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[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hello again,

The pope recently made a very interesting comment about the Ukraine/Russia war. While I am not overly interested in his comments from a Christian point of view (I'm not Catholic), his comment certainly have a lot of weight from a geo-political point of view.

In short, he condemned Russian brutality/cruelty re: the invasion of Ukraine. But he also said that he believes the war was 'perhaps' provoked by NATO. He also said that it would be misguided to look at this war through the lens of 'black and white'. His comments seem to be perfectly fair.

That aside, I've mentioned in earlier comments how, up until a month ago, the Ukraine government/western establishment media had been pretending that the Ukrainian military had been taking virtually no losses at all, while inflicting collossal losses on the Russians.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, there were admissions of 50-100 Ukrainian military KIA per day, then 60-100, then 100-200, and now 200-500. Remember, for every dead soldier, there are generally several wounded. The latest admission from the Ukrainian government, only covered here or there in the odd mainstream media outlet, is that 200-500 Ukrainian soldiers are getting killed per day. They then say that, including wounded, there are about 1,000 casualties a day on the Ukrainian side.

The Russians, no doubt, are also suffering big losses. They are also trying to cover up their losses. But you don't need me to talk about this, because it's the sort of thing which is already widely speculated about in mainstream media/on social media, etc.

Personally, I think it is morally disgusting for the likes of Putin, Zelensky, Biden, Johnson, etc, etc, etc, to sit in their nice suits, comfortable offices, while using other people as cannon fodder to wage their wars. And this is exactly what is happening right now in the Ukraine. Then again, it's not only happening in the Ukraine, and it's been happening throughout human history around the world.

That's all. I will now provide a link to an article, which deals with the latest admission from the Ukrainian government that up to 500 of its soldiers are getting killed on the battlefield each day, many others maimed and otherwise injured.

Link below:

https://www.axios.com/2022/06/15/ukrain ... -arakhamia

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Here is the latest update:

There seems to be a further narrative shift away from the (premature) pro-Ukraine shrieking and shrilling, to a grim realisation that the war has turned into a war of attrition, with mass casualties on both sides.

As stated in earlier posts, up to 500 Ukrainian soldiers are getting killed per day, with many hundreds of others wounded. Russian losses are also no doubt high, though not likely to be near as high as Ukrainian losses.

I firstly refer you to an article from debkafile.com, titled, ‘Western voices press quietly to end Ukraine war. Ceding territory to Moscow unavoidable’.

The article talks about subtle little signs that the war could be unsustainable, including from a western point of view. Moreover, while Russia has also taken a lot of losses on the battlefield, it is withstanding the western economic sanctions even better than the western nations themselves.

Further to this, while Russia apparently had to give up (possibly unrealistic) initial ambitions of taking all of Ukraine, instead concentrating their military efforts to south-eastern Ukraine, it is now doing better (in a military sense) with more achievable ambitions.

Thus, as alluded to in the title, the odd western political figure is starting to see that territory concessions by the Ukraine might be the only way to achieve peace.

It’s not pretty, nor fair, but reality is at times neither pretty nor fair.

Link below:

https://www.debka.com/western-voices-pr ... avoidable/

Before signing off for today, I refer you to another article, this from a source called ‘1945’, which paints a fairly dim picture of the current situation for Ukrainian forces. This news source ‘1945’, for what it’s worth, is (in my opinion) largely an establishment website which toes the line of the military-industrial complex, so it’s noteworthy that it would print an article like this.

The title of the piece is, ‘Joe Biden’s blank-check strategy won’t help Ukraine beat Russia’. I will give you just a brief summary of the piece.

Firstly, it points out that the current Ukrainian government narrative about expelling Russian forces from Ukraine is hubris, and might even lead to a greater defeat of its forces. Further to this, western arms shipments are not enough to tip the strategic balance. While the numbers and types of gear might look good on paper, their effect on the battlefield situation are perhaps not so significant.

The article gives you information as to why this might be the case.

The massive, mounting Ukrainian military casualties are also mentioned, which could soon lead to manpower problems. A lot of the carnage is caused by Russian artillery, which Ukraine currently cannot match.

Where all of this is leading is still unknown, but as concluded in the article, we may or may not have to wait too long to find out.

