RSH @ 96
Ah just as I thought no car.
If you like I’ll call round a few days ahead of the apocalypse an pick you up.
Head for Mexico.
Need to make a stop on the way though…
Vladimir Putins is sure to hit Fort Knox I’m thinking we could load up with ingots, bullion a bit of wealth distribution. Whatdayasay.

Posted by: Mark2 | Jun 20 2023 23:36 utc | 104

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Jun 20 2023 22:50 utc | 93

What’s up with all the nuke porn gloom and doom, you people are sick …

What’s worse is that none of the geniuses on this forum are looking at the upside and working out how to make profit off the nuke terror – or prospective nuclear apocalypse.
Long IKEA bunker kits!

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jun 20 2023 23:58 utc | 106

Posted by: Mark2 | Jun 20 2023 23:36 utc | 103
Can your car hold that much gold?
Otherwise I’d rather just stop in Los Angeles and pick up a couple of my favorite actresses for the trip south.
Maybe Danielle Campbell:
https://coolwallpapers.me/picsup/5599291-danielle-campbell-wallpapers.jpg

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Jun 21 2023 0:06 utc | 108

Crazier and crazier. Saw today in the Sydney Morning Herald, this piece of nonsense now circulating MSM through Reuters.
>>>”Most terrifying is that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was mined by Russia … namely the cooling pond was mined,” Kyrylo Budanov, head of the GUR agency”.
Jeezuz. Is that a recent press release from a ghost in Banderaville, or some older rehashed “news” from months ago, being used this week to make believe he’s still alive and giving realistic commentary on Russia’s evil deeds? Jeezuz. Australians are actually gunna believe this!

Posted by: The Dolphin | Jun 21 2023 0:09 utc | 110

RSH @ 107
One ton payload plus a couple of girls it is then.
We could tow a burger van/trailer and flip burgers on the way.
Count me in.

Posted by: Mark2 | Jun 21 2023 0:16 utc | 112

Posted by: Mark2 | Jun 21 2023 0:16 utc | 111
We could sell the burgers along the way to pay for the trip.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Jun 21 2023 0:26 utc | 114

RSH @ 113
Yeah man count me in.
Easy rider CD playing on the sound system.
Not sure about tripping though, the whole world’s going to be like a bad trip by then.
Who will I blame ? Not Putin thats for sure.

Posted by: Mark2 | Jun 21 2023 0:33 utc | 116

Could someone explain to me why Russia has not attempted to interdict resupply routes WITHIN UKRAINE? I mean, before nuking Antwerp and Ramstein AFB, wouldn’t it be logical to destroy rail lines and roads in Western Ukraine?
And, while we’re at it, what about a multipronged effort (financial, diplomatic, and military) to get Germany to change sides?

Posted by: Xin Loi | Jun 21 2023 0:50 utc | 118

Xin Loi : Russia can blow up those things, but doesn’t. Either Putin is a traitor to Russia, or he has judo flipped the neo-con strategy of “we are fighting them over there so we dont have to fight them here” into “we are fighting them here so we dont have to fight them there”
It is a naval power vs a land power war. Russia would have a hard time destroying all that NATO equipments if they had to ship out and fight in NATO lands. Instead they let NATO ship their shit into Ukraine, then let noobs drive it around. Why would Russia try to interrupt their enemy when they are making a mistake?

Posted by: UWDude | Jun 21 2023 0:57 utc | 120

dh | Jun 21 2023 0:01 utc | 106
*** [BBC quoted] “Mr Sunak is set to announce $3bn in World Bank loan guarantees, and will tell the delegates … ***
That slimey wee yankified bastard should see to the ever increasing potholes in British roads, instead of leeching public money to his bankertite chums + organised crime in Galicia.

Posted by: Cynic | Jun 21 2023 1:01 utc | 122

Just watched RFK Jr’s foreign policy speech, in which, as a starting point, he acknowledged the great Soviet contribution to WWII. That was encouraging…until I saw that the Pentagram has recalculated their Ukranian “accounting error” up to $6.2 rather than 3 billion according to CNN

Posted by: Peter b | Jun 21 2023 1:04 utc | 124

Aaaand. The clown show gets its season extended by a few extra episodes: Pentagon accounting error provides extra $6.2 billion for Ukraine military aid
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-weapons-surplus-funding-72eeb6119439146f1939d5b1973a44ef

