a lie to Gorbachev; I do not say James Baker III intentionally lied, but Putin is clear, no Ukraine in NATO threatening his borders; if same happened for USA, I would want USA to bomb whomever
Oreshik is as powerful as nuclear bomb less the radiation. This is a huge problem for NATO , it drops from space using the force of gravity this missile system is unstoppable able to eliminate the aircraft carrier, and America do not have it. This invasion would not happen if Ukraine gave up on becoming part of NATO
They're both incompetent and have an agenda. The neolibs and neocons are also ideologues. The best among the US leaders are the opportunistic psychopaths. They at least are flexible and can be reasoned with. The ideologues have much in common with those who mandated the vaxx.
100% agree Dr. A, the West and Nato have pushed and pushed. Look how many countries have been added to NATO since Baker stated that. We replaced the Russia friendly leader in Ukraine with puppet Zelensky. Lied about the Minsk agreement giving Ukraine time to build military. We then supplied/trained and provided money. We build bioweapon labs in Ukraine. We state over and over We will not give X weapon then always do. Remember when tanks were a huge deal?
We now and have provided for free daily recon flights with drones (we've lost about 5 or 6) and USAF recon jets, nuke sniffers, etc. All along the Russia border, daily for over 1000 days. We provide targeting info so Ukraine can sink Russian ships and the targeting info for much more. We have Americans inside Ukraine along with other NATO countries. Even Putins home was targeted.
Yes imagine if Russia put nuclear missiles in Mexico and Canada.
Wouldn't surprise if Mexico someday allows it or Chinese missiles.
China just opened a huge port in Peru. We ARE being encroached We just allow it to happen. Why are we not doing everything possible to get Cuba on our side?? What if half the money we spent on Ukraine was spent on Cuba getting them an allie?
What happens when Russia puts some S400 or there newest S450/500 systems there or some hypersonic systems?
Now that Russia has achieved military superiority over the US and has become the most powerful nation on earth, watch as allegiances around the world shift. Many countries only support the US out of fear of US military aggression and expansionism and will not want to be on the side of a loser. That the US is attempting to provoke WWIII from a position of weakness is very dangerous. Machiavelli said it is better to be feared than loved and the US has operated according to that principle. However, Machiavelli also said that the absolute worst position to be in is hated and not feared.
what stunned me about the Oreshnik as I tried to understand it is that it can go near 10,000 miles and hit a target within 100 yards...of target...think about that...and there today is no response to it...
No, you GOPe types are the communists. It's in your genes. It goes back to Lincoln and his links to Marx and the socialists in his inner circle and the Socialist speeches in the Illinois House.
Lincoln? Lincoln? Dude, you’ve listened to too much Alex Jones, the conspiracy nut job. Get outta your rabbit hole. You’re a loon and demonstrate it better on your own with bullshit replies like this…better than I could by commenting any further, the more you type any response to what I say here or otherwise. LMAO
Ukraine isn't America's responsibility. Time to end the war. Biden pushing for 18 yo now. Ridiculous. Can't Ukrainians see NATO is using Ukraine? Probably 1000000 dead in Ukraine some say.
THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN GORBACHOV AND REALET GAN, AND IF THE. FUCKING NEO CONS HAVE BROKEN THAT AGREEMENT THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACC OUNTABLE -DID YOU HEAR ME YOU MOTHER FUCKER JOHN BOLTON-?
Ukraine falls? It’s Lithuania next…then Poland. We, the U.S. is totally ignoring that we are being squeezed out by countries very near us are being taken over by Communist dictators. Cuba, already, but look at South America, Central America. Our country is being slowly surrounded by communist regimes. Canada’s Trudeau is in the Communist camp. Chinese troops have been there for years….but, sadly, the American public has this false sense of security that we would never succumb to an invasion, or overthrow.
Doc, I love your content but you lose my respect when you post anything that the convicted pedophile, former UN weapons inspector, and now, pro Russia, pro Putin propagandist Scott Ritter spews. Same goes for the Libertarian, former judge, Andrew Napolitano who also spews pro Russia propaganda these days…
DS, I did not post in support of Ritter, I post to share what the discussion is...he gets lots of play and the hope is to learn...I listen to learn, I may not even agree...I have no respect for Napolitano as he was anti Trump for a long time playing a game. not too smart. IMO. but I love any and everyone to share here...also, ANW is one of the smartest folk around I have found...you too yet we must allow each other to opine and not take it personally...
personally I listen and find some of what he says to be informative...I also never did a deep dive into him, I dont usually...I listen now and if it is good I share...I found that interview to be interesting
Adam (DS) is a sophist who uses a variety of fallacies such as the red herring, argumentum ad hominem etc because he can't rebut Ritter's arguments about Ukraine and Russia. Ritter is a former Marine Captain who worked in Intel then became a weapons inspector. He exposed US lies about Iraqi WMDs. Interestingly, Ritter is a RINO like Adam. He's a Republican who voted for Bush in 2000. That doesn't necessarily mean he's a pedophile, although a lot of RINOS are.
