UNLUCKY 23…

Today marks 23 years since the September 11 terrorist attack on America.

While we mourn the horrific loss of life suffered on that tragic day, we would do well to step back and reflect on where America was collectively on that day, and where we have come since then.

On September 11, 2001 America was a decade removed from the end of the Cold War, a decades-long ideological conflict between the US and the Soviet Union that defined the post-WW2 reality.

Although called “cold”, this conflict was very “hot”, resulting in proxy wars around the world that killed millions and cost trillions. Many unspeakable crimes were committed by all parties in the prosecution of this conflict. In the end, the forces of “democracy” prevailed over those of “communism”, resulting in the collapse of Soviet power.

The United States could have emerged from this conflict as the benevolent victor, working to return the world to a path that respected the intent of those who helped create the United Nations as a forum to promote peace among nations in the aftermath of WW2.

Instead, we opted to take a different path, one which sought to consolidate global power under one roof—our own. The decade of the 1990’s was marked by the callous implementation of American unilateralism that exploited our defeated ideological foes and betrayed those who had put their faith in American leadership during the Cold War. We weren’t trying to make a better world, it turned out.

Just a stronger America.

American power turned out to be fleeting as 18 hijackers turned four commercial airliners into weapons, destroying American landmarks and killing thousands of innocent civilians.

The world rallied behind us, recognizing the evil that had been done.

This was our chance to correct our course, to unite with a global population willing to work with us to make the world a safer place for us all.

Instead we chose war.

“You’re either with us, or against us.”

We used 9/11 to promote the lies that manifested themselves into an illegal war of aggression in Iraq.

We promoted violence over diplomacy, power over peace, intimidation over reason.

And the world turned against us.

Thirteen years later, with millions of additional lives lost as a result of America’s pursuit of uncontested global dominance, we have to reflect on the price paid for this hubris and arrogance.

America may have won the Cold War.

But we lost the peace.

Because we only know war.

Thirteen years later, we are still at war with the world.

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NATO MISSILES AGAINST RUSSIA
Interview for Gegenpol

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US TO ATTACK RUSSIA
Interview for Judging Freedom

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LARRY JOHNSON & SCOTT RITTER
Interview for Through the eyes of Ania K

▫️Ukraine. Follow the money;
▫️Russia. Ready to repel military agression.

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⁣PUTIN READIES NATO WAR AS UKRAINE'S FRONT COLLAPSES, HEZBOLLAH & IRAN STUN ISRAEL
Interview for Danny Haiphong

What's Russia's next moves after the US and NATO approved long range missile strikes amid Ukraine collapsing frontline?

Where is the conflict heading?

PLUS: Iran and Hezbollah's ongoing retaliation for Israel's brutal war has caused heightened anxiety for the settler state and its American backers.

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NEOCONS PUSHING THE ENVELOPE | RUSSIA CHINA ALLIANCE
Interview for Garland Nixon

Topics discussed:

▫️Uhuru 3 Case;
▫️Definition of Disinformation:
▫️Personal Examples and Support of Russia;
▫️Nuclear Threat and the Response of Russia and China.

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⁣THIS IS THE SANEST POLICY PROPOSAL YET

Anyone opposing this kind of thinking is willing to risk nuclear war with Russia on behalf of Ukraine.

America owes Ukraine nothing.

Especially our existence.

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⁣Interview for Al Mayadeen Programs

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TONIGHT, AT THE INVITATION OF RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ANATOLY ANTONOV, I WILL ATTEND A CONCERT AT THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY

The concert will feature the music of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsikov, as performed by Sergei Kossenko.

To be honest, I am not one normally drawn to events such as this; I grew up appreciating rock and roll more than classical. In researching Rimsky-Korsikov’s work in preparation for tonight’s concert, however, it turns out that I was more familiar with his work than I had thought—“The Song of the Bumblebee” was instantly recognizable, as was the music from Scheherazade and The Snow Maiden.

Russian culture had penetrated this American boy without him even knowing!

There was a time when America wasn’t afraid of embracing and appreciating the culture of other nations.

