Escalation: The Continued Conflict In Kosovo

Since the disintegration of Yugoslavia in the nineties, its former constituent republics have been mired in a state of perpetual conflict.

Nowhere is this more apparent than the contested state of Kosovo.

In 1998, Albanian separatists in the Serbian province of Kosovo i Metohija began a campaign of attacks, with the express objective of creating a unified, ethnically homogenous, Greater Albanian state. Spearheaded by an organization known as the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), which is widely regarded by many nations, including the United States, as a terrorist organization, ethnic Albanian militants attacked Serbian security forces, and terrorized civilians in a brutally violent campaign.

As Newton’s Third Law states, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” When Albanian attacks intensified, Serbian security forces rose to meet them, and the world began to take notice. Already an international pariah state following the recent conflicts in Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia, then known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and controlled by Slobodan Milosevic, found itself on the losing end of a public relations battle. The KLA, playing the role of freedom fighters, managed to find allies in many Western nations, including NATO members. What followed was a coordinated campaign against Milosevic’s Yugoslavia, including a highly controversial 78-day bombing campaign. Following this, hostilities officially ended with the passing of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, which mandated a withdrawal of Serbian forces from Kosovo and the institution of a multinational, United Nation-led peacekeeping force, known as the Kosovo Force (KFOR).

During the interim period between cessation of major hostilities and the unilateral declaration of independence in 2008, the region of Kosovo has witnessed an increase in tensions between Serbs and Albanians. One key occurrence was an anti-Serbian pogrom in 2004, which essentially amounted to an act of ethnic cleansing, according to Admiral Gregory G. Johnson, then commander of NATO forces in southern Europe. Nearly one thousand homes were destroyed, along with some of the most sacred and historic sites in Serbian Orthodoxy. Tensions became even more strained when, ten years on from the onset of hostilities in 1998, Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia, with the tacit approval of many Western nations. This move was and is seen as highly controversial in that it went against the binding UNSC Resolution 1244, which respects Serbian territorial sovereignty and integrity.

https://southfront.org/escalation-the-continued-conflict-in-kosovo/https://southfront.org/escalation-the-continued-conflict-in-kosovo/

Dan Abrams: Michael Flynn Got ‘Railroaded,’ Judge ‘Either Unprepared’ or ‘Vindictive’

ABC News chief legal analyst and Mediaite founder Dan Abrams said Michael Flynn “got railroaded” at his sentencing hearing on Tuesday, calling the district court judge who presided “either unprepared” or “vindictive.”

Abrams addressed the “astonishing hearing” of Flynn — in which the former former national security adviser’s sentencing was postponed to March 13 — on his SiriusXM show on the P.O.T.U.S. channel Tuesday.

“On the whole, I think he was treated unfairly today,” Abrams said of Flynn. “I have sympathy for Michael Flynn now, and it’s fair to say that at this hearing he got railroaded.”

Flynn, who plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia, faced a fierce reprimand from U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan over the course of the dramatic hearing. Sullivan said he was “not hiding my disgust” for Flynn’s crime, telling Flynn “arguably, you sold your country out.” While Abrams criticized Flynn’s team for including language in their sentencing memo that suggested he was entrapped, he said that did not excuse the judge for making unfounded accusations.

Sullivan questioned if prosecutors could have charged Flynn with treason for his work as an unregistered agent of Turkey during the campaign, but later walked back those scathing remarks and apologized — confessing he messed up the timeline of Flynn’s work as an unregistered agent.

Abrams seemed particularly troubled by Judge Sullivan asking prosecutors about treason. “Words matter” Abrams asserted, but noted while he thought Flynn was treated “unfairly,” he did not think it was politically motivated.

“This is a judge who has been appointed to the bench by Reagan, Bush and Clinton,” Abrams said. “I think a lot of people on the right were counting on him to be the savior of Michael Flynn — but it ended up being the opposite today in court.”

“He was either unprepared, or he was just being vindictive,” he asserted.

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/dan-abrams-says-michael-flynn-got-railroaded-at-hearing-judge-either-unprepared-or-vindictive/

Michael Savage 'Being Silenced,' Losing Show to NeverTrumper Ben Shapiro

Michael Savage, America's second most popular radio host, appears to be on the brink of being taken off the air entirely and replaced by NeverTrump neocon Ben Shapiro.

Even though Ben Shapiro has been wrong on every issue and his voice is physically painful to listen to, he pushes the neocon agenda Michael Savage will not and therefor is being handed his show.

From Washington Times, "Michael Savage being silenced by 'corporate censorship,' attorney says":

The voice of New York, come Jan. 7, may be no more.

That’s because WABC, one of the city’s premiere, preeminent stations, is poised to boot Michael Savage — to deplatform him, in broadcast-speak, said his attorney, Daniel Horowitz, in a telephone interview.

[…]According to Horowitz, who said he’s seen “the emails back and forth” between his client, Savage, and the radio powers-who-be, “The Savage Nation” is actually poised to go dark on WABC on Jan. 7.

And not just on WABC: Horowitz said media powerhouses in Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C., are all giving the boot to Savage, as well.

