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Wow. The knowledge that people in our government can destroy people using known lies is so disheartening.

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great work Aaron !!

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Although I obviously didn’t know the background at the time, I smelled a rat when Obama inexplicably expelled a bunch of Russian diplomats immediately before his term ended. It just seemed so bizarre for an outgoing President to try to box in an incoming President by making such a flagrant provocation in literally the dying hours of his presidency.

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And -- a bit more on St. Obama and his CIA, FBI and NSA executives: Barack Obama was/is a spook (i.e., CIA operative/spy ), from a spook family, and his political campaigns were financed by spooks… ).

Snowden disclosed the all-encompassing surveillance of US population under St. Obama after Clapper directly lied about it in Senate and to all of us.

In 1965 CIA organized a coup against Indonesia founding president Sukarno by CIA-trained generals. The US considered Sukarno too progressive (he implemented land-reform – same reason for CIA coup in Guatemala which resulted with a genocide of high-land Mayas). CIA installed one of the most murderous military regime (under Suharto dictatorship) on Earth which killed more than two millions ( 2M ) civilians – the massacres are known as “The Jakarta Method” (see book by Vincent Bevins) used subsequently in Africa (Angola, Mozambique) and throughout Latin and Central America.

What is important here is that Obama’s mother, Ann Dunham, worked for U.S. government agencies and allied NGOs—the Ford Foundation, Asia Foundation, Development Alternatives Inc., and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—in Indonesia in the 1960s and 1970s as well as later in Ghana, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Thailand.

Obama’s mother married Indonesian Lt. Col. Lolo Soetoro; they had a daughter Maya Soetoro when Barack Obama was four. The colonel was from an aristocratic family which lost out in Sukarno’s land reform; the marriage was likely arranged, Obama’s mother may have acted as a female “honeypot” for the CIA whose job was to recruit assets

Obama always lied and claimed that his mother did not know about the countless atrocities that were committed by the Suharto government, which is implausible given her CIA background and the fact that they were much reported on by mainstream newspapers at the time (although mostly favorably by right-wing media). Of significance, Obama underplayed his stepfather Lolo’s army rank in his 2006 book, The Audacity of Hope.

Soetoro went on to become an executive at Mobil Oil and its liaison to Suharto, whose policies Obama’s mother praised. And – Obama became a labor and community “organizer” – while he actually worked for a large corporate foundation.

A Company Family: The Untold History of Obama and the CIA

By Jeremy Kuzmarov - October 1, 2021 ( Note: Photos themselves are truly fascinating )

A Company Family: The Untold History of Obama and the CIA - CovertAction Magazine

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/10/01/a-company-family-the-untold-history-of-obama-and-the-cia/

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"If Russiagate's conspiratorial, moronic and Russophobic standards were applied across party lines, then these established Clinton-Russia ties would have left Hillary deeply compromised by the Kremlin."

Affirmation of old Beltway Bandit adage "An ounce of facade is worth a pound of substance."

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I think it’s important that Aaron continues his deep dive into Russiagate because ultimately, these kinds of operations will continue in new forms.

There has to be a bright and constant light cast on the architects and engineers of this narrative matrix.

Not coincidently, Christopher Steele is the protege of former MI6 director Sir Richard Dearlove who played a key role in the 2003 Iraq “dodgy dossier.”

Those in power right now have the most to lose as this narrative matrix falls apart, including the covid-19 narratives. This means they will likely have to shift gears and create a new narrative as they rush to get their whole “Great Reset” imposed on the Western world.

I think it’s important to view the Russiagate issue within the broader strategic situation. Trump wanted to work with Russia and to collaborate with China on major deals. There was arguably even a possibility that the US could work with the Belt and Road Initiative, which would essentially redefine the world order over night.

THE biggest threat to the reigning Angl-American financial oligarchy is that the US would actually become partners and collaborate with Russia and China on major infrastructure initiatives (like the Belt and Road, science initiatives (Fusion and space), and ultimately, the creation of a new financial architecture.

Regardless of the individual differences or conflicts, the reality is a new financial architecture and economic order is necessary—not a “Reset”—and Russia and China and the US would all be necessary to make that happen.

Were that to happen, then the current oligarchical interests that have captured the US and other governments would essentially be screwed. The Anglo-American financiers wish to keep their order in place. They need the world to be carved up through these kinds of geopolitical games in order to effectively manage their bankrupt system.