Link below:

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/06/joe ... at-russia/

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hello to All,

The latest news from Ukraine, as you may have heard, is of rising destruction, casualties on both sides and incremental gains by the Russians.

The Russians recently took the city of Severodonetsk, a locality of about 100,000 people, after weeks of destructive and bloody combat. There is a nearby city named Lysychansk, of a similar population, which they'll be turning their attention to. From there, they would then move to take the rest of the Donbass region.

However, none of this would be quick, clean, or bloodless for anyone on the ground. It could have all been avoided had both NATO and Russia been ready to compromise. However, neither of them was.

As unjustifiable as the Russian invasion has been, so to has been the western involvement. This is essentially a war between Russia and the west, in which the west has the luxury of using the soldiers of a 3rd party country as cannon fodder against Russia. Havind said this, there are also undoubtedly hundreds, more likely thousands of covert western elements on the ground in this dirty war (mercenaries, special forces, spies, etc).

Propaganda aside, the Ukraine (and its western backers) are not fighting for democracy, freedom, or anything of the kind. Ukraine is a desperately corrupt, authoratarian nation caught in the middle of a bloody power struggle between authoritarian Russia and authoritarian western states under the banner of NATO.

Ever since the Russian invasion, Ukrainian authorities have been carrying out despotic decrees and various moves too numerous to mention here. One of the latest of these was banning the main opposition party, and seizing its assets. Western mainstream media generally attempts to spin these chilling actions as 'Cracking down on traitors', or 'Taking down pro-Putin puppets', etc.

But the fact remains: Ukraine just banned the main opposition party, and seized its assets- the latest in a long line of authoritarian, draconian moves carried out by the western-backed Ukraine government.

For a little dispatch about this development, click on the link below:

https://neonnettle.com/news/19397-ukrai ... acy-claims

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hi Friends,

I haven't posted for a while. Have been enjoying myself in my country of origin, after over two years of being locked out due to the covid hysteria/mass mental illness.

As you might well know, Russia now has virtually all of the Luhansk province under its control. Roughly two-thirds of Donetsk is also under their control. Once this is taken, the much-spoken of area of Donbass would be under their control.

But much more bloodshed would first need to play out before Donbass would fall in its entirety.

My sense over the last three weeks is that while the killing and destruction is continuing, there is something of a lull. Russia would say they are resting and consolidating, while Ukraine/the West would say the Russians have been stopped in their tracks.

My feeling is that there is currently something of a stalemate, even as the propaganda from both sides continues unabated.

I recently read a reasonable article on the current situation re: the Ukraine war.

Link below:

https://townhall.com/columnists/victord ... n-n2610941

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hi again Everyone,

I came across this recently released article, titled, 'Peddling atrocity propaganda'

While the Russian invasion of Ukraine is obviously evil, so to is the behaviour of the West, particularly western media.

For those of us interested in seeking the truth, its vital that we reject the comic book, black and white narratives peddled at us by the media.

Regarding coverage of the Ukraine war, this article exposes the sinister behaviour of western media in general, highlighting the simplistic, biased, hopelessly dishonest, hypocritical, thoroughly corrupt, worse than useless coverage of the war by western media.

Link to the article is below:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.laprog ... propaganda

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hello again,

There is nothing really jumping out re: Ukraine/Russia to share with you at this point, but I have a few impressions to share with you.

The propaganda war has heated up again in recent weeks. I feel that it ebbs and flows dependent (at least in part) on what is happening on the battlefield. The western political/military/media establishment was clearly jubilant in the first couple of months when the war progressed in a way far tougher than Russia (and most 'analysts') thought it would go for Russia. Media shilling, trolling, gloating, boasting, distorting exaggerating, lying, etc, was in full swing.

Russian forces then concentrated in the east of the country, and made life very hard for Ukrainian forces. Globalist/western media then became a little despondent, pessimistic, downcast and so on, as Russia took the ascendancy against Ukrainian forces.

Now, in my own humble opinion, a bloody, broader stalemate has again become the status quo, which western media will continue to spin as 'Ukraine winning', while Russia inevitably claims that Russia is winning. I have come across several commentators who say that media bias is perfectly understandable, and justifiable. 'To be pro-Ukraine is the only justifiable position for media or anyone else,' (or something to this effect) is what they say.

