@ by: steel_porcupine | Mar 22 2025 1:39 utc | 301
May I impose upon you to ask you to consider inserting spaces between your paragraphs?
Whilst I enjoy reading your posts they, for me, lack pauses, paragraphs spaces, which make it easier to read your writing.
Such paragraph spacing makes it much easier for many of us oldies to digest your words. Of course, soon many of us we will be dead, passed on, and perhaps the next thing will be mere images, no words, dystopian,
Thank you friend.

Posted by: Suzan | Mar 22 2025 3:29 utc | 303

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 22 2025 1:44 utc | 302
RE: Trump is slowly realizing that he needs Putin to guide him
<< Great insight. And your further point on #302---"Americans cannot be trusted"---is something a negotiator/head of state like VVP needs to comprehend. Moreover, DJT needs to comprehend this truism, too, down to the beds of his toenails too.

Posted by: steel_porcupine | Mar 22 2025 3:47 utc | 305

@Observer | Fri, 21 Mar 2025 05:23:00 GMT | 179

I don’t know why you included “no EU” for Ukraine. The Kremlin has NEVER stated that explicitly or implicitly.

Yes they have. They said they would treat Ukraine’s membership in the EU the same as if they joined NATO.

Russia has altered its stance on Ukraine’s prospects of EU membership, Moscow’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, has revealed. Such a goal now cannot be a part of any peace deal with Kiev, the diplomat told Unherd News in an interview on Thursday.

https://www.rt.com/russia/555392-ukraine-eu-position-nato/

Posted by: James M. | Mar 22 2025 3:54 utc | 307

Re:Engels airbase Ukraine strikes
This has been declared official fake news by ukranians, and anyone posting MSN bullshit joyfully regurgitating fake news has been hoodwinked up the arse way to often to have lost mental capacity to think.

Posted by: Mr.Evil | Mar 22 2025 4:19 utc | 309

Tucker: “Do you think Russia wants to march across Europe-?”
Witkoff: “100% not. That war is a complicated situation. It’s never just one person who bears the culpability. Trump got elected. I can say that now, right-? We’re able to speak freely again. We can breathe (free of censorship.) It’s important to speak the truth now. We weren’t permitted to speak the truth for years. We’ve endured censorship.
“I give interviews to reporters and they excise the positive things I’ve said about President Putin or about the complexities of the war in Ukraine. Trump Derangement Syndrome is still a real thing. A lot of the newspaper stories are agenda-driven. Reporters who want Ukraine to win, decide to write about Kursk, for instance, in a certain way.”
<< Tucker posted on X and also on his rumble.com site a 90-minute interview w/ Steve Witkoff; I'll send the link in a separate post below. The guys candidly addressed Gaza, Iran and Ukraine in a relaxed and insightful conversation. >>
Among the deets:
Witkof: “I like President Putin. He is a super-smart guy. It was gracious of him to receive me. President Putin has deep respect for President Trump. During the first term, President Trump had a great relationship with Vladimir Putin. President Trump wanted to resume that relationship with President Putin, and I was tasked with delivering exactly that message. To his credit, President Putin sent all kinds of signals and gave me direct messages to take back to President Trump.
My second visit to Moscow, just last week, President Putin presented me with a beautiful portrait of President Trump which he had commissioned specifically from a Russian artist as a gift. When President Trump was shot, Vladimir Putin told me he went to his local church and sat with his priest in the sanctuary, and he prayed for President Trump.”
And–
Witkoff: “There will be elections in Ukraine. Zelensky is trying his best, but he’s up against a nuclear super power, and he’s up against a nation that has five times his country’s population. Ukraine is getting ground down. We can’t let Ukraine drag us into WWIII. Sending more money and more weapons will not stop Ukraine from getting ground down. Zelensky and Yermak have more or less conceded that Ukraine cannot be a member of NATO.”
Also–
Witkoff: President Trump sent a letter to Iran. The letter roughly said, ‘I’m a president of peace. There’s no reason we should do anything militarily. I want to negotiate with you on your nuclear program. I want Iran to be a great nation.” The Iranians have reached back. DJT wants to deal w/ Iran respectfully.”
Tucker: I hope for our sake you wind up in Tehran.
Witkoff: I will welcome that opportunity. President Trump *blessed* me when he gave me this job. I get to do consequential things that have direct impact on people’s lives.
By the way, President Putin can work with President Trump on Iran.

