Good thread about "The Economist" #propaganda

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1428692026359439364.html

Britain Wants A Rerun Of The War On Afghanistan
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/08/britain-wants-a-rerun-of-the-war-on-afghanistan.html

Immediately after the Taliban victory an enormous dis-information campaign was launched to again badmouth them. There are now suddenly all kinds of allegations that the Taliban are doing this or that bad. These are mostly based on hearsay and no...

To Instigate Against Taliban CNN Claims Contradiction Where None Is Evident
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/08/to-instigate-against-taliban-cnn-claims-contradiction-where-none-is-evident.html

The 'western' media are pushing for a continued war on Afghanistan or, if that is not possible, for putting devastating sanctions onto its people. To diminish Afghanistan potential is part of the continuing hostility. The evacuation of Afghanistan's 'western' affiliated...

Further U.S. Hostility Against The Taliban Is Not In Its Best Interest
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/08/further-us-hostility-against-the-taliban-is-not-in-its-best-interest.html

The chaotic evacuation of international 'assets' and economic migrants from Kabul airport just got more complicate. An hour ago a suicide bomber blew himself up amidst a crowd which was waiting to get access to the airport. Additionally gunfire was...

⚡️Five rockets have reportedly been launched towards the Kabul airport, serving as the focal point of the US evacuation from Afghanistan.

The missiles were shot down by an air defense system, media report, citing US officials.

Local media reports the missiles might have been launched from a car (Unverified video)

https://www.rt.com/news/533413-kabul-airport-rockets-attack/

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#Afghanistan #US

The U.S. Has A Plan For What's Next in Afghanistan - It Does Not Include Peace

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/08/the-us-has-a-plan-for-whats-next-in-afghanistan-it-does-not-include-peace.html

IMPORTANT

#Skripals #Navalny #Novichok

Finally the truth is coming out

UK Defense ministry document reveals Skripals blood samples could have been manipulated

In both Skripals and Navalny cases of alleged "Novichok poisoning" one of the crucial items of evidence required - the chain of custody - is broken

http://dilyana.bg/uk-defense-ministry-document-reveals-skripals-blood-samples-could-have-been-manipulated/

#Ukraine #McFaul

Ukraine Shuts Down Opposition Media - U.S. Ambassador Applauds 'Daring Act', Calls For Support

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/08/ukraine-shuts-down-opposition-media-us-ambassador-applauds-the-daring-act-and-calls-for-support.html#more

#Afghanistan #UK #MI6 #Taliban

Secret talks between the Taliban and MI6 amid the evacuation of Kabul are the latest chapter in the British intelligence agency’s long history of engagement with radical Islamic groups in Afghanistan. Much remains shrouded in secrecy, but one insider is speaking out.

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-09-04-how-mi6-backed-right-wing-religious-fanatics-in-afghanistan/

#Afghanistan #US #UK

For the sake of the ‘special relationship’ with the US, Britain launched itself unprepared into the Afghanistan war and a state-building programme involving massive corruption and which failed to control opium production. It is obvious that an independent public inquiry is needed.

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-09-03-britain-in-afghanistan-unprepared-then-unprepared-now/

#US #Afghanistan

#Biden’s scandalous withdrawal


https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2021/09/06/665922/Biden%E2%80%99s-Scandalous-Withdrawal

#Soros #China

Soros’ Dream: To Turn China Into a Neoliberal Grabitization Opportunity

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/02/soros-dream-to-turn-china-into-a-neoliberal-grabitization-opportunity/

#NATO #Afghanistan

Lol!
We've made a mess, now Russia and China must sort it out🤣

https://www.rt.com/russia/534008-nato-taliban-china-afghanistan/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

#Zelensky - #Biden meeting

Miserable!

The two leaders hailed the global cause of democracy, an increasingly hollow exaltation in light of Zelensky’s own authoritarian turn at home. 

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/zelensky-walked-away-his-washington-meeting-nearly-empty-handed-193212

Washington’s Bellicose Security Client

Treating Ukraine as an ally creates serious and growing perils for the American people.

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/ukraine-washington%E2%80%99s-bellicose-security-client-192772

#YS #Russia

US Department of Homeland calls on NATO countries to prepare for imminent war with Russia

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/09/how-nato-can-prepare-for-the-unthinkable-a-war-with-russia/

#US #F18E

The existence of US aircraft carriers is under threat

F-18E Super Hornet’s Wings Clipped: U.S. Navy Just Cut its Top Fighter’s Range, Making East Asian Missions Much Harder

https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/F18E-wings-clipped-range-cut

#Afghanistan #Taliban #Pakistan #US #CIA

As the West stokes fears the Taliban might seize Pakistan’s nukes, declassified files hint at the CIA’s role in their acquisition


Pakistan’s Nuclear Program Posed “Acute Dilemma” for U.S. Policy

Pakistan’s Nuclear Program Posed “Acute Dilemma” for U.S. Policy

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/533893-taliban-size-pakistan-nukes-cia/


Pakistan’s Nuclear Program Posed “Acute Dilemma” for U.S. Policy

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2021-08-30/pakistans-nuclear-program-posed-acute-dilemma-us-policy

#Japan #WarCrimes

Japan’s bioweapon war crimes formed basis of still-secret US programme

Only 12 people had been brought to justice during the Khabarovsk Trial, while most members of Japanese bacteriological units, namely the 731st and 100th units of the Kwantung Army - over 4,000 people in total, including senior officers - received immunity from prosecution in the United States. "The results of the research that those units had conducted became the basis of a US bacteriological program that is still classified. Based on Japan’s research, US troops used bacteriological weapons during the Korean War in 1952," 

https://tass.com/defense/1334411

#US #Pentagon:
the massive physiological problems of military pilots threaten the combat capability of the US Air Force

The Air Force is fighting in-flight physiological issues but can’t end them, Pentagon watchdog says


https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-air-force/2021/09/03/the-air-force-is-fighting-in-flight-physiological-issues-but-cant-end-them-pentagon-watchdog-says/

#US #Vietnam war #Russia

Terror in the Sky: Russia's MiG-17 Fighter Gave Americans Hell in Vietnam

So successful were MiG-17s — in the hands of both skilled Vietnamese pilots as well as allegedly some Russian pilots — that the United States acquired several MiG-17s from Israel in order to evaluate their capabilities and determine what tactics American pilots should employ in order to shoot down the North Vietnamese pilots.
A declassified NSA document summarizing the results of the evaluation says it best, if somewhat shockingly.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/terror-sky-russias-mig-17-fighter-gave-americans-hell-vietnam-184298

“Every Navy pilot engaged in the project lost his first engagement with the Fresco C [the MiG-17 variant being evaluated.].
The document continued, complimenting the MiG-17 despite its age.



Declassified NSA document (download):

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB443/docs/area51_51.PDF

#Russia

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2021/09/02/russias-autonomous-robot-tank-passes-new-milestone-and-launches-drone-swarm/?sh=6f12e17b21fa