Russia Contends With NATO Threat to Russian National Security

CAPITALIST NATO THREAT RT NEWS https://www.rt.com/news/354141-russia-nato-partnership-ready/ Russia ready for constructive partnership with NATO, invites military experts for talks - MoD Published time: 1 Aug, 2016 12:21 Edited time: 1 Aug, 2016 14:13 Russia has proposed to NATO a "positive program" for developing relations, aimed at decreasing tensions between Moscow and the US-led military bloc, Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said. “NATO’s military experts have been invited to Moscow in September for consultations concerning military and political situation in Europe,” Antonov said in a statement to the media. Russia is ready for a constructive dialogue with NATO despite differences in approach to the reasons and consequences of the decisions made at the bloc’s summit in Warsaw in July, Antonov stressed. During the gathering in the Polish capital, NATO member states labeled Moscow “a source of instability” and ordered an increased military presence near Russian borders. The decisions made at the summit have been thoroughly analyzed by Russian experts, Antonov said. One of the issues to be discussed in September is military flights over the Baltic Sea. According to Antonov, Russia is “considering the option of performing military flights over the Baltic only with ID transponders on,” but only if NATO does the same. NATO’s military attaches have been informed of Moscow's offer to review the earlier existing military programs in the format of Russia-NATO Council, Antonov said. He noted that the renewal of the Cooperative Airspace initiative between NATO and Russia would be especially useful in the current situation. Antonov said NATO states' military attaches will also be invited as observers to Russian Army’s Kavkaz-2016 drills, which are planned for September. “Russia’s Defense Ministry proposed to start exchanging assessments at a military level regarding the terrorist threat, primarily to counter the spread of IS [Islamic State, formerly ISIS/ISIL] and other terrorist organizations,” he said. “Russia is also ready for cooperation to avoid incidents at sea and in the air, based on bilateral agreements and consultations with the defense ministries of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Sweden and Finland to address mutual concerns over military activities in the border areas,” Antonov said. One of the key results of the NATO Summit in Warsaw was the long-debated deployment of four additional NATO battalions to the Baltic States. The bloc said that the deployment is necessary to prevent a possible attack from Russia and reassure Eastern European nations that other members are committed to defending them.  [comment:  It's just the NATO pretext for US-Anglo (& vassal European states) capitalist aggression against Russia.  ] NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg also announced the bloc’s ballistic missile defense system in Europe is now operational.  [comment:  Ayatolla, send them nukes.  ;)  ] Russia believes that NATO’s new troop deployments as well as an increased number of military trainings near Russian territory, the creation of anti-ballistic missile sites in Europe and other moves are a threat to Russia’s national security. Relations between Moscow and NATO soured sharply after Russia's reunion with Crimea and the beginning of the military conflict in Ukraine in 2014.  [comment:  military conflict in Ukraine is the result of the US capitalist CIA coup in US puppet state, Ukraine.  ] https://www.rt.com/news/354141-russia-nato-partnership-ready/ RT NEWS https://www.rt.com/news/354219-polar-roar-bombers-exercises/ NATO’s Polar Roar: 5 US bombers ‘intercepted’ in large-scale exercise over Baltic Sea Published time: 1 Aug, 2016 22:19 Three B-52 strategic bombers and two B-2 stealth bombers flew together from the US to the North and Baltic Seas, before being “intercepted” by other NATO aircraft in an ambitious aerial exercise. “Exercises like POLAR ROAR enhance cooperation and reinforce NATO’s credible and visible posture in preserving a safe and secure environment,” said General Kevin Huyck, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at the NATO Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) in a statement. The bombers lifted off from different bases in Missouri, North Dakota and Louisiana, before meeting up over the Atlantic, and undertaking an uninterrupted flight over Europe, where they refueled mid-air, a key component of the exercise. Once there, they were treated like intruders by local NATO jets, as part of the alliance’s air policing training. [Comment:  yet these capitalist c*cksuckers that are destroying Europe aren't policing the European land mass that is being invaded by third world hordes and terrorists, in the program of invasion that has spelled the destruction of Europe for decades since WWII, while Europeans are being slaughtered and European women are being raped by savages.  Who needs this kind of 'defence', that is merely a mask for aggression and warmongering on behalf of the US-Anglo and affiliated capitalist agenda that is destroying European societies?   Europe needs to remove its genocidal capitalist ruling elites from power.     ]  CONTINUED https://www.rt.com/news/354219-polar-roar-bombers-exercises/ Disciple of US-Anglo NATO Capitalist Mercenary Propaganda for War on Russia LINK | here This calls for another link to: Russian Cossack styled song ('My Caucasus'):  AUDIO | Moi Kavkaz | Мой Кавказ

