say no one is talking but they always talked – it is too important. There was back channel connection through the Cold War. The Ukraine is a C*IA and State Dept Op like Syria, Benghazi, etc. The Joint Chiefs of Staff in the military who really count are not onboard with this war. The top US military and top Russian military are talking to insure things do not spin out of control.
This happened before. Remember when Obama had the US Navy off the coast of Syria and the Russians had there navy between the Syrian coast and US Navy? Obama wanted to shoot cruise missiles into Syria. General Martin Dempsey (US Army) was the head of the joint chiefs (all the highest generals and admirals). Dempsey was the top guy from 2011-2015.
Dempsey on a Saturday without an appointment went to the White House and told Obama – No. We will not launch any missiles to start a war with Russia over Syria. I remember this very well. this came very close to starting a war with Russia. Russia was not backing down.
As I said before, I do not think Biden has control of the nuclear football aka the launch codes for the nuclear missiles. The man probably has dementia. Who is really in charge of the US Military and nuclear forces? I think based on Devolution that Patel Patriot has pointed out, I think the US. Joint Chiefs. I am praying he is right.
I’m no Trumplethinskin fan and I didn’t sleep checking on those 5 late State calls (turn those machines back on you CIA b*stards ) but I’m 99.99% certain he, no the American voters, in those States were cheated. Biden had to win 80%+ of the remaining 5% -10% of the uncounted votes in those SWING States. HIGHLY UNLIKELY. Biden needed a clean sweep.
Let’s get Andrei Martyanov to do the math – R = 0.8 x 0.8 x 0.8 x 0.8 x 0,8 = approximately (no calculator to the nearest fraction 1/4 or 25%. Add in the early morning delivery of the suitcases of ballots (ballot stuffing ), the dismissal of Republican observers from the counting areas, the machine tampering and the fact that the ESTABLISHMENT could not accept another Trump for 4 years, indicates to me a neutral from outside America that Trump was sticked up bigtime. With everything that’s being exposed in America now this ain’t a far fetched conspiracy theory.
You speak the truth but are lacking in one area – our (United States) govt is not beholden to the people. Our elections are rigged and we are an occupied nation.
Sure, you have pockets of citizens in control but as you have seen the federal govt does what it will. The president can order military action with no declaration of war from congress.
There is nothing we can do short of marching on Washington ourselves – don’t hold your breath.
The best thing that can happen for us is for Russia and China to fracture and destroy the current satanic world order who rules over the west.
That will free the remnant of heritage American citizens and most importantly, it will free the world.
Russia is doing a fantastic job of chewing through western weapons stocks. They will chew through the west and its armies. Let us hope we avoid/survive nuclear holocaust.
Stay safe brother!
I like Gonzo; but, with this screed of his, I think Gonzo has gone off the deep end.
An escalation to nuclear weapons by the US requires the permission of the NATO heavy hitters. There is no way in hell, Macron, the Italians or the Germans will be party to that because they know (a) they are impotent and (b) their major cities will likely disappear.
Lots of talk about how a Russian victory in the Ukraine will embarrass Biden and the embarrassment will provoke him into reaching for escalation/nuclear weapons. Biden will not put boots on the ground in Ukraine much less launch a nuclear weapon. Nobody in the US will support either move and he knows it.
Lots of talk about NATO/US staging a situation requiring a NATO escalation/nuclear response. Complete fiction. See two paragraphs above.
Get some sleep, Gonzo.
A bit naive. Most of continental Europe is vassals of Empire, they will do as told or be liquidated.
Why do you think the NATO Supreme commander for Europe is allways American ?
NATOs defensive program for stopping the üntermench of the barbaric asiatic hordes is nuclear. Always was.
How things are progressing, this time next year 1’000s of Europeans will have frozen to death, starvation will not be uncommon. The only way to stay in power will likely be by declaring a state of emergency. All that is needed is a ‘good’ reason. Time for the good old days of strong leaders, people will demand it.
The US would be unable to make its vassals obey such an order. Its literal suicide to do so since every significant city in Europe and the US would be immediately destroyed.