Adam? LOL again, the name is not Adam. Your search failed.
Ah well, I already posted plenty of sources about Ritter in my reply to Doc Alexander this A.M. News reports from Faux News, Reuters, Euro News as well as Trevor Louden’s own research via his site Key Wiki, into Ritter and there’s lot of footnotes and links there alone to spend time looking about Ritter’s past.
After Ritter exposed US lies about WMDs he was set up in an internet sting. It was claimed he engaged in sexual behaviors online with a police officer, while believing that the officer was a 15yo girl. He claimed he did not do so and pleaded not guilty to what he claimed was a weaponized charge but was found guilty and served a term of imprisonment.
Recall that Trump has also been the subject of weaponized charges and that Trump was wrongfully found guilty by a jury. It's possible that Ritter is an ephebophile, which would be reprehensible, but that is irrelevant to the fact that his arguments about Russia and Ukraine are sound and that DS cannot rebut them.
Look him up. He was caught soliciting a minor for sex. And just a while back, he and his daughter were invited and went to Russia. Hmmmm. That throws up a red flag to me. Not you?
Pretty clear to me that he’s a Russian asset these days. The Russians are great at deception and blackmailing folks they need to push their agenda. Americans are clueless about KGB defectors that warned us long ago. Russia ain’t our friend. Putin is our enemy. Period.
You would support political opinions of someone who is a murderer? What a twisted argument.
Ritter is a convicted pedophile. Look it up.
You’d trust his political opinions so much that you’d leave one of your own children alone with him? I’m betting you wouldn’t. No one with any sense would.
You see, this is the type of individual that the FSB (successor to the KGB) can use, even blackmail, especially a high profile, former U.S. weapons inspector, and now sex criminal. The agents use this leverage against this type of individual into doing or saying whatever they need and in Ritter’s case, he pushes the Kremlin narrative, pro Russia, Pro Putin. Was he recruited, bribed, possibly blackmailed into speaking pro Russia, pro Putin narratives?
You, and anyone reading this, should read KGB defector literature which helps to explain the strategies of our enemies. Most Americans don’t know any of this because it isn’t taught in school and a lot of the main media sources they view or listen to are in on the same Communist strategies. And the Russians are still using propaganda to sway public opinion via the Scott Ritters, Tucker Carlson’s, Douglas Macgregors today, most certainly regarding Ukraine.
KGB defector A. Golitsyn warned US officials 40+ years ago, and much of what he told our own security experts has happened…same as Stanislav Lunev, and Sergei Tretyakov, aka Comrade J”.
Former KGB officer Anatoliy Golitsyn explained in his book “New Lies For Old” that the “fall of the Soviet Union” was a deception.
Read “Comrade J” (aka Sergei Tretyakov) by Pete Earley. Tretyakov directed all Russian spy action in New York and oversaw all covert operations against the U.S. and its allies. He recruited spies, planted Russian agents, penetrated U.N. and U.S. security, and manipulated events that influenced American policy, under the direct leadership of Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin.
Read what Stanislav Lunev tells and warns in “Through the Eyes of the Enemy”.
The Cold War didn’t end. Our country and leadership since Nixon have been duped into building up our 2 main enemies (Russia, China) to what they are today. Militarily superior. And propaganda via the likes of Ritter is just part of their strategy that has been going on 50+ years.
I’m saying even if you agree with Ritter and Napolitano here in your link/story, be aware that this was probably planned out to deceive and to get a response of “See? Scott Ritter thinks like I do. I believe him.”
And then down the road when he comes out with a different take on a recent event, more pro Russia, Putin talking points? You take it as truthful and never verify.
Doctor Alexander, you didn’t know of Ritter’s past? You already admitted you don’t like Napolitano for his own past and remarks about Trump…
One US president had a letter opener that was made from a dead Japanese soldier's arm. Just like a serial killer trophy. Most US president's have been mass murderers. Ted Bundy was an aspiring US politician. He was a delegate to the RNC convention and if he was still around today would almost certainly share your views.
You know what, DS, whether you shoot the messenger or not, many of us have followed and are aware of these FACTS. You can’t change facts by character assassination whether true or false. Character assassination almost worked in this election. But folks saw behind the flimsy curtain this time. They won’t be easily fooled again by “attack the man,” rather than deal with FACTS.
All the FACTS in the above video are from documented, original sources, and not Scott Ritter’s opinion. He merely researched events.