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday that it overestimated the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine by $6.2 billion over the past two years — about double early estimates — resulting in a surplus that will be used for future security packages.
Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said a detailed review of the accounting error found that the military services used replacement costs rather than the book value of equipment that was pulled from Pentagon stocks and sent to Ukraine.
She said final calculations show there was an error of $3.6 billion in the current fiscal year and $2.6 billion in the 2022 fiscal year, which ended last Sept. 30.
As a result, the department now has additional money in its coffers to use to support Ukraine as it pursues its counteroffensive against Russia.
And it come as the fiscal year is wrapping up and congressional funding was beginning to dwindle.

https://twitter.com/ElectionWiz/status/1671271117020069890

Posted by: Melaleuca | Jun 21 2023 1:14 utc | 126

Latest Napolitano…
Western Elites, Ukraine & Madness w/ Alastair Crooke fmr Brit ambassador (My note: That title about sums it up)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKdFjpBU64Y
In Ukraine War Putin also Taking on the U.S. – Larry Johnson fmr CIA (My note: Duh!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3VSZjbZ-x8

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Jun 21 2023 1:20 utc | 128

Richard Steven Hack | Jun 21 2023 1:18 utc | 126
a $6.2B pricing error on the gifts the pentagon sent!
the pentagon has never passed [been successfully] an ‘audit’ by the gov’t account office (gao) or anyone else!
congress tried to get the 5 sided wind tunnel on the potomac to get its books in order years ago to no success.
i saw this thing called military equipment valuation (mev) never materialize!
problem is military industry complex super weapons such as the f-35 are never really tested, so the specifications used to produce the weapons are in large part different than the original requirements. when you cannot link requirements to the product delivered for ‘receiving and payment’ you cannot certify the price paid!
and that is the kindest way, also why the weapons cost so much to train with and fail so often in hands of any troops much less ill trained ukraine….
war is not the only racket run by the pentagon, congress industry axis!

Posted by: paddy | Jun 21 2023 1:53 utc | 130

Latest Duran live with Larry Johnson…
The big counteroffensive pause? w/Larry Johnson (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJtRcNcIC_k

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Jun 21 2023 2:00 utc | 132

Posted by: Babel-17 | Jun 21 2023 1:56 utc | 130
Imo the author goes too far in trying to navigate a “reasonable middle” that his readers won’t recoil from, given how much Western propaganda they’ve been fed.
That being said, his voice might have a positive impact on things, and help re-cement the idea that yes, Ukraine has a Nazi problem. That will be important for eventually achieving a peaceful coexistence between Russia and the West, after Russia has de-nazified Ukraine. T

Posted by: Babel-17 | Jun 21 2023 2:08 utc | 134

For the Wagner fanboys, enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2GTCCAxeWY

Posted by: Suresh | Jun 21 2023 2:17 utc | 136

It wasn’t a final treaty, Putin didn’t say it was. It was a negotiation that was ongoing but the major points appear to have been agreed on in principle. It seems that many western fans of Russia simply refuse to understand that Putin did want this war. He didn’t want a war to defeat NATO. People are putting their own desires on Russia and Putin.
Nor did he show it to the African delegation to tell them their peace initiative was pointless. Putin would not have them come to Russia to embarrass them. He used the agreement to make his case to the RoW that he wanted to avoid this and was willing to negotiate in good faith, to not extract every possible concession. He was, as Russia has been doing for years and especially the last year, proving that Russia is not like the US. That it is honest (as a nation can be) and honorable.
That’s why Russia hasn’t terror bombed Ukraine into submission, and why it likely won’t… no matter how much western “supporters” of Russia think it should or decide that the Russian army has to march to Poland. The things many here consider “failures” of Russia are the core tenets of Russia’s actual “information war”. Putin is appealing to the rest of the world by not acting like White people have for the last 500 years.
If you scratch the surface of a lot of western imperialists you find the imperialist mindset deeply ingrained and inverted simply by being “against” the US empire while being for the methods of the US empire. We’re all lucky that what is likely the greatest actual military power in the world is lead by V.V. Putin, a man of reason, restraint and a remarkably humane person for the power he wields.

