This Is Called ...

 ... stating numbers--the only language operational and strategic level planners understand. Larry is spot on here. But it also brings up the issue of (lack of) IDF's real military prowess--it is extremely low and most of it is a set of fairy tales, while in reality IDF cannot even conduct proper police operation of medium to high intensity without committing a genocide.  

Mind you, this is the force which was made to be admired by Pentagon whose own record is dismal, to put it mildly. No wonder then that it all turned out to be not what was pushed on all of us by Mossad, AIPAC, Hollywood and other people whose ideas about warfare are that of the amateurish myths. 

What Happened, Donny?

 Your master ignored you again? 

Israel launches strikes on Gaza, reports say, after Netanyahu orders 'powerful' attacks.

Ay-yay-yay, Bibi owns you, Donny, he owns your family and you will continue to do as Israel and your AIPAC donors tell you because they know you better than you do yourself. Granted, it is not that difficult to decode you. Go, put out the performance of your life convincing the remaining "true believers" in how great the country is doing. 

Gaza Genocide Is Also ...

... the United States' crime. The US is stained forever as a supporter of genocidal Netanyahu regime. It is simple as that. Israel owns the US, precisely because they have to because they are not good militarily.  

Can Russia destroy Netanyahu regime? Easily. But George is absolutely correct here--it is simple mathematics, saving 2 million Palestinians may result in killing a couple of billion people outright. As our friend Femi correctly pointed out--Arabs, where are you? Gaza and Palestine are ARAB issue, first and foremost, not Russia's. Anyone calling on Russia "to do something" about it are people who have no clue about the role Russia plays in the world and how corrupted by Zionist the US is. I will remind again that this piece of political art is as relevant as ever, in fact--even more so today than when it was created. 

Just substitute Soviet flag with Russian tri-color, and if you don't get the profound message in it, I have news for you--it is ONLY thanks to Russia's military and economic might that Washington's crazies didn't unleash a thermonuclear war. Simple as that. 

He Is Not War Hawk ...

 ... he is a chicken hawk, coward, war criminal and a stain on the US in general and South Carolina in particular. But this is a fine example of how one can manipulate the death cult known as "Christian" (it is not Christian) Zionists whose only loyalty is to Israel and not to the US. 

US Senator Lindsey Graham has spoken out against any weakening of American aid to Israel, claiming the country would face punishment from God if it did so. The Republican senator made the remarks at the 58th annual Silver Elephant Gala, a major party fundraiser held in South Carolina over the weekend. Graham shared his speech on social media on Wednesday, in which he showered praise on Israel for purportedly abstaining from committing “genocide” in Gaza. “Israel is our friend. They are the most reliable friend we have in the Middle East. They are a democracy, surrounded by people who would cut their throats if they could,” Graham claimed. He added that weakening support to Israel would result in divine punishment for the US. 

Nothing new, really. The US stained itself as a supporter of the genocide by Israel and she will not be able to wash it away--these things stick forever. The gravity of what is happening in Gaza is beyond the perverted minds of such soulless people like Graham or imbecile Ted Cruz, among many--they have no humanity left in them and any invocation of God is not just a blasphemy, but an act of utter evil. South Carolina, you elect this war criminal time after time, so you also bear responsibility. 

Do You Feel The Pardon Coming?

Of course, you do. This is not to say that perjurer and pedophiliac enabler Maxwell is not telling the truth in this particular instance, that is to say that POTUS had only friendly relations with Epstein and nothing more, but the presidential pardon is in the air))  

Ghislaine Maxwell said that she never saw Donald Trump do anything that would cause concern, during her hours-long meetings with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche over the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to ABC News. The Trump administration is considering whether to release the transcript from Blanche’s meetings with Maxwell last month, ABC News reported. CNN first reported that the meeting was recorded and is being digitized. The White House has been trying to contain fallout from the so-called “Epstein Files” for weeks after a Justice Department memo concluded there were no more significant disclosures to be made in the case. Vice President JD Vance is holding a strategy meeting with other top officials Wednesday evening to work on their handling of the Epstein case, CNN reported.