So, Barbara Riley, you’re defending a Scott Ritter after the fact that it has been confirmed Ritter IS a convicted felon here in the U.S.? You have children? grandchildren? Doesn’t make ya a bit unsettled that this guy is spewing political viewpoints nowadays that saddle up to our country’s enemy, ie, Russia? Trust his words? Ritter is a pro Putin, pro Russia stooge, anti Ukraine, that has been influenced, possibly blackmailed into public support of whatever the Kremlin’s propaganda machine says to do in defense of their own political stance on Ukraine or otherwise.
Wake up. Research KGB defectors as I already posted.
Putin is a Communist. Period. He wants to destroy America, as does his Kremlin handlers/hardliners. But all you see is media reports on how he’s a Christian and he is anti gay, and on and on and on…the same things you might believe as well….and yet, you are too lazy to verify anything I just typed and said. Propaganda
But hey, you’re just like the majority of Americans these days…lazy… just trust whatever they’re told via media personalities via your Leftist controlled Faux News?
All you have is ad hominem Adam. So two can blame your game. Why don't you talk about your "Man Boy Love Association" buddies in the Lincoln Project? Why don't you talf about Lincoln's links to Karl Marx? Why don't you talk about Lindsey Graham's predilections. Why don't you talk about John McStain supporting jihadists. Why don't you talk about the stolen value of a chickenhawk Colonel on the J6 Unselect Committee pretending to be a war hero when he spent most of his National Guard service transporting frozen chickens? You are correct about one thing, which is that the US is a communist country. American values of child transgenderism, pride parades, after school satan clubs, islamization etc, which have infested the EU and NAZO, are communist values, but they are not the values of Putin or Russia. Remember when, according to an epidemiological study in The Lancer, the US butchered up to nearly a million elderly, children, women and other civilians, mostly, in Iraq while pursuing non-existent WMDs and setting the stage for islamisation and the rise of ISIS? Remember when NAZO, led by the US backed the al-Qaeda linked Kosovo Liberation Front and bombed Serbia in order to establish an Islamic state in the heart of Europe? You're not so brave now when you're up against a country that has more powerful weapons than the US has. You will never get your greedy hands on Russia's mineral resources. Putin is under no illusions about what the country best known for Mai Lai and Abu Ghraib really stands for. Fortunately not all Americans are like you neocons with your sadism, murder and degeneracy.
One last thought towards another of your many ignorant comments on this thread….you said
“….you are correct about one thing, which is that the US is a communist country.” “American values of child transgenderism, pride parades, after school satan clubs, islamization etc, which have infested the EU and NAZO, are communist values, but they are not the values of Putin or Russia….”
The U.S. is NOT A COMMUNIST COUNTRY. Again, you push more propaganda and lies.
You really want to know why we have problems with the immoral societal issues you mentioned earlier?
Answer:
The woke culture. Transgender rights, pronouns, critical race theory, pornography in the elementary school libraries. All the product of the Communists (Russia, China) who have successfully infiltrated our own society and institutions. They have infused all this immorality in their quest to destroy America. McCarthy was right all along.
So, communism, courtesy Russia (and China) is the real threat, the real problem, the real source of the breakdown of our own society here.
And you willfully spew half truth….sew disinformation and Communist propaganda when you say these “are not the values of Putin or Russia”.
The whole truth is, Communist, totalitarian regimes kill any and all that subscribe to your above examples. That’s the real reason Putin and Russia don’t have “child transgenderism, pride parades, after school satan clubs, islamization”.
They are not tolerated in a totalitarian state. They are killed. Period.
So, again, you push pure propaganda, disinformation when you accuse America of being a communist country.
The US is not totalitarian, not communist? LMFAO! Although I don't approve of what Snowden did, he exposed the US for what it is. The KGB and the Stasi were nothing compared to the overreach of the US secret police security surveillance state and the Marxist roots of the US have been well documented by historians. It is you who is the propagandist and too brainwashed to face reality.
I will say this again….as I have posted on your own previous Substack topics that lean pro Putin, pro Russia. Read defector literature!
Putin, China - want to destroy the West, the U.S.
Putin wants to reestablish the old Soviet Union. He works “behind the scenes” with the Chinese in their long term strategy to destroy the U.S. Their allied effort is known as “One Clenched Fist” and its mission is destroy America. Once America falls, the world will succumb to total communist control.
50+ years ago, KGB Soviet defectors warned us of all of this. Read the book “Comrade J” aka Sergei Tretyakov
who directed all Russian spy action in New York and oversaw all covert operations against the U.S. and its allies. He recruited spies, planted Russian agents, penetrated U.N. and U.S. security, and manipulated events that influenced American policy, under the direct leadership of Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin.
Former KGB officer Anatoliy Golitsyn explained in his book “New Lies For Old” that the “fall of the Soviet Union” was a deception. By convincing the West that they wanted to end communist rule and embrace capitalism, this ruse convinced the West (America) to invest in Russia’s rebuild in the late 80’s and early 90’s. As a result, the Russians got Western trade, and technology…all used to build up their own military in their long range strategy to take the advantage and defeat America.
