Putin Recognizes Donbass Republics, Sends Russian Military to 'Denazify' Ukraine


... “and humanity is entering a new era of rapid development and profound transformation. There is increasing interrelation and interdependence between the States; a trend has emerged toward redistribution of power in the world.”
... All very grim. Putin has made this turn toward confrontation reluctantly and out of frustration with the West’s obstinate refusal to negotiate the new security order that Europe so obviously needs. He is angry at the spectacle of wasteful violence and prolonged disorder. This is my read. But there is a certain brightness to his outlook that we must not miss amid the bleak, evident animosity.
... Strong nations serve their people as their primary responsibility. This is where I begin as I characterize them. They have a purpose, a telos, as the ancient Greeks put it, and a shared belief in the worth of their ideal. They have a commitment to advancing the well-being of their citizens — to constructive action in the interest of the commonweal. They value their cultures, their histories, their memories.
... Nations dependent on power alone lack the coherence found among the strong. In them you find that all relations are power relations. The social fabric is in consequence frayed. There is an evident atomization among the citizens of these nations, leaving them with no social bonds or common purpose and nothing to believe in.
... We should consider the Ukraine conflict from this perspective — the wanton, useless destruction, I mean. And we should think about what it is the U.S. most wants to destroy as it presses its campaign to destroy Russia. ...
 
The Swedish navy had vessels in place before the explosions
And then it turns out that the Swedish navy operated in exactly the area where the blasting took place – and have tried to hide their tracks.
and the PM of Norway even had two uniformed US Army soldiers present at his conference about the leak:
I am reminded of 9/11, where there appeared to have been double or triple crosses. In other words, perhaps some of these countries were there with their submarines doing something illegal but fairly innocent as part of an exercise. While this is happening a third force comes in unbeknown to these countries, plant explosives and blow up the pipelines.
Now these countries, Sweden and perhaps also Norway (and/or other countries) also don't want to admit that they were in the area with submarines around this time as that would put the spotlight on them. This other force would have evidence that these countries were there and is able to blackmail them into a certain narrative with the threat that if they don't then evidence will come to light which will make them look bad. The US military guys in the Norwegian office is just to put pressure on him so that he sticks to the agreed narrative and not the truth. Like the mafia... to go along with the theme Thorbiorn mentioned above.

In other words, similar to 9/11. Anyway it is just a hypothesis.
 
The link doesn't work for me. I can't access RT.com it seems, also, I tried a google search, and the site doesn't even show up at all.
From where I am in the neighbour area, Bing and Google appear to hide RT results, but they will give similar articles, in this case at least. For alternative search engines that might get the article up in preview, try some of these Top 15 Best Search Engines | September 2022. After that, you may need a VPN to load the article in the browser.
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Many EU countries have banned RT but since you like Xpan appear to come from the same country, then it could be worth trying several other browsers. One of my browser will not let me see the Website, strategic Culture Foundation, but I discovered that another browser had no problem with it.

I am using Microsoft Edge. I just downloaded Opera and FireFox and those doesn't work either. I enabled VPN in Opera and that didn't work too. Could it be that the internet service provider I am using has blocked RT?

@XPan Can I ask which browser you use?
 
I am using Microsoft Edge. I just downloaded Opera and FireFox and those doesn't work either. I enabled VPN in Opera and that didn't work too. Could it be that the internet service provider I am using has blocked RT?

@XPan Can I ask which browser you use?
I use Safari on a Mac, and my internet provider is Comviq/Tele 2. I never use Google and have several filters installed to keep them at bay.
 
I am reminded of 9/11, where there appeared to have been double or triple crosses. In other words, perhaps some of these countries were there with their submarines doing something illegal but fairly innocent as part of an exercise. While this is happening a third force comes in unbeknown to these countries, plant explosives and blow up the pipelines.
Yes, it is possible, that there are 2x and 3x crosses and blackmail.

I think it is very significant that the there were two US Army types with the Norwegian PM. Even if he was trusted, it demonstrates subordination, almost as if it was a military coup. I also came to think of the Norwegian PM during WWII, Quisling, who had a great partnership with the German Nazi forces:
Quisling (/ˈkwɪzlɪŋ/, Norwegian: [ˈkvɪ̂slɪŋ]) is a term used in Scandinavian languages and in English meaning a citizen or politician of an occupied country who collaborates with an enemy occupying force – or more generally as a synonym for traitor.[1][2][3] The word originates from the surname of the Norwegian war-time leader Vidkun Quisling, who headed a domestic Nazi collaborationist regime during World War II.
Whether one takes the cooperation positively or negatively.

