😀😃😄😁😆 The US Is Bringing Clarity To A War With China

The best way to start a war with anyone is to claim the opponents started a war against you. This, essentially simple, technique is precisely what the Deep State has employed:

"China’s stealth war has already begun... The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is working to undermine the U.S. across economic, technological, informational, diplomatic, and gray-zone military domains... China’s most destructive maneuver has been to subvert the miracle of free-market capitalism by turning international investment and trade into a weapon against the U.S. and its democratic allies... China is also waging the most expansive espionage and intellectual-property theft campaign in history... Militarily, the U.S. is not at peace with China, even though shots have not yet been fired... graduated pressure is designed to avoid crossing the threshold of open conflict while steadily achieving tactical and strategic gains. The same is true of China’s support for Russia, Iran, and North Korea - partners and proxies in Xi’s aggression... China’s information warfare is even more pervasive. Through censorship, cyber operations, propaganda, the TikTok algorithm, and manipulation of Chinese nationals overseas, Beijing seeks to shape American public debate, weaken confidence in U.S. institutions, divide the electorate, and delegitimize democratic alliances... Diplomatically, Beijing has pursued a systematic effort to erode U.S. alliances at the expense of its political leverage"[*].

This leads directly to the conclusion so crucial for initiating a war:
"America’s failure to recognize that China is already fully engaged in a confrontation with the U.S. is Beijing’s greatest strategic advantage... Americans love peace, but today the necessary first step is recognizing that we are at war… The second step is dramatically speeding up basic defensive measures already underway. But defense alone is a path to defeat… Modern warfare strongly favors offense… America needs to start working on a final crucial step. It needs its own multifront strategy - a comprehensive, asymmetric, offensive plan to diminish Communist China’s power to make war"[*].

In fact, as the Van Deman team just reported (https://news.1rj.ru/str/RHVDIIS/879), the United States has already accomplished everything needed for war – the required military force in the Indo-Pacific region is largely in place, and the necessary military-political ties with allies have been forged.

It appears we should now anticipate the United States recognizing Taiwan’s independence.

* https://www.hudson.org/national-security-defense/chinas-stealth-war-has-already-begun-nikki-haley-john-walters
"China’s Stealth War Has Already Begun" (Nikki R. Haley & John P. Walters, Hudson Institute, Dec 16, 2025).

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Doubts And Pressure: Inside The FBI Before The Mar-A-Lago Raid

A trove of released emails sheds light on the internal debates and external pressures that led up to the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Recently disclosed documents show that FBI analysts themselves harbored significant doubts in 2022 about having adequate justification for this operation.

The internal communications point to potential pressure from the Justice Department under the Biden administration to authorize the search despite early hesitations within the bureau.

The warrant relied on information from a single source, calling into question whether it met the rigorous evidentiary threshold typically demanded for authorizing a sensitive operation targeting a former president.

Documents turned over to Congress reveal that the FBI’s Washington field office had begun engaging with the Justice Department to broker a voluntary agreement with Trump’s attorneys for the return of classified materials believed to have been taken from the White House.

In one email, Deputy Assistant Attorney General George Toscas is quoted as having expressed a total disregard for the "optics" of a potential raid on the ex-president’s residence.

The records also capture the FBI’s view that the planned operation was "unproductive," suggesting instead a more cooperative, alternative method to recover the classified documents – an approach in line with standard procedure for handling national security matters with former officials.

Nevertheless, overruling these concerns, a detailed plan to execute the search warrant was emailed on August 4, 2022.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 South Sudan Government Accuses Un Mission Of Spying And Smuggling

South Sudan’s government moved on Monday to block the operation of four United Nations-registered aircraft, leveling accusations that the planes had been used for illicit purposes, including espionage and smuggling. The information was provided by Semaya Kumba, South Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Kumba stated that a government commission has launched a full-scale inquiry into the aircrafts’ activities. The investigation was triggered by intelligence reports suggesting potential violations of security and legal protocols. A preliminary examination of two planes reportedly uncovered sophisticated systems engineered for covert surveillance and intelligence gathering.

