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The Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Contradictory Readings & A Confusing Set of ‘Pictures

Michael Roberts, …. with highlighting being my imposition

I am no expert on this scenario, but our household receives  The Australian  newspaper and have therefore been subject to its pro-Western and anti-Russian leanings (besides its manifest support for Israel). Then, I came across a Viewpoint within Facebook presented under an Anglo-Saxon name that laid bare [or seemed to lay bare] the history of Eastern Europe and recent NATO machinations in revelatory fashion. Alas, I did not register the name of the author and the item disappeared [as FB items seem to do in my experience].

Thus, I sent this comment to several friends in Sri Lanka and the West whom I considered knowledgeable in this field. A few have responded. Their responses indicate that this ARENA is a complex and confusing field of issues…. several minefields of an overlapping nature to speak metaphorically. We must tread carefully.

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World War Clouds in IRAN … says Jeffrey Sachs

A NOTE from A Sri Lankan Migrant in USA, 29 December 2024 conveying the digital refrence for an You-Tube Talk =  Jeffrey Sachs: The Inevitable War With Iran” …………… https://youtu.be/Ks0l_Zpt1xA?si=XXHCdi13NXhDjLmD

You may recall the “Project for the New America Century” during the heady days among the neocons and Russophobes after the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Brinkmanship at the Heights! Nuclear War Looming!

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”

NEAR BELGRADE, MAY 2013; Serbian Prime Minister (PM) Aleksandar Vucic with national flag during ceremony. Vucic will be running for president in 2017 Stock Photo – Alamy

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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A Momentous Russian Move: North Korea embraced ….

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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Imminent Danger of Nuclear War…. NOW ?

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,
To what extent is the US government funding organisation that threaten the lives of Americans and their right to free speech?

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Why the US is no longer the indispensable nation …

Theodore K …. with the underlining in red imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi

On 25 May 2024, President Biden gave a speech to new graduates at West Point to prepare them for war. It was a delusional speech in which Biden attempted to assert the right of the US to control the world under the guise of meaningless platitudes such as the US is the “indispensable nation”, “the world’s only superpower”,”and “the leading democracy in the world”. All the evidence of US security, defence and foreign policy over the past 32 years shows these claims are false. Biden fails to recognize the reality of a changing world – a world that has moved on since 1994. US hegemony is declining. We now live in a multipolar world when the emphasis is on international democratization. The US has inflicted terrible damage to the world, especially over the past three decades due to the Neocons.

President Joe Biden delivers the commencement address for the U.S. Military Academy class of 2024, Saturday, May 25, 2024, in West Point, New York.
(Official White House Photo by Erin Scott)

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Epitome of British Perfidy: Piers Morgan Laid Bare

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Listen//See https://youtu.be/aelzcw0Q3QE?si=GyB80oZknUfG71Fk

When you see the level of stupidity, arrogance and incompetence, as part of a massive disinformation campaign coming from the British mainstream media today (as illustrated in this interview by Piers Morgan) we can have absolutely no confidence whatsoever in anything the Western mainstream media says. In this interview, Professor Marandi’s explanations were correct. His analysis of Iran’s response to Israel’s destruction of the Iranian Embassy was correct. Iran responded by mounting three interrelated operations.

Piers Morgan 

P rofessor Marandi

The first was a Psychological Warfare operation. Here, Iran delayed their retaliatory strike by two weeks in order to sow fear among the Israeli population and to undermine confidence in the Israeli Government.

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Strident US Powermongers Set on World War III?

An American on The Fringe, whose preferred title is “Russia, China, Iran & North Korea – Combatting the New Axis of Evil”

“Evil is on the march! History is calling! And now is the time to act!” declares Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX). He says Congress has an opportunity today to do the equivalent of “stopping Hitler” in the 1930s ……………………………….. https://twitter.com/i/status/1781688097693909335

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From “Tribalism” to “Fascist Nationalism”: Ethical Musings

Brian Victoria* … in Informed Comment  … https://www.juancole.com/2024/02/judaism-tribalism-universalism.html…. where the title read thus: “The Battle for the Soul of Judaism: Tribalism, Amalek and the Axial Age Universalism of Isaiah”

 

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“Full Spectrum Dominance” as USA’s Guiding Doctrine

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WATCH …. https://www.youtube.com/live/Ptaya7stymw?si=_RLQMXqomwfAx32U

American foreign policy aims at one thing and its very explicit. It is what the West calls “Full Spectrum Dominance”. That the US is the dominant state in every region of the world and no regional power can challenge the US, even on a regional basis.

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