That Lithuania is impeding the link between Russia and Kaliningrad is the one important news I got from the video. I didn’t know that. I see now it’s sanctioning goods to Kaliningrad.
Economic reasons (inflation, recession) for staging a war with Russia? Does it even sound right?
How does that help the Biden administration in the November elections? Who is the “Biden administration” that plans this war for economic motives? Not Milley or Austin – they are out of the loop regarding inflation or unemployment. Not Ms. Haines or Blinken – they also don’t have the range to evaluate or decide something like that even wrongly. Biden does not want war with Russia. We know that for a fact. He has been very clear on that in public and even in talking to Austin and Blinken, according to media reports. A war with Russia is the end of his political career to him. The Republicans will oust him, maybe even the Democrats. Gonzalo Lira in some way subscribes to the “puppet theory.” Lithuania is only a puppet, ergo the U.S. wants war with Russia. A good example of the failure of this theory.
How long would it take for Russia to roll over Lithuania ?
About as long as it takes for crap to go though a goose.
……and the media will spin it into pate de foie gras.
Which Scott Ritter are we going to get next week?
In the link ‘war is on’ posted above with Darnell & Ray McGovern he came across as a Superstar.
I’ve been saying, he knows his stuff but recently it looked like he’d been got at by the powers that be, however, after watching him on ‘war is on’s’ link then I’ve flipped back.
I think Putin’s speech at SPIEF has had a profound effect on him and he’s back on board.
Ha, ha. Don’t be cruel. He’s like a boxer being bounced around the ring and every time he bounces someone is saying he’s coming back. Don’t get me wrong. He can come back, but this “fight” is over. There’ll be some other occasion for his analysis. Putin gave a great speech and he’s back on the board (that’s cold, WTFUD). If we flip with him, we’re down too, eh?
My Jewish grandmother came from Lithuania. All but two family members were killed in WWII (her father had sent her to the USA long before the war). 96% of Lithuanian Jews were killed in WWII. Yet the Biden administration and notably Blinken and Nuland and many neocons are Jewish. It was the Soviet Union and Russia that put a stop to the Holocaust. Yet these idiots hate the Russia that saved what was left of European Jewry.
That’s what I can’t understand. Here is a song of Jewish partisans from WWII. How could Blinken stoop so low as to essentially support the people who killed so many of his coreligionists?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpeIy-MoKgQ
@subhuti37
I married into an Ashkenazi family, so I know how they think. They lack empathy for their fellow human beings, especially the goyim, whom they regard as useful cannon fodder to be exploited, dead or alive.
Ugly knows no boundaries.
Many of us have made the effort, over a number of years, to stop this stuff. It has not worked. I don´t know what will happen but, it is not looking good. I will continue to object to the nonstop war mongering, conducted by various ghouls. That said, I shall just try each to live each day the best possible because, if it does kick off there will be no reporting on the ´action´. The news will be cut, lots of thing just won´t exist anymore and no road will remain to go back and get it right. We will just need to rebuild, if possible.
In Gods hands, as always.
Gonzo while he knows some stuff is like an empty can that makes too much noise. He has no understanding of his fiance and money. The big players don’t want a nuclear war, what sense would that make. They would not have a chance of spending their trillions or enjoying a normal life. The name of the game is to screw the populace and scare the shit out of them so they can print more money without anyone complaining. In the end, they win, its the average joe that suffers. So there will be no nuclear war, maybe some sort of war but no Nuclear war. Lira needs to understand Currency markets, investor sentiment and how to determine trends.
Lira has been “Compromised” since his “House Arrest”.
He was good at Debunking Propaganda Video since he’s a Vid Producer; but outside of that, he’s a Dating Coach and a Website Thief(Economist Steve Keen).
Had NATO waged war on Russia at the time of the SMO, I would have believed that this is the beginning of WW3.
A big however! Russia has dedicated a relatively small military against a quasi-NATO force… and is winning decisively. Russia are deliberately going ‘slow’ in the hope that the Ukranian army surrenders en masse thereby reducing the extent of casualties on both sides.
