Peaceniks,
What I want to explain in my point of view is not secondhand. It’s not ideology. It’s what I’ve seen with my own eyes and experienced during this period. In my understanding of the events that have befallen Europe in many contexts, and I’ll include not only the Ukraine crisis, but Serbia 1999, the wars in the Middle East, including Iraq, Syria, the wars in Africa, including Sudan, Somalia, Libya. These are to a very significant extent that would surprise you, perhaps, and would be denounced about what I’m about to say.
These are wars that the United States led and caused. And this has been true for more than 40 years now...
..It’s not our interest to help. When the Soviet Union ended in 1991, the view became even more exaggerated. And I can name chapter and verse, but the view was we run the show. Cheney, Wolfowitz, and many other names that you will have come to know literally believed this is now a US world, and we will do as we want. We will clean up from the former Soviet Union. These are wars that the United States led and caused. And this has been true for more than 40 years now...
We will take out any remaining allies. Countries like Iraq, Syria, and so forth will go. And we’ve been experiencing this foreign policy for now essentially 33 years...
..There were moments where there were disagreements and very, I think, wonderful disagreements, especially in the last time of significance was 2003 in the Iraq war when France and Germany said we don’t support the United States going around the UN Security Council for this war. That war, by the way, was directly concocted by Netanyahu and his colleagues in the US Pentagon. I’m not saying that it was a link or mutuality. I’m saying it was a direct war. That was a war carried out for Israel.
It was a war that Paul Wolfowitz and Douglas Fife coordinated with Netanyahu. And that was the last time that Europe had a voice... Europe lost its voice entirely after that, but especially in 2008. Now what happened after 1991 to get to 2008 is that the United States decided that unipolarity meant that NATO would enlarge somewhere from Brussels to Vladivostok, step by step...
..You will recall that on February 7, 1991, Hans-Dietrich Genscher and James Baker III spoke with Gorbachev. Genscher gave a press conference afterwards where he explained, NATO will not move eastward. We will not take advantage of the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact. And understand that was in a juridical context, not a casual context... It was a war that Paul Wolfowitz and Douglas Fife coordinated with Netanyahu. And that was the last time that Europe had a voice... Europe lost its voice entirely after that, but especially in 2008. Now what happened after 1991 to get to 2008 is that the United States decided that unipolarity meant that NATO would enlarge somewhere from Brussels to Vladivostok, step by step...
..So the decision was taken in 1994 to expand NATO all the way to Ukraine. This is a project. This is not one administration or another. This is a US government project that started more than 30 years ago. In 1997, Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote “The Grand Chessboard.”...
..Is it any question why we’re in war all the time? Because one thing about America is we always know what our counterparts are going to do, and we always get it wrong. And one reason we always get it wrong is that in game theory that the American strategists play, you don’t actually talk to the other side. You just know what the other side’s strategy is. That’s wonderful. It saves so much time. You don’t need any diplomacy...
..Why? Because America learned everything it knows from the British.
And so we are the wannabe British Empire. And what the British Empire understood in 1853, Mr. Palmerston, Lord Palmerston, excuse me, is that you surround Russia in the Black Sea, and you deny Russia access to the Eastern Mediterranean...
..And before Brzezinski, there was Mackinder. And who owns the island of the world owns the world. So this project goes back a long time. I think it goes back basically to Palmerston..., and again, I’ve lived through every administration. And so we are the wannabe British Empire. And what the British Empire understood in 1853, Mr. Palmerston, Lord Palmerston, excuse me, is that you surround Russia in the Black Sea, and you deny Russia access to the Eastern Mediterranean...
I’ve known these presidents. I’ve known their teams. Nothing changed much from Clinton to Bush to Obama to Trump to Biden. Maybe they got worse step by step. Biden was the worst in my view... And so you could have a president that basically doesn’t function and have that in power for two years and actually have that president run for reelection. And one damn thing is he had to stand on a stage for 90 minutes by himself, and that was the end of it...
..So the NATO enlargement, as you know, started in 1999 with Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
And Russia was extremely unhappy about it, but these were countries still far from the border. And Russia protested, but, of course, to no avail. Then George Bush Junior came in. When 9/11 occurred, President Putin pledged all support. And then the US decided on September 20, 2001, that it would launch seven wars in five years.
And you can listen to General Wesley Clark online talk about that. He was NATO’s supreme commander in 1999. He went to the Pentagon on September 20, 2001. He was handed the paper explaining seven wars. These, by the way, were Netanyahu’s wars.And Russia was extremely unhappy about it, but these were countries still far from the border. And Russia protested, but, of course, to no avail. Then George Bush Junior came in. When 9/11 occurred, President Putin pledged all support. And then the US decided on September 20, 2001, that it would launch seven wars in five years.
