Leaked documents reveal the BBC and Reuters received secret British government contracts to interfere politically both inside Russia and in nations along Russia’s borders. It is a documented case in reality of everything (and worse) the West has accused Russia of doing in unfounded fiction.
I explain how media organizations like the BBC and Reuters serve more as extensions of Western intelligence services - using journalism as a cover and how they constitute a national security threat to every nation they operate in around the globe including here in Thailand.
Update for Russian military operations in Ukraine for September 14, 2022
- Ukraine’s recent offensive in Kherson remains stalled;
- Ukraine’s advance into Kharkov took place with an absence of Russian forces present;
- Ukraine’s offensive in Kharkov has slowed down as Ukrainian forces meet larger concentrations of Russian and local militia forces;
- Russia hitting Ukrainian electrical infrastructure may signal an escalation beyond its special military operation;
- Ukraine may still launch yet another offensive operation, but likely toward directions with significantly more Russian troops than Kharkov;
- Rumors persist that Russia is receiving drones from Iran and artillery shells and rockets from North Korea - if true it would enable Russia to either increase the intensity of their operation in Ukraine, or extend it for a longer duration;
References:
Washington Post - Wounded Ukrainian soldiers reveal steep toll of Kherson offensive:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/07/ukraine-kherson-offensive-casualties-ammunition/
The New York Times - The Critical Moment Behind Ukraine’s Rapid Advance:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/us/politics/ukraine-russia-pentagon.html
CNN - The rot runs deep in the Russian war machine. Ukraine is exposing it for all to see:
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/13/europe/ukraine-advance-russia-war-analysis-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
War on the Rocks - Ukraine’s Kharkhiv Operation and the Russian Military’s Black Week:
https://warontherocks.com/2022/09/ukraines-kharkhiv-operation-and-the-russian-militarys-black-week/
Ukrinaian Telegram Channel "Legitimniy" Post on Kharkov (translated):
https://t.me/DonbassDevushka/24501 Original: https://t.me/legitimniy/13431
BBC - Ukraine war: What will Russia's losses mean for Putin?:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62879367
Guardian - Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia ‘almost certainly’ getting weapons from Iran and North Korea; Kyiv aims to consolidate gains (LIVE Blog):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/sep/14/russia-ukraine-war-latest-kyiv-aims-to-consolidate-gains-in-kharkiv-biden-says-war-will-be-long-haul-live
Guardian - ‘What is Berlin afraid of?’ Ukraine presses Germany for more military kit:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/13/ukraine-germany-more-military-hardware-counter-offensive
CNN - Russia's retreat in Ukraine won't save Europe from recession this winter:
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/13/economy/europe-economy-ukraine-offensive/index.html
Washington Post - Iran sends first shipment of drones to Russia for use in Ukraine:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/29/iran-drones-russia-ukraine-war/
New York Times - Russia Is Buying North Korean Artillery, According to U.S. Intelligence:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/05/us/politics/russia-north-korea-artillery.html
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Week of 23-29, 2022
Tensions continue to rise between the United States and Russia over Ukraine - a nation the US overthrew the elected government of in 2014 and has attempted to incrementally integrate into its policy of encircling and containing Russia ever since.
Angelo and Brian discuss the background of this conflict, how even the US across its own media admits many of the myths repeated about Russia in the Western media are false and where this might lead.
Inflection is a weekly show featuring Angelo Giuliano and Brian Berletic, discussing recent headlines and in-depth discussion of topics shaping the shift from West to East and unipolarism to multipolarism.
References:
Overview
The University of Chicago - Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer:
https://youtu.be/JrMiSQAGOS4
NATO’s Track Record
DW - Libya still plagued by conflict, 10 years after NATO intervention:
https://www.dw.com/en/libya-still-plagued-by-conflict-10-years-after-nato-intervention/a-56921306
BBC - Europe migrant crisis: Scores die in shipwreck off Libya - UN:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54922965
Atlantic Council - The US can’t fix Afghanistan, but it can still fix NATO:
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-us-cant-fix-afghanistan-but-it-can-still-fix-nato/
NATO’s Expansion After the Cold War
Atlantic Council - Why Europe Whole and Free? (2014):
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/resources/why-europe-whole-and-free/
Economist - Russia’s menacing of Ukraine is unlikely to induce NATO to retreat (NATO expansion map):
https://www.economist.com/img/b/1280/1016/90/sites/default/files/images/print-edition/20220108_FBM994.png
RFE/RL - Did The West Promise Moscow That NATO Would Not Expand? Well, It's Complicated:
https://www.rferl.org/a/nato-expansion-russia-mislead/31263602.html
NED - REMARKS BY CARL GERSHMAN TO THE PARLIAMENT OF LITHUANIA ON DAY OF RESTORATION:
https://www.ned.org/remarks-by-carl-gershman-to-the-parliament-of-lithuania-on-day-of-restoration/
Crimea
Reuters - Commentary: Ukraine’s neo-Nazi problem (2018):
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary-idUSKBN1GV2TY
RFE/RL - Parliament OKs Putin Request To Use Russian Forces In Ukraine:
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-crimea-forces-russian/25281291.html
RFE/RL - Poll: Majority Of Russians Support Crimea Annexation, But Worry About Economic Effects (2019):
https://www.rferl.org/a/poll-majority-of-russians-support-crimea-annexation-but-worry-about-economic-effects/29859570.html
NPR - The view from border city Kharkiv, Ukraine, as Russian troops appear ready to invade:
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/13/1072867402/the-view-from-border-city-kharkiv-ukraine-as-russian-troops-appear-ready-to-inva
RFE/RL - Language Law For Nati
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The US is using multiple artificial crises to justify its continued meddling across the Indo-Pacific region. This includes interfering in nations through which the Mekong River flows - under the basis of “protecting” the environment and human rights.