What RF has also done during this operation is not show all its cards. Neither has RF committed its best forces. This is a true sign to the west that they have not encountered a true war insofar as a true Russian blitzkrieg.
And I have yet to mention Belarus and China should we be in amidst of WW3.
A little setback like Lithuania cutting off the railroad to Kaliningrad can be handled and resolved diplomatically. It’s ba relative nothing burger compared to what has taken place in Ukraine since 2014.
The west is definitely doubling down with its minion armies in Finland and the Baltics but the Russian response to problems caused by these proxies will be swift and clinical.
That is just my humble opinion given my assessment of current day facts.
Sorry but having Lira on here all the time is not a good look.
He does not have any authority.
I read / listen/ watch people like Saker, Martynov, MoA, Ritter, McGovern, Johnson because they are experienced analysts. They are experts in their field.
While Lira can make good points and observations they are not a rock to be anchored to
– He does not have any authority.
Gonzalo Lira has personal experience from Wall Street.
Scott Ritter is an expert on USSR, then he ended up in Middle East
They aren’t as passive as Gonzalo thinks. The drag queen story hour in Seattle, the gayest most liberal city on the US had police snipers on the roof to keep angry parents at bay.
The FBI has been used to terrorize parents who go against school boards.
The fundamental problem here is simple, the US government will no longer respond to its citizens in any useful way. Protests mostly waste time and get people arrested, unless State approved like the George Floyd riots
We could if organized to a common goal make them comply by force but we lack a common goal to organize around and frankly fairly sober people have calculated the resulting ethnic and cultural war would kill at a bare minimum 1/3 of the population and at a maximum, most of it. I’ve seen 70% or even more.
We don’t have anything we want enough to pay that price.
The USA military (as most militaries) is not a monolithic structure. It is sufficient for one or a few crazies (which have been strategically placed in the last decades) to go rogue or “rogue”. The other side (be they Korean, Chinese or Russian) will not be interested in the local US intricacies.
Britain’s top army general has warned UK troops to prepare to fight and beat Putin’s armies in a land war
General Sir Patrick Sanders warned soldiers ‘we must prepare the Army to fight in Europe once again’.
Bojo today..delusional
We’ve got to make it clear that we are supporting the Ukrainians in their ambitions… to expel the Russians, expel Putin’s armies, from everything that he has obtained since February 24, and make sure the Ukrainians are not encouraged to go for a bad peace, something that simply wouldn’t endure.’
via intelslavaz
🇺🇦🇺🇸The Pentagon has published a complete list of weapons provided to Ukraine:
▫️ more than 1,400 Stinger man-portable air defense systems;
▫️ More than 6,500 Javelin anti-tank missile systems;
▫️ more than 20,000 other anti-tank weapons;
▫️more than 700 Switchblade kamikaze drones;
▫️126 155mm howitzers and 260,000 155mm artillery shells;
▫️108 tactical vehicles for towing 155mm howitzers;
▫️19 tactical vehicles for the evacuation of equipment;
▫️MLRS HIMARS and ammunition for them;
▫️20 Mi-17 helicopters;
▫️hundreds of armored highly mobile multi-purpose wheeled vehicles;
▫️200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
▫️more than 7000 small arms;
▫️ More than 50 million rounds of ammunition for small arms;
▫️75,000 sets of body armor and helmets;
▫️121 Phoenix Ghost tactical unmanned aerial system;
▫️laser-guided missile systems;
▫️ Puma unmanned aerial systems;
▫️ unmanned coastal defense ships;
▫️22 counter-battery radars;
▫️4 anti-mortar radars;
▫️4 air surveillance radars;
▫️2 Harpoon coastal defense systems;
▫️M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel ammunition;
▫️ S-4 explosives and explosive equipment for clearing interference;
▫️tactical secure communication systems;
▫️ Thousands of night vision devices, thermal imaging systems, optics and laser rangefinders;
▫️commercial satellite imagery services;
▫️ protective equipment for the disposal of explosive objects;
▫️chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear protective equipment;
▫️ medical supplies, including first aid kits;
▫️ means of electronic warfare;
▫️field equipment and spare parts;
▫️Funding training, maintenance and support.
for the want of a Z open thread Rus military forces have been very very busy and very successful overnight
https://rusvesna.su/news/1655638938
is a translate on the website.