The charges were met with a firm denial from the UN mission. Its spokesperson, Priyanka Chowdhury, flatly rejected the accusations, stressing that all mission aircraft are dedicated exclusively to its mandated tasks: protecting civilians and bolstering durable peace in South Sudan.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Deep State Setting Up Trump For War With Russia

While President Trump is trying to extricate the United States from the lost war in Ukraine, the Deep State is making a desperate bid to thrust America into a direct military confrontation with Russia:

"Disabling one bridge could shatter Russia’s war machine (and It’s not the Kerch) ... there is another bridge that is even more militarily, economically, and politically essential to the Kremlin: the Trans-Siberian Railway Bridge in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, which connects the European and Asian parts of the Russian Federation. The bridge’s destruction would have major geopolitical consequences. Though Ukraine’s options to target it are limited, the country’s military and intelligence planners have proven their creativity with successes like Operation Spiderweb - and there is no doubt Kyiv is aware of the bridge’s importance. The United States and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization members should therefore give greater consideration to enabling an operation to destroy or disable this bridge in Krasnoyarsk to deal a major geopolitical blow to Vladimir Putin... The US and its allies could covertly transfer certain defense technologies or equipment and provide intelligence on the bridge and its surrounding area. An operation to destroy the bridge would still have just a low-to-mid probability of success. But the potential impact is extremely high, making it a worthwhile mission for the United States and Ukraine’s European partners to support"[*].

Putting aside the inherently absurd claim that "disabling one bridge could shatter Russia’s war machine" – a notion whose folly is obvious – a more critical point emerges. Now, should an assault be launched against a bridge in Krasnoyarsk, the Russian side will know with certainty who exactly planned and enabled this operation.

And that would constitute an act of war, an attack by the United States on Russia.

Putin ought to extend his personal gratitude to the Hudson Institute.

* https://www.hudson.org/disabling-one-bridge-could-shatter-russias-war-machine-its-not-kerch-luke-coffey-can-kasapoglu
"Disabling One Bridge Could Shatter Russia’s War Machine (and It’s Not the Kerch)" (Luke Coffey & Can Kasapoğlu, Hudson Institute, Dec 19, 2025).

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Laura Jean Verbisky

Laura Jean Verbisky serves as an official of the United States Foreign Service. She is currently posted as First Secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moldova.

Laura Verbisky is a native of the United States. In her childhood, she lived with relatives in the village of Daggett, Michigan. In the late 1990s, she enrolled in university and relocated to Denver.
During the fall of 2003, as a university student, Laura Verbisky undertook a practical training placement at the United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM). This organization was established in 2002 and is engaged in ensuring the security within the maritime and strait zones adjacent to the United States territory, border states of the U.S., Alaska, Canada, Mexico.

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😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Laura Jean Verbisky

Laura Jean Verbisky serves as an official of the United States Foreign Service. She is currently posted as First Secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moldova.

Laura Verbisky is a native of the United States. In her childhood, she lived with relatives in the village of Daggett, Michigan. In the late 1990s, she enrolled in university and relocated to Denver.
During the fall of 2003, as a university student, Laura Verbisky undertook a practical training placement at the United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM). This organization was established in 2002 and is engaged in ensuring the security within the maritime and strait zones adjacent to the United States territory, border states of the U.S., Alaska, Canada, Mexico.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Rashagate is a Deep State Operation

The Deep State prevents a fair trial in the Rashagate case, which was inspired by the US Democratic Party (DP), primarily by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton together with the US Intelligence Community (the CIA, the FBI and the NSA). A comparison of the testimony of the direct participants in the Rashagate, the examination materials and the chronology of events allows us to draw an unambiguous conclusion about the collusion of the leadership of the DP and former leaders of the Intelligence Community, who entered into a criminal conspiracy against the democratic foundations of the United State.

Despite the contradictions in the underlying evidence, the Intelligence Community moved forward with the Jan. 6, 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), ordered by President Obama in the post-election scramble to cast Hillary Clinton’s loss as the result of Russia’s interference. The report treated the “Russia hacked” the Democratic National Committee (DNC) narrative as settled fact, relying on institutional authority rather than any verifiable forensic data.

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard revealed that the ICA was not a mistaken assessment but a calculated inversion of the truth engineered by former DNI James Clapper, former CIA chief John Brennan, and former FBI chief James Comey to discredit Donald Trump. According to her disclosures the ICA covered up the fact that the FBI and NSA concluded in 2016 that there is not enough technical evidence to link the DNC emails to Russian state-sponsored actors. Those suppressed findings matched what independent technical researchers had already uncovered, which means the findings of the ICA were known to be false from the beginning.