China pulled the same deceptive moves courtesy President Nixon along with help of his Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The U.S. began investing heavily in building up China.
Basically, for 50+ years, the U.S. has been responsible in building up our 2 main enemies.
THE COLD WAR NEVER ENDED.
The U.S. (courtesy bureaucrats and elected officials) continue to sign away the security and safety of the American people with worthless treaties to eliminate our own nuclear weapons…the U.S., under Democrat (and communist controlled) Presidents since Bill Clinton, have agreed to decrease our own nuclear weapons arsenal while the Russians and Chinese never hold to any agreement. Once again, Deception. (And ignorance of our own “leaders”)
Today? Both China and Russia have overtaken us in numbers of nukes in their arsenals and capabilities of launching those weapons. Americans just keep trusting their elected officials in guaranteeing our safety and well being, oblivious of the creep of Communism. You really want to know why we have problems with the woke culture? Transgender rights, pronouns, critical race theory, pornography in the elementary school libraries?
Answer: The creep of Communism into our own society and institutions, not to mention government agencies. McCarthy was right all along.
So, contrary to what some of your sources here on this thread have stated …. communism and Russia (and China) are the real threat, the real problem, the real source of the breakdown of our own society today.
Russia uses the narrative/topic of escalating nuclear war via Ritter to scare you and others into a favorable view of Putin and his regime and to believe that they were justified in invading a sovereign state 2014 and 2022 “to keep NATO from expanding”.
I find it interesting that you and others here continue to defend your Russian stooge who parrots the Russians regarding Ukraine. A stooge who is a convicted criminal.
Scott Ritter today pushes pro Putin, pro Russia propaganda and narratives. Propaganda mixes a small bit of truth with a whole lot of lies and disinformation to fool the masses.
Conservative minded Americans are being fed propaganda regarding Ukraine on a grand scale via media here.
Trump:
“Every time Zelensky comes to the United States, he walks away with $100 billion. I think he's the greatest salesman on earth,” The Donald claimed Tuesday in Georgia.
Donald, it is your democratic right to suggest another U.S. policy on Ukraine. You live in a free country. Which incidentally is what the Ukrainians are sacrificing their lives for. But you making the Ukrainians out to be gangsters only after American tax payers' money - only because it suits your political agenda - is not OK, Donald. It is base, vil even.
Refuting the crazy figures you throw around, Donald, is, in fact, fairly easy. I will use real, adult figures, Donald, as those provided by The Kiel Institute for the World Economy, generally recognised as the authority on these matters:
* No Donald, the U.S. has not given Ukraine $300 billion, as you claimed yesterday. You are wrong by a factor of 4. That's pretty poor math, Donald.
* Total U.S. assistance since the war started 2.5 years ago - all, military, humanitarian and financial aid included - is $75 billion (not 300).
* And no, Donald, the Europeans are not “dodging their commitments”, in the same period Europe has contributed $110 billion to Ukraine.
* To compare commitments, Denmark spends 1.8% of its GDP to support Ukraine, the Baltic countries almost as much – while the U.S.A. only spends 0.3% of its GDP on Ukraine. The U.K. 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.
Those are the REAL NUMBERS, Donald.
On this blog, we have in recent months published several materials analysing and fact checking Donald Trump’s utterances on Ukraine as well as looking into what Americans think and say about Ukraine, have a look at our archive:
Oreshnik is akin to nuclear weapons
that powerful
Oreshik is as powerful as nuclear bomb less the radiation. This is a huge problem for NATO , it drops from space using the force of gravity this missile system is unstoppable able to eliminate the aircraft carrier, and America do not have it. This invasion would not happen if Ukraine gave up on becoming part of NATO
Putin has no need now for nuclear weapons
The Oreshnik is just as effective without the “side effects “ and the west is powerless to stop it…
And to think we were told via the MSM 2 years ago that Russia was reduced to taking chips from washing machines for weapons
The west has been asleep, worrrying about DEI, woke, net zero whilst others get on with out classing the west.
Our leaders are incompetent.
boom
More likely they have an agenda.
yes
They're both incompetent and have an agenda. The neolibs and neocons are also ideologues. The best among the US leaders are the opportunistic psychopaths. They at least are flexible and can be reasoned with. The ideologues have much in common with those who mandated the vaxx.
boom "The best among the US leaders are the opportunistic psychopaths. "
Issue is nuclear is the top threat, not the oreshnik. So just another step in escalation the West ignores. Maybe Russia has another big move b4 nukes?
100% agree Dr. A, the West and Nato have pushed and pushed. Look how many countries have been added to NATO since Baker stated that. We replaced the Russia friendly leader in Ukraine with puppet Zelensky. Lied about the Minsk agreement giving Ukraine time to build military. We then supplied/trained and provided money. We build bioweapon labs in Ukraine. We state over and over We will not give X weapon then always do. Remember when tanks were a huge deal?
