Defence

2023-07-18

Matthew 7:15-20

My worst subjects at school were history and geography. So I'm not a historian and cannot claim any historical insight for myself.

Nevertheless I received a Christian upbringing for which I am grateful - I find the teachings of Christ as recorded in the Bible to be relevant practical and sensible. As for the rest of it, I retain my right to suspect that over the long course of history, translation, and "interpretation", "mistakes" will have been incorporated.

When we review the long history of European Christianity we can see that it has been an unending power struggle, complete with religious wars and the persecution and burning of heretics who displeased the various religious authorities, and foremost amongst the latter we must rank the Vatican. These persecutions were not the fruits of Christ's teachings,

2023-07-16

Scott Ritter spills the beans, albeit to a dire soundtrack.

This is part one, covering the alleged involvement of MI6 in the Maidan revolution, the subsequent demonisation of and split from Russia, Russia's annexation of the Donbass and Crimea (did we really expect it to give up the base of its Black Sea fleet?), and the ensuing war (that the Ukraine seems to have comprehensively lost, and that the UK is now escalating, sending cruise missiles that could carry significant payloads deep into Russia).

(36 minutes)

2023-07-13

NATO rejects Ukraine, but does everything else to escalate tensions with Russia...

Where will this end?

Maybe closer to home than we think if Ukraine starts bombarding Russia with serious ordnance provided by NATO. Those provider nations must expect to become targets themselves.

(28 minutes)

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2023-07-07

In the USA we have had racial tensions for centuries, tensions which were fanned recently under the "Black Lives Matter" rhetoric which tried to shame everybody into apologising for the alleged crime of being "racist". Rioters were seen using conveniently placed piles of bricks (strange where those came from) to create their mayhem.

We have also had an unfamiliar but relentless campaign to improve "diversity" - a word which has seen previously unimagined levels of interpretation applied apparently in order to make acceptable practices which hitherto have been considered unacceptable by many. Tolerance is being stretched.

All over the western world now we see governments with seemingly one accord welcoming or at least accepting huge numbers of immigrants from diverse cultures without too much concern about integration assimilation or the capacity of our infrastructure to cope, and apparently no concern at all about how that will be perceived by the native population.

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2023-07-07

This is not about 9/11 (although that features).

It may be a bit slow for some, but they do explore the overall sequence of events since JFK was assassinated. The history of the world is inextricably tied in with events in the USA, because the USA has been instrumental in destabilising the world in the interests of the ruling elite (regardless of the president-of-the-day).

(59 minutes)

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2023-07-06

With Russian Federation forces unfazed in the Ukraine and Zelensky looking at scraping a barrel already empty of additional men and NATO munitions, Scott Ritter updates us on the latest geopolitics.

As always, politicians on the ropes are not conducive to good decision-making. If you cannot win under the current rules, then what to do? Start playing a different game...

(38 minutes)

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2023-07-05

Rebel News delves deep into the recent troubles in la Belle France, providing a more nuanced glimpse into the sentiments that are actually driving the recent events.

Journalism is not dead, it's just hiding in unofficial places, where I suppose it has always had to be if it is to be truly independent.

(33 minutes)

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More at France on Fire.

2023-06-30

Dr David Kelly was outed as a "source" for a BBC report (yes you read that right - how times change) that created doubt about the "dodgy" WMD dossier relied upon by Prime Minister Blair that led to the Iraq war.

He was later found dead, ruled a suicide, a verdict disputed by many.

"... there is no possibility that at an inquest a verdict other than suicide would be returned"

Britain subsequently went to war.

So that's it, right?

But who was the Chief Microbiologist at Porton Down?

(77 minutes)

2023-06-28

Following the end of the Wagner rebellion, Scott Ritter reviews what happened and the now pertaining state of play.

And is there now hope for negotiations to end the war? 

(17 mins + additional reports)

2023-06-25

Well, that didn't last long did it?

All nicely tied up to Putin's undoubted satisfaction - game set and match I would suggest.

Can we believe what we are being told in the papers?

Russia weak, his generals outclassed, his defence minister out of his depth (Heavens above! - are we sure they aren't projecting too much from EU experience?).

One thing we really ought to have learned from recent years is that we can't take anything we are being told at face value.

"Did Putin bribe Prigozhin to back down?" was one headline I noticed this morning. That idea is just so risible I don't know were to start.