The idea was partly to clean up old Soviet allies and partly to take out supporters of Hamas and Hezbollah. Because Netanyahu’s idea was there will be one state thank you. Only one state. It will be Israel. Israel will control all of the territory.
And anyone that objects, we will overthrow. Not we exactly, our friend, the United States. That’s US policy until this morning. We don’t know whether it will change... But the idea has been around at least for 25 years. It actually goes back to a document called Clean Break that Netanyahu and his American political team put together in 1996 to end the idea of the two-state solution. You can also find it online. So these are projects. These are long-term events...
..So the next round of NATO enlargement came in 2004 with seven more countries, the three Baltic states, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Slovakia. At this point, Russia was pretty damn upset. This was a complete violation of the post-war order agreed with German reunification. Essentially, it was a fundamental trick or defection of the US from a cooperative arrangement, is what it amounted to, because they believe in unipolarity. So as everybody recalls, because we just had the Munich Security Conference last week in 2007, President Putin said, stop... And anyone that objects, we will overthrow. Not we exactly, our friend, the United States. That’s US policy until this morning. We don’t know whether it will change... But the idea has been around at least for 25 years. It actually goes back to a document called Clean Break that Netanyahu and his American political team put together in 1996 to end the idea of the two-state solution. You can also find it online. So these are projects. These are long-term events...
..Russia had no territorial interests or designs in Ukraine at all. I know. I was there during these years. What Russia was negotiating was a 25-year lease to 2042 for Sevastopol naval base. That’s it.
Not for Crimea. Not for the Donbas. Nothing like that. This idea that Putin is reconstructing the Russian empire, this is childish propaganda. Excuse me... So no designs at all. The United States decided this man must be overthrown. It’s called a regime change operation.
There have been about a hundred of them by the United States, many in your countries and many all over the world. That’s what the CIA does for a living. Please know it. It’s a very unusual kind of foreign policy. Not for Crimea. Not for the Donbas. Nothing like that. This idea that Putin is reconstructing the Russian empire, this is childish propaganda. Excuse me... So no designs at all. The United States decided this man must be overthrown. It’s called a regime change operation.
But in America, if you don’t like the other side, you don’t negotiate with them, you try to overthrow them, preferably, covertly. If it doesn’t work covertly, you do it overtly. You always say it’s not our fault. They’re the aggressor...
..They’re Hitler. That comes up every two or three years. Whether it’s Saddam Hussein, whether it’s Assad, whether it’s Putin, that’s very convenient. That’s the only foreign policy explanation the American people are ever given anywhere. Well, we’re facing Munich 1938.
Well, we’re facing Munich 1938. Can’t talk to the other side. They’re evil, implacable foes. That’s the only model of foreign policy we ever hear from our mass media...
..Now in 2014, the US worked actively to overthrow Yanukovych. Everybody knows the phone call intercepted by my Columbia University colleague, Victoria Nuland, and the US ambassador, Peter Pyatt. You don’t get better evidence. The Russians intercepted her call, and they put it on the Internet. Listen to it. Well, we’re facing Munich 1938. Can’t talk to the other side. They’re evil, implacable foes. That’s the only model of foreign policy we ever hear from our mass media...
It’s fascinating. I know all these people. By the way, by doing that, they all got promoted in the Biden administration. That’s the job. Now when the Maidan occurred, I was called immediately.
Oh, Professor Sachs, the new Ukrainian prime minister would like to see you to talk about the economic crisis. Because I’m pretty good at that. And so I flew to Kyiv, and I was walked around the Maidan. And I was told how the US paid the money for all the people around the Maidan. Spontaneous revolution of dignity...
..There were many thousands of deaths in the shelling by Ukraine in the Donbas. There was no Minsk II agreement. And then Biden came into office.....Putin put on the table a last effort in two security agreement drafts, one with Europe and one with the United States. The US put on the table December 15, 2021.
I had an hour call with Jake Sullivan in the White House begging, Jake, avoid the war. You can avoid the war. All you have to do is say, NATO will not enlarge to Ukraine. And he said to me, oh, NATO’s not going to enlarge to Ukraine. Don’t worry about it. I said, Jake, say it publicly. No. No. No. We can’t say it publicly. Said, Jake, you’re going to have a war over something that isn’t even going to happen? He said, don’t worry, Jeff. There will be no war.
