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Aug 31 2022 
Ukraine: Somewhere between Afghanization and Syrianization
Ukraine is finished as a nation – neither side will rest in this war. The only question is whether it will be an Afghan or Syrian style finale.
First posted at The Cradle : By Pepe Escobar : posted with permission.One year after the astounding US humiliation in Kabul – and on the verge of another… Continue reading
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The time has come, the walrus said (update)
I do trust today’s technical work will not do this to any oyster:
O Oysters,’ said the Carpenter,
You’ve had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?’
But answer came there none —
And this was scarcely odd, because
They’d eaten every one.”We’re on the verge of implementing a decent commenting system. They tell us that the old commenting… Continue reading
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Aug 30 2022 
Daily Chronicles
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Please also use as open thread.
On the other side of the world:
⚓️ Pacific… Continue reading
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Aug 30 2022 
Lavrov on the non-aligned movement and multipolarity
Takeaway Quote: … a process that is driven by life itself. It cannot be artificially initiated or expedited.
28 August 2022 20:30
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Zvezda television channel for a documentary covering the Non-Aligned Movement, Moscow, August 28, 2022Question: How would you describe the potential and prospects of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) as they… Continue reading
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Aug 30 2022 
UKRAINE’S KHERSON “COUNTEROFFENSIVE,” A PYRRHIC “VICTORY”
Guestwriter: Lone Wolf
The so-much cackled, for months on end, Ukrainian “counteroffensive,” finally launched yesterday, is not worth the ink to write about it, or the waste of bandwidth to publish it.
For weeks Ukrainians have been doing reconnaissance-in-force along a sector of the Inhulets river, natural boundary line between them and the Allied army. Over the… Continue reading
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Yeah! Pepe Escobar said it!
Its long been my belief that this shift is being played with. And here Pepe says it on his telegram channel https://t.me/rocknrollgeopolitics/4556.
THE SLEEPWALKERS – REVISITED
From one of my top Beltway intel sources. That’s as much as I’m allowed to quote – what’s not included is even more incandescent:“Germany and the US want to reenact World… Continue reading
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Aug 29 2022 
Here Comes China
Just yesterday, two old US warships sailed through the Taiwan Straits. These ships, 35 and 37 years old, were apparently on routine transit. I cannot imagine what could be routine about sailing two warships through the Taiwan Straits, but China said as long as they behaved themselves, follow the rules of innocent passage, keep low… Continue reading
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Limited SMO Update
Good news from the #Nikolaev region for the night. About how and why they took the #Blagodatnoye / Komsomolskoye from the first mouth. #Russian paratroopers, not only developed and carried out the operation, but also filmed everything.
by @ZradaXXII #Ukrainerussiawar pic.twitter.com/bVbzLXjOYu— Cicke 🇷🇸 🇷🇺 🇺🇸☮ (@Cicke69) August 28, 2022
Also please view Lone Wolf’s detail update on the previous thread here: https://thesakeris.global/2022/08/26/smo-update-and-extended-comments-hypothesis/#comment-190
What was planned as a limited update is growing (updating 2 hours after original post). From https://vz.ru/news/2022/8/27/1174665.html is Russia’s latest stance, and presented forcefully (machine translated and lightly edited):
The State Duma demanded Ukraine’s unconditional surrender
LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky said that Russia… Continue reading
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Sunday presents a man that everyone listens to …
Mr George Yeo (Visiting Scholar, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Founding Patron, Asia Competitiveness Institute)
George Yeo is Singapore’s former foreign minister. Unassuming, charmingly direct, an honest man with a clear vision of today’s international relations and geopolitical status. He is a China expert and presents the Chinese view in the context of… Continue reading
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Aug 28 2022 
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Analysis of UN vote – August 24th
Clarity is emerging regarding the multipolaristas and the hegemonistas in terms of actual countries.
This essay provides a list of countries involved in a supposed Rebuilding of the Ukraine, a.k.a. the phase of plunder. They are:
Albania,
Australia,
Austria,
Belgium,
Canada,
Croatia,
Cyprus,
Czech Republic,
Denmark,
Estonia,
Finland,
France,
Germany,
Greece,
Hungary,
Ireland,
Iceland,
Israel,
Italy,
Japan,… Continue reading
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Aug 26 2022 
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Aug 26 2022 
SMO Update and extended comments – hypothesis
We have Shoigu saying that Russia is going slow. It is clear yes, Russia is going slow. But that does not mean that Russia and the Allied Forces are making no progress. Progress is consistent.
Russian Army conducts offensive actions near Petrovka in the direction of Kharkov, East Ukraine.
In the Avdeevka direction, the Armed Forces of… Continue reading
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Aug 26 2022 
Daily Chronicles
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Brian’s telegram feed has photos of the strikes on ZNPP. He says:
Ukraine Shells… Continue reading