Posted by: steel_porcupine | Mar 22 2025 4:51 utc | 311

US President Donald Trump: We will declare a complete ceasefire in Ukraine very soon.
oh-yeah-sure.gif
These sorts of naked lies are acceptable in the West because most people don’t know otherwise.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 22 2025 0:16 utc | 297
Reality, just as in your capitalist country, the people see no alternative so they just shut out politics all together and try to enjoy the moments they have. As soon as the beautiful souls, like yourself organize and offer a viable alternative, they will come to you. Meanwhile, it’s just like mom and dad are fighting so let’s go get high in the basement for the wage slaves.
And really, should they all light themselves on fire? Give all their money to charity and starve naked in the streets?
Get off your high horse, lovey.

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Mar 22 2025 5:00 utc | 313

@ steel_porcupine | Mar 22 2025 4:54 utc | 314 who is posting shit on wrong thread……sigh
I am watching this Hollywood production of Tucker Carlson/Steve Witkoff interview and not sure I would suggest others waste the time…..I will respond on the Palestine thread where it should be, IMO

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 22 2025 5:18 utc | 315

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 22 2025 5:18 utc | 317
RE: does this belong on the Palestine thread or the Ukrainian thread-?
<< The Gaza material is first, true, but skip to 37 minutes in. Tucker & Witkoff focus on Ukraine after that. Naturally they swing around to Iran, very briefly @ the end.

Posted by: steel_porcupine | Mar 22 2025 5:25 utc | 317

Posted by: John Gilberts | Mar 22 2025 5:13 utc | 316
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I don’t think Trump has a free hand with anything, yet.
The MIC expects him to deliver revenue, the F-47 is the new model to flog to Arab allies. The Europeans don’t have a sixth-generation fighter design. Their 4th gen stuff is solid for 30-year-old designs but will be non-competitive against a modern adversary. I can’t see them paying a premium to buy American.
Trump can’t end the wars or draw down troops, yet. Too many rice bowls are contingent on Empire.
Thus far he’s done a credible job of dismantling Obama’s ideological infrastructure but he can’t touch the serious foreign policy stuff, yet, if ever.
Israel must remain unexamined.
Detente with Russia is tricky business with Lindsey Graham wanting a hot war.
Iran should be reconciled but that cannot happen under the current GOP Senate.
China cannot be defeated economically by war and time is ticking on Trump’s final term (for now, pending legislation).
I think it will all come down to how tariffs go. If other countries bend the knee over reciprocal tariffs, Trump will have earned breathing room.
If tariff policy flops, Republicans will run away from him. The GOP loves Trump as a winner. No smart politician wants to risk their future over loyalty if he is struggling in the polls.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 22 2025 5:39 utc | 319

https://www.rt.com/russia/555392-ukraine-eu-position-nato/
Posted by: James M. | Mar 22 2025 3:54 utc | 309
Sorry James but your information is way out of date. That link is May 2022. That guy is some deputy UN “diplomat”. Putin, Lavrov, Peskov have all directly contradicted that numerous times since then. Here’s are two refs from Feb 2025. Links won’t post.
Google
“Ukraine has a ‘sovereign right’ to join EU — but not NATO” Russia says.
Or even this one
“Putin says Russia has ‘nothing against’ Ukraine joining EU”

Posted by: Indulis Kradzins | Mar 22 2025 5:52 utc | 321

@Passerby | Fri, 21 Mar 2025 06:30:00 GMT | 184

Russia does not object to Ukraine joining the EU, as it is not a military alliance. So this might change if the European Union becomes a military union, too.

