William Greider (Washington Post) opines on Carter's cabinet after the 1976 election.
>https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1976STATE311118_b.html
>https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/801783.html
Zelensky: 137 defenders killed, 316 wounded on first day of Russian invasion
>25.02.2022
According to preliminary data, 137 defenders of Ukraine have died since the beginning of the Russian invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"According to preliminary data, unfortunately, today we have already lost 137 of our heroes, our citizens, including 10 officers. 316 were wounded," Zelensky said in his address on Friday night.
He also noted that while defending Snake Island to the last, all the border guards died, "but did not surrender." "All of them will be awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine posthumously," the head of state stressed.
>https://voxday.net/2022/02/25/quantenverschrankungskrieg/
>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10549113/Kiev-fall-weekend-troops-encircle-capital-taking-Chernobyl-despite-EU-sanctions.html
Quantenverschränkungskrieg*
>Posted on February 25, 2022
It appears the war, such as it is, is already over. And if Vladimir Putin manages to achieve his declared objective of decapitating the evil and illegitimate government of Ukraine with such minimal force and minimal bloodshed, and replace it with a pro-Russian government that will actually govern for the benefit of the Ukrainian people, his name will rank with Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, and Charles of Sweden as one of the greatest military leaders of all time.
Kyiv is expected to fall to Russian forces within days and the country’s resistance effectively crippled, US security officials fear, after the first day of conflict left around 100 Ukrainians dead. Troops are already closing in on the seat of Ukrainian power after taking control of the strategic Chernobyl nuclear power plant today, and will seize it within 96 hours.
Keep in mind that it took the USA three weeks and more than 30,000 dead Iraqis to take Baghdad, an astonishing performance of modern blitzkrieg that shocked and awed the world, including the Chinese military leadership. And also note that this is a report from distinctly unfriendly sources in the British media, as the spelling of Kiev clearly indicates. The Russian strategic brilliance goes well beyond lightning war and into the futuristic realm of quantum entanglement. And yet, the media is still bloviating falsehoods about the highly surgical operation.
Few expect Ukraine to emerge victorious from what is almost certain to be a prolonged, bloody, and vicious war – but so far, Kyiv’s forces have managed to inflict heavy losses on Putin’s troops.
The Russo-Ukraine war is “almost certain” to be over by this time next week, and the initial indications are that it will have been neither prolonged, nor bloody, nor vicious. Which, of course, is why the Jewish comedian who heads the preposterous, but violent puppet regime has already been reduced to publicly shrieking at the neocons and globalist leaders who egged him on rather than commanding his military forces.
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has raged at Western cowards after his country was ‘left alone’ to face Russian troops as officials warn that Kyiv will be seized this weekend. In a video address to his nation after midnight, the president called his fallen compatriots ‘heroes’ after 137 were killed on the first day of fighting, and insisted he will stay until the bitter end.
He said: ‘They’re killing people and turning peaceful cities into military targets. It’s foul and will never be forgiven. We have been left alone to defend our state. Who is ready to fight alongside us? I don’t see anyone.’Who is ready to give Ukraine a guarantee of NATO membership? Everyone is afraid.’
He added that the enemy has already entered Kyiv.
What on Earth did he think would happen? How could he possibly have imagined anything else was ever going to be the case? What Zelensky should do is surrender to Putin tonight and accept whatever terms the Russians require. The war is already over, whether the puppets or their masters want to accept that fact and its inevitable consequences or not. No one wants to fight for the Drag Queen Democratic New World Rules-Based Neo-Liberal Order, aka globohomo, or whatever the satanists are calling themselves this week.
*Quantzkrieg for short.
>http://thesaker.is/the-situation-is-about-to-quickly-escalate-probably-in-the-next-days/
The situation is about to quickly escalate, probably in the next days
>February 23, 2022
Today, I want to begin with a small allegorical story.
One upon a time, there was a bear sleeping in his lair and minding his business. One day, a small group of rodents decided to have some fun time pestering the bear. So they began running around, making a lot of noise (some even dared the bear to come out and fight them) and even threw colorful little pebbles at the bear. The bear mostly ignored them hoping they would eventually tire from that silly behavior and go away. But the rodents not only stayed, they began pelting the bear with even more pebbles and, sure enough, what had to happen happened: one pebble (with “ridiculous genocide claim” written on it) landed right on the eyelid of the bear and that really pissed the bear off. He finally got up, moved to the entrance of his lair and looked at the scurrying rodents. The bear wondered, what shall he do with these little rodents next? The rodents wondered about the same thing. And so they told the bear that if he dares leave his lair, they will pelt him with even more pebbles, so he better not move. What do you think the bear will do next?
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Yesterday Putin gave a quite amazing (and short) press conference. Not only did he declare that Russia recognizes the LDNR Republics in their own, legal, borders (i.e. the full Donetsk and Lugansk regions), he also listed the four steps needed to be taken by the Ukraine to avoid a direct, unilateral, Russian action:
The Ukraine must recognize Crimea and Sevastopol as Russian territory
The Ukraine must officially renounce joining NATO
The Ukraine must negotiate a settlement with the LDNR Republics
The Ukraine must be demilitarized and declared neutral
This is clearly an ultimatum, but this time, to the authorities in Kiev.
Now a few simple comments:
Since Russia has recognized the LDNR in their original, administrative, regional borders, this means that all the Ukie forces between the current Line of Contact (LOC) and the borders between the original borders of the LDNR and the rest of the Ukraine are now de facto and de jure a foreign occupying force on the territory of a Russian ally which Russia promised to protect.
Just ponder the implications of that for a while, let it sink in: until yesterday, the Ukronazi forces were on their own territory, at least legally speaking. Now they are abroad and unwelcome.
Quite logically, several DNR and LNR officials have now demanded that Kiev withdraw these forces completely from the LDNR territory. As a small carrot, LDNR officials have said that if the Ukies retreat voluntarily there will be no further action taken. Conversely, that means that if the Ukies stay, the LDNR will do what is needed to make them leave.
That is an LDNR ultimatum to Kiev.
In plain English this means this:
Putin has demanded that the Ukronazi forces immediately stop their attacks
The LDNR has demanded that the Ukronazi forces immediately withdraw from all the territories the LDNR claims, and Russia recognizes, as belonging to the LDNR
Some LDNR official have offered this: stop the shelling, move at least your heavy force away from the LOC as you are supposed to under the ceasefire agreements and we won’t move our forces in. In other words, if the Ukies move out, the LDNR forces will stay out, but the territory vacated by the Ukies will become legally LDNR’s.
Since there is exactly zero chance that the Nazis in Kiev will accept, what does that tell you about the next move by the LDNR and, possibly, Russia?
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>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5i8Z8nuVIM
Crisis in Ukraine | CFR
>2,941 views| Feb 23, 2022 | Council on Foreign Relations
President Vladimir Putin of Russia recognized the independence of two territories in eastern Ukraine, portions of which are controlled by Russia-backed separatists, and has ordered the deployment of Russian troops into these regions. Concerns are mounting that Russian actions to date could be a prelude to an all-out invasion of the country. Our panelists discuss the escalating crisis in Ukraine, including how the United States and Europe should respond.
Speakers
Rose E. Gottemoeller
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Gottemoeller
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece_(Georgia)
Steven C. Házy Lecturer, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Former Deputy Secretary General, NATO (2016–2019); Former U.S. Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (2012–2016); CFR Member
Charles A. Kupchan
>https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_A._Kupchan
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs, National Security Council (2014–2017)
Angela E. Stent
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Stent
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Former National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia, National Intelligence Council (2004–2006); Author, Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest; CFR Member
Presider
Richard Haass
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_N._Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, The World: A Brief Introduction; @RichardHaass
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyJECU7bZyI
'We can’t recognize a government using genocide against their people as democratic' - Lavrov
>3,738 views | Feb 25, 2022 | RT
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that ‘everything was clear’ - Russia sees no chance of recognizing a state that uses genocide against their own people as democratic. He added that Moscow is interested in seeing Ukrainian people independent.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKn5FSn8sl4
LIVE: MFA spokesperson Maria Zakharova holds weekly briefing
>198 watching now | Started streaming 11 minutes ago
Spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova conducts her weekly press briefing on current foreign affairs in Moscow on Friday, February 25.
>standing by…
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVyxuKXgipQ
Soros: Will Ukraine Be Europe’s Next Success Story?
>425,787 views | Dec 14, 2015
The country is at a critical juncture, and it needs all the support it can get to maintain its moral and political integrity. In this video,George Soros, Ruth Dreifuss, and other experts on the region discuss the progress that has already been made in Ukraine—and the challenges that remain.
>Soon.
oldie
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGgF2IBNMoE
Our Commitment to an Open Society in Russia
>73,578 views | Aug 7, 2015
After the end of Communism, Russians thought they could build an open society. But the impact of the Soviet state’s legacy was not easily undone, and now Russia is closing once again.
>kek…
>oldie
>How little did I know back then. It's been a hell of a ride.
>>oldie
>>>oldie
>>>>oldie
>>>>>oldie
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bJlEAwoWGc
Putin Crosses Line With Overt Nuclear Threat
>22,706 views | Feb 25, 2022
Jon Wolfsthal, former director of nonproliferation for President Obama's National Security Council, talks with Rachel Maddow about Vladimir Putin's irresponsible nuclear threats, and why a stabilizing nuclear stalemate is not happening with Putin.
>Jon Wolfsthal