Or, maybe, sudden slip on banana skin and falling on the knife seven times in a row, accidentally. Who knows. Meanwhile, Israel continues its genocide and the US approves. The US is becoming a pariah country. Thank your local evangelical church. 

Well, "Christian" Zionism IS NOT Christianity--it is a genocidal death cult. 

Colonel Aguilar ...

... I can only imagine your agony--the agony only a man of military honor and integrity, who gave an oath to fight for his country, can go through so acutely. Yes, the world cares. 

Larry wrote today: 

People around the world are shocked by the images coming out of Gaza, yet feel impotent to do anything to stop it. I understand and I share your frustration. The United States is in a unique position to bring a stop to this horror, but the Trump administration is fully under the control of the Zionist crowd, which is comprised of both Jews and Christians. What can the average US citizen do? For starters, end all contributions to both the Republican and Democrat parties. Be sure that your local Congressional representative hears from you with the explicit warning that you will no longer provide any contribution to their campaign unless they take a stand in opposition to the US policy of facilitating a war crime. On the international front, there is much that the UN can do, starting with expelling Israel from the UN unless it stops killing civilians and it allows unfettered access by UNRWA. Stop the flow of oil to Israel. Turkey and Azerbaijan are the two biggest culprits in facilitating the genocide because they continue to provide Israel with petroleum and gas. Hit Israel with tariffs. The US, China, Germany, Ireland, and India consistently rank among the top partners for both imports and exports. The US is Israel’s main export partner, while China leads in imports, followed by the US and Germany. China in particular can send a powerful message by cutting economic ties with Israel if it does not end the genocide.

This is the least what could be done. But it is ultimately for the American society to decide if it wants to support genocide. But then again ...

If people ask what this RED channel is--these are Russian and other guys from BSM Collectiff who do this production out of Turkey. For many years, actually. They have some rather powerful AI (neural network) videos. With REAL left flavor, not the neo-liberal BS which passes for "left" in the West. 

This Is Rich!

 If true. Comes from Israel.

1. Russians, unlike Israel, do not strike residential neighborhoods. 

2. How about Gaza? 

My greatest respect not just to Tucker but to Colonel Aguilar. 

Exposing crimes against humanity of Israel. 

This Is How ...

 ... healthy nationalism looks and sounds like. It is not "populism", populism is a crowd-pleasing BS to make crowds feel better about themselves for a minute or two and then wait for another collective "Praise the Lord" moment.  

Tucker's speech at TPUSA was a speech of a real patriot. Ana, in the same time, is a drop-dead gorgeous woman with balls of steel challenging AIPAC ass-holes and Holocaust "victim card" carrying genocidal maniacs, which is a deadly combination of beauty, brains, courage and classic Armenian woman showing millennia old skills of Armenian tourist groups muffle Niagara Falls roar while visiting)) It is an old anecdote. 

Ah, yes--another moment unpleasant for Holocaust industry crowd, Armenians HAVE Holocaust in their history, so, as with Russians, for these abusers of tragedy it is difficult to pull their, long expired, Holocaust card. 

Deep Respect For Mandy Patinkin.

This is real humanitarian and a man with consciousness speaking. You can feel his despair which many of us feel looking at the crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Which makes this even more surreal, from Israeli minister, no less. 

With IDF now blowing shit from Syria's new regime. Hm ...

We truly live in a bizarre world. 

This Is What Happens ...

 ... when one has no touch with the reality, including understanding of international relations. Just like that, Russia again owes something to somebody. Russia owes everything to everybody, you know. This moralizing ass-hole fails to bring up the issue of 1 billion Arabs sitting on their asses and doing nothing to aid Gaza, not to mention a celebration of Gazans when Assad's government fell--the only government which served as the bridge between Iran--a real supporter--and Gaza. 

And here we are--pontificating cretin who for some reason ended up at George Galloway's channel. 

US Media ...

... at their best. You see, now it becomes obvious that Kharkov has nothing to do with Russia (or 404) it is an ancient Arab city. 

Well, What Can I Say ...

 ... the guy is NYC real estate shyster who is very ... transactional. 

