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Saved - March 19, 2026 at 2:09 AM

@afshinrattansi - Afshin Rattansi

“The Israelis drove the decision to take this action, which we knew would set off a series of events because the Iranians would retaliate.” -Joe Kent who resigned from his position as Trump’s Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, over the war on Iran https://t.co/mAC3Wbuy1h

@GUnderground_TV - Going Underground

A US🇺🇸 ground invasion of Iran would be a disaster magnitudes greater than Iraq ever was. US troops would be sent into unforgiving mountains and terrain, essentially to die for Netanyahu’s ambitions in Tel Aviv. https://t.co/kvXPKy5sEW

@NewOrder_TV - New Order with Afshin Rattansi

🚨WAR ON IRAN: The US🇺🇸 only has ‘BOMBS & BULLETS’ left to defend HEGEMONY! ‘You have to understand the position that the US is now in. It no longer has the same level of economic dominance to impose hegemony through soft power, and then through hard power, particularly across https://t.co/gRAtbmXk31

Saved - March 1, 2026 at 10:16 AM

@afshinrattansi - Afshin Rattansi

🚨PROF. JOHN MEARSHEIMER: US🇺🇸 & ISRAEL WANT TO TURN IRAN🇮🇷 INTO SYRIA ‘They don’t simply want to do away with Iran’s nuclear capability…they want to wreck Iran. They want to turn Iran into Syria. And what the Israelis are doing in Syria is going to great lengths to make sure Syria remains a dysfunctional state.’ -Prof. John Mearsheimer on Going Underground

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Wanna get on to Ukraine. But, given that Israel is signaling it doesn't like the, Al Qaeda operative, Jelani in Damascus, and we know Tulsi Gabbard is something of an expert on Syria because she exposed the lies and the, phony war in Syria when The United States was supporting the ISIS and Al Qaeda rebels there. How do you and Trump has been very brave arguably saying, he's not gonna, start sending loads of money like Britain is to Tchelani. There's still thousands of American troops, though, in Syria. What is American Syrian policy Syria policy? America's policy towards Syria is basically Israel's policy. And what The United States was bent on doing was wrecking Syria and keeping it wrecked. That's the Israeli objective here. This is what the Israelis wanna do with Iran. They don't simply wanna do away with Iran's nuclear capability. They surely do wanna do that, but they wanna wreck Iran. They wanna turn Iran into Syria. And what the Israelis are doing in Syria is going to great lengths to make sure that Syria remains, a dysfunctional state. They don't want Syria to become, a formidable adversary. They want it to remain broken. And, of course, The United States will support the Israelis in that regard. So, of course, the Israelis are not gonna allow the Americans to give huge amounts of aid to Jalani so that he can produce a viable Syrian state because that's not Israeli policy. Just look at what they're doing in Iran. I mean, excuse me, what they're doing in Lebanon. It's a similar situation.
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Speaker 0: Wanna get on to Ukraine. But, given that Israel is signaling it doesn't like the, Al Qaeda operative, Jelani in Damascus, and we know Tulsi Gabbard is something of an expert on Syria because she exposed the lies and the, phony war in Syria when The United States was supporting the ISIS and Al Qaeda rebels there. How do you and Trump has been very brave arguably saying, he's not gonna, start sending loads of money like Britain is to Tchelani. There's still thousands of American troops, though, in Syria. What is American Syrian policy Syria policy? Speaker 1: America's policy towards Syria is basically Israel's policy. And what The United States was bent on doing was wrecking Syria and keeping it wrecked. That's the Israeli objective here. This is what the Israelis wanna do with Iran. They don't simply wanna do away with Iran's nuclear capability. They surely do wanna do that, but they wanna wreck Iran. They wanna turn Iran into Syria. And what the Israelis are doing in Syria is going to great lengths to make sure that Syria remains, a dysfunctional state. They don't want Syria to become, a formidable adversary. They want it to remain broken. And, of course, The United States will support the Israelis in that regard. So, of course, the Israelis are not gonna allow the Americans to give huge amounts of aid to Jalani so that he can produce a viable Syrian state because that's not Israeli policy. Just look at what they're doing in Iran. I mean, excuse me, what they're doing in Lebanon. It's a similar situation.

@GUnderground_TV - Going Underground

The neocons in the US🇺🇸 predicted that Iranians would take to the streets and overthrow their government after assassinations targeted and successfully killed Ayatollah Khamenei. Instead, Iranians took to the streets and the exact opposite happened. They rallied around the flag and mourned. Once again the neocons are wrong about their predictions after starting a disastrous war.

Saved - February 17, 2026 at 8:42 AM

@afshinrattansi - Afshin Rattansi

🚨🇺🇸Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: ‘I WATCHED MOSSAD TAKE OVER THE PENTAGON IN 2002’ ‘The Pentagon was infiltrated by Mossad. They did not need any identification to get through the river entrance to the building. They went upstairs to Douglas Feith, the Undersecretary of Defence for Policy, the third most powerful man in the Defence Department. Occasionally they went to the second most powerful man, Paul Wolfowitz, the Deputy Secretary of Defence, and they had run of the Pentagon. Donald Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defence, said to my boss one time ‘Hell, I don’t run my building, Mossad does!’ -Former Chief of Staff at the State Department Col. Lawrence Wilkerson on Going Underground

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The speaker asserts that the Epstein business was heavily influenced by Mossad. They claim to have watched Mossad take over the Pentagon in 2002, stating the Pentagon was infiltrated by Mossad. They say Mossad did not need any identification to pass through the river entrance and went upstairs to Douglas Fife, the undersecretary of defense for policy, described as the third most powerful man in the Defense Department. They add that Mossad occasionally went to Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense and the second most powerful man. The speaker quotes Donald Rumsfeld telling their boss, “hell, I don't run my building. Mossad does.”
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Speaker 0: And it's unquestionable that the Epstein business was heavily influenced, let me put it that way, by Mossad. And so that's somehow emblematic on these huge geopolitical issues? Yes. I watched Mossad take over the Pentagon in 2002. The Pentagon was infiltrated by Mossad. They did not need any identification to get through the river entrance to the building. They went upstairs to Douglas Fife, the undersecretary of defenses for policy, the third most powerful man in the defense department. Occasionally, they went to the second most powerful man, Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense, and they had run of the Pentagon. Donald Rumsfeld, the secretary of defense, said to my boss one time, hell, I don't run my building. Mossad does.

@GUnderground_TV - Going Underground

🚨CIA Whistleblower Prof. Melvin Goodman: ‘Israel gets what it wants from the United States. It gets it from Democratic presidents and from Republican presidents.’ https://t.co/QS4m772MEy

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The discussion centers on how politicization of intelligence has manifested in different eras, comparing past and present administrations. Speaker 0 asks whether the politicized weapons claims about Iraq and the CIA’s statements in the 1990s can be compared to today’s politicization of intelligence under John Ratcliffe and Tulsi Gabbard as head of DNI, arguing it is much worse now because of the mediocrity of those in control of key agencies. Speaker 1 counters by recalling the 1980s, noting that there was significant politicization of the Soviet threat to justify Reagan’s defense buildup, and adds that this is why he testified against Robert Gates in 1991. He asserts that politicization is bad, and insists that the current situation is worse than in the past. Speaker 1 explains: “It’s Because I look at the people who are ahead of these groups. Come on. Let’s be serious.” He targets the leadership of the director of national intelligence, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the CIA, saying, “Have you ever seen a cabinet in The United States of such mediocrity, of such venality?” He emphasizes his background, stating, “I haven’t,” and that nothing compares to what is going on now, warning that “a lot of damage is being done to The United States and to the constitution of The United States and to the importance of separation of powers and the importance of rule of law and the importance of checks and balances. This is very serious stuff.” Speaker 0 attempts to steer toward historical figures like Robert Maxwell, but Speaker 1 dismisses that concern as off point, insisting he is making a point about Israel. The exchange then shifts to U.S. support for Israel, with Speaker 1 asserting that “Israel gets what it wants from The United States. It gets it from democratic presidents and from republican presidents.” He also criticizes Barack Obama for signing what he calls “that ten year $40,000,000,000 arms aid agreement,” arguing that Obama “never should have signed” it “because they treated Obama so shabbily in the first place.”
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Speaker 0: Do you think you can compare the politicized weapons of mass destruction Iraq claims that were made back then, let alone the claims made by the CIA when you which you criticized at the time in the nineties? Can we compare that to the politicized nature of intelligence being used in this Trump administration under John Ratcliffe and Tulsi Gabbard as head of DNI? It's much worse now because you have these mediocre people in control of important government agencies. But there was tremendous politicization in the 1980s of the Soviet Union, making Speaker 1: the Soviet Union look stronger than it really was in order to justify a defense buildup that Reagan wanted in the early eighties, and this is why I testified against Robert Gates in 1991. Politicization bad. Now. Speaker 0: How do you know it's worse now? Speaker 1: It's Because I look at the people who are ahead of these groups. Come on. Let's be serious. Look at the people who are running the director of national intelligence, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, the CIA. Have you ever seen a cabinet in The United States of such mediocrity, of such venality? I haven't. And I've studied American diplomatic history. My PhD is in that field. Nothing compares to what is going on now, and a lot of damage is being done to The United States and to the constitution of The United States and to the importance of separation of powers and the importance of rule of law and the importance of checks and balances. This is very serious stuff. You you you're trying to make debaters points about Robert Maxwell and figures that aren't important in terms of real history as far Speaker 0: as No. I'm I'm making a point about Israel there. But then for all this degradation, as you yourself said in part one Speaker 1: Israel Israel gets what it wants from The United States. It gets it from democratic presidents and from republican presidents. Barack Obama never should have signed that ten year $40,000,000,000 arms aid agreement because they treated Obama so shabbily in the first place.

@GUnderground_TV - Going Underground

🚨NEW EPISODE OF GOING UNDERGROUND⚡️ CIA Whistleblower Prof. Melvin Goodman on US War on Iran, Ukraine proxy war, Epstein Files & More -What will the US target in a war on Iran? -Is this the start of a new nuclear arms race after the expiry of the START treaty? -Why does he

