First, I want to post a video I found on Twitter (original here) which shows what kind of explosion took place on the Crimean bridge.
From what I have read, a truck filled with explosives blew up, killing three people in a car nearby, and then the flames took over a train also crossing the bridge. That train was full of fuel. It is only thanks to the amazing speed at which the bridge crews reacted that the damage was limited to only 9 wagons and, therefore, to a much shorter segment of the rail tracks.
Looking at the video, one would imagine that the bridge is in ruins. In fact, traffic was reestablished on both rail tracks and the road in less than 24 hours (with the exception of heavy trucks). In other words, this is yet another case of “it is humiliating, but not dangerous” (обидно но не опасно).
But that is an increasingly mistaken notion: this time is also VERY dangerous.
- It is self-evident that the Kiev regime would never have had the means, technical and political, to execute such an attack without being told to do so by its masters in the West.
- Such an attack, right on the heels of the attacks on of NS1/NS2 shows beyond any doubt that West has now set a course on total terrorist warfare.
- This makes sense, since for all the so-called “victories” of the NATO forces in the Ukraine, the reality is that they reconquered a few villages and towns while Russia liberated and then incorporated entire regions.
- And Russia did that while always being at a numerical disadvantage
- And while inflicting 10:1 KIA ratios.
- In other words the West’s “redirection” towards terrorism is an admission of military, economic and political defeat.
While this is hardly a surprise, the West *always* uses terrorism against sovereign governments, this is still a very negative development for Russia.
Simply put, there are always more targets than cops/guards.
Furthermore, terrorists can always chose the time and location of their attacks.
So far, the Ukronazi efforts in Russia yielded very little tangible benefits: the murder of Dugina made her into a martyr, the attack on NS1/NS2 really only hurt Germany and the EU, while the explosion on Crimean Bridge has proven that this is a very hard target which will be extremely hard to destroy short of using a tactical nuke.
Here we all need to remember terrorist attacks on the school in Beslan, the Dubrovka Theater in Moscow, the Budennovsk hospital, the Domodedovo International Airport or the Saint Petersburg subway. All of them were the result of actions by so-called “terrorist groups” all of which were (and still are) run by Western special services.
There are basically only two ways to defeat such state-sponsored terrorist attacks:
- Infiltrate the so-called terrorist groups and infiltrate the Western “parent agencies” which run them.
- Convince the general public to go into a “high vigilance” mode.
Basically, the entire Russian society needs to go on a “mental war footing” and remain calm and very vigilant at the same time: not only is Russia under attack by Banderite Nazis, but also by the folks who did 9/11, MH17 (and many others!) and these are the folks who unleashed an entire terrorist campaign against Iran which included bombing, assassinations, sabotage, etc.
Then there is the problem of escalation. The attack on the Crimean Bridge was a clear act of war.
Of course, since no US passports were found conveniently floating in the water, Russia’s response should not be an overt military retaliatory attack. However, I do expect that something will happen soon, most likely in the Ukraine, but probably involving Western personnel/assets/facilities.
In conclusion, I expect things to get even worse right up and until the elections in the USA. Not that I have much of a hope that sanity would prevail should the GOP win, but “a tiny little” is better than “none at all”.
In the meantime, it is simply shocking for me to observe the collective orgasm felt by the leaders of the West each time some horror befalls Russia. Truth be told, the fact that they hate us does not surprise me. What surprises me much more is how unapologetically hate-filled and “in your face” these cries of joy are. And I wonder
Do they see that hateful glee in their own eyes when they look in the mirror? When they see a photo of Daria Dugina, do they feel like the “yeah! scored one against Putin!”? When the kangaroo court in the Netherlands declares that it was Russia (or the LDNR) blew up MH17, will they feel that justice has been served and the guilty punished?
I am afraid that asking what they see or do not see is the wrong question which, by the way, Putin answered in his recent speech when he said “these European elites understand everything – they do, but they prefer to serve the interests of others“.
It’s not that they don’t see, instead they don’t care. At all. They never have.
I will end with a question: is the above only true of the European ruling classes or is that true for most people who live in the EU?
What will the well-intentioned and noble Europeans do when the next bloodbath happens in Russia (because sooner or later it will, such is the nature of the terrorist threat)? Will they rejoice and wave their Ukie flags a little stronger or will they just not give a damn?
The answer is obvious, especially to Russians.
Andrei
It’s easy to retaliate: stage another seriuos blockade of Suez strait and make the world start using Northern Sea Route controlled by Russia and voila! Oh boy would that hurt
Suez is controlled by Egypt. Russia supplies about 70-80% of Egypt’s wheat. It would seem that Russia holds a strategic advantage.
A few ships could always have “unforeseen” mechanical problems, such as the Ever Given, and block the canal.
Would be nice if Egypt would lease the Suez Canal to Russia for a 100 years, and allow Russians to have a military presence there. US navy and zionists would be fu**ed.
Egyptians don’t have the balls. To do that, essentially they must have military pact with Russians, like Syria.
Cabal tentacles can be cut off only by such actions.
Russia is not a terrorist state.
Good for you, Andrei! I also hope Russia will avoid any dramatic sort of retaliation, because the West so clearly wants an excuse for a big war to which it can send its unwanted deplorables.
Of course Russia is not a terrorist state. But surely unconventional and asymmetric warfare is still in order and Russia does have superb capabilities for it.
Hi iki,
It’s all about congruency.
Actions must align with words / laws, as they form the basis of trust.
The advantage of committing to the moral & legal high ground, as the rest of the world observes this conflict, is that 85% of the globes people increasingly gain confidence in accepting Russia’s word.
That trust cements the important difference between Russia and the Empire of Lies.
No one works with NATO because of trust, that alliance only works due to money or threats of violence.
Most peoples have had it with that and want a better world.
That’s the path we’re on now, although the outcome is uncertain we will surely fail if we deviate from the path of trust & honesty.
An important point as Russia increases the force it applies going forward.
As much as Ukrainian civilians may hate Russians–for their various reasons–and gloat at whatever misfortunes befall them, Russia should continue to make sure its actions, however forceful, are guided by military purposes.
The awful truth is that this is the difficult path for Russia to take. The Western side in this war attacks civilians on the other side and hides behind and among its own, when not trying to actually mix them into its military force. By taking the humane approach, Russia will lose more than it would by going Western style, and the PR machine in the West will compensate them for the costs of their forbearance by declaring that the opposite is occurring.
Putin is cooler than ‘James Bond’. All he has to do is keep his cool while the immorality and illegality of this U.S. Administration self-destructs. God is controlling the movement of all of the chess pieces in this remarkable ‘end time’ drama foretold in the last book of the Bible. When God destroyed Sodom because of it’s wickedness and homosexuality(the men in sodom even wanted to force sex on the two angels who appeared as men to survey the evil of Sodom and Gomorrah for God) the Bible tells us He did it with fire and brimstone.
On September 13, RT reported that Dimitry Medvedev had cautioned the U.S. that the sixth trumpet war was just around the corner and even quoted Revelation 9-18.
It’s being said that in a nuclear war, the one who does the first strike will win the war. I have heard ‘otherwise’.
If the U.S. launches it’s ICBM’s first, it takes them 30 minutes to reach their targets in Russia. Thanks to Putin and Russia’s coolness during the past 8 years in creating anti-missile missiles that can take out our inbound nuclear missiles in mid air( by the way we don’t have such a capability against their inbound nuclear missiles), they can now render ‘impotent’ that part of our nuclear ‘triad’.
If it takes that part of our ‘triad’ 30 minutes to reach their targets, how long do you think it takes the second part of our ‘triad’ our B-52’s and stealth B-2 bombers to get to their targets and drop their gravity bombs ?
Even if the planes are fully fueled and loaded with ordinance, and the flight crews have been sleeping in the planes which are lined up on the runways waiting for the word to take off, these planes don’t fly at the speed of an ICBM. Russia will have plenty of time to target and render part two of our ‘triad’ impotent.
Part three and the last part of our ‘triad’ is our nuclear submarines. I have heard Russia outnumbers us in them, and there is cause for pause in our belief that ours are completely stealthy. Apparently Russia’s capability in that area outshines ours, also, as witnessed by the completely surprising surfacing of one of theirs close in on our Atlantic coast whose presence was unbeknownst to us. As I recall there was a rather similar event that took place in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. That could render the third part of our ‘triad’ impotent also.
Russia can then pick their targets of ours at will . Russia has had many chess masters. I believe God has decreed all of this and is the greatest chess master of all. Let’s cut Putin some slack, he’a been the coolest head of all of the other actors in this drama so far. One of the outstanding characteristics of this time on the earth is peoples lack of patience. We all know it. It is part of the sales pitch to get us to purchase the newest technology.
This group in the U.S. administration God has allowed to take the governing of our republic away from the will of the people, believes that they have accomplished what they have by their cleverness, wisdom, and astuteness. Not realizing they have fallen headlong into the trap that God set for them.( sshh…)
The U.S. has an extremely large ‘civilian’ army. When Obama became president through the means of what some have called a clumsily forged birth certificate, it was said that the U.S. has a hundred million man and woman civilian army, with three hundred million guns. Since Obama got in and through recognizing the tyranny that he ‘wore on his sleeve’ I have heard that many more have joined that civilian army. Some say as many as fifty million more with another one hundred million arms.
They tell me that God keeps telling them “just wait”, “not now”, “just wait”, “I’ll tell you when if it is to be”.
This administration hoped to get 2 birds with 1 stone. Of course their appetite is always greater than their digestive ability.
If they couldn’t intimidate Russia, they hoped and were perfectly willing to cause a Nuclear war in order to stave off getting totally destroyed in the coming November election, and hopefully be able to enforce a martial law over our country and hopefully disarm 150 million man and woman standing civilian army who from what I hear are already primed, and ready, and willing to answer the call of our country to defend our country and it’s constitution from these illegal usurpers who have tried to steal it.
Unfortunately most of our people are brainwashed and have become anti Russian, but there is a small but relevant part that understands very well what happens. I am Belgian by the way.
We certainly exist in most countries, Benesha, I am (sort of) Swedish. The problem is, however, that we don’t have a critical mass and are far away from forming it.
Dear Andrei thanks for taking the time to comment on the latest terror Attack.
I feel that I can speak for many in the west, when I state that:
This is not our war. We do not support it. We will not participate in it and fight for NAZIs.
It breaks my heart when I think about Daria Dugina, the school Children, and civilians who has become victims of pure evil. Not only for those in Russia but all innocent people elsewhere on the globe, who has been literally slaughtered as lambs, for the only purpose of creating fear.
We all have to acknowledge that it is NATO who is conducting the terror.
Political Agents in western Nations have surrendered our National sovereignty to the US.
The fact is that Every NATO Nations Government, military units, intelligence agency, National institutions, Tele and Internet operator, big corporations and news media is handed over to be used by Langley USA.
Langley or the Ramstein Base can even fire a missile from say Polish artillery, without the Officer in charge of the Polish unit has to be involved, or can do anything to stop it.
