Dozens dead and airports bombarded after Putin invades Ukraine - live
Do enough to keep at bay in the wings, publicly.
Build up troops and equipment overtime, yet use distractions and misdirection.
Make them wish you had stayed in power to avoid war.
P.S.
Love, From Russia.
* THE D.C. BRIEF
* WHY THE CIA DIRECTOR IS DECLASSIFYING MATERIAL ON RUSSIA’S UKRAINE PLOT
Why the CIA Director Is Declassifying Material on Russia’s Ukraine Plot
{William Burns testifies during his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 24, 2021.}
“An ignorance of history isn’t an excuse for bad analysis—especially when your own spies have the evidence on their desks. And few in government understand the perils of a blindspot better than CIA Director William J. Burns.
That’s why in recent weeks, U.S. intelligence officials have moved to quickly declassify what they have said is a Russian plan to spread disinformation about a purported Ukrainian attack on Russian soil. Such a move by Kyiv would precipitate Moscow’s retaliation that wouldn’t stop at borders and instead roll into the Ukrainian capital. In other words, it’s a false-flag operation that could spark the biggest land war in Europe since the 1940s. Put simply: don’t believe everything you read.”
SOURCE : https://time.com/6148791/william-burns-cia-russia-declassify/
Why the CIA Director Is Declassifying Material on Russia’s Ukraine Plot
Few in government understand the perils of a blindspot better than CIA Director William J. Burns.
Trump can't help himself when it comes to Putin
Every time the president has a chance to cast aside doubts about his relationship with the Russian leader, he does the opposite.
By ANITA KUMAR 06/28/2019 06:59 AM EDT
OSAKA, Japan — Since Donald Trump's first day in office, Russia has loomed over his presidency. Yet every time he’s had a chance to cast aside people's doubts, Trump does the opposite.
During a March 2018 phone call, Trump congratulated President Vladimir Putin on his reelection, despite rampant allegations of fraud and even his own aides'
all-caps warning: "DO NOT CONGRATULATE."
At a gathering of world leaders several months later, Trump reportedly said the contested Crimea region in Ukraine is Russian, despite his own administration's condemnation over Moscow's annexation of the area. And at a summit in Helsinki the following month, Trump appeared to accept Putin's election meddling denials, despite the conclusions of U.S. intelligence agencies that Putin himself orchestrated the interference campaign.
SOURCE :
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/28/trump-putin-relationship-g20-1386490
Trump’s wet kiss to Putin seals a new world order
The president has upended the global definitions of friends and foes.
SOURCE :
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-summit-analysis/amp/
15 times Donald Trump praised authoritarian rulers
Analysis by Chris Cillizza and Brenna Williams, CNN
Updated 1:33 PM EDT, Tue July 02, 2019
SOURCE :
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/07/02/politics/donald-trump-dictators-kim-jong-un-vladimir-putin/index.html
Trump can't help himself when it comes to Putin
Every time the president has a chance to cast aside doubts about his relationship with the Russian leader, he does the opposite.
July 29, 2020
{Trump also cited previous U.S. tactics during the Cold War, when the U.S. provided support to Afghan soldiers fighting the Soviet Union, in an effort to downplay the Kremlin’s intervention in Afghanistan.
“Well we supplied weapons when they were fighting Russia too. You know, when they were fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan,” Trump said. “I’m just saying we did that too.”}
SOURCE :
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-dismisses-russian-support-taliban-144937190.html
“Intelligence about the alleged bounty offerings by Russia to Taliban fighters was reportedly included in the president’s daily written intelligence briefing in February, but the White House claims Trump was not verbally briefed on the matter until the New York Times’s June 26 report on the issue. The Times reported that some bounties as high as $100,000 were paid for each U.S. or allied troop killed.
Several American service-members died as a result of monetary rewards that a Russian military intelligence unit offered to terrorist militants to target U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan, the Washington Post said in a similar report. “
Trump Dismisses Russian Support for Taliban, Citing U.S. Tactics during Cold War
President Trump said Tuesday that he has never discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin the intelligence indicating that Russia paid Taliban fighters to kill U.S. troops despite several phone calls between the two heads of state since the intelligence was made known.“I have never discussed it with him,” Trump said in an interview with "Axios on HBO."Asked why he did not confront Putin over the alarming revelation, Trump responded, “That...