We now and have provided for free daily recon flights with drones (we've lost about 5 or 6) and USAF recon jets, nuke sniffers, etc. All along the Russia border, daily for over 1000 days. We provide targeting info so Ukraine can sink Russian ships and the targeting info for much more. We have Americans inside Ukraine along with other NATO countries. Even Putins home was targeted.
Yes imagine if Russia put nuclear missiles in Mexico and Canada.
Wouldn't surprise if Mexico someday allows it or Chinese missiles.
China just opened a huge port in Peru. We ARE being encroached We just allow it to happen. Why are we not doing everything possible to get Cuba on our side?? What if half the money we spent on Ukraine was spent on Cuba getting them an allie?
What happens when Russia puts some S400 or there newest S450/500 systems there or some hypersonic systems?
What if they already have??
Now that Russia has achieved military superiority over the US and has become the most powerful nation on earth, watch as allegiances around the world shift. Many countries only support the US out of fear of US military aggression and expansionism and will not want to be on the side of a loser. That the US is attempting to provoke WWIII from a position of weakness is very dangerous. Machiavelli said it is better to be feared than loved and the US has operated according to that principle. However, Machiavelli also said that the absolute worst position to be in is hated and not feared.
stunning
what stunned me about the Oreshnik as I tried to understand it is that it can go near 10,000 miles and hit a target within 100 yards...of target...think about that...and there today is no response to it...
AwakeNotWoke= Pro Communist, pro Putin, pro Russia propaganda.
No, you GOPe types are the communists. It's in your genes. It goes back to Lincoln and his links to Marx and the socialists in his inner circle and the Socialist speeches in the Illinois House.
https://open.substack.com/pub/matthewehret/p/new-film-like-a-phoenix-the-death?r=18h3vn&utm_medium=ios
Lincoln? Lincoln? Dude, you’ve listened to too much Alex Jones, the conspiracy nut job. Get outta your rabbit hole. You’re a loon and demonstrate it better on your own with bullshit replies like this…better than I could by commenting any further, the more you type any response to what I say here or otherwise. LMAO
Ukraine isn't America's responsibility. Time to end the war. Biden pushing for 18 yo now. Ridiculous. Can't Ukrainians see NATO is using Ukraine? Probably 1000000 dead in Ukraine some say.
You're fucked in the head which is probably why you have it planted so far up your ass. You're completely delusional.
It's nothing persona You'd probably be a really nice guy if you weren't so brainwashed.l
https://open.substack.com/pub/matthewehret/p/new-film-like-a-phoenix-the-death?r=18h3vn&utm_medium=ios
THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN GORBACHOV AND REALET GAN, AND IF THE. FUCKING NEO CONS HAVE BROKEN THAT AGREEMENT THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACC OUNTABLE -DID YOU HEAR ME YOU MOTHER FUCKER JOHN BOLTON-?
boom...they tried to fuck Gorbachev
Wish you had an easy way to post on X
Ukraine falls? It’s Lithuania next…then Poland. We, the U.S. is totally ignoring that we are being squeezed out by countries very near us are being taken over by Communist dictators. Cuba, already, but look at South America, Central America. Our country is being slowly surrounded by communist regimes. Canada’s Trudeau is in the Communist camp. Chinese troops have been there for years….but, sadly, the American public has this false sense of security that we would never succumb to an invasion, or overthrow.
https://open.substack.com/pub/matthewehret/p/new-film-like-a-phoenix-the-death?r=18h3vn&utm_medium=ios
Doc, I love your content but you lose my respect when you post anything that the convicted pedophile, former UN weapons inspector, and now, pro Russia, pro Putin propagandist Scott Ritter spews. Same goes for the Libertarian, former judge, Andrew Napolitano who also spews pro Russia propaganda these days…
DS, I did not post in support of Ritter, I post to share what the discussion is...he gets lots of play and the hope is to learn...I listen to learn, I may not even agree...I have no respect for Napolitano as he was anti Trump for a long time playing a game. not too smart. IMO. but I love any and everyone to share here...also, ANW is one of the smartest folk around I have found...you too yet we must allow each other to opine and not take it personally...
.you have lots of good important things to say...we can seriously disagree and leave it there.
So the smear campaign against Scott Ritter caught you in its web.
personally I listen and find some of what he says to be informative...I also never did a deep dive into him, I dont usually...I listen now and if it is good I share...I found that interview to be interesting
Adam (DS) is a sophist who uses a variety of fallacies such as the red herring, argumentum ad hominem etc because he can't rebut Ritter's arguments about Ukraine and Russia. Ritter is a former Marine Captain who worked in Intel then became a weapons inspector. He exposed US lies about Iraqi WMDs. Interestingly, Ritter is a RINO like Adam. He's a Republican who voted for Bush in 2000. That doesn't necessarily mean he's a pedophile, although a lot of RINOS are.