However, as Christians, this kind of sentiment is a very dangerous one because this secular, godless world is of the view that it is okay to lie if it's for the (perveived) 'greater good'. Western media is demonic and as corrupt as corrupt can be. Western media has been lying non-stop about this war since it started, painting Ukraine/the west as morally perfect, and Russia as evil incarnate.

To highlight my point with a simple analogy: if there was a 'bad' person who stood accused of some very bad things, would it be justifiable of me to make up a whole bunch of terrible (extra) stories about that person because, hey, that person is 'bad' anyway?

Conversely, if that 'bad' person had an enemy, would it be justifiable of me to cover up incriminating things about that enemy, and blame their wrongs on the 'bad' person, just because this fits the overall narrative?

Of course, Christ says that there is no-one good, except God Himself. I recently spoke with a friend on this topic, and he summed it up perfectly. 'Russia is evil, as is the Ukraine, as is the USA, as is Britain, as is Europe,' etc.

The flip side of this, of course, is that scores of innocent people get caught up in the meat grinder. Russia has no qualms about using its own soldiers as cannon fodder, and killing innocent civilians, while the Ukraine, and their backers (the USA, UK, Europe) have no qualms about using Ukrainians as cannon fodder for their proxy war, and also couldn't care less about killing civilians, or having them killed (crocodile tears aside).

My point is this. It's perfectly rational to be anti-Russia in the case of this war, it's proper to wish for the war to end, and justice and healing to prevail. But don't forget that NATO is every bit as immoral as Russia, and has destroyed numerous countries in the past in similar fashion to what Russia is doing now in the Ukraine.

Moreover, don't forget what the modern west stands for: trangenderism, abortion, destruction of the nuclear family, rejection of Christianity, sexualization of kids, the military-industrial complex and endless wars around the globe, etc.

Thus, while it makes perfect sense to be anti-Russia in the case of the war, I do not believe it makes any moral sense to be 'pro-NATO'. But hey, these are just the musings of an individual person. The victims of this war, of course, are the regular civilians of the Ukraine, and soldiers from both militaries who are being used as cannon fodder.

Lastly, something I have noticed is the increasing building of alliances among nations that are neither western, nor proxies of western nations. China is obviously getting more belligerent towards Taiwan (and being provoked further by the USA along the way). Russia backs China, China backs Russia. Meanwhile, nations like Iran, North Korea, and even less roguish nations like India and Brazil are refusing to turn against Russia/China (take a look at the BRICS nations, if you would like to look more into this aspect)

There was recently a news report that North Korea is sending soldiers to Ukraine to help Russia. To be honest, this sounds ridiculous and was probably concocted by a western intelligence agency and then inserted into mainstream media headlines as part of the propaganda war.

However, there are more credible (and subtle) reports of Iranian/Russian collusion, which has been evident for a long time in places like Syria but is now even emerging in the Ukraine, to a degree. I provide you a link to a debkafile article on purported Iranian/Russian co-operation in the Ukraine theatre.

Link below:

https://www.debka.com/iran-gives-russia ... tary-ties/

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hi Everyone,

I have an excellent report to share with you on the Ukraine War. It's from a source called, 'The American Conservative'. It avoids the 'Us good, them bad' outlook which is so dominant in the vast bulk of western establishment media.

In fact, there is plenty of criticism to go around in this article, from the USA, to Russia and also to the Ukrainian government (there is an important distinction here between the unfortunate, suffering population of Ukraine, and its deeply corrupt, immoral government).

If you would just like to get a feeling for the current situation vis-a-vis the Ukraine War, largely unshackled by partisan agendas, this would be a good read for you. Furthermore, it's chock full of information, and links to other sources to back up its information.

I do not wish to summarize it for you, but encourage you to go through it for yourself, and even click the links within if you wish to delve deeper. The piece is titled, 'Who is winning the Russo-Ukrainian War?' The caption under the title, is, 'US and allied policymakers must resist Ukraine's attempts to replace unpleasant facts with comfortable fantasies'.

Besides correctly arguing that the USA does not seem to be interested in the needs of the American people, the article focuses intently on what is a universal disinterest in the truth- from Russia to the USA to the Ukraine.