The only way we can end the current Fascist regimes, is either by revolution, or State collapse.
State collapse is approaching in many western Nations while People are feed up by the NAZI rule.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2022-09-26/ursula-she-wolf-wef
PS: judging by the gigantic Explosion on the Crimea Bridge, I must say: They build sturdy bridges in Russia.
And I stand with you from the belly of the beast, here across the Atlantic from you.
(I wish we could get some anti-war protests going here, and I’m not the protesting type. (I went to Berkely many years ago, and in those days was conservative, morphing into a libertarian, so the protesting going on around me was some other people!) I am not the leader type to get something started, by I have skills that could help a leader organize things, and I would certainly participate.)
Martyanov : On The Issue Of The Linear Targets.
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/10/on-issue-of-linear-targets.html
” per SMO, as was expected–the “front” was stabilized and VSU are throwing last reserves at Russia and everyone who has the IQ above room temperature knows now what is coming.”
As the EU says lower the room temp. to 19deg or less, it is easy to have an IQ above room temp.?
General Winter and General Armageddon are on the Steppe – see the line?
That’s true, as thermostats go down in the EU, Martyanov might need a new line, although EU IQs might just be falling along with their room temperatures.
On one hand, the cia, mossad , mi6, conducts terrorists acts through the sbu, while on the other hand, pleading to russians that its not me, but Ukraine doing these acts.
In July, Medvedev said that if Crimea is attacked “Judgement day will come fast and hard”.
Things seem to be moving fast. Putin identified the terrorists responsible. Tomorrow the security council will meet.
The interesting question is why did Putin say that Ukrainian Intelligence is responsible when in realty it was USA Intelligence who orchestrated it (with Ukraine’s cooperation).
CIA is 20,000-50,000 agents, while shadow governments is like 3-6 mill in the world? Phil Schneider estimated “black army” to have a budget of $1.1 trillion. Their uniforms were “black” and their airforce was “black helicopters”. They were located in DUMBS. DUMBS are meant to survive nuclear war, astroid bombarments and tsunamies.
Russia also have DUMBS.
My bet would be that it is a more useful narrative. Most informed people knows that the collective West is at war by proxy with Russia. I think Putin himself have even explicitly stated that it is so.
Now making the average Ukrainian aware of what their regime is doing, killing innocent people in terror attacks, is probably more useful for the near future. The majority of Ukrainians are decent people, and I’m sure their not happy about it inside.
It’s only economic support from the West that allows Ukraine to be troublesome as it disintegrates.
And so we will see the same pattern of random chaos from The Empire as it in turn disintegrates. As long as they have the economic strength, their chaos and destruction will continue no matter what common-sense or logic dictates.
We will be living with terrorism of this nature now, attacks on economic infrastructure, until the US economy is destroyed. Decades. Perhaps centuries.
Point about the Western Population is: They are brainwashed beyond recognition since 1945.
And if you known anything about Propaganda you new it is in such total ways, that many actual believe that stuff until reality hits them hard.
You have to read Dr Mausfeldt to fully understand what i mean.
Everything someone read, hear or watch, he will be assess by his own moral compass and judged immediately. so if someone using certain morally defined words every time he describes someone this person will be then judged accordingly.
So if you call Putin, every time you write about him, “Autocrat Putin”, at some point the reader will take this in and will call Putin “an autocrat” even he had never seen any evidence of it or knew the election was fair and viable and Putin is in truth an valid elected President of the Russian Federation.
Propaganda is not about lying, it is about twisting, hiding and distorting the truth in a manner that you can tell the truth in a way that alters the meaning of it. and if you known how much and how deep this already goes, it should you fill with joy and hope that at least 30.000 Germany are out on the streets to fight against this, despite the fact that their are already repercussions in place if you do so.
The internet is in fact a big factor in diminishing the effectiveness of Propaganda, hence the unhinged censorship, fact checkers and cancel culture you seen all over the net. This are the Tools they have right now to tackle their problem of the internet negate the effectiveness of Propaganda by circumvent the Main Stream Media.
point is: in the upper echolon of society in Germany they may are actual people how in deed HATE Russia. but this not perpetrates down to the “normal” levels of society fully. Only the parts of the Society how have not learned how to think for themself are receptacle to the Propaganda that was spewed over the MSM and Main stream social Media (MSSM), every other person would have in the last 20 Years at some point a cognitive dissonance, to a degree that they plain stop watching those MSM and not using the MSSM. So your generalsation is not fully accurate.
And my point is also a bit of an accusation against you: Given your history in the swiss agency, you were are pretty much solely in contact with the upper class of Swiss or any nation that you have worked with in Europe. Because working in any Agency of that kind, you end up by definiton in the upper Calss of that society.
Only after your Outcast from the Agency and your flight to the US you was descending into “normal” society Levels and therefore your perception is “Europe is all on Board with this Racist stuff and the US are the “normal” ones”, that is plain not true.
It is only that your perception of Europe is distorted due to your work and social Environment back in Swiss.
And this is btw. another Propaganda Tactic: surround certain Groups of people with certain things and they start to be accustomed to it and start to be formed by it. If you start this in the very young age like Kindergarten etc. you create literally a new reality with the new generation that grows with it.
You have to identify how do such things and expose them to full understand how is perpetrator and how is victim. Especially in the upper class in wich their are some true twisted people, like Victoria Nu land or George Soros. Those are the “seeds” and they are the true enemys of Russia.
When they resort to censorship, it means they have a lot to hide and everyone knows it, though those with a strongly vested interest in the status quo will uphold the official “truth” with all sorts of righteous indignity (it’s their creed that is under attack). All the huffery and puffery tries to hide the fact that the Empire is mortally wounded, thrashing about as it bleeds. Life-long Republicans in my family who never accepted draft dodging are now openly siding with Russia, quoting right-leaning publications, while the former hippies who sold their souls for monetary success, greenwashing their betrayal with unexamined faith in some future technology that they and they alone claim to be striving for, these blue “intellectual savants” are quoting BBC and CNN.
In short, censorship indicates to all sentient beings that the debate has been lost.
The question is how Russia can somehow strangle the wounded beast while minimizing bites and scratch marks to everyone around.
I found this much in English — but am too tired to delve tonight — but looks very intersting: https://cognitive-liberty.online/prof-rainer-mausfeld-why-do-the-lambs-remain-silent/ and an entry in Wikipedia.
Aside from that, there will always be a portion of the population which will be crazy, selfish, ‘evil’ and psychopathic, and a key thing is to educate people, from childhood, to recognize them, not be taken in, and deal with it. Sometimes this is known as ‘street smarts’, especially in various cities.
Intersting cross reference in the American Indian myth now linked to “Wendigo psychosis”.See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wendigo_psychosis
But perceptions, cognition, and interpretetations of reality …. now that gets into the weeds of a big swamp fairly quickly, and I’ve gone through a lot of ‘mindfulness’ meditation and self-analysis over the years trying to find my way — after being raised to be a crazy American (which ended up not taking well at all, and has resulted with my being essentially a hermit, and an ‘outcast’ (desert submarine?)).
Blue Pilgrim: You found the perfect summary in English, thank you for that.
One thing here does give hope – that Russia has been the target of domestic terrorism for decades, and have a very very skilled team of undercover agents and other warriors in the FSB. So many times on Russian news sites have I seen the photos/videos, of the FSB busting into an apartment, and quickly overpowering the stunned terrorists and dragging them away.
So – while it’s not good, at least it appears that Russia has an advantage over the many other nations who have been subjected to the cowards SOP.
Finally, I wonder. I know it’s an escalation, but could Russia stop it by simply attacking their HQ and home base?. I’m sure the UK backing would quickly cease if a few bombs were dropped on GCHQ and the City of London!!
One way or another, as some of us have said for a long time, as long as the Empire of Pirates can tell itself that it can do anyone it wants and get away with it, because they always have so far, got away with it, then they will just keep on keeping on. Only the realisation that they will have to pay hugely is enough to stop them.
Coming from Germany, I can only say, that the REAL jubilations are coming from our elites, who run the regime.
The ordinary people are divided in those, who listen to nothing else than the main stream media and those, who don´t.
The main stream media listeners are the majority, without any question. They believe all the bullshit, that is being disseminated by the main stream media in the West.
There is a trench of divided opinions drawing itself even through families.
This is the result of year-long brainwashing and an ever lower standard of education regarding mathematics, physics, biology and chemistry.
I would not expect anybody to be a fully fledged specialist in any of these subjects – it would have been enough, if people had been thoroughly educated in these subjects in school up to grade 10.
Then they would have had the tools for critical questioning of the bullshit that they are being confronted with by the media.
But who doesn´t know, cannot ask…
What worries me, is that I don´t have any idea, how we shall come out of this dilemma.
Will a real cold winter without gas do the trick?
I doubt it.
na they would first have something like a “cognitive dissonance” at this point someone has to shove them some lessons from Mausfeldt in their vicinity so they can start to resolve those dissonance, if you fed them enougth of it they start to questioning the stuff they heard and at some point later they having their so called “red pill” moment and they will be devastated by the sheer amount of lie they where fed over all those years.
Wow, sounds like you are describing the US. (And that’s something that should worry any German!)
Yes. A terrorist path but one so far aimed at infrastructure. I expect should that increase or extreme civilian casualties occur, Russia will respond in some fashion and it won’t be small.
As to what these elites see when they look in the mirror, they see just themselves, for they are empty shells. We see them for who they are: merciless killers, plotters, destroyers of the globe and mankind. At some point, all will rebel, but will it be enough?
https://stopworldcontrol.com/ watch Monopoly. Who Control the World? Very well put together documentary on ngo’s owned by elites and their influence on the world. Only 9 media conglomerates that control the world’s media. All owned by Rothschild, Bush, Soros, Clinton’s, Blackrock and Vanguard, top players.
Correction. Monopoly Who Owns the World.
Having observed Putin’s very cool reaction to severe provocations during the Syria operation, I do not believe we will see some obvious retaliation.
The steady application of pain seems to be continuing – John Helmer reports a steady degradation of critical electricity supplies in Ukraine, and Aftenposten (Norway) reports a rocket attack on an apartment building in Zaporizjzja, failing to mention of course that this city is a rally point for foreign mercenaries.
I have to say that the vast majority of people in Norway (ca 80% based on newspaper comments), view the combatants in this war as Ukraine and Russia, and view Putin as the personification of evil. They do not see that the US is actually Russia’s opponent. And the idea that the US is a mega terrorist who just attempted to destroy Germany’s gas supply via the Baltic, is heresy here. Sad.
I see that Amb. Bolton on his Twitter account is actually promoting regime change in Moscow, including assassination of Putin. Jives with the Nobel Peace Prize recipients. Oh dear.
On a brighter note, I just watched an excellent interview on with Prof. Jeremy Sachs on the Grayzone, where he does some straight, intelligent and well informed talking on this conflict.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g57ViSqmRFM
Best to you.