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Afshan and Rutansi host Going Underground from the UAE, discussing Gaza hunger amid Western actions and the wider US-Israeli war context in West Asia, alongside references to Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba. They introduce Melvin Goodman, a former CIA officer and whistleblower who criticized politicization of intelligence, and now a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, a Johns Hopkins government professor, and Counterpunch columnist. Netanyahu’s White House visit is highlighted: Israeli Channel 14 claims Netanyahu demanded complete cancellation of Iran’s nuclear program, zero uranium enrichment, removal of enrichment capabilities, limits on ballistic missiles to 300 kilometers, and intensive, genuine oversight of Iran. The hosts question Netanyahu’s influence and the ease with which an Israeli prime minister can press a US president. Speaker Goodman notes Netanyahu has a very good relationship with Trump, citing Netanyahu as a “houseguest” of the Kushner family in the past, and asserts the ceasefire is a joke as people die. He suggests Netanyahu will push for military force, with targets possibly concentrating on Iranian ballistic missile sites rather than nuclear facilities, based on satellite imagery of reconstruction. Goodman calls Netanyahu a “war president” and warns the government could move further right; he says the US continues to provide and may increase military aid to Israel despite civilian harm. Afshan and Goodman discuss US policy under Trump and Biden, agreeing that both have cooperated with genocide in Gaza. They contrast Netanyahu’s alignment with Trump and US arms support to Israel, noting heavy tonnage bombings and ongoing military aid. The conversation shifts to US intelligence and leadership: Goodman discusses CIA director John Ratcliffe as a political appointee, the broader claim that Trump’s administration is the worst cabinet in US history, and the need for the CIA to tell truth to power. Goodman states Ratcliffe has kept CIA out of the news regarding Venezuelan, Caribbean, and Pacific intelligence activities, aiding US military actions, while criticizing Trump’s overall approach to intelligence and governance. Ukraine is addressed briefly: Bill Burns as Moscow ambassador is argued to have not gone quiet, having warned both sides. They discuss genocide labels for Russia’s actions in Ukraine and the Gaza situation, with a back-and-forth about whether similar terms apply to Ukraine and Gaza. Goodman argues NATO expansion is a root cause of the war, and that Trump’s approach lacks a clear long-term disarmament strategy. He recalls participating in SALT I and ABM treaty contexts and critiques the Trump administration’s handling of arms control negotiations, blaming the absence of seasoned negotiators and the influence of non-experts like real estate billionaires on policy. The START treaty expiry is mentioned, with expectations of renewed talks and the importance of limits on new weapons from Russia and China. Goodman emphasizes the need to negotiate, noting past successes like the partial test ban treaty and INF/ABM treaties, and warns that the current US trajectory risks an arms race and destabilization, especially given China’s rapidly growing arsenal. The interview broadens to Epstein-related political pressure, noting Trump’s use of the Department of Justice and alleged pressure from various sources, including claims about Epstein files. Goodman discusses domestic pressures on Trump, including personnel changes and public opinion. Toward the end, Goodman cautions that the US aims to “be king of the Western Hemisphere,” and warns of dark days for Cuba and Venezuela, as Latin American governments move right in response to US policy. He observes a lack of coherent diplomatic channels and disarmament engagement, concluding that the near term is not optimistic. The program ends with condolences for Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran victims, and a teaser for a Saturday episode.
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Speaker 0: I'm Afshan I'm Rutansi. Welcome back to Going Underground broadcasting all around the world from The UAE ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as Palestinian Muslims and Christians in Gaza continue to die of hunger enforced by The UK, US, EU armed genocide in West Asia, and this in the shadow of US Israeli war in Iran. Today also marks the anniversary of Fidel Castro becoming prime minister of Cuba after the revolution he fought for with Che Guevara that overthrew The US backed dictator Batista. Under Trump and his secretary of state Rubio, whose family fled Cuba under the dictator, Batista, The USA has proved its power to violate any international norms in addition to enforcing human catastrophe sanctions. He's kidnapped Venezuela's president and first lady Nicola Maduro and Cile Flores. He's bombed African nations around 130 times as well as bombing Yemen, Iraq, and Syria. In each case, The USA has used its intelligence agencies to inform Trump's decisions. One CIA whistleblower who illuminated the politicization of intelligence is former CIA officer professor Melvin Goodman, who exposed Iraq war liar Robert Gates, who ran the CIA and later the Pentagon under George w Bush and Barack Obama. Professor Goodman is now a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, professor a of government at Johns Hopkins University, and a columnist at Counterpunch. Thanks so much, Mel, for coming, back on. Obviously, the war may have already begun by the time this is being, broadcast. I think maybe I should just start by asking you about, the Wednesday meeting with Trump in the sense that Israeli channel fourteen said Netanyahu's demands from Trump are complete cancellation of Iranian nuclear program, zero uranium enrichment, zero uranium enrichment capabilities, removing it all, limiting the range of Iranian ballistic missiles at 300 kilometers, intensive, genuine, and quality oversight of Iran. I mean, shocking to see it being so openly said that an that an Israeli prime minister can just walk into the White House and talk to your president that way? Speaker 1: Well, he knows that he has a very good relationship with Trump. Netanyahu has been a houseguest for the Kushner family in in the past. Witkoff and Kushner are not taking any positions that are hostile to Israel. The ceasefire is really a joke. People are dying, and it's not funny. So Netanyahu, I think, is gonna press for military force. And I think the targets may have a lot more to do with ballistic missiles than they do with the nuclear program because my my contacts tell me that from satellite photography, it's the ballistic missile sites that are being rebuilt. That's where the heavy construction is going on in Iran. But Netanyahu is a war president. It's war that's keeping him in office. When he faces an election, he's going to have a problem. But we shouldn't assume that things will get better in Israel because I think there's a greater chance that the government will move even third further to the right. So it's a dangerous situation. The genocide is terrible, and Joe Biden and Donald Trump have cooperated with that genocide. For Netanyahu, as he did a few weeks ago, to complain about deliveries is just nonsense. There was one interruption of of heavy tonnage bombs that they never should have gotten in the first place because of the damage to civilians. But they're getting all the military aid they want, and they always have, and they're they're probably about to get more. Speaker 0: I mean, apologies for sounding like general John Keane on your Rupert Murdoch's Fox News. But you said that Netanyahu and Trump are narcissists, delusions of grandeur. But couldn't it be said they've actually succeeded? The their genocide continues. The destruction of Lebanon and Syria continues. They have successfully killed in Iran. Do you don't think John Ratcliffe thinks of himself as a great a great CIA director who's provided intelligence to Speaker 1: Every director thinks he's a great CIA director. In in the recent past, there's only been one very good CIA director. I wish I had worked for him, but I was long gone when William Burns came in as Joe Biden's CIA director. He was an outstanding director. John Radcliffe is a political appointment. He's careful. He's not as risk taking as the director for national intelligence or the FBI director, but he's going to try to politicize intelligence. And it's up to the CIA to stand up and be willing to tell truth to power, which is what I did in the nineteen eighties when I resigned and testified against Bob Gates in 1991. But Ratcliffe has been sharp in one way. He's kept the CIA out of the news for the most part, including their intelligence collection with regard to Venezuelan and The Caribbean and The Pacific to help the military make their military attacks during that period of time. So Ratcliffe is a lot more clever than his peers, but when you look at Trump's appointments generally, this is the the worst administrative government, the worst cabinet government in the history of The United States. We've we've never seen anything as pathetic as this, and it's gonna take a lot of time and energy to fix all of the damage that Trump has done. Speaker 0: Yeah. I mean, I wanna get on to Ukraine later because Bill Burns went quiet, arguably, after becoming Moscow ambassador. He Speaker 1: No. He did he didn't he didn't go quiet. He didn't go quiet at all. He made it clear what the Russians were doing. He gave warning to the Ukrainians. He warned Putin. He allowed intelligence to be used in a much more aggressive way than it's ever been used in the case of Putin's genocidal war against Ukraine. If you wanna talk about genocide Speaker 0: Genocide. Speaker 1: You wanna throw and narcissism Yeah. Well, I wanted Speaker 0: I wanted to get to that later. Speaker 1: But I mean into the equation. Why why don't you throw in Vladimir Putin? What's your problem in whole Speaking Speaker 0: of that, I think, you know, many in The Middle East would refute that you can compare the Gaza genocide to what's happening in Ukraine because, you know Speaker 1: Why don't you ask the people in East Europe instead if Because that's Speaker 0: a lot Ukrainians and Russians Why don't you ask Speaker 1: and get a preview of what's happening to the infrastructure, what's happening to civilians, what's happening to hospitals, what's happening to children. You can't separate these two. The numbers are different. That's true. You said the genocide? Genocide? The the the same Speaker 0: it's what They're the same people, Ukrainians Speaker 1: What is doing? Russia. Yes. What a war criminal would do, and he's been called a war criminal, and it's genocide. Of course, it's genocide. Don't you say that? Speaker 0: What it's the Ukrainians are a different people to the to the Russians in the sense of the meaning of genocide. I mean, on that on that, actually, why do you think in your country you're not allowed to talk about NATO expansion policies catalyzing the worst war? Speaker 1: Not allowed to talk. I talk about it. I started talking about it in 1998. I was up on the hill in the 1990 Speaker 0: are you on Fox News and CNN, and how how often are you it seems to me no one in congress has been counterpunch. Speaker 1: It's a Russian talking point. It's considered Johns Hopkins. Speaker 0: If you said surely, if you said that, you'd be thought Speaker 1: of as Putin public. Arguments my my arguments are heard out there. I know I've been read, but a lot of people don't believe that NATO expansion had anything to do with Putin's invasion in 2022. I happen to believe and predict it that it was only a matter of time. If we were gonna surround Russia's Western front with one NATO state after another and bring in US weapons and defensive so called defensive missiles into Poland to put troops in Bulgaria, it was only a matter of time before Putin would use military force. He's used it in a very ugly genocidal fashion, but it was predictable. I predicted it, as I said, twenty some years ago. Speaker 0: Yeah. I mean, again, you know, the Ukrainians have not filed a genocidal complaint in the end. They talked about it, and they didn't go to the ICJ. So I don't know where you're getting that from. But on the other hand, you saying what you were just saying to me, you know would be considered Putin talking points if it were to if you were to get that piece in the New York Times and start talking about NATO expansionism being the catalyst for Speaker 1: I I have no cont I have no control over the New York Times or the the fading Washington Post. Speaker 0: My question is why is that debate not allowed? Why is that debate in the so called mainstream and political life in The United States not allowed so that you would sound like a Putin puppet just for raising it? Speaker 1: Well, I'm not a Putin puppet. I I speak my own mind with my own views, and that's what I've been known for, and that's why journalists call me. And the majority opinion does not accept NATO expansion as a cause of the war. When the Russian foreign minister Lavrov talks about root causes of the war, I think NATO expansion is a root cause of the war. It was my Speaker 0: question is why it's not accepted. Speaker 1: Wait. And I wasn't I I can't speak for the mainstream media. I don't work for the mainstream media. You I wouldn't even just Speaker 0: the media. I mean, in congress. I mean, in the think tanks. Speaker 1: I can't speak for the think tanks. All I can speak for is myself, and I know what I've been saying, and I've been saying it regularly, and I still think I'm right. But I tend to think that I'm right. Speaker 0: And so this all takes place, of course, amidst the expiry of the START treaty. There was some rumors that at the summit in Abu Dhabi, the trilateral summit on Ukraine, there was some perhaps some kind of discussion. But as far as you understand it, from what you're hearing, perhaps from the so called mainstream media, you've seen no real attempt at renewing the START treaty? And just to describe Speaker 1: to you its importance. Made an attempt to Putin made an attempt to expand it for a year just to extend it. I think the problem with arms control and disarmament is the Trump administration is not prepared to have long term discussions. I took part in the SALT one and the ABM treaty. I was the intelligence adviser in in Vienna. It took years to get these treaties. It took years to get the intermediate nuclear forces treaty. Trump's life span in terms of his energy is maybe twenty four to forty eight hours, something like yogurt, I would say. He he's not prepared to enter into long term negotiations. He's got two negotiators out there who are negotiating terribly in terms of Israel and Gaza and Ukraine and Russia. There are two real estate billionaires, Whitkoff and Jared Kushner. They don't know these issues. These are very technical, sophisticated issues. He doesn't have a real harms control team. He's got an undersecretary of state for disarmament, Donino, who doesn't have an impressive background. It's not like when Joe Biden had Rose Gottmueller, who I know, who is an outstanding student of arms control. So the danger now is we're entering into another arms race for nuclear weapons that no one needs. The overkill capability of China for that matter, let alone Russia and The United States, is so vast that the world could not survive several of these missiles, let alone the thousands that Russia and The United States have in terms of the new START treaty or the hundreds that China is now expanding. Although, because China was not part of that treaty say that China Speaker 0: To be to be specific, though to be specific, though, so the START treaty would have limited the expansion of new nuclear weapons technologies because is is that the point? Because know, some critics of the sky Speaker 1: one of the things that are in resuming talks, assuming that talks could ever resume, you need to have aspects of the treaty that eliminate the new kinds of weapons that Russia and China are working on. But when you talk about military force, the The US overkill capability is huge. And now we're putting hundreds of billions of dollars into modernizing a program that doesn't need to be modernizing. And now there's a question of, will nuclear tests resume? Trump is threatening to resume nuclear tests. China has had some secret tests, in the past that involved underground explosions. The United States violated treaties in the late fifties and early sixties with nuclear tests. But it takes it takes guts and perseverance and tenacity to negotiate arms control. That's why I give John f Kennedy so much credit for the partial test ban treaty. Even Ronald Reagan came around and negotiated the intermediate nuclear forces treaty. But then you had two presidents, two Republican presidents, George w Bush, who abrogated the the AVM treaty, and then you have Donald Trump abrogating the INF treaty, two of the most important disarmament treaties. But I don't think the world is attuned to the nuclear challenge the way it was, say, in the nineteen eighties. That's what I worry about. It's become commonplace to talk about nuclear weapons. Speaker 0: Professor Melvin Goodman, I'll just stop Professor you Melvin Goodman, I'll just stop you there. More from the former CIA directorate of intelligence analyst and now senior fellow at the Center for International Policy after this break. Welcome back to Going Underground. I'm still here with the former CIA director of intelligence analyst and now professor of government at John Hopkins University, professor Melvin Goodman. Professor Goodman, you were talking about, the importance of, negotiating and working on negotiating a new start treaty. You don't think that Trump thinks, you know, we have the numbers of nuclear weapons to blow up the world, something that you intimated in part one, many times over. So what difference does it make anyway? And Israel has nuclear weapons. So what's the point of talking about a treaty that doesn't really hold universally and certainly doesn't hold with China. Don't you think that's the way he might see it? Speaker 1: Well, he wants to negotiate a treaty that includes China. China's feeling is their numbers are so inferior compared to Russian and US warheads that there's no reason for him to join the treaty. And perhaps with a target of a thousand nuclear warheads by 2030, maybe he feels down the road that he would join negotiations. But right now, he's at a position of weakness, and the Chinese are not gonna accept any positions of weakness. They have their own issues. If you look at the purge of the Chinese military that's taking place, that should get more intention in terms of why is Xi Jinping doing this, and what does it mean for a possibility of war with Taiwan, and what does it mean for negotiations with The United States, which will take place in April apparently. But with Trump, you never know who you're negotiating with and what it all means. I mean, he does no study. He does no review. He's not surrounded by expertise at any level that I can tell. Speaker 0: But in fairness, he does speak to them. I mean, you spoke Speaker 1: He doesn't how Joe Biden intelligence briefings. Speaker 0: Under Joe Biden, there was nothing between Washington and Moscow. There were not even any phone calls. There was no discussions. Well, now as you say, Trump is going to China in April. Speaker 1: Well, yeah. But who knows what he's going there to do? You know, when Nixon went to Beijing, everything was agreed in advance. Henry Kissinger ran a superb pre summit exercise. They knew exactly what they were gonna come away with. That's how you negotiate at that level. There's no one able to do that. You you know, again, you have two real estate billionaires who don't know a damn thing about anything from what I can tell. Witkoff doesn't even understand what the Donbasses is and what it involves. Speaker 0: They they both deny that. And you can't say that Steve Witkoff would back the bombing of Vietnam, Lao, and Cambodia, arguably. I wanna get on actually to what you think of the Japanese. Speaker 1: What the hell does Witkoff have to do with Vietnam? Speaker 0: I'm saying that under Henry Kissinger, things were a lot worse for the people of Southeast Asia. Speaker 1: This is what you you changed the topic. That's not where I'm talking about summitry and arms control. I'm talking about SALT one and ABM and the opening to China and developing a better relationship. Speaker 0: They believe in communication. Not for me to defend the real estate tycoons of your country. What do you think of the delusions of grandeur that you've written about when it comes to Trump in the context of where every headline and every thing in your country is about I mean, this Rothschild French chief turned to Epstein for advice on $45,000,000 settlement with the Department of Justice. The New York Times. Speaker 1: What about the Russian contacts? Do you talk about Russian contacts? With the with do you talk about people from the Global Initiative Fund who have talked to Epstein? Speaker 0: You believe that Jeffrey Epstein was a Russian asset. Speaker 1: No. No. I can't. Speaker 0: And not an Israeli asset. I mean, I don't know whether you saw our show the other week. We had sight we heard the source answer. Had the source for Seymour Hirsch's The Sampson Option. Ari Ben Menashe, who used to work in Amman, Israeli intelligence, who said that, explicitly, that the Epstein files, some of them are being withheld within information that Trump knows about, and that is what Israel are pressuring him with as regards war here in this region and over Gaza. Do you believe the Epstein files could be used to pressure your president into pursuing ever more I think it's ever policy? Speaker 1: Whatever important or relevant to Donald Trump that's in the Epstein files has been redacted, has been removed from the Epstein files. He's had remember that Trump has his own Department of Justice. He's weaponized the Department of Justice. Pam Bondi is a tool for Donald Trump. They reluctantly obey the laws about turning over documents. The only importance of the Epstein files is to keep it alive because the MAGA movement seems to be upset with this defense of sexual pornography and and sexual kidnapping and the very important Americans who've been involved with Jeffrey Epstein. So it's become a political issue, which is very sad because a lot of lives are at stake in terms of the victims of Epstein. Speaker 0: Did you come across Jeffrey Epstein's name when you were in the CIA? No. Never. You left in 1990. Right? Speaker 1: 1991. Yeah. Speaker 0: But never did you come across his name because Never clear that once. It's clear that his associate was Ghislain Maxwell, the daughter of Israeli asset Robert Maxwell. Robert Maxwell, you presumably did hear of when you were in the CIA. Speaker 1: Not in any document. You know, the world of intelligence is a lot more important than the names you're throwing around. Speaker 0: Robert Maxwell, who allegedly was implicated in nuclear weapon research transfer. Speaker 1: Never came across his name in an official context, not once. And I worked in arms control and disarmament in the seventies and eighties. Speaker 0: Yet, Roman Maxwell doesn't ring a bell either. I mean, you think that the venality Speaker 1: It rings bell, but it doesn't ring a bell from in any important intelligence sense. You throw around these names that have no relationship to what's really important. Speaker 0: And do you think the, venality as you've described it as regards Trump means that, the Epstein, nonstop drip of feed of information coming from the files? Maybe the Israelis have the unredacted ones. Obviously, Roe Conner and and Thomas Massie are trying to get it unredacted. You don't think that the pressure could be applied to Trump to do things he might not wish to as part of a blackmail operation? Speaker 1: Well, there's definitely pressure on Trump now. Last week, he very quietly removed the National Guard presence in Portland, Chicago, and Los Angeles. That's a very important step. He he took the border commissar who was in Minneapolis who did such a terrible job and and sent him packing. He's he's nervous now. His numbers are down. His popularity is way down. Magans are upset about the Epstein files. That's where a lot of the pressure is coming from. Speaker 0: I'm talking about Israeli pressure. I mean, you must have felt Israeli pressure when Who? You were in the in the CIA. Israeli pressure on who? On Donald Trump. Speaker 1: What what what's the Israeli pressure? Well, I mean, let's get back then to with the shadow of war Speaker 0: in this region, I gotta ask you I gotta ask you, do you think you can compare the politicized weapons of mass destruction Iraq claims that were made back then, let alone the claims made by the CIA when you which you criticized at the time in the nineties? Can we compare that to the politicized nature of intelligence being used in this Trump administration under John Ratcliffe and Tulsi Gabbard as head of DNI? Speaker 1: It's much worse now because you have these mediocre people in control of important government agencies. But there was tremendous politicization in the nineteen eighties of the Soviet Union, making the Soviet Union look stronger than it really was in order to justify a defense buildup that Reagan wanted in the early nineteen eighties, and this is why I testified against Robert Gates in 1991. Now. Speaker 0: How do you know it's worse now? Speaker 1: It's because I look at the people who are ahead of these groups. Come on. Let's be serious. Look at the people who are running the director of national intelligence, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, the CIA. Have you ever seen a cabinet in The United States of such mediocrity, of such venality? I haven't, and I've studied American diplomatic history. My PhD is in that field. Nothing compares to what is going on now, and a lot of damage is being done to The United States and to the constitution of The United States and to the importance of separation of powers and the importance of rule of law and the importance of checks and balances. This is very serious stuff. You you you try to make debaters points about Robert Maxwell and figures that aren't important in terms of real history as far Speaker 0: as I'm making a point about Israel there. But then for all this degradation, as you yourself said in part one Speaker 1: Israel Israel gets what it wants from The United States. It gets it from Democratic presidents and from Republican presidents. Barack Obama never should have signed that ten year $40,000,000,000 arms aid agreement because they treated Obama so shabbily in the first place. Speaker 0: Okay. We're just running out of time. Perhaps we're just running out of time, but for all the degradation, as you said, of public life, I should just finally ask you what advice you might give Delsy Rodriguez of Venezuela, let alone Miguel Diaz's Canal Of Cuba under this new Donro doctrine given that John Ratcliffe is presumably very chuffed at being able to do the intel to be able to illegally kidnap Speaker 1: the state. Marco Rubio more than I worry about John Radcliffe. If you go back and look at the national security strategy that was released in January, it's clear that Trump wants to be king of the Western Hemisphere and doesn't really care what China does in the Indo Pacific region or what Russia does in East Europe for that matter. So if I were in Cuba, I would see very dark days ahead. If I were in Venezuela, I would think that oil is going to be appropriated by The United States and used for the interests of Trump and his billionaire colleagues and American interests generally. And that's why you have Latin American governments moving to the right. They're they're gonna try to protect themselves. Canada has been very smart, I think, in in moving toward Europe and toward China, realizing that The United States that we've known for so many decades and a couple centuries is not The United States we're gonna see for the next three years, and that how how much repair will actually be made. It's not going to be easy. Speaker 0: And just finally, we're running out of time, but you have no time yourself for presumably Rubio and the likes, ideas of spheres of influence in that China can run their side of the world. Russia can run their side of the world, Western Europe can economically collapse as it seems to be right now, and you get your backyard South of the Rio Grande? Speaker 1: Well, that's the sad way the spheres of influence have been created. The sad thing to me is when Rubio came before the Senate for confirmation, he was confirmed 99 to nothing. He's a mediocre secretary of state, a mediocre national security adviser. The National Security Council doesn't even meet on a regular basis. I've talked to European diplomats who say they they had no one to talk to at the State Department because no one has any official standing or access to real authoritative matters, the government on some levels, particularly with regard to diplomacy and disarmament, which I've written about, has come to a halt. And I don't see any reason to be optimistic about the near term. These are rough times, and you should be worried too. Speaker 0: Professor Melvin Goodman, thank you. Thank you. That's it for the show. Our continued condolences to those suffering the impact of The US, UK, EU on bombing of Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran. We'll be back on Saturday with a brand new episode. Until then, keep in touch by all our social media. 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I recall Putin’s 2007 Munich warning that Russia would resist NATO expansion, exposing the hypocrisy of the post-Cold War “rules-based order.” He criticised a unipolar world and US wars, warned Europe’s missile defense could upset the nuclear balance and spark a new arms race, and noted those concerns were ignored, with Ukraine’s war and rising Russia–NATO tensions the result.