As Christians, of course, the truth should be our number one priority. This is why I would encourage you to read the kinds of articles I tend to post on this forum, and practise a very, very strong sense of scepticism towards anything from mainstream media.

And no, I am not saying that all of the articles I post here are 100% truthful (100% honesty doesn't exist among us flawed mortals, after all). But what I am certainly saying is that the kinds of articles I post here are vastly better (more truth-oriented) than what you would find in mainstream media.

That is why this forum exists, and it is why I post info here for anyone interested (again, I do not claim to be a source of 100% truth, as I am not. But at least I strive to bring you truthful information)

Link to the article is below:

https://www.theamericanconservative.com ... inian-war/

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hello again,

I don’t have any articles to share with you today regarding Ukraine/Russia. I no longer try to find news on this topic every day, namely for two reasons: a) it remains very, very hard to come across relatively neutral, credible sources on the war. There are literally only 3 or 4 sources which I bother to check now and again; and, b) I’m starting to get the vibes that this could be a traditional European 10 or 20-year war, with an indefinite slow-burn battle of attrition going on. This means that significant developments are not likely to be a daily thing.

That said, here are my latest impressions. It is increasingly becoming a NATO v Russia war, more so than a Ukraine v Russia war. There was a recent offensive by NATO-Ukraine forces across and around the city of Kharkiv and environs (this is one of the major cities of Ukraine). The city itself was already (still) Ukrainian-held, but a lot of territory around it was recently seized by NATO/Ukraine forces.

There is no denying this, nor that it was a significant setback for Russian forces. A city named Izium for example, a location of some 60,000-plus citizens, was taken back from the Russians.

As usual, both sides will spin the narrative to suit their own side. NATO/Ukraine/western mainstream media will say that it marks the beginning of the end for Russian forces in Ukraine, and even the Russian government itself. Pro-Russian sources, meanwhile, will spin the losses as tactical withdrawals, etc. Neither narrative seems to be based on fact. My reading of the situation indicates that it was a significant setback for Russian forces in Ukraine, (but neither more nor less than this).

It clearly appears that the war is going very badly for Russian forces, who may have lost roughly 15,000 KIA thus far and are increasingly stuck in a quagmire. BUT, the war is also going very badly for Ukrainian forces, who have likely suffered roughly double the casualties of the Russians. The war is undoubtedly going badly for the nation of Ukraine itself, which has lost 20% of its territory, tens of thousands of its people, and massive amounts of material losses, and obvious losses in standards of living.

So, the question then is obvious- WHO is the war going well for? The answer to this is very simple. It is going well for the Washington-based military industrial complex, for globalist NWO institutions such as NATO, for mainstream establishment media, etc. Western-based weapons manufacturers, politicians, generals, news media personnel, etc, none of whom are putting their lives on the line, are all the winners from this war.

My first personal hope was that this war wouldn’t happen. When that failed, my next hope was a quick resolution. That looks very unlikely. It’s getting nastier and nastier. Russia has, of course, historically shown that it is more than capable of committing war crimes. It is undoubtedly doing so in Ukraine as we speak.

But so too are western-backed Ukrainian forces, who indiscriminately bomb and shell civilian areas of Russian-held territory (a lot of the territory currently held by Russia is populated by generally pro-Russian, or neutral citizens).

Furthermore, Ukrainian forces, as even admitted by top government officials including Zelensky himself, make it a priority to punish (in many documented cases this is carried out in the form of executions) anyone who has co-operated with Russian forces.

Ukrainian forces are murdering anyone from local pro-Russian officials, to civilians whose ‘crime’ was nothing more than to accept the offer of getting a Russian passport after Russian forces had moved into a town or area. Then, when Russian forces are expelled from an area, the NATO-Ukrainian government/forces call on all citizens to inform them of anyone who had gotten a Russian passport, or any other such thing to indicate co-operation (‘collaboration’).

These people then face brutal repression, which could, and has in many documented cases, included execution (otherwise known as murder).