And if anyone needs a sense of how desperate this supposedly all-powerful financial establishment is, note that the Fed had been involved in massive emergency lending operations through the repo loan programs, to the tune of 6 TRILLION even BEFORE the onset of the pandemic ie the systemic ruptures in the system and mega derivatives bubble was already surfacing before the pandemic. The pandemic is not the cause of the major financial crisis bubbling beneath the surface.

They are simply buying time.

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2020/01/federal-reserve-admits-it-pumped-more-than-6-trillion-to-wall-street-in-recent-six-week-period/

How Russia, China, the US and other nations decide to deal with this crisis collectively will decide much of the fate of the world order.

In this light, Russiagate was a crucial pivot point for making sure no systemic changes occurred, and that a crisis management situation could be maintained without the US getting involved into any collaboration with the Eurasian powers.

I think having a big picture is important when considering the nature of these psyops, especially when there will be more… Perhaps a cyber pandemic that triggers a collapse of major banking institutions as a means of setting off a controlled disintegration of the current system in order to justify a mega merger of the few remaining megaliths under a new “Stakeholder Capitalism” ie “you will own nothing and be happy”?

https://unlimitedhangout.com/2021/02/investigative-reports/from-event-201-to-cyber-polygon-the-wefs-simulation-of-a-coming-cyber-pandemic/

It sounds crazy, but that’s because it is. Those currently pushing for a Great Reset and Fourth Industrial Revolution really do have the craziest ideas imaginable.

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Steele was also employed by Orbis Business Intelligence with his buddy Pablo Miller---who just happened to be Sergei Skripal's handler.

“That the attack on the Skripals was nonsense is clear to a person with half a brain. But some don’t even have one half, that’s why they believe in this absurdity.”

Roger Waters — (August 27 2018)

Never mind. Nothing to see here....

https://inteltoday.org/2021/07/04/one-year-ago-skripal-case-going-from-weird-to-berserk-update-picasso-stolen-head-finally-recovered/

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Absolutely!

The intel world and all these psyops are part of a broader effort to demonize Russia, which since the beginning, was a script created by the upper echelons of British intelligence.

The whole Putin is a killer thing—operation after operation was coordinated by British intelligence to help create a narrative, which then dumb American neocons and others just ran with.

The neocons and hawks are mostly very dumb and dishonest people, but they are not the masters of psyops. The title belongs to another clique, which we saw had to stick its neck out quite far in 2016 with Russiagate, given they had so much to lose with the threat of Trump actually changing the course of US foreign and domestic policy, despite his other problems.

There’s not only the Skripals and Russiagate, but also the Nemzov murder. The Russians actually came out something like a week before the Nemzov assassination saying they had intelligence suggesting there was going to be some kind of operation which would then be directly blamed on Putin.

What did all the Western headlines read after: “Boris Nemtsov Killed—Putin Critic”

The intention was obvious: turning Putin into this completely inhumane monster was a necessary part of the whole Russia vs. US narrative.

A narrative of Putin the killer going around murdering political opponents who posed no threat to him or Russia was created. But it makes sense from a counter-intelligence standpoint: you need to create these devil-like subhuman evil monster figures if your insane geopolitical games and maneuvering are to be even contemplated or accepted by the general public. Demonizing the leaders of the countries you want to subvert or destroy is essential.

We can go all the way back to WWII. What was the turning point, right after the US and Russia worked together as allies to defeat fascism? Churchill gave his Iron Curtain speech, and top Anglophile elements within the US Intel community all agreed that the Soviet Union, which they had just collaborated with, was the new enemy!

This is quintessential Venetian-style manipulation.

From the viewpoint of the “Great Game,” it was necessary to have this radical new narrative of the US vs. Russia, such that the actual oligarchy, which is not a nation of any kind, could actually keep these nations under control, and prevent any kind of genuine real world order of sovereign nations from emerging.

The initial intention had been to establish a world government, using the “League of Nations” but this didn’t work out. Lord Bertrand Russell—a descendent of one of the oldest British aristocratic families—who was a supposed pacifist, in fact called for pre-emotive nuclear strikes on the Soviet Union while the US was still the only one to have nuclear weapons. The idea was to terrorize the world into accepting a world government and show everyone what could happen to those who didn’t submit. Then Russia got the bomb, so in typical Venetian fashion, people like Russell suddenly became peaceniks, who changed their narrative, but never their intention: now we needed a world government so we could have a world police to regulate all scientific knowledge and technology to prevent any nation from stepping out of line! World government and the elimination of sovereign nation states was the only way we would have “peace” and “stability.”

