RUSSIA
RUSSIA THREATENS ISRAEL AGAINST ARMING UKRAINE [11:59] by David Mark
February 2, 2023 – Prime Minister Netanyahu is receiving enormous pressure from Western powers – especially the United States – to supply Ukraine with the Iron Dome defense system.
This would be an extreme break with Netanyahu’s traditional “neutral” approach to conflicts not directly involving Israel. However, given the fact that Iran is providing advanced drones to Russia to use them against Ukraine – the same drones that are being produced to potentially attack the State of Israel – Russia’s war against Ukraine is increasingly becoming connected with Iran’s obsession with destroying Israel.
This connection does not seem to matter to Putin.
Putin has already warned Israel after the latter supposedly destroyed an advanced drone manufacturing facility near Ifshan, Iran. Now with the latest reports indicating that Israel is mulling sending Ukraine the Iron Dome system – Russia has begun to threaten serious consequences if the deal goes through.
While it’s premature to predict a coming conflict between Russia and Israel – it’s not far fetched to assume Putin will tighten the screws on the Jewish State. Israel it seemed has reckoned that perhaps it’s time for neutrality to drop since Russia already has.
[Ed.: I very much (truly) appreciate Putin’s reminder to Israel not to become as stupid as Portugal. Putin real does not want to have to nuke Israel too! Thanks for the ‘heads-up’, Vlad! But, we already know, Israel IS stupid! They put their trust in technology, and not their Creator…]
2/1/23
Portugal just entered WW3 and made a HUGE mistake, Putin knows it Redacted News
Feb 1, 2023 – Portugal just entered WW3 with the dumbest move imaginable sending 1970’s era Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Putin says that any escalation by NATO countries would open them up to retaliation by Russia. Portugal famously kept its nose out of WW2 to the best of its ability. Now it appears beautiful and peaceful Portugal has a death wish on its hands by kow towing to U.S. and NATO interests. Portugal needs to tell the U.S. and the E.U. to keep their war away from Iberia.
1/30/23
This Time It’s Different Douglas Macgregor
Neither we nor our allies are prepared to fight all-out war with Russia, regionally or globally.
Jan 26, 2023 – Until it decided to confront Moscow with an existential military threat in Ukraine, Washington confined the use of American military power to conflicts that Americans could afford to lose, wars with weak opponents in the developing world from Saigon to Baghdad that did not present an existential threat to U.S. forces or American territory. This time—a proxy war with Russia—is different.
Contrary to early Beltway hopes and expectations, Russia neither collapsed internally nor capitulated to the collective West’s demands for regime change in Moscow. Washington underestimated Russia’s societal cohesion, its latent military potential, and its relative immunity to Western economic sanctions.
As a result, Washington’s proxy war against Russia is failing. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was unusually candid about the situation in Ukraine when he told the allies in Germany at Ramstein Air Base on January 20, “We have a window of opportunity here, between now and the spring,” admitting, “That’s not a long time.”
Alexei Arestovich, President Zelensky’s recently fired advisor and unofficial “Spinmeister,” was more direct. He expressed his own doubts that Ukraine can win its war with Russia and he now questions whether Ukraine will even survive the war. Ukrainian losses—at least 150,000 dead including 35,000 missing in action and presumed dead—have fatally weakened Ukrainian forces resulting in a fragile Ukrainian defensive posture that will likely shatter under the crushing weight of attacking Russian forces in the next few weeks.
Ukraine’s materiel losses are equally severe. These include thousands of tanks and armored infantry fighting vehicles, artillery systems, air defense platforms, and weapons of all calibers. These totals include the equivalent of seven years of Javelin missile production. In a setting where Russian artillery systems can fire nearly 60,000 rounds of all types—rockets, missiles, drones, and hard-shell ammunition—a day, Ukrainian forces are hard-pressed to answer these Russian salvos with 6,000 rounds daily. New platform and ammunition packages for Ukraine may enrich the Washington community, but they cannot change these conditions.
Predictably, Washington’s frustration with the collective West’s failure to stem the tide of Ukrainian defeat is growing. In fact, the frustration is rapidly giving way to desperation.
Beware of war with Russia; it will spell the end of the USA and NATO [18:15] Mike Adams
Why WAR with Russia will spell the END of NATO
1/30/23 – Today we bring you hard-hitting stories and a podcast warning about the cost of going to war with Russia. Should the USA stay on its current path and keep pushing for escalation, it will end badly. Not for Russia, but for NATO and the USA.
War with Russia will not only end NATO, it will likely see the destruction of the United States of America and the fall of the US empire. In today’s podcast, I explain why.