Also, the article I quoted said:
No European country has had such a large percentage of emigration to the USA as Norway, most Norwegians have relatives in the USA. With the Marshall aid, American culture also came to Norway, and Norwegians allow themselves to be assimilated, and today's generation speaks Norwegian/US English, many younger people speak US English without an accent. Norway is a good example of a country that has become part of the United States in an almost imperceptible way, and without most people having anything against it.
This change from covert to overt domination has come with the gas leak, and might turn out to be even more significant than the gas leak, or the sabotage alone. With 9/11 they could justify invading Afghanistan, now they can use the gas leak etc to justify the need for militarization and increased US influence/occupation/conquest in Northern Europe.
 
Worth remembering with all these big-in headlines that the devil's in the detail. Those '18 more HIMARS going to Ukraine' is merely news-speak concerning an order being placed by the US for them to be built. Should be delivered to whatever is left of Ukraine in about 18 months to 2 years time and meanwhile Lockheed Martin will be $1billion richer; always worth remembering, war's a racket and headlines are the racketeer's Tuck-shop.
 
I am using Microsoft Edge. I just downloaded Opera and FireFox and those doesn't work either. I enabled VPN in Opera and that didn't work too. Could it be that the internet service provider I am using has blocked RT?

@XPan Can I ask which browser you use?
Have you tried Tor browser? It's based on Firefox, and so far with it I've been able to access RT, although it's otherwise banned here in Finland.
 
The force is not with him -

Mark Hamill made ambassador in support of Ukraine Army of Drones project
“Star Wars” star Mark Hamill has been made an ambassador for the UNITED24 fundraising platform, where he will work in support of the Army of Drones project to benefit Ukraine.

His introduction as an ambassador took place during an online call on Thursday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who expressed his gratitude for Hamill’s support since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“Mark, you have become the first ambassador to help Ukraine raise funds to support its defenders,” Zelenskyy said. “For Ukrainians, this means a lot. As in ‘Star Wars,’ good will triumph over evil and light will overcome darkness. With you in the team, there’s no other way around it.”
“I know for certain that Ukrainians need drones to protect their land, their freedom and the values of the entire democratic world,” he added. “Right now is the best time for everyone to come together and help Ukraine stand up in this war with the evil empire.”
 
Those '18 more HIMARS going to Ukraine' are in fact merely an order being placed by the US for them to be built. [...] Lockheed Martin will be $1billion richer

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone.

It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities.

It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population.

It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some 50 miles of concrete highway.

We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat.

We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people.

This, I repeat, is the best way of life to be found on the road the world has been taking.

This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.

-- President Dwight D. Eisenhower



More than a week after Stalin’s death, Eisenhower was talking with speechwriter Emmet Hughes about the address. “Look, I am tired—and I think everyone is tired—of just plain indictments of the Soviet regime,” Ike said. “I think it would be wrong—in fact, asinine—for me to get up before the world now to make another one of those indictments. Instead, just one thing matters. What have we got to offer the world?”

As Eisenhower spoke, it seemed to Hughes that his contemplation was drawing to a close. Ike’s thoughts were now coalescing. The president stopped and, jaw set, stared out the window onto the South Lawn. The tiny speck of an F-86 Sabre buzzed across the sky.

In an instant his reverie broke, and he wheeled around. “ Here is what I would like to say. The jet plane that roars over your head costs three quarter of a million dollars. That is more money than a man earning ten thousand dollars every year is going to make in his lifetime. What world can afford this sort of thing for long? We are in an armaments race. Where will it lead us? At worst to atomic warfare. At best, to robbing every people and nation on earth of the fruits of their own toil.

“Now, there could be another road before us—the road of disarmament. What does this mean? It means for everybody in the world: bread, butter, clothes, homes, hospitals, schools—all the good and necessary things for decent living. …”

Eisenhower and Hughes would go over a dozen drafts of the speech, each of which the president carefully edited. It survived criticism from quarters as disparate Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill who thought an overt peace overture a mistake.

When he gave the speech, to the American Society of Newspaper Editors in April of 1953, Ike was ill and was barely able to deliver it.

Luckily for all of us, he did—even out of the Cold War context, it remains magnificent presidential statement.
 
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