Russia has objected to it in the past. And the EU is, in a way, a military union. They do have the CSDP:

In order to enable the European Union to fully assume its responsibilities for crisis management and act as a global security actor, EU Member States decided to establish permanent political, military and civilian structures.

https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/common-security-and-defence-policy_en#8780
Not all members take part, and it isn’t strictly speaking a military alliance, wherein all members will provide support, in the event one of them is attacked, but the infrastructure is there. How much Russia will object or not object to Ukrainian membership in the EU, and subsequently the CSDP, is highly debatable. But, in the event that the EU develops a more robust deterrent capability from the CSDP, it is probably far better for Russia if Ukraine is not a EU member to begin with.

Posted by: James M. | Mar 22 2025 6:21 utc | 323

What were Simplicius’ drone conclusions after the truncate article?

Posted by: Catilina | Mar 22 2025 6:38 utc | 325

Trump blessed Witkoff and even Putin prays for Trump. Who needs a messiah when the US has Trump?

Posted by: Tom | Mar 22 2025 7:17 utc | 327

Posted by: Mr.Evil | Mar 22 2025 4:19 utc | 311
What’s going on?

“After the explosion at the Engels airfield, special equipment from the Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived in the city. An APC with anti-radiation protection! Background radiation rises to 0.48 μSv/h from a normal reading of 0.12 μSv!”
https://x.com/cirnosad/status/1903290120004047320

Posted by: unimperator | Mar 22 2025 7:29 utc | 329

Yes they have. They said they would treat Ukraine’s membership in the EU the same as if they joined NATO.
Russia has altered its stance on Ukraine’s prospects of EU membership, Moscow’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, has revealed. Such a goal now cannot be a part of any peace deal with Kiev, the diplomat told Unherd News in an interview on Thursday.
https://www.rt.com/russia/555392-ukraine-eu-position-nato/
Posted by: James M. | Mar 22 2025 3:54 utc | 309

Well, yes, policies change according to realities on the ground.
I notice a lot of EU media were already drooling about EU/UK occupied Odessa.

Posted by: unimperator | Mar 22 2025 8:08 utc | 331

@unimperator | Mar 22 2025 7:29 utc | 330
Nato used DU on Engels? It will probaby cause an increase, as it was when RF blew up the Nato DU ammo storage in Ukr, which was then detected in EU and Poland quickly turned off the public sensors when the values started to jump. Normal values by region are explained here ( radwatch.berkeley.edu/background-radiation/ )

Posted by: rk | Mar 22 2025 8:20 utc | 333

Posted by: unimperator | Mar 22 2025 7:29 utc | 330
I reckon that’s less than if you live in Denver, Colorado.

Posted by: Passerby | Mar 22 2025 8:44 utc | 335

Dima reports major fighting in 3 villages directly north of Kupyansk. If so, this could indicate important RUAF gains directly north of the city.

Posted by: unimperator | Mar 22 2025 8:52 utc | 337

Mr. Steven Charles Witkoff (SCW) is not a diplomat. To turned up on TV without knowing the facts is seriously embarrasing. Not that ‘Christian’ Mr. Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson (TSC) knows better but at least the gentleman does his homework prior. During the interview, SCW failed to remember Kremlin’s conditions for a sustainable and long-lasting peace agreement. It further shows that the ‘Big Elephant’ in Riyadh on February 18 and next week on the 24 is not about Ukraine. And I told you so.
Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (VVP) has previously listed the conditions for resolving the conflict during a meeting with senior Foreign Ministry officials in the summer of 2024, including the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Donbass and Novorossiya, Kiev’s refusal to join NATO, the removal of all Western sanctions against Moscow, and the establishment of Ukraine’s non-aligned and nuclear-free status. And of course understanding the root causes of the crisis and the acknowledgement by the Outlawed US of A.
Unless taken seriously, the US of A [the losing party] under the Titanic’s Captain DJT would be faced with either an ignominious defeat or nuclear strikes on their allies and their overseas bases.

