PT -- Washington atinge novos níveis de insanidade com o "Relatório do Kremlin" Paul Craig Roberts

30  de Janeiro de 2018

Washington atinge novos níveis de insanidade com o "Relatório do Kremlin"

Paul Craig Roberts

Num acto da louca escalada de provocações contra a Rússia, Washington elaborou uma lista de 210 altos funcionários do governo russo e de importantes executivos de empresas que são “criminosos”, “membros do bando de Putin”, “ameaças”, “pessoas que merecem ser punidas”, no entanto, a comunicação mediática ocidental  preocupa-se a explicar a lista. A lista absurda inclui o Primeiro Ministro da Rússia, o Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros, o Ministro da Defesa e os executivos da Gazprom, da Rosneft e do Banco Rossiya. Por outras palavras, a sugestão é que a totalidade da liderança política e empresarial russa é corrupta.

Os russos não parecem compreender o propósito da lista. O porta-voz  da Presidencia, Dmitry Peskov, disse que o governo vê a lista como uma tentativa de interferir na eleição presidencial russa. Não há dúvida de que Washington gostaria de reduzir o apoio público de Putin para que Washington possa usar as ONGs financiadas pelo Ocidente, que operam na Rússia, a apresentar os lacaios americanos como sendo as verdadeiras vozes da Rússia. No entanto, é improvável que o povo russo seja tão estúpido que caia nesse truque.

A lista de Washington tem três objectivos:

1) Desvalorizar a diplomacia russa, apresentando as principais altas patentes da Rússia como criminosos.

2) Apresentar a Rússia como sendo uma ameaça militar, conforme o anúncio ridículo do Ministro da Defesa britânico, Gavin Williamson, em 26 de Janeiro, de que a Rússia pretende despedaçar a infraestrutura britânica, causar muitos milhares de mortes “e criar” o caos total dentro de o país." 

3) Desviar a atenção americana e europeia da próxima publicação do relatório do House Intelligence Committee’s que prova que o Russiagate é uma conspiração entre o FBI, o Departamento de Justiça de Obama e a Comissão Nacional Democrata contra o Presidente Trump. A lista russa de Washington dará à comunicação mediática algo para falar em vez do acto da traição levada a cabo contra o Presidente dos Estados Unidos. Não esperem não ouvir nada da comunicação mediática, a não ser que o relatório do House Intelligence Committee é apenas um esforço político para salvaguardar Trump da responsabilidade.

Provavelmente, há um quarto motivo para a lista. Israel quer a pressão de Washington sobre a Rússia, porque até agora, a Rússia impediu Israel de usar os militares dos EUA para criar o mesmo caos na Síria e no Irão, como foi criado no Iraque e na Líbia. Israel quer a Síria e o Irão desestabilizados porque apoiam o Hezbollah, o que impede Israel de ocupar os recursos hídricos do sul do Líbano. A Lei de Contenção dos Adversários da América através de Sanções (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act), que pediu a lista, aprovada pela a Câmara e pelo Senado por um votação de 517-5. Normalmente, tais votos unânimes da política externa estão associados às exigências do lobby de Israel.

O governo e o povo russo precisam compreender que Washington considera a Rússia como uma ameaça porque a Rússia não está sob a pata de Washington. Os neoconservadores sionistas controlam a política externa dos EUA. A sua ideologia é a hegemonia mundial. Eles não usam a diplomacia. Contam com a desinformação, com ameaças e com a violência. Portanto, não existe uma diplomacia americana com a qual Putin e Lavrov possam colaborar.

Putin, o líder político responsável de uma grande potência, não responde à provocação com uma hostilidade. Ele ignora os insultos e continua a esperar que o Ocidente ganhe bom senso. Mas, o que acontecerá se o Ocidente não conseguir?

Para que o Ocidente comece a pensar racionalmente, esse processo vai requerer o desmantelamento completo dos neoconservadores sionistas e/ou a dissolução da NATO. A derrota dos neoconservadores exigiria uma voz de política externa rival, e essa voz é muito fraca, pois está desligada da comunicação mediática, dos grupos de reflexão e das universidades. A dissolução da NATO exigiria que as figuras políticas europeias renunciassem aos subsídios de Washington e ao avanço de carreira que Washington fornece.

Enquanto escrevo, o Conselho do Atlântico está a convocar os membros e a comunicação mediática para uma discussão com os membros do Conselho Atlântico, o Embaixador Daniel Fried e Anders Aslund. O Conselho do Atlântico é uma agência de propaganda neoconservadora. O objectivo da "discussão" é minar ainda mais, as relações dos EUA com a Rússia.