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YUGOSLAVIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLS6B4FVBmk&feature=youtu.be via | VK This Russian Cossack styled song ('My Caucasus') is unrelated, but I like this song:  AUDIO | Moi Kavkaz | Мой Кавказ

Putin Warns of American Threat of Nuclear War

NUCLEAR WAR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09GBjzxYymQ AMERICAN CAPITALIST OLIGARCHY PROVOKING NUCLEAR WAR USING non-existent 'Iran threat' lies as pretext  TO POSITION NATO Tomahawk long-range Missile System in Europe CURRENT RANGE 500km territorial penetration range INCREASED RANGE 1000km territorial penetration range (with future technology upgrades) THEREBY DIRECTLY THREATENING Russia's nuclear potential representing a serious national security threat to Russia creating conditions that may lead to nuclear event WASHINGTON'S BLOG http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2016/02/emeritus-russia-scholar-princeton-obama-us-testing-provoking-russia-pushing-towards-hot-war.html Emeritus Russia Scholar at Princeton: Obama, US are ‘Testing, Provoking Russia’, Pushing towards Hot War Posted on February 9, 2016 by Robert Barsocchini Points from interview with Stephen F. Cohen, Emeritus scholar of Russian studies at Princeton University and New York University: “The US in its history has never put troops so close to Russia, going back to the eighteenth century.”  (Okay, this is factually incorrect; the US invaded Russia with some 13,000 troops in 1918.)  Now the US is “right on Russia’s borders. … Obama cannot hide from this one in the shadows as he sometimes does regarding foreign policy.  This is his decision” and now “NATO is going to quadruple its military power around Russia.” “The new Cold War has become much hotter because of a decision taken in Washington” and is “more dangerous than the preceding Cold War”. Saying the new Cold War is “solely due to Putin’s ‘aggression'” is “simply not true.  At a minimum, both sides were responsible”, and in fact, as Cohen details, the US is the aggressor (which makes sense, as it has been expanding militarily since its inception, and is by far the largest military force in the world.) On the US/NATO using Turkey to ignite the hot war: “We do know, I think, one thing: that for whatever reason, possibly because of its lucrative bootleg relations with the Islamic State, mainly involving oil, Turkey is trying to provoke a military conflict with Russia on the assumption that that would bring NATO directly in against Russia. … on the surface, there is no other explanation … NATO can tell Turkey to knock this off, but it goes on”; Washington doesn’t stop it, just as it does not, as Dr. Prashad points out, invoke the NATO charter to force Turkey to close its border to stop relations with ISIS. “What’s going on at the moment” in terms of Turkey, Syria, and NATO’s expansion, is the US “testing Russia… provoking Russia… awaiting Russia’s reaction.” Russia’s reaction so far is talk of “fortify[ing] its Western border.” In the West, “all this is blamed on Russian aggression. But who’s the aggressor here?  Russia didn’t move its military equipment toward NATO.  NATO moved its toward Russia.  So I would say what you have here is a proactive NATO/American policy against Russia and a highly predictable reactive policy on the part of Russia.” In Ukraine, “the provocations and the initial punch came from the West, and Putin reacted in a way that Yelstin could not have or would not have, but Putin is Putin.” Cohen says we are now at the most dangerous nuclear moment since the nuclear crisis of the early 1960s, and “Obama cannot hide from this now.  All his silences and his ellipses and his vanishing moment… this is his decision.  The buck stops there.  He signed off on this, and it is an enormous escalation of the Cold War in the direction of hot war.” Perhaps the most notable statement of the interview comes at the end, when Cohen points out: “Not one question about it has been raised in all this multitude of presidential debates.  … You and I tonight have talked about something that is unknown to the American public.” How’s that for a propaganda system? Robert Barsocchini is an internationally published author who focuses on force dynamics, national and global, and also writes professionally for the film industry.  Updates on Twitter.  Author’s review of the historical background to the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement. http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2016/02/emeritus-russia-scholar-princeton-obama-us-testing-provoking-russia-pushing-towards-hot-war.html

