"The US has just declared war on Russia": Scott Ritter
Posted by Fionn on November 17, 2024, 8:19 pm, in reply to "GG"
If the last segment with Ritter doesn't scare the bejaysus out of you, nothing will. We are now closer than ever to the precipice and have to rely on someone as unpredictable as Trump to pull us back from the brink.
Fionn please do me a favour and post the Rumble link. Ta.
My sense is that there is very busy scene in the Trump's current admin to nullify this insane (sic) decision by Genocide Joe. The Ruskies don't bluff - which bit do they not understand? It started ...
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, a close confidant of US President-elect Donald Trump, has weighed in on President Joe Biden’s apparent decision to officially sanction the use of American missiles on targets deep within Russian territory, agreeing with a post stating “libs love war.”
With just two months left in office, Biden reportedly gave in to one of Ukraine’s long-standing demands on Sunday afternoon, authorizing Kiev to use its American-provided Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) in strikes on Russia’s Kursk Region. The decision was simultaneously reported by multiple US media outlets.
Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days, Reuters reported, citing “two US officials and a source familiar with the decision.”
Biden’s decision marks a significant escalation in the conflict. While Ukraine has possessed ATACMS missiles since April, the US president did not at that time give Kiev permission to use them on internationally recognized Russian territory. To date, they have been used in strikes on Russia’s Crimea, Donetsk, and Lugansk regions, which Washington considers Ukrainian.
Responding to the news on X, Utah Senator Mike Lee, a Republican, declared that “Libs [liberals] love war,” adding: “war facilitates bigger government.”
“True,” Musk replied.
While SpaceX has provided the Ukrainian military with Starlink internet terminals, Musk has long argued that Kiev cannot hope to defeat Russian forces on the battlefield, and that the conflict must end in a negotiated settlement. The tech tycoon endorsed Donald Trump – who has vowed to bring a swift end to the fighting – earlier this summer, and following Trump’s defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris last week, he has emerged as one of the president-elect’s closest advisers.
Musk is not the only figure in Trump’s orbit to condemn Biden’s decision. Richard Grenell, a close adviser to the president-elect who served as acting director of national intelligence in 2020, accused Biden of “escalating the wars before he leaves office.”
“The Military Industrial Complex seems to want to make sure they get World War 3 going before my father has a chance to create peace and save lives,” Trump’s son, Donald Jr., wrote on X. “Gotta lock in those $Trillions. Life be damned!!! Imbeciles!”
Trump has vowed to bring the conflict to a speedy conclusion, and is expected to push Moscow and Kiev to agree to peace talks. Musk reportedly joined Trump on a phone call to Vladimir Zelensky last week, speaking directly to the Ukrainian leader at one point, according to reports in the US media.
Musk has not acknowledged taking part in the call, but wrote on X shortly afterwards that “the senseless killing will end soon. Time is up for the warmonger profiteers.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow would view any attacks on Russia’s internationally recognized territory with American-supplied weaponry as NATO entering the conflict directly. These actions, he suggested, would have severe repercussions, including retaliation against Western interests.
Is there any reading that suggests anything other than the current administration just saying fuck it, we won't be around to deal with the blowback, let 'em fire away?
Is there any sense that they are giving this permission now for some political reason such as making it a problem for Trump to follow through on his claims that he will force negotiations and wind the war down?
Of course giving permission and them actually using them are two different things (they are estimated to cost a million bucks a piece so they won't just be throwing them out there) but what are these people thinking? Have they just lost their minds?The corporate media are complicit in the Gaza genocide. Never forget what they did. Never forgive them for it.
Re: "The US has just declared war on Russia": Scott Ritter
Ritter is very gung-ho on this issue of NATO attacking Russia - his suggestion is to take out Kiev Bankova St with thermobaric bomb (eyes-roll).
I suspect RF shan't react to this provocation depending on damage, of course. And thus likely to be depicted as 'weak'. In this case Kremlin is smart and looking at Jan 20 etc.
on November 17, 2024, 6:01 pm