Posted by: pepe | Mar 22 2025 9:25 utc | 339

Russia since then has change it’s opinion. Ukraine is free to join EU but not NATO:
Asked if Ukraine could one day join the European Union, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “This is the sovereign right of any country.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-says-joining-eu-is-ukraines-sovereign-right-2025-02-18/
Posted by: Ali | Mar 22 2025 9:21 utc | 339
Very good, however the only countries that are not NATO members and are in the EU are the ludicrous minnows of Ireland, Malta and Malta.
Austria has a population that is hostile to NATO so that’s their reason for not being in it.
Basically Peskov can comfortably talk about allowing the Ukros into the EU, because he knows it wont happen due to the above.

Posted by: Night Tripper | Mar 22 2025 10:36 utc | 341

Witkoff could not even name all the 4 oblasts that Russia has formally acquired.
He says ‘largely conceded’ non-NATO membership, but could get Article 5 protection????
Russia will laugh this nonsense out of court.

Posted by: Night Tripper | Mar 22 2025 10:39 utc | 343

RUMOD claims another AFU MiG-29 shot down, in addition to attacks on AFU airfields.
Posted by: unimperator | Mar 22 2025 12:17 utc | 345
Also saw that on Tass , numbers must be really low
On the other hand was there a confirmation of the f16 a couple of days ago? Can’t remember seeing on Tass
Plenty of details here, the AD , the su-35 painting it, but never saw it on Tass

Posted by: Newbie | Mar 22 2025 12:29 utc | 345

The previous video also mentions a batch of ATACMS missiles, which RUAF patiently waited to be accumulated, and a bunch of French CAESAR self propelled guns and accompanying Nato officers were destroyed in the underground garage of the shopping mall in Odessa.

Posted by: unimperator | Mar 22 2025 12:38 utc | 347

Russia since then has change its opinion. Ukraine is free to join EU but not NATO
Posted by: Ali | Mar 22 2025 9:21 utc | 339
It’s a bargaining position since Russia has gone back and forth on this. They may “allow” Ukraine to join ,as long as it doesn’t participate in its security architecture, which effectively vetoes overall membership. They may think, as Night Tripper said, that Ukraine will never gain membership. They’ll be on the Turkey plan.

Posted by: James M. | Mar 22 2025 12:44 utc | 349

The university of Columbia is in part rolling over. But also happily collaborating. A critical mass of trustees, alumni and professional school faculty are in close to full agreement with Trumpland about crushing Gaza protests with prosecutions and deportations.
Here:
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/columbia-is-nearing-agreement-to-give-trump-what-he-wants-14315bb3?st=sx7m8m&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
French researcher, going to a conference in Houston, was forbidden entry to US; his work and personal electronics were both confiscated.
Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration.
Here:
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html
Free Speech indeed it is like Nazi Germany out there.

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Mar 22 2025 12:55 utc | 351

unimperator
thank you for your posts. I look for them.

Posted by: migueljose | Mar 22 2025 13:05 utc | 353

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 22 2025 5:18 utc | 317
Stopped watching as soon as Witkoff mentioned the “horrific” film he saw about Hamas’s conduct on October 7th…..

Posted by: georgeg | Mar 22 2025 13:21 utc | 355

@. Sun
Except when you preach currency devaluation, I generally agree.

Posted by: I forgot | Mar 22 2025 13:27 utc | 357

unimperator @ 343
That has always been a possibility.
Your link goes nowhere.
I am amazed Ukrainian technicians have been able to sustain operation of the reactors this long.
The Azov cretins who would blow the nukes would just as likely blow themselves up without doing any damage. But could they create a catastrophe? Yes. Are they so dumb as to do that? Yes. One more reason denazification is imperative.
Are Trump and crew as stupid as Azov? Yes, absolutely.