One thing I have not seen anyone comment on anywhere is the cargo of the truck that seemed to have caried the explosive. After the explosion, there seemed to be a giant rain of paper money. I am thinking the explosive was buried under piles of soon to be worthless Ukrainian currency.
Ah! That is interesting, it makes sense. If you look carefully, there are two explosions not one, separated by a second or so (the view along the bridge looks less than a second, the side view more than a second, probably because the video is slowed). Initial reports said the cargo was fertiliser, but later reports say it was 21 tons of sheets of film (probably photo-sensitive film used for printing, and probably made of nitrocellulose or a similar compound).
This film is flammable, and in certain circumstances can be explosive; (also photosensitive, therefore cannot by x-rayed!) The first explosion was designed to blow up the sheets of film so that they mix with air in a volume much larger than the truck – they will be enveloped in flames from the first explosion and the initiation of combustion, and on mixing with air at a critical point they will suddenly become explosive – the whole space of air-film mixture will then explode like a thermobaric bomb (air-fuel mixture). This would be ideal for igniting the fuel on the train, and explains the spacial extent of the second explosion. The second explosion was the big one.
There are a number of signs that support this interpretation. There are two separate segments of collapsed road visible in the videos: a smaller one from the first explosion (as far as I can make out closer to the mainland, but I am not sure of the orientation: I assume that coming from the mainland as the truck apparently was, the rail bridge is on the left and the two road bridges on the right). Then a larger collapsed segment of collapsed road from the main explosion after the truck travelled further for at least a second; also the film was thrown in the air while moving so it would be like a long pipe, another reason for the second explosion collapsing a longer segment of road.
I could not get a good view of the mainland-end of the train after burning, but it appears to show a related pattern, with some burning far on the mainland end (almost out of view) near the small explosions, then a long gap unburnt, then one tanker burnt near the large explosion, then one tanker unburnt, then a number of tankers burnt up to the end of the collapsed road or so.
It is curious that the train appears not to have moved after the start of the explosion (or was travelling very slowly and braked) – did the Brits somehow find a technical way to force it to stop? Otherwise the train should have travelled beyond the the collapsed road segment.
It’s been suggested the white car which unfortunately and fatally overtook the truck just as it exploded might have saved the railway bridge by absorbing some of the force of the blast and by forcing the truck to the left lane further from the train (although from the video the truck looked like it was already in the left lane). I suspect the idea was that the main blast from the truck was supposed to blast the tankers more violently so that instead of fuel pouring out the fuel is thrown in the air like the film to make a third explosion – also thermobaric – which would have destroyed the bridge much more thoroughly. If the train was somehow stopped, it probably was stopped too soon – should have been on the shipping bridge segment where the roads and rail are closer.
The first charge must have been inside the truck and buried under the film, so that it would throw the film in the air. I suspect the driver was led to believe contraband was being hidden in the cargo, as he’d have to be aware something was there.
If they had managed to make the train fuel mix with air the explosion would have been massively bigger, and would have completely destroyed the bridge at that segment. That fortunately failed to happen.
I posted an update with further details here.
I just downloaded the video and viewed it full-screen – you can see the train up on the left in the first segment of the film, and it is completely stationary.
I also looked at what appears to be a boat under the bridge immediately before the explosion: just at that instant it is directly under the truck! Maybe the boat was beaming a short-range detonation signal – probably bluetooth – and the moment the truck was within range it was directly overhead, at the right position for where the train stopped. Detonated by some small bluetooth devices in the truck paired to the bluetooth transmitter.
See this commemorative stamp issue in Ukraine on MoA – the stamp shows a blast at each end of the main span – I wonder if the first and second truck blasts were intended to align with this? I think the first blast was too weak, though.
” Will they rejoice and wave their Ukie flags a little stronger or will they just not give a damn?”
I think – both.
They all – or nearly all – are suffering from a mental disorder which has been caused by the perception manipulation that has been practised on them for years.
In some cases, if they were born after the 1960′ it’s for their entire lives. Their ability to experience the mental and emotional ability of empathy has been dulled.
Some are born without it at all – the psychopaths and clinical narcissists among us. But they are the minority.
Also are those who, severely damaged in one way or another, usually by cruelty, learn to eliminate empathy as a self protection – these are the sociopaths.
But I believe that not around 20% of the population is either one of these 3, but around 80% are somewhat deliberately damaged into a form of sociopathy.
It’s does it via the so-called education system, which ensures it’s damped down, by media, “games”, where they see nothing but death every time, movies, TV series, where, once again, they see death, over and over. And now, death has become an unreal thing to them.
I remember when my grandson was about 5 yrs old, he had been given an “educational” game of targetting fishes, and when he succeeded the fish sank to the bottom, dead. I was pondering this, when he said, sadly, “I wish the fish didnt have to die”. He was only 5 yrs old. If kids go from this to 25, that’s their entire formative years spend seeing about 50 thousands “deaths”. So it’s unreal .
But we need emotional “ups”, the sense of achievement, and few learn how to get it for themselves. Thus the popularity of sports, to the point where many fans have even been killed in fights over teams.
And that’s Russophobia. A great “game”. The “us and them”,. And Russians are the baddies. Put these two things together ,and you have a crowd in a pub cheering and singing and raising their glasses because some Russians got killed. They cant think, extend imagination – they have none – realise the reality.
They are nothing. And they were made that way, because they are the masses without the native born intelligence, objectivity, dispassionate assessment and imaginative empathy, to actually see reality and feel pain for suffering.
I think we can do nothing about it except wait. The system which made them has to collapse, and leave them too busy trying to grow some food and survive to be open the evil insanity which made them.
If Russia really wants to screw Europe, let it sabotage the satellites that broadcast football, Let them blow up the DTT and you will see the Europeans burn everything and even themselves for zombies.
Dieser Gedanke ist überhaupt nicht abwegig. Nehmt den deutschen Michels ihre liebsten Sachen, die da wären Fußball und Formel 1. Die Krönung wäre das Internet abschalten. Es läuft bekanntlich alles über Satelliten.
Dann könnte ich auch keine Kommentare mehr schreiben, aber vielleicht würde die Mehrheit der Schlafschafe aufwachen. Träumen darf man ja noch.
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This idea is not at all absurd. Take away from the German Michels their favorite things that would be football and Formula 1. The crowning glory would be to shut down the Internet. As you know, everything runs via satellites. Then I wouldn’t be able to write any more comments, but maybe the majority of the sleeping sheep would wake up. You can still dream.
There was a survey in Slovakia and Czech Republic (Central Europe) what the people think about the war and gas supply. Here are the results with graphs: https://telegra.ph/Ukraine-vs-Russia-what-the-people-in-SK-and-CZ-think-10-09
Few cares whether Donbass is Ukrainian or Russian. What is at stake is Germany.
Do you want US to win or Germany to win – Answer on a scale 1 to 10?
In their retaliation for the terrorist act on the Crimean bridge, Russia should be inspired by Iran.
When Soleimani and Muhandes were assassinated by the US, Iran was clear: we will avenge them.
Few days later, it rained missiles on the largest US base in Iraq.
The US did nothing after that. True, they were warned before, but still, it’s the only message they understand.
Same with Hezbollah. They have created a new rule of engagement and gained respect an instilled fear among israelis.
Russia can make missiles rain on Nato command centres in the Ukraine. And no need to warn before. This is war. Casualties among “civilized countries” military personnel? Too bad, we didn’t know they were there.
That message would be clear.
There is not many people living in EU.
There is a huge mass of zombies who, since lock-down, just accept any bullshit that medias put in their empty brain.
Then there are a few humans who are trying to explain the situation but get attacked by the manipulated Zombies and covered by a continuos flow of bullshits, one after the other, illogical, emotive and irrational at a speed never seen before in human history.
That’s Europe now.
Someone is starting to appear on media, and trying to pull the mass back to rationality but it’s like having all the world against and so it’s heavy as hell.
Hopefully the very bad economic situation looming in front of us will make people think a bit more.
But I am not sure about that anymore.
Zombies are spreading day by day, caught by an ever more unrealistic information.
We are just facing the first huge mass experiment by financial vampires, it started with lock-down and now goes on with russofobia.
Europeans better wake up from their Zombie coma. The irony is that even with Russia’s gas, the European electrical grid is unable to deliver the electrical needs to its constituents. Most countries are a net importer, relying on France and Germany. Their 2030 goal of reducing carbon dioxide by replacing it with wind and solar simply cannot be financially or engineeringly achieved. Germany is still preparing to shut down their nuclear power plants and that leaves France, who nuclear power plants are very old.
Read The Crisis of the European Energy System by The Global Warming Foundation.
https://www.thegwpf.org/publications/european-electricity-grid-hurtling-towards-disaster-swiss-commodities-expert-warns/
The global elite knew before the war even started that pushing the EU in alignment with NATO against Russia, that their zero emissions stance would cause economic chaos. Part of the plan of global domination?
” Part of the plan of global domination? ”
Part of the plan to stop the Eastern wing of the Empire breaking away from the Anglo Center.
I really do not understand why “Russia’s response should not be an overt military retaliatory attack”. If Russia first declares war or a CTO it will be perfectly legal for them to respond militarily.
Security council of Russia advanced will be tonight.
Two hypotheses tonight shared by observers:
– nuclear attack on RU contingent in Donbass
– they will destroy the ZNPP (‘terre brûlée’, we lost.. but you will also lose, and more russians killed, pariah status for life).
Goal: firing Russia from the UN.
Hi Saker – so good to have you back – I’m so sorry for your undoubted inconvenience and not in your own home.
This paragraph –
Basically, the entire Russian society needs to go on a “mental war footing” and remain calm and very vigilant at the same time: not only is Russia under attack by Banderite Nazis, but also by the folks who did 9/11, MH17 (and many other!) and these are the folks who unleashed an entire terrorist campaign against Iran which included bombing, assassinations, sabotage, etc.
I wonder if Israel is involved in this ?
Ann,
“I wonder if Israel is involved in this?”
Right from the start. How can they have a “second homeland” (Khazaria reborn), without clearing the slate ? The silly Poles, etc don’t realise they are also forfeit, as are the average Ukrainians themselves. The blowing of pipelines, destruction of civilian infrastructure and offshore assassinations are all specialties of Mossad. CIA MI6 and the whole of Five Eyes are just branches, all controlled by the K.M. They are the visible parts of something not nice. Even normal Israeli citizens are just pawns.
its always nice to have Saker’s viewpoint though – but he did say that 9/11 was also carried out by the same crew – and he’s a supporter of Bollyn – btw – does anyone know if Christopher Bollyn is still alive ? No word from him for 2 years now.
Throw in the Kennedy assassination. Your answer is the paragraph. Everything said there gives you your answer.
– the folks who did 9/11, MH17 (and many other!)
The folks who did WWI, Versailles Treaty, 1917, WWII, …
– the attack on NS1/NS2 really only hurt Germany and the EU,
The optics here are HUGE. How can it be Germany is attacked?
