JIM KAVANAGH—Please note another important element of the different proposals that will be put forth in this situation: The most difficult demand from the Russian side, which almost requires them to move on Kiev, is the call for “de-Nazification.” It’s the demand that will be most resisted as “political interference,” since it does, indeed, require “regime change” in the deepest sense. I’ve said before how nearly impossible it will be in western Ukraine, where fascistic, Banderite ideology is entwined in Ukrainian nationalism, has deep historical roots, and has become ascendant since 2014. But here’s the thing: No matter how impossible it is, it’s necessary—for the American ceasefire plan as well as for the Russian project.
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JIM KAVANAGH (Quoting Trump)—TRUMP: You better believe it… I will tell you that our system is broken. I gave to many people. Before this, before two months ago, I was a businessman. I give to everybody. When they call, I give. And you know what? When I need something from them, two years later, three years later, I call them. They are there for me. And that’s a broken system.
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EDITOR—Thus, I came across this video from a channel called Inside China Business, by a guy named Kevin Walmsley, who has lived and worked in China since 2012 for a company called Direct Equipment. The video is entitled, bluntly, “The BRICS trading system is already wiping out US farmers, as global price discovery is destroyed” and it gives a concrete analysis, which surprised me, of how the BRICS system has already upended the global commodities trading system that was “for a hundred years” based on the U.S. dollar and essentially managed from Chicago. As he says, “This is one of the biggest stories in the world, and nobody is talking about it”—because few people know how. He knows how.
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EDITOR—Jim paints a bleak picture for the region as Israel, confident of extensive Western support—military, diplomatic, financial, and media.—especially by the US, the UK and much of the EU—goes all out to complete its long-held dream of a “Greater Israel” via the expulsion or extermination of Palestinians and any other population standing in its way. The choices facing the Resistance (Iran, Iraq, Syria, Hamas, the Palestinians, Hezbollah, the people of Lebanon, etc.) are grim, as full-on regional war could devastate the whole region, cost millions of lives, and possibly inflame WW3. The forceful and intelligent intervention in this conflict by new players—Turkey, Russia, China, etc.—may be the only hope for containing an even larger tragedy.