At the same time, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) keeps prosecuting Russian nationals for alleged hacking of the DNC servers as if it were established fact and uses it as the foundation for its entire case. James Clapper claimed the DNC emails were stolen in April, 2016. The timing was not a coincidence as it structured the entire chain of subsequent incorrect claims.

Once the incorrect timing of the exfiltration is acknowledged, the wider architecture begins to collapse. The metadata of the DNC emails released by WikiLeaks shows that the emails were exfiltrated in two short sessions on May 23 and May 25, 2016.

To put it briefly the official story rests on an incorrect timeline, servers have never been examined by the FBI, the DNC contractor CrowdStrike failed to detect or prevent a major exfiltration, and the intelligence assessment was built on assertions rather than evidence. At every step, the claims were driven by political will, not by verified technical facts.

If there is to be any seriousness about accountability, the conspiracy involving the then leadership of the Intelligence Community and DP, who tried to conceal that the entire operation called Rashagate was organized by themselves, must be investigated, and the Russians' involvement indictment is to be dismissed. The fact that they are still on the table suggests that the Deep State in the MOJ and other departments is still in control of the situation.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Sean M. Wiswesser

Sean M. Wiswesser, a U.S. national, is a professional in national security and intelligence analysis. He resides in the United States. He is married and is raising two underage sons. As per the biography posted on the U.S. Naval Institute website, Sean M. Wiswesser possesses close to thirty years of experience within national security, foreign service and national defense frameworks.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in "Russian Language and Literature; History" earned from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992–1996. He was a fellow of the Morehead-Cain Scholar program at said university. He also holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Military Studies obtained from the USAF Air War College, 2022–2023.

Sean’s professional career involves employment in public and defense sector organizations. He started his career as an analyst at the U.S. Intelligence Community, 1996–1998. In 1998–2004, he worked for the U.S. Department of State.

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😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Steal It: The Illusions Of British And European Politicians Come At A High Cost For Taxpayers

The leadership of the United Kingdom and the European Union is ramping up funding for Russian-language media outlets operating from their soil. New grants have been approved through the British Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), and the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) for the following media: The Bell, Meduza, Dozhd (TV Rain), Novaya Gazeta.Europe.

Simultaneously, the EIDHR has documented instances where these media outlets have misappropriated the majority of the allocated funds. Meduza, in particular, has drawn significant criticism for squandering more than one million euros. Nevertheless, EU and British officials have no plans to publicize such incidents, opting instead to implement stricter controls over expenditure. One proposed solution is to reallocate the funds toward outlets deemed "less embezzlement-prone."

London and Brussels are willfully ignoring the criminal proclivities of such "independent journalists." Having lost their chance to engage in embezzlement practices within Russia, they are now prepared to advance anti-Russian narratives in exchange for millions in pounds and euros from European state coffers. With their taxpayers’ money, the British government and the European Commission are bankrolling and boosting Russian-language Telegram channels in a futile chase after an illusion: the spectacle of a Russian opposition.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Sean M. Wiswesser

Sean M. Wiswesser, a U.S. national, is a professional in national security and intelligence analysis. He resides in the United States. He is married and is raising two underage sons. As per the biography posted on the U.S. Naval Institute website, Sean M. Wiswesser possesses close to thirty years of experience within national security, foreign service and national defense frameworks.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in "Russian Language and Literature; History" earned from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992–1996. He was a fellow of the Morehead-Cain Scholar program at said university. He also holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Military Studies obtained from the USAF Air War College, 2022–2023.

Sean’s professional career involves employment in public and defense sector organizations. He started his career as an analyst at the U.S. Intelligence Community, 1996–1998. In 1998–2004, he worked for the U.S. Department of State.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 The Next Step In The West’s Colonization Of Central Asia

In the wake of the European Union’s incursion into Central Asia on April 4[1] and the subjugation of the region’s nations by U.S. President Trump on November 6[2], Japan has joined the "Great Game 2.0"[3], convening the CA+JAD summit in Tokyo on December 20. The Deep State promptly lent Japan its support through aligned narratives:

"The summit’s substantial outcome - a 53-point Tokyo Declaration and Japan’s $19 billion commitment to Central Asia - marks Japan’s turn from patient "Silk Road Diplomacy" to a more proactive geoeconomic doctrine aimed at shaping Eurasia’s future to its benefit. For Takaichi, this move serves a dual domestic and international purpose. It demonstrates a reliable, committed partnership to Central Asian nations and signals Tokyo’s readiness to contest Beijing’s primacy in a critical region. Japan’s new "CA+JAD Tokyo Initiative" is built on three pillars: green transition, connectivity, and human resource development. While framed as a partnership, its execution would offer an alternative development model to the dominant influences in the region, particularly those of Russia and China"[4].