These are not very bright people... And I dealt with them for more than 40 years. They talk to themselves. They don’t talk to anybody else. They play game theory. In noncooperative game theory, you don’t talk to the other side.
You just make your strategy. This is the essence of game theory. It’s not negotiation theory. It’s not peacemaking theory. It is unilateral, noncooperative theory, if you know formal game theory...
..What was Putin’s intention in the war? I can tell you what his intention was. It was to force Zelensky to negotiate neutrality. And that happened within seven days of the start of the invasion. You should understand this, not the propaganda that’s written about this... You just make your strategy. This is the essence of game theory. It’s not negotiation theory. It’s not peacemaking theory. It is unilateral, noncooperative theory, if you know formal game theory...
..So everything I’ve been describing is in the context of the destruction of the nuclear framework as well. And starting in 2010, the US put in Aegis missile systems in Poland and then in Romania. And Russia doesn’t like that. And one of the issues on the table in December and January, December 2021, January 2022, was does the United States claim the right to put missile systems in Ukraine?
And Blinken told Lavrov in January 2022, the United States reserves the right to put missile systems wherever it wants...
..When Zelensky said in seven days, let’s negotiate, I know the details of this exquisitely because I talked to all the parties in detail. Within a couple of weeks, there was a document exchanged that President Putin had approved, that Lavrov had presented, that was being managed by the Turkish mediators. I flew to Ankara to listen in detail to what the mediators were doing. Ukraine walked away unilaterally from a near agreement. And Blinken told Lavrov in January 2022, the United States reserves the right to put missile systems wherever it wants...
Why? Because the United States told them to. Because the UK added icing to the cake by having BoJo go in early April to Ukraine and explain... Nothing was wrong in that document. And since that document, since the US talked the negotiators away from the table, about a million Ukrainians have died or been severely wounded...
..This project failed. The idea of the project was that Russia would fold its hand. The idea all along was Russia can’t resist, as Zbigniew Brzezinski explained in 1997. The Americans thought we have the upper hand.....This is so familiar to me. Completely familiar. I begged the Ukrainians. And I had a track record with the Ukrainians. I advised the Ukrainians I’m not anti-Ukrainian, pro-Ukrainian completely. I said, save your lives. Save your sovereignty. Save your territory... Be neutral. Don’t listen to the Americans. I repeated to them the famous adage of Henry Kissinger, that to be an enemy of the United States is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal...
..So let me now finalize, a few words about Trump. Trump does not want the losing hand. This is why it is more likely than not this war will end because Trump and President Putin will agree to end the war. If Europe does all its great warmongering, it doesn’t matter.
The war is ending. So get it out of your system. Please tell your colleagues. It’s over. And it’s over because Trump doesn’t want to carry a loser...So let me now finalize, a few words about Trump. Trump does not want the losing hand. This is why it is more likely than not this war will end because Trump and President Putin will agree to end the war. If Europe does all its great warmongering, it doesn’t matter.
That’s it. It’s not some great morality he doesn’t want to carry a loser. This is a loser. The one that will be saved by the negotiations taking place right now is Ukraine. Second is Europe. https://singjupost.com/transcript-jeffrey-sachs-on-the-geopolitics-of-peace-in-the-european-parliament/?singlepage=1
15 minute video: Jeffrey Sachs' Explosive Address at the EU Parliament Sends Shockwaves Across Europe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUbBU0OqCgE
Dima at Military Summary gives a morning political update on Ukraine in the first 7 minutes: 3rd War Anniversary, Germany Set Its Future️, Russians Dominate Ukrainians in Sudzha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYnASLNu8cg
Dima at Military Summary gives an afternoon political update on Ukraine in the first 8 minutes. The Ukrainian Rada collected 10% of the votes needed to reaffirm Zelensky as president. Lots of European heads of State, and Trudeau from Canada visited Zelensky and brought presents, but not the US, Germany, UK, or France (Macron visiting DC). Cold War II - 4th Year Of War - Kyiv Summit - South Donetsk Collapses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuwziH-S_U0
President Trump said Monday while hosting French President Emmanuel Macron at the The White house Ukrainian President Zelensky could be coming to the Oval Office as soon as "this week" to sign a "final deal" on rare earth minerals access.
"It looks like we're getting very close. The deal's being worked on," Trump told the press pool, with a nervous and anxious-looking Macron sitting next to him. "We're I think getting very close to getting an agreement where we get our money back over a period of time," Trump added, referencing prior demands to be paid back some $500 billion after years of heavy weapons and funds sent to Kiev.