US President Donald Trump has suggested that neighboring Arab countries should take in Palestinian refugees and “clean out” the embattled Gaza Strip. Speaking to journalists aboard Air Force One on Saturday, Trump said that he spoke to King Abdullah II of Jordan over the war and was planning to speak with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Sunday. “I’d like Egypt to take people, and I’d like Jordan to take people,” Trump said. “You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, we just clean out that whole thing. It’s a real mess.” “It’s literally a demolition site right now. Almost everything’s demolished, and people are dying there,” he added. “So, I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations, and build housing in a different location, where they can maybe live in peace for a change,” Trump told reporters. Both Egypt and Jordan have rejected the idea of displacing Palestinians from Gaza

Ah yes, also the lifting of the ban on 2,000-pound bombs' use by IDF. You see, applied geopolitics is easy. Obviously ethnic cleansing is not a crime against humanity but merely a real estate transaction. 

General Pulikovsky...

 ... a man of honor and rich military experience, now of advanced age, speaks here about IDF's "reputational soap bubble" which has been burst (in Russian). 

Most who read this blog knew it for a long time. But now "military record" of IDF has this:

The true death toll from the war in Gaza could exceed 186,000, five times higher than the 37,396 reported last month by the enclave’s health authorities, according to a new study published in The Lancet medical journal. While the Israeli government has long disputed the ministry’s figures, they are accepted as reliable by the UN, and quietly acknowledged to be true by the Israeli military. According to a team of British, American, and Canadian researchers, this figure could swell to 186,000 when “ indirect deaths” are counted. “Indirect deaths,” they wrote in an article published last week, include those killed by disease, hunger, thirst, and exposure.

Mind you, IDF is held in very high regard among many in the US military. I guess, genocide is a skill IDF and Israel will be known for at this history's segment. Crime against humanity--that's the name of it. The United States supported it. No further comments are necessary...

Better America...

 ... there still a sense of justice and humanity left. And many Americans do, not just talk. 

 

It Is Not Really The News...

 ... but still, it is worth reminding...

СИМФЕРОПОЛЬ, 20 апр – РИА Новости. Депутат Госдумы от крымского региона, генерал-майор запаса Леонид Ивлев заявил, что удары украинских войск по территории России планируются в НАТО под руководством США. Ранее генсек НАТО Йенс Столтенберг заявил, что Украина имеет право наносить удары по военным целям на территории России, назвав такие удары легитимными. ... по его словам, именно натовские генералы в Монсе под Брюсселем проводят командно-штабные игры в интересах ВСУ на картах российских регионов - Крыма, ДНР, ЛНР, Белгородской и Брянской и других областей и выдают потом рекомендации главкому ВСУ Александру Сырскому. "Именно на авиабазе Рамштайн натовские инструкторы обучают летчиков "повитряных" (воздушных – ред.) сил и специалистов ПВО Украины, а на танковых полигонах НАТО солдаты ВСУ обкатывают Abrams и Leopard", - сказал депутат. 

Translate: SIMFEROPOL, April 20 – RIA Novosti. State Duma deputy from the Crimean region, reserve major general Leonid Ivlev said that attacks by Ukrainian troops on Russian territory are planned by NATO under the leadership of the United States. Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Ukraine has the right to strike military targets on Russian territory, calling such strikes legitimate. ... according to him, it is NATO generals in Mons near Brussels who conduct command and staff games in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on maps of Russian regions - Crimea, DPR, LPR, Belgorod and Bryansk and other regions and then issue recommendations to the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky. “It is at the Ramstein airbase that NATO instructors train air force pilots and air defense specialists of Ukraine, and at NATO tank training grounds, Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers test Abrams and Leopards,” the deputy said.

 

Ivlev says nothing new, including the locations where this planning--in NATO planning comes down to designation of the target(s) in some third world locality and bomb it with impunity--is taking place, which is NATO generals hiding behind the backs of hapless VSU cannon fodder. In reality, of course, real operational planning of such level is beyond the capabilities of Pentagon and its uniformed lapdogs from Europe. Remarkably, they also cannot learn anything due to a growing technological gap between Russian Armed Forces and the best NATO can offer. No matter how skillful one could be tactically, but overcoming technological lag in 21st century is nothing like doing the same in the middle of the 20th one. And then, of course, there are operations and strategy. 

