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This is kinda crazy. Especially since NATO could wipe Russia off the map.

Putin ally says Ukraine operation "grounds for nuclear attack"​

Ukraine's audacious targeting of major Russian airbases is "grounds for a nuclear attack," a prominent Kremlin propagandist and ally of Russia's President Vladimir Putin has said.

Why It Matters​

Ukraine launched simultaneous attacks on multiple Russian airfields on Sunday in an operation dubbed "Spiderweb," which Kyiv officials said was more than a year and a half in the making.

Ukraine's SBU security service said it had struck four major Russian air bases, largely housing the country's long-range aviation fleet used to carry out extensive strikes on Ukraine and capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

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Ukraine officer tells US that Russia plots big advances​

A Ukrainian military officer told the United States on Wednesday that Russian forces are preparing major advances into next year, including aiming to cut off Black Sea access, as Kyiv pushes for stronger pressure against Moscow.

A senior Ukrainian delegation was visiting Washington just as President Donald Trump said that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin warned him by telephone of major retaliation over a daring Ukraine drone strike deep into Russia.

Colonel Pavlo Palisa, who served on the frontlines until President Volodymyr Zelensky in November named him as deputy head of the president's office, presented what he said were findings from Ukrainian military intelligence.

Speaking to reporters after briefing US lawmakers and officials, Palisa said that Russia has set a goal of seizing by the end of September the entirety of Donetsk and Lugansk -- two of the four regions that Russia has claimed to have annexed, and which feature in a Russian proposal that Ukraine terms an ultimatum.

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Senators Graham & Blumenthal Commit Treason – Martin Armstrong​

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com

Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong is back with another update on his big turn toward war with the fast changing on-again off-again peace negations between Ukraine and Russia. Armstrong had been predicting for months there would be no peace deal in Ukraine, and the war cycle would turn up in May and again at the beginning of June. That happened with the massive Ukrainian drone attack on a strategic Russian airbase deep behind its borders. Reportedly, 41 Russian military aircraft were destroyed. Armstrong and his “Socrates” computer proved spot on—again. The White House says President Trump knew nothing about the attack, but others did and did not warn him. Armstrong says, “I checked with three separate sources, and everybody says, no, Trump did not know about the Ukraine drone attack on Russia. . . . Ukraine President Zelensky says, ‘We did this all by ourselves.’ Wrong. That’s a lie. Then he says they informed the United States, and didn’t say anything about Europe. Europe are the ones behind this. What I have heard is that Zelensky said this hoping that Putin would believe this BS and retaliate against the United States. That would drag us into war. This is what this is all about.”

Armstrong says he’s been talking to high level sources in Washington trying to get the US out of NATO. He’s making headway and says, “I was on phone calls with people in the House on Sunday. I was told there is not going to be any money for Ukraine, and the Republican caucus was anti Zelensky. I was actually told, we agree with you, and we should exit NATO.”

Why is Europe and Germany pushing for war so hard? Armstrong says, “Why is Germany so gung ho on war? . . . . Germany is 25% of the EU and, believe it or not, Germany is at risk of default. There are only two countries shrinking in size of their economies in the world, and they are Japan and Germany. . .. Germany is in serious trouble.”

Just before the attack on Russian air assets, Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal were in Ukraine to meet with President Zelensky. Armstrong says, “I was told, they told Ukraine don’t pay attention to Trump. Graham said he has the Republicans in his pocket, and we will fund the war. That’s what he was saying. Look, this is treason. This is treason. The two of them should be locked up and be put on trial for treason. They have no power whatsoever to overrule the President of the United States in foreign policy.”

Senators Graham and Blumenthal knew about the attack ahead of time and did not warn the President because, “They want war–and Trump does not,” said Armstrong. Again, Armstrong says, “They committed treason.”

Armstrong says forget about the talk of a collapse of the US economy or collapse of the US dollar. War in Europe is driving money into the United States for safe haven. Armstrong says, “I have clients with trillion-dollar portfolios. Where the hell are you going to put the money? They have to come here. People don’t understand that. If you have never traded big money, you are oblivious how things really work. . .. Ten years ago, there would be a crisis in some part of the world at a time. Now, it’s like everyplace.”

In closing, Armstrong says, “There is no possible peace deal. If I was Putin I would not agree. Why? It is Europe that is the adversary. They are stabbing Trump in the back every chance they get. . .. Trump is going to have to stand against Europe. That is the only possible way here. . .. They want war.”

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The Deep State Is Still Sabotaging Presidential Policies​

Ambassador M.K. Bhadrakumar reminds us of subtle maneuvers by deep state actors to sabotage presidential policies.

When a U.S. spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union President Dwight Eisenhower had not be informed about its real mission. The CIA claimed that it had been a weather plane that went off course after its pilot was incapacitated. The president repeated that tale.

The Soviets then published that the wreckage of the U-2 spy plane had been recovered and the pilot captured alive. The Soviets were miffed of being lied to and Eisenhower's attempt of detente with them failed.

Bhadrakumar sees a parallel in the recent Ukrainian drone attacks on strategic bomber on several Russian air field.

President Trump, in a call with the Russian president Putin, claimed that the U.S. had had no knowledge of the attack. That is, as several former CIA members confirm, implausible. The operation had been the making for 18 month which means that it had been initiated under President Biden. U.S. and/or British intelligence was certainly involved in designating the targets.

It seem that Trump, like Eisenhower before him, was not informed and thus embarrassed himself.