None of this surprises me in the least. When others said there would never be a war I said we are dealing with mad men.
And my criminal Canadian government is involved too. The European leaders are just out of their minds. If we don not stand up and loudly demand they stand down, then get ready for smoke and ash.
I believe that Biden will send the US ground troops as the strategic oil reserve holdings will be down to 10% or less. Without fuel the US military ground troops will grind to a halt. Stitting ducks. Fish in a barrel.
Tass writes “transit of some goods”, likely energy. WW3 isn’t starting yet. Doubt the Russians were caught unawares.
Firstly, I do not think Lithuania and Poland are going to invade Kaliningrad.
Secondly, I am sure that flea sized Lithuania will be quietly reminded that it is totally dependant on Russia for it’s life-supporting energy and that messing about with the railway connection is not a good idea.
https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/LTU
Yesterday I suggested in another thread that the “leadership” of the West is basically in the last stand at Avozstal mindset. They are surrounded and defeated and have no good options left. The options now are surrender or die. I have no doubt that some fraction of them prefer terms of surrender where maybe they get to keep some of their ill gotten wealth and they’re allowed to live out their lives in the Australian penal colony or somewhere else equally out of the way and soon to be unconnected from the rest of the world. The more problematic issue is that there are amongst them (and probably at the very top) those who are committed to ending the world as part of their insane, demonic worldview. These true believers wish to be united with the devil in eternal hell and have no problems taking the rest of us with them.
I also have little doubt that the rest of the world knows exactly the sort of monsters they are dealing with and are fully prepared for all of their insane scenarios. Lets not be naive and think that this Lithuania move has caught anyone in the Kremlin off-guard. Yet what do we see from Putin? Is he hunkering down and preparing for the end? No, he’s out there speaking about a grand vision of the future of his country and the world. A man of his intelligence who knows the end is near does not speak of building a future, he prepares his nation to meet their maker and make peace with their lives.
Likewise, we see the buzz of activity from the ME leaders meeting with Maduro, eager to build trade relations with the once pariah state. China is busy as ever building infrastructure. The rest of the world is moving forward building a future, there isn’t a sense of impending doom.
So rather than conclude that Russia is being baited somehow, I would suggest it is quite the other way around and that however much the US (via their rulers in the City of London, as per always) escalates, there exists a plan to neutralize it. It is more likely the beast is the one being baited in such a way as to draw out it’s most insane elements for the world to see and then put down in a way that minimizes collateral damage to the rest of the world. Again, Russia wasn’t forced into Ukraine. Russia saw this entire thing playing out years ago. Russia moved in when Russia was ready and everything was on their side. The West has nothing new in it’s playbook. They re-run the same plays over and over again–same playbook for well over a millennium. Given the state of the empire, one would logically have to conclude that this war in Ukraine would escalate to nukes. There is no basis for believing an agreement incapable people would act in anything but the most self-destructive and evil way.
So, no Gonzalo, there will not be any sort of continental war in Europe. The moment there are any significant US casualties, the US public and elites would be screaming to escalate to nukes, and therefore, whatever the multipolar alliance has planned, they will strike well before this point and put an end to this once and for all. Who knows, maybe all these aliens the US is blathering about lately already have signed an agreement with Russia and they’re going to stop all the US nukes from flying. Maybe the Russians and Chinese have some tech up their sleeves yet to be revealed that will stop them. But when you see complete hysteria and madness from one side, and calm and positivity from the other, I think it’s clear the battle has already been won.
Again, Putin’s speech at St. Petersburg was a victory speech. He’s not going to prematurely say the empire is dead and we’re entering a new era if he knows damn well the world is ending. Hard times ahead? Sure. But the gates of hell opening and the world ending? Nah, not happening.