US-NATO Menace to the World

More: http://tass.ru/en/politics/875340 Russian envoy: NATO base in Romania poses considerable risk to Russian security Russian Politics & Diplomacy May 12, 22:23 BRUSSELS, May 12. /TASS/. The deployment of NATO’s missile defense base in Romania is creating considerable risks to Russia’s security, Russian Permanent Representative to NATO Alexander Grushko said on Thursday, commenting on putting on combat duty of a NATO missile defense base in Deveselu, Romania. "Putting into operation of the Deveselu base is another step in the series of measures creating considerable risks to the Russian Federation’s security," he told Russian reporters. "The commissioning of the American missile defense base in Romania should be considered not in isolation, but in complex with other US and NATO actions that have negative consequences for strategic stability and international security. In particular, it is necessary to take into account the full range of the US efforts aimed at the creation of a global missile defense system with an active and partially mobile European segment. In addition to the ground-based Aegis Ashore systems, it includes sea platforms that are now actively advanced to the waters adjoining Russia," the Russian ambassador said. "We also cannot ignore the strategic coupling of the American anti-missile project with the so-called ‘Prompt Global Strike’ program and Washington's desire to maintain a free hand in the possible deployment of weapons in outer space. In addition, by deploying at the Aegis Ashore facilities the universal launchers Mk 41 (Mark 41), capable of launching medium-range missiles, the United States seriously undermines the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty," he said. "The deployment of anti-missile bases in Poland and Romania also cannot be separated from the general military activity of NATO member countries on the "eastern flank" of the alliance, which resulted in the NATO military infrastructure moving closer to Russian borders. It is clear that these measures in no way can be detached from the alliance’s obligations on non-deployment of permanent additional substantial combat forces in Eastern Europe, which is fixed in the Founding Act on Mutual Relations between NATO and Russia. The stationary permanently combat-ready missile defense systems that are being deployed in the region fully meet the criteria of permanence and military significance," Grushko said. "The declarative assurances that the US and NATO missile defense system is not targeted against Russia cannot convince us. We can see their value by the example of the US and NATO unwillingness in any way to take into account the achieved international agreements on the Iranian nuclear program during the allegedly ‘adaptive’ alignment of the missile defense system. Notably, the so-called ‘Iranian nuclear threat’ had earlier been presented as the main incentive for its creation", he said. A special ceremony confirming the operational readiness of the US ground-based missile defense system Aegis was held at the military base in Deveselu, Olt county, in southern Romania on Thursday. The missile defense base there is located at an area of 175 hectares; it comprises a radar station, the missile batteries’ operations control center and Mk 41 mobile batteries with the SM-3 (Standard-3) interceptor missiles. The Russian Foreign Ministry has said more than once that Russia regards the deployment of Mk 41 launchers in Romania as a violation of the 1987 INF Treaty, because the Mk 41 is a dual purpose launcher. US ship-based systems of this type are capable of launching both interceptor missiles and medium-range cruise missiles Tomahawk. More: http://tass.ru/en/politics/875340 [CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGE]   [CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGE]  [CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGE] [CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGE]   [CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGE] [CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGE] -------/\/\/ COMMENT The US-NATO capitalists' mercenary forces not only used the staged 'threat' of Iran ruse to 'justify' obscene levels of US and allied taxpayer money spending on offensive weapons, they've used that same ruse to aggressively encroach on Russia's borders, and they've set up a missile system that is dual-purpose and in violation of the 1987 INF Treaty. US-NATO are the aggressors here, and they're a menace to the entire world.

