I looked all over the internet for the full transcript of Brett Baier and Benjamin Netanyahu. I had to download the transcript of you tube and piece it back together. I can’t post the whole thing on the board, but you’ll see the patterns BiBi relies on, and lies on. 1/2

Read and see how Bibi, whirls and twirls and Cinderella and Lancelot story:

• ratches everything up, “it’s not bad, it’s the holocaust”.

• And he keep’s mentioning that they tried to kill Trump, not just once, but twice or more.

• He pretends he’s the junior partner with Trump and Him, he’s really not good at faking humility.

• He keeps complimenting Trump, like NO ONE has ever heard before. PS BiBi hates Trump and Vice Versa

• Then he says, ac couple of time, “not only was he saving Israel, he was saving the world”. (I guess he wants a thank you for starting a dangerous war)

•There’s so much more bullshit that convinced me that he planned this and practiced this speech for many months. He just doesn’t sound sincere, or from his heart, he can’t he has no heart, he’s just trying to survive as leader in Israel.

•All of this was staged and practiced for a long time.

BRET FIRSTABOUT LET ME START AT THE BEGINNING. WHY DID YOU LAUNCH THIS OPERATION NOW?>>

BECAUSE WE WERE FACING AN IMMINENT THREAT OR DUAL EXISTENTIAL THREATS.

• ONE, ATHREAT OF IRAN AND RUSSIA TO WEAPONIZEAND THEIR ENRICHED URANIUM TO MAKE ATOMIC BOMBS THAT SPECIFIC IN CLEARED THE INTENT TO DESTROY US, BUT A SECOND TO RUSH TOINCREASE THEIR BALLISTIC MISSILE ARSENAL AND TO THE CAPACITY THEY WOULD HAVE WEAPONS A YEAR OF NEW WEAPONS WITHIN THREE YEARS. (How did Russia get involved with this? He lies, because he knows that Putin knows the truth)

• BALLISTIC MISSILES EACH ONE WEIGHING A TON COMING IN AT MACH SIX RIGHT INTO OUR CITIES AS YOU SAW TODAY. AND THEN IN SIX YEARS .

• NO COUNTRY CAN SUSTAIN THAT CERTAINLY NOT THE COUNTRY THE SIZE OF ISRAEL BUT WE HAD TO ACT.

• IT WAS THE HOUR WE DID ACT TO SAVE OURSELVES BUT ALSO I THINK TONOT ONLY PROTECT OURSELVES BUT TO PROTECT THE WORLD FROM THIS INCENDIARY REGIME

• BUT WECANNOT HAVE THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS REGIME HAVE THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS WEAPONS.

• WE ARE PROTECTING OURSELVES BUT BY DOING SO WE ARE PROTECTING MANY OTHERS.

BRETI WANT TO PRIME MINISTER ASK ON THE INTEL ON THE NUCLEAR PART LESSON TWO MONTHS AGO THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TESTIFIED ON CAPITOL HILL SAYING THAT EVERYTHING HAD BEEN SUSPENDED SINCE AND HAD NOT RESTARTED. THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM HAD NOT BEEN RESTARTED BY THE IRANIANS DID SOMETHING CHANGE FROM END OF MARCH UNTIL THIS WEEK?WAS THAT U.S. INTEL WRONG?>

• THE INTEL WE GOT AND SHARED WITH THE UNITED STATES WAS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THEY WERE WORKING IN A SECRET PLAN TO WEAPONIZE THE URANIUM.

• THEY'RE MARCHING VERY QUICKLY THEY WOULD ACHIEVE AN INITIAL DEVICE WITHIN A MONTHS CERTAINLY LESS THAN A YEAR THAT WAS THE INTEL WE SHARED WITH THE UNITED STATES.

• I THINK WE HAVE EXCELLENT INTEL AND IRAN I THINK WE HAVE PROVEN THAT THAT IS SOMETHING.

