Monday, April 4, 2022

Links — 4 Apr 2022 Part 1

A Son of the New American Revolution
Bucha Massacre? A Ukrainian False Flag
Larry C. Johnson | CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering, formerly Deputy Director in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism (1989-1993, and CIA operations (1984-1989)
https://sonar21.com/bucha-massacre-a-ukrainian-false-flag/

Gilbert Doctorow — International relations, Russian affairs
The world is flat: Alleged atrocities in the city of Bucha as latest US-UK-Ukrainian “false flag” operation
Gilbert Doctorow
https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2022/04/04/the-world-is-flat-alleged-atrocities-in-the-city-of-bucha-as-latest-us-uk-ukrainian-false-flag-operation/

India Punchline
Fake news in Kiev heralds cruel April
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador
https://www.indianpunchline.com/fake-news-in-kiev-heralds-cruel-april/

Moon of Alabama
The Bucha Provocation (see the comments for links containing evidence refuting the allegations)
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/04/the-bucha-provocation.html

Parliament Moves, Elections Let Empire Losses Accumulate
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/04/parliament-moves-elections-let-empire-losses-accumulate.html

Asia Times
Blowbacks from Ukraine war will be deadly serious
George Koo retired from a global advisory services firm where he advised clients on their China strategies and business operations. Educated at MIT, Stevens Institute and Santa Clara University, he is the founder and former managing director of International Strategic Alliances. He is currently a board member of Freschfield’s, a novel green building platform.
https://asiatimes.com/2022/04/blowbacks-from-ukraine-war-will-be-deadly-serious/

RayMcGovern.com
The Late-Deceased Paradigm on Russia/China
Ray McGovern, co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, and retired 27-year career CIA whose tasks included preparing and briefing The President’s Daily Brief and leading the Soviet Foreign Policy Branch
https://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2022/04/03/the-late-deceased-paradigm-on-russia-china/

CaitlinJohnstone.com
Pundits Who Advocate Hot War With Russia Are Enemies Of Humanity
Caitlin Johnstone
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/04/04/pundits-who-advocate-hot-war-with-russia-are-enemies-of-humanity/

11 comments:

Kes said...

«If the hospital consultant had not written the letter he did.»

There is also the OPCW carefully wording their press release saying it is a “toxic chemical” (there are very many) with “same toxic properties of a nerve agent” (there are many), explicitly saying that it is a nerve agent; an d stating that there is indication that the two samples are related.

To me it all smells not of false-flag plan, but of a cockup by someone that was then turned into an opportunity to smear the russians with a series of bizarre conspiracy theories pushed by the Conservative Party government.

Sergei, known to be greedy, was dealing in controlled substances to make some money on the side, and Yulia was the courier delivering to him a shipment of fentanyl brought in from Russia, which they handled poorly. This would be one reason why the Skripals are “not available”: they are effectively in some kind of “dark” prison.

«but an FSB mole within Porton Down meant the russki could openly scupper the plot, all along DELIBERATELY peering into CCTV cameras»

My impression is that the two russian were really two random queer tourists on a foreign date who just happened to be in the area at the time, or if (less likely) they were involved, they were part of the gang with which Yulia was working.
They surely weren’t professional spooks on mission.

Peter Pan said...

Hot war with Russia, or a new Minsk Agreement... tough call.

Matt Franko said...

Johnstone :” Pundits Who Advocate Hot War With Russia Are Enemies Of Humanity”

LOL! Then Russia actually STARTS a war (doesn’t just advocate for it) and she takes the Russia side!

Art Degree….

Peter Pan said...

Matt takes the side of TV pundits!

STEM degree...

NeilW said...

There is no historical precedent
To put words in the mouth of the president
There's no such thing as a winnable war
It's a lie we don't believe anymore
Mr. [Biden] says we will protect you
I don't subscribe to this point of view
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too

We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
What might save us me and you
Is that the Russians love their children too

Russians by Sting

Matt Franko said...

I’m not taking sides I’m pointing out the hypocrisy (under-decide) of Johnstone…

I hope they both all kill each other…

You have the number 7 most corrupt nation attacking the number 4 most corrupt nation so who cares…

Number 4 most corrupt nation has compromised the current Democrat administration… see the hunter Biden hard drive from hell…

Peter Pan said...

Caitlin Johnstone is not being hypocritical.

Matt Franko said...

Is she anti war or not? Can she make a decision?

Matt Franko said...

She is anti war if it’s the us and pro war if it’s Russia…

So she is a manifest hypocrite on the war/antiwar issue…

Peter Pan said...

Caitlin Johnstone is not taking sides.

As a citizen of Australia, her antiwar stance would be expressed in Australia politically, and extend to the rest of the world, but only philosophically.

As a Canadian, I would vote to limit Canadian military action to Canadian soil. Vote Canada out of NATO. Any Canadian soldier participating in a foreign war of aggression would be deemed a foreign mercenary, and stripped of their citizenship.

Tom Hickey said...

She is anti war if it’s the us and pro war if it’s Russia… So she is a manifest hypocrite on the war/antiwar issue…


I don't see it that way at all. CJ is a voice of reason. Moreover, she has an extraordinary grasp of the big picture on many levels, and most significantly, also from the spiritual level. Would that she were sitting in the seat of a media pundit like Rachel or Tucker. She gets it and expresses herself very well, articulating even details in the vernacular idiom.

She is against the neoliberal, neoimperial, neocolonial agenda not only because it is wrong morally (world domination through force is a legitimate goal?) but also because it is against the interests of all people, including the people in the countries behind this agenda or supporting it.

As a matter of fact, if the US had used its soft power coming out of WWII intelligently instead of squandering by focusing instead on hard power, the world would have been happy to follow the lead of the US because it would have meant a bigger pie. If the pie had been divided more or less evenly, the US would have seen a huge increase in soft power and could have dominated the agenda with support rather than opposition.

What was the problem? The paradoxes of liberalism that I have often set forth. Economic liberalism because dominant over social and political liberalism, which led to neoliberalism, neoimperialism, and neocolonialism.

It did not have to be this way and it could be fixed now if policy were changed.