So let's look at it from a different point of view. Instead of thinking "East vs West" "Russia vs Ukraine"

2023-06-24

Events are moving fast and it would appear that Wagner group leader Prigozhin has declared war on President Putin.

And has invaded Russia, apparently to march on Moscow.

Unherd reports.

Simplicius the Thinker reports.

All as clear as mud currently. It could all be an information war psy-op, although that seems unlikely.

Prigozhin is reported to be claiming that he is not abandoning the war in the Ukraine, although how he can wage two wars simultaneously against both NATO in the Ukraine and Putin in Russia is unclear to say the least. Unless he can get the Russian armed

2023-06-23

It's been obvious for some time that this is no way to fight a war.

If you can't beat them, sue them - for peace. That should have been done long ago, and now Russia may be in no mood for negotiation because negotiation requires goodwill, and NATO has expended whatever it had in that regard as well as most other regards.

This is likely to be a fight to the finish unless NATO falls first (my viewpoint). If NATO falls, Ukraine will agree terms. Any terms.

"This offensive has no legitimate military objective - because you can't achieve it"

"You can't use the same formula that's already failed"

"What happens when they get annihilated?"

"NATO will never beat Russia"

"We don't have the military capacity to defeat Russia in a

2023-06-20

Redacted review the peace talks of yesteryear that followed the initial Russian limited military operation.

Mr Putin now confirms that agreement was reached at those talks... until UK prime minister Johnson visited Kiev and allegedly told Mr Zelenskyy not to finalize the peace.

If that is true, then Mr Johnson has hundreds of thousands of dead on his hands.

"... what am I being manipulated to not like... "

Propaganda and war are fundamentally inextricable.

None of this amounts to proof of anything, so it's back to our personal intuition.

Intuit wisely.

(22 minutes + additional items)

2023-06-11

Redacted cover a number of matters that I have not, for all sorts of reasons - but I'm happy to feature this episode as it updates us on several issues:

Ukraine attacks Belgorod in Russia (to what purpose we have to ask - how does shelling a civilian area further their war objectives?  Do they have ammunition to waste on civilians?),

Tucker Carlson rides again,

Oxfam (whom we all thought was for relieving famine) strays decidedly off-message,

and Mel Gibson is up to some $34 billion thing.

(100 minutes)

2023-06-08

Benjamin reviews the current state of the world for Patriot Underground on Bitchute.

"The US is under attack, there's no doubt about it"

Is anything what it seems?

As always, make up your own mind.

(50 minutes)

2023-06-08

Speculation is rife, arguments and counter arguments are traded, but for informed analysis we turn to Scott Ritter, a man whose life has been immersed in geo-politics and the military - if he doesn't have an informed opinion, I don't know who has.

(32 minutes)

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2023-06-06

Crimea now reportedly without a fresh water source.

Not to mention flooding, and water used for cooling a nuclear power plant.

This will not end well.

(21 minutes)

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2023-06-06

Ukraine will wake the Europeans (eventually) to the calamitous nature of America's foreign interventions (aided and abetted by UK and EU politicians).

This is a masterclass in the last three quarters century of history, covering the failings of our western corporate leaders, the seemingly limitless corruption of our western political classes, the dominance of the military-industrial complex, and the total failure of western leadership to manage the resulting mess.

All this, from Vietnam through Afghanistan, Kuwait, Irag, the Middle East, (not to mention Kosovo, Libya, and several others) and culminating now in the destruction in Ukraine, this two-part video reviews the historical record, how it came about, and whither it has led us.

The second part reviews the picture on the ground in the Ukraine, and how it may or may not develop - that topic has been covered already to some extent, and it hasn't turned against Russia's favour. Really, it adds a bit

2023-06-05

Scotland Today reports on a conspiracy theory that is apparently under investigation in Kiev.

It's a brave bit of reporting, given that Volodymyr is such a central character in the Russo-Ukraine conflict that has proved so disastrous both for the Ukrainians and (to a lesser extent) for much of Europe.

If the case is proven, then the knock-on effects would potentially bring down a number of western governments... so I wouldn't expect this to be admitted publicly any time soon. We await developments.

2023-05-31

The latest developments in the Ukraine, following the fall of Bakhmut. 

How deep does NATO involvement go? 

UK and US politicians haven't exactly distanced themselves from the conflict at any time since it started, apparently believing (along with all our famously "independent" and "unbiased" and now unquestioning media) that negotiations with Russia to end it would not somehow be appropriate.

(25 minutes, plus additional topics)