@ANW
Adam? LOL again, the name is not Adam. Your search failed.
Ah well, I already posted plenty of sources about Ritter in my reply to Doc Alexander this A.M. News reports from Faux News, Reuters, Euro News as well as Trevor Louden’s own research via his site Key Wiki, into Ritter and there’s lot of footnotes and links there alone to spend time looking about Ritter’s past.
After Ritter exposed US lies about WMDs he was set up in an internet sting. It was claimed he engaged in sexual behaviors online with a police officer, while believing that the officer was a 15yo girl. He claimed he did not do so and pleaded not guilty to what he claimed was a weaponized charge but was found guilty and served a term of imprisonment.
Ritter was convicted. BTW, you keep addressing me as “Adam”. Not sure where that came from as once again you are wrong, lol
Recall that Trump has also been the subject of weaponized charges and that Trump was wrongfully found guilty by a jury. It's possible that Ritter is an ephebophile, which would be reprehensible, but that is irrelevant to the fact that his arguments about Russia and Ukraine are sound and that DS cannot rebut them.
Look him up. He was caught soliciting a minor for sex. And just a while back, he and his daughter were invited and went to Russia. Hmmmm. That throws up a red flag to me. Not you?
Pretty clear to me that he’s a Russian asset these days. The Russians are great at deception and blackmailing folks they need to push their agenda. Americans are clueless about KGB defectors that warned us long ago. Russia ain’t our friend. Putin is our enemy. Period.
He could be a murderer, the question is if he is right with his views and statements.
thats the issue
@Bulwark
You would support political opinions of someone who is a murderer? What a twisted argument.
Ritter is a convicted pedophile. Look it up.
You’d trust his political opinions so much that you’d leave one of your own children alone with him? I’m betting you wouldn’t. No one with any sense would.
if he is a pedophile no one should but is that Bonafide? speculation? or fact?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-u-n-weapons-inspector-gets-prison-in-internet-sex-act-case
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/uk/ex-un-official-ritter-convicted-in-underage-internet-sex-sting-idUSTRE73E0EK/
https://www.euronews.com/2023/05/24/why-do-disgraced-americans-like-scott-ritter-spout-pro-putin-propaganda-in-russia
You see, this is the type of individual that the FSB (successor to the KGB) can use, even blackmail, especially a high profile, former U.S. weapons inspector, and now sex criminal. The agents use this leverage against this type of individual into doing or saying whatever they need and in Ritter’s case, he pushes the Kremlin narrative, pro Russia, Pro Putin. Was he recruited, bribed, possibly blackmailed into speaking pro Russia, pro Putin narratives?
You, and anyone reading this, should read KGB defector literature which helps to explain the strategies of our enemies. Most Americans don’t know any of this because it isn’t taught in school and a lot of the main media sources they view or listen to are in on the same Communist strategies. And the Russians are still using propaganda to sway public opinion via the Scott Ritters, Tucker Carlson’s, Douglas Macgregors today, most certainly regarding Ukraine.
KGB defector A. Golitsyn warned US officials 40+ years ago, and much of what he told our own security experts has happened…same as Stanislav Lunev, and Sergei Tretyakov, aka Comrade J”.
Former KGB officer Anatoliy Golitsyn explained in his book “New Lies For Old” that the “fall of the Soviet Union” was a deception.
Read “Comrade J” (aka Sergei Tretyakov) by Pete Earley. Tretyakov directed all Russian spy action in New York and oversaw all covert operations against the U.S. and its allies. He recruited spies, planted Russian agents, penetrated U.N. and U.S. security, and manipulated events that influenced American policy, under the direct leadership of Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin.
Read what Stanislav Lunev tells and warns in “Through the Eyes of the Enemy”.
The Cold War didn’t end. Our country and leadership since Nixon have been duped into building up our 2 main enemies (Russia, China) to what they are today. Militarily superior. And propaganda via the likes of Ritter is just part of their strategy that has been going on 50+ years.
I’m saying even if you agree with Ritter and Napolitano here in your link/story, be aware that this was probably planned out to deceive and to get a response of “See? Scott Ritter thinks like I do. I believe him.”
And then down the road when he comes out with a different take on a recent event, more pro Russia, Putin talking points? You take it as truthful and never verify.
Doctor Alexander, you didn’t know of Ritter’s past? You already admitted you don’t like Napolitano for his own past and remarks about Trump…
Sounds like bullshit, like the Matt Gaetz and Conor McGregor bullshit. They've tried to fabricate the same shit about Trump.
Again, its about facts and not about the race, nationality, color of skin, convinctions etc.
The question is if Scott Ritter is right in his assessments.