The attack is against an Idea, not against Germany.
The idea of an indipendent EU connected to China, which wad the major business partner, and Russia, which provided energy.
Germany had work for that idea since decades and that helped EU to be an economic power with good conditions of life.
Then Draghi came and started to break the idea.
Then Biden won and immediately made everything to bury the already broken idea.
Finally, Usa physically destroyed the symbol of the link North Stream.
Germany lost when manipulated people decided to vote for Scholz, the biggest enemy of german people, the CIA or DEM agent in Germany.
https://www.kla.tv/_files/video.kla.tv/2022/09/23551/RysslandssanktionerEttDoltEkon_480p.webm
Video 3:09 is showing
1. Gas prices has increased by 3 times in US
2. Gas prices increased by 40 times in Europa
What video comprehends as a war on Europa
I turned 60 this year and live in The Netherlands. I was proud here, but not anymore. My country had so much potential but sadly fell into a deep corruption by political elite paid by globalists and neocons. I can answer your questions from my perspective.
1) “is the above only true of the European ruling classes or is that true for most people who live in the EU?”
Sadly it is also true for most people who live in the EU, for sure in The Netherlands. Of course there are people who are awake and ‘we’ grow in numbers. But for now, the majority is just willingly ignorant. Indoctrinated, brain washed. Plain stupid. Not only on this matter, but on so many things. Woke ideology, transgender idiocy, climate hoax, corona vax lovers and so on.
2) Will they rejoice and wave their Ukie flags a little stronger or will they just not give a damn?
Both. The brain dead EU citizens cheer along with Zelenski, not aware of he personally had millions donated with UK citizenship when things get too rough on him. And they don’t give a damn until the pain dial serves them right. I hope at that time they are aware of the real enemy, the EU globalists, the USA neocons and all those satanists from WEF, WHO, NATO and so on. Not to forget those who pull strings with all their money, Gates, Soros and so on.
60? You’re still a young man. :) In North Korea the majority of people believe Kim Jong-un is a Sun God, in the US, half the population believed Obama was a returning Messiah and in Europe, the majority believe the European Union are creating a multicultural utopia. In all societies based on beliefs it takes time for reality to set in, but they have a proven historical record of collapsing. The ‘we’ among us already know, the rest will find out in the not to distant future.
Wikipedia about North Korea
– and the key role played by a Confucianized ideology of familism both in maintaining the cult and thereby in sustaining the regime itself.
– Familialism or familism is an ideology that puts priority to family.[1] The term familialism has been specifically used for advocating a welfare system wherein it is presumed that families will take responsibility for the care of their members rather than leaving that responsibility to the government.[1] The term familism relates more to family values.[1] This can manifest as prioritizing the needs of the family higher than that of individuals.[1] Yet, the two terms are often used interchangeably.[2]
Makes sense to me.
Europa will be “consumerism”
Consumerism is an ideology that puts priority to how much you consume.
The terrorism is simply the opposing side fighting back behind the lines as guerilla units and yes, it’s very likely US or British special forces would be involved. I’ve no doubt Russian special forces are also targetting hits for Russian strikes. Nobody is playing by old fashioned Queensbury rules in modern day warfare and the same guerilla attacks also happened on both sides during the Second World War.
The US found out that defeating an army was only the beginning of their problems in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria and why tip toeing through the Ukraine gently pushing back the Ukraine army and expecting no behind the lines responses was never going to work, as noble as it sounded.
Get back in there, smash the place to pieces, destroy the opposing army, plus the infrastructure and wait for the inevitable call to negotiate when there’s little left to fight for. The NATO advisers must be sitting in Kiev laughing at Russia’s sofltly softly approach. Start with levelling Kiev with ‘shock and awe’ and warn both Zelensky and NATO that it will continue in every western Ukraine city until their (reasonable) demands are met.
You are Brit and the Brits only lost 600,000 during WWII. France lost less than that.
– the same guerilla attacks also happened on both sides during the Second World War.
What kind of German terrorism happened in France according to your history books?
Only 1 out of 5 Americans ever shot at the “enemy” in WW2. 1/2 of US WW2 casualties happened on the mainland. 1/4 occurred in training near their destination. Only 1/4 died fighting. So, using your UK figures and these statistics more people died from sheer stupidity.
I asked my teacher, who had some German soldiers in same house wartime, what did the Germans do – as you remember (thinking rape and that kind of things)?
– Nothing
Whoops, I used the wrong trigger words. My bad, as they say. Perhaps you Third Reich apologists would prefer the modern day Nazis to win?
Brits are typically still German-haters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfl6Lu3xQW0
Would UK be willing to blow up Nord Stream 2 and cause German industry to default? Yes
You’re assuming Zelensky isn’t in Kiev? How would you know this?
Given the Empire has been committing more and more acts of war against Russia for so long, one imagines the time is coming when Russia itself will acknowledge openly, at long last, that a state of war, total war, “unrestricted warfare”, does indeed exist between it and said Empire.
In addition, considering the Empire’s numerous provocations against China and the many ensuing calls by president Xi Jinping to the Chinese people to prepare and stand ready at all times for war, one can reasonably conclude that we are now living, once again, in a world at war.
Hence, the sooner the vast majority of humanity who opposes the Empire’s hegemony will mobilize, unite and act accordingly, the better! Humanity can and must decisively defeat those war monsters.
Wherever you find bagels and Starbucks … there will be war.
Since the OPEC + decision, it is not about Ukraine anymore(it has never really been in fact), now it is about the very survival of the petrodollar, no more no less.
Now more petrodollar = no more US even at a very short term (end of perpetual deficis, end of their military bases, end of QE, collapse of everything and don’t forget that americans contrary to Europeans have guns). US ‘economy’ is a ponzi scheme, quadrillions of debts and derivatives, a de facto bankrupted casino(same for the UK and to a lower extend the euro + EU).Truss almost bankrupted the UK last week, two very systemic mega banks (crédit Suisse + SB) are broke, which means contagion to all banks (see 2008 redux x 20).
They have everything to lose it is even more existential for them than for Russia now.
They will NEVER accept defeat, they will chose collective suicide (this is the goal of neocons= armageddon, then their fake ‘Messiah’ would finaly show up etc…)
These people around Biden are simply mad, crazy fanatics.Even Bolton (gop neocon) asked to kill Putin and nuke Moscow.
I expect the worse
I agree with your analysis and diagnoses, Andrei. And I could add some hint given to me by a ‘bird’, about what may be in store for us from The Beast. Some ongoing para-military training program for Ukrainian citizens from key sectors of society to take place… in Jordan (surely, at the Al-Tanf US military base in Syrian territory?). That is, a revisiting of NATO’s secret armies, clandestine ‘stay-behind’ units in enemy territory, to conduct all sort of sabotage and false flag operations in Ukraine’s territory eventually under a ‘foreign’ non-NATO rival power? See: Ganser, Daniele (2005) Nato’s Secret Armies. Terrorism in Western Europe.]
Dear Andrei,
I hope you are recovering after the disaster with hurricane. I wish you and your family to overcome all troubles as fast as possible and continue normal – decent life…
Regarding the battle between combined west and Russia, taking into the account mad people ruling west and their countless crimes in the (not so distant) past, nothing good can be expected. Mad neocons/zionists/fascists only know to double down on evil acts, like you explained so many times. They did it with the NS1&2, now they doubled down with Crimea bridge. The next one looks like a direct hit on Zaporozhye nuclear plant (or any other nuclear plant either on the territory of ukie land or Russia) or a use of dirty nuclear bombs against either Russian troops or most probably civilians on liberated lands or even better ukie controlled land and promoting this as a Russian attack… Maybe using this as a pretext for so called preventive nuclear attack on Russia that is being promoted by some for quite some time…
If Russia is really ready with ballistic missiles defense some of the nukes for sure would be shot down over Europe and bring a great catastrophe there (where I actually live). Unfortunately some would also land on Russian targets… Even if they do not, retaliatory strikes from Russia would come and this all most probably means the end of our civilization…
So what to do to stop this madness coming from mad western so called leaders? Not much, as closer they will be to a defeat more terrorist attacks we can expect… With most of the people living in the west being zombified, it is hard to expect they would understand and try to overthrow their own executors, their own rulers…
Most probably Russia will be left with no good options (similar to before the start of SMO) and will be pushed to escalate the conflict. The hot one, not the economic/informational one… Some very hard decisions by the Russian leadership are expected…
It looks like dark times are ahead (as they were not dark enough already)… But even after dark times, humanity would be rebuilt and a new word would have to start. Hope it would be a much better one…
All the best to you and your family Andrei. And of course all the best to your readers, too!
Andrey
Minsk says that Ukraine has blown up all border bridges with Belarus.. This could be a very serious development.
“However, I do expect that something will happen soon, most likely in the Ukraine, but probably involving western personnel/assets/facilities.”
The only problem with annihilating a bunch of mercenaries and foreign advisers is that they, too, are only operating on orders from the real criminals. And the real criminals don’t care – there’s no shortage of fools willing to take orders.
Until someone figures out a way to make the leaders of the countries involved pay a heavy price, this sort of terrorism will continue.
As for the GOP regaining control of the House and Senate, I suspect the US Deep State and the neocons will find a way to keep the war going. I also suspect that they will find a way to insure that Trump does not get reelected (which personally I think is just fine that he doesn’t.) After all, if they are willing to attack a major ally (NS1 and 2 primarily benefit Germany) and support Nazis, how likely is it that they will not resort to similar measures against someone who might, however unlikely, interfere with their plans? I wouldn’t pin any hopes on that. Besides, Trump isn’t a factor until 2024 and a lot can happen in two and a half years – like WWIII.
I have to agree with The Saker, I have been shocked by how the Euro elites openly hate all things Russian and obviously do not regard Russians as human beings. The economic effect of the SMO seems to be working as the US destroys the european economy, which will hurt the USA enormously. Dr. Hudson’s observation that the Finance Capitol seems to be oblivious to the fate of the Industrial sector. When Europe crashes so will USA ecports to europe.
Versão em português deste artigo:
https://resistir.info/russia/saker_09out22.html
Portuguese version of this article:
Although lives are lost and objects are destroyed, the real battlefield for terrorism is the mind. The object of terrorist acts is of course to break the spirit and the will to resist through fear — very severe FUD, if you will — of the target population, thereby instigating them to force their leaders to capitulate. Seen another way, it is the most extreme form of psychological warfare. From what’s written in the comments in the Vineyard post-murder of Darya Dugina, I have to say it seems also to be having some effect on some of the commenters here.