While Trump was talking with Putin Russian officials warned that deep state forces within the U.S. have not changed their anti-Russian aims:

Moscow should take very seriously reports that certain circles in the United States want to see Russia destroyed, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said at a news conference at TASS ..
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General Mike Flynn@GenFlynn
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Jun 4
1. While most of America remains blissfully uninformed by our establishment press, the world's two greatest superpowers are being manipulated by Dark Forces inside and outside our government, into a major military confrontation that no country wants, and no sane person would ever want.

2. I have no role in the Trump Administration, but over a long career in the active uniformed military, specifically military intelligence, I have made it a point to cultivate many sources of information around the world. From what I can piece together, I want to share my deep concerns about who is behind this march to war, and my recommendations for how our nation and the West can avoid a major military confrontation with Russia.

3. I believe that the American Deep State is staffed by those with a deep, visceral, and irrational hatred for Russia, and these persons have conspired to box in President Trump's decision making through the Russiagate Hoax. During the time the Soviet Union was expanding and infiltrating our government, I was an outspoken anti-communist, but, despite the lies told by our Deep State, Russia is not the Soviet Union and Putin is not Stalin. Even today, years after the Russiagate Hoax has been exposed, President Trump's efforts to bring peace are met with resistance. The Establishment Press, deeply influenced and even sometimes controlled by our Deep State, labeled President Trump and those who work for him "Putin's Puppets" to goad him into taking unwarranted and aggressive steps against Russia. These voices from the establishment press reflect the views of the Deep State, not the American People, and not the MAGA movement, and should be completely disregarded, if not mocked.

4. During almost all of the post-World War II period, and certainly since the establishment of the CIA in 1947, these unelected dark establishment forces have acted to destabilize the world, bringing death, famine, assassinations, violence, coups, riots, revolutions, and destruction to our planet. Currently, these forces are working to provoke Russia into a major --- perhaps a final --- military conflict with the West.

5. This provocation has many forms. Most recently, it involves the surprise drone attack on the Russian federation strategic arsenal, said to affect 40 bombers, or about a third of Russia's strategic bomber fleet. Since Russian and American strategic bombers are generally required by agreement to be visible to satellite surveillance, never before has anyone engaged in an attack on these visible targets. If Russian bombers can be attacked with impunity, so can American bombers. By this action, the Ukrainian Government has not just weakened Russia, it has jeopardized America. Thus, those in the Ukrainian government who ordered these strikes have made themselves enemies not just of Russia, but of the United States. Making matters worse, this unwarranted attack was followed by Ukrainian attacks on the Kerch Strait Bridge connecting Russia and Crimea.

6. I do not believe that the recent escalation against Russia's strategic bomber fleet was authorized by or coordinated with President Trump. Rather, it is my view that the Deep State is now acting outside of the control of the elected leadership of our nation. I believe that these persons in our Deep State are engaged in a deliberate effort to provoke Russia into a major confrontation with the West, including the United States. The time is now to take aggressive action against those who abuse their authority as government employees to manipulate the elected leadership of our nation.

7. Growing up in an Irish Democrat family in Rhode Island, I was only about five when John Kennedy was assassinated, but our family viewed John Kennedy as a hero. Not just for my family, one of our most beloved Presidents, John F. Kennedy, in 1961, found himself manipulated by earlier versions of these same Deep State forces when they attempted to manipulate President Kennedy to launch Air Force planes to attack Cuba after the failed invasion, resulting in an open conflict with both Cuba and the Soviet Union. In President Kennedy's June 1963 speech at American University declaring his vision of peace with the Soviet Union, he declared himself to be an enemy of this Deep State, which by all indications then retaliated by participating in his assassination five months later in Dallas. The American Deep State is not only a threat to peace, but a threat to the President.

8. President Trump has already faced at least two assassination attempts. If there is one person who I believe has the character and love for our nation to rid our government of these forces, it is President Trump. After the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, President Trump displayed the type of personal courage that those of us who have served in the military deeply admire. With great affection for the President, I now urge him to risk the wrath of the Deep State once again by taking actions to purge enemies of our nation within our agencies and departments. Removing such persons from power is absolutely necessary to achieve the type of peace he described during his campaign and the beginning of his Administration.

9. Once President Kennedy realized he was being manipulated, and opposed because he sought peace, he removed Allen Dulles as Director of Central Intelligence, and several of his assistants. I urge President Trump to immediately clean house of any in government who had prior knowledge of or participated in any way in the Ukrainian attack on the Russian federation strategic bombers, and to go further by immediately declaring an end to any support for the Ukraine War. President Trump is right: this is not "his" War. I urge him to recall all open and covert military and other government personnel from Ukraine. I urge him to have all those personnel removed and interrogated by the FBI or the military to learn of their possible participation in unauthorized military activities. Any Americans who have aided and abetted Ukraine's attacks should be investigated for violation of American law, and prosecuted as necessary.

10. I also believe President Trump should distance himself from certain Western leaders such as German Chancellor Fred Merz, who have acted and spoken in an irresponsible manner with respect to the Ukraine War. If there are countries in Europe who wish to provide military assistance to Ukraine, that is their concern, and they should not be surprised by President Putin’s response to their actions against Russia. If such leaders want to lead their nations to war by persisting in such irresponsible behavior, they will go it alone.

11. I urge President Trump to also distance himself from demonstrated war mongers in our own government, chief among whom is U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham. Those who love wars fought by others are no friends of America, and have no entitlement to be friends of the President.

12. Finally, I urge the American people to stand prayerfully and resolutely with President Trump as he cleans house and acts in pursuit of the type of peace which President Kennedy embraced. Peace is not the normal state of man. Freedom requires a price be paid by every generation. It is time to recommit our nation to both.
 
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