I only read strawman arguments unfortunately. The topic is not Scott Ritter but what he says.
One US president had a letter opener that was made from a dead Japanese soldier's arm. Just like a serial killer trophy. Most US president's have been mass murderers. Ted Bundy was an aspiring US politician. He was a delegate to the RNC convention and if he was still around today would almost certainly share your views.
You know what, DS, whether you shoot the messenger or not, many of us have followed and are aware of these FACTS. You can’t change facts by character assassination whether true or false. Character assassination almost worked in this election. But folks saw behind the flimsy curtain this time. They won’t be easily fooled again by “attack the man,” rather than deal with FACTS.
All the FACTS in the above video are from documented, original sources, and not Scott Ritter’s opinion. He merely researched events.
DS is full of BS.
The USD300 billion your buddies gave to Ukraine's pedo leader was totally wasted and all the Ukranians you sacrificed died for nothing.
Ukraine's pedo leader...now that is a statement of the day for that is fact...a cross dressing freak
300 billion? Again, you’re full of lies and propaganda.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/fact-sheet-us-assistance-ukraine
So, Barbara Riley, you’re defending a Scott Ritter after the fact that it has been confirmed Ritter IS a convicted felon here in the U.S.? You have children? grandchildren? Doesn’t make ya a bit unsettled that this guy is spewing political viewpoints nowadays that saddle up to our country’s enemy, ie, Russia? Trust his words? Ritter is a pro Putin, pro Russia stooge, anti Ukraine, that has been influenced, possibly blackmailed into public support of whatever the Kremlin’s propaganda machine says to do in defense of their own political stance on Ukraine or otherwise.
Wake up. Research KGB defectors as I already posted.
Putin is a Communist. Period. He wants to destroy America, as does his Kremlin handlers/hardliners. But all you see is media reports on how he’s a Christian and he is anti gay, and on and on and on…the same things you might believe as well….and yet, you are too lazy to verify anything I just typed and said. Propaganda
But hey, you’re just like the majority of Americans these days…lazy… just trust whatever they’re told via media personalities via your Leftist controlled Faux News?
All you have is ad hominem Adam. So two can blame your game. Why don't you talk about your "Man Boy Love Association" buddies in the Lincoln Project? Why don't you talf about Lincoln's links to Karl Marx? Why don't you talk about Lindsey Graham's predilections. Why don't you talk about John McStain supporting jihadists. Why don't you talk about the stolen value of a chickenhawk Colonel on the J6 Unselect Committee pretending to be a war hero when he spent most of his National Guard service transporting frozen chickens? You are correct about one thing, which is that the US is a communist country. American values of child transgenderism, pride parades, after school satan clubs, islamization etc, which have infested the EU and NAZO, are communist values, but they are not the values of Putin or Russia. Remember when, according to an epidemiological study in The Lancer, the US butchered up to nearly a million elderly, children, women and other civilians, mostly, in Iraq while pursuing non-existent WMDs and setting the stage for islamisation and the rise of ISIS? Remember when NAZO, led by the US backed the al-Qaeda linked Kosovo Liberation Front and bombed Serbia in order to establish an Islamic state in the heart of Europe? You're not so brave now when you're up against a country that has more powerful weapons than the US has. You will never get your greedy hands on Russia's mineral resources. Putin is under no illusions about what the country best known for Mai Lai and Abu Ghraib really stands for. Fortunately not all Americans are like you neocons with your sadism, murder and degeneracy.
@ AwakeNotWoke
One last thought towards another of your many ignorant comments on this thread….you said
“….you are correct about one thing, which is that the US is a communist country.” “American values of child transgenderism, pride parades, after school satan clubs, islamization etc, which have infested the EU and NAZO, are communist values, but they are not the values of Putin or Russia….”
The U.S. is NOT A COMMUNIST COUNTRY. Again, you push more propaganda and lies.
You really want to know why we have problems with the immoral societal issues you mentioned earlier?
Answer:
The woke culture. Transgender rights, pronouns, critical race theory, pornography in the elementary school libraries. All the product of the Communists (Russia, China) who have successfully infiltrated our own society and institutions. They have infused all this immorality in their quest to destroy America. McCarthy was right all along.
So, communism, courtesy Russia (and China) is the real threat, the real problem, the real source of the breakdown of our own society here.
And you willfully spew half truth….sew disinformation and Communist propaganda when you say these “are not the values of Putin or Russia”.
The whole truth is, Communist, totalitarian regimes kill any and all that subscribe to your above examples. That’s the real reason Putin and Russia don’t have “child transgenderism, pride parades, after school satan clubs, islamization”.
They are not tolerated in a totalitarian state. They are killed. Period.
So, again, you push pure propaganda, disinformation when you accuse America of being a communist country.