O governo russo enfrenta uma situação difícil. A política externa dos EUA e, portanto, do mundo ocidental, é controlada por neoconservadores que estão determinados a apresentar a Rússia à  luz mais ameaçadora. A diplomacia russa não pode fazer nada para mudar este quadro. Uma resposta russa não agressiva e responsável tem o efeito de incentivar  ainda mais, as provocações de Washington. Até certo ponto, a passividade russa pode convencer os neoconservadores de que podem atacar a Rússia de modo bem sucedido. Por outro lado, as provocações contínuas podem convencer a Rússia de que o país está a ser escolhido para ataque, propiciando assim uma acção preventiva russa.

No mundo, todos devem perceber a ameaça da guerra nuclear que é inerente à política de Washington em relação à Rússia e no mundo, todos devem compreender - a única ameaça que a Rússia representa, é contra o unilateralismo e parcialidade de Washington.

Tradutora: Maria Luísa de Vasconcellos

Did the US Government Murder the Founder of RT?

Did the US Government Murder the Founder of RT?

January 30, 2018 

Did the US Government Murder the Founder of RT?

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FBI Releases Docs Claiming RT Founder Beat Himself To Death In His Hotel Room

by Tyler Durden

Mon, 01/29/2018 - 04:22

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The FBI just released the results of their investigation claiming that the media mogul and found of RT killed himself by repeatedly smashing his head and upper body into the ground.

In November 2015, the Free Thought Project reported that Mikhail Lesin, the former head of media affairs for the Russian government, and the founder of Russia Today (RT), was found dead in the hotel room that he was staying at in Washington DC.

Originally, authorities announced that Lesin died from a heart attack.

However, the results of his autopsy released months later indicated a far more sinister cause of death and the heavily redacted FBI documents that were just released add to that story.

The documents, detailing the FBI investigation into Lesin’s death were just released Saturday morning in spite of the investigation ending in October of 2016.

In spite of the original cause of death noted as a heart attack, a few months later, the District of Colombia’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) and Metropolitan Police Department said that “blunt force injuries of the neck, torso, upper extremities and lower extremities” contributed to Lesin’s death. “The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has released the cause and manner of death for Mikhail Lesin… Cause of Death: blunt force injuries of the head,” the statement said.

Now, FBI investigators have released the results of their investigation claiming that the blunt force trauma all over his body was self-inflicted.

“Mr. Lesin died as a result of blunt for injuries to his head, with contributing causes being blunt force injuries of the neck, torso, upper extremities, and lower extremities, which were induced by falls, with acute ethanol intoxication,” the report states.

In other words, the FBI is claiming that Lesin got so drunk that he repeatedly and violently fell on things until he killed himself.

To show just how much information the FBI is willing to release on these findings, here is the version of the amended autopsy report they released in the report.

Washington Reaches New Heights of Insanity with the “Kremlin Report” by Paul Craig Roberts

Washington Reaches New Heights of Insanity with the “Kremlin Report”

January 30, 2018 

Washington Reaches New Heights of Insanity with the “Kremlin Report”

Paul Craig Roberts

In an act of insane escalation of provocations against Russia, Washington has produced a list of 210 top Russian government officials and important business executives who are “gangsters,” “members of Putin’s gang,” “threats,” “people deserving to be sanctioned,” or however the Western presstitutes care to explain the list. The absurd list includes the Prime Minister of Russia, the Foreign Minister, the Defense Minister, and executives of Gazprom, Rosneft, and Bank Rossiya. In other words, the suggestion is that the entirety of Russian political and business leadership is corrupt.

The Russians do not seem to understand the purpose of the list. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the government sees the list as an attempt to interfere in the Russian presidential election. There is no doubt that Washington would like to reduce Putin’s public support so that Washington can use the Western-funded NGOs operating in Russia to present American stooges as Russia’s true voices. However, it is unlikely that the Russian people are stupid enough to fall for such a trick.

Washington’s list has three purposes:

1) To undercut Russian diplomacy by presenting the top echelons of Russia as gangsters.

2) To present Russia as a military threat as per the ridiculous announcement by British defense minister Gavin Williamson on January 26 that Russia intends to rip British “infrastructure apart, actually cause thousands and thousands and thousands of deaths,” and create “total chaos within the country.”