In reality, the US seeks simply to block infrastructure projects and development - especially in relationship to cooperation with China.
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US State Department - The Mekong-U.S. Partnership and the Friends of the Mekong: Proven Partners for the Mekong Region:
https://www.state.gov/the-mekong-u-s-partnership-and-the-friends-of-the-mekong-proven-partners-for-the-mekong-region/
Mekong-US Partnership - Partners:
https://mekonguspartnership.org/partners/
Mekong-US Partnership - About:
https://mekonguspartnership.org/about/
The Mekong Butterly - Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/TheMekongButterfly/
Bangkok Post - Chinese dams cloud Mekong River relations (by Montree Chantawong):
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2169535/chinese-dams-cloud-mekong-river-relations
Bangkok Post - USAID, the wolf in sheep's clothing in the Mekong: (by Montree Chantawong)
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/1042453/usaid-the-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-in-the-mekong
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The Sun has featured a video - part of the West’s wider war propaganda effort - where something horrendous has been hidden in plain sight - just as it has been across the Western media for the past 8 years regarding Ukraine - and something that Russia has cited as one of several justifications for its current military operations in Ukraine.
References:
The Sun - Reverend prays for victims of war in Ukraine's Borodyanka:
https://youtu.be/QA5yZnxS2zc
Wikicommons - Right Sector Emblem:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Emblem_of_the_Ukrainian_Volunteer_Corps_«Pravyi_sector»-2.svg/1200px-Emblem_of_the_Ukrainian_Volunteer_Corps_«Pravyi_sector»-2.svg.png
The BBC - Profile: Ukraine's ultra-nationalist Right Sector (2014):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857
The BBC - Ukraine: Right Sector threat to Poroshenko's government? BBC News (2015):
https://youtu.be/kvXZbRuR4SY
Norse Mythology for Smart People - THE VEGVISIR:
https://norse-mythology.org/vegvisir/
University of Alberta - White supremacists are misappropriating Norse mythology, says expert:
https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2020/07/white-supremacists-are-misappropriating-norse-mythology-says-expert.html
The Norwegian American - Viking symbols “stolen” by racists:
https://www.norwegianamerican.com/viking-symbols-stolen-racists/
Haaretz - Ukrainian Official Changes Tune on 'Unacceptable' March Honoring SS Unit (2021):
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-ukrainian-official-changes-tune-on-unacceptable-march-honoring-ss-unit-1.9772739
The BBC - Ukraine crisis: Tension over rise of nationalist Yarosh (2015):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32216738
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The US is planning to provoke conflict with China through Taiwan just as it has done to Russia through Ukraine. A similar process of replacing both governments in 2014 and then preparing both territories for war has been underway since.
US policy papers have called for the encirclement and containment of both Russia and China for decades and ultimately, stopping China requires first isolating it from its largest, most powerful ally, Russia.
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References:
Reuters - U.S. approves $100 million sale for Taiwan missile upgrades:
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-approves-100-million-sale-taiwan-missile-upgrades-2022-02-07/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20Feb%207%20(Reuters),threat%20of%20retaliation%20from%20Beijing.
VOA - US Nearly Doubled Military Personnel Stationed in Taiwan This Year:
https://www.voanews.com/a/pentagon-us-nearly-doubled-military-personnel-stationed-in-taiwan-this-year-/6337695.html
US State Department - U.S. Relations With Taiwan:
https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/
Radio Free Asia - U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Proposes New Missile Capabilities to Deter China:
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/usa-missiles-03052021180700.html
RAND Corporation - War with China (Intro, 2016):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1140.html
RAND Corporation - War with China (PDF, 2016):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1100/RR1140/RAND_RR1140.pdf
Taiwan News - Pompeo urges US to help Taiwanese prepare to defend themselves now:
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4472346
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Attempts to "debunk" Russia's Ministry of Defense's claim that it recently found and struck a US-made Ukrainian HIMARS center on "analysis" of the ministry's accompanying video.
While attempts are made to suggest the HIMARS is "just a truck," it clearly is a HIMARS. Why are people attempting to claim otherwise, just as they did when Russia found and destroyed the first M777 howitzers?