As for the Crimea bridge attack, Russia’s reaction has been calm and methodical, almost workman-like, remarkably mitigating the physical effects in a matter of hours — very reassuring for a rattled public. VV Putin has already pointed the finger at the Kievan regime; and it is Russia’s opinion that really matters in the Ukraine operation. Kiev/Nato may have gone…erm, a bridge too far with this attack. Russia — which has a vast array of options avaiable — will have to show a response after fingering Kiev publicly, even if only to assuage public anger. I’ve no idea in what form the response will take but of one thing I am certain — Russia won’t be thrashing out blindly fueled by anger; instead the response will be measured, methodical and calibrated. All the more scary for Zelensky’s regime and Nato because it demonstrates Russia has not lost its head and is in complete control of itself.
It’s so obvious now, Russia needs to escalate this war, for two reasons. Driving deeper into Ukrainian territory will further weaken the Zelenski regime, and in particular its ability to shell civilian targets in the liberated newly Russian oblasts. I know this is an obvious point and is not rocket science, but some Russians are still under the misapprehension that this is some kind of Tolstoy War And Peace romantic 19th century military adventure.
It’s a war to the death against fanatical and racist Russia-haters. It’s kill or be killed there’s no third way.
Russia must do three things as quickly as possible. Send in a million soldiers, not 300,000. Use their air force and command of the skies more aggressively. And use the latest weaponry, the more lethal the better, stopping short of using nuclear weapons unless the other side use them first.
This will be a recipe for success, it hardly matters now what the world thinks.
Do you think the Russian command, with it’s 1000 year history of defeating every enemy, is incompetent ?
There is a cost to punching Russia in the nose. Pick a century, any century. Turkey, China, Japan, Sweden, Germany x2, France and the list goes on. Every one paid. Sometimes the karma was close to instant, sometimes it took decades or a hundred years.
Ukraine has punched Russia in the nose. It does not matter whether it was instructed to do so. Maybe next year, maybe in five years, eventually Ukraine will lose a significant amount of land to Russia and may cease to exist as a sovereign state.
The US has never punched Russia in the nose. It is not about to start.
My advice to Putin is to ensure Western governments know he is about to turn the pain dial up to 6. They also need to know the road to pain avoidance runs through entering in to peace talks on realistic terms.
Z is a pawn. At present it is the war party advising him. A future is coming where he must accede to the wishes of the peace party.
“The US has never punched Russia in the nose. It is not about to start.”
(Attack on fellow poster removed,MOD)
America has been waging war against Russia for a very long time.
For instance, the former CIA director James Woolsey says that the Cold War was really World War 3–a world war targeted against the Soviet Union (Russia) and its allies.
Before this, America actually invaded Russia in 1918 as part of the Russian Civil War, which involved many foreign belligerents like the United States. This was called the Polar Bear Expedition.
US Soldiers Fighting in Russia – The End of the “Polar Bear Expedition”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Y0d6gKx7Q
A fascinating episode from which we can learn a lot. Lesson #1 — bad things happen when you let officers from other countries command US forces. This relates directly to the article topic. Hitting below the belt causes good people who are otherwise on your side to start thinking twice. In that campaign forces from several countries mutinied for just that reason.
I think US also formented and financed the Russian-Japanese war of 1905, which was a blow contributing to the 1917 disaster.
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In the war of intervention/civil war the anglosaxons in parade uniforms marched in front of the scared russian bystanders to help Lenin recruite to the bolshevik side.
Lenin himself confirmed that initially the intervening forces could have crushed his side but they didnt try seriously.
I’d say that the inserting of Wahhabists in to Chechnya, the Belsan theatre attack, etc would be classed as more than a mere punch on the nose.
Hi, old comer (but newly logged) here.
I guess I first have to briefly present myself : 40 years old French, Traditionnalist Christian since 2014 (before, I had walked some time in the spiritual desert that dares to calls itself the “Western civilization”. What a sick joke). The family inhabits France since, at least, 7 generations.
=> I’d like to try and answer Andrei’s question, about “is the above only true of the European ruling classes or is that true for most people who live in the EU?”
So… As I see the picture, most of the people in Europe effectively don’t care ; which explains the poor choice when it comes to the ruling class.
As a french, we don’t bother especially because of our unjustified pride when it comes to the values of democracy, human rights, etc etc. After many years, I have finally come to spit on such values, because, in fact, we French don’t even believe in it.
It is TRUE. I mark my words, we don’t believe in such ideology, because if we were interested by understanding their meaning, and the many problems they cause, we would definitively get rid of it.
And I believe those “french values” to be one of the main spiritual strategic locks on the Western part. You just have to look at the so-called french philosophers and the horror they caused with their French theory in the 60’s and after… Since the the age of enlightenment (lol !) and even now, they keep sending their garbage thinking to the whole world.
-_- As a french, I have become ashamed of my country since the beginning of russia’s special operation. Few people want to acknowledge that we french are funding neo-nazis, and that we are sending the Ukrainians to their death, when the use of diplomacy could have changed a lot of things.
I am guessing, without much fear of correction, that Mr Putin and Mr Lavrov are the most respected diplomats on the planet (of course most would not acknowledge it). Now is the time to name the enemy, describe the fundamental problems and how to resolve them, offer protection to those who would join the rebellion and pull the financial rug from under the feet of the bastards.
Point the right kind of missiles in the right kind of direction and dismantle the evil empire. The sheep will unite behind the shepherd.
History begs it. The future demands it!
Given that we are in an as yet undeclared war between the collective west headquartered in Washington DC and the Russian Federation, it is telling to note the tactics used by either side.
From Russia we have been formally informed from the very first days of the SMO what Russia’s objectives were/are. They moved openly to liberate the Donbass, and later to hold referenda to incorporate four formerly Ukrainian Oblasts into the Russian Federation. I am unaware of any attempt to sneak something by us.
From the collective west, on the other hand, we have seen the murder of Dugan’s daughter, the pipelines’ destruction, and lastly the attack on the Crimean bridge. I reject the lame explanation that the murder and the bridge attack were the actions of Ukraine for the simple reason that I feel Ukraine has no independent agency at all. The pipeline attacks were, in my opinion, an attack on Germany and the EU. All were terrorist attacks. Responsibility for all three have been denied by Washington, denials that as far as I can see no one is buying.
So, what are we looking at? On the one hand a war, depending on one’s point of view legitimate or not, conducted openly and explained openly. On the other hand terrorist attacks. Let that sink in. Terrorist attacks.
It has been said by others, but the Global War on Terror has morphed into the Global War of Terror. We can expect more such terrorist attacks, and with the destruction of the pipelines as a precedent, future attacks can and probably will happen anywhere in the world.
I weep for the citizens in the collective west. They are being led by thieves and liars. Russia, in contrast, is being led by Putin, a man destined for icon status in Russia. I am sure Putin has many allies within the upper echelons of the Kremlin, but with Lavrov beside him the world has not seen a pairing such as this since Mao and Chao Enlai.
It was always the Global war of terror, from the get go. Like the war of drugs, war of whatever etc.
I agree with your expectation of more such attacks to come, it is the expected phase after the war phase is petered out. Most likely done in such a way that it put a wedge between the Russian people and it’s leaders. Labeled as Ukrainian resistance/freedom fighters. After all Regime change is what it has always been about. Nobody seriously though Ukraine could defeat Russia, when they know even the Empire is unable to do so.
I don’t worry too much about war footing. Quoting from A. Werth’s Russia At War, an infantryman: Zliye Muzhiki. The West don’t know what they’re dealing with.
I think I may have gained some insight about all this.
The way I see it, the real purpose of the so called ‘Special Military Operation’ is to prevent a strong anti-war movement at the home front at the initial stages of this war phase (it’s war and nothing less than war, a new phase was launched on 2014 and Russia went hot dynamic with it).
President Putin governs for Russians, not for the opinion of foreigners. To look politically as though ‘you are not being tough enough’ is always redeemable. Not the other way around, the way it happens in the US, where there’s always a strong antiwar movement. A strong antiwar movement within Russia would be dangerous to government’s political stability. Therefore conditions had to be devised to launch military operations without looking too hawkish and destructive. Up until the political will of Russians is united in one direction. That point has already been reached and now Kremlin stands strong and undisputed at the home front.
Now, to the battlefield:
Very clearly the enemy wants to manipulate Russia into a military overkill. They do this because they know Russia has overall superior military capabilities. They want to do this by baiting Russia with both overt and covert warfare into a cognitive bear trap. As bears are attracted to food, they believe Russians are addicted to military victories and cannot refrain from the vision of repeating Парад Победы в Москве.
Once the Kremlin declares ‘victory’ in any form it sees fit, their whole information warfare global structure will declare the culmination of Russia’s moral defeat (which they are already doing in any case, but they need some sort of climax to black seal it all).
Why?
Because at the end of the Great Patriotic War the Soviet Union had defeated the Nazi War Machine and shown the world their cruelty and madness. This single fact is something them Nazis cannot let go of, both because it is the unwashable stain on their shirt but also Znamya Pobedy, the highest military glory that sustains Russian ethos in the modern world.
Here one must understand that we are dealing with the power of words turning into weapons of cognition. Victory is being redefined, and military victory is no longer just military victory, now military victory means the prevailing of ethos, in its whole spectrum of manifestations in a civilization.
Therefore, Russia cannot walk into a bear trap. Russia cannot and will never win by her enemy’s playbook and dictionary. Victory is to be redefined and that will not happen overnight.
Russia will walk into victory by taking control of the meaning of victory and most of the world out there concurs with this new meaning.
We are already on our way. The world must see truth. Truth is the meaning of victory. And it is still true that truth shall make us free.
Russians have been commanded to light the world with truth and herein lies the great question as to how to do this.
Four things
1) my condolences to the families of individuals who lost their lives as a result of this act of terror
2) RT suggested that the explosive may have been a type of fertilizer bomb, This is not suprising since a detonator + a fuel source + calcium ammonium nitrate (or similar derivative) is an easily accessible combination. What should be noted is the following acts of terror that involved trucks, explosives and ammonium nitrate. All of these where used to justify greater violence and had clear indications of participation by intelligence agencies
(i) 1996 Khobar Towers. Saudi Arabia
(ii) 1995 Alfred P Murrah Building Oklahoma City,
(iii) 1993, World Trade Center parking garage New York City
(iv) 1983 US Marine Corps Barracks/French Army Barracks Beirut Lebanon
(v) 1983 US Embassy, Beirut Lebanon
(vi) 2020 Beirut Harbor (fertilizer sat from 2003 to 2020, but when Lebanon was not following orders)
Seems intelligence agencies are very good a murdering people and blaming it on somebody else
(3) Identifying a perpetrator is much easier then naming a perpetrator. Logically a first choice should be the intelligence services of Ukraine but they are puppets of the West and would not act without foreknowledge and approval of the West. The CIA and MI6 are always involved but must have plausible deniability. My vote is for their little brother, i.e., member of the same crime family and a criminal entity that likes to play both sides of the street Mossad please take a bow with your deep connections in Russia, sleeper cells and direct ties to the Western Deep State. Consider the terrorism in Iran. Israel does not even pretend to deny responsibility.
