Comments by "Gary VAQ" (@stlouisix1) on "Scholz, Putin is not legitimate President. Graham wants more mobilization. Michel, EU war economy" video.

  1. From a Russian national perspective, there is little, if anything, about which to disagree with Putin. His recent address to the Russian people shows his concern as well as the active measures he is implementing to support families and soldiers. It is rare for a country to have a leader who is not trying to survive being in office or using the office for his personal benefit. There is no hope for US/Russian relations. The budget and power of the US military/security complex, a powerful lobby encompassing the armaments industry, the Congress elected by campaign contributions, and the CIA and FBI, depends on having an enemy. Russia is the enemy of choice. Another reason is that US foreign policy in the Middle East is controlled by the Israel Lobby, second in power only to the US military/security complex and often united with it. Putin has the concept of good and evil. He is learning that in the West he faces evil. The Russian Church sees it as well and supports him. The Russian people understand that they face a threat from Washington’s empire, the response to which requires national unity. - LewRockwell
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  2. UKRAINE STRIKES BATTERED BELGOROD REGION, village of Razumnoye, pre-war West Russia - 3rd time in 3 days. Vehicles engulfed in flames outside a residential block. Further information is being confirmed. UPDATE: 2 killed & a 14-year-old child loses a hand; emergency medical assistance is being provided. UPDATE: 16 people killed & 98 injured over a week of shelling in Belgorod region - Governor Gladkov. - Intel Republic
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  3. France is preparing its forces for deployment to Ukraine, the head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin claimed in a statement on Tuesday. Paris allegedly seeks to send as many as 2,000 troops to Ukraine, he said. Russia’s military and top officials have repeatedly pointed to the presence of French mercenaries already fighting for Kiev on the ground. In mid-January, the Russian Defense Ministry said that more than 60 foreigners, predominantly French nationals, had been killed in a high precision strike against a “temporary assembly point of foreign fighters.” The French soldiers would indeed become “a legitimate priority target for attacks by the Russian Armed Forces,” Naryshkin said. Russian President Vladimir Putin has also claimed this week that Western mercenaries, including French nationals, are dying in Ukraine “in large numbers.” Commenting on a potential NATO deployment to Ukraine, the president also warned that this would be “one step shy of a full-scale World War III.” - RT
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  4. The White House knew since late October that Israel was regularly bombing civilian targets in Gaza, but President Joe Biden continued to publicly defend the Israeli military’s conduct, the Washington Post reported on Monday. On October 27, three weeks into Israel’s war with Hamas, Biden’s top foreign policy officials told a small group at the White House that “Israel was regularly bombing buildings without solid intelligence that they were legitimate military targets,” the newspaper wrote, citing three sources familiar with the meeting. At the time, the US was rushing military aid to Israel. Two weeks before the meeting, Biden visited the Jewish state and publicly declared that “as long as the United States stands…[Israel] will not be alone.” On the same day as the meeting, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that the US would not impose any “red lines” on how Israel conducted its military campaign. - RT
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  5. [How sad. Ukraine has bombed open air markets, libraries, bakeries, voting facilities and now a zoo. Ukrainians are a disgrace!] “Grundy, our pet Bennett kangaroo, was killed in the shelling,” said the post on the zoo’s VK page on Tuesday. “The [exotic animal area] and the kangaroo enclosure were damaged by cluster fragments. Unfortunately, Grundy was outside at that time…” Bennett’s tree kangaroo is native to Queensland in northeast Australia. Grundy came to Belgorod from St. Petersburg in late 2019 and was described as “friendly, meek and absolutely fearless.” “There are no words to convey the pain. And anger. And powerlessness,” the zoo said. “We will never forget you, sweetie. When this waking nightmare is over, Grundy, we will plant the most delicious grapes in our forest in honor of you!” The Belgorod Zoo added that at least none of the staff were harmed. While the park has been shut down until further notice, employees are still coming in to take care of the animals. According to the Belgorod authorities, over the past week Ukrainian strikes have killed 11 civilians – including children – and injured 82 more, about half of whom have required hospitalization. Nine people are currently in serious but stable condition. Kiev’s forces have been using multiple-launcher rocket systems, such as the US HIMARS and the Czech Vampire, to strike at Belgorod since January, when 25 civilians were killed and over 100 injured in a Christmas market massacre. The missiles have often been armed with cluster warheads, many of which have been provided by the US, which is not a signatory to the convention banning the controversial munitions because of their harm to noncombatants. - RT