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If you’ve seen the circus at the Munich Security Conference this year, here’s a throwback to a speech with actual consequence: Vladimir Putin’s 2007 Munich Security Conference speech represented Russia🇷🇺 openly exposing the hypocrisy of the post-Cold War ‘rules-based order’ and Russia declaring that it would not tolerate NATO expansion onto its borders to encircle Moscow. As NATO expansion steamrolled ahead with Moscow’s concerns ignored for years, Putin warned Russia would resist the expansion. He criticised the emergence of a unipolar world, where the US abused its power with endless wars and military interventions. He warned that the US’ missile defence plans in Europe were a threat to the nuclear strategic balance, which could trigger a new arms race. Russia’s concerns were ignored or ridiculed for years, the Ukraine proxy war and the current dangerous tensions between Russia and NATO are the consequences.

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The speaker argues that international security is broader than military-political stability and includes global economic stability, poverty reduction, economic security, and civilizational dialogue. He emphasizes the principle that security of each is security of all, recalling Franklin Roosevelt’s idea that “wherever peace is violated, peace everywhere is threatened.” He asserts that two decades ago the world was split ideologically and economically, with security provided by the large strategic potential of two superpowers, and that global confrontation has moved to the periphery of international relations, leaving acute economic and social issues unresolved. He criticizes the unipolar world as not achievable or acceptable, defining it as one center of power and one center of decision-making, a model he says is not democracy and ultimately destructive for both the ruled and the ruler. He notes that unilateral, illegitimate actions have not solved problems and have caused new tragedies and tens of thousands of civilian deaths. He points to the increasing and unchecked use of force in international affairs, the neglect of core principles of international law, and the tendency to resolve issues on the basis of political expediency. The speaker highlights new threats such as weapons of mass destruction and terrorism, arguing for a balanced approach that considers the interests of all international actors. He notes the rapid changes in the international landscape, including the rise of China and India, whose combined GDP (at PPP) surpasses the US, and BRICS collectively surpassing the EU, predicting that economic power will increasingly translate into political influence and strengthen multipolarity. He calls for multilateral diplomacy, openness, transparency, and predictability, with force used only as an exceptional measure and in accordance with the UN Charter, not as a substitute for collective security institutions such as the UN, NATO, or the EU. The speaker defends adherence to international treaties on nonproliferation and disarmament, recalling Russia’s agreement with the US to cut strategic nuclear weapons to 1700–2200 deployable warheads by December 31, 2012, and emphasizes Russia’s commitment to the NPT and multilateral controls on missile technologies. He critiques the proliferation of missile systems in various countries and the existence of new high-tech weapons, including space-based systems, warning that militarization of space could have consequences comparable to the nuclear era. He announces a Russian proposal for a Space Weapons Prevention Treaty and discusses concerns about missile defense deployments in Europe, arguing they provoke a new arms race and distrust. Regarding conventional forces in Europe, he criticizes the Adapted CFE Treaty for insufficient ratification and notes NATO’s expansion near Russian borders, arguing that such expansion reduces mutual trust. He recalls a 1990 NATO secretary-general statement about not placing troops beyond Germany’s borders and stresses that Russia seeks an independent foreign policy with responsible partners to build a fair and democratic world order for all. He also discusses energy cooperation, arguing that energy prices should be market-driven and that foreign capital participates significantly in Russian oil production, with investments in Russia exceeding Russian investments abroad by about 15:1. He mentions Russia’s ongoing WTO accession and criticizes double standards in poverty alleviation, noting how aid and subsidies can perpetuate economic underdevelopment and fuel radicalism and conflict. Finally, he defends the OSCE as a body intended to address security in a holistic way but contends it has been used to serve external interests and to finance NGOs that may interfere in internal affairs. He calls for the OSCE to respect sovereignty and for cooperation based on mutual trust. He closes by reaffirming Russia’s longstanding tradition of independent external policy and expresses a desire to work with responsible, independent partners to build a just, democratic world order that ensures security and prosperity for all.
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Speaker 0: Спасибо большое, уважаемая госпожа Федеральный канцлер, господин Тельчик, дамы и господа! Весьма признателен за приглашение на столь представительную конференцию, собравшую политиков, военных, предпринимателей, экспертов из более чем 40 стран мира. Формат конференции даёт мне возможность избежать излишнего политеса и необходимости говорить округлыми, приятными, но пустыми дипломатическими штампами. Формат Конференции позволяет сказать то, что я действительно думаю о проблемах международной безопасности. И если мои рассуждения покажутся нашим коллегам излишне полемически заострёнными либо неточными, я прошу на меня не сердиться, это ведь только Конференция. И надеюсь, что после двух-трех минут моего выступления господин Тельчик не включит там красный свет. Итак, известно, что проблематика международной безопасности много шире вопросов военно-политической стабильности. Это устойчивость мировой экономики, преодоление бедности, экономическая безопасность и развитие межцивилизационного диалога. Такой всеобъемлющий неделимый характер безопасности выражен и в её базовом принципе. Безопасность каждого это безопасность всех. Как сказал ещё в первые дни разгоравшейся Второй мировой войны Франклин Рузвельт, где бы ни был нарушен мир, мир повсюду оказывается в безопасности и под угрозой. Эти слова продолжают сохранять актуальность и сегодня. Об этом свидетельствует и тема нашей конференции, которая здесь написана Глобальные кризисы, глобальная ответственность. Всего лишь два десятилетия назад мир был идеологически и экономически расколот, а его безопасность обеспечивали огромные стратегические потенциалы двух сверхдержав. Глобальное противостояние отодвигало на периферию международных отношений и повестки дня крайне острые экономические и социальные вопросы. И как всякая война, война холодная, оставила нам и не разорвавшиеся снаряды, образно выражаясь. Имею в виду идеологические стереотипы, двойные стандарты, иные шаблоны блокового мышления. Предлагаевшийся же после холодной войны однополярный мир тоже не состоялся. История человечества, конечно, знает и периоды однополярного состояния, и стремления к мировому господству. Чего только не было в истории человечества. Однако что же такое однополярный мир? Как бы ни украшали этот термин, он в конечном итоге означает на практике только одно это один центр власти, один центр силы, один центр принятия решения. Это мир одного хозяина, одного суверена, и это в конечном итоге губительно не только для всех, кто находится в рамках этой системы, но и для самого суверена, потому что разрушает его изнутри. И это ничего общего не имеет, конечно, с демократией. Потому что демократия это, как известно, власть большинства при учёте интересов и мнения меньшинства. Кстати говоря, Россию нас постоянно учат демократии, но те, кто нас учат, сами почему-то учиться не очень хотят. Считаю, что для современного мира однополярная модель не только неприемлема, но и вообще невозможна. И не только потому, что при единоличном лидерстве в современном, именно в современном мире не будет хватать ни военно-политических, ни экономических Но, что ещё важнее, сама модель является неработающей, так как в её основе нет и не может быть морально-нравственной базы современной цивилизации. Вместе с тем всё, что происходит сегодня в мире и сейчас мы только начали дискутировать об этом, это следствие попыток внедрения именно этой концепции мировые дела, концепции однополярного мира. А какой результат? Односторонние, нелегитимные часто действия не решили ни одной проблемы. Более того, они стали генератором новых человеческих трагедий и очагов напряжённости. Судите сами: войн, локальных и региональных конфликтов меньше не стало. Господин Тельчик об этом очень мягко упомянул. И людей в этих конфликтах гибнет не меньше, а даже больше, чем раньше. Значительно больше. Сегодня мы наблюдаем почти ничем не сдерживаемое гипертрофированное применение силы в международных делах, военной силы, ввергающей мир в пучину следующих один за другим конфликтов. В результате не хватает сил на комплексное решение ни одного из них. Становится невозможным и их политическое решение. Мы видим все большее пренебрежение основополагающими принципами международного права. Больше того, отдельные нормы, да по сути чуть ли не вся система права одного государства, прежде всего конечно Соединённых Штатов, перешагнула свои национальные границы и по сути во всех сферах и в экономике, и в политике, и в гуманитарной сфере навязывается другим государствам. Но кому это понравится? В международных делах всё чаще встречается стремление решить тот или иной вопрос, исходя из так называемой политической целесообразности, основанной на текущей конъюнктуре. И это, конечно, крайне опасно и ведёт к тому, что никто уже не чувствует себя в безопасности. Я хочу это подчеркнуть никто не чувствует себя в безопасности, потому что никто не может спрятаться за международным правом как за каменной стеной. Такая политика является, конечно, катализатором гонки вооружений. Доминирование фактора силы неизбежно подпитывает тягу ряда стран к обладанию оружием массового уничтожения. Больше того, появились принципиально новые угрозы, которые и раньше были известны, но сегодня приобретают глобальный характер, такие как терроризм. Убежден, мы подошли к тому рубежному моменту, когда должны серьезно задуматься над всей архитектурой глобальной безопасности. И здесь надо отталкиваться от поиска разумного баланса между интересами всех субъектов международного общения. Тем более сейчас, когда международный ландшафт столь ощутимо и столь быстро меняется, меняется за счёт динамичного развития целого ряда государств и регионов. Госпожа Федеральный Канцлер упомянул уже об этом. Так, суммарный ВВП Индии и Китая по паритетной покупательной способности уже больше, чем у Соединённых Штатов Америки. А рассчитанные по тому же принципу ВВП государств группы Бразилия, Россия, Индия, Китай превосходят совокупный ВВП Евросоюза. И по оценкам экспертов, в обозримой исторической перспективе этот разрыв будет только возрастать. Не стоит сомневаться, что экономический потенциал новых центров мирового роста будет неизбежно конвертироваться в политическое влияние и укреплять будет многополярность. В этой связи серьезно возрастает роль многосторонней дипломатии. Открытость, транспарентность и предсказуемость политики безальтернативны, а применение силы должно быть действительно исключительной мерой, так же как и применение смертной казни в правовых системах некоторых государств. Сегодня же мы, наоборот, наблюдаем ситуацию, когда страны, в которых применение смертной казни запрещено даже в отношении убийц и других преступников, опасных преступников. Несмотря на это, такие стороны легко идут на участие в военных операциях, которые трудно назвать легитимными. А ведь в этих конфликтах гибнут люди, сотни, тысячи мирных людей. Но в то же время возникает вопрос: разве мы должны безучастно и безвольно взирать на различные внутренние конфликты в отдельных странах, на действия авторитарных режимов, тиранов, на распространение оружия массового уничтожения? Именно по сути это и лежало в основе вопроса, который был задан федеральному канцлеру нашим уважаемым коллегой господином Либерманном. Можем ли мы безучастно смотреть на то, что происходит? Я попробую ответить на ваш вопрос тоже. Конечно, мы не должны смотреть безучастно, конечно, нет. Но есть ли у нас средства противостоять этим угрозам? Конечно, есть. Достаточно вспомнить недавнюю историю. Ведь произошел же мирный переход к демократии в нашей стране. Ведь состоялась же мирная трансформация советского режима, мирная трансформация. И какого режима? С каким количеством оружия, в том числе ядерного оружия? Почему же сейчас при каждом удобном случае нужно бомбить и стрелять? Неужели в условиях отсутствия угрозы взаимного уничтожения нам не хватает политической культуры, уважения к ценностям демократии и к праву? Убеждён, единственным механизмом принятия решения по использованию военной силы как последнего довода может быть только устав ООН. И в этой связи я или не понял то, что было сказано совсем недавно нашим коллегой, министром обороны Италии, либо он выразился неточно, я, во всяком случае, услышал, что легитимным применение силы может считаться только в том случае, если решение принято в НАТО, или в Евросоюзе, или в ООН. Если он действительно так считает, то у нас с ним разные точки зрения. Или я ослышался. Легитимным можно считать применение силы, только если решение принято на основе и в рамках ООН. И не надо подменять Организацию Объединённых Наций ни НАТО, ни Евросоюза. И когда ООН будет реально объединять силы международного сообщества, которое действительно может реагировать на события в отдельных странах. Когда мы избавимся от пренебрежения международным правом, то ситуация может измениться. В противном случае ситуация будет заходить лишь в тупик и умножать количество тяжелых ошибок. При этом, конечно, нужно добиваться того, чтобы международное право имело универсальный характер и в понимании, и в применении норм. И нельзя забывать, что демографический образ действий в политике обязательно предполагает дискуссию и кропотливую выработку решений. Уважаемые дамы и господа, потенциальная опасность дестабилизации международных отношений связана и с очевидным застоем в области разоружения. Россия выступает за возобновление диалога по этому важнейшему вопросу. Важно сохранить устойчивость международно-правовой разоруженческой базы, при этом обеспечить преемственность процесса сокращения ядерных вооружений. Мы договорились с Соединёнными Штатами Америки о сокращении наших ядерных потенциалов на стратегических носителях до 1700-2200 ядерных боезарядов к 31 декабря 2012 года. Россия намерена строго выполнять взятые на себя обязательства. Надеемся, что и наши партнеры будут действовать также транспарентно и не будут откладывать на чёрный день лишнюю пару сотен ядерных боезарядов. И если сегодня Новый Министр обороны США здесь нам объявят, что США не будут прятать эти заряды лишние ни на складах, ни под подушкой, ни под одеялом. Я предлагаю всем встать и стоя это поприветствовать. Это было бы очень важным заявлением. Россия строго придерживается и намерена в дальнейшем придерживаться Договора о нераспространении ядерного оружия и многостороннего режима контроля за ракетными технологиями. Принципы, заложенные в этих документах, носят универсальный характер. В этой связи хотел бы вспомнить, что в восьмидесятых годах СССР и Соединённые Штаты подписали договор о ликвидации целого класса ракет средней и малой, но универсального характера этому документу предано не было. Сегодня такие ракеты уже имеет целый ряд стран: Корейская Народно-Демократическая Республика, Республика Корея, Индия, Иран, Пакистан, Израиль. Многие другие государства мира разрабатывают эти системы и планируют поставить их на вооружение. И только Соединённые Штаты Америки и Россия несут обязательства не создавать подобных систем вооружений. Ясно, что в этих условиях мы вынуждены задуматься об обеспечении своей собственной безопасности. Вместе с тем нельзя допустить появления новых дестабилизирующих высокотехнологичных видов оружия. Я уже не говорю о мерах по предупреждению новых сфер конфронтации, особенно в космосе. Звёздные войны, как известно, уже не фантастика, а реальность. Ещё в середине 80-х годов наши американские партнёры на практике провели перехват собственного спутника. Милитаризация космоса, по мнению России, может спровоцировать непредсказуемые для мирового сообщества последствия, не меньшие, чем начало ядерной эры. И мы не раз выступали с инициативами, направленными на недопущение оружия в космос. Сегодня хотел бы проинформировать Вас о том, что нами подготовлен проект Договора о предотвращении размещения оружия в космическом пространстве. В ближайшее время он будет направлен партнерам в качестве официального предложения. Давайте работать над этим вместе. Нас также не могут не тревожить планы по развертыванию элементов системы противоракетной обороны в Европе. Кому нужен очередной виток неизбежной в этом случае гонки вооружений? Глубоко сомневаюсь, что самим европейцем. Ракетного оружия, реально угрожающего Европе, с дальностью действия порядка пяти-восьми тысяч километров нет ни у одной так называемой проблемных стран. И будущем в обозримой перспективе и не появится, и не предвидится даже. Гипотетический пуск, например, северокорейской ракеты по территории США через Западную Европу это явно противоречит законам баллистики. Как говорят у нас в России, это всё равно что правой рукой дотягиваться до левого уха. Находясь здесь, в Германии, не могу не упомянуть и о кризисном состоянии Договора об обычных вооружённых силах в Европе. Адаптированный Договор об обычных вооружённых силах в Европе был подписан в 1999 году. Он учитывал новую геополитическую реальность ликвидацию Варшавского блока. С тех пор прошло семь лет, и только четыре государства ратифицировали этот документ, включая Российскую Федерацию. Страны НАТО открыто заявили, что не ратифицируют договор, включая положение о фланговых ограничениях, о размещении на флангах определенного количества вооруженных сил, до тех пор, пока Россия не выведет свои базы из Грузии и Молдавии. Из Грузии наши войска выводятся, причём даже в ускоренном порядке. Эти проблемы мы с нашими грузинскими коллегами решили, и это всем известно. В Молдавии остаётся группировка в полторы тысячи военнослужащих, которые выполняют миротворческие функции и охраняют склады с боеприпасами, оставшиеся со времён СССР. И мы с господином Саланой обсуждаем постоянно этот вопрос, он знает нашу позицию, мы готовы и дальше работать по этому направлению. Но что же происходит в это же самое время? А в это самое время в Болгарии и Румынии появляются так называемые легкие американские передовые базы по пять тысяч штыков в каждой. Получается, что НАТО выдвигает свои передовые силы к нашим государственным границам, а мы, строго выполняя договор, никак не реагируем на это действие. Думаю, очевидно, процесс натовского расширения не имеет никакого отношения к модернизации самого альянса или к обеспечению безопасности в Европе. Наоборот, это серьёзно провоцирующий фактор, снижающий уровень взаимного доверия. И у нас есть справедливое право откровенно спросить, против кого это расширение, и что стало с теми заверениями, которые давались западными партнёрами после роспуска Варшавского договора. Где теперь эти заявления? О них даже никто не помнит, но я позволю себе напомнить в этой аудитории. Хотел бы привести цитату из выступления Генерального секретаря НАТО господина Вернера в Брюсселе 17 мая 90 года. Он тогда сказал: Сам факт, что мы готовы не размещать войска НАТО за пределами территории ФРГ, дает Советскому Союзу твердые гарантии. И бетонные блоки Берлинской стены давно разошлись на сувениры. Но нельзя забывать, что её падение стало возможным в том числе и благодаря историческому выбору в том числе нашего народа, народа России, выбору в пользу демократии и свободы, открытости и искреннего партнёрства со всеми членами большой европейской семьи. Сейчас же нам пытаются навязать уже новые разделительные линии стены, пусть виртуальные, но все-таки разделяющие, разрезающие наш общий континент. Неужели вновь потребуются долгие годы и десятилетия, смена нескольких поколений политиков, чтобы разобрать и демонтировать эти новые стены? Уважаемые дамы и господа, мы однозначно выступаем и за укрепление режима нераспространения. Существующая международно-правовая база позволяет создать технологии по выработке ядерного топлива для использования его в мирных целях. И многие страны с полным на то основанием хотят создавать собственную ядерную энергетику как основу их энергетической независимости. Но мы также понимаем, что эти технологии могут быть быстро трансформированы в получение оружейных материалов. Это вызывает серьёзное международное напряжение. Яркий тому пример ситуация с иранской ядерной программой. Если международное сообщество не выработает разумного решения этого конфликта интересов, мир и дальше будет потрясать подобные дестабилизирующие кризисы, потому что пороговых стран больше, чем Иран, и мы с вами об этом знаем. Мы будем постоянно сталкиваться с угрозой распространения оружия массового уничтожения. В прошлом году Россия выступила с инициативой создания многонациональных центров по обогащению урана. Мы открыты к тому, чтобы подобные центры создавались не только в России, но и в других странах, где на легитимной основе существует мирная ядерная энергетика. Государства, желающие развивать атомную энергетику, могли бы гарантированно получать топливо через непосредственное участие в работе этих центров, конечно же, под строгим контролем МГАТЭ. С российским предложением созвучны и последние инициативы президента Соединённых Штатов Америки Джорджа Буша. Считаю, что Россия и США объективно и в одинаковой степени заинтересованы в ужесточении режимов нераспространения оружия массового уничтожения и средств его доставки. Именно наши страны, являющиеся лидерами по ядерному и ракетному потенциалу, должны стать и лидерами в разработке новых, более жёстких мер в сфере нераспространения. Россия готова к такой работе, мы ведём консультации с нашими американскими друзьями. В целом речь должна идти о создании целой системы политических рычагов и экономических стимулов. Стимулов, при которых государства были бы заинтересованы не создавать собственные мощности ядерного топливного цикла, но имели бы возможность развивать атомную энергетику, укрепляя свой энергетический потенциал. В этой связи подробнее остановлюсь на международном энергетическом сотрудничестве. Г-жа Федеральный Канцлер тоже об этом коротко, но упомянула, затронула эту тему. В энергетической сфере Россия ориентируется на создание единых для всех рыночных принципов и прозрачных условий. Очевидно, что цена на энергоносители должна определяться рынком, а не являться предметом политических спекуляций, экономического давления или шантажа. Мы открыты для сотрудничества. Зарубежная компания участвует в наших крупнейших энергетических проектах. По различным оценкам, до 26 процентов добычи нефти в России вдумайтесь в эту цифру, до двадцати шести процентов добычи нефти в России приходится на иностранный капитал. Попробуйте привести мне пример подобного широкого присутствия российского бизнеса в ключевых отраслях экономики западных государств. Нет таких примеров, таких примеров нет. Напомню также о соотношении инвестиций, поступающих в Россию и идущих из России в другие страны мира. Соотношение примерно 15:1 вот вам зримый пример открытости и стабильности российской экономики. Экономическая безопасность это сфера, где всем следует придерживаться единых принципов. Мы готовы честно конкурировать. Для этого у российской экономики появляется всё больше возможностей. Такую динамику объективно оценивают эксперты и наши зарубежные партнёры. Так, недавно был повышен рейтинг России в УС, и с четвёртой группы риска наша страна перешла в третью. И хотел бы, пользуясь случаем, здесь, сегодня, в Мюнхене, поблагодарить наших немецких коллег за содействие в принятии вышеназванного решения. Далее, как вы знаете, процесс присоединения России к ВТО вышел на финальную стадию. Отмечу, что в ходе долгих, непростых переговоров слова о свободе, мы не раз слышали слова о свободе слова, о свободе от торговли, о равных возможностях, но почему-то исключительно применительно к нашему, к российскому рынку. Еще одна важная тема, прямо влияющая на глобальную безопасность. Сегодня много говорят о борьбе с бедностью. Что здесь происходит на самом деле? С одной стороны, на программы помощи беднейшим странам выделяются финансовые ресурсы и подчас не маленькие финансовые ресурсы, но по-честному, и здесь многие тоже это знают, зачастую под освоение компаниями самих же стран-доноров. Но в то же время, с другой стороны, в развитых странах сохраняются субсидии в сельском хозяйстве, ограничивается для других доступ к высоким технологиям. И давайте называть вещи своими именами. Получается, что одной рукой раздается благотворительная помощь, а другой не только консервируется экономическая отсталость, а еще и собирается прибыль. Возникающее социальное напряжение в таких депрессивных регионах неизбежно выливаются в рост радикализма, экстремизма, подпитывает терроризм и локальные конфликты. А если всё это вдобавок происходит, скажем, на Ближнем Востоке, в условиях обостренного восприятия внешнего мира как несправедливого, то возникает риск для глобальной дестабилизации. Очевидно, что ведущие страны мира должны видеть эту угрозу и, соответственно, выстраивать более демократическую, справедливую систему экономических отношений в мире, систему, дающую всем шанс и возможность для развития. Выступая на конференции, уважаемые дамы и господа, нельзя обойти молчанием и деятельность организации по безопасности и сотрудничеству в Европе. Как известно, она была создана, чтобы рассматривать все, я подчеркну это, все аспекты безопасности: военно-политические, экономические, гуманитарные, причем в их взаимосвязи. Сегодня что мы видим на практике? Мы видим, что этот баланс явно нарушен. ОБСЕ пытаются превратить вульгарный инструмент обеспечения внешнеполитических интересов одной или группы стран в отношении других стран. И под эту задачу вскроили и бюрократический аппарат ОБСЕ, который абсолютно никак не связан с государствами и учредителями. Вскроили под эту задачу процедуры принятия решений и использования так называемых неправительственных организаций. Формально независимых, но целенаправленно финансируемых, а значит подконтрольных. Согласно основополагающим документам, в гуманитарной сфере ОБСФ призвана оказывать сторонам-членам по их просьбе содействие в соблюдении международных норм в области прав человека. Это важная задача, мы её поддерживаем. Но вовсе это не означает вмешательство во внутренние дела других стран, тем более не навязывание этим государствам того, как они должны жить и развиваться. Очевидно, что такое вмешательство отнюдь не способствует вызреванию подлинно демократических государств и, наоборот, делает их зависимыми и, как следствие, нестабильными в политическом и в экономическом плане. Мы рассчитываем на то, что ОБСЕ будет руководствоваться своими непосредственными задачами и выстраивать отношения с суверенными государствами на основе уважения, доверия. Уважаемые дамы и господа, в заключение хотел бы отметить следующее. Мы очень часто, и я лично очень часто, слышу призывы к России со стороны наших партнеров, в том числе и со стороны европейских партнеров, играть более и более активную роль в мировых делах. В этой связи позволю себе сделать одну маленькую ремарку. Вряд ли нас нужно подталкивать и стимулировать к этому. Россия страна с более чем тысячелетней историей, и практически всегда она пользовалась привилегией проводить независимую внешнюю политику. Мы не собираемся изменять этой традиции и сегодня. Вместе с тем мы хорошо видим, как изменился мир, реалистично оцениваем свои собственные возможности и свой собственный потенциал. И, конечно, нам бы также хотелось иметь дело с ответственными и тоже самостоятельными партнёрами, с которыми мы вместе могли бы работать над строительством справедливого и демократического мироустройства, обеспечивая в нем безопасность и процветание не для избранных, а для всех. Благодарю вас за внимание.
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@afshinrattansi - Afshin Rattansi

