Putin’s Predictabilities

Putin’s Predictabilities By Victor Davis Hanson for American Greatness It is easy to predict what the Russian president will do in any given situation. Biden is making it easier for Putin to act with aggression. For all his caginess, dissimulation, and opportunism, Vladimir Putin is more or less predictable. Putin’s aims? The Russian president’s two-decade dilemma has been how to reclaim the prestige and power of the former Soviet Union—but with only 75 percent of his country’s former territory and 140 million fewer people. When does he strike? First, Putin moves…

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Is The Red Horse Getting Ready To Ride In Ukraine?

Is The Red Horse Getting Ready To Ride In Ukraine? by Michael Snyder for The Economic Collapse Blog t has become exceedingly clear that there will be war in Ukraine.  In fact, some would argue that the war has already begun.  On Wednesday evening, widespread artillery bombardment of Donetsk and Luhansk started, and it hasn’t stopped since.  It is being called “the most intense artillery bombardment for years”, and it should be making front page headlines all over the globe.  According to one diplomatic source, “everyone and everything” is being targeted… A…

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War Inc. Throws an Invasion Party and No One Shows Up

War Inc. Throws an Invasion Party and No One Shows Up by Pepe Escobar for Strategic-Culture Moscow has not deviated for a moment from its Sun Tzu approach – while detailing all demands and all red lines many times over. The Dem combo remote-controlling the senile President of the United States by earpiece/teleprompter was never accused of being the brightest bulbs in the room – any room. That explains why one of their own, Nancy Pelosi, on ABC News, gave the whole Russian “invasion” game away two – or three…

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Davos and the Purloined Letter Conspiracy: F. William Engdahl

Davos and the Purloined Letter Conspiracy: F. William Engdahl for Journal-NEO The famous short story by Edgar Allen Poe, The Purloined Letter, is apt in describing the agenda of Klaus Schwab, founder some 50 years ago of what is today the globally influential Davos World Economic Forum (WEF)–Hidden in plain sight. Schwab published a book in 2020 titled The Great Reset, which calls on world leaders to use the “opportunity” of the COVID-19 pandemic to fundamentally reorganize the global economy into a dystopian top-down version of the technocratic UN Agenda 2030.…

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It’s “Game Time”: Russian Forces Move Into Attack Position As “Negotiations” Fail

It’s “Game Time”: Russian Forces Move Into Attack Position As “Negotiations” Fail by Michael Snyder for End Of The American Dream How is it possible that we are suddenly on the precipice of global war?  During the Cold War days, we could always count on the fact that there were competent foreign policy professionals in the United States and in Europe that could simultaneously look out for our interests but also prevent a nuclear war with Russia from happening.  Because if a nuclear war were to erupt, nobody wins.  Unfortunately, the…

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In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Manufacturing of a Cold War

In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Manufacturing of a Cold War by Cynthia Chung for Strategic-Culture This series will explain how the philosophy of the American establishment formed their “understanding” of nuclear strategy, which continues to influence thought today such as in the belief in the winnability of a limited nuclear war. “She [the United States] has seen that probably for centuries to come, contests of inveterate power, and emerging right [will persist]…But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy…She well knows that by once enlisting…

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10 Signs That Indicate That The U.S., The UK, Israel And NATO All Believe That We Are On The Precipice Of War With Russia

10 Signs That Indicate That The U.S., The UK, Israel And NATO All Believe That We Are On The Precipice Of War With Russia by Michael Snyder for The Economic Collapse Blog Are we about to stumble into a war that nobody wants?  As I will explain below, it would be so easy to avoid a military conflict with Russia, but the people running our foreign policy have ruled out any easy solutions.  Instead, they seem absolutely determined to have some sort of a macho showdown with Russia, and that is…

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