Posted by: oldhippie | Mar 22 2025 13:40 utc | 359

It’s highly likely that the American Military will depart from the EU in the next few months.
There are 140,000 military personal in the region – ca. 70% fixed vs. ca. 30% rotating forces.
The Ukrainian supplemental budget has now expired. This means, 2 Brigades (8,000 manpower) to disappear as a consequence of this cut. Further, EDI (European Defense Initiative) is also ending.
The EDI was paying for the rotational forces.
Last, the baseline forces were paid by regular budget which may be ending soon.
This means all the real armor and combat forces will be gone sometime this year. All in all, from 140k to 0k. But don’t worry, the British empire will move in and lead Ukraine’s NATO with European armed forces mostly from Easter Europe [Poland the largest bulk of the military] and €800 billion from Frau Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen and Germany’s €500 new military package.
‘Peace through force’

Posted by: pepe | Mar 22 2025 13:59 utc | 361

No exist? Not so fast Mr. LoveDonbass!
You can’t see it because of so advanced stealth technology!
BTW, Stealth technology is Soviet Technology, Russian Jews took it to the USA, was stolen, and ‘Mericans need decade to understand it and started implementing it when they, with another NATO cowards, attacked small country called Serbia. Bloody cowards didn’t have a courage to put boots on the grounds. Only attacked from the air and from the distance.
Posted by: Preki | Mar 22 2025 4:47 utc | 312
What nonsense!
Stealth technology, at least its initial steps, is a German idea and development.
By the end of 1943 and the beginning of 1944, the first jet aircraft had already developed a reflective surface, meaning its surface was designed so that it wouldn’t reflect the radar of the time.
When the Americans discovered these jets, or rather the shells that still existed, they made fun of the strange shape of the surface until they found the drawings for them, which clever engineers had hidden. These jets were found, incidentally, in caves (excavated) in Thuringia and the Ore Mountains.
Some engineers had even left the workshops for their homeland, which was located in eastern Germany, and thus fell into Russian hands.
The world knows what happened to Braun and his rocket technology, but few know about the existence of jet-powered fighters, some of which were still in use, albeit only in small numbers, and also that there were some that could hide from British radar.

Posted by: Ost Rentner | Mar 22 2025 14:01 utc | 363

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Mar 22 2025 12:42 utc | 349
“What free speech ?
They are deporting people into camps in other countries because they speak their mind. A French man wasn’t allowed into the country because he has anti trump things on his phone.”
The US is not the guarantor of free speech for the world, nor do we invite people with an agenda to travel here to voice their complaints. They can stay home and holler all they want. Next you’ll be suggesting that America should be the world’s policeman. Sheesh.

Posted by: Paranaense | Mar 22 2025 14:20 utc | 365

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Mar 22 2025 12:47 utc | 351
“That’s just anti Trump stuff never mind if You criticise Israel.. Free speech is as dead as it has ever been.. All that has changed is it is right wing free speech that is allowed now instead of libtard free speech..”
So you think everything was fine and free speech was a beautiful thing back when Biden was throwing peaceful pro-life protestors in jail and sending FBI SWAT teams to arrest Trump supporters in pre-dawn raids, but now suddenly there’s a threat to free speech? What’s the old saying about the shoe being on the other foot?

Posted by: Paranaense | Mar 22 2025 14:28 utc | 367

bruno kahl, germanys bnd head:

“If a war in Ukraine comes to a standstill earlier than (2029 or 2030), then all the means (of Russia) – both the technical and the material – are able much earlier to provide a threat against Europe.”

peace is bad for nazis. and russia is europe, a much bigger part then germany. the biggest threat do “europe” is once again the mentality and ideology people like him foster.

Posted by: Justpassinby | Mar 22 2025 14:46 utc | 369

Sun Of Alabama | Mar 22 2025 12:42 utc | 349
A French man wasn’t allowed into the country because he has anti trump things on his phone.
—
Eventually retarded ideologues always out themselves; here’s the truth: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5207343-dhs-denies-french-scientist-barred-entry-to-us-over-anti-trump-messages/
The reason people like Echo Chamber spend countless hours at places like MoA is because they literally have nothing else to do. They become obsessive about certain topics, and express ideas through a defined prism that renders all information as simplified tropes.
Often times it’s not only wrong, but boring.