• WE CANNOT POSSIBLY ACCEPT WHETHER IT BE SIX MONTHS OR MONTH OR MONTHS IS IMMATERIAL,ONCE THEY GO THAT ROUTE IT IS TOO LATE AND WE WILL NOT HAVE A SECOND HOLOCAUST A NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST.

• WE WERE TO HAVE WON THE PREVIOUS CENTURY THE JEWISH STATE IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A HOLOCAUST ON THE JEWISH PEOPLE IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

• NEVER AGAIN. IT'S NOW AND WE HAVE TO ACT NOW.

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BRETWHAT IS THE GOAL OF THESE STRIKES? YOU TALKED EARLY IN ONE OF YOUR SPEECHES AFTER THE ATTACKS BEGAN WITH A MESSAGE DIRECTLY TO THE IRANIAN PEOPLE. CLEARLY SOME OF THESE STRIKES HAVE TARGETED IRANIAN LEADERSHIP, MILITARY, NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS AND OTHER LEADERS.

SO, IS REGIME CHANGE PART OF THE EFFORT HERE? >>

• IT COULD CERTAINLY BE THE RESULT BECAUSE IRAN REGIME IS VERY WEAK.

•I THINK THEY'RE BASICALLY LEFT WITH TWO THINGS ITS PLANS TO HAVE ATOMIC BOMBS AND BALLISTIC MISSILESTHAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IRAN HAS A CERTAINLY DO NOT HAVE THE PEOPLE.

• % OF THE PEOPLE WOULD THROW THESE THUGS OUT THEY MURDER THEM, THEY OPPRESS THEM FOR YEARS. IRAN FOR FREEDOM.

• THEY SHOOT WOMEN BECAUSE HER HAIR IS UNCOVERED.

• THEY SHOOT STUDENTS.

• THEY JUST SUCK THE OXYGEN FROM THIS AND BRAVE AND GIFTED PEOPLE, THE IRANIAN PEOPLE OF THE PERSIAN PEOPLE ANDTHE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE HAD AN ANCIENT FRIENDSHIP GOES BACK TO THE TIMES OF CYRUS THE GREAT. (CYRUS WAS THE KING OF MANY LANDS, IT WAS NOT A FRIENDSHIP, JEWS DON’T HAVE FRIENDS, BIBI LIED BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE STORY OF TRUMP BEING THE KING CYRUS OF OLD. BIBI’S PROPAGANDA IS BULLSHIT CYRUS WAS ISRAEL’S KING BUT PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE IT.)

• IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN BUT THE DECISION TO ACT, TO RISE UP THIS TIME IS THE DECISION OF THE IRANIAN PEOPLE.

• WE DECIDED TO ACT BECAUSE WE HAD TO.WE SELL ENOUGH URANIUM ENRICHED URANIUM FOR NINE BOMBS.ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS WEAPONIZE THEM.

• WE STOPPED THAT BUT BY ATTACKING THEIR NUCLEAR SITES. WE ATTACKED THEIR CHIEF NUCLEAR SCIENTIST WORKINGIT'S LIKE HITLER'S NUCLEAR SCIENTIST WOULD YOU LEAVE THEM?

• OF COURSE NOT BUT WE ATTACKED THEIR TOP COMMAND.

• I CAN INFORM YOU THAT MOMENTS AGO WE ALSO GOT THE CHIEF INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AND IS DEPUTY IN TEHRAN.

• OUR BRAVE PILOTS ARE OVER THE SKIES OF TEHRAN.

• WE ARE TARGETING NUCLEAR SITES TO TAKE OUT THOSE TWO THREATS.

• UNLIKE THE IRANIAN'S WHO REPORTED THEY ARE TARGETING OUR CIVILIANS THEY ARE BOMBING OUR CIVILIANS THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THEY ARE A TERRORIST REGIME WE CANNOT LET A RUN OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

•BY THE WAY OUR INTEL SHOWS THEY INTEND TO GIVE THESE NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO THEIR HOUTHI PROXIES AND OTHERS THAT'S NUCLEAR TERRORISM ON A NUCLEAR SCALE DATA THREATENSEVERYONE PRINT THE LAST THINGS ANDPLANS TO DEVELOP INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES RIGHT NOW KILOMETERS

•VERY SOON JUST ADD A LITTLE DISTANCE THEY CAN REACH THE EASE IN EASTERN SEABOARD OF T HE UNITED STATES.