“The moment there are any significant US casualties, the US public and elites would be screaming to escalate to nukes”
No. And there is no instance (in human experience) of a whole country asking for destruction or “mutual suicide.” Biden knows he would be blamed if a US-Russia war happened, having supported Ukraine and all that. Right now, he wants to avoid losing too much in the November election.
this is where this dude really shows he is bs: on the reason for the was in ucr “UCR was preparing to invade the Donbass AND RUSSIA”. I will leave it at that.
Ukraine was planning to invade the Donbass and Crimea. Whether Crimea is a part of Russia is arguable, but if you regard the Crimea as part of Russia – which de facto and historically and by choice of its residents, it is – then, yes, Ukraine was planning to invade Russia.
There was certainly the intention to “ethnically cleanse” the Donbass, and there was also the clear risk (as assessed by Russia) of incursion into Russian territory.
So, yes, Gonzalo is right. There was a very high likelihood of attacks on Russian border villages, and this was also one of the reasons behind the SMO (as has been mentioned on this site many times over the past few months).
I can’t say the USA will be annihilated, it would be more of an equal fight, depending if the US plays by the rules of war that they push on others. Never forget, the US can destroy a clinic or bomb an entire familiy without taken responsibility. They problem in a confrontation are the body counts. News outlets told early on that Russia lost more troops first monnth than the US during the Afghanistan campaign. US rules, Russia losers. But the difference is that the US didn’t fought a war, Russia is fighting a war. The US accept certain deaths but in confrontation with Russia it will be too much. The EU is even worse and almost hilarious if you watch job commercials for the army. Western Europe don’t accept deaths, the reason why they never sended a single soul on the ground to Syria to defeat IS. The US has technology advanced weapons. I told it before but Russia loses on the drone wars. Thousends small suicide drones are impossible to shoot them down and can kill many soulders or take out air defence, radars,… The US has recon drones that can autodetect Russian weapons and have HIMARS taking it out from 80 km. So Russia would need to have a watertight air defence umbrella. Maybe they counter with the snealy drones with brute force and just carpet bomb the enemy away. I came up with a concept for a suicide drone for clearing trenches, much safer than how to do it now. As when the war started, Russia can’t afford to lose. I believe Russia can use nuclear weapons when the existence of Russia is threatened. OK that’s that.
Russia has shown a lot of patience. After economical sanctions I would see that as an act of war, not all types of war are with weapons. Then they started targeting people and their families. Now that’s a breach of rule of law and there’s no difference between a dictator and those politicians. This act of war should be responded. I would train secret agents and eliminate politicians and their family, also everyone from bussinesses and federations that acted against Russia. Think about going after a politician children, they all will be scared for life, ruined. If they try to destroy you then you can try destroying them. In the West they don’t understand that actions have consequences. Maybe Russia should shoot a military cargo plane with weapons for Ukraine down. Sabotage LNG vessel with destination EU. The Western leader must feel consequences, it’s the same problem with national politics. You do know Von Der Leyen recked Germany and as reward she got a top EU job? Basically the EU is a collecction of failed politicians, no wonder that they behave like idiots, they are idiots.
– The US has recon drones that can autodetect Russian weapons and have HIMARS taking it out from 80 km. So Russia would need to have a watertight air defence umbrella.
According to Wikipedia the number of Himars produced is 40 per year, much less than the Russian BM Smerch (range 90 km)
MLRS has been part of Russian army for 70 years. They are overloaded with it, and millions of Russian reservists will have compentence of usage.
The technology is in the sub-ammo … that will be updated … using same delivery platform.
BM-21 can also also be updated with modern missiles.
Russia will file a complaint at the WTO and UN, and then use ships for cargo deliveries. Unless Lithuania or Poland (NATO) actually fires in Belarus or Kaliningrad, nothing will come of the rail boycott. It’s another “inconvenience” for Russia, but they will do a work around like always.
According to the available info about 50% of Kalingrads rail imports are to be embargoed. I doubt that will be enough to start WW3 given Russias options for retaliation. As well as the capacity of the seaport.
https://www.rferl.org/a/lithuania-bans-transit-sanctioned-russian-goods-kalingrad/31904337.html
I’m a Brit so I don’t understand US politics but I do understand British politics. And it is true that Boris Johnson, facing extreme unpopularity, is going 100% for a long war between Ukraine and Russia as the only chance to win the next election. In a war, people tend to support their leaders.
