Here’s another good 'un in our view:
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This is the best video I have seen so far on this subject. Two things that Marouf said really struck a chord with me.
First, was his comment on the Yemeni action against Israehell. Their insistence on only military targets while the zionist entity are striking civilian infrastructure is a mistake. I agree completely.
He also pointed out that Israehell’s air capabilities (which we know Iran has the capability to wipe out) should have been destroyed by Iran. Again, any fool can see this and they would then be walking the walk in support of the Palestinians, rather than just talking the talk.
Thanks for posting.
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So is Israhel over stretching? As a US proxy Air Force they only hailed fire on Syria when confident no air defence capability would be used. Then all bets are off.
The Empire’s middle-eastern operation is in purely demolition-centred mode, when no Palestinians are able to be lured into crossfire. Seems unlikely the Zionist entity will try to defend any territorial gains, except at Golan, though.
Quite a lot more to be negotiated in the early new year?
Something is starting to smell bad in all of this.
Some interesting observations about Putin from PCR who’s been critical of Putin for quite a while:
Will Russia Collapse in 2025?
December 26, 2024
Will Russia Collapse in 2025?
Paul Craig Roberts
Is Putin’s Government Trying to Be a 19th century liberal government in the brutal evil world of the 21st century?
I raise this question not only because Putin has been fighting in his gentlemanly way a war on Russian territory in Ukraine for six months longer without yet winning than it took Stalin’s Red Army to defeat the formidable German Wehrmacht in World War II, and still Putin has not cleared Ukrainian troops from the small Donbas area or from the Ukrainian invasion of Russian Kursk. Does anyone remember when Putin declared that Russia would never again fight a war on its own territory? Putin has been fighting a war on Russia’s own territory for longer than the Soviet offensive took to drive the German invaders out of Russia. Moreover, Putin and Lavrov seem to be relying on Trump, not the Russian military, to bring the conflict in Ukraine to an end by agreeing to a mutual security treaty.
None of Putin’s declarations have had any effect on Washington’s determination to further breakup Russia, a constraint on American hegemony. Neither have any of the super weapons that Putin has waved in the face of the West. Putin’s reliance on useless “agreements,” such as the Minsk Agreement and the Astana Agreement that sunk Syria, together with Putin’s clamps on the Russian military in Donbas, has convinced Washington that Putin will not fight. Washington finds it extraordinary that it took Putin eight years after Washington’s coup in Kiev, which placed a Washington Puppet in charge of Ukraine, to come to grips with the fact that he had a problem, deceived as he was by his useless Minsk Agreement.
After Putin’s intervention in Syria that prevented US President Obama’s invasion of Syria, Putin’s only proactive move, Putin refused to allow Syria to use Russian air defense systems to prevent Israeli attacks on Syria and on Iranian officials. During the entire time of the Russian Air Force’s domination of Syrian air space, Putin permitted Israel and Washington to attack Syrian territory at will. One wonders why Putin ever bothered to intervene in Syria. The can got kicked down the road for awhile, but the final result was that Putin ran from the Israeli/Washington invasion and placed the Syria he had defended in the hands of Washington and Israel. Putin simply wrote off 8 or more years of the Russian Air Force fighting in the defense of a Syrian government elected by Syrians.
Now the road is open for Israel to occupy Lebanon. No more embarrassing defeats of the vaunted Israeli Army at the hands of the Hezbollah militia devoid of an air force or heavy weapons. Twice the Israeli Army, good only for killing women and children, ran for its life from Hezbollah. But now thanks to Putin, Syria is no more, and there is no way to resupply Hezbollah. Hezbollah sat on its butt and did nothing while Israel assassinated all of its leaders and commanders and cut off its resupply routes. Inaction always leads to defeat, and Putin’s inaction is leading to Russia’s defeat. In the final days, to avoid this Russian defeat will the button be pushed?
Iran is now also isolated and wonders what trust it can put in Putin, who is so averse to fighting. The Chinese and the BRICS now face the same question. Can Russia be counted on in a showdown?
My critical words do not comprise even a beginning of Putin’s long list of strategic mistakes. I have written about some of them on this website. But many I have not have had a chance to address.
