Larry Johnson

Short answer, no.

There is an uptick in the panicked speculation about Ukraine using a dirty bomb in order to create a pretext that would justify NATO’s intervention in Ukraine.

The 101st Airborne Division was one of the units that defended Bastogne from a Nazi attack in World War II. Now, 78 years later, 4700 members, a new generation of airmobile soldiers, are playing war in Romania near the border with Ukraine.

Sorry to burden you with film references, but this iconic scene from Thelma and Louise seems to capture the current zeitgeist infecting Europe and the United States: I will leave it to you to decide if Europe is Thelma or Louise.

In the face of Western reports that Russia is on its heels and retreating, the facts on the ground tell a different story.

NATO is playing a dangerous game that poses a risk of escalating into a nuclear war with Russia.

Larry Johnson was interviewed on Russia Today this week. Here is the video.

As someone who worked first hand on the CIA’s Afghanistan propaganda campaign in 1985-86, I feel somewhat qualified to comment on the scale and scope of the current propaganda campaign intended to whip up support in the West for Ukraine and galvanize international outrage against Russia–it is titanic and it is out of control.

Not to beat a dead horse, but most of the world has a delusional image in their head of the war in Ukraine.

U.S.

What a difference a decade makes.

First, my deepest thanks for everyone who took time to comment in depth on the Open Thread.

If Europe is laboring under the mistaken belief that they can trust Joe Biden and his clown car of advisors to act in their best interest, think again.

If the phrase, “More Cowbell” does not resonate with you, take a moment to watch this Saturday Night Live classic clip.

On the very day the world learns about the sabotage of Russia’s Nordstream 1 and Nordstream 2, guess what else happened?

Remember three weeks ago when Putin and the Russian military were on the ropes and the Ukrainian army was steamrolling through Kharkov?

At risk of sounding like a cranky old man complaining about kids playing ball in the street in front of my house, I want to try to help the folks who have never worked as an analyst at the CIA understand why the current organization is virtually useless.

I received a great questions from a German reader who also happens to be a journalist.

If Vladimir Putin expected the western propaganda campaign to slacken in the wake of his speech this week announcing Russia is ready to accept four Ukrainian oblasts as new republics in Russia and ordering a partial military mobilization, he is very disappointed today.

Yes it is true.

Now we are getting some insight into Russia’s activities over the last three weeks.

I am certain that most Americans do not have a clue what transpired this week at the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (aka SCO).

Politicized intelligence is not a new phenomena.

There is no doubt that Washington and Europe are invested heavily in a Ukraine victory over Russia, which helps explain why there is so much euphoria and misinformation about Ukraine’s current offensives around Kherson, in the south, and Kharkov, in the north.

War is a guilty, vicarious pleasure as long as you are not hunkered in a basement or trench praying that an artillery shell does not score a direct hit on your position.

PATTON, the movie, was a masterpiece of entertainment.

Andriy Telizhenko, via Yaakov Apelbaum Andriy Telizhenko.

If the Florida State High School championship baseball team played one game against the New York Yankees, who do you think would win?

We are approaching the second anniversary marking the day that John Paul Mac Isaac was revealed to the public as the man who had Hunter Biden’s laptop.

  The reality of soaring energy prices combined with shortages of gas and oil is sinking in with the European public and they are not happy.

We are now officially in “Roll On The Floor Laugh Your Ass Off” territory.

The title sums it up in a nutshell.

Just like Wile E Coyote, the United States and Europe are discovering that their incredibly “clever” plan to punish Russia with draconian economic sanctions is backfiring.

Do you want a recipe for disaster?

Donald Trump is having a very good week, notwithstanding the flood of negative stories from the Deep State media.

Protesters outside the presidential palace on Monday.

Seeing is believing.

When it comes to attention span, America is like a three year old child.

Folks love combat air.

It is times like this that I wish I was sitting in front of my Top Secret terminal inside the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (aka SCIF) reading the latest intel on the battle in Ukraine.

That’s right.

Wow.

Good bye Mr.

The gulf between what Ukraine thinks it is achieving vis-a-vis its defeat of the Russian invasion and the reality on the ground is growing astronomically.

The neo-con crowd got a much overdue mega punch (or should I say, MAGA) in the gut on Tuesday with the electoral bludgeoning of Dick Cheney’s evil spawn, Liz.

After 8 years of arming and training Ukraine’s army and air force, spending billions of tax payer dollars, the United States no longer has a viable strategy to defeat the Russian forces and compel Vladimir Putin to accept a humiliating defeat.

After 8 years of arming and training Ukraine’s army and air force, spending billions of tax payer dollars, the United States no longer has a viable strategy to defeat the Russian forces and compel Vladimir Putin to accept a humiliating defeat.

Let me start by suggesting you read the excellent, comprehensive analysis by Sundance at The Conservative Tree House.

Alright.

I suspect the bulk of the readers of this blog have never held a clearance, much less a Top Secret SI TK Gamma with SAPs.

Let us call this Russiagate 2.0.

A reasonable question.

CBS bosses have had second thoughts and decided they did too much journalism.

Nice precedent Joe Biden.

on Leave a Comment The aphorism penned by the English poet Thomas Gray 275 years ago is still relevant and resonates: No more; where Ignorance is Bliss, ’Tis Folly to be wise.

I never cease to be amazed by the utter failure of journalists to assemble facts.

Thanks to commentator Keith Harbaugh for tonight’s inspiration.

Ukraine’s President Zelensky is spooked and having a tough time hiding it.