He doesn’t care how many Ukrainians get killed, he just wants to prolong the war. And if that provokes WW3, well, tough, but the alternative is losing the next election (or being kicked out by his own party before then).
Nothing is more important to him than his chance of winning the next election. Not Ukrainian lives, not the British economy – not even British lives, if it comes to that. He’ll gamble anything if it can increase his chance of remaining Prime Minister.
gonzo does not know much about finances. There will be no Nuclear war. I have been studying and playing the markets for over 20 years. The big players will never allow the US to unleash Nuclear weapons. What is the point of having all the money in the world and living in bunker? They will create the impression of one while milking the masses, and that’s it. Yeah there might be a hot war minus the Nuclear weapons in which case America will become Russia’s bitch.
Furthermore, His denigration of Scott ritter was uncalled for.
Scott Ritter puts the probablity of things going nuclear by the end of the year at 70%. He seems to believe that the situation with China/Taiwan could be a trigger. But he must not know a lot about finance. Not sure how ‘studying and playing the markets for 20 years’ qualifies one for military prognostications. But I kinda hope you’re right.
Yeah you’re right, I don’t know anything about money. It’s not like my old man was a New York banker, or that I’ve been working with investment banks and hedge funds since ’97, or that I led my first nine-figure funding round in ’03, or successfully managed money during the GFC and came out ahead, or that I had a long-running financial blog with about 7mm views, or that I shorted the market pre-Covid and sold out my positions on 3/16/20, or that I do YouTube as a hobby because I just live off the income from my real estate and farming investments.
Yeah you’re right, I don’t know anything about money. But I DO know that only amateurs—like you—“play the markets” like it’s a casino, like it’s a game of luck. Pros know it’s not a game of luck.
Now go back to buying your Merrill Lynch ETF’s on margin, like a good little McMuffin.
GL
Welcome! You are among friends although some commentators are out of control.
Don’t let the bastards get you down.
Amarynth
Very similar to the notion that Eurostates and UK are independent actors. The “leaders” have been “tailhooked” either literally or figuratively, just as in the US military.
See Kay Griggs.
Calling someone “injudicious” and “hysteric” and saying he won’t pay attention to him, is not “denigration.” He says Ritter called him “gonzo” while making a false death announcement. I wish more details had been presented, but it’s “bastard” stuff if Ritter called him that while making such an announcement.
Speaking of Ritter, I visited Iran’s presstv.ir today and I found a Scott Ritter article posted there. Since they published him, I read it. He informed that the President of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, said this week in St. Petersburg that the war will be over before this year ends and that Ukraine will not be a nation by then. I still believe that the war will likely be over by the end of August but through a military coup (it’s getting more iffy), and I agree with Pushilin that it won’t be a nation by the end of the year (it might be in a transition to become part of Russia). Stoltenberg and PM Johnson are among those who believe the war will likely last many years. Why do they think that it doesn’t matter, and that it does not affect “security” if the Russians think their opinion is incompetent and clueless, and if it makes them lose respect (Putin is already predicting a change of leaders)?
Ritter: “The President of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, in a statement made during the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, indicated that Ukraine’s decision to receive heavy weapons from the West leaves the Russian forces no choice but to continue military operations even after the liberation of the Donbas.”
That makes sense. There are consequences to getting involved if things don’t work out. This reason Pushilin mentions is one big reason why no such help should have been rendered. It is not in the stated interest of the United States for Russia to be forced to go beyond the Donbass.
Even if you want to say they would do it anyway (!), you don’t give them the reason. The U.S. officially wants a stalemate right now to negotiate a good outcome. It would have been better not to send the weapons and negotiate the same outcome from a position of true strength (moral strength). Russia rejects the word “invasion” and without the weapon deliveries the West could say that Russia must not go beyond Donbass lest it becomes an obvious invader. (Maybe it would still be hard to stop the fighting bear, but easier.) Good point by Pushilin – that’s the perspective from his position. https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/06/17/684090/West-Ukraine-War-Fantasy-Death-Ukrainian-Nation
Russia has been “sand-bagging” during this SMO all along, and for good reason. They haven’t used their elite units {except for an occasional Spetsnaz operation or deployed their most modern weapons systems because they knew they would eventually need them in any future battles with NATO. Once they are deployed, the US and NATO will see they have seriously overplayed their hand. But by then it will be too late.