Posted by: Lex | Jun 21 2023 2:40 utc | 138

Posted by: Lex | Jun 21 2023 2:40 utc | 137
“It wasn’t a final treaty, Putin didn’t say it was. It was a negotiation that was ongoing but the major points appear to have been agreed on in principle.”
It was a draft treaty. That “major points” were possibly agreed upon does not make it a treaty until it is signed by Putin and Zelensky and ratified by the parliaments of both Ukraine and Russia.
“It seems that many western fans of Russia simply refuse to understand that Putin did want this war. He didn’t want a war to defeat NATO. People are putting their own desires on Russia and Putin.”
I didn’t say he wanted a war to defeat NATO. I said he wanted a war to counter NATO strategic weapons in Poland and Romania and to remove Ukraine as ever being part of NATO, nor a threat to Russia with its military, nor a Nazi hot-bed. All of which he said in one context or another.
“Nor did he show it to the African delegation to tell them their peace initiative was pointless. Putin would not have them come to Russia to embarrass them.”
He didn’t beg them to come to Russia, he accepted it. Just as he accepted the Chinese “peace plan” – which has also gone nowhere and will go nowhere, as the Chinese no doubt understand. Now the Africans understand it, too, especially after their reception in Ukraine.
“He used the agreement to make his case to the RoW that he wanted to avoid this and was willing to negotiate in good faith…”
Which he has been saying all along as the Africans know very well. What he explicitly said in this instance was that Ukraine threw what he alleges was an acceptable initial draft treaty into the dustbin. If that isn’t educating the Africans on the nature of Ukraine and the West, I don’t know what is.
You’re the one imputing motives and intentions to Putin and his team. I’m pointing out the overall picture which relies on more statements from Putin and his team over a longer period of time than the start of the war and the last 24 hour news cycle. People who imagine that Putin has forgotten about the December, 2021, treaty proposals, or his repeated complaints and statements to his military about the threat of those NATO strategic weapons in Poland and Romania are the ones who don’t understand why this war was undertaken.
At least I hope that is the case – or Russia will lose this war, and the war against NATO, and Russia and Putin will then deserve whatever fate befalls them.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Jun 21 2023 3:05 utc | 140

Posted by: littlereddot | Jun 21 2023 3:14 utc | 140
Watching Richard Medhurst right now discussing the disastrous Israeli Jenin incursion which was hit by pre-positioned IEDs. Imagine if Russia decides to support the Palestinians with Russian-made antitank and antiaircraft missiles. I doubt it will happen, but Israel should keep it in mind. Iran could turn Palestine into Lebanese Hezbollah if they really wanted to, although that would likely cause Israel to be even more brutal than they already are, if that’s possible.
What Russia could do, as many have advocated, is to allow Syria to use Russian AD against Israeli aircraft in Syria or even over Lebanon or the Med which is what Israel usually does to avoid Syrian AD.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Jun 21 2023 3:22 utc | 142

…….The Lindsey Grahams in the West will gleefully allocate multiple billions to buy weapons that for once won’t sit in warehouses but can be rained down on Russia as they come off the production line……
…..Of course, budgets can be allocated with the stroke of a pen whereas production lines take time to establish. It seems to me Russia is giving Ukraine/NATO that time….
.Posted by: Mike314159 | Jun 20 2023 23:05 utc | 96….
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Mike,
Very good point. You are most correct. The War Party will keep funding this global war; as long as they can sell cheap debt to fund it.
That is why de-dollarization is THE critical variable. De-dollarization ends the ability of the War Party to fund their war. De-dollarization will take some years.
Nect year just interest payments on the Federal Debt will be around 25% of tax receipts. (~17% of expenses).
Watch that space.

Posted by: Exile | Jun 21 2023 3:38 utc | 144

Nasrallah’s news Agency on. the Jenin Attack:

“The type of roadside bomb used against the armored IDF vehicles in Jenin on Monday unveiled disturbing military capabilities. This was not only a lone-wolf terrorist shooting at IDF soldiers or passing civilian Israeli motorists. Rather, the building and detonation of this type of bomb indicate a terrorist infrastructure in Jenin of a different league,” Keinon added.

Zionists in Distress: Israeli Deterrence Suffered Immensely in Jenin
The Palestinian Resistance needs no weapons from Russia or anyone else.
They have what they need, it is just left to do what must be done …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jun 21 2023 3:46 utc | 146

Posted by: whirlX | Jun 20 2023 21:15 utc | 72 “Stratotankers are to be placed over the Black Sea and near Ukrainian-Polish border, levelled not very far from Rzeszów – Lamberg line. That all should be denied to NATO/Ukrainian dreamteam. We will see what really happens, I guess real soon.”
Nothing like that will happen. I’ll check in on this in 6 months.