The US is not totalitarian, not communist? LMFAO! Although I don't approve of what Snowden did, he exposed the US for what it is. The KGB and the Stasi were nothing compared to the overreach of the US secret police security surveillance state and the Marxist roots of the US have been well documented by historians. It is you who is the propagandist and too brainwashed to face reality.
I will say this again….as I have posted on your own previous Substack topics that lean pro Putin, pro Russia. Read defector literature!
Putin, China - want to destroy the West, the U.S.
Putin wants to reestablish the old Soviet Union. He works “behind the scenes” with the Chinese in their long term strategy to destroy the U.S. Their allied effort is known as “One Clenched Fist” and its mission is destroy America. Once America falls, the world will succumb to total communist control.
50+ years ago, KGB Soviet defectors warned us of all of this. Read the book “Comrade J” aka Sergei Tretyakov
who directed all Russian spy action in New York and oversaw all covert operations against the U.S. and its allies. He recruited spies, planted Russian agents, penetrated U.N. and U.S. security, and manipulated events that influenced American policy, under the direct leadership of Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin.
Former KGB officer Anatoliy Golitsyn explained in his book “New Lies For Old” that the “fall of the Soviet Union” was a deception. By convincing the West that they wanted to end communist rule and embrace capitalism, this ruse convinced the West (America) to invest in Russia’s rebuild in the late 80’s and early 90’s. As a result, the Russians got Western trade, and technology…all used to build up their own military in their long range strategy to take the advantage and defeat America.
China pulled the same deceptive moves courtesy President Nixon along with help of his Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The U.S. began investing heavily in building up China.
Basically, for 50+ years, the U.S. has been responsible in building up our 2 main enemies.
THE COLD WAR NEVER ENDED.
The U.S. (courtesy bureaucrats and elected officials) continue to sign away the security and safety of the American people with worthless treaties to eliminate our own nuclear weapons…the U.S., under Democrat (and communist controlled) Presidents since Bill Clinton, have agreed to decrease our own nuclear weapons arsenal while the Russians and Chinese never hold to any agreement. Once again, Deception. (And ignorance of our own “leaders”)
Today? Both China and Russia have overtaken us in numbers of nukes in their arsenals and capabilities of launching those weapons. Americans just keep trusting their elected officials in guaranteeing our safety and well being, oblivious of the creep of Communism. You really want to know why we have problems with the woke culture? Transgender rights, pronouns, critical race theory, pornography in the elementary school libraries?
Answer: The creep of Communism into our own society and institutions, not to mention government agencies. McCarthy was right all along.
So, contrary to what some of your sources here on this thread have stated …. communism and Russia (and China) are the real threat, the real problem, the real source of the breakdown of our own society today.
@ Bulwark
Russia uses the narrative/topic of escalating nuclear war via Ritter to scare you and others into a favorable view of Putin and his regime and to believe that they were justified in invading a sovereign state 2014 and 2022 “to keep NATO from expanding”.
I find it interesting that you and others here continue to defend your Russian stooge who parrots the Russians regarding Ukraine. A stooge who is a convicted criminal.
So Scott Ritter is right?
Scott Ritter today pushes pro Putin, pro Russia propaganda and narratives. Propaganda mixes a small bit of truth with a whole lot of lies and disinformation to fool the masses.
Courtesy the Substack
2 Grumpy Old Men on Ukraine:
Conservative minded Americans are being fed propaganda regarding Ukraine on a grand scale via media here.
Trump:
“Every time Zelensky comes to the United States, he walks away with $100 billion. I think he's the greatest salesman on earth,” The Donald claimed Tuesday in Georgia.
Donald, it is your democratic right to suggest another U.S. policy on Ukraine. You live in a free country. Which incidentally is what the Ukrainians are sacrificing their lives for. But you making the Ukrainians out to be gangsters only after American tax payers' money - only because it suits your political agenda - is not OK, Donald. It is base, vil even.
Refuting the crazy figures you throw around, Donald, is, in fact, fairly easy. I will use real, adult figures, Donald, as those provided by The Kiel Institute for the World Economy, generally recognised as the authority on these matters:
* No Donald, the U.S. has not given Ukraine $300 billion, as you claimed yesterday. You are wrong by a factor of 4. That's pretty poor math, Donald.
* Total U.S. assistance since the war started 2.5 years ago - all, military, humanitarian and financial aid included - is $75 billion (not 300).
* And no, Donald, the Europeans are not “dodging their commitments”, in the same period Europe has contributed $110 billion to Ukraine.
* To compare commitments, Denmark spends 1.8% of its GDP to support Ukraine, the Baltic countries almost as much – while the U.S.A. only spends 0.3% of its GDP on Ukraine. The U.K. 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.
Those are the REAL NUMBERS, Donald.
On this blog, we have in recent months published several materials analysing and fact checking Donald Trump’s utterances on Ukraine as well as looking into what Americans think and say about Ukraine, have a look at our archive: