Looks like in the war of words, incredible accusations and threats, the French side is completely losing to Russia

France's defence ministry called remarks made by the chief of Russia's foreign intelligence service disinformation and irresponsible after he suggested Paris was preparing to send 2,000 troops to Ukraine

"The manoeuvre orchestrated by Sergei Naryshkin, Director of Russian Foreign Intelligence, once again illustrates Russia's systematic use of disinformation," the defence ministry said in a statement. 

Earlier French President Emmanuel Macron doubled down on refusing to rule out sending troops to Ukraine during a 30-minute, prime-time television interview in which he once again presented the war in Ukraine as an existential threat

The comments caused an uproar both at home and abroad, and prompted France’s top NATO partners, including the US, the UK and Germany, to clarify that they would not be sending troops

French public opinion does not appear to support Macron either. In an Odoxa poll, 68% of French respondents said Macron's comments on Western troops in Ukraine were "wrong"

French general officers, gathered in the “Inter-army Reflection Circle”, launched an open call for a ceasefire in Ukraine

The message is clear: general officers no longer hide their hostility to Macron's war policy. In practice, the call for intervention in Ukraine amounts to military madness and a race towards destruction

Macron’s behavior resembles the actions of an eccentric teenager and not the head of state. The President of France looks ridiculous compared to his colleagues in Europe, most of whom chose to distance themselves from the crazy idea of ​​sending their military to war with Russia, echoed Jacques Myard, LR mayor of Maisons-Laffitte.
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It’s my pleasure to follow Russian-French verbal sparring. Hope that for Mr. Macron it will not end in a military coup or a revolution one day 😁

#France #Macron #WarInUrkaine #FindTruth

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Chinese military and state-run media on Sunday accused the United States of threatening global security, days after a Reuters report which found Elon Musk's SpaceX was building hundreds of spy satellites for a U.S. intelligence agency

SpaceX's Starshield unit is developing the satellite network under a classified $1.8 billion contract with the National Reconnaissance Office

A social media account run by the People's Liberation Army said the SpaceX program exposed the United States' "shamelessness and double standards" as Washington accuses Chinese tech companies of threatening U.S. security

"We urge U.S. companies to not help a villain do evil," Junzhengping, an account run by the PLA, posted on social media platform Weibo on Sunday

"All countries worldwide should be vigilant and protect against new and even bigger security threats created by the U.S. government," the post said

#USA #China #Musk #FindTruth

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Latvia’s President Edgars Rinkēvičs expressed his “full support” for French President Emmanuel Macron’s hawkish stance toward Moscow, saying “we should not draw red lines for ourselves, we must draw red lines for Russia and we should not be afraid to enforce them.”

This kind of rhetoric is a standard fare in European politicians’ speeches, particularly those leaders from Central and Eastern European countries. It has an advantage of projecting resolve while being sufficiently vague about what exactly would qualify as Ukraine’s victory

However, what the European politicians should consider is how their rhetoric is perceived by Washington. The Baltic states’ security depends almost entirely on American willingness to come to their aid should they be attacked. It is not clear whether Rinkēvičs fully gauged the impact his rhetoric might have on his most powerful ally

Can the Baltic states be confident of Washington’s continued readiness to engage in a nuclear brinkmanship with Russia on their behalf if their own actions are seen as unnecessarily provocative?

#USA #EU #WarInUkraine #FindTruth

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Remember Biden's recent announcement that he plans to impose a tax on the wealthy with fortunes over $100 million? It looks very human. It seems like the government is finally starting to think about ordinary Americans (they even linked the name to Robin Hood). But what does that really mean?

