Decapitation strike. Maidan leader assassinated. Gerasimov, SMO continues. Dragon and Elephant
Topic 1801

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Topic 1656

Venezuela regime change obsession
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France's Marine Le Pen Acquitted in Case Over Violating Hate Speech Laws
https://sputniknews.com/europe/202105041082797685-frances-marine-le-pen-acquitted-in-case-over-violating-hate-speech-laws/

Hmm,
"maybe the killing itself is the point of all of this."

https://x.com/ArmchairW/status/1961296644017705164
I did stress this point numerous times since Feb '22.
But unlike my insistence that millions of dead Slavs smelled sweet on Yahweh's altar of cannibal sacrifice (burnt offerings, well aged in the muddy battlefields of Donbas), this guy, The Warlord, Armchaired And Dangerous, claims that the grinding pace of SMO is dictated by a different calculus, namely to lure the fighting men of Ukraine into bloody cauldrons and thus eliminate Ukrainian war making capacity in a direct, brutal way.

Though I disagree, I admit that he argues his point cogently, at least from a dispassionate, military logic.

My reasoning additionally embraces a spiritual, moral dimension—namely, that Russians abhor unnecessary slaughter of brother Slavs as much as Jews (sorry, @steve_brown, objection noted, let's split the difference and call them "Zionists" this once) find it orgiastically desirable....

Pepe Escobar:

Trump HUMILIATED – This Putin, China & BRICS BOMBSHELL Buries Dollar

Interview by Danny Haiphong

KIEV REGIME MILITARY MURDERS UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS ATTEMPTING TO SURRENDER TO RUSSIA
On August 27, multiple independent media sources published yet another video from the frontlines of the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict, showing the cold-blooded murder of a Ukrainian soldier trying to surrender to the Russian military. Understanding it’s pointless to play the role of cannon fodder for the political West in a war against his closest kin, the unfortunate man tried to escape this madness.
-However, the Nazi “barrier detachments” keep doing their job of ensuring that forcibly conscripted Ukrainians remain in place as the aforementioned cannon fodder. The Russian military has mechanisms to help these soldiers surrender and reach the safety of Russian lines.
-Namely, many (if not most) regular Ukrainians understand that being a POW (prisoner of war) in Russia is far safer than being a soldier of the Kiev regime forces. In fact, Moscow even has entire units composed exclusively of former...