🚨SATURDAY’S GOING UNDERGROUND: LOOMING US WAR ON IRAN A former Senior Advisor at the US State Department for Iran and the State Department’s First Persian-Language Spokesperson @AlanEyre1 joins us and discusses: -Why a US war on Iran would fail to achieve Trump’s goals -The devastation caused by US sanctions against the Iranian economy -What deterrence Iran has against the US-Israel axis And much more. Don’t miss it, follow our Rumble channel, link below in the replies👇

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The broadcast discusses the potential global attention shift away from Jeffrey Epstein as US-Israeli tensions with Iran escalate, with a focus on events planned for Saturday. The program promises to broadcast from Dubai in the Gulf, less than 100 miles from the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint of international trade Iran has threatened to shut down. Saturday is described as a day when NATO-nation type leaders, including Marco Rubio, will gather in a Munich hotel to discuss developments in West Asia, which the speaker implies may be overshadowed by the war situation. The show features a guest described as the senior adviser for Iran at the US State Department up until a couple of years ago, who is also a distinguished diplomatic fellow at the Middle East Institute and a 40-year U.S. Foreign Service retiree. The guest is said to discuss why, during the years of JCPOA nuclear negotiations, the talks with Iranian ministers and negotiators did not mention Israel’s nuclear weapons, and he is expected to share perspectives on what he thinks about recent developments described as the “Dimona earthquake” in the past few weeks, including whether Israel is testing more nuclear weapons and what the stakes are. The broadcast notes coverage from Abu Dhabi through a report: a senior UAE diplomat visits Iran amid fears of U.S. action, with UAE stating that it welcomes U.S.-Iran talks and calls for peace, aligning with a peace-oriented stance in contrast to what Netanyahu may want. It is stated that a decision was made on Wednesday in Washington during Netanyahu’s seventh meeting with Donald Trump, a meeting note that runs alongside references to Jeffery Epstein’s files in Washington, suggesting timing or political context related to Epstein’s case. The program identifies itself as Saturday’s Going Underground, hosted by Afshin Rattansi, and claims to be broadcast worldwide on RT except in NATO nation totalitarian Western European countries. It will also be available on Rumble, Odyssey, and Elon Musk’s X. The overall framing connects imminent Middle East tensions, nuclear issues, and high-profile political meetings with broader media attention that could be overshadowed by the unfolding crisis.
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Speaker 0: Will the US Israeli war on Iran have knocked Jeffrey Epstein off the front pages of the world's newspapers by Saturday? That's when Saturday's going underground. We'll be broadcasting from Dubai in the Gulf, less than a 100 miles away from the Strait Of Hormuz, which Iran has threatened to shut down, a choke point of international trade. Saturday, is the day the, NATO nation type leaders, including, Marco Rubio, will be, in a Munich hotel discussing much that may be irrelevant in the face of a war in West Asia. But, we'll be speaking to the senior adviser for Iran at the US State Department up until a couple of years ago. He, is a distinguished diplomatic, fellow at the Middle East Institute, and, he retired from the US Foreign Service after forty years. He'll tell us as a US negotiator for the, JCPOA nuclear negotiator, why they never mentioned, Israel's nuclear weapons when they discussed all those nuclear talks with Iranian ministers and Iranian negotiators over the years before the present crisis with the USS Abraham task force in The Gulf. He'll, tell us what he thinks about, the Dimona earthquake in, the past few weeks. Is Israel testing more nuclear weapons? What are the stakes? We know from the Abu Dhabi press, senior UAE diplomat visits Iran as fears of US action persist. UAE welcomes US Iran talks, calls for peace. They want peace in this region. That isn't what Netanyahu wants arguably. And the decision was made on Wednesday in Washington when Netanyahu had his seventh meeting with Donald Trump embattled by the Jeffrey Epstein files in, Washington. It'll be the seventh meeting since Donald Trump was inaugurated. That's all on Saturdays Going Underground, the Avschein Rutansi broadcast all around the world on RT except in NATO nation totalitarian countries of Western Europe. It'll be on Rumble, it'll be on Odyssey, and it'll be on Elon Musk's x.

@GUnderground_TV - Going Underground

🚨Former State Department Senior Advisor for Iran: The Trump Administration has strategic AMBIGUITY and INCONSISTENCY on Iran ‘We don’t know if President Trump is trying to merely limit Iran’s nuclear programme, its missile programme, its support to proxies, or is in fact trying to encourage regime change… TheUS senses that Iran is historically weak, it thinks it can get a far better deal that includes not just no indigenous enrichment of uranium, no stockpiles of uranium… but also severe limitations on both the range and the number of Iranian missiles and support for proxies, which is, of course, the de minimis that Israel is looking for.’ @AlanEyre1, the State Department’s First Persian-Language Spokesperson, joins us for Saturday’s episode of Going Underground Don’t miss it, follow our Rumble channel, link below in the replies👇

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Speaker 0 notes that Monday feels distant and references Gulf News in Dubai welcoming US–Iran talks and calling for peace across the region; they acknowledge uncertainty about whether by the time the broadcast airs war may have already begun. Speaker 1 argues that fear is not the dominant motivation behind the current administration’s actions, but there is real fundamental ambiguity and uncertainty about what they are trying to achieve. He mentions strategic ambiguity and strategic inconsistency, suggesting the US administration has done more of the latter. He asks whether President Trump intends to limit Iran’s nuclear program, its missile program, or its support to proxies, or if he is aiming for regime change. He concedes there is some understanding that Trump wants negotiations to center not only on civil nuclear capabilities but also on ballistic missiles, and to some extent on other elements, even if the aims remain unclear. Speaker 0 responds that they do know Trump wants negotiations to center on the nuclear issue beyond civil nuclear concerns, which he implies does not exist as a simple distinction, as well as on ballistic missiles. He references Trump’s stated goals to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons and to address missiles, indicating these were among his latest utterances. He adds that this has been the goal of every US administration, though tactics have changed. He suggests that the US is trying to determine whether to focus on preventing nuclear weapons, missile capabilities, or broader influence, implying that the approach and emphasis have varied. Speaker 1 notes that the consensus, based on statements by others including Secretary of State Rubio, is that the US senses Iran is historically weak and believes it can secure a much better deal. He lists potential components of a stronger deal: no indigenous uranium enrichment, no stockpiles of uranium, and severe limitations on both the range and number of Iranian missiles and on Tehran’s support for proxies. He points out that Israel is seeking the de minimis in this portfolio, and that there is constant communication between Israel and the United States on the Iran portfolio.
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Speaker 0: Monday seems a long time ago. You know? The Gulf News in Dubai, UAE welcomes US Iran talks, calls for peace, calls for peace, of course, across this region. By the time this is broadcast, we don't know. Perhaps the war will have already begun. What do you think? Trump is frightened of Iran and Israel perhaps via Jeffrey Epstein? Speaker 1: No. I don't think fear is is the dominant motivation behind this administration's actions. I do agree that there seems to be a real fundamental ambiguity and uncertainty as to what they're trying to get out of this. You know, there's there's strategic ambiguity. There's also strategic inconsistency. And I think the US administration has done more of the latter than the former. We don't know if if president Trump is trying to merely limit the nuclear Iran's nuclear program, its nuclear missile program mean, excuse me, its missile program, its support to proxies, or is in fact trying to encourage regime change. So it's Well, we kinda do Speaker 0: know, don't we? We do know because he wants those he wanted those negotiations to center not just on the civil nuclear, military nuclear, which doesn't exist arguably, but we'll get on to that, and ballistic missile program. Speaker 1: That's it. That was his latest utterance. He said, we wanna do the nuclear. We wanna prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons, which has been the goal of every US administration. It's just that the tactics have changed. He said we wanna do the missiles. We wanna do this. We wanna do that. So he really wasn't speaking with with clarity. I don't know to what extent that was intentional. But, yeah, it does seem to be the consensus based on what others to include Secretary of State Rubio have said that because The US senses that Iran is historically weak, it thinks it can get a far better deal that includes not just no indigenous enrichment of uranium, no stockpiles of uranium, but also severe limitations on both the range and the number of Iranian missiles and support for proxies, which is, of course, the the de minimis that Israel is looking for. And that's why there's constant communication between Israel and The United States on the Iran portfolio.
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A CIA Whistleblower explains why the US’ ‘War on Drugs’ has always been a complete lie. https://t.co/OEv2aF8jSl

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Speaker 0 argues that deeply involved drug smuggling operations include providing airplanes for smugglers and that big bankers laundering money back into the system are crucial to the drug economy. He contends that if they were really interested in purging society from drugs, they could do it quickly by going after the bankers so they couldn’t profit from it anymore, then impeaching Bush and Jay Olim and a bunch of other people at that level, locking people up at that level, and then starting down, to dry the system up. He asserts that this is the big money and the big bucks, and that those at the top don’t like civil liberties and would rather have more control over people. Speaker 0 continues by alleging that the White House was involved, with Oliver North sending memos to Robert Owens indicating that these people were working or smuggling drugs, knowing about it, and giving protection, while Ed Meese provided protection and helped fend off investigations. He claims that George Bush, through Greg Rodriguez and others, was running and flying the drugs. He states that this makes a complete mockery of the administration’s war against drugs. He then questions the purpose of drug testing, arguing that they’re not interested in cleaning drugs out of society, and suggests that the testing is suspicious because it is a tremendously effective tool for population control. Speaker 1 adds that drug testing is a means of social control, and that this is another reason why drugs are tolerated in The U. S. and other capitalist countries, because it keeps people stoned, addicted to drugs, and not social rebels. Speaker 0 interjects with a brief continuation: “going.” Speaker 1 reiterates the idea that, between commercial television and widespread crack, you can erode the guts of society without question.
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Speaker 0: When you have the top this deeply involved in the drug smuggling and providing airplanes for the drug smugglers, when you have our big bankers laundering the money and bringing it back into the system, if they were really interested in purging our society from drugs, you could do it pretty quickly if you went after the bankers, so they couldn't profit from it anymore. And then you impeached Bush and Jay Olim and a bunch of other people at that level, and and just the information that they haven't, and and start locking people up at that level, then start down, and you could dry this thing up. Then God knows at some point, but they're not gonna do that. That's the big bucks. That's the big money. They don't like civil liberties. Give them more control over the people. Now you have that kind of money and tolerance of the thing at the top. The White House involved, Oliver North getting memos back and forth with Robert Owens saying these people were working or smuggling drugs, knowing about it, giving protection, Ed Meese giving protection, fending off investigations. George Bush, through Greg Rodriguez, and the others, running, flying the drugs. Now this makes an utter mockery of their claim of a war against drugs. So then you come back and look at the drug testing. Clearly, they're not interested in cleaning drugs out of the society, so why are they trying to get into the testing? And that's where you become very suspicious, because that's a tremendously effective tool for population control. Speaker 1: As a means of social control, that also is another reason why drugs are tolerated in The U. S. And other capitalist countries, because it is a form of social control. People are stoned out on drugs, addicted to drugs, obsessed with drugs Speaker 0: going Speaker 1: to not be social rebels. Speaker 0: Exactly. Between commercial television and lots of crack, you can take a lot of the guts out of the society without question.