(4) Yes the West Hates Russia, but the Deep State hates its own people as well. With regard to Russia, the Deep State (and its acolytes, the entire main stream media) has brain washed the American people to hate Russia ever since the end of World War II. Its amazing how quickly that tree blossomed when we thought it was dormant for a few decades. Remember, the Anglo-zionists took control of the American government with the assassination of JFK and took control of the American people with 9-11. To say we are zombies would be correct. As for Northern Europeans, well lets be honest, a disturbingly large number have always suffered from some degree of prejudice that is anchored by a superiority complex (regularly exploited by Anglo-zionists). The good news is that the hatred is not limited to Russians, but includes Southern Europeans and every human being with a tan, except for teenage boys and girls from southeast Asia.
Media hates Kanye West, JK Rowling and Joe Rogan as well.
Loved Kaynes latest “White Lives Matter” stunt :)
My vote is for their little brother, i.e., member of the same crime family and a criminal entity that likes to play both sides of the street Mossad please take a bow…
Interesting take Richard. Entirely plausible. Perhaps the two sisters contracted the job to their younger brother without informing their political masters. That would explain the studied silence in official London & DC on the Crimean bridge attack.
There is a third way of getting “even”: engage in terrorist activity in their peaceful, happy and abundant states.
Plenty of targets. Oh, by the way, Russians should start arming separatist regions all over europe.
I could go on…
It is high time to introduce Fear in LaLa lands.
If I were in charge, first order of business would be to declare NATO, a terrorist organization.
The cabal got so bold over the centuries, simply because there is nobody to challenge.
Russia will not lash out and be terrorists just to satisfy the bloodlust of some. They are winning hearts and minds the world over by abiding to international laws and Geneva Conventions.
If they commit terrorist acts citizens will feel revulsion towards them.
They will act in accordance with morals and international laws. This is the correct path in the long run.
American/Western Elite create and finance their own/proxy global War-on-Terror in the name/cloak/mask of fighting the terror they create. They must finance, train and arm as many terrorist groups/militias in order to transfer as much fear and acts of terrorism across every region in order to create as much chaos, confusion, misery and deprivation for the purposes of control over the sovereign through its wealth/natural resources.
I have said here and on several other Sites of repute since 2000 that until American forces begin dying in large numbers, this shitshow will not cease. For me the Kerch bridge = One Large Western European NATO/US base, preferably Germany-UK or Poland eastwards.
These psychopaths will relentlessly double down on their failed policies to the last European.
Anarchist and WTFUD, Of all of commentators I have read on this blog in the last several months, you two are the most warrior like. Seeing your respective comments back to back like this is a refreshing coincidence.
I can tell that you two have not been conditioned one iota by the USA propaganda machine.
I highly recommend the novels: What is to be done? by Nikolai Chernyshevsky and Germinal by Emile Zola.
Warriors win wars not intellectual pundits.
Some videos for today.
Large protests against the EU’s self-defeating anti-Russia sanctions war are breaking out all over Europe — here is one from Rome:
https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/romelovesgaz:6
Thousands Protest in France against NATO:
https://odysee.com/@MintPressNews:9/thousands-protest-in-france-against-nato:f
A large rally in support of mobilized and volunteer troops heading off to training was held in the far north Siberian city of Norilsk:
https://rutube.ru/video/7305ff156330a8ef50b7bccb1b578870/
Departure of mobilized troops in Kaliningrad:
https://rutube.ru/video/28e52efc6b0f118c62d3361dd4a94252/
Russian Uragan MLRS in action:
https://rutube.ru/video/36d72c6771212ad10c08ef129aa517f8/
Russian Ka-52 destroys Kiev regime armored personnel carrier near Kupyansk:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/q2QIirPeWXJW/
Russian missile says good morning to Kiev regime officers:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/YDJbYAkQGpTm/
DPR artillery takes out entire Kiev regime squad in one hit:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/5GPUYE6nQ97G/
Belarus is reinforcing its borders after the Kiev regime has amassed 15,000 troops nearby:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/H20HmV6ZfDtT/
Andrei My Brother,
I have no doubt that in the end good triumphs over evil. As Christians we know this. We know that with Our Lord Jesus Christ the victory has already been won, just as we acknowledge every Holy Pascha.
It tears me up though to see what these Nazis are doing to civilians in Kharkov Oblast.
https://southfront.org/in-video-18-kievs-propagandist-revealed-ukrainian-nazis-kill-civilians-in-recently-occupied-kupyansk/
These are true fascists. Then I walk the streets of my American city or even my quiet suburb and see that the people are flying Ukrainian flags, supporting fascism. Supporting Nazis. All while (for the most part) believing themselves to be good liberals, progressives. It makes my stomach turn. It makes me want to vomit.
God save Russia and the Russians people (especially those under Nazi occupation).
Except when someone else has a greater call than yours, and theirs has not been won, it has lead to war.
If an American LNG tanker blows up mid-Atlantic and nobody heard it, did it get blown up?
A philosophical question, but not beyond DC’s & Brussel’s ability to answer.
Due to Moscow’s rope-a-dope MO, the West has confounded RU’s fear of war with fear of the West. How to disabuse them of that notion without escalating the retaliation an order of magnitude larger than the original? I’m at a loss here. And what comes next?
Somebody high up in the Kremlin’s food chain needs to talk very seriously to their counterpart in the US security structure. Even that assumes that the officials in the US’ security apparatus have control over their charges. Do they even know the full extent of what they’re ostensibly in charge of? I doubt it.
It’s all fun and games until somebody loses an eye, and somebody’s gonna lose one soon.
Well here in the Netherlands, I am seriously disturbed by the clear co-option of the “radical” left. You might find this trivial but it’s not, these groups are the best organized and most capable of awakening broad collective action against NATO. If they became anti NATO you would see an effective National resistance rise in a matter of days or weeks. They have much larger networks and far more experience in organizing than the “alt” right.
It’s mind blowing, the consensus on supporting mainstream narratives and blatant US imperial interests. Many organizers buying this, claim to be in touch with both Anarchists and socialists in the Ukraine and Russia who work together to take down evil Putin and stop the war.
I mean are there any left left in Ukraine? Haven’t the trade unions and all non extreme right political parties and organizations been banned and persecuted? How did these English speaking pro-Ukraine socialists magically appear? And start working internationally with “like minded” groups?
Is there even an iota of awarenesses about the fascism and neo-nazism in Ukraine. Where does the blind denial come from? If questioned, the rhetoric is still but Russia has neo Nazis too and look at Wagner. The overwhelming evidence of rampant institutionalized neo Nazism in Ukraine, is brushed off as Russian propaganda.
I mean these were people who shamed anyone turning up to anti Lockdown protests, because potentially one could end up marching with a Neo Nazi in the crowd. It was social suïcide to support the anti repression movement, because it meant you were now “with” the far right. ( The anti repression movements against draconian COVID measures in NL were very broad, diverse socially, professionally and politically but were coopted at a national political level by the alt right, largely due to an absence of any other vocal resistance from other formal political parties), But supporting the worst Neo Nazis in Europe is okay? So much for anti-fa.
Who are these Russian Anarchists? I mean what kind of monster can twist a principled anti war stance, and support for militant anti imperial restance, to mean supporting US proxy wars? And the blatant targeting of ALL Russians through terrorism, discrimination and disgusting sanctions. While covering up Ukrainian atrocities against civilians, civilian infrastructure POWs and it’s own armed forces.
There are coopted or even fake groups like Crime Think, posing as radical left. Astroturfing from Russia and Ukraine. Producing teams and teams of fake “independent”, “alternative”, news. It’s not just the MSM.
There are a lot of disenfranchised people in NL and a never went away genuine vicious Nazi streak in the population. What’s happening now is frightening. You see through the fakery and polarization, and the toxic spread of neoliberalism, that ALL left are now growing increasingly out of touch with reality. And rendered thus useless or worse, in any meaningful resistance to the blatant callous violent neo colonial monster amoung us. While with inequality, the hate and scapegoating grows. And gains more mainstream support due to the absence of meaningful resistance to NATO/ US from other groups.
The alt right in NL is just as groomed and coopted as Italy’s Meloni, by US interests. For all their rhetoric I seriously doubt you will see them deliver on any meaningful anti NATO resistance either. What you will see them do is further demolish the EU in a way that suits US interests. Because that was what they were literally invented to do.
So, while I believe there are a growing number of people who oppose NATO and see through the lies in the Netherlands. We lack any effective platform to resist and organize. Polarization has been extremely effective in dividing and conquering the public will.
Time to build bridges. But time is in short supply.
Well said.
I think the Left is dead. It got cognitively infiltrated after the fall of the wall.
All we have is the Fake left, heavily infested by various intelligence agencies.
It could be said politics is dead, and we live in a totalitarian society.
The power controlls all fractions, so it doesn’t really matter who wins.
If anybody makes it to the top and gets uppety, there are 6 ways til sunday to take them down.
Bribes/Blackmail/Cancel.
The best strategy is to continue on a strategic Plan of Action already underway. The point of strategic terrorism is to provoke and distract Russia into a course of action that’s engineered by NATO. Doubling down on the current course is the best response.
Will they rejoice and wave their Ukie flags a little stronger?
I’ve been following recent protests throughout Europe, related to increasingly declining living conditions
and I am yet to see a single Ukrainian flag. Plenty of Russian flags in Germany though.
People are waking up.
Here is my basic approach to these sorts of things:
At various times and places people have been under threats, maybe being eaten by a tiger, attacked by cricodiles, or fleas, or some disease, or swarms of hornets,- or storms or droughts, or earthquakes — or neighboring tribes. It does no good to react emotionally, create elaborate narratives of myths, or succumb to deficient assumptions. One assumption people tend to succumb to is that people are the same (while on the other extreme that people are different). We like to think that people are sane, logical, ‘human’, and aware, but those are either gifts or attainments, and can be enhanced or disrupted by either our genes, our physical environments, family, culture, etc. and are often comparatively rare.
Always we are faced with how we should handle various threats and what precautions we should take. We make judgements based on available information, our intelligence, and our emotional state. If one does not want to get mugged then watch where you go, how you behave which may attract muggers and gangsters by seeming to weak, or carry a lot of money, and what preparations you have learned for self-defense. One should certainly not expect a mugger to be compassionate, law abiding, or reasonable. same idea if you don’t want to be attacked by a tiger — study and learn the characteristics of the threat and act accordingly. Fascists, gangsters, imperialists, and deranged criminals are similar to wild animals or parasites: don’t expect them to act humanely but just plan and behave accordingly.
I imagine the Western European reponse will be like for Yugoslavia.
Putin is the new Hitler, with ambitions to create Greater Russia. Russians are all Nazis.
There will be no terrorist attacks, but strikes on the regime by freedomfighters … possibly by ukrainians.
There will be no pitty on Russians, as after all the nazi things they did to the poor Ukies, they deserve it.
The difference will be, there will be much more hatred formented this time around.
It will be Putins fault that you are sitting cold and hungry in the dark. That you lost your job and own nothing.