Gonzolo: The truth is, here in the Empire of Lies our politicians no longer listen to us. To them, we are the great unwashed masses that need them to tell us how to live. It’s not that we don’t care, it’s that we have lost control of our political institutions and people don’t have the stomach for what it would take to get them back. So they keep getting more of the same: Dumped on. Where can I donate to your “coffee fund”?
I’m certain the US military could beat Russia–We have DIVERSITY! What could Russia do against our RAINBOW Regiments and non-binary brigades and tranny battalions? Our drag-queen officer corps will give those russkis what for! And don’t forget about those women! Why they are all stunning, brave, strong, powerful, confident, independent, talented, heroic and all kinds of other adjectives. And as everyone knows–correct pronouns and adjectives win wars all the time. MMMmmmm on second thought maybe SOMEONE is going to have their woketard butts handed to them.
Stephanopoulos (ABC TV, “The Week with…”) interviewed Putin years ago and told him that Obama said that Russia’s army would become stronger if it allowed gays, etc. Putin responded with a forced smile (or knowing, semi-embarrassed smile), didn’t say anything. Well, it showed how much Obama cares about that issue.
OH, you could get it and read all of it, the site gives permission, just credit it. One of the best articles I have seen, it covers everything and is kind of written in your style. Please.
“Meet the New Boss; Putin Reroutes Critical Hydrocarbons Eastward Leaving Europe High-and-Dry”
By Michael Whitney
Michael Whitney is a renowned geopolitical and social analyst based in Washington State. He initiated his career as an independent citizen-journalist in 2002 with a commitment to honest journalism, social justice and World peace.
He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).
I’d put up a link, but fear that it would not allowed.
I tried posting the entire article, since the site gives permission, but it was too long.
All caps removed. Please don’t use as its screaming and breaks site rules. Mod.
Allegedly Aidar Battalion surrendered today near Severodonetsk. The prisoners supposedly include the unit’s commanders and staff.
Does anyone have info confirming or refuting this report?
Joe Biden is an old man with an election coming up. So this is an opportunity for a reimaging-ing, American press is full of floaters about how desperate Democrats are to run anyone else than Biden, so saber rattling is in order. I think Lira is overreacting, everyone knows that China will not only cease to remain ‘neutral ‘, but will move on Taiwan if Russia proper is invaded, by American military of any service. What will Biden and neocons do when in response to US ‘sanctions ‘ that would inevitably be imposed on China for protecting their national interest they begin waging a real trade war and dump US treasuries and corporate bonds or just nationalize US assets in China? Russia has many options for asserting power in the Baltic sea and the response will be control of the merchant waterways and port access. I doubt the American military will be a factor, in fact Russian navy may try provoking a US/Nato naval response to gauge ‘readiness’ right around … US election time, gosh haven’t we seen this movie before? In other words poking bear again will wake up dragon.
An american .gov “promise” isn’t worth the lick-spittle it is written in. Written as an American.
I’m an American. I’m calling Biden right now to stop this travesty!
Would Putin really allow himself to be provoked into such a scenario? He surely sees the same possibilities as Gonzalo is warning about. I also maintain a belief that MAD still applies in both sides’ thinking, and the the US-NATO would not use nukes unless Russia struck first, or vice-versa.
I think that Putin will keep a cool head toward the Lithuanians and would accept the loss of Kaleningrad if it were to occur. After all, he’s going to be taking control of ALL of Ukraine anyway since Elensky and his dogs keep barking about retaking Donbas and Crimea…the loss of Kaleningrad would be a relatively small matter in the overall game.
“I think that Putin will keep a cool head toward the Lithuanians and would accept the loss of Kaleningrad if it were to occur.”