3) To shift American and European attention away from the coming release of the House Intelligence Committee’s report that proves Russiagate is a conspiracy between the FBI, the Obama Department of Justice and the Democratic National Committee against President Trump. Washington’s Russian list will give the presstitutes something else to talk about instead of the act of treason committed against the President of the United States. Expect to hear nothing from the presstitutes except that the House Intelligence Committee report is only a political effort to shield Trump from accountability.

There is likely a fourth reason for the list. Israel wants Washington’s pressure on Russia, because Russia has so far prevented Israel’s use of the US military to create the same chaos in Syria and Iran as has been created in Iraq and Libya. Israel wants Syria and Iran destabilized because they support Hezbollah, which prevents Israel from occupying the water resources of southern Lebanon. The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which requires the list, passed the House and Senate by a vote of 517-5. Normally, such unanimous foreign policy votes are associated with demands from the Israel Lobby.
 
The Russian government and the Russian people need to understand that Washington considers Russia to be a threat because Russia is not under Washington’s thumb. The Zionist neoconservatives control US foreign policy. Their ideology is world hegemony. They do not use diplomacy. They rely on disinformation, threats, and violence. Therefore, there is no American diplomacy with which Putin and Lavrov can engage.

Putin, being a responsible political leader of a great power, does not respond to provocation with provocation. He ignores the insults and continues to wait for the West to come to its senses. But what if the West does not come to its senses?

For the West to come to its senses requires the complete overthrow of the Zionist neoconservatives and/or the breakup of NATO. 

The overthrow of the neoconservatives would require a rival foreign policy voice, and that voice is very weak as it is shut off from the media, the think tanks, and the universities. The breakup of NATO would require European political figures to give up their Washington subsidies and the career advancement that Washington provides.

As I write the Atlantic Council is holding a members and press call in for a discussion with Atlantic Council members Amb. Daniel Fried and Anders Aslund. The Atlantic Council is a neoconservative propaganda agency. The purpose of the “discussion” is to further undermine US-Russian relations.

The Russian government faces a difficult situation. The foreign policy of the US, and thereby of the Western world, is controlled by neoconservatives who are determined to present Russia in the most threatening light. Russian diplomacy can do nothing to change this. The non-provocative and responsible Russian response has the effect of encouraging more provocations from Washington. At some point Russian passivity might convince the neoconservatives that they can successfully attack Russia. Alternatively, the continual provocations might convince Russia that the country is targeted for attack, thereby causing a Russian pre-emptive action.

Everyone in the world should realize the threat of nuclear war that is inherent in Washington’s policy toward Russia, and everyone in the world should understand that the only threat that Russia poses is to Washington’s unilateralism.

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DE -- Manlio Dinucci: Die Kunst des Krieges: «America First» Waffen, auf unsere Köpfe gerichtet!

Die Kunst des Kriege 

«America First» Waffen, auf unsere Köpfe gerichtet!

Manlio Dinucci

Präsident Trump ist beim "Weltwirtschaftsforum" in Davos aus dem Hubschrauber ausgestiegen. Hier, vor den Blechbläsern des Freiburger Orchesters, kündigte er an: «Die Welt erlebt das Wiederauferstehen eines starken und wohlhabenden Amerikas», dank der Steuersenkungen und Reformen, die seine Regierung nach dem Prinzip «America First» durchführte, das stellt Amerika an die erste Stelle.

Das bedeutet nicht Amerika allein: wenn die Vereinigten Staaten wachsen, so auch die Welt. Aber, fügte er hinzu, «wir können keinen freien und offenen Handel haben, wenn einige Länder das System auf Kosten anderer ausbeuten». Besonders deutlich wird dies für China und Russland, die wegen "industrieller Subventionen und einer allgegenwärtigen staatlichen Wirtschafts-Planung" der "Verzerrung der globalen Märkte" beschuldigt werden.

Der Kern der Frage taucht folglich auf: Die Vereinigten Staaten sind immer noch die weltweit führende Wirtschaftsmacht, insbesondere dank der Hauptstädte, die sie zur Beherrschung des globalen Finanzmarktes nutzen, der multinationalen Konzerne, mit denen sie Ressourcen auf allen Kontinenten ausbeuten, ihrer eigenen Technologie-Patente und der allgegenwärtigen Rolle ihrer multimedialen Gruppen, die Meinungen und Wege auf einer planetarischen Skala beeinflussen.

