Most literate folks are aware of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s epic poem, ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade (‘Light’ as opposed to ‘Heavy’ — there in fact was a Heavy Brigade in the Brit cavalry — so it’s pronounced with a slight accent on ‘Brigade’ not on ‘Light’; it’s common to mispronounce the title).
This event took place in the Crimean War (1853 – 1856), which was supposedly another balance of power dispute between Russia and the West. (This ‘motive’ as well as a slew of lessor ones might very well have been false, a PTB rationale when the real impetus was something else.)
Crimea was and is a Black Sea isthmus in the present country of Ukraine, important as an outlet to the Mediterranean and thence to the rest of the world, then as it is now. Crimea and present-day Ukraine was a part of Russia at the time of the Crimean War.
The Charge was based on stupidity, misunderstood orders:
“Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Someone had blundered.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
My emphasis: The same can be said about the soldiers dying in the present Ukraine war.
(A great recounting of the Crimean War is to be found in a rollicking but accurate piece of historical fiction titled Flashman at the Charge by George McDonald Fraser.)
Although there was no clear winner in the war, the weakening of Russia led to the reforms that eventually led to the Russian Revolution and ensuing falling geopolitical dominoes. It’s possible that absent the dumb-ass Crimean War, there would have been no Soviet Union. So it’s possible that the Crimean War was another part of this long-term PTB agenda. (How this is so would warrant a post of its own, if not a book.)
Point being, the same is possible with this war. See, there are PTB short-term agendas and long-term ones. The main long one is of course global government/global tyranny. Ditto of course re the COVID hoax. (And ditto re the above parenthetical.)
Addendum: I’m sure many of you noticed how convenient the timing was for this latest ‘crisis’: Just as the ‘pandemic’ was losing its steam, World War III suddenly looms.
With the help of Bill Engdahl, I’ve spent the past week looking into what is really behind the Russian action in Ukraine. Predictably, the real issues are not mentioned by any of the mainstream media, and only a sprinkling of alt media.
Imagine this: Russia, through various cut-outs, mainly NGOs, i.e., ‘private’ foundations, mercenary groups (like ‘our’ Blackwater), and ginned up ‘color revolutions’, takes control over Mexico, installs a puppet government, and covertly points strategic armaments (including ‘bio-weapons’) at the United States.
What would the Untied States do? We can answer this hypothetical by looking at real history (I say ‘real’ because I was around at the time, and more or less cognizant, if not actually aware): the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, wherein the U.S./John F. Kennedy was ready to start World War III (a nuclear holocaust, the end of civilization) because the Soviet Union had installed troops and weapons in Communist Cuba, 90 mines away from U.S. shores.
Getting the idea yet?
Ukraine is not 90 miles from Russia; the two share a border, a very long one (about 250 miles).
By the way, the media back in 1962 failed to tell the world the real reason for the Crisis (nor would they for many years): The U.S. had the same sort of missiles the Soviets (Russians) were installing in Cuba just across the Russian border in Turkey. The missiles in Cuba were ‘only fair’, i.e., they equaled parity. And of course there were no international laws broken by the Russian missile installation. The Russians had ‘every right’ to do what they did. Didn’t they?
Are you getting the picture? No? Okay, let me quote from above, with a minor change: Now it’s the United States, through various cut-outs, mainly NGOs, i.e., ‘private’ foundations, mercenary groups (like Blackwater), and ginned up (by the CIA) ‘color revolutions’, takes control over Ukraine, installs a puppet government, and covertly points strategic armaments (including ‘bio-weapons’) at Russia. (See the above Blackwater link to understand how the U.S. spooks wage war without ‘waging war,’ in Ukraine as in Iraq and many elsewheres.)
What would you expect Russia/Putin to do?
Regarding the events of 1962, if you were (or are) on the U.S. side, you should understand (and approve of) the Russian reaction to Ukraine’s status as NATO/U.S. puppet.
In other words, if you don’t approve of (or at least understand) Putin’s motive, then you should likewise disapprove of JFK’s reaction to Russian missiles in Cuba. Or are you a hypocrite?
Putin may be a psychopathic murderer but he is only doing what JFK did in 1962, i.e., not accept a blatant threat to his country’s security. The difference here being that the U.S. promised (in 1991 and subsequently) to refrain from allowing NATO to encroach eastward from Germany, in return for tearing down the Berlin Wall. The U.S. lied, began its encroachment in 1998, and never stopped. Maybe until now, with Putin having said, ‘Enough!’ (The Soviets made no such promise before breaking it in 1962.) For proof of the U.S. lies to Putin, see the below link to Vladimir Pozner’s lecture.
Addendum: Another comparison between the events of 1962 and the present Ukraine issue is that in 1962 (and now) the U.S. had (has) a base on the ‘enemy’ island of Cuba, while, as I say elsewhere, the Russians have Sevastopol, which is attached to Ukraine, for their fleet. Not sure how deep this correlation goes…
Remember the Monroe Doctrine, which JFK used as a de facto rationale for his belligerence? The Doctrine said ‘No foreign powers in our hemisphere!’ (One might ask ‘Where the fuck does a country get off making a statement like that’?)
We ask that about Putin, who has been saying the same thing with each NATO encroachment eastward, toward Russia. Mmmm. In not mentioning this, is there a better example of hypocrisy and self censorship by a (our) media?
Yes, I’m playing devil’s advocate by taking the Russian side here (I understand why they invaded but do not approve), but only because my real point here is that our media once again is spouting lies and lies by omission in their coverage of the events. Let alone the implied hypocrisy, given the bellicose U.S. behavior for the past few decades, i.e., the destruction of Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and on and on. It’s truly, utterly unbelievable that there is no mention of anything I’m saying here in the Western media.
If you want further proof of the media hypocrisy/dishonesty check out my old buddy Sean Penn’s interview with that other CIA stooge, Anderson Cooper. Really listen. ‘Zelensky was born for this, such is his courage, a courage new to the modern world (!), and defense of democracy,’ blah blah… how ‘love pours out of the man.’ Blah blah. This fucker Zelensky (for further irony, a former TV comedian) has banned all political opposition, taken over his state media, and on and on. Such is his love for democracy.
If you want some real history, listen to Vladimir Pozner. (I viewed this after writing the above comparisons with a Russian takeover of Mexico and the Cuban Missile Crisis, plus Bill Engdahl’s agreement with my analogizing. Which was nice.)
Or John Mearheimer.
My Youtube search pages are filled with PBS Frontline (by definition, the U.S. government’s propaganda channel) programs, almost all from the 2014 coup, when the U.S. really took over Ukraine; not a word about the NATO encroachment on Russia, or anything else mentioned here. You have to stumble upon Pozner or Mearsheimer; I suggest you view these links now, before they are taken down.
I also did various Google searches, such as ‘Russian side of the Ukraine story,’ and ‘Why did Putin really invade Ukraine,’ and ‘NATO’s encroachment/Russian security/Ukraine invasion,’ and so on and could not find even one link (on the first couple pages) that was not the mainstream horse shit. Maybe try it yourself, then mull the implications. Everything I am saying is History 101.
Addendum: Under the heading of While They Were At It, PBS — between State Department stooges calling Putin ‘another Hitler’ (where have I heard that before?) — were old, tired, and debunked accusations of Russian interference with the 2016 election, plus Trump’s knowledge and dealmaking regarding same. Jesus.
Not a word about our crooked present president and his criminal family’s illegal shenanigans in Russia, Ukraine, and China. Stuff that has recently been (again) verified. Not a word! Jesus fucking Christ, given recent events, how low can they go?
Here’s how low: PBS accused Russia/Putin of shooting down Malaysian Air Flight 17 in July 2014, killing all 283 people on board. Not only did Russia/Putin have nothing to do with the event, but it was NATO/Western Intel that did it; so, in point of fact, their claim was the opposite of the truth.
How do I know NATO/The West did it? Because not one… not one… of the western media mentioned the possibility that a bomb brought the plane down. For 36 hours all that was known was that the plane exploded at 35,000 feet. That was it. But it was immediately claimed that a missile did it.
Why wasn’t a bomb mentioned as a possibility (it should have been the number one theory)? Because it was always the plan (by the perps) that the Russians would be blamed. A bomb would mean anyone could have done it and it would have taken months to do the forensics; they needed to blame Russia now. So the media was told, ahead of time, to not mention a bomb.
