Introduction
By no means do we think Russia is to be trusted or former KGB Putin honest. But the "Evil Russian/ Syrian" connection is kind of laughable when you realize that:
- Russia is be less than 700 miles from Syria's border.
- Russia has no other direct Mediterranean access for their navy
- Russia is a mess and has been losing ground everywhere globally
The border to border distance between Syria and Russia is less than the distance between Chicago and New York City. Of course they are freaking out. They have no more buffers between them and the West. Further, take a look at the headlines and sources in the last week or so. McCarthy would be proud.
- MI5 head: ‘increasingly aggressive’ Russia a growing threat to UK- Guardian
- Russian submarines are spotted in the IRISH Sea as three of the stealth craft navigate through UK waters in the latest provocation by Putin's navy- Daily Mail
- US accuses Russia of trying to interfere with 2016 election-CNN
- US officially blames Russia for political hacking attempts-NBC
Putin Wants Trump
Russia does want Trump to win. That's a fact. That is because Trump is more of an isolationist and wants to spend money on building stuff, not war. Hillary is a bomb waiting to happen. Can Russia hack into our systems? Assume they can. Are they better at it then China-NO. Romania-NO. Better than Google-NO. Meanwhile, as we waste time poking a wounded bear, the Chinese are consolidating gains globally through trade deals off our coast and bought UN votes. But that is for another time.
Trump is Controllable, Hillary Not so Much
Trump is so transparent if he were ot do anything loony he'd have a 2 hour press conference before doing it. Hillary on the other hand is the queen of obfuscation. Her rhetoric, when not dodging Wikileaks bullets, is as if she is running against Putin, not Trump. And as a reminder, Trump wants out of Syria. Hillary wants a No-Fly zone in Syria.
The Chairman of the Jt Chiefs of Staff was asked what would happen if we enforced that idea.
Russia: The West Is Trapped in Its Own 'Propaganda-Created World'
James Holbrooks and theAntiMedia.org | As the American corporate media continues to tow the official line that Russia is working to undermine U.S. elections, the head of the U.K.’s MI5 spoke with the Guardian on Tuesday. It was the first time an acting spy chief has given a newspaper interview in the agency’s 107-year history, and the subject matter important enough to prompt such an atypical occurrence was hardly a surprising one — Russia.
Or, more accurately, Russia as the big bad enemy.
“Russia increasingly seems to define itself by opposition to the west and seems to act accordingly,” MI5 chief Andrew Parker told the Guardian. “You can see that on the ground with Russia’s activities in Ukraine and Syria. But there is high-volume activity out of sight with the cyber-threat.”
“Russia has been a covert threat for decades,” he continued. Then, evoking the U.S. election hacking hype, he added, “What’s different these days is that there are more and more methods available.”
And according to Parker, Vladimir Putin’s Russia is utilizing these methods in “increasingly aggressive ways” to project its global influence:
“It is using its wide range of state organs and powers to push its foreign policy abroad in increasingly aggressive ways — involving propaganda, espionage, subversion and cyber-attacks. Russia is at work across Europe and in the U.K. today.”
The Kremlin was quick to issue a response to the Parker interview, one the Guardian detailed in a follow-up piece.
“Those words do not correspond to reality,” spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said flatly. With regard to alleged U.S. election tampering, he added, “Until someone produces proof, we will consider those statements unfounded and groundless.”
Russia’s embassy in London, meanwhile, stated on Twitter it was “saddened to see a professional trapped to [sic] his own propaganda-created world.” Accompanying that tweet was the movie poster for the 1966 film The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming.
In the buildup to the U.S. presidential election on November 8 — and as Russian submarines are spotted off the British coast — Western nations are again amping up the anti-Russian narrative.
On October 7, for instance, the United States officially accused Russia of attempting to intervene in the U.S. political system. Then, just days ago, Western member countries of the G7 alliance agreed that continued sanctions against Russia for its role in Ukraine and Syria were “vital.”
For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to such recriminations has been largely one of amusement, as demonstrated by comments he made last week.
While speaking to foreign policy experts in Sochi, Putin dismissed the “hysteria about Russia’s influence on the U.S. presidential election,” adding the “mythical and fictitious” issue has been used to distract the American voter from real problems facing the United States government.
“Does anyone seriously think Russia can somehow influence the American people’s choice?” Putin asked. “Is America some kind of banana republic? America is a great power!”
A great power, the Russian president made certain to note, with a top notch propaganda arm:
“I would like to have such propaganda machine in Russia, but, regrettably, there is no such thing,” Putin said, touching on the bought and paid for nature of Western corporate media. “We don’t have such global media as CNN, BBC and others.”
But seriously Vlad, no more Polonium for my martini please.
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