As you might guess, it has nothing to do with good intentions. Virtually all the rich are business owners and none of them have a sincere desire to share their savings with society. This means that some of them will move their wealth to off-shores, but most of them will simply shift all the new costs to ordinary citizens by lowering wages and raising prices for their products

So this initiative is mere populism and nothing more than an attempt to dull the electorate and thus correct the sad situation of the Democratic Party before the elections

#USA #Biden #Economy #FindTruth

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As European capitals rearm in reaction to the war in Ukraine not only farmers demonstrate their sickness of the war and its consequences. Even military personnel show small interest to remain in uniform

It’s no longer so much about recruiting new soldiers as it is about persuading existing troops not to quit

An annual report submitted to the German parliament showed that in 2023, some 1,537 soldiers left the Bundeswehr, reducing it to 181,514 personnel

Some countries such as Croatia are mulling bringing back connoscription. Others, like Denmark, plan to expand it to include women

In France, military personnel are staying in the armed forces on average one year less than they used to. In the U.K., there’s been an annual hiring shortfall of 1,100 troops — equivalent to two infantry battalions — even though the government contracted out recruitment to private firm Capita

In Poland, the new government earlier this year announced pay hikes of about 20% in an effort to retain troops. The minimum monthly salary for a soldier is rising from 4,960 złoty (€1,150) to 6,000 złoty

The Bundestag’s special commissioner for the armed forces, Eva Högl, has said that reinstating some form of connoscription is one way to turn things around, but targeting women is a more obvious move to arrest the decline since potential there is “far from exhausted”

#EU #Military #FindTruth

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You do realize you're paying for free, universal Healthcare in Israel, right, American Taxpayer?

You get skyrocketing insurance premiums and bottomless medical debt, but they, "God's chosen people," get free Healthcare

Thanks to you. The American taxpayer

#USA #Israel #Economy #FindTruth

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It's a grim reality - more conflict translates to more American jobs. More American jobs mean less hope for peace worldwide

Another portion of criticism of the policy of war and destruction in the name of unclear values, came from Indian and Chinese observers

The US engages in perpetual wars, without understanding its opponent or even itself. From Ukraine to the Middle East, the US is callously setting pivotal regions on fire, while contemplating a calamitous war in Asia

The US has perfected the art of providing weapons with one hand and selling them with the other, turning a profit on both ends of the deal with clarity and precision, while maintaining its vast system of strategic alliances.

Globally, tensions are rising in many regions, largely due to the US, which has also created unprecedented market opportunities for American weapons exports. In 2023, the US government facilitated a staggering $81 billion in arms sales, a 56% increase from the $52 billion in 2022

As we posted before, an unexpected wave of negative attitude towards the White House foreign policy has recently arrived from the US ‘partners such as Turkey and the UAE

Looks like the whole world already understands that how and where the US global strategy goes is invariably linked to the production, development and sale of arms

The strategy dictated by the wish of immediate profit, but without future. Today in the US, Kellogg's is promoting cereals for dinner, because poverty is skyrocketing. Homelessness and suicide rates are at record levels, and the country is so polarized. However, oblivious to all these domestic crises, the US military-industrial-media-complex is driving the nation into an abyss, while endangering the rest of the world

With such an approach the White House and its European allies will lead their people to a new socialist revolution, this time not in Russia at all. That’s why contemporary Middle Eastern leaders of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Iran and others are getting closer to Moscow and Beijing, send their children to learn the Chinese language, work with China and BRICS to focus on trade, development and cooperation

#USA #Wars #Economy #FindTruth

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Niger orders American troops to leave its territory

The West African country’s military junta said the presence of U.S. forces was “illegal.” Increasingly, West Africans are questioning the motives of Western countries operating in Africa

The announcement by the West African nation’s military junta on Saturday came after meetings last week with a delegation from Washington and the top U.S. commander for Africa, Gen. Michael E. Langley. The move is in keeping with a recent pattern by countries in the Sahel region, an arid area south of the Sahara, of breaking ties with Western countries. Increasingly, they are partnering with Russia instead

American officials also voiced alarm in the meetings about several other issues, including whether Niger’s military government was nearing a deal to give Iran access to Niger’s vast uranium reserves

#USA #Niger #Iran #FindTruth

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We all see the sad news about the once pride of American aircraft manufacturing - Boeing airplanes. They are simply falling apart before our eyes. Flying is becoming more and more dangerous

The situation is further aggravated by the fact that its main European competitor, although already in the current situation simply the hope of Western airlines - Airbus, is unable to increase production