Ihre wirtschaftliche Vorherrschaft (einschließlich des Dollars) wird jedoch zunehmend durch neue Staaten und soziale Akteure gefährdet. Vor allem China: Sein Brutto-Nationaleinkommen stieg nach den USA auf den zweiten Platz an. China ist die «Fabrik der Welt», in der auch viele große US-Konzerne produzieren. Es ist daher der weltweit führende Exporteur von Waren geworden. Im Gegenzug erhöht China seine Investitionen sowohl in den USA als auch in der EU und in Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika (in diesen Bereichen vor allem in Bezug auf Infrastrukturen).

Das ehrgeizigste Projekt, das 2013 von China initiiert und von Russland geteilt wurde, ist das der "Neuen Seidenstraße": ein Land (Straße und Schiene) und ein maritimes Netz, das China durch Zentral- und Westasien und durch Russland mit Europa verbindet. Wenn das Projekt (das keine militärischen Komponenten enthält) nach der ursprünglichen Idee verwirklicht wird, würde es die geopolitische Architektur des gesamten Eurasiens umformen und ein neues Netzwerk der wirtschaftlichen und politischen Beziehungen zwischen den Staaten des Kontinents schaffen.

Die von den Vereinigten Staaten geförderte Globalisierung, die davon überzeugt sind, sie zu dominieren, wendet sich jetzt gegen sie. Die Erhöhung der Zölle für Waschmaschinen und Solar-Module um 50%, die von der Regierung Trump eingeführt wurden, um den Export Chinas und Südkoreas zu beeinflussen, sind kein Zeichen von Stärke, sondern von Schwäche.

Auf der Ebene der wirtschaftlichen Globalisierung verlieren die USA ihren Fokus auf militärische Globalisierung: «Wir machen historische Investitionen in das amerikanische Militär - verkündete Trump in Davos - weil wir keinen Wohlstand ohne Sicherheit haben können».

Die USA haben bereits Stützpunkte und andere militärische Einrichtungen in über 70 Ländern, insbesondere in Russland und China. In mehr als 170 Ländern sind US-Truppen stationiert. Europäische Mächte der NATO schließen sich dieser Strategie an, obwohl sie gegensätzliche Interessen mit den USA haben und sich unter US-Führung aufstellen, wenn es darum geht, die vom Westen dominierte wirtschaftliche und politische Ordnung zu verteidigen.

Dies ist das Szenario der immer gefährlicheren Eskalation der USA/NATO in Europa gegen Russland, das als Feind dargestellt wird, der uns aus dem Osten bedroht. Jede Debatte über die "Europäische Union" und über den Euro, die dieses Thema ignoriert, bedeutet, ein Spiel mit gefälschten Karten vor den Wählern zu spielen, wie dies im aktuellen Wahlkampf der Fall ist.

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EN -- Manlio Dinucci -- The art of war: «America First» armed on our heads

The art of war

«America First» armed on our heads

Manlio Dinucci

President Trump disembarked from the helicopter at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Here, preceded by the brass players of the orchestra of Friborg, he announced that «The world is witnessing the resurgence of a strong and prosperous America», thanks to the tax cuts and reforms implemented by his administration on the principle of «America First», that is putting America in the first place.

This «does not mean America alone: ​​when the United States grows, so does the world». But, he added, «we cannot have free and open trade if some countries exploit the system at the expense of others». The reference is especially clear to China and Russia, accused of «distorting global markets» through «industrial subsidies and a pervasive state-led economic planning».

The crux of the question consequently emerges. The United States is still the world leading economic power, especially thanks to the capitals they use to dominate the global financial market, the multinationals which they exploit resources with in every continent, their owned technological patents, the pervasive role of their multimedia groups influencing people’ opinions and ways on a planetary scale.

Their economic supremacy (including the dollar), however, is being increasingly endangered by new States and social actors emerging. First of all China: its gross national income rose up to the second world place after the US. China is the «factory of the world» in which also many large US groups produce. It has therefore become the world leading exporter of goods. In return, China is increasing investments both in the US and in the EU, and in Africa, Asia and Latin America (in these areas on infrastructures above all).

The most ambitious project, launched by China in 2013 and shared by Russia, is that of the New Silk Road: a land (road and rail) and maritime network connecting China to Europe through Central and Western Asia and through Russia. If the project (which does not include military components) is accomplished according to the original idea, it would reshape the geopolitical architecture of the whole Eurasia, creating a new network of economic and political relations between the States of the continent.