Posted by: Tim2 | Jun 21 2023 3:50 utc | 148

Posted by: Plebs | Jun 20 2023 18:27 utc “Russia stated that it will hit decision-making centers on Ukrainian territory. To me it seems like the US would trade a strike on Crimea for a hit on some bunker in Ukraine which can be denied any day of the week. ”
Ukraine has hit Crimea multiple times. And what is so special about Crimea? Clearly Ukraine hits Russian territory every day. They occupy parts of it too.

Posted by: Tim2 | Jun 21 2023 3:58 utc | 150

I see I was a tad late with my comment @148. So, I’ll add more. No critique on the crap that’re NATO weapons. It’s not that the Empire needs to manufacture more of the same; rather, it’s that the Empire needs to build a whole bunch of new gear across the entire spectrum that works and quickly. None of the current junk can beat either Russia or China, which is something I wrote in December 2021 and have been proven correct daily since. Taiwan is a sovereign Chinese province–Period–there’s no possibility of disputing that–Period.
Is Putin worried about a false flag? (It was very sly of Crooke to say 911, False Flag and Pearl Harbor all at the same time.) Contrary to what Crooke said, IMO the answer is no. Such stuff gets mentioned by Russia’s side in the Info War to reinforce the issue that the Ukies are Nazis as is NATO, and Nazis will stop at nothing to attain their goals. The film at SPIEF was a timely reminder that Nazis are capable of the most terrible crimes and smile about it all afterwards.
Also, the Judge didn’t ask if Crooke thought Russia would wage a counter-attack with the failure of the Ukie offensive. IMO, that will be done to create more facts on the ground with Odessa being the goal. But first, a few more days of eliminating 1K Ukie troops per and lots of NATO gear.
And the African effort was excellent as was Putin’s use of it. IMO, it sealed the support of any wavering RoW entity.

Posted by: karlof1 | Jun 21 2023 4:14 utc | 152

If you scratch the surface of a lot of western imperialists you find the imperialist mindset deeply ingrained and inverted simply by being “against” the US empire while being for the methods of the US empire.
Posted by: Lex | Jun 21 2023 2:40 utc | 137
Exactly. They just don’t “buy” all this peace nonsense.

Posted by: Jonathan W | Jun 21 2023 4:25 utc | 154

ridiculous notion that the US is throwing in the towel on Ukraine and China.
Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Jun 21 2023 3:43 utc | 144
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Buying time no doubt. These people more like zombies in search of flesh will only stop unless destroyed.

Posted by: John2007 | Jun 21 2023 4:27 utc | 156

103 Your assuming you get to the vault and its not empty with a big IOU piece of paper left on a table

Posted by: hankster | Jun 21 2023 4:37 utc | 158

Kennedy’s speech today on Peace & Diplomacy is more important than anything being expressed here.
https://youtu.be/z59vaHQ3zPE?t=2707

Posted by: windjammer | Jun 21 2023 5:11 utc | 160

Posted by: hankster | Jun 21 2023 4:37 utc | 157
Good point. We might as well stick to the idea of going to LA and picking up some of my favorite babes, then.
Here’s another one I would be interested in running off to South America with: Skyler Samuels
https://wallpapercrafter.com/desktop8/1968595-4K-American-actress-Skyler-Samuels-2K.jpg

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Jun 21 2023 5:15 utc | 162

Today I had the misfortune of driving 14 hours across Nritish Columbia, Canada listening to CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, our government media. Not a peep about Ukraine, Nada! Considering we have contributed substantially in funds and hardware, even seizing Russian assets, one would thing the headline news would say something.
Then, after the news, the flagship program “As It Happens” aired. This is a current events program that usually debates/discusses world events. Ida Amin was interviewed years ago, Yassar Arafat, Sadam Hussein, Presidents, Prime Ministers, “War Lords”, “Rebels” of all stripes. Today, in the midst of all the unfolding events in the Baltics they discussed a fake horse used as a land mark on a street corner that was taken away!

Posted by: Merv Ritchie | Jun 21 2023 5:42 utc | 164

Ray Mcgovern said on twitter the potential ZNPP strike or sabotage would actually be a potential response to the failed AFU counteroffensive, which is the decision of Nuland.
If you think of it. After Bakhmut there was RU Freedom Corps invading Shebekino region (now dead or dumped), then cover for failed attack was the dam, and next step cover for failed offensive ZNPP.