References:
GIMP (opensource image editing software): https://www.gimp.org/
Reuters - Russia says it destroyed two U.S. HIMARS in east Ukraine, Kyiv rejects claim (first 2 HIMARS struck): https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-destroyed-two-us-himars-eastern-ukraine-2022-07-06/
Newsweek - Russia Boasts of Destroying Western Weapons in 'Precision' Missile Strikes (third HIMARS struck): https://www.newsweek.com/russia-destroys-western-weapon-himars-long-range-missile-ukraine-war-1725346
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The Pentagon claims that Russian forces are not making progress around the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkov. However, it is clear that Russian forces are not attempting to take the city but instead are occupying the attention of Ukrainian forces there to prevent them from reinforcing the Donbas region - the current primary objective of Russian military planners.
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US Department of Defense - Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing MAY 4, 2022:
https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3020396/senior-defense-official-holds-a-background-briefing/
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Some Western analysts have been providing a more accurate picture of the conflict in Ukraine than the general barrage of Western war propaganda. They seem to agree that:
- There is no path for Ukraine to win militarily;
- Russia is nowhere near as incompetent and ill-prepared as the Western media suggests;
- Russia is not seizing territory because it is waging a war of attrition;
- Ukrainian territorial gains may have appeared “spectacular” but came at the cost of huge losses in men and equipment;
- Russia is bolstering both its manpower and defensive positions;
- The loss of Kharkov and Kherson city has actually left Russia in a more advantageous position, more troops on a shorter line of contact;
- Russian forces fighting in Bakhmut seek to grind Ukrainian forces down, not capture the city from them.
References:
Euromaidan Press - Ukraine to liberate Crimea by end of August 2023 – former commander of US Army in Europe (January 2023):
https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/01/08/ukraine-to-liberate-crimea-by-end-of-august-2023-former-commander-of-us-army-in-europe/
Alexander Mercouris - Russia On Brink of Capturing Soledar, Ukraine Bakhmut Defences Crumble, West Rushes Weapons, Ukraine:
https://youtu.be/QEIsQSoMx1U
Washington Post - Wounded Ukrainian soldiers reveal steep toll of Kherson offensive:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/07/ukraine-kherson-offensive-casualties-ammunition/
NY Times - Defenses Carved Into the Earth:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/14/world/europe/russian-trench-fortifications-in-ukraine.html
Foreign Affairs - Russia’s Rebound, How Moscow Has Partly Recovered From Its Military Setbacks (January 2023):
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/russia-rebound-moscow-recovered-military-setbacks
Russia Matters - What’s Ahead in the War in Ukraine (December 2022):
https://www.russiamatters.org/analysis/whats-ahead-war-ukraine
Royal United Services Institute - The Return of Industrial Warfare (June 2022):
https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/return-industrial-warfare
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Week of 5-9 July, 2021
Inflection is a weekly show featuring Angelo Giuliano and Brian Berletic, discussing recent headlines and in-depth discussion of topics shaping the shift from West to East and unipolarism to multipolarism.
In this episode we take a look at celebrations in China over 100 years of the Communist Party and the accomplishments of China in general over the past century - from an oppressed, humiliated colony of the West, to a global power reversing and constructively building over Western imperialism at home and abroad.
We also take a look at ongoing terrorism and atrocities carried out by the US-backed opposition in Myanmar as well as US airstrikes along the Iraqi-Syrian border.
News:
United Nations in Myanmar - UN in Myanmar Alarmed at Sharp Deterioration of Human Rights Environment:
https://myanmar.un.org/en/131929-un-myanmar-alarmed-sharp-deterioration-human-rights-environment
Reuters - Boycott and bombings mar Myanmar's new school year:
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/boycott-bombings-mar-myanmars-new-school-year-2021-06-02/
Myanmar Now - As spate of killings continues, anti-junta forces warn of more to come:
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/as-spate-of-killings-continues-anti-junta-forces-warn-of-more-to-come
Myanmar Now - Snack vendor accused of acting as military informant shot dead in Insein Township:
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/snack-vendor-accused-of-acting-as-military-informant-shot-dead-in-insein-township
US Department of Defense - Statement by the Department of Defense, June 27, 2021 US airstrikes on Syrian-Iraqi border:
https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2672875/statement-by-the-department-of-defense/
NYT - Iraq Is Caught in the Middle as U.S. and Iran Spar on Its Soil:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/world/middleeast/iraq-us-airstrikes-militias-iran.html
Guardian - Iraq war was illegal and breached UN charter, says Annan:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/16/iraq.iraq
Yahoo News - In leaked email, Clinton claims Saudi and Qatari governments fund ISIS:
https://news.yahoo.com/in-leaked-email-clinton-claims-saudi-and-qatari-governments-fund-isis-221758254.html?guccounter=1
NYT - Behind the Sudden Death of a $1 Billion Secret C.I.A. War in Syria:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/world/middleeast/cia-syria-rebel-arm-train-trump.html
New Yorker - The Redirection:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/03/05/the-redirection
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BBC - CCP 100: Xi warns China will not be 'oppressed' in anniversary speech:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57648236
White House - Remarks by President Biden on America’s Place in the World:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/02/04/remarks-by-president-biden-on-americas-plac
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