Accompanying Israeli aggression against Lebanon is a central psychological element of “shock and awe” meant to amplify the very real destruction and damage being done to Lebanon and Hezbollah.

It is designed to create fear, anger, panic, division, and desertion among US-Israeli opponents and disrupt the ability to resist military operations.

Independent media, by remaining objective and avoiding sensationalism, creates a bulwark against the effects of “shock and awe.”

Israeli Shock and Awe in Lebanon Aims to Create Anger, Fear, Panic, Division

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[2003] Psyops employed to sap Iraqi spirit

If the first Gulf War is remembered for introducing the world to smart bombs and CNN, the second one — at least judging by its first two days — may well become known as the “psyops” war.
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The Tao of Vladimir Putin

November 24, 2023November 24, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Since power equals force times speed… Thus, a smaller man who can swing faster may hit as hard or as far as the heavier man who swings slowly.”
Bruce Lee,
The Tao of Jeet Kune Do

The Tao of Vladimir Putin

Daniel Ellsberg Wanted Americans to See the Truth About War

June 18, 2023June 18, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

In an interview before his death, the Pentagon Papers whistleblower urged the media and the government to be more honest about America’s bombing of civilians.
Daniel Ellsberg Wanted Americans to See the Truth About War

French military bases in Africa will now self-identify as schools

March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Emmanuel Macron wants to rebrand Paris’ presence in its former colonies as cultural and economic projects
French military bases in Africa will now self-identify as schools

Monday’s speech came at a time when France’s influence on the continent is facing its biggest challenges in decades. Growing anti-French sentiment has led to street protests in several West and North African countries.

In addition, historical economic ties that France had with the region are under pressure from the growing commercial presence of Russia, China and Turkey.

Macron acknowledged that Africa now is a “field of competition” and urged French businesses to “wake up” and get involved in the fight.

In the past year, French troops had to withdraw from Mali, which turned instead to private Russian military contractors of the Wagner group, and most recently from Burkina Faso, which also appears to increasingly look towards Moscow.

The West must stop blocking negotiations between Ukraine and Russia

October 30, 2022October 30, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

October 25, 2022 by Vijay Prashad

Ukrainians have been paying a terrible price for the failure to ensure sensible and reasonable negotiations from 2014 to February 2022, which could have prevented the invasion by Russia in the first place, and once the war started, could have led to the end of this war. All wars end in negotiations, but these negotiations to end wars should be permitted to restart.
The West must stop blocking negotiations between Ukraine and Russia (archived)

Westerners Live in Denial, Convinced They’re the Good Guys

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Stark contradictions in West’s treatment of the Ukraine war and the occupation and siege of Palestine should serve as a wake-up call
Westerners Live in Denial, Convinced They’re the Good Guys

Residents of Donbass have the same right, as Palestinians do, to self-determination! Yet, even many independent journalists don’t see it that way!

Terror on Crimea Bridge forces Russia to unleash Shock’n Awe + Before Ukraine blew up Kerch Bridge, British spies plotted it

October 10, 2022October 11, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Terror on Crimea Bridge forces Russia to unleash Shock’n Awe

By Pepe Escobar – October 10 2022

The western narrative of a ‘losing Russia’ has just been decimated by Moscow’s blitzkrieg against Ukraine and its foreign-backed terror operations

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It was a plan by the British MI6, says this source, without offering further details. Which, he elaborates, Russian intel, for a number of reasons, is shadow-playing as “foreign special services.”

Plotting War on Iran

July 17, 2022October 9, 2024 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The United States, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, responsible for military fiascos, hundreds of thousands of deaths, and innumerable war crimes in the Middle East, are now plotting to attack Iran.
Plotting War on Iran

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Can the US Credibly Condemn Russian Attacks on Civilians?

April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

As someone who has written about multiple wars the US has engaged in, I’d have to say the US has no moral authority to condemn another nation on civilian casualties. I don’t think there is another nation on this planet, in our more ‘modern times’ that has killed more civilians than the US. That’s just reality.
Can the US Credibly Condemn Russian Attacks on Civilians?

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2003: Psyops employed to sap Iraqi spirit (shock and awe)