The other thing: Cui bono? Who benefited? Russia/Putin? How? Tell me how. Russia was demonized: The West was the winner here, so they did it, Russia the patsy.
This is my analysis, in brief.
An amusing example of 7 specific examples of ‘fake news’ from the MS media. Tip of the ‘berg stuff.
Although the events in Ukraine could easily domino to a nuclear holocaust (assuming nukes are real), this post is, as usual, about the lies we’re told.
Allan
The best if not the most subtle example of controlled opposition is Fox’s Tucker Carlson. Certain types of folks (mostly Trump-trusters) will listen to Tucker and say to themselves, ‘No need to dig deeper. If it’s important, Tucker will tell us.’ And so it goes with the Ukraine war. Tucker, of course, never mentions anything I’ve brought up.
On the other end of the subtlety spectrum is someone like James Corbett. And ‘Miles Mathis.’ (Miles recently went off about my sorry ass again,, this time lying about a phone call I supposedly had with him. I never spoke to ‘him’ by phone, although I did twice by email suggest we get together when I was passing through Taos, New Mexico, saying I only wanted to ask him three questions (one about physics and two about his essays) to verify that he was real. Had he answered my questions I would have rescinded the Open Letter that so upsets ‘him.’ He refused one request, did not answer the second.
I forgot to mention Putin’s involvement with Klaus Schwab and his Great Reset via the World Economic Forum (WEF). Here’s a quote from the slime ball:
I have to say when I mention names like Mrs Merkel, EVEN VLADIMIR PUTIN (my emphasis) and so on, they have all been Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum, but what we’re really proud of now is the young generation like Prime Minister Trudeau, the President of Argentina and so on.
Point being that good old Vlad is as much a part of the PTB and their one-world government agenda as any of them. Think about Russia’s ‘cooperation’ with the COVID fraud. Given that I know it’s a fraud (and you too), how could he believe it? Click here to see how many of his people are being poisoned by the vaccine.
Well looks like china are being slowly ushered in friends … It’ll be smooth or rough …
I have suspected Israel for flight 17 being brought down, they started a major operation against the Palestinians that very day while all the media had their main focus on flight 17.
You are probably right. When I say NATO or US Intel I also mean Mossad.
allan
For the PTB I prefer to finger the administrators of the capital accrued in the colonial period. In a sense this implies “bankers,” however that is a profession. Hence, bankers work for the PTB. However, before going forward, we must step back. Who funded the age of exploration? That was those who, being Franks, Turks, and Byzantines carried on the Crusades. It was within that period that the technology was refined for long haul seafaring. But who financed the Crusades? Well, that capital was a product of the Greco Roman thrusts at empire. It was really there that the petty kings became greater kings that are the stuff of biblical myth and Aristotle’s ichtheony. So, in a word, the PTB are royalty. And royalty is in the blood. A natural aristocracy, as it were. La sagrada familia. Blood. Oh, and I forgot to mention you know who. Those whose women marry out. Those among whom the aforementioned crew grew to realize they could ensconce their blood among. Regards Truth Seekers. Cue “Fanfare for the Common Man!”
Peeps, I have been hunting high & low (on the net of course – because we won’t find out anywhere else!), trying to find who the ugly spiders are who DECIDE what goes to air, and who or what PULL THE TV LEVERS.
But it is like hunting for a needle in a haystack and extracting teeth.
THEY or IT, are the 1st enemy at the gate, and THE most Rotten Evil Entities in my opinion – without a doubt. WORSE than the head puppets by about 1000x.
Anymore light to shed or thoughts on this?…..
…My mistake, – the late great Jordan Maxwell describes the worst of the worst (outside of the MS news room). Sad to hear he has left us for the next great adventure, back on 23rd March 2022.
Listen to what he says here -> https://youtu.be/hGa-oHAZy1M
Excuse me, please watch this short summary interview with Jordan Maxwell – one of his last – he tells the TRUTH in a nutshell -> https://youtu.be/y7dSPmzZSaw
I’ve always liked Maxwell, and this one is a good example of why.