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🚨CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou on the CIA’s history of drug trafficking ‘There’s a popular Netflix television series called Narcos. And Narcos is based on the true story of the hunt for Pablo Escobar, the hunt for the Cali cartel, the hunt for one of the Mexican cartels. And over the course of three seasons, every time the Drug Enforcement Administration gets close to its primary target, the CIA station chief steps in and ruins the investigation. That is true. That happens in real life because the CIA doesn’t care about drugs. It cares about terrorism. It cares about communism. For what that’s worth. There’s always some other bigger ism that the CIA is concerned about. And so it was perfectly happy to allow cocaine to flood into the United States in the 1980s during the Iran-Contra affair, just as it was perfectly happy to allow Afghanistan to provide 93% of the world’s heroin once the United States began its occupation of Afghanistan.’ -@JohnKiriakou on Going Underground

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Speaker 0 raises the question of CIA involvement in drug trafficking, referencing a past discussion with former Tel Aviv CIA chief of station Susan Miller and noting a reminder about Iran-Contra. They ask why the CIA would be intimately involved with drug trafficking, and mention Candace Owens discussing it in relation to the Charlie Kirk assassination. Speaker 1 answers that trafficking in drugs allows the CIA to get closer to the targets they want to reach. They point to a popular Netflix series, Narcos, which follows the hunt for Pablo Escobar, the Cali cartel, and other major cartels. They claim that, in the show, and in real life, every time the Drug Enforcement Administration gets close to its primary target, the CIA station chief steps in and ruins the investigation. They state that this happens because the CIA doesn’t care about drugs. Speaker 1 continues that the CIA cares about terrorism and communism, implying there are always some other bigger ideological concerns. Therefore, the CIA is “perfectly happy” to allow cocaine to flood into the United States in the 1980s during the Iran-Contra period, just as it was “perfectly happy” to allow Afghanistan to provide 93% of the world’s heroin once the United States began its occupation of Afghanistan.
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Speaker 0: I'm not sure whether you caught our episode with the former Tel Aviv CIA chief of station, Susan Miller. She was saying that there's no way the CIA has been involved in drug trafficking before I reminded her about an Iran Contra. Why does the CIA drug traffic and continue to do so arguably? I mean, Candace Owens has now been talking about it with respect to the Charlie Kirk assassination. Why is the CIA intimately involved with drug trafficking? Speaker 1: Because trafficking in drugs allows them to get closer to the targets they want to get closer to. There's a popular Netflix television series called Narcos, and Narcos is is based on the true story of the hunt for Pablo Escobar, the hunt for the Cali cartel, the hunt for one of the Mexican cartels. And over the course of three seasons, every time the Drug Enforcement Administration gets close to its primary target, the CIA station chief steps in and ruins the investigation. That is true. That happens in real life because the CIA doesn't care about drugs. It cares about terrorism. It cares about communism for what that's worth. There's always some other bigger ism that the CIA is concerned about. And so it was perfectly happy to allow cocaine to flood into The United States in the nineteen eighties during the Iran Contra affair just as it was perfectly happy to allow Afghanistan to provide 93% of the world's heroin once The United States began its occupation of Afghanistan.
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Vladimir Putin🇷🇺: ‘To use the dollar as a tool of foreign policy struggle is one of the biggest strategic mistakes made by the US political leadership…you are killing the US dollar with your own hands.’ The sheer hubris of Washington to think that it can weaponise the dollar endlessly against the economic powers of the 21st Century and not face consequences, is a level of stupidity that will be studied in universities for decades to come.

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The speaker argues that using the dollar as a tool of foreign policy is one of the biggest strategic mistakes by the US political leadership, stating that the dollar is the cornerstone of US power and that printing more dollars leads to their wide dispersion worldwide. Inflation in the United States is described as minimal, about 3% to 3.4%, and the speaker asserts that the US will not stop printing. The debt of $33 trillion is said to indicate emission, and the dollar is described as the main weapon used by the United States to preserve its power globally. Once the political leadership decided to use the US dollar as a tool of political struggle, the speaker claims a blow was dealt to American power. The speaker avoids strong language but calls the strategy a stupid thing to do and a grave mistake, pointing to world events as evidence. The speaker notes that US allies are downsizing their dollar reserves, and asserts that these actions cause everyone to seek ways to protect themselves. They claim that US restrictive measures—such as placing restrictions on transactions and freezing assets—cause great concern and send a signal to the world. A historical point is made: until 2022, about 80% of Russian foreign trade transactions were conducted in US dollars and euros, with US dollars accounting for approximately 50% of Russia’s transactions with third countries; currently, the share is down to 13%. The speaker emphasizes that Russia did not ban the use of the US dollar; it was a decision by the United States to restrict transactions in US dollars. The speaker contends that the policy is foolish from the standpoint of US interests and taxpayers because it damages the US economy and undermines US power, and notes that transactions in Yuan accounted for about 3%. Today, 34% of transactions are in rubles, and a little over 34% in yuan. The speaker asks why the United States did this, offering “self conceit” as the guess, claiming the US probably thought it would lead to full collapse, but nothing collapsed. Additionally, the speaker states that other countries, including oil producers, are thinking of and already accepting payments for oil in yuan. The question is posed to the United States about whether anyone realizes what is happening and what they are doing, as the speaker suggests that the US is cutting itself off. Finally, the speaker asserts that all experts say this, and that anyone intelligent in the United States should understand what the dollar means for the US, but claims the US is “killing it with your own hand.”
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Speaker 0: To use the dollar as a tool of foreign policy struggle is one of the biggest strategic mistakes made by The US political leadership. The dollar is the cornerstone of The United States power. I think everyone understands very well that no matter how many dollars are printed, they are quickly dispersed all over the world. Inflation in The United States is minimal. It's about three or 3.4%, which is I think totally acceptable for The US. But they won't stop printing. What does the debt of $33,000,000,000,000 tell us about? It is about the emission. Nevertheless, it is the main weapon used by The United States to preserve its power across the world. As soon as the political leadership decided to use the US dollar as a tool of political struggle, a blow was dealt to this American power. I would not like to use any strong language, but it is a stupid thing to do and a grave mistake. Look at what is going on in the world. Even The United States allies are now downsizing their dollar reserves. Seeing this, everyone starts looking for ways to protect them selves. But the fact that The United States applies restrictive measures to certain countries, such as placing restrictions on transactions, freezing assets, etcetera, causes great concern and sends a signal to the whole world. What did we have here? Until 2022, about 80% of Russian foreign trade transactions were made in US dollars and euros. U. S. Dollars accounted for approximately 50% of our transactions with third countries, while currently it is down to 13%. It wasn't us who banned the use of the U. S. Dollar. We had no such intention. It was decision of The United States to restrict our transactions in US dollars. I think it is complete foolishness from the point of view of the interest of The United States itself and its taxpayers, as it damages The US economy, undermines the power of The United States across the By the way, our transactions in Yuan accounted for about 3%. Today, 34% of our transactions are made in rubles, and about as much, a little over 34% in yuan. Why did The United States do this? My only guess is self conceit. They probably thought it would lead to full collapse, but nothing collapsed. Moreover, other countries, including oil producers, are thinking of and already accepting payments for oil in yuan. Do you even realize what is going on or not? Does anyone in The United States realize this? What are you doing? You are cutting yourself off. All experts say this. Ask any intelligent and thinking person in The United States what the dollar means for The US. But you're killing it with your own hand.

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🚨BRICS: US🇺🇸 BROKE ITS PROMISE to the world by weaponising the dollar, caused de-dollarisation itself! ‘Russia🇷🇺, meanwhile, didn’t voluntarily move away from the dollar. It was effectively deprived of it, so it started using its own currency and other currencies instead. And the point isn’t being “against the dollar.” It’s about not wanting to be ordered by someone else what you can and cannot do. This all started before Trump and continued under Biden. But Trump also contributed to it. So he can’t say, “don’t blame me, blame Biden.” The key issue is that the dollar, and SWIFT, started being used very explicitly as a weapon. Before that, it was presented as a public good, something available to everyone regardless of politics. That promise was broken.‘ -Dr. @panova_victoria of Russia’s BRICS Expert Council Watch the full interview in the quoted post, or watch it on Rumble, link below in the replies👇

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🚨NEW EPISODE OF GOING UNDERGROUND⚡️ BRICS Must ‘STEP UP’ Otherwise Trump Will Pick off US’ Rivals One by One- Dr. Victoria Panova -What now for BRICS in a world where the US can kidnap Presidents such as Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela? -How far has BRICS' alternative financial

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Saif al-Islam, son of Gaddafi and the likely Libyan election frontrunner, is dead. I see elections now hurried by the NATO nations that destroyed Libya in 2011. Under Gaddafi, Libya was rich per capita, with high HDI, universal healthcare, housing as a right, and no IMF loans due to oil sovereignty. Saif aimed to rebuild and push pan-African unity and a gold-backed dinar. MI6 or France may have carried out the assassination to curb independence, but history endures.

@afshinrattansi - Afshin Rattansi

🚨Saif Al-Islam Assassinated: Another move by the West to KEEP AFRICA DOWN The son of Muammar Gaddafi, the figure seen as the frontrunner and winner of any election to be held in Libya, is now dead. Watch how the endlessly postponed elections are now hastily arranged by the same NATO nations that destroyed Libya in 2011. Under Muammar Gaddafi, Libya was once the richest nation in Africa per capita, it had the highest HDI in Africa for many years, and extreme poverty was marginal by regional standards. Universal healthcare was free for all Libyans, housing was declared a human right, and thanks to its oil sovereignty through the nationalisations in the 1970s, Libya had ZERO structural adjustment loan programs from the hated IMF. Muammar Gaddafi was killed for his projects to further pan-African unity, including the gold-backed dinar. Saif Al-Islam wanted to rebuild Libya and start the campaign for Libya to re-achieve all of the many successes listed above. He would have also returned Libya to the forefront of spearheading pan-African unity and independence... That was intolerable for the same powers that destroyed Libya in 2011, and now he has been removed from Libya's political landscape. As sources told us, MI6, with local proxies, carried out the assassination, but it also could have been France, which plotted to carve up Libya's vast oil resources for itself as it bombed Libya into a failed state. But despite NATO's killing of African leaders who push towards real independence, the progress of history cannot be stopped. The assassination of Saif Al-Islam may be a setback for the continent, but the people's desire for real independence and sovereignty cannot be silenced, no matter how many bombs NATO countries may drop or how many bullets they fire.

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Afshin Ratanzi asks Afshin about his view that Saif al-Islam’s assassination was orchestrated by British and French intelligence using local proxies, and what led to that conclusion. Afshin says he didn’t say it himself, but sources told him it was MI6 with local proxies, naming Blaise Mettruel as head of MI6 and citing the granddaughter of Ukrainian Nazi Konstantin Dobrovsky. He notes hints of French involvement as well, referencing DGSE’s alleged plots to assassinate Burkina Faso leader Ibrahim Traoré and other recent French-backed anti-government activity in Africa, including mentions of Nicolas Lerner. He cites a broader pattern: NATO involvement in Africa, including NATO weapons and Ukrainian mercenaries in Niger, and asserts that the same forces were involved in Libyan events, including the Libyan leader’s funeral and the orchestration of instability. He also points to an Epstein connection, citing a Beverly Hills firm’s letter to Jeffrey Epstein about MI6 and Mossad in relation to “disaster capitalism” of Libyan resources, which he says made Libya the richest per capita in Africa before intervention. He mentions Russia’s role and that Russia, Brazil, and India abstained at the UN Security Council in 2011 during the NATO invasion. Regarding Libya’s current state, Afshin emphasizes continuing imperialist Western power that aims to “keep Africa down” and exploit resources. He recalls Muammar Gaddafi’s plan to de-dollarize Africa with a gold-based currency and Saif al-Islam’s intention to rejuvenate those ideas, suggesting the country’s prospects darkened after Saif’s death. He notes an Israeli former intelligence adviser who worked with General Haftar, a CIA asset, and says unity for Libya remains uncertain. He mentions potential Libyan brothers and awaits investigation results into Saif al-Islam’s killing, warning that gunmen may be part of a larger plot. Looking ahead, Afshin says the World Government Summit occurred in Dubai; he mentions the BRICS possibility for Libya’s future, including multipolarity and a move away from Western dominance. He references Mali and Burkina Faso as examples of shifting dynamics in the Sahel and suggests BRICS, China, Russia, and India could influence a future trajectory for Africa. He asserts Saif al-Islam was the most popular Libyan leader, with a funeral attended by about a million people, and notes Western media coverage of his funeral was minimal. He posits that Saif al-Islam’s vision for Libya included restoring pre-2011 gains in education, health, and food security, potentially rebuilding Libya as a wealthier nation and signaling an end to imperialism across Africa. Afshin thanks the host, and the interview ends.
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Speaker 0: Host, Avshin Ratanzi. Avshin, good to see you. So I know that you've previously said that Syafal Islam's assassination was orchestrated by British and French intelligence using local proxies. What brought you to that conclusion? Speaker 1: Well, I didn't quite say that, but, sources did immediately say that, they told me that, indeed, it was MI6, and local proxies. So that's Blaise Metruvel, head of MI6, the granddaughter of notorious Ukrainian Nazi, Konstantin Dobrovsky. And, there were hints because of the context of the fact that it was fifteen years ago that, the MI six and DG ASE of France, that there was French involvement as well. So that would be Nicolas Lerner. I mean, we gotta remember that only in the past few days it's been revealed that the d g s c, which is the equivalent of m I six in France, has been involved in plots to assassinate the Burkina Faso leader, president Ebrahim Traore. That was on the 3. Asimy Goyti of Mali, NATO weapons, Ukrainian mercenaries used to try to kill him in Niger, in the army airport. General Abdurrahman, Tichyani, actually said that there were, attempts, sponsors of mercenaries, again, with French intelligence. So they haven't gone away. But the fact is a million people, the largest funeral in Libyan history occurring, in the past, twenty four hours to commemorate the most popular leader in Libya who the British and the French desperately did not want to win forthcoming elections, so called, in, this divided Libya, the disaster that is Libya. And I should just say, as always, there's an Epstein connection. I've got the letter here from a Beverly Hills firm, Greg Brown, to Jeffrey Epstein talking about MI six and Mossad in relation to the theft as part of disaster capitalism of, those Libyan resources that made Libya the richest per capita country in the whole of Africa before the British and the French and Obama, destroyed it. Of course, Russia doesn't get off lightly either. Russia, Brazil, India, they abstained at the UN Security Council in 2011 ahead of, the NATO invasion and destruction of Africa's richest per capita country. Speaker 0: You know, Libya has already been through war fragmentation, foreign intervention, now the assassination of Gaddafi's son. How do you assess the current state of the country? Speaker 1: Well, obviously, this is a really grim reminder of the, continuing imperialist, power of, Western European countries that, just want to keep Africa down, destroy it, so that the African people cannot benefit from their own resources, whether it be in people, whether it be, in minerals from the ground. And, of course, it was iconic moment when Muammar Gaddafi said he wanted to de dollarize for Africa, create an African wide currency. For him, a gold based currency that would get rid of decades of National Monetary Fund World Bank destruction of the lives of tens, hundreds of millions of people across Africa. Saif Gaddafi wanted to rejuvenate these ideas after making mistakes, as he said in that interview on RT with Mario, Fonoshima, before the, invasion. With him dead, the prospects cannot be good. On going underground on Saturday, we talked to an Israeli, former Israeli intelligence agency who advised, General Haftar, who, was a CIA asset, who's running one part of things in one part of Libya. We have to wait and see whether, somehow some kind of unity can be restored. There are other Gaddafi's, it should be noted. I noted that, another Gaddafi brother said, contradicting what I was saying, said we await the investigation results and trust in the Libyan judiciary as regards finding the people behind the killing of Saif al Islam before gunmen obviously are just part of a plot. They can't be the whole plot, but as I say sources tell me it is Blaise Metruwell, head of MI six, that is behind this further destruction of, the livelihoods, the futures of millions of ordinary Libyan men, women, and children. Speaker 0: So how do you see things going forward for Libya now that the person who could have potentially unified it is dead? Speaker 1: You know, the World Government Summit was held here in, Dubai in the past few days. Tomorrow's going underground on Monday. We talk about bricks even under the shadow of an American invasion of Iran about a 100 miles away. Bricks could be a future for Libya, and presumably Saif Gaddafi advocating multipolarity, multinodal, multipolarity would have forged some kind of future for Libya, an intensely rich country with a rich future if it hadn't been destroyed by Britain and France. Sarkozy and Cameron from Britain. It should be noted that Gia Starme's national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, his fingerprints for fake MI six cutouts were all over, 2011 and the invasion. If they can be got rid of, these forces from Western Europe and somehow China and Russia can make amends and India, the CR and I of BRICS can make amends for their abstentions at the Security Council on the 03/17/2011 that paved the way for the NATO invasion, perhaps a BRICS future could hold, something, that could cause optimism for all of us for Libya. Because, you know, what Mali has shown, what Burkina Faso has shown in The Sahel in recent months shows that, there are possibilities in Africa beyond this NATO imperialism. If somehow that can be harnessed with the help of Beijing and Moscow and, and, Delhi, perhaps there can be a future. Speaker 0: Yeah. I can't help but wonder that had things have been different, to what extent could Sayyafal Islam had threatened, could have threatened Western interests in Libya if he'd come to power? Do you think he could have secured, the nation's energy resources? Speaker 1: I mean, there's no doubt that he was the most popular leader in Libya as the pictures show. A million people at the funeral and, noticeable that, NATO nation media are not covering the funeral. What very low down in the news, after their destruction in 2011. They're not bothered with it anymore. But, certainly, Seybold Gaddafi's, his plan for Libya, should he have won the elections before this British backed assassination. Yeah. I think that's what he wanted. He wanted to restore what was happening under Muammar Gaddafi with the levels of education, the levels of literacy, the levels of education and food and health care that existed in Libya before Britain, France, and Obama destroyed that country. Perhaps, Saif al Gaddafi could have could have, made Libya once again a richer country and spread the word across Africa that the time for, imperialism is over, and we need a new Africa just as they're clamoring for in Latin America and across the global South under the aegis, hopefully, of BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Speaker 0: Afshin, thank you so much for speaking to us today. We've been talking to journalists and Going Underground host, Afshin Rattanzi. Thank you. Speaker 1: Thank you.
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I read the Epstein Files: elites in the US, UK, and EU appear to orchestrate illegal wars, profiteer from disaster capitalism, and sidestep accountability by abusing children. NATO media pushes a “Russian agent” narrative to shield them, while evidence points to Israeli intelligence links and Mossad involvement. The Maidan coup is framed as opportunity, not crime. People in NATO countries see through the cover, recognizing the rigged economy and unrecoverable political class.