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  6. Ukraine’s losses in the conflict with Russia should be counted “in the millions,” the former chief of the Polish General Staff, Rajmund Andrzejczak, has claimed. Kiev “is losing the war” and does not have the resources to sustain the fight against Moscow, he added. In an interview with the Polsat broadcaster on Monday, the retired general described Ukraine’s battlefield situation as “very dramatic” and insisted that “there are no miracles in war.” Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s decision to replace his top general, Valery Zaluzhny, with Aleksandr Syrsky has failed to make a significant difference as the same issues remain for Kiev’s new commander-in-chief, Andrzejczak added. According to the retired general, Ukraine is suffering deficits in equipment and manpower, with losses taking their toll on its capabilities. - RT
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  7. Famine conditions now exist in the northern part of Gaza, a UN monitor group warned on Monday. Around 300,000 people remain trapped in the area, following months of Israeli bombardment that has left over 31,000 people dead. The UN-backed report also warns that more than 70% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million faces “catastrophic hunger.” The Integrated Food-Security Phase Classification (IPC) said that mass death is now imminent without an immediate ceasefire and deliveries of food aid to the areas affected by the fighting. More than a dozen children in Gaza, including newborn babies, have starved to death and many more are at risk from soaring malnutrition. UN aid agencies warned earlier in March that urgently-needed humanitarian aid is being blocked from entering the Palestinian enclave. - RT
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  8. The West just can’t handle the truth — i.e., Vladimir Putin enjoys great popularity and easily won re-election. The whining and carping from Western political leaders filled the legacy media as they insisted Russia held a sham, illegal election. Boo hoo. After the debacle in 2020 and the subsequent imprisonment of hundreds of Trump supporters with unfounded charges of insurrection, the United States is in no position to lecture any other country about free and fair elections. It is hypocrisy on steroids. Prior to the election, Western pollsters learned, much to their surprise, that Putin held an 86% favorability rating. Almost eight out of ten eligible Russians voted in the Presidential election and gave Putin 87% of the vote. The Russian police and military were not roaming the cities and towns forcing people to the polls nor are Russians who do not vote threatened with economic or criminal sanctions. Even the voters in the war-torn republics of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporhyzhia turned out in force to vote. One of the most remarkable moments in the aftermath of the election was Vladimir Putin appearing in Red Square with the three opposition political candidates who ran against him. All four men spoke to the crowd and pledged their allegiance to Mother Russia. Turning to the war in Gaza for a moment, the Electronic Intifada posted an update on how and where Israeli Occupation Forces killed their own citizens on 7 October. YouTube did not censor this video because it is fact based and relies on the testimony of Israeli civilians. - Sonar21
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  9. Lindsey Graham is political vermin specializing in warmongering for profit, the loss of lives be damned!
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  10. The early months of 2024 have extended the previous year's trend of significant NATO military hardware losses. This period saw the destruction of hundreds of advanced Western armor, artillery, and air defense systems, notably during a counteroffensive. Particularly, in late January, Ukrainian forces faced setbacks with the loss of several state-of-the-art NATO air defense systems, including the SAMP-T and "Skynex," valued at around €182 million. Additionally, the destruction of notable Western-manufactured armored vehicles, such as the British "Challenger 2," German "Leopard 2A4" tanks, and the American M1 "Abrams," further underscored these losses. -TFIGlobal
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  11. Mar 19, 2024 - US government-funded polling via the Levada Center indicates Russian President Vladimir Putin as of 2024, has an 86% approval rating, very close to the 87.3% electoral outcome of President Putin's re-election; - Conversely, President Putin's "fiercest opponent," according to the same US government-funded polling organization, had single-digit approval ratings as of 2023; - US government-funded polling validates the outcome of the Russian elections, the US simply doesn't like the outcome, and through concerted propaganda is trying to undermine the credibility of the elections; - This is only the latest example of the US and Europe interfering in and undermining, not upholding democracy and self-determination around the globe; - The New Atlas
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