Posting it here to explain some of the weirdness in the MAtriX News:
April 13, 2024
Iran's Retaliation Delay Keeps Pressure On U.S. And Israel Earlier today the navy of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp boarded and seized the container ship MSC Aries near the Strait of Hormuz. The ship is operated by Zodiac Maritime, a company owned by the Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer.
The seizure of the ship can be understood as a warning to the U.S. and its Gulf allies to not get any funny ideas and to attack Iran. A closure of the Strait of Hormuz would increase global oil prices and jeopardize Biden's re-election.
Iran has announced to revenge the Israeli attack on its embassy building in Damascus, Syria.
But it did not announce when, where or how it will retaliate.
By holding back on any hints it increases the anxiety in Israel and Washington DC.
“The pressure is now on Israel and the US rather than Iran. And yes, there are a lot of threatening remarks directed at Iran in the hope that the Iranians don’t act. But the die was first cast by Israel,” said Vali Nasr, a professor of international affairs at John Hopkins University. “And now people are trying to avoid what might be consequences.”
Biden does not want the US to be pulled into a war with Iran, particularly as he seeks reelection in November. But Washington’s default policy has long been to support Israel, Nasr added.
Would a real superpower ever do this (archived)?
The US has asked China and other countries, including Turkey and Saudi Arabia, to urge Tehran not to launch a retaliatory attack on Israel for its air strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria. Neither of the countries asked has any reason to be helpful to the U.S. and certainly not to Israel.
The costs of keeping the watch up and the weapons manned will over time become unbearable for Israel as well as for the U.S.
It is thus better for Iran to wait with any bigger retaliation it may plan to carry out.
Posted by b at 13:30 UTC | Moon of Alabama
Comment posted by Down South | Apr 9 2024 6:37 utc | 269 - Moon of Alabama.
The subject is the current internetz speculation about Big-Arrow offensives on the part of the Russians (something I do not believe is in the Russian Military Doctrine, but what do I know?). Anyway the comment was:
Kremlin’s offensive timetable will factor in the Biden regime’s desire to be rid of Ukraine, pre-election, and blame the Republicans for the loss. If they lose the election that base is also covered, as a Trump must not get an early diplomatic victory, before Russia, Russia, Russia 2.0, is revved up.
Also, given the idea that Russians are not stupid, and will take this narative set-up into account, I guess that we will have to stock up on popcorn, and witness a Total Khokhol Defeat (TKD) before the US elections, or maybe not. What if Russians don't give a Sh*t what USA politics gets up to? What outome would be better?
My vote is for PEACE: Give the Russians what they want - they are keen on re-building infrastructure, and bringing social security checks and bakeries back to starving babushkas, anyway, and stop fighting already.
BTW: Ukraine is on their fourth Army. Chinese analysts are putting the Ukrop casualties at 2M. And the remaining Ukraine forces are cannibalizing they sh*t to try and pretend to HoLd ThE LinE (translate as: feed meatgrinder), just to get more money to launder.
The Biden's regime's desire to be rid of Ukraine, is also because there is nothing left to send (war materiel-wise), bar human resources in the form of USA yoof, and guess what? There will be a week's worth of ammunition in their hands when they hit the mud. That yoof, inidentally, is also needed in the Pacific (South Korea and Manila bases, and that will take months). And what of the Israeli gaslighting/Iran-baiting? Are troops needed there, to save the face of the AIPAC State Department? The Zonist desperately wants a war, and wants USA to fight it for them.
Someone please turn the light on. Oh wait, what's this? Bidens into terrorisms?
Russia launches terrorism probe into US and NATO officials Moscow is following a trail from last month’s Crocus City Hall attack https://www.rt.com/russia/595663-russia-terrorism-probe-us-nato/
Well there was that rumour that Agent Z bought King Charles' Highgrove house... So he might need a little more money to cover, oh you know, the thing. https://londoncrier.co.uk/2024/04/zelenskyy-acquires-highgrove-house-former-residence-of-king-charles-for-20million/
But now, all the fact checkers are saying that piece of news is Russian disinformation . So, better not repeat it then. I suppose:
The London Crier is a Russian disinformation website that uses AI to publish totally fake and fabricated stories about Ukraine.https://twitter.com/Shayan86/status/1776236305678024739
So says a fellow calling himself Shayan - some rando, TBH. I had a look at the London Crier website and it appears critial of the UK government but not really AI-ish, but go ahead and tell us it is, and from a Russian sauce, no less /s. LOL
Another Fact-checker:
DFRAC team found that the claim is not confirmed. The London Crier mentions, “Although there is no official statement from Buckingham Palace on the Highgrove house sale yet, there are many details that indicate the sale was completed in late February – early March of 2024.”
So, fair enough - rather undersauced - no official statement blah balh. Not that this means ANYTHING. I mean, they did not bother to show us KAtherine in her pyjamas recovering from her life-thretening ilness, No, we were fed some AI photos and body-doubles.
But seriously, why would the Russians want to 'expose' Zelensky for wastin' his money, by writing salacious rubbish? They have better things to do, Z is already toast. They do not need to further damage his reputation - he is doing a fine job of it all by himself. Neither would there be much use for some embedded agent to pkae sh*t up over there in the West. That there is projection, pretending there is some sort of equivalent to the NAFO army. Doing it for free, etc.
Here's another, from the Center of Countering Disinformation [Oooh I'm scared now that's a CIA/Ukraine thingie]: https://twitter.com/CforCD/status/1775492478101045406
That one says:
Firstly, the London Crier website was created on 03/26/2024. [not sure why the date makes a difference to legitimacy]
Secondly, the links to the newspaper's social networks lead to the website of a company that sells website templates. [Yeah so someone made a website and is using freeware. Also not a reason to discount the news as fake]
Third, the authors of the published materials in the London Crier are anonymous users.[Oh well that proves it then .... not]
So, still watching this space.