• THESE PEOPLE WHO CHANT DEATH TO AMERICA.

•THEY'VE TRIED TO ASSASINATE PRESIDENT TRUMP TWICE

• THEY KILLED YOUR MARINES IN BEIRUT THEYKILLED AND INJURED THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.

• TRY TO BOMB A RESTAURANT IN WASHINGTON D.C. CHANT DEATH TO AMERICA, BURN THE AMERICAN FLAG, DO YOU WANT THESE PEOPLE TO HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THE MEANS TO DELIVER THEM TO YOUR CITIES? OF COURSE NOT.

•WE ARE DEFENDING OURSELVES WE ARE ALSO DEFENDING THE WORLD.

BRETI WANT TO TALK OF THE NUCLEAR THREAT AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP OR HE JUST HAD A RUN TRIED TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT TRUMP TWICE.YOU HAVE INTEL THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP OR DIRECTLY FROM IRAN?>

•THROUGH PROXIES, YES. THROUGH THEIR INTEL, YES THEY WANT TO KILL HIM. HE IS ENEMY NUMBER ONE. (Utter bullshit made up in the moment)

• HE IS A DECISIVE LEADER HE NEVER TOOK THE PATH OTHERS TOOK TO TRY TO BARGAIN WITH THEM IN A WAY THAT IS A WEAK GIVING THEM BASICALLY A PATHWAY TO ENRICH YOUR RADIANT, WHICH IS A PATHWAY TO THE BOMB.

• PADDING OF BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. HE TOOK UP THIS A FAKE AGREEMENT AND BASICALLY TORE IT UP.

• HE KILLED SO THE MANY IT MADE IT VERY CLEAR YOU CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON WHICH MEANS YOU CANNOT ENRICH.

• TRUMP: HE HAS BEEN VERY FORCEFUL. FOR THEM HE IS ENEMY NUMBER ONE.

•THEY ALSO TRIED TO KILL ME BUT I AM HIS JUNIOR PARTNER.

• THEY UNDERSTAND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A GREAT THREAT TO IRAN'S PLANS TO WEAPONIZE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND USE THEM.

BRETWHEN DID YOU TELL PRESIDENT TRUMP YOU'RE GOING TO LAUNCH THESE STRIKES?

• I HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP OR WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR MANY YEARS.

• OBVIOUSLY WE INFORMED OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS AND PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE GREAT FRIEND AHEAD OF TIME.

•HE KNEW ABOUT OF COURSE.(HE LIES HERE, TRUMP DIDN’T KNOW ALL HIS PLANS)

It goes on for another 8-9 pages.He really tries to seem sincere, but no one would believe it, so he starts making up more lies, to pour to sympathy on for this heroic figure from hell.

16 Jun, 2025 18:21

Deterrence or death: Israel is making the case for a nuclear-armed Iran

Tehran will continue to be sanctioned, pummeled, and subjected to targeted assassinations until strategic deterrence is attained1/3(Interesting history and understanding)

Just hours after Israel launched its strikes on Iran in the early hours of Friday, June 13, US President Donald J. Trump declared that it was “not too late” for Tehran to return to the negotiating table over its nuclear program. The level of delusion displayed by the joint aggressors here is simply staggering. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu justified the bombs being rained on Iranian cities as a means to bring “freedom.”

The US-Israeli axis sees no contradiction in reducing a sovereign nation to rubble while draping its aggression in humanitarian rhetoric. The strike came even as Washington and Tehran were engaged in protracted negotiations over the thorny nuclear issue. This is not diplomacy; this is coercion cloaked in diplomatic theater.