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🚨Epstein Files: Elites of the Washington, London, and Brussels are DROWNING in their own FILTH The leaders of countries such as Russia🇷🇺, China🇨🇳, Venezuela🇻🇪, Iran, and others, declared as 'official enemies' by NATO nation media, did NOT appear in the Epstein Files. Elites of the US, UK, and EU, however, did appear in the Epstein Files, and the full scale of their depravity has been partially revealed for all to see. Not only do they launch illegal wars and coups, destroying the lives of millions, so that their corporations can profit in episodes of disaster capitalism... They also sadistically abuse children. While they lecture the global south on facade values of 'human rights', 'women's rights', and 'fighting corruption', these fundamentally evil elites were going off to Epstein's Island to commit unspeakable acts against children. So, what has NATO's media's reaction been, since they're hired to protect power and not question it? No Pulitzer Prizes for guessing this one...trying to find a way to connect the Epstein Files to Russia and assert that Jeffrey Epstein was actually a Russian agent. Even while the evidence is screaming in everyone's faces that Epstein had ties to Israeli intelligence, was suspected by many as running a blackmail operation for Israel's Mossad, and saw the 2014 Maidan Coup in Ukraine as presenting many opportunities... The clowns at NATO nation media outlets have been working tirelessly to try to present an 'Epstein was a Russian agent' angle to cover up the obvious crimes of the very elites that they are wined and dined by. The only problem is, the people living in NATO countries are not as stupid and gullible as the clown stenographers masquerading as journalists and their elite handlers believe. The people now know. Many of the elites in these NATO countries are sadistic child abusers, they are continuing to read the Epstein Files to discover the economies are rigged for the wealthy elites more than they could ever imagine, and that there is no way the political classes of these countries can recover from these utterly damning revelations.

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Afshin Ratanzi and the guest discuss the Epstein files and how they are being linked to Russia and Western power structures. The guest says 3,000,000 Epstein files have not been released by the Department of Justice, with Trump administration’s attempts to block them and congressional efforts by Thomas Massie and Ro Conner to release them. He notes the files describe how a former Russian deputy, Ponomarev, allegedly wanted to incite a coup in Russia and the assassination of President Putin, and mentions interest in interviewing Ponomarev, who reportedly lives in Kiev. The guest adds that Going Underground has interviewed some people from the Epstein files, including Noam Chomsky, who he says criticized how NATO media prevent understanding of world events and support Russiagate. He mentions Ehud Barak walked out of the show, and notes FBI sworn statements containing disturbing allegations such as child cannibalism, and says these are “allegations, of course.” He asserts Western media will blame Putin and Russia to avoid confronting the broader “dump of redacted 3,000,000 files,” portraying Washington, London, and Brussels as oligarch-dominated and condemning Western democracy while accusing elites of trafficking children and influencing tax legislation to enrich the rich. The host asks what fears the Epstein links raise. The guest explains that Epstein, described as a Mossad asset, purportedly sought to destroy the Russian Federation because a multipolar world involving China, Russia, Venezuela, and Iran challenges Zionist expansion. He argues leaders from those countries aren’t in the Epstein files, contrasting them with Western elites. He discusses why media might link Epstein to Russia, noting that Trump’s handling of the files has caused concern in West Asia; the guest suggests Trump could launch wars (e.g., Iran) to distract from links to Epstein and to avoid scrutiny of his own associations, which could have global economic consequences if Straits of Hormuz were affected. Addressing why the “Russia hoax” persists, the guest emphasizes the existence of a captive population in NATO countries through propaganda and restricted access to alternative outlets (citing bans on Rumble in France and RT in Britain), arguing Western oligarchs control cultural and media sectors. He contends that Western systems have historically supported wars in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and Syria, and claims public belief about events like Bucha could be shaped by NATO media. Regarding Britain’s role, the guest claims MI6 is heavily involved in wars including Syria, with Epstein-linked interests tied to overthrowing Assad; he notes Peter Mandelson’s resignation from the House of Lords and his appointment as British ambassador to the United States, highlighting Britain’s investment in destroying Russia since the Crimean War. He cautions that Britain’s diplomacy may be a lie and urges BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization members to reassess Western leaders, suggesting distrust toward Western diplomacy and warning that leaders in global South should recognize a pattern of destruction propagated by Western powers. The interview ends with thanks to Afshin Ratanzi.
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Speaker 0: Well, let's discuss this now live with Afshin Ratanzi, journalist and host of Going Underground. Afshin, there's so much going on right now around the globe, I'm telling you. Now it seems the public isn't buying the link to Russia narrative. So why is the mainstream media always so keen to push this? Speaker 1: Well, obviously, in NATO countries, they may well be buying the Russia gate hoax part two. We don't know. But as you say, there is so much going on because we're still awaiting 3,000,000 Epstein files that haven't been released by the Department of Justice. And this the files we got we got from, the Trump administration kicking and screaming. They tried to stop it. They didn't even obey the congressional order after, Thomas Massey and Roe Conner in congress tried to get this out. And as regards the allegations in the files which, show how this former Russian deputy, Ponomarev, wanted to, cause a coup in the Russian Federation and the assassination of president Putin. I mean, going underground, we'd love to interview him. He lives in Kiev somewhere. No one seems to have brought him to book. I I mentioned that because going underground, the show, I present, the independent production, we've interviewed a few of the people in the Epstein files, some of them more, surprising than others. Noam Chomsky, of course, the great linguist and the person who, wrote so articulately about how NATO media completely, try and prevent countries in, people in NATO countries from understanding their world, thus the Russiagate hoax. Domsky, of course, sadly, seem to be taking hotel rooms and being much more than an acquaintance of the convicted child trafficker. Ehud Barak, I have to say, walked out on, our show of going underground, the former Israeli leader. So I never got to ask him about, the depth of, depravity. And, I mean, it's very difficult to even comprehend some of the details in these Epstein files. The allegations that include child cannon, embolism, the eating of the intestines of children are allegations in FBI, sworn, statements. Just allegations, of course. But I think that is how far the NATO nation media are going to, find it difficult to explain this dump of redacted 3,000,000 files. They'll have to go to blaming Putin and Russia because otherwise, the alternative is to understand that every aspect of society from Washington, London, Brussels, these are three polar elements of a world, that is drowning in its own filth as the oligarchs, completely, destroy any comprehension of democracy in those countries as they traffic young children, eat their entrails, and simultaneously write letters to the head of JPMorgan, Jamie Dimon, saying, get this piece of tax legislation so that the rich can be richer and the impoverished can be ever poorer. Speaker 0: This is really difficult to explain as you have said. Now the headlines proclaim Epstein's links to Putin and Kremlin spies raise fears, end of quote. Now what are those supposed fears if I have to ask that? Speaker 1: The fears how do you mean I have I mean, Speaker 0: I noticed that you've been playing Speaker 1: a sound bite from Andrew Maher, the former editor of the British Independent newspaper, before it was taken over by Evgeny Lebedev, actually. He's famous in Britain because he tried to support the torture of Julian Assange of WikiLeaks and infamously cheered on Tony Blair's invasion of Iraq. As to fears of Russia, clearly clearly, Epstein, a Mossad asset, was desperate to destroy the Russian Federation because the only the only thing preventing, Zionism and its expansion has been a multipolar world in China, Russia, Venezuela, Iran. You'll you won't see any of the, leaders of these countries in the Epstein files or any of them sinking to the depravity of Western politicians, bankers, oligarchs, and elite power and cultural power. Speaker 0: Now if we have to be more specific, is there a logic for the media to link this Epstein thing to Russia? Speaker 1: Absolutely. And, of course, I think some people have already said they, wondered, why it hadn't been done sooner, but perhaps that shows the lack of preparation within the Trump administration. They don't really think too many steps ahead. Initially, Trump was elected partly to release the Epstein files, then he dithered and tried to prevent the files coming out. I can see why. A 100,000 references so far, 140,000 references to Trump in the Epstein files. Who knows what's in the unredacted version, let alone the 3,000,000 to come. In this way, the, Trump administration is so caught on the hop. It's worrying us, here in the, in West Asia, not just that he's laughably seeking to blame the Russian Federation as if Epstein was somehow a Russian asset when everyone in the world knows he wasn't. We're worrying that, we Trump is going to force be forced to seek other ways to distract global opinion from his, links to the convicted, sex trafficker by launching wars, of course. And that will be much more serious. And it'll be serious for everyone in the world if the war concerns Iran, about a 100 miles behind, behind me over there because, the Straits Of Hormuz would be closed and the global economy will collapse. Speaker 0: Now the Russia hoax has been used countless times and has always been proven to be false. Now given that this narrative is so weak right now, as it has always been, and yet the Western media is still resorting to it, What can we read through it? One mustn't underestimate that argument when you live Speaker 1: in a totalitarian system. Mustn't forget, I mean, Rumble is banned in The Republic Of France. Obviously, this channel RT is banned in Britain. Even Rupert Murdoch, who I think does crop up in the Epstein Barr's, his Fox News channel hasn't got a license, to broadcast in Britain. It's not a weak argument. If you have a captive population made miserably poor by the oligarchs mentioned in the Epstein files who are tired, weary already, and have no access to television channels like RT. The only channel that might be covering the Epstein files in a way that would tell the people in NATO countries how, depraved their leaders and oligarch systems are. So, never think that, the Russia hoax always fails. Remember, they have a captive, academia, captive cultural output, captive, sports industry, captive all elements of culture, all elements of propaganda, all elements of the, ironically, the propaganda system elucidated by Noam Chomsky. They have captured them. Though perhaps they can persuade, the peoples of Western Europe that the world is flat, that Russia is to blame for Epstein. They can they seem to be able to persuade them that, not only that a war on Iraq was good in twenty o three, they managed to persuade them subsequently that wars on Libya were okay, that the, wasting of untold life and money on Afghanistan was okay, that wars on Syria were sometimes, were somehow chemical weapons. And never forget, I think if you took a poll in Western nations deprived of press freedom, deprived of any semblance of anything untotalitarian, what the Bucha massacre was, they would believe that Russia executed people in Bucha. So, full of, illusions on NATO countries' populations. They are immiserated to the point of, catastrophe and disaster. Speaker 0: Now the British media is particularly focused on pushing this narrative right now as well. Is there any reason for that? Speaker 1: MI six horribly involved in all of these wars that I just mentioned, of course, notably Syria, and Syria is deep in the Epstein files that have been released as Epstein appears to see ISIS and Al Qaeda as allies there to overthrow the Assad government. Peter Mandelson, has been ongoing underground, the former British ambassador to Washington. He's just resigned in disgrace from the, so called House of Lords in Britain. Britain has a huge amount of investment in, wanting to destroy the Russian Federation historically since the Crimean War in the nineteenth century. The British, oligarchs and the controllers of British society, people in Britain, of course, don't realize this. They think they live in a democracy, but they don't have, press freedom and democracy cannot exist without it. They don't, the people of Britain don't realize perhaps that their, government is now totally invested to the point of, starving its people. One in five children living in poverty in Britain. We've to remember the kind of scale of, poverty. Britain has nothing else but to, continue its war on Russia as its only means of survival, that is for the oligarchs. Of course, it may lead to the end of the British government, some of these Epstein file revelations, but, Russia should not trust Britain. Russia has trusted Britain and Western European countries too much. The same can be said of the Chinese government. These Epstein files should make all world leaders of global South countries or BRICS countries of Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries realize that, they are hell bent on their destruction, and no one should believe a word that, these leaders say. And any kind of British diplomacy is a lie and a facade. And I hope the, Chinese delegates and Chinese government ministers, including Xi Jinping, has taken a long shower after meeting the prime minister, Fekir Starmer, who, of course, appointed Epstein's friend, Peter Mandelson, as the British ambassador to The United States despite his own, so called MI five and MI six briefings. Speaker 0: Hora, we have to leave you here now. Abhishna Tansi, journalist and host of Going Underground. Thank you so much for your insight. Speaker 1: Thank you. Great.
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I report that my sources in Libya suspect British intelligence used local proxies to assassinate Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, seen by many as the one who could reunite Libya after NATO’s 2011 invasion. France’s motive to secure a larger oil share is noted, with Wikileaks cables citing up to 35%. The US, UK, and France reportedly feared his pan-African Gold Dinar and unity plan. Saif campaigned for postponed elections; now, with him dead, longtime powers push ahead.

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🚨MUAMMAR GADDAFI’S SON SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI ASSASSINATED Who did it? Our sources on the ground in Libya told us that they suspect that British intelligence used local proxies to assassinate the man seen by many as the one who could reunite Libya, 15 years after NATO bombed Libya into a failed state during their campaign to kill Muammar Gaddafi. We also know that France has deep motives in Libya, we know from Wikileaks cables that France wanted a ‘greater share in Libya’s oil production’ in 2011, and Sarkozy was negotiating to reserve as much as 35% of Libya’s oil production. We know that the US, UK, and France feared Muammar Gaddafi’s plan for a pan-African Gold Dinar currency, as well as his promoting of pan-African unity, a legacy inherited by Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi. Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi spent years campaigning across Libya to stand in perpetually postponed elections, and was seen by many as the most likely candidate to win any Presidential election. He even had support from tribes that originally fought against his father in 2011. Watch now as the US, UK, and France start to steamroll ahead with the long-delayed elections in Libya, now that the one leading candidate who would have united Libya, and not followed their orders to allow Libya to be a de facto colony that is perpetually looted for its oil reserves, is now dead.