Consider this one for example. Russia is a federation, a weak political structure as it amounts to a tower of babel, and it has Muslim provinces. Putin’s policies in the Middle East have favored Israel over Muslims. Recently, perhaps in response to Israel’s genocide of Palestine, Russian Muslims attacked Jews in a Muslim province of the Russian Federation. Why there were Jews there is incomprehensible. Putin’s government immediately arrested the Russian Muslims and committed Russia’s Muslim citizens to 7 and 8 years in prison for assaulting Jews. But Putin has done nothing about Israel’s murderous assaults on Palestine and Lebanon and Syria.
So why is Putin on Israel’s side and not on the side of the Russian Federation’s own Muslim citizens? The Putin government’s persecution of its own citizens for their expressed opposition to Israel’s murderous treatment of Muslims raises the question whether Putin is really a nationalist leader or just another Israeli puppet like Washington. Even Trump’s government is overwhelmingly Zionist.
Russia’s Muslim province just gave the green light to polygamy. This is inconsistent with Russian law. Here we have a new breakage in the Russian Federation, a double breakage considering the Russian government taking the side of Israel over the Russian Muslim population. Little doubt the Muslim leaders will have to reverse the decision. What an extraordinary gift Putin has handed to Washington’s neoconservatives to exploit. Here we have Putin helping Washington’s breakup of the Russian Federation.
Let’s see. During the years Putin has been in office, Washington has established missile bases on Russia’s borders in Poland, Romania, and Ukraine. Ukraine, formerly a Russia friendly country, has become Washington’s ally in a war against Russia, still not acknowledged by the Russian Foreign Ministry, which seems unable to acknowledge any reality.
Putin the Unready was not ready for the US/Georgian invasion of South Ossetia, nor for Washington’s Maidan Coup in Ukraine, nor for the necessary Russian intervention in Donbas, nor for the defense of Syria, host of Russia’s naval and air bases for the projection of Russian power, nor for Armenia, nor for Washington’s ongoing color revolution in Georgia. Putin is never ready for anything but a worthless paper agreement with his enemies. Is Putin Capable of Strategic Thinking? |
Putin has guaranteed that Washington’s provocations of the Russian government will continue until Putin has only two choices: surrender or war. Putin is capable of surrendering, but will the Russian General Staff take the decision out of his hands? The war will be due not only to Washington’s aggressions but also to Putin’s lack of response and strategic ability.
I have wondered if the shakeup of the Russian generals with departures and indictments are actually moves against corruption as announced or moves against Russian patriots who think they are watching Putin’s sell out of Russia to Washington, just as the CIA and US Joint Chiefs of Staff saw America’s leader, US President John F. Kennedy, selling out America to the Soviet Union.
Putin’s inability to put his foot down, except verbally, is leading the world into nuclear war. Putin’s new weapon lets him pretend the war won’t be nuclear, but it will be, because no one but Putin has the new super weapon. Putin and Lavrov’s warnings about war are always undercut by their own denials. Consequently, Russian warnings carry zero weight.
We cannot look to Trump for peace. Trump has appointed mainly a Zionist government. Having lost Syria, Russia is on the defensive. Part of making America great again is the restoration of Washington’s hegemony, which Putin challenged until he collapsed. What this means is that it is unrealistic to expect Trump to agree to a Ukrainian settlement on Putin’s announced terms.
If Trump agrees to Putin’s reasonable terms, the presstitute media will discredit Trump with his own supporters by declaring him a Putin agent who settled Putin’s aggression on Putin’s terms. Trump will become the President “who lost Ukraine.”
It remains to be seen how much longer the Russian General Staff will tolerate Putin’s ineptitude as a war leader.
There is much PCR states as fact which can be explained by an alternative theory. There is also a lot I agree with. I’m just waiting for the better thinkers here to say they think.
Hi folks, two points:
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Putin has declared who are the enemy and they do not include civilian Slavs hence the cautious approach. Putin has deliberately sought to avoid actions that amount to war crimes - unlike the crimes of the West.
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The West has taken 8 years to create massive fortifications which have not been easy to overcome or outflank.
Cheers
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Do I trust anyone anymore? Not really. Everything is plausible, not just the good things.
It is easy to pin blame on VVP. And it’s all too easy to ignore the many facts too. There are two large ones above my post (Thanks @CJ1 ).
