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There's stull quite a lot of appetite in the U.S. Senate to provide aid ad infinitum, but agree that the U.S. National Security Council seems to be signaling a gradual pull back. I suspect the game plan is to gradually shift decision-making to Europe, while keeping some arms and lots of $$$ flowing, and simply not talking about Ukraine at all starting this winter. The Biden admin's hope is then that lawfare keeps Trump off the ballot and they get an opponent who isn't too antiwar. Worst case, they'll just say "it's Ukraine's decision" and keep the money flowing to the MIC and Blackrock, etc. The long-term hope is that people will eventually forget about who was responsible for Ukraine, no matter what happens. After all, no one took the blame for OIF I or Afghanistan, and very few people will make the connection that it was Biden who forced the China-Russian alliance, which will will continue to nibble away at the American hegemon. Only a few historians 50 years from now will note that it was Biden's poor decisions in Nov '21 - Mar '22 that started the destruction.

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Yes! In early '22 the US national security state (NSS) was certain that the coming sanctions would maul the Russian economy and tame China into submission. How wrong they were! The sanctions are pummelling Europe but Russia and China are simply becoming ever more resiliant.

In the US, foreign policy loyalty is treasured much more than actually being correct. So debacle after debacle occurs but the key players responsible for these disasters keep getting promoted. Dissident or anti-systemic voices are silenced.

Trump could be useful to the NNS if he agrees to invade China. Only he can sell this lunacy to the US working classes, and get them to volunteer. I don't follow it too closely but he doesn't seem inclined to agree to this condition at this point in time. All these indictments are leverage to eventually get him to go to war with China if he ever manages to win the election.

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I find it difficult to believe Trump would start a war with China -- of all of them, he's got the best understanding of what people want and don't want. I may be optimistic, but I think the break is too deep between him and the establishment. Because of that I suspect the deep state will do literally anything to prevent him from becoming President again, along the lines of what happened to the Gracchi if necessary.

A great post, thanks.

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Sep 23, 2023Liked by Kevin Batcho

Thank you for the thoughts though it was very informative and well written on an obviously extremely important topic.

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Sep 23, 2023Liked by Kevin Batcho

Good article but it would be nice if you had something about your credentials in your bio.

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I'm an amateur analyst. I've had a long career as an international architect working on large projects around the world. But since the credentialed professional analysts are mostly telling lies, it is time for others to step up. The only credential I can have is the quality of my past work.

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Sep 24, 2023Liked by Kevin Batcho

Well thanks again for the article I found it to be highly thoughtful and informative! Look forward to your next one. Btw short form vids on tiktok and Instagram are really easy to learn how to make and would enable your work to get literally 100x more eyeballs. Capcut is a free tool that is really, really easy to learn but if you don’t wanna use a Chinese product Movavi is also good.

I think voices like yours could make a big difference and need to be heard. Hope you’ll consider trying (the vids don’t have to be high quality to get massive traction if the content is good enough and again these tools are used by literally young teens so I promise you could learn it easily ha)

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Thanks for the advise! I will look into that. Capcut could be fine. I've never used tiktok so I don't know anything about it. I will discuss with my son who is into creating video. I certainly could use more eyeballs!!

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Sep 25, 2023Liked by Kevin Batcho

I’ve found Instagram to enable even more vitality but yeah definitely speak to your son and post to both--I suspect you could get amazing traction. Please be careful though as this content could be highly inflammatory to powerful bad actors.

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*virality

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“Oh how fond they are of the book of Esther, which is so beautifully attuned to their bloodthirsty, vengeful, murderous yearning and hope.” — Martin Luther

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Zelensky, Biden, Satanism, War, Greed, Theft, Propaganda, Domestic Spying, International Intrigue, Treason, Sedition, FTX, Ukraine, Israel . . . https://cwspangle.substack.com/p/zelensky-biden-satanism-war-greed

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Volodymyr Zelensky is an Israeli operative, the Ukrainian parliament is full of Jewish apparatchiks . . .

Ukraine’s Azov Regiment Visits Israel: ‘Mariupol is our Masada’ . . . https://nationalvanguard.org/2022/12/ukraines-azov-regiment-visits-israel-mariupol-is-our-masada/

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Jewish Corruption in Ukraine . . . by Andrew Joyce, Ph.D. . . . https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2023/02/17/jewish-corruption-in-ukraine/

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How Christine Lagarde, Hillary Clinton and Victoria Nuland Funded a Massive Ukrainian Ponzi Scheme . . . https://russia-insider.com/en/how-christine-lagarde-clinton-and-nuland-funded-massive-ukrainian-ponzi-scheme/ri27390

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Documents leaked from Soros’ “Open Society Foundation” show how the Jewish billionaire behind Hillary Clinton gave orders to the State Department and manipulated media coverage of events in Ukraine . . . https://nationalvanguard.org/2016/09/documents-show-soros-ran-us-foreign-policy-on-post-coup-ukraine/

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