"I will be meeting with President Zelenskyy. In fact, he may come in this week or next week to sign the agreement... The agreement is being worked on now. They are very close to a final deal," Trump stressed...
An awkward public disagreement happened just as Trump was talking... "No!" Macron openly interjected... https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/rare-earths-deal-nearly-finalized-after-days-zelensky-resistance
"It looks like we're getting very close. The deal's being worked on," Trump told the press pool, with a nervous and anxious-looking Macron sitting next to him. "We're I think getting very close to getting an agreement where we get our money back over a period of time," Trump added, referencing prior demands to be paid back some $500 billion after years of heavy weapons and funds sent to Kiev.
"I will be meeting with President Zelenskyy. In fact, he may come in this week or next week to sign the agreement... The agreement is being worked on now. They are very close to a final deal," Trump stressed...
An awkward public disagreement happened just as Trump was talking... "No!" Macron openly interjected... https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/rare-earths-deal-nearly-finalized-after-days-zelensky-resistance
Gaius Baltar, THE NEW HERMIT KINGDOM THE CONTAINMENT (AND DESTRUCTION) OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Escalating responses from the non-western world leading to increased EU isolation may not be the worst-case scenario for the EU. What happens if two of the three superpowers simply decide to go after the EU? What happens if Russia and the US decide that the EU is an entity which cannot be tolerated on the face of the planet? This may sound far-fetched and fanciful, but it’s not entirely impossible. Actually, there are some signs that this may happen. But first, why would it happen?
For drastic measures to be taken, the EU must be perceived by others as an existential threat. So far, the EU has managed to appear non-threatening by hiding behind the US and by camouflaging itself with fake virtues of democracy, human rights and environmentalism. However, behind that camouflage there is a completely different entity. While the most of the global population doesn’t see though this camouflage, the US Administration, the Russians, the Chinese, the Indians, the Africans, and many others, do see through it.
What they see is an entity which is now the center of the globalist Cabal which has sought to dominate the world. This Cabal has tried to subjugate Russia with the Ukraine war, resulting in the deaths of more than a million Slavs. To maintain its control of the US, this Cabal tried to put President Trump in jail, and (probably) tried to assassinate him not once, but twice.
Wars and assassinations constitute an existential threat – and the EU is now seen by these countries as the center of that threat. https://gaiusbaltar.substack.com/p/the-new-hermit-kingdom
Conor Gallaher, Germany Holds an Election in an Alternate Reality
Germany held an election yesterday. It went about as expected. The biggest surprise continues to be how the majority of parties all support some flavor of ongoing belligerence towards Russia — a policy that is destroying Germany. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) achieved its best result in any national vote (20.8 percent) since it was founded in 2013. The party which started out more as an anti-EU, anti-NATO party and became more ethno nationalist and now favors both an end to conflict with Russia as well as strong ties with the US, looks likely to be excluded from government according to statements from Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leaders.
The pro-war, capital-friendly CDU came in first with 28.6 percent and will likely head the next government with former Blackrock executive Friedrich Merz at the helm.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s centrist Social Democratic Party (SPD) was rewarded for its disastrous governance of the past four years with its worst national election result (16.4 percent) in more than a century. Yet its stance on “supporting” Ukraine remains unchanged.
And the warmongering Greens lost a few points from 2021 but remained mostly steady with 11.6 percent of the vote.
As of Monday morning in Berlin the anti-war Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) is at 4.97 percent, which means the party would just miss getting into the Bundestag. Some BSW members are crying foul...
..To form a government, a majority of at least 316 seats out of the 630 seats in the Bundestag is needed. A coalition between CDU and AfD would have been possible numerically, as both parties easily pass this threshhold, adding up to 358. But according to conservative leader Friedrich Merz, this is out of the question.
That leaves Olaf Scholz’s SPD as a possible partner, which together with CDU scrape by with 328 seats. A bigger majority could be formed if CDU were to add the Greens to the mix, reaching 416. But the CDU’s junior partner CSU has repeatedly ruled out governing with the Greens.
Over the coming days and weeks a coalition will likely be formed, voter shifts will be dissected, and campaign promises will fade away...
That leaves Olaf Scholz’s SPD as a possible partner, which together with CDU scrape by with 328 seats. A bigger majority could be formed if CDU were to add the Greens to the mix, reaching 416. But the CDU’s junior partner CSU has repeatedly ruled out governing with the Greens.
Over the coming days and weeks a coalition will likely be formed, voter shifts will be dissected, and campaign promises will fade away...