There’s the fact that Putin has rescued Russia and given Rothschild the middle finger. He’s clouted billionaires like unruly children and has restored belief in Russia itself. He is ex KGB. This alone makes him one hell of an enigma. Did he play Klaus like a spook would, gaining his confidence? Did he get played trying to at the table if the west (he would have taken it, but would he invade randomly (ignoring Libya, is not the same as going in)?) Or was he willingly part of the plan (seen Kingsman movie?) Who knows, we won’t. But maybe our kids will?
I suspect Syria has been sacrificed as part of a bigger plan. Countries only ever have interests. Iraq is looking weak and feeble in the big picture. Isn’t that part of Greater Israel too? Or maybe Egypt? Someone’s getting it, and it won’t be too long to wait.
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And yet the Russians are making the same mistake as the Iranians. They are leaving airfields intact when it would be oh so simple to finish any possibility of attack by aircraft.
Like many of you, I don’t trust any state actor and very few politicians.
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Curioser and curioser…
Including the article within. Like, the Biden dead duck administration intends moving to oppose the threat of stability in Syria. They don’t have much time for that, but the UK is on tow.
Looks like Russia is the real strategic target in Syria.
But other than that Trump seems unlikely to get on too well with the Starmer regime, it’s hard to make sense of this in any detail.
Supports Alex Kramer’s kind of view just posted by @Rich in the other thread, that Boris Johnston gambled the UK’s finances on Ukrainine ‘winning’ or at least destabilising Russia; if so then staying in the game - using our worsening assets in the hope of a late win via Syria - might make sense in an insane or desperate way.
ED
Syria’s new leadership asserts strategic alliance with Russia
- By Al Mayadeen English
- Source: Agencies
- 29 Dec 2024 17:47
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3 Min Read
Al-Sharaa says that the new Syrian leadership does not wish for Russia’s presence in Syria to end “in a manner that is inconsistent” with their longstanding bilateral relationship.
The leader of Syria’s new regime forces, Ahmad al-Sharaa underscored the country’s strong strategic ties with Russia during an interview with Al Arabiya released on Sunday. While discussing Moscow’s global standing, al-Sharaa stated, “Russia is the second most powerful state in the world. It is of great importance. Syria shares strategic interests with Russia.”
Speaking to the Saudi state news channel, al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, said that the new Syrian leadership does not wish for Russia’s presence in Syria to end “in a manner that is inconsistent” with their longstanding bilateral relationship.
In comments to Sputnik on Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Moscow had not been informed of any plans by Syria’s interim government to revisit agreements related to Russia’s military presence.
“Undoubtedly, the change of power that has taken place and the change in the state of affairs on the ground are making certain adjustments regarding the Russian military presence in Syria. It is not only about preserving our bases or strongholds, but also about the conditions of their operation, maintenance and provision, and interaction with the local side. These topics could be the subject of negotiations with the new Syrian leadership,” Lavrov said.
Moreover, the situation in Syria does not impact the comprehensive agreement established between Russia and Iran, the foreign minister affirmed, adding that it was ready to be signed and officiated.
He described the agreement as comprehensive, long-term, and adaptable to all circumstances, requiring no amendments despite the change in Syrian leadership. Lavrov highlighted that the agreement reflects significant progress in bilateral relations and elevates them to the level of a strategic partnership.
US-UK directing attacks on Russian military bases in Syria
On Saturday, Sputnik reported that the US and the UK are preparing terrorist attacks against Russian military bases in Syrian territory, citing Russia’s SVR…
According to statements issued by the press bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), ISIS field commanders have been supplied with attack drones to target Russian military bases in Syria, as the outgoing US administration and British leadership aim to hinder efforts to stabilize the situation in Syria.
“According to information received by the SVR, the outgoing US administration and the British leadership, with the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, are aiming to prevent the stabilization of the situation in this country. More broadly, they aim to maintain a state of chaos in the Middle East,” the report read.
The aim, according to the SVR, is to maintain US-UK dominance and achieve their geopolitical objectives in the region “based on the odious concept of a rules-based order.” However, the bigger plot is challenged by the Russian presence on the Mediterranean coast of Syria, which still majorly preserves regional stability.
The statement also indicated that the US plans to continue occupying Syria’s oil-rich regions east of the Euphrates River under the pretext of fighting ISIS, emphasizing that Washington has no intention of leaving these areas.
