“Uatu” — A Nostradamus Today
When war for profit meets war for strategic defense! “Precision beats mass” and “one shot, one kill” vs precision, mass and industrial scale warfare. The U.S. military industrial complex is profit oriented; they manufacture what sells. Russia’s MIC is not; they manufacture what the military says it needs in accord with Russian military doctrine. What they manufacture must work.
SEE THIS ITEM: “Lesson from Ukraine: Our fighting doctrine is fatally flawed because our “precision” weapons fail,” 11 July 2024 …… https://youtube.com/watch?v=2NDxmIkBcpo&si=dGT7kdICd3_FlwER
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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has told China’s Foreign Minister that “Ukraine is ready and willing to engage in dialogue and negotiations with Russia” that leads to a permanent settlement.
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Observer in a Black Sea Port, …. with highlighting mpasis imposed by Thuppahi
Broadly speaking, today, there are three types of Russians as follows,
1) Pro-Western Russians. This group love the West, want Russia to be fully integrated in the West, and believe that can only happen if Putin is killed or removed. They use words like “fascist”, “tyrant”, “bloodthirsty”, “war criminal”, and “genocidal maniac” to describe Putin. All of this is dangerous hyperbole because they don’t appreciate that if Putin were removed, a hardcore nationalist would likely replace him — which will be far worse than Mr. Putin. Continue reading
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LISTEN TO SERBIAN PRESIDENT SPEAKING …. https://x.com/Anatolia_Today/status/1802467510886797508
Aleksandar Vučić believes we are just a few months away from a big #war between #West and #Russia: “We are now approaching a big disaster… Who is ready to lose 1, 2, 5 or 15 million people? I’m not, but that’s a question for other people”
A Reference sent to TPS by “Observer in a Black Sea Town” with the following set of thoughts : “Here, Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic, in an interview with a Swiss channel, shares his view that the world is approaching “a big disaster within 3 to 4 months” as neither Russia nor the US/NATO are prepared to back down. Each side believes they can win. Each side believes the other side is bluffing. Each side believes that escalation is the only pathway forward.
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Adrian Bishop, …. with highlighting beAing impositions by The Editor, Thuppahi
Putin will arrive in Pyongyang in a few hours for extensive talks with the North Korean leader. On the agenda is the boosting of strategic relations between Russia and NK to counter Western sanction and threats from Aukus. A new security architecture for the Asia Pacific is being formulated by the two countries to counter US threats in the region.
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An Observer in a Black Sea Town … with highlighting emphasis being impositions by The Editor, Thuppahi
Sachs discusses why he is never brought on mainstream media to discuss the Ukraine proxy war and the lies of the Western media, how the G7’s growing arrogance is resulting in multiple crises, in Gaza, Ukraine and Taiwan, how the NATO countries’ governments and media continuously use the term ‘unprovoked invasion’ when discussing the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, how the Ukraine proxy war could have easily been avoided and the consequences of NATO expansion and adventurism, the ‘Ukraine peace conference’ in Switzerland, why nothing will change after the November 2024 US Presidential election.
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Theodore K .… commenting thus in sending Thuppahi this Item
WATCH … https://www.youtube.com/live/aOrmFJXyAVI?si=8OyJo8s1Sx2u_u5X
Leading experts speak at the Schiller Institute today on how close the world is to nuclear war. The speakers include the ubiquitous Scott Ritter, former UN Weapons Inspector, and Colonel Richard Black, a former Vietnam veteran – both appear on a Ukrainian hitlist which raises the question,Filed under accountability, american imperialism, authoritarian regimes, British imperialism, centre-periphery relations, conspiracies, ethnicity, governance, historical interpretation, life stories, military strategy, Pacific Ocean politics, politIcal discourse, power politics, self-reflexivity, slanted reportage, the imaginary and the real, truth as casualty of war, Ukraine & Its Ramifications, war reportage, world events & processes, World War Three?, zealotry
Observer in a Black Sea Resort
Wonderful to see the great Eric Clapton, now aged 79, talking about Russia, Gaza, Roger Waters and being anti-Western, while giving concerts each night at the Royal Albert Hall.
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Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Aleksandr Bortnikov attends a meeting of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Board in Moscow, Russia. © Sputnik/Gavriil GrigorovFiled under accountability, atrocities, authoritarian regimes, conspiracies, counter-insurgency, disparagement, ethnicity, human rights, life stories, politIcal discourse, power politics, Russian history, security, terrorism, trauma, truth as casualty of war, Ukraine & Its Ramifications, unusual people, war crimes, war reportage, world events & processes
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