The purpose was always the elimination of nation states, in favour of empire.

What’s the end goal? The United States, the idea of the United States, the idea of self-government itself, needs to destroyed.

The “Deep State” (as some call it) is simply one element of the “slime mold” apparatus being used to ultimately subvert US institutions from within. They are close, but they’re also quite in the open now, and blinded by their own hubris.

I’d argue that contrary to a surface analysis of the situation, yes the US is a hotbed for all these psyops, raging culture wars and degenerate pop culture, but that’s not so much because they are the source per se, so much as the main target.

For there to be any kind of genuine post-nation state “new world order” the idea of the USA has to be destroyed. That would also explain why there is such an aggressive push to re-write American history right now. Because the truth is that as long as the idea exists, even if people have a limited understanding of the predicates and historical facts, they still have an innate sense of identity rooted in the idea of free and self-government and an opposition to tyranny. Despite everything, people still have that gut feeling. And that’s a hard thing to uproot.

Hence the endless world of psyops, especially in the culture and education realm. Just imagine kids who are like 10-12 and on getting their head filled with this garbage. A “Brave New World” is not far off if that’s allowed. People seem to be catching on though at this point.

In a word: the idea of nations states is what they want to eliminate. The US is therefore the primary target. The oligarchical view is that if they can get rid of that, if they can wipe the slate clean and convince everyone that none of these ideas really matter, it was a lol just. failed experiment, and now we need “to be brave” and create something new, something more efficient ie a “Fourth Industrial Revolution” where we’re all ultimately going to be better off not having to think or worry, but just be like serfs who as Klaus Schwab says, “Will own nothing and be happy.”

They are essentially trying to put the genie back in the bottle lol, and bring things back to PRE-Renaissance times. Back to a time when there were no nations, no idea of self government. You had serfs and masters. There were no nations, it was a “Europe of regions,” a collection of fiefdoms that belonged to a small hereditary ruling class where people owned nothing and were “happy.”

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Yes. I am dialed in on your level of comprehension already. Many hours spent coming to my conclusions. But thanks.

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Lying Maddow has now been richly awarded -- with a $30 million / year contract -- from the infinite DNC-CIA money coffers.

Russia-gate hoax is certainly a scam of the century but for all equally repulsive Trump propagandists remember:

-- The insane evangelist Tom Cotton urges a nuclear war against Russia – although capitalist Russia has not been Communist for 30+ years

-- Pompeo and “Brandon” administration want a war with China – although China is far more capitalist than the US

-- The incredible crimes against Syria are BIPARTISAN crimes... The US administrations are sadistic regimes - irrespective if under Bushes, Clintons. Obama, Trump, or Biden -- that thrive on the misery of nations. The US is a CORPORATE socialism (a more polite term for fascism)

Syria, for example, was once a self-sufficient country -- before America decided (remember 17 years ago !!) that secular socialist Syria needs “democracy and freedom”. CIA aligned itself “patriotically” with Al Qaeda for regime change -- Israel has, for years, been weekly bombing Syria -- without hardly being even mentioned in the US corporate media..... But – there is a “genocide”, this time CIA fabrication is in China – playing all of us like a violin

Certainly -- F*** Joe Biden !! (why to mask the ruling elite with Brandon)

- Julian Assange shouldn’t be released from the dank chambers of Belmarsh Prison because the CIA contemplated assassinating him. He shouldn’t be released because a key witness against him admitted to fabricating his deposition.

- He should be released because he didn’t commit the crime for which he is charged and a country that treats journalism as a crime against the state shouldn’t have legal standing to bring extradition requests in the courts of nations that consider themselves democracies.

In summary and once again – F*** Joe Biden !! And the entire current “Brandon” administration…

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@ Boris Petrov ❔😜

Boris, mon ami, you need to take a break🤩. The repetitive Copying and pasting of your own posts across several SubStack threads does not constitute reasonable and thoughtful participation, regardless of how poignant you may believe them to be.🤔

As Usual,

EA😎

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Thank you -- just please ignore. But too many are not aware of much of this. Here is a new and good one:

How the U.S. Lost the “Great Game” in Central Asia

By Aidan O’Brien -- November 8, 2021

How the U.S. Lost the "Great Game" in Central Asia - CovertAction Magazine

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/11/08/how-the-u-s-lost-the-great-game-in-central-asia/

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Thank you Aaron and, especially for your efforts to expose the incredible crimes and coordinated hoaxes against secular democratic Syria. That 17-year BIPARTISAN US War party war against Syria created 5M+ refugees that, among other, destabilized Europe.