They talked about the trickle down economy in the 80s. Turns out the only thing that trickle down from the top is darkness and shit.
I will end with a question: is the above only true of the European ruling classes or is that true for most people who live in the EU?
Unfortunately, if you rip off the festering scab from the psyche of the EU and US population – those who are tethered to their main-stream media and State Department talking points – you’ll find that the propaganda job aimed at these populations have done their work. At this point of time there is no doubt that a fairly large proportion of the Western populations now fear, and thus have kindled hatred, for all Russians. As that is the propaganda message – all Russians are subhuman Orcs and pigs .
This is too bad as those conservative members of Western society would find that Russian values are little different from their own. The true enemy is the supporters of a Neo-liberal, new world order seeking a ‘great reset’ to control all of the useless eaters, starting with Russian citizens and moving on to China, Iran, other manufactured ‘enemies of the West’…and then aimed at their own citizenry. That will become obvious this Winter and Spring as the EU plebs take to the streets and are met with armed police and military who will bludgeon, gas, beat, and shoot those cold, hungry people while calling them “far-right extremists”, “fascists”, ironically “Nazis” and “Putin’s puppets.”
As the Western regimes call for “Russian regime change” and “Putin’s assassination (Bolton)”, what is more likely to happen is 180 degree Blow-back with the EU and other Western regimes bordering on internal collapses. Of course, as they disintegrate, they’ll want to take the rest of the world with them. Hence the real danger of the “crazies in the basement” setting off a US false-flag nuke and blaming Russia. They have showed that they are capable of the most heinous, cruel, inhuman terrorist attacks against the civilian populations of their “enemies” over the last 70 years. These fools read to many RAND reports and believe that doesn’t end in MAD. Of course – what would they care if their personal long-term survival is guaranteed in a government underground bunker?
Kiev and other western Ukraine cities are being shelled. Unsubstantiated report that Russian Air Force is bombing the entire length of the frontline. RT reporter says that Kharkov and Odessa have been shelled.
I really hope that these attacks continue nonstop until Ukraine surrenders.
Yes Anton, the Ukranians must feel relentless pain. No more safety to allow the Kiev criminals to have muppets such as Stiller, Penn, Bono, Bojo, etc visit them.
I hope Russia has deployed teams of hunter killers too.
– The true enemy is the supporters of a Neo-liberal, new world order seeking a ‘great reset’ to control all of the useless eaters
NWO is NOT about creating a free market economy
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism#United_States
– Historian Walter Scheidel says that both parties shifted to promote free-market capitalism in the 1970s, with the Democratic Party being “instrumental in implementing financial deregulation in the 1990s”
(and the same in China / North Korea)
George Soros is anti-free market. He was a National Socialist as teenager. Open Society is not about promoting capitalism
Russia too has some very efficient, highly skilled and capable Special Services, and that it can use to retaliate on the Western decision makers and their personal interests, making it clear that terrorist attacks on Russian interests will be paid back in kind personally.
That is something these Satanic western leaders would certainly understand. It is because they are at their core snivelling cowards that they’d think twice before ordering terrorist acts against Russia again.
Strong video of Ukrainian terrorist killing:
https://t.me/OpenUkraine/28116
Each of us must remember the video from Kupyansk, even if it’s difficult and we don’t want to. These are Russian people whom the Nazi repulsed Bandera scum killed because they believed us and found the courage to stand next to us. Speak Russian, learn Russian, be part of the Russian world.
In 1915, during the First World War, the Russian army retreated. This happens in war. The Great Retreat, as contemporaries called it. The Russian army took six million people with it! Six million refugees left in convoys for greater Russia.
Then, by the way, Lviv ceased to be a Russian city, and Galicia was no longer a Russian land. The Russians/Rusyns are gone. Those of them who began to call themselves Ukrainians remained. General Denikin later recalled:
“I remember the days of the difficult retreat from Galicia, when the troops spontaneously moved, burning their houses and villages, a distraught crowd of people, with women, children, cattle and belongings …
Markov was in the rearguard and had to immediately blow up the bridge, it seems, across the Styr, near which a living human sea had accumulated. But human grief touched him, and for six more hours he fought for the crossing, risking being cut off, until the last wagon of refugees passed.
The terrible death of Russian people in Kupyansk is not only a crime of the Nazi scum from Azov. This is our sin. Here, at least somehow manage, call it a retreat, or a regrouping. In Russian it is called differently.
This is what the Savior prophesied.
“And you will be betrayed by your parents, and brothers, and relatives, and friends. And some of you will be put to death.”
Russian martyrs of Kupyansk, Izyum, Liman. Look at them. Remember them. Pray for them.
It would be very convenient to think that if we are not military, then we do not give orders, and we did not do something there. But wishing victory to our military, we spiritually still take part. And we are responsible. Do we help with our military equipment, walkie-talkies and copters? Here you go. How else?
Remembering the Russians who were left behind is now our eternal burden.
It is also necessary to remember that today we do not have a general like Sergei Leonidovich Markov, who in 1915 held the crossing until the last wagon passed. All questions are too obvious to be asked here now.
You need to remember about the executioners. They will be asked sooner or later. But to understand what kind of fierce reptile we are fighting and why, it is necessary now. And start taking action.
Most Europeans will continue to wave their ukie flags. Forgive them, they know not what they do. That said, it could be a long winter for many Europeans and they may have time to reflect… but generally they will continue to be led by the nose by their puppet-masters.
This war is not going to be won militarily. I believe that is becoming more apparent each day. It is going to be won economically. So far the omens are good for the RF but the longer this drags on the more the empire can adapt fiscally, industrially, socially. It seems that China is the key to “defeat” the west because of their economic power, but they clearly have no stomach for a direct confrontation or it would have happened during the Pelosi visit. So we are in a kind of race – can the US have enough financial pressure applied fast enough that it can’t react in a timely manner? Does it in fact need to be defeated? Can the RF maintain the space for multipolarity to grow without actually “winning “? I’d love to know the Kremlin’s exit plan.
@Simon C
I think China will ultimately act on the economic front…and when they do, it will likely be shock and awe, perhaps totally unexpected. The Chinese know that they are the next target for subjugation by the US. The US imperium is not to be underestimated. Pelosi’s visit was a provocation and when China failed to act on its verbose threats, it appeared weak to me. But in hindsight, all those provocations were US/West desperate attempts to get a Chinese retaliation , perhaps at the wrong timing for the Chinese. Economic attack on US needs correct timing and careful coordination not only from the Chinese but with other players(Russia, OPEC, India etc). Plus US isn’t going to sit there doing nothing. They have their own cards to play.
To dismantle US hegemony without provoking a nuclear exchange (which will decimate humanity) is a delicate operation. I am a hardliner and impatient but I think Russia and China are taking a very careful approach to not provoke US to a nuclear option. On the optics, looks like Russian and Chinese weakness. But now I tend to think of it as wise.
I think ultimately the goal of Russia and China may not actually be ‘winning’ the war as an optics but ‘ regime change ‘ in the West. For that to happen, Western populations may need to suffer tremendous economic hardships, a tremendous drop in their quality of life and be jolted to the fact that their ruling elites led them to this abyss. No easy task because Western populations are brainwashed by ideological fanaticism. So, again a delicate operation hence careful moves are needed, not hot headed emotional retaliation. The ultimate aim is not a destruction of the US but a dismantling of its ruling regime/system
The EU responded to Russia’s SMO with emotionally and ideologically driven ‘sanctions from hell’. What’s happening to and will happen to them should serve as a reminder that every moves on the opponent must be level headed decisions.
In spite of 24/7 propaganda lies and BS and fear induced psychosis there are still resistors in the UK including many who hate the Anglo ruling classes and are willing to commit themselves to its demise. These numbers will only grow as the ruling class in the UK fails to mitigate the deepening crisis of financialised capitalism and immiseration begins in earnest.
The deep state in the UK is itching along with its US counterparts to go into full spectrum coercive mode against dissidents in the West who support the emerging multipolar world.
The UK ruling class may be forced in 2024 to countenance a Labour victory at the polls but under Starmer the Deep State will utilise the legitimacy of a Labour Government to inflict a hard purge on the remnants of the Labour left and Trade Unionists on a scale surpassing the Corbyn witchunt. This will be accompanied by a general suppression of all forms of resistance to Unipolar Financialised Capitalism. Battle lines are being drawn everywhere welcome to the impending domestic hot wars!
Rick, I don’t know. I think the battle lines were drawn in the 60s, then rolled out in the late 70s/early 80s with Reagan and Thatcher. We the people lost. The war against dissident thought has been relentless for decades. It really geared up to defeat Corbyn 7 years ago.
My wealthy geriatric father recently broke his hip. He is in a crappy NHS hospital in a post-industrial town. And he is bitching about the service continually. When I gently reminded him that he has voted for NHS defunding for years he got angry and called me a communist. The security state don’t need to do anything more. It’s being done already.
@Rick. Seeing Corbyn being taken down by the Israeli lobby was one of the darkest days. Labour is coopted and you are right they will purge any real hope from their corrupt party. Look at what they did at a recent open debate, a labour member was removed from the party for just calling out NATO. It’s grotesque.
I hope for better… I think popular pressure could change things. The trade unions themselves are more active than they have been for years it seems. People are aware they have enemies in the Labour Party, the hope lies with some of them pushing back against the incoming purges.
I want to pose a different theory on what the West is doing in general, and why America is fighting in this strange way, such as proxy warfare and using terror without claiming it.
The are fighting like girls.
This is based on decades of feminization to the extent that American testosterone levels have dropped. Russia are not engaging a male war, but a female war, and that explains everything imo.
I have written about this phenomenon based on other excellent works such as by Geert Hofstede. I can provide more info if need be.
A catfight instead of a dogfight? Oh, my. Unfortuneately I think you may be right. As such things are going to get real ugly. Phychological texts, e.g. “Nightmares of my nervous fantasy” by Dr. Schrieber, talks about a male “module” in the brain that keeps males “in check”. Females do not have, or have a weak form of, this module which opens them up to thinking up things males would never dream of. (And that by the way is the importance of protecting the “weak” male macho; that macho being to also help protect the femine amoung us.)
“not only is Russia under attack by Banderite Nazis, but also by the folks who did 9/11, MH17 (and many other!) ”
Retaliation against Ukraine infrastructure, or government is exercise in futility, as those who are making decisions couldn’t care less for Ukrainians. Sinking certain number of superyachts and downing private jets would bring West to the negotiating table much faster than sinking aircraft carrier groups.
Since Russia isn’t terrorist state, it should raise up accusations for instigating war and terrorism against top members of Western oligarchy and bring them to justice one way or another. Until feudal psychos are immune from consequences, nothing will change.
New international court without NATO members is the must.
Exactly. Until and when painful and personal costs are exacted on the psychopathic western leadership, the real instigators of western terrorism and the ongoing economic chaos worldwide, nothing will ever change.
