Ukraine - More US aid, more profit for the military Industrial Complex

“U.S. has sent $2.6 billion in military aid to Ukraine since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion, with DoD weapons reaching the battlefield within 48 to 72 hours: senior U.S. defense official”

What’s interesting about that is, the U.S. spent 3 billion on funding the Taliban in the 80’s, over the course of an entire decade.

So this was the “longest and most expensive” CIA operation in history, and ended up at $3 billion in 10 years. But the Ukraine has already gotten $3 billion in a single month. Imagine how much they’re going to pump into it by the end of this year? This goes to show what I’ve said before that this is likely now the single costliest program of this sort in history. And that’s only counting the U.S. aid, NATO/EU are pouring in billions more.

Lastly, like I said in the beginning, I don’t believe we’re seeing the full onset of Phase 2 yet. It appears to still be the opening probing stage as the full available forces have yet to be committed. But we’ll see if this week confirms this view or not.'

Meanwhile:

And on that note, there’s reports like this one:

“❗️Poland is secretly preparing a “liberation campaign” against Ukraine. For this purpose, a set of measures is being carried out – the supply of weapons, equipment and mercenaries across the Polish-Ukrainian border. Several formations of the Polish Army – the 18th motorized rifle division and the 6th airborne brigade – are preparing for a “peacekeeping mission”

The Polish Army stepped up measures to the maximum extent possible to complete the units to wartime states. The recruitment of “volunteers” is carried out through the websites of the Ministry of Defense of Poland.”

Unconfirmed of course, and dubious but it’s something to think about, and something many of us have already expected for a long time.'

Dumb becomes dumber...

http://thesaker.is/sitrep-operation-z-12/

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Ukraine - Indians have pride

 Every Indian is furious at the way the Americans were trying to coerce India to go against the Russians. The Americans thought they have the Indians in their pocket, after stroking their ego and recruiting the Indians into the Quad by fanning the Indian animosity towards China. The Indians with aspiration to become a big power would not be made to toe the line by the Americans. The Americans have sent emissary after emissary to call on Modi and his foreign minister to be on the side of the Americans, but the answer is a big NO. 

India will act on its national interest, and Russia is a great friend, sharing their military hardware that the Americans would not.  Modi also knew how important is India to the American's game plan for world domination. Modi knew very well that the Americans need India to counter the rise of China. India is a big chip in the chess board. India thus would not be foolish enough to simply take the orders from the Americans. Why would India need to do so when the Americans need India more than India needs the Americans. The Americans thus got their balls squeezed by the Indians and could not do anything else than to bear out the pain.

And Modi would still be welcomed in the White House, more so than before, not because he has become an American running dog, but an indispensable player in countering China. The Indians are playing their game very well and would squeeze every ounce of blood from the Americans whenever possible, not the other way, to be squeezed by the Americans.

The Indians are not the same as the Red Indians. They are not easy to deal with. Only the Indians, with their pride as a big power to be, could deal with the slimy and scheming Americans and get away with it. The Americans have been threatening to sanction India for its defiance but would not dare to do so.

Well done India, for standing up to the Americans and not wavering. For doing so, India is having the best of both worlds, with both the Russians and the Americans trying to appease the Indians. If India would be silly enough to do as told by the Americans, it would incur the wrath of the Russians and would end up the loser, and also losing respect from the international community, as an American stooge.

Ukraine - Ruble is Global Best Performing Currency in March

Russia's Ruble is Global Best Performing Currency in March; 1st Qtr Current Account Surplus Soars to Record High

Russian President Vladimir Putin said defiantly on Monday that Western sanctions have proved to be “ineffective” in meeting their objective. In his words, “They (US and EU) expected these sanctions to rapidly produce a devastating effect on Russia’s finances and economy, sow panic in the markets, bring about a collapse in the banking system and create major shortages of goods in shops.”

“However, we can already say in all confidence that this policy has failed in Russia. The strategy of unleashing an economic blitzkrieg has been ineffective. Moreover, the sanctions affected those who initiated them. I am referring to higher inflation and unemployment and the worsening economic outlook for the United States and European countries, as well as the declining living standards of Europeans and the depreciation of their savings.”

All indications are that the contingency planning that Russia had worked out to pull through a severe sanctions regime is paying off. The ruble’s recovery has been absolutely astounding. The US President Biden had boastfully redacted that he’d turn ruble into “rubble” but the exact opposite happened. In the immediate aftermath of sanctions, the Russian currency plunged to 121.5 ruble per dollar and things looked dire enough. But it has since surged all the way back to where it was before Russia’s special operation in Ukraine began — around 80 ruble per USD in mid-April. Ironically, ruble turned out to be the best performing currency in March!