EU-NATO Bastard Invasion of Europe Jihadist Recruitment Drive

EU-NATO Bastard Invasion of Europe Jihadist Recruitment Drive 44% European jihadists won't need a Turkish visa to get to Syria The filthy EU-NATO bastards have opened European borders to a horde of invaders from all of Africa, Middle East and Asia, so that they can select, train and equip jihadist mercenaries to attack Syria, via an open borders Europe/Turkey. In pursuit of their evil plan, EU-NATO have opened Europe to further onslaught of: rape of European women and children; Rotherham, UK - thousands of British children sacrificed. Cologne rapes - hundreds of German women sacrificed. Stockholm rapes - hundreds of Swedish women sacrificed. decades-long pattern of offending, ignored by European politicians. already facilitated by: European government, police & media cover-ups pattern. governments failing to keep appropriate (a) demographics statistics & (b) criminal offending statistics (pretext of  'non-discrimination' motives). as well as: enormous & enduring social and other costs; inevitable terrorist attacks on European soil; and displacement, dispossession, and destruction of Europe as the ancestral homeland of Europeans. The European Union and NATO scumbags make the Islamic Caliphate look like national heroes. EDIT Also a part of the general destruction of Europe program that has been implemented by the scum that control Europe, and a program of destruction that has been 'mid-wifed' by the capitalist scum that consider Europe a colony. Invasion, dismemberment, dispossession and dissolution of Europe as ancestral homeland of the Europeans is a LONG-STANDING PROGRAM that has been implemented by ALL SERVANTS OF CAPITALISM. The program of destruction of Europe continues irrespective of the program of the destruction of Syria, that the West and their Middle Eastern allies inflict with impunity on the Syrian people. Sending armed jihadist militias to Syria from Europe via the Turkish route is entirely in keeping with the Western years-long program of having already sent destructive proxy forces to Syria. It explains why the scum that control Europe are not concerned that armies of able-bodied military-age young men invade Europe.

Audio: 28-Nation NATO Fraud - American NATO Aggression

Audio: 28-Nation NATO Fraud - American NATO Aggression Audio George Szamuely Senior Research Fellow Global Policy Institute of London Metropolitan University frequent columnist New York Press & other Russia is no threat whatsoever NATO has shifted to Russia's borders US-NATO deems Russian forces stationed in own country as 'threat' to NATO RELENTLESS NATO EXPANSION TO RUSSIAN BORDERS NATO perpetually reinventing pretext for existence IF HILLARY CLINTON ELECTED, EXPECT DRASTIC DETERIORATION OF RELATIONS, AS KILLARY IS: figure within military-industrial complex has not met a military action she did not approve of very belligerent, very hostile to Russia FULL AUDIO https://soundcloud.com/radiosputnik/why-does-nato-talk-about-russian-threat-when-there-is-islamic-terrorism-george-szamuely