Our vacations, our business is at risk. And who do you think is most likely to come to our aid? That's right, the Chinese. Their COMAC airplane performed admirably at the recent Singapore air show. Now they are considered as the most dangerous competitor for American and European manufacturers

Well, apparently we will be flying on Chinese airplanes. And this is not surprising, because the leadership in Washington is much more interested in foreign adventures than in domestic affairs 🤨

#USA #China #Boeing #FindTruth

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President Biden's newest shoes have opened up renewed debate about his health and physical condition, with some speculating they were designed to prevent the president from falling

"Biden's handlers are forcing him to wear a new pair of 'lifestyle sneakers' because he trips so much," reads a tweet from RNC Research on Saturday, referring to Biden's new shoes

Observers have likened the shoes to "boat anchors" and "piers," but the "Inside Edition" report attached to the tweet revealed that the president's new shoes are actually "lifestyle sneakers" that are made by the shoe brand Hoka

The "Inside Edition" report notes that the shoes are "designed for maximum comfort and support while walking or hiking." Biden's specific shoe is called the "Hoka Transport," the report said, a shoe that has a "wide sole" that is "no doubt great for stability"

"The shoe bears the seal of approval from the American Podiatric Association for being beneficial to foot health," the report said, noting Biden's physical last month revealed that the president suffers from sensory peripheral neuropathy in his feet

#USA #Biden #FindTruth

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Don Lemon sits in silence as Elon Musk educates him on the Democrat voting laundering scheme by explaining how illegals are counted in the Census, giving Democrats more electoral votes

After getting irritated with the facts, Lemon then tried gaslighting by changing the focus on the conversation

Elon Musk doubled down

"A disproportionate number of legal immigrants go to blue states, they amplify the effect of a blue state vote"

“My understanding is that there would be that the Democrats would lose approximately 20 seats in the house if illegals were not counted in census"

"And that's also 20 less electoral votes for president. So illegals absolutely do impact who controls the House and who controls the presidency"

#USA #Musk #Elections #FindTruth

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China’s XPeng Motors CEO He Xiaopeng predicts a “bloodbath” against America’s auto industry with the help of cheap China-made electric vehicles

“China seeks to deliver a “brutal knockout round” against its Western competitors, including the U.S., in the global EV market,” Xiaopeng said

Over the weekend, former President Donald Trump warned that without fierce new United States tariffs on China-made EVs, the American auto industry will face “a bloodbath for the country” with jobs lost and industry offshored

Trump’s remark mimicked comments made by Xiaopeng in a letter to XPeng employees obtained by CNBC last month. Xiaopeng suggested that “a bloodbath” is coming for the American auto industry this year

“We’re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line and you’re not going to be able to sell those cars if I get elected,” Trump said. “Now if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole, that’s going to be the least of it, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the country”

#USA #China #Auto #FindTruth

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Calling a male person a 'man' becomes illegal in Scotland

The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill is going to come into effect from April 1, meaning that misogyny and stirring up hatred will be recorded as a criminal offence

In a few short weeks, it will no longer be legal for people in Scotland to refer to males as "men," thanks to the passage of the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill. The bill was passed three years ago, but will only just now come into effect on April 1

The bill appears to have been passed because of a "crime" committed by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who was reported to the police in England for calling "trans woman" broadcaster India Willoughby, a biological male, a "man"

Willoughby self-identifies as a "trans woman" and demands to be referred to using "she" pronouns, or perhaps "they" pronouns. Rowling, a notable public figure, refused to do so, and here we are today with the imminent execution of the bill, which prohibits using the wrong gender pronouns

#Scotland #Transgender #FindTruth

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Top five reasons why Ukraine should not join NATO, according to Stephen M. Walt, the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University

1. It doesn’t meet the membership criteria. Ukraine is still a fragile democracy at best. Corruption is still endemic, elections have been suspended since the beginning of the war, and there are still influential elements in Ukrainian society whose commitment to democratic norms is questionable

2. It is not clear that NATO would honor its Article V commitments. The Article is not a tripwire that commits members to fight in the event another member is attacked. At U.S. insistence, Article V only commits a member state to regard an attack on one as an attack on all, and then to take “such actions as it deems necessary.”