The globalization that  United States promoted, confident of  dominating it, now turns against them. The increasing of 50% on duties for washing machines and solar panels, set by the Trump administration to affect  China’s and South Korea’s export, are not a sign of strength but weakness.

Losing ground on the economic globalization level, United States is focusing on military globalization: «We are making historic investments in the American military - announced Trump in Davos - because we cannot have prosperity without security».

The US already has bases and other military installations in over 70 countries, especially around Russia and China. There are more than 170 countries where US troops are deployed. European powers of NATO join in this strategy, despite having contrasts of interest with the US, and line up under US leadership when it comes to defending the economic and political order dominated by the West.

This is the scenario of the increasingly dangerous US/NATO escalation in Europe against Russia, represented as the enemy threatening us from the East. Any debate on the European Union and on the Euro ignoring this issue, means playing a game with rigged cards in front of the voters, as they do in the current electoral campaign.

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IT -- Manlio Dinucci -- L’arte della guerra: «America First» armata sulle nostre teste

L’arte della guerra

«America First» armata sulle nostre teste

Manlio Dinucci

Il presidente Trump è sbarcato dall’elicottero al Forum economico mondiale di Davos. Qui, preceduto dai suonatori di ottoni dell’orchestra di Friburgo, ha annunciato che «il mondo sta assistendo alla rinascita di una forte e prosperosa America», grazie alle riduzioni di tasse e riforme attuate dalla sua amministrazione in base al principio «America First», ossia quello di mettere l’America al primo posto.Ciò «non significa America da sola: quando gli Stati Uniti crescono, cresce tutto il mondo». 

Ma, ha aggiunto, «non possiamo avere un commercio libero e aperto se alcuni paesi sfruttano il sistema a spese di altri». Chiaro il riferimento soprattutto alla Cina e alla Russia, accusate di «distorcere i mercati globali» attraverso «sussidi industriali e una pervasiva pianificazione economica a guida statale».  

Emerge così il nodo della questione. Gli Stati Uniti sono ancora la prima potenza economica del mondo, soprattutto grazie ai capitali con cui dominano il mercato finanziario globale, alle multinazionali con cui sfruttano risorse di ogni continente, ai brevetti tecnologici in loro possesso, al ruolo pervasivo dei loro gruppi multimediali che influenzano le opinioni e i gusti della gente su scala planetaria. 

La loro supremazia economica (compresa quella del dollaro) viene però messa sempre più in pericolo dall’emergere di nuovi soggetti statuali e sociali. Anzitutto la Cina: salita come reddito nazionale lordo al secondo posto mondiale dopo gli USA, essa è la «fabbrica del mondo» in cui producono anche molti grandi gruppi statunitensi. È quindi divenuta il primo esportatore mondiale di merci. A sua volta essa effettua crescenti investimenti sia negli USA e nella UE, sia in Africa, Asia e America Latina (qui soprattutto in infrastrutture).

Il progetto più ambizioso, varato dalla Cina nel 2013 e condiviso dalla Russia, è quello di una nuova Via della Seta: una rete terrestre (viaria e ferroviaria) e marittima che collega la Cina all’Europa attraverso l’Asia Centrale e Occidentale e attraverso la Russia. Se fosse realizzato secondo l’idea originaria, il progetto, che non include componenti militari, rimodellerebbe l’architettura geopolitica dell’intera Eurasia, creando una nuova rete di rapporti economici e politici tra gli stati del continente.

Quella globalizzazione che gli Stati Uniti hanno promosso, fiduciosi di poterla dominare, si ritorce ora contro di loro. I dazi fino al 50% su lavatrici e pannelli solari, stabiliti dall’amministrazione Trump per colpire le esportazioni di Cina e Corea del Sud, sono una prova non di forza ma di debolezza. 

Perdendo terreno sul piano della globalizzione economica, gli Stati Uniti puntano sulla globalizzazione militare: «Stiamo facendo investimenti storici nel militare americano – ha annunciato Trump a Davos – poiché non possiamo avere prosperità senza sicurezza».

Gli USA hanno già oggi basi e altre installazioni militari in oltre 70 paesi, soprattutto attorno alla Russia e alla Cina. I paesi in cui sono dispiegate truppe USA sono oltre 170. In tale strategia sono affiancati dalle potenze europee della NATO, le quali, pur avendo con gli USA contrasti di interesse, si schierano sotto la leadership statunitense quando si tratta di difendere l’ordine economico e politico dominato dall’Occidente.