Posted by: unimperator | Jun 21 2023 5:56 utc | 166

It’s funny to see who got the memo to start to get out of the Ukraine desaster. And who still plays yesterdays role.
While some people (Nato, US) started to counter Selenskis begging with achievements they want to see from Ukraine first – others announce new commitments to the great black hole. EU 50 billion general help – basically state financing. Germany’s Baerbock a program for the rebuild of Ukraine into Selenskis (probably substance fuled) vision. The overall sum the US invested in this war, and more, just within a day.
Our EU manchurian candidates do an excellent job. Waiting for the TV talkshows to propagate “Send more Submarines”.

Posted by: Ruediger | Jun 21 2023 6:42 utc | 168

Listening to Larry Johnson on The Duran… He used his simile of the Ukrainian offensive being a Hollywood blockbuster that is hyped to the skies and then turns into a flop when it arrives.
It occurs to me that the Ukraine offensive should be referred to as “The Flash Offensive” – since it appears the new DC movie is becoming a flop and has been panned by most of the critics I’ve read so far. Some people on Twitter are saying the canceled Batgirl movie which never made it to the theaters would have had a better chance than “The Flash”.
So let’s call the Ukraine offensive “The Flash Offensive” – since it came and went like “The Flash” and was a flop.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Jun 21 2023 7:25 utc | 170

Ray Mcgovern said on twitter the potential ZNPP strike or sabotage would actually be a potential response to the failed AFU counteroffensive
Posted by: unimperator | Jun 21 2023 5:56 utc | 165
Well… the offensive is a failure but the smo is also dead since Wagner left. No more liberation, the entire army of 5 soldiers has to fight the little offensive and the daily hundreds of shells in Belgorod is an embarrassment on another level.
The great minds of the general staff have chosen to fight inside their own npp. It was their intellectual choice to do so for more than a year. Let them “enjoy” the results and express concern on social media

Posted by: rk | Jun 21 2023 7:34 utc | 172

Posted by: Ruediger | Jun 21 2023 6:42 utc | 168
If only they really were Manchurian candidates Europe would be kicking the USA out and signing up for high speed rail and all that other belt and road stuff.
Instead they have the CIA candidates running the show so it is economic ruin and fascism for Europe.

Posted by: badjoke | Jun 21 2023 7:41 utc | 174

Well, you can soak rice and eat it without cooking it. 🙂
Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Jun 21 2023 7:41 utc | 173
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Have you ever threshed grain?
Western people can’t wipe their ass without toilet paper.

Posted by: too scents | Jun 21 2023 7:45 utc | 176

Die herrschende Elite ist zunehmend wütend und verbittert darüber, dass die Beherrschten nicht mehr zuhören; die Beherrschten ihrerseits sind verbittert darüber, dass das System so offensichtlich nicht in ihrem Interesse handelt und nicht einmal mehr so tut, als würde es das. Vielleicht wachen wir eines Tages auf und stellen fest, dass weder die Politiker noch die Wähler glauben, dass die ‘Demokratie’ ihnen noch viel nützt.
Dies spiegelt sehr gut das Gefühl wider, dass das Überleben der westlichen Zivilisation auf dem Spiel steht. Dieser Prozess wird die westliche Politik wahrscheinlich entlang einer neuen Bruchlinie umgestalten, die sich in der Konfrontation zwischen denjenigen, die eine “grüne” Umgestaltung der menschlichen Gesellschaft, eine “Trans”-Welt für Kinder, eine einfache Einwanderung, die radikale Neuordnung der Macht zwischen den “Identitäts”-Gruppen in der Gesellschaft und eine Veränderung des Wesens der westlichen Kultur wünschen, und denjenigen, die all dies entschieden ablehnen, ausdrückt.
(gelesen bei Alastair Crooke)

Posted by: Oberbayer | Jun 21 2023 8:00 utc | 178

“Can we stop the nuke porn?” Nope, everybody is talking about and there is no smoke without fire. It should be clear by now the West does not care about the Ukies, so there go the Ukies. And as Ms. Nuland said, f-k the EU, so there goes the EU. The counteroffensive had no clearly stated and realistic goal to begin with but. like any other crisis, it cannot be allowed to go to waste. If it was the Brits who blew up the dam, guess what they will also be able to do. Btw, has anybody explained why else the dam was destroyed?