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What's disheartening is that "our leaders" have PhD's in idiocy.

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Let's see, Durham, Danchenko, Dolan, Donald, Dossier, I'm not surprised to find a phantom 'D' in here --- "... as part of Durman's..."

Good piece, Aaron. I can't think of anyone with more expertise on this. In fact, I expect George Galloway to be contacting you as a consultant for his just announced next film project, tentatively titled "Agent Double O Zero" in recognition of Bond-wannabe(?) Christopher Steele. What an archetype, combining "The Avengers" (a 1960s Brit spy series) featuring urbane and sophisticated, AND derby-topped Patrick Steed with the lovely and lethal Diana Rigg.

Well then, we shall see just how protected the upper echelon co-conspirators in the Executive branch, the State Department, and both (a pox be on ye) Houses of Congress. It's like watching a slo-mo landslide that hesitates yet creeps ever closer to a real momentum, one that as likely finds you giving some further testimony in high places full of lowdown characters. I noted 3 years ago in a Consortium News comment that it looked like only some low-hanging fruit would fall if any re: Russiagate, especially with such shadesters as Mueller and Comey both having lots of ammo from their previous Fibbie Directors' tenure.

As for Maddow? I'm way past, long-gone in believing she believed any of this crap that she spewed. There's truly the base reason for her being at heart a melodramatic actor whose script is written and performed to keep the rubes in thrall, emotions running high; to keep them faithful to Clinton Inc, to keep their 'outraged' blood boiling for the wrongs committed against their tarnished queen and her sleazy and sex-obsessed consort Sir Bill.

"Nothing shall touch her!" The vaunted Hope of 1960s and 70s feminists, that last glass ceiling, the much vaunted predicator, as predatory (if not more) than her amoral husband.

No matter her scurrilous and treacherous conduct many times previously proven in scandals galore and the morals of her sociopathic kind, they demanded "Her Turn!"

A truly frightful prospect for actually sober citizens.

Evading prosecution so many times already for "I did it MY way...," for putting her personal wants over national security with her Blackberry and her acolytic legions like Lieutenants Huma and Vicious Neera; her claque of harridans and overly-ambitious and unassuming (neutered) young men with their hammers destroying computers TO PREVENT Hillary Clinton's PROSECUTION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

I mean What in the Actual Fuck!!

And happy they were to cackle along with her announcing Muammar Qaddafi's obscenely gruesome death. As happy as they are that the CIA was just as murderous in constructing the "Rapist" caricature of Julian Assange to serve their ends. Nice folks. But they love her. Still. Always. And forever. And they are just as stuck in loathing Assange so wrongfully. Rational and level-headed people these are not.

All hail our corrupt to the core political class of institutionalized and criminal mediocrity. Both parties. And the citizens who yet have faith that we have enough pumps to keep this rotten ship afloat.

Here at the sunset of a once great nation once resplendent often enough with some outstanding statesmen and women in its history.

And as I watch, this ship, finally, painfully overloaded with its contradictions---and most citizens watching with yet/still uncomprehending eyes---it turns belly up to slide beneath the waves to reveal the name on the upturning stern: "The Untied States of Moronica."

Homeport: Washington, D.C.

(It is considered bad luck by old sailors to change the name of a vessel.)

But who knew...?

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@ David Otness 👍💡🎯

Kudos to you for submitting a topically germane and coherent comment in keeping with our host's unique and specific focus, as you properly noted he is one of the most informed journalists on these issues, and has the reportage history to prove it in several leading serious publications.

Our people have not been choosing their government well for several decades, and the essence of your capsized ship metaphor in closing has crossed my mind many times over those years. I am determined, however, to see it as the ship of state; not the entire society which needs a major overhaul.

Thanks to Aaron Mate for an excellent update, and again to you for saying better, what I wanted to.👍🆗

As Usual,

EA😎

I'm one of those "old sailors" you alluded to, and not quitting yet‼☠

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Did you forget, Aaron? War is peace.

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