..BSW: Sahra Wagenknecht from the party that bears her name might be the one politician who grasps the enormity of Germany’s challenge and what it takes to tackle them. She’s been pushing the balancing of ties between the US and Eurasia and rebuilding German industry while also curtailing immigration. Alas, as of Monday morning in Germany BSW is only at 4.9 percent — just short of the 5 needed to get the party’s anti-war voice in the Bundestag.
If Merz and company are serious about moving forward with hundreds of billions for militarization, it’s hard to see how the situation in Germany doesn’t go from a disaster to devastation. Even without that colossal misstep, it still appears as though the situation is destined to get a lot worse before it can get better.
It all brings to mind something Glenn Diesen wrote the other day:
… idealism is dangerous as unrealistic demands and uncompromising moral slogans are destroying both Ukraine and Europe. A key rule in political realism is that refusing to accept the world as it is will result in devastation. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/02/germany-holds-an-election-in-an-alternate-reality.html
If Merz and company are serious about moving forward with hundreds of billions for militarization, it’s hard to see how the situation in Germany doesn’t go from a disaster to devastation. Even without that colossal misstep, it still appears as though the situation is destined to get a lot worse before it can get better.
It all brings to mind something Glenn Diesen wrote the other day:
… idealism is dangerous as unrealistic demands and uncompromising moral slogans are destroying both Ukraine and Europe. A key rule in political realism is that refusing to accept the world as it is will result in devastation. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/02/germany-holds-an-election-in-an-alternate-reality.html
3:30 min. rundown on who voted for AfD in Germany is an efficient use of time with good graphics. Shellshocked Germany Implements Immediate BLOCK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqmN239XrqM
NO IFS, NO BUTS — BOOTS ON THE GROUND, LIES ON THE GROUND – PRIME MINISTER STARMER TELLS PRESIDENT TRUMP TO FIGHT RUSSIA THE BRITISH WAY , John Helmer
..Now prime minister, Starmer will be meeting Trump at the White House later this week, as Trump is publicly signalling that he is re-evaluating the evidence of Russian culpability in the run-up to the start of the Special Military Operation in the Ukraine. The American ifs and buts have begun to count against the unreserved warfighting propaganda by the British.
There is also a hint from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, following his talks with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Riyadh on February 18, that the British evidence of Novichok is also being reopened behind closed doors.
Rubio was asked by a reporter whether his agreement to restore diplomatic operations with the Russians meant “that you consider the Skripal case or the Crimea annexation to be closed or no longer issues? Because I think – you mentioned Keir Starmer is going to be in Washington next week. I can imagine that the Brits won’t be particularly pleased by that.”
Rubio hesitated over how to answer. “Yeah, again, I’m not – yeah, I’m not going to negotiate or talk through every element of the disruptions that exists – or have existed in our diplomatic relations and the mechanics of it. Suffice to say that President Trump has pledged and intends to keep his promise to do everything he can to bring an end to this conflict. We cannot do that unless we have at least some normalcy in the way our diplomatic missions operate in Moscow and in Washington, D.C…we’re going to work with them to see what’s possible within that context.”
Washington sources point out that Rubio’s deputy at State, Michael Waltz’s deputy at the National Security Council (NSC), and the new appointees at the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Pentagon are all special operations warfighters against Russia. They know the Skripal case and the Novichok story have been operations of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and the Ministry of Defence’s chemical warfare branch. What they and Rubio didn’t know a week ago is what Trump will answer when Starmer asks him to continue the spetsnaz war against Russia. https://johnhelmer.net/no-ifs-no-buts-boots-on-the-ground-lies-on-the-ground-prime-minister-starmer-tells-president-trump-to-fight-russia-the-british-way/
There is also a hint from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, following his talks with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Riyadh on February 18, that the British evidence of Novichok is also being reopened behind closed doors.
Rubio was asked by a reporter whether his agreement to restore diplomatic operations with the Russians meant “that you consider the Skripal case or the Crimea annexation to be closed or no longer issues? Because I think – you mentioned Keir Starmer is going to be in Washington next week. I can imagine that the Brits won’t be particularly pleased by that.”
Rubio hesitated over how to answer. “Yeah, again, I’m not – yeah, I’m not going to negotiate or talk through every element of the disruptions that exists – or have existed in our diplomatic relations and the mechanics of it. Suffice to say that President Trump has pledged and intends to keep his promise to do everything he can to bring an end to this conflict. We cannot do that unless we have at least some normalcy in the way our diplomatic missions operate in Moscow and in Washington, D.C…we’re going to work with them to see what’s possible within that context.”