Putin noted that consumer prices have “grown considerably in Russia over the past six weeks, by 9.4 percent,” and people have “felt the impact on their family incomes.” He announced a decision “to adjust all social benefits, pensions and wages in the public sector, in accordance with inflation.” Russia can afford it, as in the first quarter of this year, “we are witnessing a record level of budget surplus.”

In comparison, it is a dismal scene in the US with inflation touching a 40-year high — 8.54% for March — that is going to get only worse if the conflict in Ukraine continues. Worse still, this scenario may upset Biden’s green energy plan. As for Germany, the largest EU economy, this year’s inflation is expected to touch double figures.

Interestingly, Russia is enjoying a “robust trade surplus” and in the first quarter of the year, current account surplus exceeded $58 billion, “setting a historical high. Foreign cash is returning to the banking sector and household deposits are growing.” Indeed, the factors behind the ruble roaring back are self-evident.

It seems the EU has sensed that Russia is putting back together amazingly well the pieces of life in an environment of extreme isolation from the West. The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has admitted publicly that “With regard to financial sanctions, of course, you can always go further, but we have already reached the limits of what we can do. We did everything we could.”

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PS.  The shallowness of the Americans daft thinkers is showing. Instead of destroying Russia with this war, Russia is having a bonanza while Europe is going to have a runaway inflation and the US not far behind.  This is like picking a real big piece of rock to drop on one's own feet.

Well done silly Americans. Everything they do will turn and bite them.

Ukraine - Brexit real agenda exposed!

 For a long while, many analysts must be wondering what on earth would Britain chose to exit the EU to become little Britain, all alone, and hoping to exist in a world that have been carved up into blocs by trade pacts. Little Britain on its own would be like a little fish in an ocean of sharks and whales and would not be able to survive on its own. Every little country for existential reasons must join trade pacts, be part of a bigger trading bloc to be protected and to thrive as a group.

For little Britain to go it alone, acting as if it is still the British Empire and can call the shot, dominating over countries of the world, is pure madness. Little Britain must sink to the bottom of the ocean bed without being a member of EU. China is going to ignore little Britain for good reasons. The rest of the world would have nothing to do with little Britain as they are all members of trading blocs. The USA would also have no place for little Britain unless little Britain wants to be another state of the USA.

Apparently this is what it turns out to be. The Brits and the AngloSaxon countries have struck a secretive pact to rule the world again. Europe would be subservient to this AngloSaxon pact, and to be sacrificed if needed to. The war in Ukraine has exposed the evil plot of the AngloSaxon tribe. Europe would do the bidding of the AngloSaxon tribe, and be part of the neo AngloSaxon Empire. Not a single European country can opt out. They would be opted in by the AngloSaxon tribe or be destroyed.

In the Ukraine war it is obvious who is calling the shot and dictating the war and who are the soldiers or pawns in this war. If the AngloSaxon tribe can win this war, with Europe as their gambling chips, and destroy Russia and China in the process, the rest of the world would simply acquiesce and become colonies of the neo AngloSaxon Empire, without any resistance. And little Britain's position would be safely entrenched, no need to be part of EU, no need to fear being left out in the cold by China or other trade pacts. Little Britain would just sit on the shoulder of the Americans and be a member of the neo AngloSaxon Empire, to rule the world for another thousand years or more.

Little Britain does not need the EU to survive. It needs only to be a member of the neo AngloSaxon Empire in a New World Order. All the European resources are now conscripted by the Americans to fight their war against Russia and China while the Americans and the Brits sit safely across the Atlantic Ocean and English Channel, watching the massacre  and destruction of the Europeans and Europe.

Long live the neo AngloSaxon Empire. It has all been worked out and going as planned.

Ukraine - Fumbling and bungling Americans

 

BTW, it's America who is ill prepared to confront either China or Russia:

“For the same reason, the war in Ukraine is a sobering preview of the problems the U.S. itself would face in a conflict against Russia or China. If forced to go to war in Eastern Europe or the Western Pacific, Washington would spend down its stockpiles of missiles, precision-guided munitions and other critical capabilities in days or weeks. It would probably suffer severe losses of tanks, planes, ships and other assets that are sophisticated, costly and hard to replace.”

Interesting! So it was actually the U.S. all along that had no stocks for war, not Russia.

In fact the Pentagon and MSM lied all along. Russia is by far the largest producer of armaments, shells, ammunition on earth, more than all NATO countries combined. The lie we were fed about Russia running out of fuel, ammo, food, etc., was laughable and seen through by any analyst with a brain from the beginning.

But more shocking revelations abound:

“In the world wars of the last century, America’s unmatched manufacturing base ultimately powered it to victory. But today, replenishing the free world’s arsenal might not be so easy.

American economic leadership is no longer based primarily on manufacturing. Shortages of machine tools, skilled labor and spare production capacity could slow a wartime rearmament effort. The U.S. can’t quickly scale up production of Stinger missiles for Ukraine, for example, because the workforce needed to do so no longer exists.” 

 

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