A Panicked Empire Tries to Make Russia an “Offer It Can’t Refuse”

 

A Panicked Empire Tries to Make Russia an “Offer It Can’t Refuse” By Pepe Escobar, February 01, 2023 Realizing NATO’s war with Russia will likely end unfavorably, the US is test-driving an exit offer. But why should Moscow take indirect proposals seriously, especially on the eve of its new military advance and while it is in the winning seat?

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Violence Will Not End in Israel Until the Occupation Ends By Steven Sahiounie, February 01, 2023 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the top two goals of his new administration are to establish more settlements in the Occupied Territories and to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia.

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The Hypocrisy of NATO Behind Ukraine and the Middle East By Ahmad Al Khaled, February 01, 2023 Within one year of the Ukrainian conflict it has been evident that the West is quick to scrutinize Russia without taking a better look at their own actions in the past. NATO has been involved in numerous conflicts since its establishment including Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya etc.

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Seventh Latin America Caribbean CELAC Summit – Between Evasion and Reality By Stephen Sefton, February 01, 2023 The Declaration confirms the commitment of the member States to integration, unity and political, economic, social and cultural diversity as a community of sovereign nations and it also reaffirms the proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace.

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Pentagon’s Prediction of ‘Inevitable’ Conflict with China in 2025 Shows War Is America’s Primary ‘Export Commodity’ By Drago Bosnic, February 01, 2023 For a country constantly chest-thumping about the size of its economy, the United States is remarkably over-reliant on one form of “export” – war. For decades, the American-led political West used proxy wars to hurt its geopolitical adversaries. While most of these weren’t a direct existential threat to US rivals and were relatively limited in scope, recent years brought a major shift to this strategic approach.

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Lithuanian President Demands Russia’s Red Lines be Violated By Kurt Nimmo, February 01, 2023 Nauseda demands all red lines be crossed, behavior that will ultimately end in a nuclear conflagration. He characterizes the negotiation of differences as “diplomatic pleasantries” and argues that due to the fact his country is on the border with Russia, “we can see the true danger, the true risk,” while Europeans further West cannot.

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Video: Hunt on Leopards Declared on Ukrainian Front Lines By South Front, February 01, 2023 US President Joe Biden once again claimed that the US will not supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets. Despite the fact that the discussion on this issue intensified after the decision to transfer tanks to Ukraine.

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The Battle of Stalingrad 1942-1943: Historical Context and Importance By Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels, February 01, 2023 A war against the Soviet Union was wanted by the industrialists, bankers, large landowners and other members of Germany’s upper class, the “elite” of the land. That was one of the reasons, and arguably the paramount reason, why they had enabled the coming to power of Hitler, a politician of whom it was widely known that he considered the destruction of the Soviet Union as the great task entrusted to him by providence.

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Understanding the Pentagon’s Provocation of Russia By Jacob G. Hornberger, February 01, 2023 President Kennedy had a unique ability that Pentagon generals did not have. He was able to analyze an international crisis by placing himself in the shoes of his adversary in an attempt to understand his adversary’s motives. Doing that enabled him to figure a way out of the crisis that did not involve war. The response of the generals and the Pentagon was always the same: invade, bomb, kill, and destroy.

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The Biggest, Most Ignored Demographic in US Electoral Politics By Ben Bartee, February 01, 2023 The two parties that, in reality, constitute a uniparty duopoly bend over backward to cater to their respective pet voting blocs (racial minorities for Democrats and Evangelicals for Republicans, for instance).  But those demographics pale in comparison to the volume of non-voters.

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