Washington sources point out that Rubio’s deputy at State, Michael Waltz’s deputy at the National Security Council (NSC), and the new appointees at the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Pentagon are all special operations warfighters against Russia. They know the Skripal case and the Novichok story have been operations of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and the Ministry of Defence’s chemical warfare branch. What they and Rubio didn’t know a week ago is what Trump will answer when Starmer asks him to continue the spetsnaz war against Russia. https://johnhelmer.net/no-ifs-no-buts-boots-on-the-ground-lies-on-the-ground-prime-minister-starmer-tells-president-trump-to-fight-russia-the-british-way/
UK to unveil sweeping sanctions against Russia
UK’s decision comes as US President Trump sought to sideline Kyiv and its European backers from talks with Russia on the future of the conflict
EU countries last week agreed a new round of sanctions which includes a ban on imports of Russian aluminum set to be formally adopted on Monday https://www.arabnews.com/node/2591277/world
Musk renews attack on Zelensky over ‘murder’ of US journalist
Ukraine’s leader did not even understand why it was “bad” to “murder” Gonzalo Lira, Elon Musk says https://swentr.site/news/613149-musk-zelensky-lira-murder/
Foreign troops deploying to Ukraine not realistic – Zelensky’s top aide
Europe should focus on providing more weapons instead, Mikhail Podoliak has said https://www.rt.com/news/613147-foreign-troops-ukraine-unrealistic-podoliak/
Europe Working On Plans To Send 30,000 Troops To Ukraine As Trump Talks Drawdown https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/europe-working-plans-send-30000-troops-ukraine-trump-talks-drawdown-continent
Ukraine will be a ‘buffer’ state – Orban
The Hungarian PM has said that instead of being admitted into NATO, Kiev will remain a partition between the bloc and Russia https://swentr.site/news/613163-orban-ukraine-buffer-between-nato-russia/
Zelensky Says 'Ready' To Resign For The Sake Of Peace, NATO Membership https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-says-ready-resign-sake-peace-nato-membership
Ex-Zelensky aide threatens to jail him for life
Aleksey Arestovich, should he become Ukraine’s president, has claimed he will jail his former boss, Vladimir Zelensky, and his “gang” https://swentr.site/russia/613156-zelensky-aide-jail-threat/
White House teases Ukraine deal ‘this week’
The US believes that Russia wants to sign an agreement to end the conflict, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said https://swentr.site/news/613174-white-house-teases-ukraine-deal/
Russian business should ‘cooperate’ with Musk – Putin
The president suggested that the billionaire will return to science after reforming the US government and encouraged cooperation with him https://swentr.site/russia/613145-putin-russia-cooperate-musk/
Mexico President Sheinbaum Warns Against US Military Strikes On Cartels
FBI, DoD, State Dept. Push Back On Musk's Monday Deadline For 'Accomplishments' Email https://www.zerohedge.com/political/what-did-you-do-last-week-musk-says-federal-employees-have-until-midnight-monday-explain
EU countries last week agreed a new round of sanctions which includes a ban on imports of Russian aluminum set to be formally adopted on Monday https://www.arabnews.com/node/2591277/world
Ukraine’s leader did not even understand why it was “bad” to “murder” Gonzalo Lira, Elon Musk says https://swentr.site/news/613149-musk-zelensky-lira-murder/
Europe should focus on providing more weapons instead, Mikhail Podoliak has said https://www.rt.com/news/613147-foreign-troops-ukraine-unrealistic-podoliak/
The Hungarian PM has said that instead of being admitted into NATO, Kiev will remain a partition between the bloc and Russia https://swentr.site/news/613163-orban-ukraine-buffer-between-nato-russia/
Aleksey Arestovich, should he become Ukraine’s president, has claimed he will jail his former boss, Vladimir Zelensky, and his “gang” https://swentr.site/russia/613156-zelensky-aide-jail-threat/
He's right on this. Zelensky warns Ukraine won’t pay debt to US
The Ukrainian leader has dismissed President Trump’s demand for $350 billion, insisting that Kiev received $100 billion as a grant https://swentr.site/russia/613188-zelensky-warns-ukraine-wont-pay-debt/The US believes that Russia wants to sign an agreement to end the conflict, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said https://swentr.site/news/613174-white-house-teases-ukraine-deal/
Andrew Korybko, Trump Is Unlikely To Pull All US Troops Out Of Central Europe Or Abandon NATO’s Article 5
Redeploying US troops from Europe to Asia would likely please Russia even if some are transferred from Germany to Poland, especially if Trump makes it clear that NATO members can’t provoke a conflict with Russia and expect America to ride to their rescue via Article 5. Retaining some troops in Europe alongside the integrity of Article 5 amidst the aforesaid conditions could be a pragmatic compromise between the US and Russia’s security interests.