Worse, it will go down as a day of infamy in international relations: a moment when negotiation was used not to resolve conflict, but to disguise premeditated violence.

Regime change blowback

What did Israel and the United States hope to achieve through this betrayal? Regime change? The total submission of a sovereign nation to a militarized settler state forged in 1948? Are we now expected to believe that post-regime change, Tehran will suddenly embrace Tel Aviv – as some delusional pro-Israel ideologues like to fantasize?

Incredibly, Israel now casts itself as the victim. Russia’s deputy UN envoy Dmitry Polyansky brusquely described Israel’s claims that it was only acting in “self-defense” as “very perverted logic.” But such perversion runs deep in the policies and pathologies of the Israeli state.

As key Iranian infrastructure is bombed to ruins, and as Netanyahu urges Iranians to overthrow what he calls “an evil and oppressive regime,” many Iranians are calling, ironically and defiantly, for their government to acquire nuclear weapons as the only credible deterrent against the endless cycle of sanctions, sabotage, targeted killings, and military strikes unleashed by the US-Israeli axis. Under such circumstances, can Tehran be blamed for cultivating and arming proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas in an effort to contain Israel? Just look at what Israel did to its neighbours before these groups existed.

What makes Netanyahu believe that any post-Ayatollah government would be more pliant? If anything, it might be more resolute in seeking the ultimate deterrence. After all, Iran has been the target of unrelenting foreign aggression since the 1953 CIA-MI6 coup against nationalist Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.

And let us not forget that during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, the Islamic Republic was bombarded with chemical weapons, supplied or sanctioned by Western powers. Washington had no qualms back then, when Saddam was “our man.” That was, until Israel orchestrated a back-channel arms pipeline that would become the infamous Iran-Contra affair.

A matter of honor

Can any self-respecting nation endure the constant humiliation meted out by its adversaries? That model of submission may succeed in parts of the Arab world, or in post-colonial client states across the Global South, but the Persians are apparently made of sterner stuff. Only time will tell. A civilization that traces its lineage to Cyrus and Avicenna has a moral and historical obligation to protect itself from existential threats. And if doing so requires the ultimate form of deterrence, then so be it – even if that means defying a so-called “international community” that has allowed Israel to quietly amass nuclear weapons and lay waste to its neighbors with impunity for nearly 80 years.

Israel, for its part, has warned the world time and again of the consequences of ignoring its self-declared prerogatives.As Netanyahu declared last year: “If Israel falls, the whole world falls.”

https://www.rt.com/news/619432-israel-deterrence-nuclear-iran/

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What exactly did he mean by that? Perhaps he was alluding to the Samson Option – a Sword of Damocles that Israel has long wielded over the world’s head. It has been described as a nuclear-armed ultimatum:protect Israel at all costs, or face global ruin.

The ‘Samson Option’

The Samson Option refers to Israel’s alleged military doctrine of massive nuclear retaliation in the face of an existential threat. Named after the biblical figure who brought down a Philistine temple,killing himself along with his enemies, the doctrine reflects a last-resort strategy. If Israel faces annihilation, it will reportedly unleash its full nuclear arsenal, possibly as many as 400 warheads, against its adversaries, regardless of collateral damage or global fallout.

But is the Samson Option truly limited to nuclear counterstrikes?

Former Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett once warned that if Israel were ever pushed to the brink, critical global systems, including life-sustaining medical devices like pacemakers, could cease to function.That may sound far-fetched, until you consider that Israel’s cybersecurity and cyber-strategic sectorshave become a strategic pillar of its economy. Navigation apps like Waze, maritime tracking systems, and aerospace logistics pipelines are embedded with “secure” Israeli codes.

Now imagine a hidden fail-safe buried in legacy software across the globe, programmed to unleash cascading failures across nuclear plants, air traffic control systems, financial markets, and emergency infrastructure when the Samson Option is unleashed? Think of the recent Stuxnet and Lebanese pager affairs as harbingers. One keystroke, one kill-switch, and the lights go out everywhere!