Todays response is also a message to every EU country.
It only takes a few hours for Russia to put you on your knees by taking out critical infrastructure … and Russia can not be stopped.
Nothing nuclear but very devastating.
So the West needs to ignore its propaganda and play nice – or not.
In the usual Thai way – up to you !
Another great live stream from iEarl Grey in St Petersburg this morning. Zelensky has fled to a “secret bunker” in West Ukraine. Seems he can’t take the payback,lol:
The Beginning Of The End Of Ukraine: Monday 10th October 2022 – LIVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dceRgflb95U&ab_channel=iEarlGrey
Oh my gosh! The hammer is about to come down! They just don’t know what they’re doing or who they’re messing with! Really? Does anyone really think that US planners don’t know this will provoke massive Russian retaliation? It was DONE to provoke an emotional response. It was DONE to provoke massive retaliation. Escalation is the point. But it’s all motivated by HATE. No actually, it’s a plan. A plan to fracture the world and subordinate Europe. Manipulation of emotions is part of the plan. The planners are cold, not passionate. Oh wait a minute, I forgot. The US has never fought a real war and US planners are all stupid sissies.
An interesting comment from a former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Who is also today the deputy head of the Russian Security Council,the head of course being Putin himself. He says its his “personal opinion”,but is it? Or is it not really the true opinion of the Russian government,just covered by his saying its his personal opinion.
He says what I’ve said for months now.And something I think should really be self-evident for anyone to see. He says that the current “Nazi political regime” in Kiev will represent “a constant, direct and clear threat to Russia”. And he says that “Therefore, in addition to protecting our people and protecting the borders of the country, our future actions, in my opinion, should be aimed at a complete dismantling of the political regime of Ukraine,” Medvedev said.
In other words,getting rid of the nazi regime must be done if Russia is to be safe. That of course leads to the question of “what now then”. My “personal opinion” is that they need to set up a replacement government inside Russia to replace the current nazi regime. And Russia should derecognize the current Kiev nazi regime and give the official Russian recognition to that replacement government. That would make it known to the freedom loving people left in Ukraine that Russia does really mean to liberate you. And will not make a “deal” that would leave nazis in control after the fighting ends.
BTW,to those thinking that Ukrainian defense chief Zaluzhny,who some people were hoping was going to overthrow Zelensky and make peace. Has been photographed wearing a swastika bracelet. And in another photo standing with other commanders in front of a wall with photos of Bandera and Shukhevych who was a commander of Nachtigall Battalion, Nazi murder squad, a hauptmann of the German Schutzmannschaft 201 auxiliary police battalion which massacred thousands. And a Right Sector flag. It’s also good to remember he is a West Ukrainian from Galicia. So he is a nazi as well.
By the way, there is no terrorism in war. War IS terrorism. The West is fighting a war, not a special military operation.
As an American, I am growing increasingly worried about this escalation. It serves no legitimate U.S. interest and the continued provocation of Putin is pointless as he is not going to suddenly leave the annexed territories and resign from office.
In my estimation it is not hatred but the desire to succeed at all cost and stick it to the Russians. Remember narcissists do this. They hate not getting their way and do not give a damn about people. — A couple of years ago I was working in a company that was about a third Polish. I went for lunch with two of my colleagues, a Pole and a Russian from Lithuania, we talked about a third colleague whom I was working with very well up to that point. My Polish friend said she was without conscience and would sell her mother for money, my Russian friend nodded emphatically. I was baffled about how I simply could not imagine it, doubting my entire capacity to read people and danger in general. — Since this war started I got to observe how these Ukrainians behave here in Germany, how they talk, how utterly shameless and egocentric, how they celebrate attacking a bridge (f.e. Melnyk, the “diplomat”: “Shaka laka boom boom.” (sic!)) and then turn around in whiny victimhood when their command and control centers in Kiev get whacked for this, I begin to see what my two colleagues were seeing.
As for ordinary Europeans, they simply do not hate Russians. All I can sample in my rather large vicinity is people who think the Ukrainians are sort of like the underdog being whacked by bully Putin and then they empathize with that. Fortunately (?) the Ukrainians manage to ruin their reputation in a spectacular fashion with a sort of “everything is free” mentality (woman going to a German food bank in an SUV, asking for free caviar and paying the 2Euro sympolic obolus with a 100 Euro bill, elderly man wants to sit in the seat he reserved in an overcrowded train and a young Ukrainian man expects him to stand because “I’m Ukrainian”, stuff like that, a Ukrainian language teacher explained to me this is because people simply grab hold of free stuff regardless of economic need). I personally felt very careful around my Ukrainian acquaintances not to hurt their feelings, genuinely looking for some diplomatic ground to include their perspective and could not care less at this point in time.
From a Scandinavian country… Our dear leaders still don’t hav a clue…
I don’t know what to say.
A strange mix of denial, prognasticism and pure evilness. And most people, “the man on the street”, are so stupid you wont believe it…
Today the Russian Bear reacted… Our politicians still don’t understand.
I have personally been warning about this escalation, this idiotic escalation, for decades.
No one listened…
Some weeks ago I spoke to a neighbour. He sad that “Putin is a maninac per definition”. I replied that was not a good argument. He got very angry and walked away instead of continue discussing…
This is typical of my country.
Hell is coming to us I am afraid. Because of our ignorance, stupidity, A society of cretins, that is what we have become. A society where stupidity has ben rewarded. And knowledge and wisdom has been suppressed.
God save us!
We are vassal states. There are no leaders. Every election a kommisar that is found most suitable to empire is elected to rule over the pesants. Any politician critical of empire goes the way of Oluf Palme, or lately that Swedish foreign minister which where not onboard with Empire.
God help us all.
I can’t speak for most of the EU since I don’t live there, but I can speak for America. A great majority of Americans are totally brainwashed. They’ve drunk the globalist Kool-Aid and they have it all backwards – rooting for the Nazis in Ukraine and falling for the “Putin is Hitler” propaganda. Too many Americans are lazy and willfully ignorant. Most of them can’t find Ukraine on the map. Most can’t find Russia. Hell, quite a few of them can’t find their own country on the map!
It’s hard to wake up the brainwashed. The problem is that most of them get their “news” (i.e. propaganda dosage) from CNN and MSNBC, or worse yet Twitter and Facebook. They have no idea what’s actually going on in Ukraine, they have no knowledge of the history of the area or any concept of geopolitics. So they mindlessly cheer for the terrorist acts of Ukraine and praise Zelensky as a hero while denigrating Putin as a dictator. And when I try to educate them as to reality, I am branded as a “Putin stooge”. Which is fine, I don’t lose in debates and I don’t get offended nor do I care what others think or say about me. But until more people wake up from their somnambulant state, turn off the propaganda “news”, and take a break from their wasteful Netflix binges in order to have time to perceive reality, they’re going to be rooting for the wrong side.
Exactly as in Scandinavia.
I too promote the truth, but my own kids and I have arguments because they don’t read what I read. They are catching snippets off of Google news. One doesn’t know anything about it, one is aware of the truth, and one has bought into the Russia bad, Putin evil scenario. My response is these are the truths, I can back them up, go learn the truth. Alas, I think they are all too lazy. And that is the reality for many Americans.
I sent them the link about Russia striking 20 cities today, with over 100 missiles and the attitude was indifference. Well wait until that indifference bites them with food, gas, and everything else going up in price. Only then will America wake up.
I wonder if the truck driver knew what was about to happen or if he was a dupe. In Iraq, the U.S. military would hire Iraqis to drive truck bombs and then present these people as “suicide bombers”. An Iraqi man survived one of these scams and publicized the trick played on him; the U.S. hired him to drive a truck to a location and then make a phone call with his cell phone. On the fateful day, however, his phone was not working and so he made the call from a pay phone, after which his truck exploded.
I think there is maneuvering going on between the West and Russia over what violence they can get away with without provoking an all-out war. When some action “A” happens, then the other side can interpret this as allowing some violence “B” in response. The U.S. thought it could organize a coup in 2014 without opening the door to Russian violence, which turned out to be false. They are gambling over what forms of support they can provide Kiev before Russia escalates. Now they are trying out MEK-style bombings and assassinations. On the Russian side they will have their own estimates of what they can and cannot do before the other side expands it list of allowed actions. Now that Russia has annexed the LDNR, their list has probably expanded.
I expect the Russians had probably planned ahead of time for the possibility that the Kerch bridge would be bombed.
As far as the Western leadership is concerned, it has long been clear that for whatever reason they are essentially psychopaths. I think that there is “citizen morality” that the average person understands and then there “Western government morality” that can’t be spoken aloud.
“The U.S. thought it could organize a coup in 2014 without opening the door to Russian violence, which turned out to be false. ”
Not correct. The US counted on it, mistakenly. Instead Russia reacted assymetrically and destroyed the Southern Front developing in Syria. Only when the Nazi regime moved in for the kill in donbass, did Russia open the door for violence in Ukraine.
I could be wrong about the U.S. expectations, but my basic point is the two sides are trying to organize things so that they have the maximum freedom for action and the other side has the minimum freedom.
I believe bridges are a legal target in a war, although Britain seems to have been involved in this attack and technically Britain is not at war with Russia. Russia is the stronger party in this conflict, and they are trying to deter Ukrainian/Western attacks on their infrastructure. They need to be careful to limit their response to legal military targets and not targets that could suggest reprisal killings, which are illegal. The problem is, Ukraine is not respecting such boundaries.
The Russians are trying to avoid calling this conflict a war but rather a “Special Military Operation”. Do the standard laws of war still apply to this conflict or has that changed?
The latest Western propaganda effort seems to be to dig up Ukrainian cemeteries and then accuse Russia of a massacre.
The article notes the pure vitriol these leaders have for Russia. It is definitely accurate.
Can anyone provide any kind of explanation as to why? The average person rarely thinks about Russia or Russians. When they do, they are more likely to focus on how much more attractive Slavic women are, or mail order brides, MMA fighters and boxers, or Cold War history. Politics doesn’t really enter into it.
Yet “our” leadership, which isn’t even legitimate at this point, has such venom for that country. It can’t just be fear of being outcompeted. China is becoming more powerful, faster, yet they don’t have anywhere near the hatred for China.
It’s very upsetting. Actually enraging. These are people we didn’t even vote for, using our country to attack people we have nothing against, and we’re the ones who will be blamed, even though so many hate the fake, globalist government.
All I can think to do is state my thoughts online, and pray for a swift and overwhelming, Russian victory.
If anyone can figure out the source and purpose of all of this Russophobia, please share your thoughts.
“I will end with a question: is the above only true of the European ruling classes or is that true for most people who live in the EU?“
Answering your rhetorical question… Clearly this is only true for the European ruling classes and its brainwashed subjects… no European who has looked through the propaganda would rejoice of anything happening both in Ukraine and Russia which are both our brothers… the tide is shifting and the truth will prevail one way/day or the other
I wonder if the West comprehends that the sabotage game could be played by the both sides.