[…]In late 2017, Talk Stream Live listed Savage, with 14.8 million listeners, as the second most-listened to top talk radio voice in the nation, behind only Rush Limbaugh’s 16.5 million listeners — but far ahead of third place Laura Ingraham’s 6.8 million.

[…]Radio Insight reported in September that Westwood One was “shaking up its weekday afternoon Conservative Talk block” and that “Ben Shapiro To Go National As Michael Savage Cuts Back To One Hour.” The release went on to note that Cumulus just “launched Ben Shapiro on six stations in April including a live clearance on 770 WABC New York and delayed clearances on WMAL Washington DC, WLS Chicago, WYAY Atlanta and KABC Los Angeles.”

Ben Shapiro is the establishment's best hope for putting the nationalist genie back in the bottle.

While every anti-establishment voice is being censored, demonetized and deplatformed, Ben Shapiro is being pushed by Google/YouTube's algorithms, given his own show on Fox News and handed Michael Savage's radio show.

http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=59576

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Meadows: Comey Said “Who Cares” When Asked Who Paid For Russia Dossier – Then Falsely Claimed Republicans Paid For It

On Tuesday, the House Judiciary released transcripts from Comey’s second closed-door testimony on Capitol Hill Monday as part of a joint investigation with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committees into the handling of the Clinton email investigation and his involvement in FISAGate.

Comey was defiant and refused to answer questions about the memos he gave to his friend-turned-lawyer Daniel Richman who he authorized to leak to the New York Times.

James Comey also promoted the Democrat talking point — and HUGE LIE that the junk Russia dossier was paid for by Republicans.

Congressman Mark Meadows asked Comey who paid for the junk Russia dossier which was used by the FBI to obtain FISA warrants on Trump campaign advisor Carter Page, and Comey defiantly answered, “Who cares,” then pushed the Democrat lie and said Republicans paid for the dossier.

“So you’re trying to share with this committee — and I want to take you — and that’s why I was asking you to verify this. You expect us to believe that you got notation that a private client is there and that you didn’t — you weren’t inquisitive enough to figure out who the private client was?” Meadows said to Comey referring to omitting Hillary Clinton and the DNC paid for the dossier to hide it from the FISA judges.

Comey responded by saying, “Who cares? It was Republicans opposed to Trump.”

Never Trump Republicans at the Washington Free Beacon told the House Intel Committee in October of 2017 that they gave Fusion GPS money from the fall of 2015 to March or April of 2016 to pay for oppo research against then-candidate Donald Trump.

After the Free Beacon withdrew its funding from Fusion GPS in April of 2016, the DNC picked it up where they left off and continued the anti-Trump research project by paying Fusion GPS.

Christopher Steele didn’t begin compiling memos for his junk Russia dossier until June of 2016, so the Free Beacon never paid for the dossier, but this is a talking point that the Democrats make and Comey echoed it during his Congressional testimony this week.

Comey immediately trashed President Trump and lashed out at Republicans Monday after the testimony. He also refused to take responsibility for the FBI’s tattered reputation under his directorship.

This biased lying leaker used to be the head of our premiere law enforcement agency, let that sink in.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/12/meadows-comey-said-who-cares-when-asked-who-paid-for-russia-dossier-then-falsely-claimed-republicans-paid-for-it/

REPORT: Mueller Prepares More Court Filings on “Trumpworld” Officials For the Crime of Speaking with Russians

According to a new report by the Daily Beast, Robert Mueller is preparing more court filings for people in “Trumpworld” for talking to Russians about allegedly easing US sanctions.

Robert Mueller is an unelected special prosecutor who was never even confirmed by the Senate yet he wields more power than the President of the United States.

How is it in Mueller’s authority to question the Trump administration about their foreign policy decisions?

The Daily Beast reported:

For more than a year, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office has questioned witnesses broadly about their interactions with well-connected Russians. But three sources familiar with Mueller’s probe told The Daily Beast that his team is now zeroing in on Trumpworld figures who may have attempted to shape the administration’s foreign policy by offering to ease U.S. sanctions on Russia.

The Special Counsel’s Office is preparing court filings that are expected to detail Trump associates’ conversations about sanctions relief—and spell out how those offers and counter-proposals were characterized to top figures on the campaign and in the administration, those same sources said.

So Mueller went from hunting for evidence of “Russian collusion” to having an interest in the Trump transition discussing sanctions with Russia.

According to a leak to the Washington Post in February of 2017, General Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian Ambassador Kislyak during the transition — this is not a crime, but Mueller isn’t interested in justice.

Furthermore, the “senior Obama administration official” still has not been prosecuted for unmasking General Flynn and illegally leaking his highly classified intercepts to WaPo.

Now, according to the Daily Beast, Mueller is looking at several other individuals in Trump’s inner circle who were planning on putting pressure on various parts of government to ease sanctions on Russia.

The Obama administration put sanctions on Russia several years ago following its annexation from Crimea and the Trump administration has only increased those sanctions.

The Trump administration didn’t ease sanctions on Russia, but Mueller will still use this topic as another means to intimidate and imprison Trump’s inner circle.

The new Attorney General must immediately put an end to Mueller’s reign as an untouchable King.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/12/report-mueller-prepares-more-court-filings-on-trumpworld-officials-for-speaking-to-russians/

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