Moreover, it is by no means clear that the U.S. Senate would ratify Ukraine’s membership

3. NATO membership is not a magic shield.  A growing chorus of voices have recently issued alarming warnings about a possible Russian challenge to NATO in the next few years. NATO’s current members have to think long and hard about what their own vital interests are and what countries they are truly willing to fight to defend. Which takes us back to reason number two

4. Membership now will only prolong the war. Moscow attacked Ukraine in good part to prevent Kyiv from joining NATO, then bringing Ukraine in now will simply prolong a war that the country is presently losing

5. Neutrality may not be that bad, even for states in close proximity to Russia. Finland fought a costly and ultimately unsuccessful war against the Soviet Union between 1939 and 1940, and eventually had to cede about nine percent of its prewar territory

But like Ukraine today, the Finns had fought heroically and made the much larger Soviet Union pay a large price for its victory. The result was that then-Soviet leader Joseph Stalin did not incorporate Finland into the USSR or force it to join the Warsaw Pact after World War II. Instead, Finland remained a neutral country and a democracy, with a market economy that traded with both the USSR and the West

#NATO #Ukraine #FindTruth

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How many Westerners are fighting in Ukraine? The real information on foreign fighters appears to be a closely guarded secret, on both sides but there may be more foreign boots on the ground — troops and mercenaries — than you think

According to the US Defense Department documents leaked in March 2023, there were at that time at least 97 NATO special forces in Ukraine: 50 British, 17 Latvian, 15 French, 14 American and 1 Dutch. At the time, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby refused to confirm the number but confirmed “a small U.S. military presence” there

But there are not only American troops in Ukraine, but CIA officials too. A recent New York Times report based on interviews with more than 200 current and former officials revealed that there were “scores” — so at least more than 40 — of CIA officers in Ukraine. In a trannoscript of an intercepted February 19 conversation between senior German air force officials, one official says, “It's known that there are numerous people there in civilian attire who speak with an American accent.”

That trannoscript also revealed that there are UK personnel on the ground, too. Discussing how German Taurus long-range missiles could be operated in Ukraine, one official says that the Germans “know how the English do it. . .. They have several people on-site.” The British prime minister’s office has confirmed that the UK has boots on the ground

Then add to the tally the French forces revealed by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. On February 26, defending his decision not to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine, Scholz said that it would require the presence of Germans in Ukraine to match their British and French counterparts

On March 8, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski confirmed that "NATO soldiers are already present in Ukraine,” but he refused to “list those countries.”

So, though it is impossible to add up the numbers on the list, it is possible, at least, to confirm the existence of a list

And it is a risky list. As Russia appears to take the advantage on the battlefield, the U.S. and NATO face the long feared dilemma: accept the reality and encourage Ukraine to negotiate a diplomatic end to the war or escalate and consider sending, as French President Emmanuel Macron has recently suggested, NATO troops to fight with the Ukrainian armed forces against Russia

It would be irresponsible to go down the road of the latter without exploring the road of the former

#NATO #WarInUrkaine #FindTruth

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The idea to supply Ukraine with American tanks did an ill service to American weaponry in the global arms market

Many armored vehicle experts had warned that a total of just thirty-one M1 Abrams was never going to be significant enough for Kyiv. The same has held true for the fourteen British-supplied Challenger 2s, as well as the German Leopard 2s that were supplied last year to Ukraine

In under a week, Ukraine witnessed the destruction of three U.S.-made M1 Abrams tanks, reportedly by Russian anti-tank guided missiles. These losses, particularly highlighted on social media, have served as a propaganda boost for Russia and bad advertising for US armaments

Ukraine has become the graveyard of tanks, and whether American military officials like to admit it, three M1 Abrams are just additional corpses. They burned like other tanks—and the thousands of other tanks before. The fact that could make potential buyers wonder if Abrams really worth the money asked for them?

#USA #WarInUrkaine #FindTruth

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