Posted by: Jonathan W | Jun 21 2023 8:17 utc | 180

Biden called Xi Jinping a dictator
1. Some are wondering why Biden called Xi Jinping a dictator literally the day after Blinken’s visit, which some media were quick to call successful.
2. If we discard the rhetorical statements of the United States and China during Blinken’s visit, there was no reason to believe that the visit was successful. Rather, on the contrary, yesterday the United States said that China refused to restore communication channels between the PLA and the Pentagon. This already overlapped the usual rhetoric of China about the fundamental interests in Taiwan and the usual rhetoric of the United States about the refusal to support Taiwan’s independence.
3. The fact is that China will never give up control over Taiwan, and the United States will not give up plans to use Taiwan as an anti-Chinese tool. Blinken and Xi Jinping’s negotiations could not and could not change this fact. A serious improvement in US-China relations could occur only if the US completely refuses to use Taiwan as an “Asian Ukraine”. Which obviously didn’t happen and won’t happen. It is also obvious that China will not abandon the course of building a multipolar world, which obviously undermines American hegemony, which the United States is not able to abandon.
4. Biden’s acrimonious accusations against Xi Jinping that he is a dictator reflect, on the one hand, the failure of Blinken’s visit, and on the other hand, the continuing escalation of the conflict between the United States and China, where it is certainly not the old senile, but the general course of the American establishment to war against China, which is positioned at the doctrinal level as the main enemy of the United States along with Russia.
5. The United States would like to regulate the speed of movement towards a collision in one way or another, as they did in Ukraine using the Minsk Agreements to regulate the speed of the crisis. The United States openly declares that China will be ready for the Taiwan crisis by 2027, so it is logical (from their point of view) they can force the aggravation through various provocations – both verbal (like Biden’s chatter) and actual, by sending weapons and American advisers to Taiwan. Therefore, there will be no escalation freeze around Taiwan, as well as in US-Chinese relations.
CC

Posted by: Fives | Jun 21 2023 8:34 utc | 182

Talk of nuclear war should be banned. It tends to elevate it to a viable option. I for one, would not like to see the planet destroyed because a bunch of zionist neocons might loose control of the USD printing press.

Posted by: Jj | Jun 21 2023 8:35 utc | 184

It seems all the Ukraine frontline analysts (milsummary, dpa, weeb…) have the same theme today. Its something along the line of “ukraine is done, NATO is coming”.
Any suggestions why they are so convinced about a mass of nato boots on the ground in the near future?

Posted by: Orgel | Jun 21 2023 8:55 utc | 186

[183]
Maybe US should give up Hawaii ?
Maybe US should relinquish Diego Garcia ?
Maybe US should relinquish Okinawa ?

Posted by: Paul Greenwood | Jun 21 2023 8:59 utc | 188

@Fives | Jun 21 2023 8:34 utc | 183
Yes, calling Xi a dictator right after the meeting looks like the visit did not end how US expected. But Indian Modi is full of ass kissing in US these days, will buy lots of weapons from them, begs for Tesla factories, great love. The only thing that made them really sad was that he answered that he wants peace in Ukr.

Posted by: rk | Jun 21 2023 9:05 utc | 190

Russia: if Ukraine joins NATO, it’s war.
France: we’ll let Ukraine join NATO if Ukraine signs a truce with Russia.
Being disingenious is too soft a word for it.

Posted by: Passerby | Jun 21 2023 9:06 utc | 192

Biden called Xi Jinping a dictator
Posted by: Fives | Jun 21 2023 8:34 utc | 183
Well, nevermind. If the US american people don’t like what Biden says, they can vote him out after a few years. The people of China don’t get that sort of option with Xi Jinping.

Posted by: GT Stroller | Jun 21 2023 9:07 utc | 194

[177]
BTW Laos had no passenger railway until China built 414km line but France started 1981 and has at least 2800km
You must be 🇺🇸 to be so loudmouth and ignorantly wrong

Posted by: Paul Greenwood | Jun 21 2023 9:11 utc | 196

Saw today in the Sydney Morning Herald, this piece of nonsense now circulating MSM through Reuters.
>>>”Most terrifying is that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was mined by Russia … namely the cooling pond was mined,” Kyrylo Budanov, head of the GUR agency”.
Posted by: The Dolphin | Jun 21 2023 0:09 utc | 110
Exactly.

Posted by: Jonathan W | Jun 21 2023 9:18 utc | 198

Posted by: AG | Jun 21 2023 9:13 utc | 198
RE NSC 68: What I see is the usual massive projection of intentions and motives onto the enemy. This is not thinking or planning.

Posted by: Bemildred | Jun 21 2023 9:23 utc | 200