As a researcher in systemic global risks, I find it increasingly naive to assume that the Samson Option is limited to a conventional nuclear doctrine.

The real Samson Option may be about collapsing the global system itself – a scorched-earth deterrent against isolation or defeat.

A case for a nuclear Iran

Kenneth Waltz, one of the most influential realist thinkers in international relations, argued in a controversial 2012 Foreign Affairs article titled“Why Iran Should Get the Bomb”that a nuclear-armed Iran might actually stabilize the Middle East, rather than destabilize it.

Waltz’s theory is rooted in neorealism (or structural realism), which sees the international system as anarchic, and posits that states act primarily to ensure their own survival. From this perspective, nuclear weapons are the ultimate deterrent, and their spread, under specific conditions, can actually lead to greater stability.

Consider North Korea: since developing nuclear weapons and delivery systems, its behavior has arguably become more calculated and status-quo-oriented. It also encouraged Trump to extend an olive branch to Kim Jong-un.

Israel remains the sole nuclear power in the Middle East, a monopoly fostering strategic imbalance and absolute impunity. The emergence of a rival nuclear-armed state, even with minimal second-strike capability, would force belligerent sides to act with greater caution. Conflicts would likely be reduced to face-saving precision strikes, as seen with nuclear-armed India and Pakistan. Despite hosting radical militant groups, Pakistan has behaved as a rational actor within the nuclear matrix.

Similarly, a nuclear Iran could reduce its reliance on asymmetric proxy strategies– such as its support for Hamas or Hezbollah – because its security would primarily rest on deterrence.

Some critics however warn that if Iran acquires nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia may rapidly follow suit. A moot point, except that Riyadh bankrolled Islamabad’s nuclear weapons program under America’s watch during the 1980s Soviet-Afghan War which featured beloved “anti-Soviet warriors” like Osama bin Laden!

https://www.rt.com/news/619432-israel-deterrence-nuclear-iran/

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There are also persistent reports which suggest that some Pakistani nuclear assets may already be stationed in Saudi Arabia, under the command of senior Pakistani officers. In the event of a regional nuclear escalation, Riyadh can simply request transfer at will.

Historical precedents also do not support alarmist non-proliferation fears. When North Korea acquired nuclear weapons, neither South Korea nor Japan followed suit. Deterrence, once established, tends to cool ambitions, especially when the cost of escalation becomes too high.

What if Iran is destroyed?

So, what happens if Israel prevails in the current high-stakes military standoff, and a “friendly” government is installed in Tehran? This could come about in any number of ways, as Israel alone will not be able to bomb Iran into submission. From a game theory perspective, a series of false flag events can be pinned on “Iranian sleeper cells.”

Furthermore, Netanyahu keeps insisting that Iran is plotting to assassinate Trump– a charge unsubstantiated by any US intelligence findings. If a “presidential transition” occurs overnight, Vice President J.D. Vance may commit US forces directly to Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Iran.

But let’s game out another scenario: If the current conflict escalates and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is destroyed – whether by design or by accident – Iran will almost certainly be blamed for the loss of Islam’s third holiest site. Such an event would enrage the Sunni Muslim world, redirecting its fury toward Shia Iran, andpotentially paving the way for Israel to construct its long-anticipated Third Temple. Notably, in the early 1980s, Israeli extremists plotted to blow up the Dome of the Rock and the adjacent Al-Aqsa Mosque to effect this very outcome.

Should such scenarios unfold, it could mark the disintegration of the Middle East as we know it.Netanyahu has previously hinted that after Iran, nuclear-armed “militant Islamic regimes” like Pakistan could be next in Israel’s crosshairs. This warning is not without its irony. For decades,Pakistan’s deep state has maintained covert ties with Israel– dating back to Mossad-ISI collaboration in arming the Mujahideen during the 1980s Soviet-Afghan war. Israel has long been aware of Pakistan’s “pan-Islamic” nuclear ambitions but likely opted for strategic silence until all the Middle Eastern chips were in place.