 

Meanwhile, as much as Baerbock is stupid she pressed the right point:  

МОСКВА, 20 апреля/ Радио Sputnik. Премьер-министр Израиля Биньямин Нетаньяху повысил голос при обсуждении с главой МИД ФРГ Анналеной Бербок ситуации в секторе Газа и напомнил ей о действиях нацистов, сообщил израильский Channel 13. Бербок предложила Нетаньяху взглянуть на фотографии голодающих палестинских детей, передает РИА Новости сообщение телеканала. В ответ глава правительства Израиля рассказал ей о снимках, сделанных на рынках и пляжах Газы, намекая на недостоверность информации, которой располагает глава МИД Германии, говорится в публикации. Тогда Анналена Бербок заявила, что израильскому кабмину не следует распространять подобные фото, поскольку они не отражают реальную ситуацию. После этого, по данным Channel 13, Биньямин Нетаньяху повысил голос и напомнил главе МИД ФРГ о действиях нацистов. "Это реальность. Это не похоже на то, что инсценировали нацисты, мы не похожи на нацистов, которые создавали сфабрикованные изображения фальшивой реальности", – сказал он. Посол Германии в Израиле Штеффен Зайберт назвал приведенные телеканалом подробности встречи неверными и вводящими в заблуждение, отмечает РИА Новости.

Translate: MOSCOW, April 20/ Radio Sputnik. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised his voice when discussing the situation in the Gaza Strip with German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock and reminded her of the actions of the Nazis, reported the Israeli Channel 13. Bärbock suggested Netanyahu look at photographs of starving Palestinian children, RIA Novosti reported. In response, the head of the Israeli government told her about the photographs taken in the markets and beaches of Gaza, hinting at the unreliability of the information held by the German Foreign Minister, the publication says. Then Annalena Berbock said that the Israeli Cabinet should not distribute such photos, since they do not reflect the real situation. After this, according to Channel 13, Benjamin Netanyahu raised his voice and reminded the German Foreign Minister about the actions of the Nazis. "This is reality. This is not like what the Nazis staged, we are not like the Nazis who created fabricated images of a false reality," he said. German Ambassador to Israel Steffen Seibert called the details of the meeting provided by the TV channel incorrect and misleading, RIA Novosti notes.

 

Well, at this stage Holocaust "defense" is the only thing Israel has left. 

The photo speaks volumes. When you cannot fight a real war, this is what is left for them, both NATO and Israel--fight a media one.

Give Lula The Credit...

 ... where the credit is due. 

I am also very happy that while disagreeing often with Roger's politics I admire his principle stand and, in the end, of putting down the largest concentration of assholes in music--this fucking trash U-2, who due to lack of talent primarily sell political shows and whose music, bar some couple of songs, is crap.  

Yes, Roger--Bono is a genocidal shit and U-2 music is for cucks, while your and Pink Floyd's music is immortal.

Yes, Finally!

Russia begins to use North Korean ballistic missiles. 

Russia has used ballistic missiles and launchers supplied by North Korea in its war on Ukraine, the US has said. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called it a "significant and concerning escalation" relating to Pyongyang's support for Russia.He said the US would raise the matter at the UN Security Council and impose additional sanctions on those working to facilitate arms transfers. Moscow has denied any such collaboration.Hours after the White House made the accusations, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for missile launch vehicle production to be expanded in the country.

The next thing you know Russia will start using Qassam rockets. HAMAS promised to supply those, because, obviously, Russia "runs out of missiles" all the time. 

Listening to this drivel from Kirby the "admiral" is hilarious. But then again, you all know how US media-intel complex works:
 

Sometimes I think--it is inescapable--that they do this on purpose to parade the US in a front of the whole world as a land of nincompoops, and they do it for some unknown heinous reason beyond our comprehension. But then again, when you don't have class and culture--as most inside the beltway don't--it is difficult to understand that the more such a BS is spewed the more it exhibits one's insecurities and stupidity. So, the classic no-no of not disclosing one's cards in the card game happens. 