You might have heard about a massacre in a place called ‘Bucha’ earlier in the war, and there are now accusation that a similar massacre took place in Izium. In both places, according to the mainstream media narrative, Ukrainian forces moved into these cities after Russian forces were expelled. And in both places, these Ukrainian forces quickly came across huge number of bodies, mass graves, etc, to indicate that Russian forces had murdered hundreds of civilians in each location.

This is plausible. I’m not denying it, and I don’t know the truth. But do you know what is equally plausible? I will tell you. It is equally plausible that NATO-backed Ukrainian forces, after expelling Russian forces in these cities, with lists of ‘collaborators’ names in hand, quickly made good on their promises to murder people in those locations who had been known to co-operate/accused of co-operating with Russian forces.

In true globalist/New World Order style, western black ops personnel, NATO high-ups, intelligence agencies, etc, would then get the international mainstream media to tell the world that the massacre had been carried out by retreating Russian forces, and that Ukrainian forces were innocent.

In short, either scenario is plausible. Flip a coin. Both Russia, and NATO/Ukraine are committing war crimes, and both would undoubtedly blame the other side for their own sins, for propaganda purposes.

One last note, my reading indicates to me that, with both Russian and Ukrainian forces increasingly depleted, and stuck in a quagmire, there are now tens of thousands of citizens from NATO countries- from low-level cannon fodder all the way up to high command- are active against Russia in Ukraine.

The latest offensive across the area of Kharkiv, according to some reports, was comprised of approximately 25% non-Ukrainians, fighting on the Ukrainian side.

As I may have intimated in previous posts, if you see ‘good guys’ fighting ‘bad guys’ in Ukraine, I think you’re looking through the lens of a comic book. That aside, many good people would be dying among Ukraine’s civilian populace, military, and also among Russia’s military.

I’ll post more when I think there is something to share with you.

All the best. And may God (somehow) use this war to bring some people into His kingdom.

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hi again Everyone,

Not much to say today, but will link to an article. Before that, I have just a bit more to say regarding the alleged massacre in the town of Izium, which was recently taken by NATO/Ukraine forces from Russia. In the last post, I mentioned two possibilities: a) That the Russians actually had committed massacres while they occupied the town, and NATO/Ukraine forces found evidence of this (largely, we're told, through the discovery of mass graves) when they moved back in; b) The equally plausible possibility that NATO/Ukraine forces massacred pro-Russian civilians when Russian forces left the area, then staged the whole 'discovery of mass graves' narrative to paint the Russians as the guilty party.

As stated, both are equally plausible. But there is another possibility now that seems like the most likely one (at least according to my opinion). That is to say, that the mass graves, assuming they do exist like we've been told, largely contained the corpses of Ukrainian forces killed in combat, then buried by the Russians while the latter occupied the town and its environs. When NATO/Ukraine forces moved in, it would be all too easy to come across the mass graves, and then spin the story for propaganda purposes through mainstream media, to make it look like the Russians has massacred defenceless civlians, and dumped them into mass graves.

Of course, I do not know what the truth is. But I do know one thing with 100% certainty- we are not getting the truth from either side, and certainly not from mainstream media.

I now wish to post an article, titled, 'Who's winning the war in Ukraine?' I will not summarize it for you, but will only say that it generally promotes the view which I expressed in the previous post- that neither Russia nor Ukraine are winning. Rather, it is the military-industrial complex based in Washington that is winning (This article focuses specifically on weapons manufacturers and the expansive reach of their tentacles into politics).

Link below:

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/whos- ... n-ukraine/

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hello yet again,

A lot has happened vis-a-vis Ukraine/Russia in recent times. The major news, of course, is that the Russian government plans to call up 300,000 reservists, which would more than double the force numbers they currently have in Ukraine.

With something of a stalemate in Ukraine, but in light of recent NATO/Ukrainian gains in north-east Ukraine, this would appear to be a Russian escalation, and the question, of course, is how NATO/Ukraine will escalate in response.

Before the Russian partial-mobilization announcement, there had been numerous articles/dispatches in western mainstream media saying that Putin's days are numbered, Ukraine is winning, revolution is brewing in Russia, and that even the Russian state is about to break up.

I can't remember if I've made mention of this in a previous post, but virtually every time I looked into the background of the writer of such pieces, I found military-industrial connections, eg. the writer of this article was once a colonel in the armed forces, and is now a representative of (such-and-such) NGO think tank... or (such-and-such) company (associated with military-industrial complex).