Posted by: markw | Mar 22 2025 14:53 utc | 371

I happen to be aware of how british agent of influence H S Chamberlain for the better part of his life managed to have a destructive impact on Germany and I am aware of the fact that the EU was created by the US and that the US has several levers to manipulate the conditions in Germany right now
Therefore it would be enlightening if the commenters would show an interest in how Germany now is being manipulated by the US/UK.

Posted by: petergrfstrm | Mar 22 2025 15:00 utc | 373

Posted by: Clown Shoes | Mar 22 2025 14:51 utc | 371
#########
For a clown you make some good points.
I don’t understand taking up for Western weaponry unless your Dad works in the MIC.
Just about everything electronic, the Russians find ways to jam.
As (I think) Garland Nixon said to Larry Johnson recently, America’s technological advantage is gone.
HIMARS were a cute WunderWaffe story 2 years ago. Once Russia started hunting the launchers they seem to have been memory-holed.
Likewise F-16s, JDAMs, Starlink …
The Russians (and Chinese) have less political graft and bureaucratic bloat, making them faster and more creative.
The problem isn’t NATO’s weapons, it is NATO’s structure and processes.
Also that they are fighting on behalf of Satan. 😆
The ultimate Western weapon to defeat the Russians would be MtF dragqueen paratroopers. The West has an endless supply of mentally ill people to deploy. That would be real shock and awe. Oy Vey!
Now I am wondering if hormone blockers can be taken along with Captagon without contraindication. 🤔🤔🤔

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 22 2025 15:12 utc | 375

“Zelenskiy’s former adviser, Arestovich claims that, while he was still a member of staff, GUR chief Budanov wanted to blow up all of Ukraine’s NPPs if Ukraine lost the war. The principle, he said was “we will all die, but we will take everyone with us”. Arestovich also opined that the US views Ukrainian leadership as “apes with a grenade”.
Recall that Budanov—a man who would sacrifice his own people by unleashing a nuclear holocaust—is considered by the US a worthy possible successor to Zelenskiy.”
Susan Singer
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No wonder the Trump administration wants to take over all of Ukrainian nuclear plants.

Posted by: canuck | Mar 22 2025 15:49 utc | 377

Posted by: Newbie | Mar 22 2025 15:33 utc | 377
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Freaks on Speed. 🤣🤣🤣
Future username or perhaps the name of my future album/band/book.
Also could be a killer clothing brand with neon synthwave graphics.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 22 2025 15:57 utc | 379

Posted by: unimperator | Mar 22 2025 15:59 utc | 381
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All Western governments are terrorist except Canada, which is an English colony, so they have no agency but get to play dress up at the G7 and ape being a real nation.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 22 2025 16:15 utc | 381

