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WWIII in the shadows
That the world is dividing into a 21st century version of Allies V Axis nations is no secret . China /Russia /North Korea /Iran and a host of other bad actors on one side . The US /EU/India (maybe) /Japan /Australia and a host of other nations on the other side.
In Beijing, Xi and Putin left no question of their close alignment in a divided world | CNN China Reaches out to Russia, North Korea as US Cements Trilateral Partnership With Japan, Philippines – The Diplomat The Axis of Upheaval: How America’s Adversaries Are Uniting to Overturn the Global Order (foreignaffairs.com) America, Australia, UK expand military tech, information sharing in Indo-Pacific region | Fortune Asia Suspicious of China, Philippines Expands US Military Presence (voanews.com) Japan-U.S. Extended Deterrence Dialogue | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (mofa.go.jp) What is not as well reported is that both sides have been shaping the battlefield already. This is being done with cyber as well as direct attacks . We may deny it all we want to ;but the other side doesn't even try to pretend according to 'The Economist' . "Germany arrested two German-Russian dual nationals on suspicion of plotting attacks on American military facilities and other targets on behalf of the GRU, Russia's military intelligence agency. Poland arrested a man who was preparing to pass the GRU information on Rzeszow airport, the most important hub for military aid to Ukraine. Britain charged several men over an earlier arson attack in March on a Ukrainian-owned logistics firm in London whose Spanish depot was also targeted." Russia is ramping up sabotage across Europe (economist.com) At the Cyber-UK Conference Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ.....the equivalent of the US National Security Agency NSA ) Director Anne Keast-Butler said "Before, Russia simply created the right environments for these groups to operate, but now they are nurturing and inspiring these non-state cyber actors in some cases seemingly coordinating physical attacks against the West." She also called out China
“Russia and Iran pose immediate threats. But China is the epoch-defining challenge,” Keast-Butler said.
“We now devote more resource to China than any other single mission,” she told the CyberUK conference in Birmingham. “Through their coercive and destabilizing actions, the PRC (People’s Republic of China) poses a significant risk to international norms and values. “In cyberspace, we believe that the PRC’s irresponsible actions weaken the security of the internet for all. China has built an advanced set of cyber capabilities and is taking advantage of a growing commercial ecosystem of hacking outfits and data brokers at its disposal.” FBI Director Chris Wray issued similar warnings "The PRC [People's Republic of China] has made it clear that it considers every sector that makes our society run as fair game in its bid to dominate on the world stage, and that its plan is to land low blows against civilian infrastructure to try to induce panic and break America's will to resist," Wray: Chinese Government Poses 'Broad and Unrelenting' Threat to U.S. Critical Infrastructure — FBI It takes two to tango ;and the west had done it's share of covert mischief .
As Russian troops press ahead with a grinding campaign to seize eastern Ukraine, the nation’s ability to resist the onslaught depends more than ever on help from the United States and its allies — including a stealthy network of commandos and spies rushing to provide weapons, intelligence and training, according to U.S. and European officials.
Much of this work happens outside Ukraine, at bases in Germany, France and Britain, for example. But even as the Biden administration has declared it will not deploy American troops to Ukraine, some C.I.A. personnel have continued to operate in the country secretly, mostly in the capital, Kyiv, directing much of the vast amounts of intelligence the United States is sharing with Ukrainian forces, according to current and former officials. The campaign involves long standing sleeper cells that the allied spy service has activated to hinder Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine by waging a secret war behind Russian lines.
Years in the planning, the campaign is responsible for many of the unexplained explosions and other mishaps that have befallen the Russian military industrial complex since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, according to three former U.S. intelligence officials, two former U.S. military officials and a U.S. person who has been briefed on the campaign. The former officials declined to identify specific targets for the CIA-directed campaign, but railway bridges, fuel depots and power plants in Russia have all been damaged in unexplained incidents since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February.
Who destroyed Nord Stream pipelines ? It could be anyone ;but Russia sabotaging it sounds absurd. As noted before Seymore Hersh pointed the finger at the US . The Washington Compost playing cover blames it on a rogue Ukraine officer . Ukrainian military officer coordinated Nord Stream pipeline attack that shocked and mystified the West - The Washington Post Russia invaded Ukraine with limited goals . But now Russia believes that they are at war with the west . Kremlin, in change of language, says Russia is 'at war' due to West's role in Ukraine | Reuters We are not yet in the 'find a safe place in your basement to bend over and kiss your a$$ goodby' mode yet. But when the grid gets disrupted ;or that wild fire mysteriously ignites ; or barges suddenly start striking bridges it may not be a coincidence . Ship that struck Baltimore bridge had 4 blackouts before disaster | AP News Barge hits bridge in Texas, causing oil spill – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (nbcdfw.com) |
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yes Iran state media confirms this
Iran's President Raisi dead in helicopter crash, Iranian state media reports (msn.com) It could be weather related . But this comes in the backdrop that Raisi was returning from Azerbaijan. Reports say that things were cooling down from a 2 year border crisis that saw military drills conducted on both sides of the border . January 27 of last year the Azerbaijan embassy in Iran was terror attacked . A gunman entered the embassy and opened fire with an AK . The embassy was recently reopened Going deeper ; Azerbaijan is a pro western secular state . They are also allied with Israel and provide oil to them .Israel provides weapons to them and the weapons helped them retake the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region from Armenia.  Part of traditional Azerbaijan is inside the Iran territory .Ethnic Azerbaijanis are treated as second class citizens in Iran. And of course Azerbaijan sits smack in the middle of proposed pipelines from the Caspian Sea to Europe that would bypass Russia and Iran. It is a very complex geopolitical situation . So yeah the weather may have been the only factor . |
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US UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield stood for a moment of silence with the rest of the UN Security Council in memory of that a&& wipe murdering scumbag Ebrahim Raisi aka the butcher of Tehran. Disgusting ! Any decent person would've given a standing ovation.
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This would be a good time for our nation to recommit our support for the dissidents in Iran . We blew our chances a few times ;the last one being when Iran erupted in protests after Mahsa Amini was arrested and murdered for not wearing her hijab correctly in 2022
What you did not hear about it from the compliant press ? Clueless Joe paid lip service to it while speaking about Ukraine and climate change at the UN September 2022 "the brave citizens and the brave women who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights” Remarks by President Biden Before the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly | The White House America did not pay attention and I doubt will pay attention as again the Iranian people attempt to break free. No doubt the US will instead deliver pallets of $$ cash ;tribute in honor of the butcher of Tehran We can help and maybe just maybe the American people would if they were made aware of the brave sacrifices ;especially Iranian women make and the risks they take . |
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NATO has just concluded its largest military exercises since the start of the Cold War. From January to the end of May an estimated 90,000 troops took part in an extended demonstration of how NATO would respond against any Russian invasion of Lithuania via Belarus. The admission of Finland and Sweden to NATO has further strengthened this show of European unity.
Despite his extraordinary political situation at home, President Biden has walked a precarious line by continuing to seek adequate arms for Ukraine’s defence without triggering an escalation to direct NATO conflict with Russian troops. When a Russian cruise missile crossed into Polish airspace as it did in March we saw the danger of just one misstep, miscalculation or incident of military overreach. Since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Polish jet fighters have scrambled to their borders hundreds of times. The danger is ever present. While President Vladimir Putin insists that he is not considering deploying nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war, he adds frequently that any direct conflict between US-led NATO troops and Russians fighting Ukraine would be a step closer to World War III. Putin has claimed that Russian forces have detected foreign soldiers speaking English and French, implying that NATO already has military personnel in that battlefield. France’s President Emmanuel Macron has said that he would not rule out deploying troops in Ukraine in the future. WWIII is coming out of the shadows. Remember when Quid balked at sending long range ATACMS for fear that Ukraine will strike deep into Russia with them? Well surprise surprise surprise !!!!....we sent HIMAR missiles to Ukraine and they are using them to strike deep into Russia . US weapons used by Ukraine to strike inside Russia, official says | AP News Next up US advisors on the front line. US considers deploying extra military advisors to Ukraine as Russia looks set to ramp up offensives (yahoo.com) Do we really think Russia would not hesitate to targeting US troops on the front line? Some generals believe that we need to establish air superiority over Ukraine to protect our advisors. US troops have gone to Finland for "exercises " US Army Soldiers Begin Long-Distance Transit Across Nordic Region > U.S. Army Europe and Africa > Article View Press Release Meanwhile there is increasing talk about NATO nations instituting conscription. UK and Nato urged to consider conscription as world leaders gather in Kyiv to mark Ukraine war anniversary (yahoo.com) Quid is in Normandy today . He will meet with Zelensky in the coming days telling him to be patient and wait until after the US November election. NATO will drag the US in. Slovakia PM Robert Fico was pumped with 5 bullets because he dared let the cat out of the bag. February 26 Slovak PM says EU, NATO members weighing sending troops to Ukraine – POLITICO May 15 Robert Fico: Slovakia’s prime minister shot multiple times in ‘politically motivated’ attack | CNN Today Slovakia PM Fico says he was targeted for Ukraine views, in first speech since assassination attempt (nbcnews.com) Putin will respond. He warned that he will send long range missiles to our neighborhood. His fleet will commence military exercises in our hemisphere this summer Russia is expected to begin naval, air exercises in Caribbean, U.S. official says - CBS News Putin warns that Russia could provide long-range weapons to others to strike Western targets - ABC News (go.com) |
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Russian nuclear warships have docked in Cuba. The ships are The Admiral Gorshkov frigate, and the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan. Both are equip with hypersonic missiles.
Ever vigilant Florida residents were on alert  The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966) - Under Arrest Scene (10/10) | Movieclips - YouTube |
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At the G7 meeting ,the leaders agreed to give Ukraine a "loan " of Russian frozen assets . Since the seizing of Russian money is against international law ,they couch this money grab as a loan from the interest of Russian assets they have frozen .
But as reckless as that was ; it does not compare to the bilateral defense pact Clueless Joe committed the US to . He presumably will tie the hands of future administrations for the next decade in a deal that commits the US to the defense of Ukraine . What does the Constitution say about that ? Article 2 Sec 2 says He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; Funny ; I don't recall the Senate ever ratifying such a deal. Calling it an agreement does not change the fact that it is a treaty. It is couched in language that doesn't quite become a firm commitment to deploy US forces . But it certainly implies that .
It is the policy of the Parties to work together to help deter and confront any future aggression against the territorial integrity of either Party. The security-related commitments in this Agreement are intended to support Ukraine’s efforts to win today’s war and deter future Russian military aggression. It is the policy of the United States to assist Ukraine in maintaining a credible defense and deterrence capability.
Any future aggression or threat of aggression against the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of either Party would be a matter of grave concern to the other Party. In the event of future armed attack or threat of armed attack against Ukraine, the Parties shall, at the request of either Party and in accordance with their respective laws, immediately meet, where possible within 24 hours, at the most senior levels to determine appropriate next steps and additional defense needs. The Parties may mutually decide to develop and implement additional appropriate defense and deterrent responses, including in the economic, military, and/or political realms. Such responses may include the imposition of economic and other costs on the aggressor state through steps that may include, among other things, potential sanctions or export controls. The Parties stand ready to share available and appropriate information and intelligence immediately in response to such an event, and to consult with signatory countries of the Joint Declaration of 2023 on additional, joint responses. Bilateral Security Agreement Between the United States of America and Ukraine | The White House This comes in the wake of the US hitting Russia with more crippling sanctions. US Treasury widens sanctions to curb Russia's war production | Reuters This move halted trading of the Euro and US dollar on the Moscow market. Russia today has decided to end the US dollar as it's trade benchmark . Russia adopts Chinese yuan-to-ruble as benchmark exchange rate after US sanctions force a further move away from the dollar (yahoo.com) Flashback 1940-1941 Because of Japanese aggression in Indochina President Roosevelt formalized an agreement to assist China through "loans " and "lend -lease" . In response Japan signed a tripartite treaty with Germany and Italy . the US instituted crippling sanctions and embargos against Japan. The US ramped up pressure with more sanctions and embargos. United States freezes Japanese assets | July 26, 1941 | HISTORY Throughout this diplomats of Japan and the US met to try to resolve the crisis . But at some point Japan determined that the US was not serious about coming to an agreement and decided their only hope was a crippling first military strike at the US. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor December 7,1941 4 months after the US hit them with economic warfare. |
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