The purpose would be to alleviate their security dilemma that was worsened by NATO’s eastward expansion after the end of the Old Cold War all while maintaining some American military influence on the continent as the US “Pivots (back) to Asia” to more muscularly contain China. The era of Europe freeloading off of the US and its liberal-globalists manipulating it into doing their geopolitical bidding against Russia would end to the benefit of peace-loving people and businessmen on all three sides. https://korybko.substack.com/p/trump-is-unlikely-to-pull-all-usThe president suggested that the billionaire will return to science after reforming the US government and encouraged cooperation with him https://swentr.site/russia/613145-putin-russia-cooperate-musk/
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday warned the White House against military action inside her country.
"This cannot be an opportunity for the U.S. to invade our sovereignty," she told reporters. "With Mexico, it is collaboration and coordination, never subordination or interventionism, and even less invasion." https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/mexico-president-sheinbaum-warns-against-us-military-strikes-cartels
"This cannot be an opportunity for the U.S. to invade our sovereignty," she told reporters. "With Mexico, it is collaboration and coordination, never subordination or interventionism, and even less invasion." https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/mexico-president-sheinbaum-warns-against-us-military-strikes-cartels
The New York Post notes:
"Since the 2010 earthquake in Haiti killed as many as 300,000 people, the US government has disbursed around $4.4 billion in foreign assistance to the small island nation.
At least $1.5 billion was disbursed for immediate humanitarian aid, while another $3 billion went to recovery, reconstruction and development.
Of the at least $2.13 billion in contracts and grants for Haiti-related work, less than $50 million, or 2% went to Haitian organizations or firms. By comparison, $1.3 billion, or 56%, has gone to firms located in or near the US capitol. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/more-usaid-fraud-billions-us-tax-dollars-are-missing-haiti-relief-projects
"Since the 2010 earthquake in Haiti killed as many as 300,000 people, the US government has disbursed around $4.4 billion in foreign assistance to the small island nation.
At least $1.5 billion was disbursed for immediate humanitarian aid, while another $3 billion went to recovery, reconstruction and development.
Of the at least $2.13 billion in contracts and grants for Haiti-related work, less than $50 million, or 2% went to Haitian organizations or firms. By comparison, $1.3 billion, or 56%, has gone to firms located in or near the US capitol. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/more-usaid-fraud-billions-us-tax-dollars-are-missing-haiti-relief-projects
Counting employees, contractors and local staff overseas, USAID had more than 13,000 employees as of September. In late January, thousands of contractors were let go. To eliminate the 2,000 employees now, the administration is using a mechanism called a "reduction in force."
USAID said it "intends" to furnish employees posted abroad with "a voluntary Agency-funded return travel program and other benefits." Asserting a commitment to their safe return, the agency said those employees will retain access to USAID systems until they make it home.
The first axe to fall over the weekend hit hundreds of contractors who received form letters notifying them that their services were no longer needed. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/endgame-trump-firing-2000-usaid-employees-putting-most-others-leave
USAID said it "intends" to furnish employees posted abroad with "a voluntary Agency-funded return travel program and other benefits." Asserting a commitment to their safe return, the agency said those employees will retain access to USAID systems until they make it home.
The first axe to fall over the weekend hit hundreds of contractors who received form letters notifying them that their services were no longer needed. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/endgame-trump-firing-2000-usaid-employees-putting-most-others-leave
It All Comes Down To Accounting
This is why the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), formed by Elon Musk with a business-based mindset, sets its sights on two primary institutions in the federal government: the U.S. Treasury payment systems and the revenue agency. That is where the money goes out and where the money comes in.
Tying these together and tracing the funds with normal accounting standards is the key to eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. This is all about verifying what is true. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/it-all-comes-down-accounting
Tying these together and tracing the funds with normal accounting standards is the key to eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. This is all about verifying what is true. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/it-all-comes-down-accounting
President Donald Trump announced that former Secret Service agent and conservative talk show host Dan Bongino will become the new deputy director of the FBI - the agency that helped Obama and Hillary Clinton set Donald Trump us with the Russia Collusion hoax - which included leaks to the press, fabricating evidence, and die-hard deep state servants who vowed to destroy our president... And now - Bongino and newly minted FBI Director Kash Patel are in charge. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-freak-out-dan-bongino-named-deputy-director
The extraordinary move has some wondering if Trump might move to dissolve the ATF altogether...