 Questo è lo scenario in cui si inserisce la sempre più pericolosa escalation USA/NATO in Europa contro la Russia, presentata come il nemico che ci minaccia da Est. Dibattere di Unione Europea ed euro indipendentemente da tutto questo, come si fa nell’attuale campagna elettorale, significa giocare di fronte agli elettori una partita con carte truccate.

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Russia responds to US program to deploy anti-missile system near its borders with a 100-megaton monster

Russiaresponds to US program to deploy anti-missile system near its borders with a100-megaton monster

Code-named by NATO: “Kanyon”

by ALEX CHRISTOFOROU

January 29, 2018, 17:49

A Russian 100-megaton nuclear device designed to demolish the east and west coasts of the United States in the event of a nuclear war.

Russia appears to have responded to a US trillion dollar program to deploy an anti-missile system that would negate Russia’s ballistic missile system.

‘Kanyon’ (as NATO calls it) is designed to detonate on the US west coast, destroying the ports of San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

The Doomsday Weapon by Eric S. Margolis…

While we agonize over such life and death questions as clumsy men groping women and the crucial need for gender and racial ‘inclusion,’ let me spare a few seconds thought to something really important and scary:  Russia’s doomsday nuclear torpedo.

Code-named by NATO ‘Kanyon,’  it’s reportedly something new and terrifying, a ‘third strike’ weapon designed to obliterate the US east and west coasts in a nuclear war.   US intelligence seems to think this doomsday weapon is very real indeed.

I just re-watched for the umpteenth time the wonderful, 1964 Kubrick film, ‘Dr. Strangelove’ and marveled anew at how prescient this razor-sharp satire was.  In the film, the Soviets admit they ran out of money to keep up the nuclear arms race with the United States.  Their answer was to create a secret, automated doomsday nuclear device that would destroy the entire planet in the event of a major war.

Now, the Russians appear to have responded to a new, trillion dollar US program to develop and deploy an anti-missile system that would negate their ballistic missile system:  the ‘Kanyon.’  Fact imitates fiction.

This revelation comes just after the Trump administration has also embarked on new programs to deploy an entire new generation of lower yield nuclear weapons that can be used for tactical war-fighting purposes.  North Korea and Iran are the evident targets, as well as Afghanistan.  But there is now talk aplenty in Pentagon circles about waging a limited tactical nuclear war against Russia.  New US bomber and drone programs are being speeded up.  War talk is in the air.  Military stocks are booming.

‘Kanyon,’ according to the right-wing Heritage Foundation, a cheerleader for military spending, is a mammoth 100-megaton nuclear device carried by an unmanned submarine.  This monster weapon is designed to detonate on the US west coast, destroying the ports of San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.  The device is reportedly covered with cobalt, for maximum radioactive effect.

A similar device launched from the Atlantic Ocean would devastate the US East coast, leaving it under a lethal shroud of radiation for generations.

If these reports are true, any hopes that some US generals have of fighting and winning a ‘limited’ nuclear exchange with Russia or China (never mind India) are absurd.   But in fact any serious nuclear exchange between the great powers would be a death sentence for the entire planet, wrapping us in a lethal shroud of nuclear winter.

One US intelligence study done of a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan estimated two million immediate dead and 100 million deaths within weeks.  That was from a rather limited nuclear war using first generation weapons.  Today’s weapons have ten times the explosive power.

Russia has a large and effective nuclear arsenal.  The sharp decline of Russia’s once-mighty conventional military forces after 1991 drove Moscow to place ever greater reliance on nuclear weapons to defend its interests.   Russia has also begun introducing modernized nuclear weapons in strategic and tactical versions.  China is also slowly developing its nuclear forces to be able to fight a thermonuclear war against the United States and India at the same time.

President Trump, who dodged the draft during the Vietnam War on spurious medical grounds, appears infatuated by military affairs and the panoply of weapons that he commands.  In an act of historic irresponsibility, he has brought the US to the edge of nuclear war against North Korea heedless of the dire consequences of even a ‘small’ nuclear war in Asia.

Anyone who thinks a nuclear war can be waged without permanently polluting our planet should be put under psychiatric care.  As crazy as this notion sounds, there are some senior US generals who share this view and, most likely, President Trump, the man with the big red button.  Russia’s marshals are more cautious.  They still see the scars of World War II, in which some 27 million Soviet civilians died, and know what war means.

Perhaps leaks about this Russian monster weapon are clever disinformation spread by Moscow to give the Americans a big scare.  Let’s hope so because, if real, they should scare the pants off all of us.