!–CORN DIGS UP DIRT ON LT. COL DANNY DAVIS for Mother Jones mag–!
<< That Tulsi selected Danny Davis as her Deputy at National Intelligence is known by now—also that the Israel Lobby slapped back her nomination of him on account of his stance on the war in Gaza. Davis has stated many timesthat Israel is engaged in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. David Corn has now published a hit-piece on Davis, in which he also tars Col Douglas Macgregor for such ’n such and also Larry Johnson. Recall that Corn pushed the Steele Dossier in October 2016—-*before* DJT won the election—-and gave plenty of succor to proponents of Russiagate, so you know the guy has made a career out of scrounging around in the dirt. >>
Here are the low-points of Corn’s article for Mother Jones mag:
By picking Daniel Davis, a former Army lieutenant colonel with no intelligence community experience, Gabbard sought to hire for this important and highly sensitive position a prolific disseminator of pro-Russia messaging, who himself has been embraced by state-controlled Russian media outlets for the positions he espouses and platforms. Yet Davis’ extensive amplification of pro-Putin talking points received little, if any, attention in the media coverage of this hullabaloo.
Davis posts episodes of his YouTube Deep Dive podcast daily; sometimes he produces multiple episodes a day. In recent months, most shows have focused on the Russia-Ukraine war, with Davis and his guests usually pounding on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and criticizing US assistance for Ukraine. There is not much, if any, criticism of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, his launching of the war, or the atrocities committed by his forces.
<< Davis then cited a key Kremlin talking point, asserting that Russian leader Vladimir Putin has no interest in moving against other European nations and is only “focused on protecting the ethnic Russians in the eastern part of what was Ukraine.” Because of conversations like these, Davis’ show, which has 134,000 subscribers on You Tube, has been regularly promoted on Russian state media. One private analysis obtained by Mother Jones shows that Russian state media outlets have cited Davis’ show nearly 300 times in the past 18 months. >>
As Voice of America recently reported, “The Kremlin uses Johnson’s often false and misleading claims to promote pro-Russian narratives and improve its image.” In September 2024, the Voice of America reported hat leading Russian state media outfits had cited or referred to Johnson more than 1000 times in the previous twelve months, as he often predicted Ukraine was about to suffer a major setback or even lose the war.
<< On Wednesday 19 March, Larry Johnson, on Davis’s show once more, reported that he had just attended a small meeting in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Davis nodded approvingly, as Johnson voiced Russian talking points, praised Lavrov, and said it was “quite an honor” to speak with the Russian. >>
During this podcast, Johnson said he expected the “news” to break “in the next month or two” that members of Congress “took money from Ukrainians, $50 billion worth that wound up in banks in the Caribbean. Fifty billion.” Davis replied, “Yeah.”
<< Davis did not respond to a request for comment, nor did Gabbard’s office. Macgregor and Johnson also did not reply to requests for comment. >>
Corn sent Johnson an email, asking a series of questions, including, “How do you respond to the characterization that you have promoted conspiracy theories?”
Johnson did not respond, but after the article was posted, he replied with an email to Corn: “You are one of the people who pushed the bullshit about Russiagate. Pretty rich that you want to now push the lie that I’m some sort of Russian tool. I’m an objective analyst. As far as conspiracy theories go I have no idea what you are referring to. What conspiracies do you have in mind?  You are the conspiracy theorist.”
<< https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/tulsi-gabbard-daniel-davis-defense-priorities-israel-russia/

Posted by: steel_porcupine | Mar 22 2025 17:05 utc | 383

By the way, I also agree with those who note that the militarizing of EU & the ever more rabid hatred of all that is Russian is a sign of everything falling apart in Europe.
Posted by: Avtonom | Mar 22 2025 17:04 utc | 383

pretty much. as the saying goes: when all else fails, they take you to war. this is what the eu intends.

Posted by: Justpassinby | Mar 22 2025 17:09 utc | 385

“Zelenskiy’s former adviser, Arestovich claims that, while he was still a member of staff, GUR chief Budanov wanted to blow up all of Ukraine’s NPPs if Ukraine lost the war. The principle, he said was “we will all die, but we will take everyone with us”. Arestovich also opined that the US views Ukrainian leadership as “apes with a grenade”.
He clearly got no clue how an NPP works. You can’t blow it up like that and even if it WOULD detonate like a nuke, it wouldn’t “kill everyon”.
The worst you can have is a lot of radioactive material leaking and blown into the atmosphere, what would of course not be healthy and lead to problems you also got with Tchernobyl, but again: it wouldn’t “kill everyone”, not even close to it, not even around these NPP.

Posted by: Beatrice | Mar 22 2025 17:33 utc | 387

Posted by: Ost Rentner | Mar 22 2025 17:28 utc | 388
RE: materials needed to make ammo, etc.
<< Larry Johnson sat down w/ Garland Nixon for a chat on 21 March--and they broached the subject of antimony, of which China and Russia have the largest stores and are the largest exporters on earth. The original economic sanctions prevented EU and American imports of antimony from Russia, and now the U.S.'s soon-to-start tariffs against China will seal off the U.S.'s supply. >>
go to sonar21.com
to find a commercial-free podcast between Garland and Larry

Posted by: steel_porcupine | Mar 22 2025 17:37 utc | 389

A prominent figure during the 2004 Orange Revolution, Yulia “the braid” Tymoshenko is garnering plenty of looks as the potential Interim President should Zelensky not finish his term.
Or she may run for president in the expected October elections herself. Belarusian president Lukashenko recently said that “a certain Ukrainian politician” had reached out to VVP.
<< Known also as the Slavic Joan of Arc, the Gas Princess and the Queen of the Orange Revolution, Tymoshenko served as Ukraine's first female prime minister in 2005 and also again from 2007-2010. Although she has mainly kept a low profile during the SMO, she has occasionally given a full-throated endorsement of Zelensky but she has also slapped down the German intel chief Bruno Kahl for opposing a ceasefire, accusing him of weakening Russia at the expense of "Ukraine's very existence and the lives of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians." >>
Tymoshenko’s social media account has received some housecleaning and some burnishing in the past 2 months. She often posts pro-DJT messages. In fact, DJT invited her as the sole Ukrainian to his inauguration in the Rotunda on 20 January.

Posted by: steel_porcupine | Mar 22 2025 17:52 utc | 391

Trump’s plans already seem to be focused on China…
Ukraine seems to be over for him, because the US can never fight two wars.
News:
THE US AND ITS ALLIES ARE PREPARING TO FIGHT THE CHINESE NAVY.
While Chinese separatists are arming themselves and fear that a Chinese special operation could begin in 2027, their allies in the form of the United States are not far behind.
America continues to equip its Air Force, the most important instrument of American policy, with modern LRASM anti-ship missiles.
Following the F-35 tests and the start of work on the F-15, the integration of the AGM-158C into the F-16 began. The U.S. Navy has officially announced its intention to integrate the AGM-158C long-range anti-ship missile (LRASM) into the F-16 Viper fighter jet.
This is according to a procurement announcement from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). The procurement announcement confirms that NAVAIR intends to negotiate a contract with Lockheed Martin to develop and test the missile’s integration into the F-16.
👉 In addition, one of its allies in the Indo-Pacific, Australia, has conducted tests of this anti-ship missile.
A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet conducted the first launch of an AGM-158C LRASM in the United States, the Australian government said in a statement.
The tests included verifying the weapon’s preparation and loading, subsequent target acquisition, and ultimately the successful launch of the missile. The tests were supported by Australian E-7A Wedgetail and EA-18G Growler aircraft, as well as the US Navy’s P-8A Poseidon.
It is worth noting that Australia is the first foreign customer of LRASM, having purchased 200 units for approximately $895 million.
#US_Military_Industrial_Complex
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Posted by: berthold | Mar 22 2025 17:55 utc | 393

I second that.

Posted by: Avtonom | Mar 22 2025 18:40 utc | 395

I must confess that this war and Britain’s extreme involvement in it has caused me to wonder about reincarnation.
I am trying to account for the weird and fanatical obsession Britain has with fighting Russia. Their nation rots economically and socially but they still obsess as if the Crimean War was just yesterday. WTF?
Day after day, I see obsessions with WWII (and one?) that are long past with participants long dead. Poland and others want to continue wars that ended over half a century ago.
I can understand why some try to hypothesize about some hidden evil Cabal that controls events – as led by aliens or demons or whatever. How do we explain these deadly ideas that extend far beyond lifetimes?

Posted by: Eighthman | Mar 22 2025 20:09 utc | 397

I keep reading that the prevailing winds blow from Ukraine to Russia, yet when Chernobyl went phut around May 86 the radiation ended up crossing the Channel to the UK, where rain washed it out of the sky and at least a season’s worth of lambs/sheep in North Wales and the Lake District were declared unfit to eat because of radiation risks.
Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Mar 22 2025 20:31 utc | 400

I was gobsmacked by that, and a search gave me more reason to be:

Monitoring and Testing:
Before sheep could be moved or slaughtered, they had to be monitored for radiation levels. If the levels were above a certain threshold, the sheep were moved to a lower-risk area or their slaughter was delayed until the levels subsided.
Restrictions Lifted:
After 26 years, the restrictions on sheep farms in Cumbria and Wales were lifted, with the FSA stating that the controls were not proportionate to the “very low risk” and that removing them would not compromise consumer safety.

Posted by: dadooronron | Mar 22 2025 20:55 utc | 399