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News at midnight from The Gulf reports a second Iranian drone dispatched to the USS Abraham Lincoln after the first was shot down by Trump's forces, amid global worries that he could be distracted from the Epstein files to start Israel's war on Iran with US money. At midnight also comes news that Seyfal Gaddafi, who could reunite what was once Africa's richest per capita country, Libya, has been killed in his garden by militias and mercenaries with British involvement. Sources say MI6 was deeply involved. Britain was reportedly deeply involved fifteen years ago with France in trying to destroy Africa's richest per capita country because it was a beacon of high living standards and Gaddafi himself was proposing some sort of Gold Dinar system, not to mention that France, according to WikiLeaks papers from 2011, wanted 35% of Libyan black gold. The transcript notes that Seyfal Gaddafi is not being covered in the NATO nations that destroyed Libya and used Gaddafi in horrific ways, allowing slave markets to open there. It states that Seyfal Gaddafi has been writing articles supporting the Palestinians and Arab sovereignty while in hiding, because he was the most popular leader in Libya, across both halves, and could have reunited it. He is described as visiting places around Libya ahead of putative elections that will now, of course, happen because that’s what the colonial powers were desiring. The end of Seyfal Gaddafi is proclaimed. As a reminder of imperial policies, the Epstein file is cited: in the latest 3,000,000 documents, the Department of Justice released an email saying, “I also have friends formerly with MI6 and Mossad willing to help identify stolen assets and get them recovered.” He was described as being involved in trying to get hold of Libyan assets, many of which, of course, have been stolen. The Epstein oligarchs with their depraved alleged cannibalism and mass killing of children have not gone away. While people begin to report repercussions of the Epstein files, the same forces are present, which may explain why the personal lawyer to Donald Trump at the DOJ said, on the release of them, that no one is going to be prosecuted. What this means for Africa, amidst all these global tensions, is tied to the expiry of the START treaty within the next 24 to 48 hours, which would allow unlimited warheads, the end of nuclear inspections, and perhaps a nuclear arms race that has never been seen before on this planet. We will have to wait and see.
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Speaker 0: News at midnight from The Gulf is that a second Iranian drone has been dispatched to, the USS Abraham Lincoln after the first one was shot down by Trump's forces. His huge carrier strike fleet amidst the, worries in this region around the world that he could be forced to distract from the Epstein files to really start Israel's war on Iran with US money. But at midnight came also the news that Saif al Gaddafi, the man that could, possibly reunite what was once Africa's richest per capita country, Libya, has been killed in his garden by, militias, mercenaries, but with British involvement. Sources are telling us that MI six was deeply involved in it. But then, of course, Britain was deeply involved fifteen years ago with France in trying to destroy Africa's richest per capita country because it was, a beacon of high living standards and, of course, also the fact that Gaddafi himself was proposing some sort of Gold Dinar system, let alone, the fact that France, according to WikiLeaks papers back in 2011, fifteen years ago, wanted 35% of Libyan black gold. The fact is that, Seyfal Gaddafi is not being covered in the NATO nations that destroyed Libya and that, used, used Gaddafi in, horrible ways with their militias causing slave markets to open in Libya. The fact is Safal Gaddafi has been writing articles supporting the Palestinians and Arab sovereignty whilst in hiding because he was the most popular leader in Libya, both halves of Libya. He could have reunited it. He's been visiting places all around Libya ahead of putative elections that will now, of course, happen because that's what the colonial powers were desiring. The end of Seyfal Gaddafi. It's the end of that era and, as if to remind us about the imperial policies of NATO nations, we even have an Epstein file. Epstein in the latest 3,000,000 documents, the the Department of Justice released. It says here in this email, I also have friends formerly with MI six and Mossad willing to help identify stolen assets and get them recovered. He was well in there trying to, get hold of Libyan assets, So many of which, of course, have been stolen. So the Epstein oligarchs with their depraved alleged cannibalism and, mass killing of children, they haven't gone away. Whilst people are beginning to report that, the repercussions of the, Epstein files, the same forces are there, which is perhaps why, the personal lawyer to Donald Trump at the DOJ said, on the release of them that no one is gonna be prosecuted. What this means for Africa, amidst all these global tensions, let alone the expiry of the START treaty within the next twenty four, forty eight hours, which will allow unlimited warheads, the end of nuclear inspections, and perhaps a nuclear arms race that we've never seen before on this planet. We'll have to wait and see.
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Every CIA coup in Latin America from 1947-2002 to enforce Washington’s hegemony with an iron fist by installing fascist dictatorships and disastrous neoliberalism to create favourable conditions for US corporations to cheaply extract resources. https://t.co/2VP9PevdgI

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Speaker 0 states the following South American countries that have had their government overthrown by the CIA since 1947, with the years: - Costa Rica in 1948 - Guatemala in 1954 - El Salvador in 1979 - Nicaragua in 1981 - Panama in 1989 - Paraguay in 1954 - Brazil in 1964 - Peru in 1968 - Chile in 1973 - Uruguay in 1973 - Argentina in 1976 - Venezuela in 02/2002
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Speaker 0: Here's every South American country which has had its government overthrown by the CIA since 1947. Costa Rica in 1948, Guatemala in 1954, El Salvador in 1979, Nicaragua in 1981, Panama, 1989. Paraguay, 1954. Brazil, 1964. Peru, 1968. Chile, 1973. Uruguay, 1973. Argentina, 1976, and Venezuela in 02/2002.

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A speech they won’t show you on US corporate media: Venezuela’s🇻🇪 President Nicolas Maduro blasts the Trump Administration for approving CIA operations in Venezuela to attack his government, and lists just a few examples of US-backed coups in Latin America https://t.co/X5Vxak9jef

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The United States government decides to send the CIA to Venezuela. They say the CIA will conduct operations against Venezuela, against the peace of Venezuela. This is claimed to be unprecedented; the speaker notes that never before has any government since the CIA’s existence publicly said it would order the CIA to kill, to derange, and to topple countries. A historian named Alejandro is invoked to support this claim. The speaker lists past Latin American coups, asserting that all involved the CIA and resulted in governments being overthrown and presidents assassinated, with documents allegedly published by the U.S. government that have since been declassified. Specific examples named are: 1974, Guatemala, Jacobo Arbenz; 1965, Dominican Republic, Juan Bosch; 1964, Brazil, Joao Goulart; 1973, Chile, Salvador Allende. The speaker says these are “a few” among many coups in Latin America, all documented through declassified U.S. government documents. Additionally, the case of Mosaddegh in Iran (1952) is cited as another example of a national leader toppled. The speaker asserts that, over time, the CIA apologized for overthrowing these presidents, stating the pretenses were that they were communists or terrorists, but later acknowledging the deception. The speaker uses the term “immorality” to describe those past actions and contrasts them with the present claim, stating that for the first time in history, a U.S. government says it has given authorization and issued orders to attack a country. The speaker concludes with a call to the Venezuelan people, saying their people are clear, united, highly conscious, with “1000000 of eyes and 1000000 of ears,” and that they possess the means to defeat this “open conspiracy” against the peace and stability of Venezuela. The ultimate aim asserted is to restore the peace and stability to which the people of Venezuela have a right, and to ensure they regain and sustain that peace and stability.
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Speaker 0: Gobierno de Estados Unidos decide mandar a la CIA para Venezuela. Vieron la noticia? Autorizaron que la CIA haga operaciones contra Venezuela, contra la paz de Venezuela. Eso nunca se había visto, siempre lo han hecho, siempre lo han hecho, pero jamás ningún gobierno anterior desde que la CIA existe dijo públicamente que mandaba a la CIA a matar, a derrocar y acabar a los países. Aquí está un historiador. ¿Ah? Alejandro. Nunca, Alejandro. Y pueden revisar la historia de los últimos 70 años. Todos los golpes de estado en América Latina. 1974, Guatemala, Jacobo Arben. 1965, República Dominicana, Juan Bosch. 1964, Brasil, Joagular. 1973, Chile, Salvador Allende, solo para contar unos pocos, todos los golpes de estado en América Latina, comprobados por los documentos publicados por el gobierno de Estados Unidos desclasificado, todos los gobiernos fueron derrocados, y los presidentes asesinados por la CIA. Y pare usted de contar en el mundo, Mozadet, 1952, Irán, un presidente nacionalista. Y al pasar del tiempo, la CIA dijo, pedimos perdón, porque derrocamos a todos estos presidentes, porque dijimos que eran comunistas, que eran terroristas, pero al pasar del tiempo nos dimos cuenta que era mentira, que no era verdad. Le pedimos perdón a Guatemala, República Dominicana, Brasil, Chile, Irán. ¿Cómo se llama eso? Inmoralidad. Pero por primera vez en la historia, un gobierno en Estados Unidos dice que ha dado autorización y orden para ir a atacar a un país. Yo solamente digo, nuestro pueblo está claro, está unido, está muy consciente, tiene 1000000 de ojos y 1000000 de oídos, y tiene la forma para que nosotros volvamos a derrotar esta conspiración abierta contra la paz y la estabilidad de Venezuela, y ganemos la paz y la estabilidad a la cual tiene derecho el pueblo de Venezuela.
Saved - August 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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I believe the claims made by Israel regarding mass rape on October 7th have been thoroughly debunked. It's hard to accept that a militia in an open-air concentration camp with limited arms could cause such destruction. Thanks to courageous reporting from independent media and some Israeli journalists, it's clear that Israel executed the Hannibal Directive, where helicopter gunships targeted anything that moved to prevent hostages from being taken by Hamas, who could then be used in negotiations for the release of Palestinian prisoners.

@afshinrattansi - Afshin Rattansi

Israel’s fake claims about mass r*pe on October 7th have already been debunked and rubbished… But they also thought you were stupid enough to believe that the militia of an open-air concentration camp with nothing but light arms, caused this level of destruction on October 7th. Thanks to brave reporting from independent media and some Israeli journalists, we know that Israel implemented the Hannibal Directive, where Israeli helicopter gunships unloaded their bullets and rockets on anything that moved in a mass application of the directive to prevent Israelis being taken hostage by Hamas, who would then be used in hostage negotiations to free the thousands of Palestinian prisoners.

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🚨FAKE CLAIMS OF S*XUAL VIOLENCE ON OCTOBER 7TH @afshinrattansi challenges Dr. Guy Shalev, Executive Director of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, who admits his organisation was manipulated and their report was used to justify Israel’s crimes FULL INTERVIEW BELOW IN THE REPLIES👇

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The discussion centers on Physicians for Human Rights Israel’s role and media reception amid coverage of the Gaza conflict. PHRI Israel issued reports on October 7, including one that collected evidence of sexual and gender-based violence, with Isaac Chattner among its authors. The speakers say the first report examined the need to investigate what happened on October 7, while noting that Israeli government and institutions have hindered proper investigations; the organization seeks the truth and accountability for perpetrators. A separate report documented sexual and gender-based violence more broadly and gained international media traction, though the second report was harder for Western publics to watch. They discuss being used to lay foundations of public opinion to justify the genocide, and critique manipulation that strengthens orientalist tropes. They warn that sexual violence is used to justify crimes, and oppose manipulation.
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Speaker 0: Your organization, Physicians for Human Rights Israel, was all over the, NATO nation media, the media of countries supplying the weaponry that Israel is using to, slaughter the people of Palestine. They loved your organization a while back. The New Yorker owned by the Newhouse family, the Conde Nast Newhouse family, how Hamas used sexual violence on October 7. Physicians for Human Rights Israel issued a report collecting evidence of sexual and gender based violence. One of its authors lays out their findings, Isaac Chattner. You were used, weren't you, your organization, to lay the foundations of public opinion to allow the genocide to happen. And would you say that this your latest reports outlining the genocide are not being carried with as much vigor by these media outlets? Speaker 1: I think that both both of these claims both of all of these reports got a lot of traction in international media, one for a better reason than the other, meaning the second one was looking into evidence that was, as you said before, hard to look to, hard to watch for Western countries and the publics, while the first one was too easy maybe to watch, something that maybe many expected to see and maybe read into something that was what they already thought had happened. And I think that first report that we issued was about looking into the need to investigate what happened in October 7. Unfortunately, it seems that the Israeli government, Israeli institutions have done a lot in order to not allow the investigation to be performed properly. And as a human rights organization, we want the truth out, we want the actual truth out, and perpetrators to be accountable. Speaker 0: Because Physicians for Human Rights Israel played a terrible role, wouldn't you say? In those early days of after October 7, Pramila Patton of the UN being used. Because all I ever heard was look at the rapes of the I mean, it it was so redolent of what Edward Said, the great Christian Palestinian, would write about the orientalism of the violence of the savage being used to justify what would then become the genocide. Didn't you feel that way? Were there arguments in your organization about it? Speaker 1: Definitely this was manipulated in a way that, like you said, strengthened tropes in Western publics about the Orient, definitely. And most importantly, it's not as painful for me to be manipulated as an organization. What's really bad, and what's bad for people everywhere in the world, that sexual violence becomes something to be used in order to justify crimes.
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I believe that to end the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the US must cease its efforts to weaken and divide Russia. With 6,000 nuclear warheads, including 1,600 deployed, Russia is under significant pressure from the US and UK. While Ukraine may appear to be the aggressor, it relies heavily on US military support and intelligence. Since the end of the Soviet Union, the US has pursued a strategy to encircle and sanction Russia. For peace to be achieved, the US needs to halt this campaign against Russia.

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🚨PROF. JEFFREY SACHS: To end the Ukraine proxy war, the US🇺🇸 MUST stop its campaign to weaken and divide Russia🇷🇺 ‘Russia has 6,000 nuclear warheads, 1,600 that are deployed. Russia is under attack by the US and UK. I say that because while Ukraine nominally presses the button or makes the attack, it’s US weaponry, US satellites, US Intelligence, US tracking, US logistics. And so we have an active hot war going on right now. It’s insane… So far, no American president has had either the bravery or the decency to tell the truth, which is that from the time of the end of the Soviet Union in December 1991 until now, the US has been on a campaign to weaken Russia, to divide Russia, to surround Russia, to put US military all around Russia, to break apart Russia if possible, to sanction Russia to its knees, whatever it is. That’s been the US campaign. So if this war is going to stop, the US has to stop its campaign against Russia. That’s the story.’ -Prof. Jeffrey Sachs on the latest episode of Going Underground FULL INTERVIEW BELOW IN THE REPLIES👇

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Russia has 6,000 nuclear warheads, 1,600 that are deployed. Russia is under attack by The US and UK. I say that because while Ukraine nominally presses the button or, makes the attack, it's US weaponry, US satellites, US intelligence, US tracking, US logistics. And so we have an active hot war going on right now. It's insane. So far, no American president, has had, either the bravery or the decency to tell the truth, which is that from the time of the end of the Soviet Union in December 1991 until now, The US has been on a campaign to weaken Russia, to divide Russia, to surround Russia, to put US military all around Russia, to break apart Russia if possible, to sanction Russia to its knees, whatever it is. That's been The US campaign. So if this war is gonna stop, The US has to stop its campaign against Russia. That's the story.
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Speaker 0: So Russia has 6,000 nuclear warheads, 1,600 that are deployed. Russia is under attack by The US and UK. I say that because while Ukraine nominally presses the button or, makes the attack, it's US weaponry, US satellites, US intelligence, US tracking, US logistics. And so we have an active hot war going on right now. It's insane. Now maybe these, maybe Trump, I don't know, maybe he could come to some reality. I'm hoping so. So I I I don't want to dismiss the meeting. Obviously, as meaningless, I never would have guessed that such a meeting would come at this moment. Maybe, the, envoy Whitkoff, told Putin, yeah, we understand NATO shouldn't expand. Yeah. We understand this is provocation. Yeah. We have to wind this down because before it gets completely out of control. Maybe that's what they heard, and that's why the meeting is gonna happen. I hope so. So far, no American president, has had, either the bravery or the decency to tell the truth, which is that from the time of the end of the Soviet Union in December 1991 until now, The US has been on a campaign to weaken Russia, to divide Russia, to surround Russia, to put US military all around Russia, to break apart Russia if possible, to sanction Russia to its knees, whatever it is. That's been The US campaign. So if this war is gonna stop, The US has to stop its campaign against Russia. That's the story.
Saved - June 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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I shared insights from Col. Lawrence Wilkerson regarding the influence of Mossad within the Pentagon, claiming that in 2002, they infiltrated the building without identification. He noted that they had access to key figures like Douglas Feith and Paul Wolfowitz, implying a significant level of control. Wilkerson recounted a moment when Donald Rumsfeld remarked that Mossad effectively ran the Pentagon, highlighting concerns about their impact on U.S. military decisions, particularly in relation to potential conflict with Iran for Israel's benefit.

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Why is Trump about to imminently go to war with Iran🇮🇷 for Israel? Col. Lawrence Wilkerson told us last week that he watched MOSSAD TAKE OVER THE PENTAGON in 2002: ‘The Pentagon was infiltrated by Mossad. They did not need any identification to get through the river entrance to the building. They went upstairs to Douglas Feith, the Undersecretary of Defence for Policy, the third most powerful man in the Defence Department. Occasionally they went to the second most powerful man, Paul Wolfowitz, the Deputy Secretary of Defence, and they had run of the Pentagon. Donald Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defence, said to my boss one time ‘Hell, I don’t run my building, Mossad does!’’