No! That’s a WWII victory. That, too, is celebrated every year in a Moscow parade. They would rather invade Lithuania than do that. In fact, Peskov said more than a month ago that Kaliningrad is untouchable by others, that it’s part of Russia like any other part. (You don’t know Putin – that’s what you would do.)
Kaliningrad is the home of the Russian Baltic Fleet.
An attack on Kaliningrad is very much an attack on Russia, and the collective West has already been told what Russia’s response will be.
I hear what you’re saying about passing this message to a passive American audience, and I agree with that! However, it may make more sense to let the Lithuanian’s & Polish to influence their politicians as they have more of an influence & are more proactive than Americans.
Sadly, you are correct. American citizens have lost their Initiative and their faith to the extent that they will stand by and allow the corrupt and illegitimate American government to finally bring total ruin on them.
Sadly….it is very likely outcome….way too many americans are completely fed up with not only with biden regime but with “republicans” too….
2 wings of the same bird.
We appreciate Gonzalo’s input on these issues, and more. But we have a question: what is a seemingly wealthy American businessman in Kharkiv doing there? Is he a businessman making profit in that region? Or, is he tied in some ways to Russia, or, for that matter to Ukrainian’s corporate interests?
Gonzalo isn’t a journalist, he’s not an historian. He’s a businessman. Why would any American want to be in Kharkiv?
In the last 2-3 weeks.. this Ukrainian demonic clusterf**k has turned into a total “Meat Grinder” for the Ukies and its foreign mercenary fools.
The outcome is done in military terms, and most likely in Geo-political terms as well… the ONLY question remaining today is… “what is the vile, blood-lusting, warmongering ‘West” going to do?”
Go nuke, bio, chemical (again)???
Hope you stay safe ‘Gonzo’ when the Russians decide to turn their full attention to Kharkiv and Odessa
As we say here in Brazil: The US wants a war but is not prepared; Russia does not want a war, but is prepared.
I agree with Mr. Gonzalo and I try to clarify to my friends and relatives the situation abroad, asking them to look for impartial sites on internet.
One thing for me is crystal clear. If US attack Russia with nuclear bombs, their territory, contrary what happened in WWI and WWII, will be completely destroyed.
That’s a good warning. This may not be it, Mutual Assured Destruction-wise, but any one of these small players, like Lithuania, could blow everything out of all proportion, with the aid and assistance of the blinkered.
RT came up with something on this topic.
rt lithuania kaliningrad
(Search parameters)
https://www.rt.com/news/557504-lithuania-kaliningrad-transit-ban-explanation/
https://www.rt.com/news/557556-eu-commission-lithuania-kaliningrad/
It is still dangerous as hell.
Scott Ritter thinks “zero chance” of nuclear war over Ukraine and puts a high probability on China doing an amphibious invasion of Taiwan, leading to destruction of the 6th fleet and total nuclear war.
For settling things down between Russia and America, he sees it as a problem around trust. The alleged Empire of Lies is beyond redemption in Russia’s eyes, so zero trust means zero chance of any stop to the Russian Special Operation in Ukraine, anything short of Kyiv.
See
https://raymcgovern.com/2022/06/20/war-with-china-nukes-in-ukraine/
McGovern counters that Sullivan, Blinken and Austin may have to go after the midterms but he sees critical danger before the midterms.
Ritter adds Nuland to the list but his faith in Biden is low to nonexistent.
And he thinks the end of the world may come through the sinking of a U.S. fleet.
Kaliningrad, Taiwan, Poland, all these little players have minds of their own, and are on the minds of their masters, but any proxy, proxy master, monopole or dipole could unwitting lead us to nuclear paroxysm.
Thanks for the input. Your analyses of the characters of Nuland and company were excellent.
Hope you are not too far up the metaphorical creek without a paddle.
When Uncle $hmuel starts slinging Nukes, I just hope and pray that I live long enough to see
news footage of Wa$hington, and everyone in it, incinerated. I hope also that Biden, Blinken,
Harris, Hilary Clinton, Cookie Nuland, etc etc., along with every other demoRAT is present.