What the wider Muslim world fails to grasp is this:alliances with unprincipled powers are always transactional. When the geopolitical bill comes due, it may cost far more than anyone is willing to pay.

The Zionist dream

Since its founding in 1948, several Israeli leaders have consistently expressed a vision of “Greater Israel” stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates – encompassing parts of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and the Gulf. Iran however remained the perennial spoiler to this geopolitical dream.

In fact, it was none other than Supreme Allied Commander Europe (NATO), General Wesley Clark, who famously revealed that Iran was the last in a list of seven Middle Eastern countries slated for regime change after 9/11.The current conflict is not about Iranian nukes per se; it is about Israel’s territorial ambitions and the fulfilment of ancient apocalyptic messianic fantasies.

Zionist ideologues like Avi Lipkin had even floated the idea of “purifying Mecca, Medina, and Mt. Sinai”– rhetoric that signals theological as much as territorial ambitions. Once Israel secures strategic depth in the Middle East, it may soon challenge major powers beyond the region. But first, Iran must be subdued!

The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.

https://www.rt.com/news/619432-israel-deterrence-nuclear-iran/

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I think these are rumors, when it's the complete opposite.

It's not up to Trump to give a go order, Bibi did it without already. I think Israel is spreading this because then it's Trump's war.

That's not going to happen.

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there seems to be lot of criticism seeping in on President Donald J. Trump, make sure we don't feed the beast.

18 Jun, 2025 22:39

Putin reveals granddaughter speaks fluent Chinese

The Russian president has touted the growing cultural exchanges between the two nations

Interest in the Chinese language is growing in Russia, President Vladimir Putin told journalists on the sidelines of the SPIEF 2025 forum,revealing that his own granddaughter speaks the language fluently with her tutor from Beijing.

During a late-night Q&A session with heads of international news agencies, the president of Xinhua News Agency, Fu Hua,asked President Putin about the deepening humanitarian exchanges between China and Russia– and the Russian leader’s remark last year thathis “family members are interested in China, and some of them are learning Chinese.”

“When I mentioned that some of my close relatives are studying Chinese, I was referring to my granddaughter, who has a teacher from Beijing and speaks fluently with her in Chinese,” Putin said.

“My daughter, back in the early 2000s, started proactively learning Chinese– just because she wanted to. She hired a teacher and studied,” he added.

The Russian president noted that over 50,000 Chinese students are studying in Russia, and more than 21,000 Russian students are studying in China, adding that universities in both nations enjoy direct contacts, further reinforcing ties and “contacts in all fields” between the two countries.

https://www.rt.com/russia/619736-putin-granddaughter-fluent-chinese/

18 Jun, 2025 22:05

NATO rearmament is completely pointless – Putin

The Russian president has dismissed Western rhetoric about an alleged threat posed by Moscow to the US-led military bloc as an “inconceivable lie”

Moscow does not consider any NATO rearmament to be a threat to Russia, President Vladimir Putin told journalists on the sidelines of the 28th annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Certain threats could arise from the US-led military bloc’s actions, but Russia would be ready to address any challenges to its security, Putin stated at a Q&A session early Thursday, adding that any increase in defense spending by NATO would not make a difference.

“We do not consider any NATO rearmament to be a threat to the Russian Federation,because we are self-sufficientin terms of ensuring our own security, and we are constantly improving our armed forces and our defense capabilities,” Putin said.

The Russian leader has insisted there is “no doubt” that Russia “will mitigate all the threats that may arise.”

Putin dismissed rhetoric about analleged threat posed by Moscow to NATO as an “inconceivable lie” used by Western governments to justify tax increases and the diversion of public funds to the military-industrial complex.

“A Nazi propagandist once said that the more incredible the lie, the faster people will believe it. This legend that Russia is planning to attack Europe, the NATO countries, is the same inconceivable lie,” Putin said.

“Everyone understands that this is nonsense. And they deceive their population to ensure the extraction of money from the budget… and to explain failures in the economy.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/619730-putin-nato-rearmament-threat/