Here is Larry with his excellent piece from yesterday:

Panic among Western analysts about Ukraine’s looming defeat has escalated. Robert Clark, writing in the U.K. Telegraph, wailed his lamentation in an op-ed titled, Ukraine’s new year may end with a brutal Western betrayal. Clark blames Western leaders for Ukraine’s debacle.

In general, the remainder of Western institutions of governance, military and media is utterly destroyed. Now they just continue to dance on the rubble, while the world looks on in amazement at sheer pettiness and stupidity of the combined West. 

Meanwhile, Israel continues its genocide in Gaza against the background of very little military gains, if any, while sustaining large casualties. But no worries, Israel didn't introduce the best IDF formations yet, you know--US Army. 

The White House is worried that the conflict in Gaza could expand to other parts of the Middle East and is drawing up plans for a possible US response if that happens, Politico has reported, citing informed officials. Internal discussions are underway in the administration of US President Joe Biden about scenarios that could see Washington drawn into a major war in the region, the outlet said in an article on Thursday. The potential for a wider conflict in the Middle East is growing, said sources including a senior Biden administration official. The events of the past few days “have convinced some in the administration that the war in Gaza has officially escalated far beyond the strip’s borders,” Politico wrote.

Hey, that's their territory--to fight subpar opponents. There is no bigger honor in the US Army than to die for Israel, especially after being hit by Russian North Korean ballistic missile. That's Gogol or Kafka's level absurdity in what's left of the Republic.

Me Too, Caitlin.

Me Too, Fierce Caitlin, Me Too.  

I will not look away.

No matter how horrific it gets, I will not look away.

No matter how many children I see killed and injured in the most gruesome ways imaginable, I will not look away.

No matter how much human suffering I see by keeping my gaze on Gaza, I will not look away.

No matter how many nightmares I have, I will not look away.

No matter how many tears I shed, I will not look away.

No matter how many reasons the propagandists and manipulators come up with for me to turn my gaze elsewhere, I will not look away.

No matter how many insults and accusations I am tarred with for refusing to look away, I will not look away.

No matter how much easier it would be to look away, I will not look away.

I will not avert my gaze. I will not become distracted. I will not lose myself to the sedated stupor of escapism. I will not do my best to pretend that everything is normal and that life is basically fine.

It’s a paltry offering, really. Almost nothing. But it’s all I’ve got to offer: this simple, sacred vow to honor the victims by refusing to look away from what’s being inflicted upon them. To be here for it, to the furthest extent possible.

The people of Gaza are suffering far more than I have ever suffered, and probably far more than I ever will suffer. But, in my own meager and entirely insufficient way, I can try to make sure they’re not suffering on their own.

To the extent of one person’s gaze, one person’s attention, one person’s reverence, I can ensure that the world has not turned their back on them. I can ensure that, to that extent, they are not forgotten.

That way even if my other efforts fail, if all our collective efforts fail, if the activism comes up short, if we fail to open enough eyes and apply enough pressure in the necessary places, then at least their deaths, their losses and their anguish will not have slipped by unnoticed. Unappreciated. Unvalued. Unwitnessed.

I will not look away, because these lives matter and I have a duty to honor them.

I will not look away, because that would be giving the bastards what they want. 

I will not look away, because even in my powerlessness to help I still have the power to bear witness.

I will not look away, for the same reason that when my parents are dying I will hold their hand and stay by their bedside until they are gone.

Even if we can’t stop this, at the very least we can give them our seeing.

At the very least we owe them that.

We all bear witness. We cannot forget this...

When Your Heart Breaks...

Pepe posted it. This girl is more mature and moral than any political science major from Harvard. You look in these eyes and the depth is incomprehensible for those majors... 

Send This Rambo To The Real War.

And then see how he will talk and sing once he experiences it, or is taken POW by Akhmat guys. But then again, Apti Alaudinov and his people are pure military class, they treat POWs humanely and it is in Russia's combat manuals. You cannot buy class, you are either brought up with it, or you are not--simple as that.

Jimmy is spot on, it is the case of Jerusalem Redneck. The whole thing is down right a grotesque caricature on serious military. Sadly, it is not a joke or put on.