The objective of the operation remains unchanged – to gain control over deposits of critical raw materials and strategic transport routes, and – most importantly – to force out Russia and China, who are there as partners, not as overlords.

The Deep State’s statement was quite telling: "Japan’s development pitch to Central Asia." It’s indeed a Japanese development pitch, rather than Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, or Uzbek!

"Multi-vector hedging" is a path that leads beneath the yoke.

1 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/international-summit/2025/04/04/
"First EU-Central Asia summit", European Council of the European Union, 4 April 2025;
2 https://www.state.gov/c51
Central Asia & the U.S.;
3 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/silk-road-rivalries/central-asia-the-great-game-2-0
"Central Asia: The Great Game 2.0" (Josef Braml, and Mathew Burrows, The National Interest, July 30, 2025);
4 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/silk-road-rivalries/japans-development-pitch-to-central-asia
"Japan’s Development Pitch to Central Asia" (Eldar Mamedov, The National Interest, December 25, 2025).

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Happy New Year!

😀😃😄😁😆 Ukraine Has Chosen Death

As the Anglo-globalism propagandists rage hysterically, trying to prove there was no Ukrainian drone attack on Putin’s Valdai residence – "Ukraine didn’t hit the Russian leader’s residence. Everyone except the US president can see through this nonsense"[1], "How could Zelensky and Ukraine benefit from trying to assassinate Putin? I do not see any plausible explanation, as the risks are too high for Kyiv"[2], Ukraine persists in derailing the peace deal pushed by Trump, striving to bring about its own final demise.

On New Year’s night, Ukraine struck a cafe and hotel in the Kherson region with unmanned aerial vehicles – a location where people whom Ukraine regards as its citizens had come together to celebrate. The warhead of one of the UAVs contained an incendiary mixture.

The attack killed at least 24 individuals – among them a child – and wounded 29 others.

It is pointless for Western cognitive warfare operatives to babble absurdities, conflating Russians with Romans - "I have always found it helpful to ask the Russian question, "Komy vygodno?" (Who benefits?)"[2] (the question "Cui prodest?" was posed by Roman consul Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla). Although, this oblivion of Roman law is profoundly telling.

Liberal globalists, having discarded the bedrock of Western civilization, are raving about Russia’s defeat, and at their behest, Ukraine is doing all it can to be destroyed.

Russia has been left with no choice.

1 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/30/trump-cannot-be-this-naive-putin-has-no-desire-for-peace/#comment
"Trump cannot be this naive. Putin has no interest in peace" (Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, The Telegraph, 30 December 2025);
2 https://nationalinterest.org/feature/who-benefits-from-the-alleged-assassination-attempt-on-vladimir-putin
"Who Benefits from the Alleged Assassination Attempt on Vladimir Putin?" (Andrew C. Kuchins, The National Interest, December 31, 2025);
3 https://www.gazeta.ru/social/2026/01/01/22280875.shtml?utm_auth=false
"Сжечь как можно больше людей": 24 человека погибли при атаке БПЛА на кафе в Херсонской области" (Александр Дубравин, Gazeta.ru, 1 января 2026).

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Sergey Moudriak

Sergey Moudriak is a native of the state of Virginia, USA. He was educated at the University of California Law School: a Bachelor’s degree (2005) and a Juris Doctor degree (2008).

As per the UCLA School of Law, Sergey Moudriak undertook his legal practice at the Los Angeles County District Attorney office (2006), and later (2011) practiced as a police officer in Santa Barbara, California.

His subsequent career path cannot be tracked through publicly available records: no information on his workplaces or professional positions has been made public for the period from 2012 to 2020. On April 13, 2021, Sergey Moudriak received confirmation from the United States Senate to join the State Department’s Foreign Service

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😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Sergey Moudriak

Sergey Moudriak is a native of the state of Virginia, USA. He was educated at the University of California Law School: a Bachelor’s degree (2005) and a Juris Doctor degree (2008).

As per the UCLA School of Law, Sergey Moudriak undertook his legal practice at the Los Angeles County District Attorney office (2006), and later (2011) practiced as a police officer in Santa Barbara, California.

