[RUS] Yolo's money shot^Bquote — “I would still like to at least get some facts supporting our unsuccessful meddling.”

Zenaan Harkness zen at freedbms.net
Fri Dec 22 14:43:01 PST 2017


Oh how we love a good troll. And All the better when it's a troll
stating a fact. And on the international stage, Sergei "Yolo" Lavrov
is a troll on a roll, at the top of his game (+ with a number of
other Russkie public figures to be frank) - a great time in history
for the comedy connoisseur.




** Watch Russian FM Call British FM a Liar To His Face -
He's Absolutely Right (Video)
https://russia-insider.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa2faf7034c3c3c413cb3652f&id=5e5c8c60a4&e=5110f4b440
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by Michael Bateman on Fri, Dec 22, 2017
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when at first we practice to deceive
... Lavrov is on a roll here. Three weeks ago he, correctly, called
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley a liar, albeit, not to her face.
Watch Boris Johnson bumble through this embarrassing exchange with
Lavrov in Moscow yesterday.




One thing we can say about Trump, he appears to be speeding up the
end game, leaving foreign and military policy essentially to the war
hawks - whether this is a good or a bad thing is debatable, but more
war is certainly not less war, and more guns and bombs does not mean
less shooting and deaths:

** Israel, Saudi Arabia and the US Are About to Invade Syria - Brace
For Impact
https://russia-insider.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa2faf7034c3c3c413cb3652f&id=1983c2721d&e=5110f4b440
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by Alexander Orlov on Fri, Dec 22, 2017
The Russian Defense Ministry recently announced that the United
States is training a new armed force at the former refugee camp in El
Khaseq province, citing the Center for Syrian Reconciliation.


** Trump Opens up US Arms Sales to Kiev, Escalates War in East
Ukraine, and Ensures More Russian Aid for Rebels
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by Daniel Larison on Fri, Dec 22, 2017
Trump is pressing ahead with the foolish option of arming Ukraine:
The Trump administration has approved the first ever U.S. commercial
sale of lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine, in a clear break from
the de facto U.S. ban on arms sales that dates back to the Obama
administration.


** Iran Is on a Roll - the Deep State Is Definitely Planning a Major
Attack
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by (Fash the Nation)Tom Shackleford on Fri, Dec 22, 2017
Primer on Iran Iran is a nation with a long and proud history, dating
back to the Persian empire.  It is about the size of Western Europe
and has a population in excess of 80 million. Iran also has the 3rd
largest reserves of conventional (cheaply extracted) oil in the world
and the 2nd largest natural gas reserves. Iran is clearly a force to
be reckoned with. As such, it considers itself the protector of Shi’a
Muslims, who often live under extreme Sunni repression throughout the
region. No amount of US pressure has succeeded in halting the
“protector” policy.



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