Such cases aside, don't forget that mainstream media is also the playground of intelligence agencies and the like. There is no genuine news to be had from mainstream media; only the narrative of the globalist establishment.

Does this mean that, because the west are the bad guys, that Russia must be the good guys for attacking Ukraine? Absolutley not. You may recall that the number one factor (that stopped the forces of Hitler) were the forces of Stalin. Both sides were profoundly evil, and as I've said in the past, the Hollywood-comic-book perspective (of black-and-white) does not belong in the real world.

Now, with the partial-mobilization happening in Russia, the globalist establishment media is carrying hysterical reports of mass unrest in Russia, flocks of people fleeing Russia in panic, most Russian citizens opposing the actions of their government, etc.

I have no comment on whether these things are true or not, but what I know with 100% certainty is that western mainstream media would be absolutley saying such things anyway, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE TRUE. Remember, propaganda is a tactic to attempt to demoralize the enemy and citizens of the designated enemy... as well as to self-congratulate and shore up support at home, among domestic audiences (i.e. in this case, the anti-Russian nations of the west).

I will now provide a link to an article from Christian news source, 'The Trumpet'. It's titled, 'Is the war in Ukraine about to get much worse?' This piece was written and published before the Russian announcement of partial-mobilization. I do not agree with every last detail written by The Trumpet, which is heavily focussed on Bible prophecy, but I still think it's a good read overall.

I also think that The Trumpet is unwise to be so specific at times (it has already all-but made clear which individual person it thinks the anti-Christ will be. It has also predicted that Putin will turn out to be a specific figure mentioned in the book of Revelation). I'm not saying that The Trumpet is even wrong on both of these points, but I believe it would be prudent to be a bit more open-minded, in case such people like the anti-Christ really do come out of left field, meaning that any previous predictions were- in hindsight- looking in the wrong direction.

Anyway, there is a fair bit of theological concensus that Russia (and whoever its leader will be at the time) will be a major player in the end times. With this in mind, as pointed out in the article, the pro-western/anti-Russian trolling (about Russia's imminent demise) would appear to be very premature.

Indeed, Russia has been suffering some significant setbacks, both on the war front and in its broader sphere of interest. But it has also suffered signicant setback throughout its history, and was generally able to overcome them, even if at great cost. Russia has appeared weak and vulnerable in the past, and it may even do so now. But according to The Trumpet, it would be dangerous to write it off as a power, as so many in western politics/media seem to be taking great joy in doing at the moment.

The article will also list Bible verses to justify its arguments. It's worth a read, and the link is below:

https://www.thetrumpet.com/blogs/62-ric ... much-worse

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hello again,

The latest news from the last 24 hours or so, which you may well have heard already, is that both Nord Stream pipelines (under the Baltic Sea) have been blown up.

My understanding is that these were the pipelines built to take gas from Russia to Germany/elsewhere in Europe.

Little if any was being pumped to Europe at current, because the EU had sanctioned Russia and largely refused to take its gas (energy prices in Europe are now generally 3 to ten times more expensive than before the war, thanks to the 'virtue' of this approach by the EU).

The sabotage does not currently hurt Russia a whole lot, but it does ensure that, even if the EU reversed course in the near/medium future, it could not receive gas from Russia due to the sabotage.

There is already broad concensus that it was a deliberate act. Ukraine has already predictably blamed Russia of being responsible for sabotaging its own pipeline (this obvuiously makes very little sense). Other EU nations like Denmark and Germany have already indicated that they suspect Russia of responsibility as well.

I do not know who was responsible, but I can say this: if a fair investigation of this matter would be undertaken, it would be way too early to make an arrest. But there would already be a clear, prime suspect, and this would be the US government. It clearly has the most to gain from such sabotage, and the current President of the USA as well as one of his close associates have both recently threatened to do anything possible to shut down the pipeline.

As stated, not necessarily a smoking gun, but certainly very, very suspicious. Don't ever expect to learn the truth from the mainstream media on this. Remember, if Russia was really responsible for self-sabotage here, the mainstream media would tell us that Russia was responsible. But if the USA was responsible for this sabotage, the mainstream media would tell us that Russia was responsible.