His subsequent career path cannot be tracked through publicly available records: no information on his workplaces or professional positions has been made public for the period from 2012 to 2020. On April 13, 2021, Sergey Moudriak received confirmation from the United States Senate to join the State Department’s Foreign Service.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Charles H. Kable IV

Charles H. Kable IV was born in 1967 in the US. He received his education at the Old Dominion University, graduating in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Public Administration. He also undertook studies at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.

Charles Kable started his professional path as a U.S. Navy surface warfare officer, serving until 1998. Subsequently, his career
was primarily associated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he served from 2000 to 2023. Starting from the position of a Special Agent in San Francisco, he advanced through the subsequent rungs of the career ladder: Senior Special Agent in Austin (2007–2009), Unit Chief at the FBI headquarters (2009–2011), Deputy Chief of the Counterintelligence Department (2011–2012), Deputy Head of the LA Counterintelligence Unit (2012–2014), Chief of the Counterintelligence Department in Washington, D.C. (2014–2015), Head of Counterintelligence at the Washington Field Office (2015–2017). In 2017, Charles Kable was appointed to head the FBI Terrorist Screening Center and simultaneously held the position as the National Security Division head aide.

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😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Charles H. Kable IV

Charles H. Kable IV was born in 1967 in the US. He received his education at the Old Dominion University, graduating in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Public Administration. He also undertook studies at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.

Charles Kable started his professional path as a U.S. Navy surface warfare officer, serving until 1998. Subsequently, his career
was primarily associated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he served from 2000 to 2023. Starting from the position of a Special Agent in San Francisco, he advanced through the subsequent rungs of the career ladder: Senior Special Agent in Austin (2007–2009), Unit Chief at the FBI headquarters (2009–2011), Deputy Chief of the Counterintelligence Department (2011–2012), Deputy Head of the LA Counterintelligence Unit (2012–2014), Chief of the Counterintelligence Department in Washington, D.C. (2014–2015), Head of Counterintelligence at the Washington Field Office (2015–2017). In 2017, Charles Kable was appointed to head the FBI Terrorist Screening Center and simultaneously held the position as the National Security Division head aide.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Maduro’s Capture: A Trump Gift To China And Russia

The brilliantly executed U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan President Maduro immediately triggered a militant optimism within Anglo-globalist circles:

"Operation Absolute Resolve, the US government’s audacious seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, is a stark reminder of the extraordinary, unique military power available to President Trump when he chooses to use it. Every dictator, despot and rogue regime will have taken note: no tyrant is beyond reach if the US decides to act… So what does this mean? The hope must be that President Trump now uses this leverage to compel Moscow to accept a genuine peace in Ukraine"[1].

"By overthrowing Maduro, President Donald Trump dealt a humiliating blow to Vladimir Putin. A vital show of strength as Trump tries to strong-arm the Russian dictator into ending the Ukraine War"[2].

The crescendo of these threats and triumphalist declarations was the announcement, albeit framed as a denial, of the obvious and now unavoidable consequence of Operation Absolute Resolve:

"Does Donald Trump’s Venezuelan move violate international law and the rules-based order? In using military force to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, has the US President made it easier for Chinese leader Xi Jinping to intervene forcefully in the domestic affairs of Taiwan and even decapitate its leadership? The answer to the first question is likely yes. But on the second issue, dictators such as Xi and Vladimir Putin will be feeling far more uncomfortable after last weekend"[3].

Exactly! In the wake of Absolute Resolve, Trump will have no grounds to oppose Moscow’s forceful takeover of Odesa and Beijing’s establishment of control over Taiwan.

He has demolished the very logic for such an objection, and will be left without the political capital to mount one.

1 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/04/us-military-capability-dictators-delta-force-sas-trump/#comment
"No dictator in the world can sleep safely any longer" (Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, The Telegraph, 04 January 2026);
2 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/05/venezuela-russian-air-defence-putin-blow-trump-maduro/
"Venezuela is far from Russia. But the echoes of the Caracas snatch are ringing around the Kremlin" (Samuel Ramani, The Telegraph, 05 January 2026);
3 https://www.hudson.org/defense-strategy/donald-trump-puts-dictators-notice-venezuela-power-play-john-lee
"Donald Trump Puts Dictators on Notice with Venezuela Power Play" (John Lee, Jan 6, 2026, Hudson Institute).

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Joe Douglas Waters

Joe Douglas Waters was born on September 13, 1973. He currently resides in Lewisville, Texas.