..Rightly resented by liberty-minded Americans, the ATF has played central roles in some of the most ghastly crimes committed by the federal government in recent decades, from the ATF entrapment of Randy Weaver that led to the killing of his 14-year-old son and his wife as she held their 10-month-old daughter, to the standoff in Waco that ended in the mass slaughter of 76 Branch Davidians, including 25 children. Like the vast majority of the federal government, there's no constitutional authority for the ATF to exist in the first place. As the old joke goes, "Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency." https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-director-patel-take-over-atf-too-will-he-burn-it-ground
Release of 620 Palestinian prisoners meant to occur just after six Israeli hostages were freed on Saturday
Israel’s announcement abruptly put the future of the ceasefire into further doubt https://www.arabnews.com/node/2591265/middle-east
Israel’s announcement abruptly put the future of the ceasefire into further doubt https://www.arabnews.com/node/2591265/middle-east
Caitlin Johnstone, Israel And Its Apologists Weaponize Sympathy In Order To Facilitate Genocide https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-and-its-apologists-weaponize
Netanyahu promised Smotrich to quit cooperating when all of the Israelis were freed. Hamas says no Gaza ceasefire talks unless Israel releases prisoners
Hamas says talks with Israel about further steps in the Gaza ceasefire deal are conditional on Palestinian prisoners being freed as agreed.
Israel said on Sunday it was delaying the release of more than 600 Palestinians in return for six living and four dead hostages who had been freed, accusing Hamas of repeated violations including "humiliating" handover ceremonies.
A senior Hamas official said the decision exposed the entire agreement to "grave danger" and called on mediators, especially the US, to pressure Israel.
The deal's first phase and temporary six-week truce is set to expire on Saturday but indirect negotiations on the second phase and an end to the war have not yet begun. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgw7rrlvmjo
Israel said on Sunday it was delaying the release of more than 600 Palestinians in return for six living and four dead hostages who had been freed, accusing Hamas of repeated violations including "humiliating" handover ceremonies.
A senior Hamas official said the decision exposed the entire agreement to "grave danger" and called on mediators, especially the US, to pressure Israel.
The deal's first phase and temporary six-week truce is set to expire on Saturday but indirect negotiations on the second phase and an end to the war have not yet begun. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgw7rrlvmjo
Israel expands West Bank offensive, says troops to remain ‘for next year’
For more than a month, Israeli forces backed by bulldozers have been raiding Palestinian homes and destroying critical infrastructure. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/23/israel-expands-west-bank-offensive-says-troops-to-remain-for-next-year?traffic_source=rss
For more than a month, Israeli forces backed by bulldozers have been raiding Palestinian homes and destroying critical infrastructure. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/23/israel-expands-west-bank-offensive-says-troops-to-remain-for-next-year?traffic_source=rss
Styrofoam from old refrigerators, not a surfboard. Gaza fisherman: Israel targeted our boats so we use a surfboard
A father, Khalid says he has mouths to feed at home and has no choice but to take to the sea, in spite of the destruction of boats and the targeting of fishermen by Israeli occupation forces. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250222-gaza-fisherman-israel-targeted-our-boats-so-we-use-a-surfboard/
Lebanese president receives US Senator Jackson at presidential palace in Baabda, says presidency https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/full-israeli-withdrawal-return-of-lebanese-prisoners-prerequisites-for-border-stability-president-aoun/3490117
Meryl Nass MD, The pandemic treaty, if adopted, will INCREASE man-made pandemics. DO NOT adopt this treaty in May 2025. It will then wither away.
REPOSTING, because this is relevant to stopping GOF research and identifying what types of research should be banned, now that we must deal with bird flu as well. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/the-pandemic-treaty-if-adopted-willI think they'll get us a bird flu pandemic as soon as they can. How much has the USG spent on bird flu over the past 2 years with nothing to show for it? https://merylnass.substack.com/p/how-much-has-the-usg-spent-on-bird
There's a killer "vaccine" for it. Nicholas Hulscher MPH, European Approval of Experimental COVID-19 Replicon mRNA Injections is a Grave Mistake
With 90% of trial participants reporting adverse events, the reckless push for self-amplifying mRNA technology poses a serious public health risk. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/european-approval-of-experimentalAvoiding Bird Flu Vaccines (took this picture of Jenny in Yoakum garden)
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