I don't wish to comment more on this, but will post three sources which cover this topic (sources from independent/libertarian media). One is an article from the Asia Times, one is a snippet of commentary from Tucker Carlson, and the other is a video from the Ron Paul Liberty Report.

They each lay out an argument which would support the thought that the US, with more to gain than anyone else, would indeed be the prime suspect behind this act of sabotage:

https://asiatimes.com/2022/09/who-gains ... -sabotage/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLb0QeCQF_I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlK5-e-4Tow

[TrueAndMagneticNorth]

Hello,

Been almost a month since my last post. I don’t know about you, but I no longer make a point of checking the news from the front in the Ukraine. I do it now 2 or 3 times a week, but even then am not spending a whole lot of time on it.

My original intention was to wade through all of the propaganda and try to form an overall (relatively accurate) picture of what’s really happening there. But it’s worn me out quicker than I thought, leaving myself a touch frustrated and jaded. Why can’t people just tell the truth?

I’ve probably pointed out in earlier posts than I now feel that this could be a long war, as in years, or even one or two decades. A lot is going to happen. There will probably be ebbs, flows, changes of momentum, etc. You don’t need the likes of me to try to keep you up-to-date with what’s really happening on a regular basis.

To highlight my point, the Asia Times, one of the precious few news sources that I believed offered balanced, rather accurate news on the war, has also apparently come to a similar conclusion to me. Earlier, they offered near-daily assessments of the overal situation in the warzone. Now, as it currently stands, you usually have to wait weeks for the next proper update.

On the other side of the equation, there is western establishment media and its mindless cheerleading for Ukraine over Russia. I am not bothered by the picking of one side over the other, but do not like the widespread lying and promulgation of disinfo which western media carries out in their support for Ukraine. While propaganda is understandable as a tactic of war, and is an accepted and widely-used tactic by all and sundry, propaganda is still lying, and lying is not morally acceptable.

I will continue to offer you updates whenever I see fit, but just not necessarily with predictable regularity. As I may or may not have alluded to in previous posts, I do not believe that Ukraine or Russia could be judged as currently ‘winning’ the war. Ukraine has lost about 20% of its territory, with large parts of its country in ruins and has likely lost somewhere between 50,000-100,000 soldiers KIA, with several thousand civilians also killed.

Russia, meanwhile, has become somewhat bogged down in a quagmire, which was not the initial plan. Russia and its allies have lost approximately 10,000-20,000 combatants KIA, and they find themselves essentially at war with NATO, who are more than happy to use Ukrainians as cannon fodder against the Russias, but then cover up the severity of Ukrainian losses though mainstream media disinfo. Moreover, Ukrainian forces, bolstered by many thousands of NATO mercenaries, special forces, etc, and commanded by NATO generals, have been on the march lately, taking back a lot of territory.

NATO black ops forces have also landed hits on Russian infrastructure, such as the Nord Stream Pipeline under the Baltic Sea, and the 20km-long bridge linking Crimea to Russia. NATO authorities have then used mainstream media disinfo to try and muddy the waters over who was responsible for these attacks on infrastructure, even forwarding absurd conspiracy theories that the Russians have been blowing up their own infrastrucure (which makes zero sense).

As you would’ve heard, Putin has mobilized up to 300,000 extra troops, whose job it will be to largely hold conquered territory, which would free up other troops to go back on the offensive. I read a good article a couple of weeks ago, but am only posting it now.

It’s from the source ‘1945’, which usually acts as a mouthpiece for the military-industrial complex, but, to its credit, sometimes releases material of a more balanced nature. The title of this piece is, ‘Russia’s future: A win in Ukraine, a revolution against Putin or nuclear war?’

The article gives detailed background on all three potential scenarios, and correctly argues that a diplomatic path is currently sorely missing from the general rhetoric surrounding the war.

The writer of the article also warns against the self-congratulatory attitude prevalent in the west with regard to Russia’s current setbacks, cautioning that there is still a lot to play out, with a lot not only at stake for Russia and the Ukraine, but for the USA and rest of the world as well.

I will not summarize the article, but now link to it in case you wish to read it for yourself. Here it is:

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/10/rus ... clear-war/