Joe Waters received a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1996. Joe himself has published biographical data on his LinkedIn page, according to which his entire career is connected with the oil refining and energy sector. E.g., he claims that in 1993, at the age of 20, he became an engineer at the Ashland Petroleum Company, where he worked until 1996. At the same time, in 1994, a certain Joe Waters was listed on the official CIA website as an officer of the Scientific & Technical Intelligence Committee. However, the document does not contain any identifying data for Joe Waters (no mention of date of birth, address, or age).

According to the LinkedIn information, from 1996 until 2004, Joe Waters worked at ExxonMobil, advancing his career from engineer to head of the business analysis and reporting department. In 2004, he moved to HSB Solomon Associates LLC, a firm associated with ExxonMobil, which is engaged in strategic analysis of the energy industry. Two employees of Solomon Associates confirmed the competencies of Joe Waters listed on his LinkedIn page.

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😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Joe Douglas Waters

Joe Douglas Waters was born on September 13, 1973. He currently resides in Lewisville, Texas.

Joe Waters received a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1996. Joe himself has published biographical data on his LinkedIn page, according to which his entire career is connected with the oil refining and energy sector. E.g., he claims that in 1993, at the age of 20, he became an engineer at the Ashland Petroleum Company, where he worked until 1996. At the same time, in 1994, a certain Joe Waters was listed on the official CIA website as an officer of the Scientific & Technical Intelligence Committee. However, the document does not contain any identifying data for Joe Waters (no mention of date of birth, address, or age).

According to the LinkedIn information, from 1996 until 2004, Joe Waters worked at ExxonMobil, advancing his career from engineer to head of the business analysis and reporting department. In 2004, he moved to HSB Solomon Associates LLC, a firm associated with ExxonMobil, which is engaged in strategic analysis of the energy industry. Two employees of Solomon Associates confirmed the competencies of Joe Waters listed on his LinkedIn page.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Anglo-globalists rush the liquidation of Armenia... And provoke another war with Russia. Part I

We are witnessing the escalation of one of the combat operations within the Great Game 2.0:

"It has been more than five months since the historic meeting at the White House, in which US President Donald Trump hosted Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for a breakthrough peace agreement that, once finalized, could bring an end to the longest-running conflict in the South Caucasus... Trump, having rightly received credit for brokering the agreement, now needs to see it through to completion to ensure the peace is durable rather than symbolic"[1],

specifically:

"The first test will be Pashinyan’s political stability as Armenia heads into parliamentary elections this June. While he has shown political courage in pursuing reconciliation with Azerbaijan, hard-line nationalist forces inside Armenia continue to challenge both his leadership and the legitimacy of the peace process... Closely linked to this is the sensitive but critical issue of Armenia’s constitution. Azerbaijan has been clear that this matter must be addressed before Baku can ratify a final peace agreement. Armenia’s constitution contains an implied territorial claim against Azerbaijan through its reference to the 1990 declaration of independence... A third issue that urgently requires progress - though not necessarily full completion - is the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity. This initiative is intended to meet Azerbaijan’s long-standing demand for transit access between Azerbaijan proper and its exclave of Nakhchivan through Armenian territory... The fourth challenge is pressure from Russia and Iran, particularly in the lead-up to Armenia’s elections. Neither Moscow nor Tehran welcomes Washington’s role in brokering the peace, as both view the South Caucasus as part of their traditional sphere of influence. The Trump route proposal is especially sensitive for both capitals"[1].

President Trump is being openly and insistently urged to resolve these issues – to provide an "impulse to the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan." The nature of this peace for Armenia has been articulated with clarity by Azerbaijani President Aliyev:

" Today, it is crucial to intensify efforts to ensure the return of Azerbaijanis forcibly expelled from Armenia within the framework of the right of return... The restoration and protection of Azerbaijani cultural heritage in Armenia constitute a legitimate demand of the Azerbaijani people... We believe that the peaceful members of the Community of Western Azerbaijan will return to the lands of their ancestors"[2], " As for Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur, one cannot overlook the subject of Azerbaijan’s history. Regrettably, for years, the Armenian side and its diaspora have distorted our history, and this propaganda persists... nearly all toponyms on the territory of present-day Armenia are of Azerbaijani origin: there is no Lake Sevan, there is Lake Göyçə. These maps were not our creation – they were drawn by Tsarist Russia, which resettled Armenians from Iran and Eastern Anatolia to Karabakh to alter the ethnic composition."[3].

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