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NATO Panics, Escalates Big Arms to Ukraine; U.S. ‘Will Increase Artillery Production Sixfold’; Brian Berletic: Only MICs gain from all this.
By Eric Zuesse Source: The Duran On January 20th, the great American military and geostrategic analyst Brian Berletic, who has had a stunningly high percentage of his predictions turning out to have been 100% accurate, did a youtube at his … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Abrams, Brian Berletic, Deep State, empire, geopolitics, Germany, imperialism, Military Industrial Complex, military spending, NATO, Olaf Scholz, Oleksiy Reznikov, Poland, propaganda, rules-based order, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war
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The Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy
Bombs, Bullets, and Bellicosity Instead of Brains By W.J. Astore Source: Bracing Views In my latest article for TomDispatch.com, I parse the meaning of America’s latest National Defense Strategy. Hint: It’s not about defense. More than two millennia ago, in the History of … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged China, Deep State, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Lloyd Austin., Military Industrial Complex, military spending, NDS, People’s Liberation Army, Russia, US Foreign Policy, war
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The Democrats Are Now the War Party
The Democratic Party has become the party of permanent war, fueling massive military spending which is hollowing out the country from the inside and flirting with nuclear war. By Chris Hedges Source: ScheerPost.com The Democrats position themselves as the party … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Amazon, Arnold Toynbee, Big Tech, Bill Clinton, culture, Deep State, Democrats, Dennis Kucinich, DNC, Donbass, empire, FBI, Fyodor Dostoevsky, geopolitics, Google, imperialism, Microsoft, Militarism, military spending, military-industrial complex, NATO, propaganda, Russia, Seymour Melman, society, surveillance state, Technocracy, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Vietnam, war, war economy, war profiteers
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Feverishly Racing Toward Our Own Destruction…
By Michael Snyder Source: End of the American Dream We are careening directly into an abyss of war, pain and misery, and our leaders are thunderously applauding as it happens. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to Washington this week because … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged corporate media, Deep State, Democrats, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Mainstream Media, Militarism, Military Industrial Complex, military spending, Nuclear War, propaganda, Republicans, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Vladimir Putin, war, war profiteers
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Beware of Long Wars: Ukrainian Attacks on Russia Are Dangerously EscalatoryBeware of Long Wars:
By W.J. Astore Source: Bracing Views Reports that Ukraine is launching modified drones to strike airbases deep in Russia highlight the unpredictability and escalatory nature of wars. Ukraine is no longer content at defending itself against Russian aggression; Russia itself must be … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, black ops, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged black ops, Deep State, Democracy, empire, Freedom, geopolitics, imperialism, military spending, NATO, Neocons, Nuclear War, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Vladimir Putin, war
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America’s 2022 Allocations to Ukraine Total $112 Billion
By Eric Zuesse Source: The Duran During this year, the U.S. Government has allocated $112 billion to Ukraine, in order to defeat Russia in the battlefields of Ukraine. Russia allocates normally $60 billion per year for its entire military, but this year … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Deep State, Economics, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Joe Biden, Military Industrial Complex, military spending, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, war, war profiteers
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The Conflict In Ukraine Has Evolved Into A War Between The United States And Russia
By Michael Snyder Source: End of the American Dream Let’s be honest about what is really going on in Ukraine. The United States is providing most of the funding, most of the equipment, most of the ammunition, most of the … Continue reading
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Tagged black ops, Deep State, Dystopia, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Militarism, military spending, NATO, Neocons, Nuclear War, Russia, Sergey Lavrov, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers
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BYE, BYE KIEV, HELLO COTE D’AZUR: AS WESTERNERS SEND AID, HERE’S HOW UKRAINE’S CORRUPT ELITES ARE PROFITING FROM THE CONFLICT
Ukraine’s newly elected President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) walks to his Presidential office after a ceremony of his oath in the Ukrainian Parliament, in Kiev, Ukraine. © STR / NurPhoto via Getty Images By Olga Sukharevskaya Source: New Cold War For … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Geopolitics, Militarization, military spending, news, Oligarchy, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Alexander Davtyan, Alexander Dubinsky, Alexander Tupitsky, Alexander Yaroslavsky, Andrei Kholodov, Andrei Yarmolsky, Andrey Stavnitzer, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Côte d’Azur, Corruption, Dmitry Firtash, elites, European Union, geopolitics, Grayzone, Igor Abramovich, Kiev, Konstantin Zhevago, military spending, Nikita Poturaev, Oligarchs, Rinat Akhmetov, Ruslan Ryaboshapka, Russia, Samantha Morris, Sergei Melnichuk, Sergey Lovochkin, Stephen Myers, The Monaco Battalion, Ukraine, Vadim Ermolaev, Vadim Nesterenko, Vadim Novinsky, Vadim Solar, Vadim Stolar, Vasily Khmelnitsky, Vitaly Khomutynnik, Vitaly Zakolodyazhny, Vladimir Nemirovsky, Vladimir Zelensky, Vladislav Gelzin, war, Zaporozhye
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