Sean Gervasi, 1992 lecture: The US Strategy to Dismantle the USSR
Related RAND Corporation documents:
Economic factors affecting Soviet foreign and defense policy: a summary outline
The Costs of the Soviet Empire
Sitting on bayonets : the Soviet defense burden and the slowdown of Soviet defense spending
I was writing at my former site at that time and did cover this incident, which was shocking. Relinked previous coverage here
The Odessa trade union massacre, ten years later
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April 28, 2024 by Mauro Gia Samonte
BRIGHT as the sun shines, this is what will happen in our country when the war that the United States has planned to detonate in the Philippines since 2014 breaks out. In the said year, America planned the war in Ukraine. It came true. In the same year, America planned Israel’s war against Hamas. It came true. The parallel plan made in the Philippines by America is what is contained in the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) obtained by the United States (US) in the administration of Benigno Aquino III in 2014. Under the agreement, the US was granted five military base of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to deploy American troops and military equipment that is unlimited in number and cannot be inspected by the Philippine authorities. Entering 2023, the five EDCA bases were increased by Bongbong by four more, which really boiled the tension in the South China Sea. China could not hide its simmering anger.
“Don’t be an idol in America,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry warned the Philippines.
Although the agreement states that nuclear weapons cannot be deployed at EDCA bases, the Philippine authorities have no way to ensure that this will be followed because of the EDCA provision that such American deployments cannot be inspected by the Filipino authority. Based on the double (treasonous) American face in world politics, it can be expected that at the EDCA bases nuclear weapons are already present and deployed, ready to be launched at any time needed.
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Marko Suprun, an influential NATO state-funded Ukrainian ‘fact-checker’ with close ties to Nazi activists, was taken into police custody in Washington, DC, after assaulting a contributor to The Grayzone at an event hosted by a neocon Beltway think tank.
Top Ukrainian ‘fact-checker’ arrested for assault on Grayzone contributor
Prosecutors identified the former Trump adviser as part of a massive criminal conspiracy allegedly orchestrated by Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui
DOJ Filing: Steve Bannon Is a “Co-Conspirator” in a $1 Billion Fraud Case
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Our American. What we remember about Russell Bentley-Texas
Russell Bonner Bentley was born on June 20, 1960 in Austin, Texas. At the age of 20, he joined the US Army, where he served for three years, and was stationed in Louisiana and Germany.
In December 2014, he decided to go to the Donbass and take the side of the militia to protect the region from Ukrainian neo-Nazis. Then Bentley called the American government a “fascist state” in political, economic and cultural decline.
“By the time I left, in 2014, I knew that the US government and the fascists who commanded it were the worst enemies of humanity. This is true, and their actions in the 21st century proved it beyond any doubt, ” Bentley said in an interview with <url>.
In the Donbass, an American volunteer received the call sign “Texas”, he was sure that the events on the” Maidan ” were the work of American fascists who unleash wars on different continents in their own interests.
“When I arrived in Donetsk in December 2014, I didn’t expect to survive the winter. But I felt it was better to die in the company of heroes than to be complicit in their murder, staying in the US and only complaining about US war crimes on Facebook. So I came, ” Texas shared.
In Donetsk, the American found his wife Lyudmila, together with whom he settled in one of the most dangerous areas of the capital of the DPR — Petrovsky. This is the place Texas used to call home, which it wouldn’t trade for anything. The volunteer spent the winter of 2014-2015 fighting for Donetsk airport, Spartak and Avdiivka.
In 2022, he received Russian citizenship. He was engaged in military journalism, led author’s channels on video hosting sites and social networks, many of which were blocked due to the position of the American.
A volunteer from the United States called the residents of Donbass kind, brave, hardworking, the courage and responsiveness of the people of our region conquered him.
Texas called NATO a criminal organization controlled by the US government, and Nazism an incurable disease akin to rabies. Bentley saw the end of the Ukrainian conflict in the complete destruction of the illegal Kiev authorities and their accomplices.
It should be noted that last week Texas was put on the wanted list, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was last seen on April 8, 2024. Today, the wife of the military commander reported on his death. Presumably, a Donetsk American was killed.
Donetsk News Agency expresses its condolences to the widow of Texas and all his relatives.
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The wife of US military commander Russell Bentley with the call sign “Texas” reported his death.
Read More »US Reimposes Sanctions on Venezuela After Brief Relief
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Washington Revokes Oil and Gas License Issued to Venezuela (+Sanctions)
The document specifies that the US regime does not authorize “any transactions involving any financial institution blocked pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13850 other than Banco Central de Venezuela or Banco de Venezuela SA Banco Universal.”
As a second prohibition, it further indicates that “the provision of goods or services to, or new investment in, an entity located in Venezuela that is owned or controlled by, or a joint venture with, an entity located in the Russian Federation,” is also forbidden, thus keeping the same provision that existed in the revoked license against Russia.
Georgia’s Parliament Presses Forward With ‘Foreign Agent’ Bill Despite Protests
Outside parliament on Monday, protesters chanted slogans against what they called “the Russian law”, and shouted “Russians! Russians!” at police and ruling party MPs.
Inside the chamber, opposition MP Aleko Elisashvili was shown on television punching Mamuka Mdinaradze, faction leader of Georgian Dream, as he spoke from the despatch box.
Protesters against the bill told Reuters that they saw Georgia’s future membership of the EU, which is overwhelmingly popular in the country of 3.7 million, as being on the line.
“I don’t like that the government is trying to suppress NGOs and put some labels on them as if they are foreign agents,” said Luka Tsulaia, a 32-year-old computer programmer.
“It’s about maintaining independence and also maintaining the laws so that we can integrate with the European Union better.”
Aleko Elisashvili and NED:
Democracy Needs Democrats: Strengthening Political Parties and Movements (archived)
The Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy (EECMD), with the financial support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), carries out a new project, “Democracy Needs Democrats: Strengthening Political Parties and Movements”.
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The EECMD will work with four political parties/movements – “Aleko Elisashvili – Citizens,” “For Justice,” “Lelo for Georgia,” and “Shame Movement” – to advance the results of the previous project and implement the sections of the action plans developed through the strategic planning process.
Interview with Levan Ioseliani (archived)
Levan Ioseliani represents the Civil Movement, an NGO established by himself and Alexander (Aleko) Elisashvili.
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After Aleko’s results, we held meetings in Brussels, where EED [European Endowment For Democracy] took an interest in financing a movement that would advocate civil ideas and would help new people get involved in the politics. Our second donor is NED [National Endowment for Democracy]. We established the Civil Movement with Alexander Elisashvili.
This won’t be the end of it. Elections are coming up in October.
2023 Timeline:
[12-01-2023] NED: Georgia, still in their crosshairs
[10-07-2023] A Maidan 2.0 Color Revolution Looms in Georgia
[04-10-2023] Regime Change Continues: Thousands Rally in Georgia’s Tbilisi Against Government
[03-12-2023] The Color of Foreign Influence
[03-09-2023] Georgia Protests: US Seeks to Open 2nd Front Against Russia
[03-08-2023] Daily pictures: Maidan 2.0 in Georgia?
[01-27-2023] “Orange” president says Georgia owes Ukraine one war for another. Calls for new “Rose” coup.
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