Alex Krainer has plenty more to say:
He seems a pretty bright laddie (must be if he agrees so much with us . . . ) but what he and most otherwise OK commentators don’t appear to get is the BRICS support of the globalists’ agenda; UN sustainability goals, WHO scamdemic preparedness, the whole bloody shebang (look at the shite they agree on and issue after their cosy chats, last one Kazan). It’ll be the same world (mis)government with a different set of middle & junior managers.
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Indeed @AlanG. I’ve ponder a fair few hours on this. My gut instinct says you’re correct. It’s a safe assumption that Kayfabe is being used to deceive the masses.
The only reasonable explanation is, there is no choice. Yes TINA. But not how we’re used to. It’s about who gets there first.
Best example I can give of this is when Windows went 64bit. For decades, Microsoft and Intel worked together. This gave Intel an edge over others. Then AMD brought out the 64bit chip. Instructions were provided and created through joint efforts. When Intel caught up, they tried to make Microsoft change the underlying instructions, Microsoft said NO!
Whoever gets there first wins the century. They win control over finance, data and control. It’s inescapable. Look at China if you want an idea. In China, social credit scores are used to promote better behaviour. Jordan wouldn’t be going on holiday if she was Chinese.
But we’re stuck at trust no one, so can only spectate to confirm our suspicions.
Hi Alan,
Did you have something like this in mind?
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Hi LY (& all)
Dunno why you posted that nice portrait but he’s clearly a well-connected guy. We checked out Vanessa Beeley’s UK Column segment the other day and followed up on her tip-off. As his title says, he’s the ‘Minister of Foreign Affairs Syria’ and was set to be welcomed as such at Davos in January 2025, there to be indulged with a friendly public showcase interview with a famous UK psychopathic war criminal. Here’s the WEF presser dated 9 December, the day after HTS ‘rolled into’ Damascus, which heralds his arrival:
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/12/davos-2025-whos-coming-and-what-to-expect/
If you can’t be arsed to read through the shite here’s the relevant chunk of the guest list:
. . . Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani , Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar; Aleksandar Vučić , President of Serbia; Tharman Shanmugaratnam , President of Singapore; Ulf Kristersson , Prime Minister of Sweden; Asaad Hassan Al Shibani , Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria, Paetongtarn Shinawatra , Prime Minister of Thailand; Volodymyr Zelenskyy , President of Ukraine; Pham Minh Chinh , Prime Minister of Viet Nam.
Of course he hadn’t always been Syria’s Foreign Minister, he was only appointed on 21 December 2024: Before then he’d taken part in the admin. of Idlib.
He hadn’t always been Asaad Hassan Al Shibani either. When he co-founded the Al-Nusra head-choppers he was Zaid al-Attar:
Obviously, in the New World Order, the number 21 precedes 9. Or perhaps someone in the WEF admin is gifted with second sight. Or perhaps the whole fucking thing has been orchestrated from a long way up from a long time ago by the enemies of humanity.
Well spotted Vanessa Beeley we say. This deserves wider dissemination.
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I feel I owe some sort of explanation for the picture and my posts in general.
It’s been two years now since mum’s diagnosis and it’s challenging. My biggest problem is finding the time. I’m either too busy to add any text or I’ve got free time but I’m feeling like I’ve caught dementia myself…
Apologies. It’ll change one day.
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Hey LY no worries, we know your sitch and I for one appreciate what you do manage to post.
Try not to neglect that other person that you ‘owe’ - yourself. Do with your limited down time whatever gives you some respite. Cheers
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The other day I sent an email round to 38 friends (&acquaintances) & family spelling out how Shabani was ‘appointed’ Syria’s new foreign minister by the WEF 12 days before the appointment was made and announced in Damascus and inviting answers to the question ‘How on Earth did the WEF admin. know, 12 days in advance, about this appointment (and even which name he would adopt for the rôle)?’
Nothing back yet. Any offers here?
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If you have any friends high up in Langley Virginia, or Cheltenham, you’ll get the answer to that one.
I have several. It’s where mother lives. I can tell you now that she tried breaking into to GCHQ over the new year (no, I’m not joking)…
That was fun.
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Brilliant! Can I come next time? 
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