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The speaker asserts the Epstein business was heavily influenced by Mossad. They claim to have witnessed Mossad taking over the Pentagon in February 2002, stating Mossad infiltrated the Pentagon and did not require identification to enter. According to the speaker, Mossad personnel went to Douglas Fife, the Undersecretary of Defenses for Policy, and sometimes to Paul Wolfowitz, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, having free access within the building. The speaker relays that Donald Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defense, allegedly said Mossad runs the Pentagon.
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Speaker 0: And it's unquestionable that the Epstein business was heavily influenced, let me put it that way, by Mossad. And so that's somehow emblematic on these huge geopolitical issues? Yes, I watched Mossad take over the Pentagon in 02/2002. The Pentagon was infiltrated by Mossad. They did not need any identification to get through the river entrance to the building. They went upstairs to Douglas Fife, the Undersecretary of Defenses for Policy, the third most powerful man in the Defense Department. Occasionally, they went to the second most powerful man, Paul Wolfowitz, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and they had run of the Pentagon. Donald Rumsfeld, the secretary of defense, said to my boss one time, hell, I don't run my building. Mossad does.

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"Why are we threatening Iran🇮🇷, which hasn’t invaded anyone for 400 years...Why do we journalists write what governments tell us? Why don’t they question them?" -The incomparable, late, great John Pilger on GU in 2019. Now Trump may imminently be about to go to war with Iran🇮🇷 https://t.co/aTOqauixsc

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Why are countries like Iran, which hasn't invaded anyone for about four hundred years and doesn't threaten us, being threatened? Why does Israel have impunity? Why do journalists write down what governments tell them instead of questioning them? The mistakes that led to the invasion of Iraq in 2002/2003 are being repeated. These are questions that demand to be answered by journalists and the public.
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Speaker 0: Why are we threatening countries like Iran, which hasn't invaded anyone for about four hundred years, that don't threaten us? Why is anachronism like Israel allowed to have its impunity? What why do we why do we believe these why do as you have described, why do we journalists write down what governments tell us? Why don't they question them? Don't they it's just a few years ago that that exactly that all those those terrible mistakes happened in 02/2002, 2003 that led to the disaster of the invasion of Iraq why why is this being repeated these are questions that demand to be answered not just by journalists but by the public

@afshinrattansi - Afshin Rattansi

'Netanyahu is determined to make use of his control over Washington...to establish permanent Israeli political hegemony over the region, to create greater Israel.' -Col. Douglas Macgregor on GU. Now Israel may be closer than ever to dragging the US into a war against Iran🇮🇷 https://t.co/lU99r3ZbZK

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Netanyahu understands the U.S. and currently has more control over U.S. foreign and defense policy than the U.S. president. The Israeli lobby has achieved its goal of unconditional U.S. backing. Netanyahu believes this control is temporary, so he's using this moment for Israel to establish permanent Israeli, Jewish, military, and political hegemony over the region, create greater Israel, and put everyone on notice that they are in charge. He is confident he has U.S. backing. The U.S. will not put vast numbers of troops on the ground because it doesn't have them to commit.
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Speaker 0: I understand the IDF chief of staff, a former one, Aviv Kauravy, picked your book as required reading, transformation under fire. Do you not think that Netanyahu has played played some genius moves here with a weak US administration. Not I mean, for him personally rather than for Israel, which, of course, may be destroyed because of his actions. What do you think of the Israelis how they've played The United States, the, the sponsor of Israel? Speaker 1: Miss Netanyahu, has lots of experience in The United States, he was educated in The United States, brought up here for quite a while. I I don't know if you're aware of it or not, but for some time, I don't know if it still exists, there was also a birther movement in Israel because there were substantial numbers of Israelis who were unconvinced that mister Netanyahu had been born in Israel and insisted that he was actually born in The United States. I I don't know what the answer to that is, but I do know that he understands the way The United States works. He knows that right now he has more control and influence over what we do in Washington DC when it comes to foreign policy and defense policy than anyone who is presiding as president of The United States. The the Israeli lobby has achieved something that it set out to do many, many years ago, to effectively have the unconditional backing of the United States government for anything they want to do. So his view is this is not going to last. He's not unreasonable in the sense that he doesn't think this is a permanent condition, but he knows that he's got that kind of control right now. As a result, he is determined to make use of it, which means that this is his moment, the moment for Israel to establish permanent Israeli, Jewish military political hegemony over the region to create not only greater Israel, but to put everyone on notice that they are in charge. And he's doing this because he's confident that he has our backing. Now what will The United States do and what will it not do? Well, first of all, we're not going to put vast numbers of troops on the ground largely because we don't have them to commit.
Saved - February 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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I question whether USAID is truly dead, as it has long been a tool of U.S. foreign policy, masquerading as a promoter of democracy while actually fostering chaos. Its involvement in events like the Maidan Coup in Ukraine, funding of the White Helmets in Syria, and attempts to destabilize Venezuela exemplify its role in regime change. Despite funding some trivial programs, USAID's legacy is one of infiltration and manipulation across the globe. I hope this marks the end of an organization that has caused so much harm.

@afshinrattansi - Afshin Rattansi

🚨USAID TEMPORARILY KILLED BY TRUMP? THE ORGANISATION PAVED THE ROAD TO HELL ACROSS THE WORLD USAID, is it finally dead and buried six feet under? Democrats are still trying to save the criminal regime change arm of Washington’s deep state foreign policy establishment. This disgusting organisation paved the road to hell in every single country it infiltrated under the guise of ‘strengthening democracy’ and ‘empowering media’. Through its grants, USAID infiltrated media and civil society organisations all around the world, and especially in the global south. In Ukraine🇺🇦, USAID used its money for the Maidan Coup in 2014 to install a Washington vassal puppet regime, the first shot fired which would lead eventually to the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine. It funded and de facto bought media outlets to spread propaganda, a lot of the time against its own Russian-speaking citizens. In Syria, USAID funded the MI6-linked White Helmets, which cheered on Al Qaeda’s slaughters, and has links to other extremist terrorist groups, video evidence of this is all over the internet. In the former Yugoslavia, USAID was instrumental in the mass privatisation after NATO dismembered Yugoslavia, in a classic case of disaster capitalism. In Venezuela🇻🇪 it tried to foment a neoliberal takeover of the country in its attempts to depose Hugo Chavez, who lifted millions out of poverty and nationalised its oil reserves. Their efforts to buy the media and create an anti-Chavez youth movement completely failed. These are just 3 examples of USAID’s subversion, infiltration and sabotage. All across Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, wherever there was chaos and regime change operations, USAID’s fingerprints can be found. Though USAID funded some comical and stupid identity politics programs, make no mistake, USAID is not some radical Marxist organisation, it was the regime change arm of the US’ deep state and the military-industrial complex which in recent years promoted neoliberal identity politics all over the world through its programs to distract the working classes, and promote fake revolutions that ensured that Washington’s economic control over entire nations remained solidified. As said by the great @MaxBlumenthal, the dead USAID website should now display the picture of Toussaint Birwe, the 6-year-old Cameroonian boy who was killed by Samantha Power’s motorcade as she drove through Cameroon in 2017. Samantha Power would become the Administrator of USAID. Hopefully, good riddance for good to this instrument of subversion, sabotage, and regime change. @elonmusk

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USAID has faced criticism for its funding practices and alleged connections to harmful activities globally. Many believe it has contributed to destabilizing countries, such as funding opposition in Venezuela and influencing conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. Critics argue that USAID operates under the guise of humanitarian aid while serving the interests of a military-industrial complex, distorting local economies and priorities. The organization has been linked to controversial figures and actions, including the training of journalists against democratically elected governments. Despite some individuals within USAID having good intentions, the overall impact of its operations is viewed as detrimental, with calls for a reevaluation of its funding and activities.
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Speaker 0: USAID. Does any American really know where their billions of dollars has been going all these years? Because people across the global South do, and they hate America for it in the main. Noticeably, the parade of Democrat congresspeople that have just been speaking outside the capital say, Trump is disgusting. Elon Musk is disgusting. Who are they to do this? Well, presumably, Trump was elected by the popular vote, and no American really understood why these tens of billions were going to an organization that funded gain of research, gain of function research in a laboratory in China to create, coronavirus that killed perhaps twenty million people all around the world. That's what USAID is gonna be known for once the investigations are underway. And as for whether Trump needs a, act of congress to go through with it, he hasn't said he's abolishing USAID. He just cut the funding for now, presumably pending investigation. That's for Elon Musk. He said, USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die. I don't know why they call it left wing and Marxist. USAID is a cutout of the CIA and has been for the policies of the so called deep state military industrial complex for decades. It, helped create the Ukraine war, the proxy war in Russia through Ukraine, the Maidan coup. It's funding election interference in Georgia, in Serbia, right across right across Europe as if it was some sort of, add on to operation Gladio where, the left was destroyed in Europe. That's what USAID does. Under the guise of helping people, it actually kills. When I interviewed Luis Arce, the suspicious suspect president of Bolivia, the lithium superpower, he wasn't that interested in what I had to say to him, asking him why were USAID training journalists with Reuters and the British Embassy, presumably against the policies of a democratically elected Bolivian government. He, of course, has gone against his, predecessor into suspicious circumstances, but that's what USAID do. They go everywhere throughout Africa, have a few drinks with some, aid coordinators, and after a few, they'll tell you, yeah, aid is a disaster for countries all around the world. It distorts their economies. And, of course, it creates priorities that are not the priorities of the populations in these countries. They are the priorities of a shadowy military industrial complex in The United States when The United States people urgently need infrastructure, desperately need spending on basic services. It looks like the global south, many people would say right now. Venezuela, they were funding Narco Juan Guaido, the fake president of Venezuela, of course, to destroy Venezuela, the country with the largest known oil reserves. They were, helping the white helmets, funding those strange NGOs in Syria that cheered when Al Qaeda were on the, warpath in Syria, the fake chemical weapons attacks. That's what USAID does. They fund journalism around the world to distort the realities of people all around the world to think like Hillary Clinton, to think like Barack Obama. And Samantha Power, of course, was the head of USAID, and she was an ambassador at the UN for Obama. And, of course, she helped destroy Africa's richest per capita country, Libya. That's the kind of people that are organizing in USAID, but can't really organize right now because the Trump administration has switched off the light on its website just for a while, presumably while the investigations are ongoing. Those white helmets, the corruption was so widespread that even James LeMessurier, and I've interviewed the head of the white helmets, the suspicious MI six organization that spread lies about Syria. He was found dead on a balcony. Apparently, it was corruption. Look at USAID corruption, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump, and the rest of the Trump administration, and you will see why tens of billions of dollars of American treasury money belong in the heartland of The United States and not destroying the lives of millions and billions, perhaps, with fake Uyghur genocide claims in China and the like. Of course, there are some people that are quite good who work for USAID. Get a proper job. No matter what your good intentions are, USAID, well, it was the they were the paving stones to hell. And if, it's possible, as, Max Blumenthal of the Gray Zone said, the website of USAID.gov should surely commemorate the, six year old Toussaint Burwe, the Cameroonian killed in Samantha Power's motorcade when she drove through Cameroon. That's because Samantha Power, Obama's ambassador to the UN, famous for aiding the destruction of Africa's richest per capita country, Libya. She she was running USAID. So let's have a picture of six year old Dusan Bowe of Cameroon killed by the motorcade of Samantha Power on the USAID.gov website.
Saved - October 4, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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I believe that artificial intelligence is being utilized for mass assassinations in Gaza, with many targets being bombed based on AI targeting. The US, UK, and EU's support for Israel has turned the idea of an AI dystopia into a grim reality, leading to widespread destruction of human life.

@afshinrattansi - Afshin Rattansi

🚨JULIAN ASSANGE: ‘Artificial intelligence is being used for mass assassinations in Gaza’ “The majority of targets in Gaza are bombed as a result of artificial intelligence targeting.” US-UK-EU-armed Israel has made the concept of an AI dystopia into a reality, where human life is destroyed on a genocidal scale using AI.

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The speaker states that artificial intelligence is being used to create mass assassinations, blurring the lines between assassination and warfare. They claim that many targets in Gaza are bombed as a result of AI targeting. The speaker emphasizes the connection between AI and surveillance, asserting that AI needs information to generate targets, ideas, or propaganda. Surveillance data from telephones and the internet is key to training the algorithms used to conduct these mass assassinations.
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Speaker 0: I emerged from prison. I see that artificial intelligence, is being used to create mass assassinations where before there was a difference between assassination and warfare, now the 2 are conjoined where many, perhaps the majority of targets, in Gaza are bombed as a result, of artificial intelligence targeting. The connection between artificial intelligence and surveillance, is important. Artificial intelligence needs information to come up with targets or ideas or propaganda. When we're talking about the use of artificial intelligence to conduct mass assassinations, surveillance data from telephones, internet is key to training those algorithms.
Saved - February 18, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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The UK/US governments allegedly targeted Julian Assange due to his publication of cables linking CIA-backed #Navalny to neo-fascism and US funding. Additionally, a post highlights #Navalny's association with Nazis.

@afshinrattansi - Afshin Rattansi

Another reason why the UK/US governments have attempted to assassinate Wikileaks founder Julian #Assange is that he published secret cables detailing how neo-fascist #Navalny was a CIA asset, funded by the US National Endowment for Democracy to end democracy in Russia. https://t.co/fh29RmN76l

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Icymi: Racist CIA asset #Navalny marching with Nazis. https://t.co/1leLiChYk6

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My supporters, don't be surprised. I've been attending the Russian march for four years. They should be afraid! Today, I'm here with you at the Russian march. Hello everyone! Glory to Russia! They should be afraid! You are a true force. Russia must become a national state. The current authorities are unable to adequately protect our nation. Today, on a radio station, 89% support the campaign "Stop feeding the Caucasus." Hello. Today we will talk about fighting insects. We all know how to deal with flies and cockroaches, but what if they are too big or persistent? In that case, I recommend a gun. Man!
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Speaker 0: Моим сторонникам, которые удивлены, я хочу сказать вечно удивляться не нужно. Я четвертый год подряд хожу на русский матч. Speaker 1: Им стоит бояться! Им стоит бояться! Да! Он сегодня с нами на русском марше. Всем привет с праздником! Хлор России! Им стоит бояться! Speaker 2: Вы настоящая сила. Господь Бог дал великую территорию в сохранение для вас. Никто не имеет права посягать на права и интересы моего народа. Россия должна стать национальным государством. Нынешняя власть не способна адекватно выполнять функции защиты сбережения нашей нации. Speaker 3: Сегодня на одной из радиостанций утром был опрос сколько людей поддерживают компанию хватит кормить кавказ 89% высказались за то, что они поддерживают компанию. Здесь и сейчас! Здравствуйте. Сегодня мы поговорим о борьбе с насекомыми. Никто из нас не застрахован от того, что в наш дом заползет таракан. Фух, ну или в форточку залетит муха. Все мы знаем, что от мух отлично помогает мухобойка, а от тараканов тапка. Но что делать, если таракан окажется слишком велик, а муха не в меру абрутивная. Ну а в этом случае, я рекомендую пистолет. Speaker 2: Мужик!
Saved - November 23, 2023 at 12:05 AM

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Full rumble link to the #JFKassassination interview now banned by CIA contractor @YouTube 👇

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'Democracy went out [after JFK's assassination], no American President after Kennedy was able to implement any changes inside the military or intelligence sector' -@TheOliverStone on GU, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated 60 years ago OTD https://rumble.com/v1syt4o-archive-oliver-stone-exposes-jfk-assassination-cover-up-jfk-revisited.html #JFK60

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This video discusses the challenges faced by American presidents in implementing changes within the military and intelligence sectors. It highlights that since Kennedy, no president has been successful in making significant changes in these areas. Kennedy's attempts to cut the CIA budget and make reforms were reversed by Lyndon Johnson, who undid most of Kennedy's initiatives, except for civil rights. This includes reversing aid for progress in South America, African initiatives, and Indonesia initiatives. The video emphasizes the untouchable nature of these government agencies and their consistently uncut budgets.
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Speaker 0: This is a change, a change in our system. In a sense, the sense of democracy went out because after that Kennedy, no American president, not 1. And you can go down the list, was able to make implement any changes inside these the military sector of the economy or the intelligence sector, they they these 2 the agencies of government were untouchable, their budgets were never cut. Although Kennedy tried to cut the CIA budget, tried to shatter it into a 1000 pieces, his directives were reversed by Lyndon Johnson. Everything that Kennedy did except civil rights was reversed by Johnson, including aid for his progress for alliance, alliance for progress in South America, including his African initiatives, including his Indonesia initiatives, Johnson, a 180 degree u
ARCHIVE: Oliver Stone Exposes JFK Assassination Cover-Up (JFK Revisited) On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to legendary film director Oliver Stone about his new film ‘JFK: Revisited: Through The Looking Glass’. He discusses JFK’s often over-looked campaigns fo rumble.com
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