Van Cliburn’s famous performance in Moscow in 1958, where he unabashedly played Tchaikovsky better than his Russian competitors, was proof positive that America could willingly embrace beauty that wasn’t “made in the USA”; we were confident enough in who we were and what we stood for not to be intimidated by the accomplishments of non-Americans.

Today, the US government takes umbrage over anyone who demonstrates an appreciation of Russian culture and heritage. I’m certain the FBI will be tracking my activities tonight with a combination of ignorance and suspicion—ignorant of all things Russian, and suspicious of American who would dare open themselves up to learning to appreciate Russian culture.

The infection of Russophobia runs deep in American society today. But the last time I checked, my country wasn’t at war with Russia. And I, for one, would like to keep it that way. I believe in building bridges that connect us with Russia, not walls that divide us.

I choose peace over war, especially in the nuclear era, where war between the US and Russia would destroy humanity.

I will attend tonight’s concert to continue my efforts to disinfect America from the poison of Russophobia.

And if my government opts to criminalize this mission of peace, so be it. If pursuing peace is a crime, I plead guilty.

But it is not. The only guilty parties are those who try to disrupt the work of peacemakers like myself by weaponizing the American justice system.

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⁣THE GREATEST MILITARY ALLIANCE IN HISTORY OF THE WORLD DEFEATED NAZI GERMANY

And the Soviet Union (i.e., Russians) played the leading role.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

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SCHOLZ AND BAERBOCK DON'T CARE WHAT GERMAN VOTERS WANT
Interview for Gegenpol

Topics discussed:

▫️Meeting of the CIA and MI6 after 77 years.
▫️Political manipulation and lies.
▫️Support for Nazism in Ukraine.
▫️Russia as a supplier of energy resources.

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THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS ITS ABILITY TO MIRROR-IMAGE US INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN PROPAGANDA ONTO RUSSIA

Understand there hasn’t been any hard intelligence presented.

Just analysis done by persons who know nothing about Russian reality.

A democracy is never so weak as when it fears fact-based challenges to the narratives used to sustain the myth of democracy.

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⁣THE UNITED STATES JUST ADMITTED THAT IT CANNOT COMPETE WITH RUSSIA IN THE GLOBAL BATTLEGROUND OF IDEAS

We lost the information war.

Because, in a free speech environment, we seek to suppress that which we cannot surpass in quality of argument.

In seeking to suppress RT, the United States is destroying itself.

Because free speech and a free press are core American values.

We stand for nothing.

Which is why we’re losing.

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Just a reminder that the man the State Department has put in charge of its “countering disinformation” effort, Jamie Rubin (JamesP_Rubin) is married to CNN’s senior international correspondent, Christine Amanpour (Amanpour) underscoring the open collusion between the US government and mainstream American media.

Jamie Rubin helped sell the lies of Iraqi WMD when he was at the US Mission to the UN.

And he continues to sell the lies about the Ukraine conflict today.

Hand in glove with Amanpour and CNN.

Having Rubin go after RT is like the pot calling the kettle black.

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⁣THE RED PILL DIARIES WITH COL. LARRY WILKERSON

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⁣INTERVIEW WITH ROGER WATERS
Faina Savenkova

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I WAS AN OUTSIDE CONTRIBUTOR TO RT

I published some of my finest analysis with RT.

I’ll let the public decide whether anything I wrote for RT was anything that wasn’t representative of what I published in other media outlets, or what I’ve said on the many podcasts I’ve appeared on.

Jamie Rubin can kiss my ass.

The truth shall set you free.

And I’m a warrior for truth.

Rubin and the State Department clearly are not.

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As America lurches toward a possible confrontation with Russia over Ukraine, we should all pause for a moment and reflect on the miracle of life.

Imagine, if you would, a field of wildflowers, and an army of honey bees flying from blossom to blossom, pollinating the plants while collecting the raw ingredients necessary to produce honey.

Then take a moment to listen to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsikov’s “flight of the bumblebee”, and marvel at how accurately he captured the emotion and action of the bee at work.

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