Danger of US-NATO Occupation of Europe

SOURCE http://www.pravdareport.com/world/europe/12-04-2016/134143-usa_troops_europe-0/ US troops in Europe to outnumber all European troops combined 12.04.2016 The Americans are planning the largest increase of their military presence in Eastern Europe since the Cold War. The Pentagon announced plans to deploy a tank brigade in Europe in February 2017. Why not immediately, especially against the backdrop of the "Russian aggression?" As a matter of fact, there is no aggression. Instead, the United States occupies Europe. Not that long ago, Pentagon officials announced plans to deploy 4,000 troops, 250 tanks and Bradley armored vehicles, self-propelled howitzers and 1,700 pieces of other wheeled vehicles and trucks in Eastern Europe. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Wark said that many countries of Eastern Europe questioned the readiness of the United States to protect them, especially against the background of the "Russian aggression." The above-mentioned measures were taken to prove otherwise. Poland and Bulgaria to have the honor to die first in nuclear war A report from the European Command of the US Armed Forces said that the total number of US troops in Europe would thus be equal to three brigades. This contingent will be shared between  Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania and Bulgaria. American people and equipment will be present in each of these countries, Gen. Ben Hodges said. According to The National Interest, NATO's growing presence in the Baltic States - the most likely flashpoint for a confrontation with Russia - will demonstrate NATO's determination to protect its members. However, it turns out that the tank brigade will not be deployed in Eastern Europe under the aegis of NATO. The move will be made as part of the US program titled European Reassurance Initiative. The $3.4-billion program requires approval from Congress to become reality. Secondly, who is the aggressor? Is Russia building its bases near the USA to protect Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and other countries? Does Russia need to give way to "peace loving" initiatives of the North Atlantic Alliance? Does Russia's military doctrine mention anything about a preemptive nuclear strike? No other country has started so many bloody conflicts all over the world. There is also a very nice American tradition to betray allies, should something go contrary to plans. The Americans prefer to bomb someone and see what happens. They will not die for Europe. The main concern is the Russian-German alliance that targets Asia. Yet, it is possible to end this initiative by bribing politicians and spreading adequate propaganda. [comment:  I'm not clear on the bribing politicians & propaganda part.  Not sure what article is getting at.  Now the US prefers to court nuclear response in Europe, instead bribery and propaganda?  I'm confused here.] Thirdly, if the threat of the Russian aggression is as serious as it is painted, why not increase the military presence immediately? Why does the USA want the unlucky Balts, Poles, Romanians and Bulgarians tremble with fear for nearly a whole year? Is the Russian aggression an imaginary threat? Why send tanks to Europe if a nuclear conflict could destroy them in minutes? USA occupies Europe on Roman Empire principles As for Europe, it is not just dependent on the United States - it is occupied by the United States. The occupation is based on principles of the Roman Empire: the Romans used military garrisons to contain local population should they rebel against Rome's exploitative and predatory policy. What if a country of Eastern Europe decides to re-engage with Russia despite the Transatlantic Pact and sanctions? That would be a reason to use American military garrisons. Nobody will dare to utter a word, because US troops in Europe will soon outnumber all European troops combined. With the help of US troops, Poland, Bulgaria and others of the ilk will have the honor to die first in the much-talked about nuclear war. Russia has no territorial or other claims to Europe. However, moving troops to its borders without a good reason for it is a very dangerous game. Russia will not repeat the experience of 1941. Russia will take necessary security measures in response to NATO's growing military presence in Europe, especially in the eastern part of the continent, Alexander Grushko, Russia's Ambassador to NATO said. Moscow's reaction to such a move will be adequately efficient, he added. The USA never sends its troops to places where it smells war - it evacuates them from such places instead. For example, we have recently seen the evacuation of NATO's troops from Turkey, a NATO member. "The Americans do not want to get involved in a real war. They do not want to mess with North Korea, - Eduard Limonov, writer and political activist told Pravda.Ru. - Donald Trump says that it is about time the Americans should stop protecting all for free. The Americans have a plethora of their own problems: a huge public debt, high unemployment, and the situation is getting worse. Instead, they spend enormous money on other countries. This will stop soon. The Americans will return to their North America, and their interference in global affairs will decrease." Lyuba Lulko Pravda.Ru SOURCE http://www.pravdareport.com/world/europe/12-04-2016/134143-usa_troops_europe-0/ ---------------------- ---------------------- COMMENT Meanwhile in the US: 1. high unemployment. 2. high national debt. 3. dangerously neglected American public infrastructure. 4. over 14.5 percent of all Americans (ie 45 million), living below the poverty line (HuffPo). So much for the 'democracy' spreading fairytale:  this military presence is about subverting democracy in other countries. US has probably bribed all those European politician a$$holes to give their nations over to foreign capital and to submit to foreign US-NATO military occupation, which military shall be used against the local populations.  The same US-NATO military that is doing nothing about the ongoing invasion of Europe.  Oh, wait ... they're responsible for it, and the invasion fits right into the US agenda for Europe, so why would they?  What a 'protection' fraud. Meanwhile, the Americans have created a scenario that could well ignite war with Russia.  But it's not the Americans in the firing line, it's the sold out European nations that are in the line of fire, in the event of Russian response. Hmmmm ... I don't think I'd fancy living in Poland, Bulgaria or anywhere else likely to be the first line of nuclear response. Wonder if there's property damage and business insurance coverage for nuke hits?

Panama 'Leaks' Amigos: Limited Hangout Leak

SOURCE http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Dance-to-the-Panama-Papers-Limited-Hangout-Leak-20160405-0036.html Dance to the Panama Papers 'Limited Hangout' Leak By: Pepe Escobar Associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin were revealed to have hundreds of millions of dollars stashed away in offshore accounts. Published 5 April 2016 Pepe Escobar connects the dots. Calling out around the world; time to put on your made in Ecuador Panama hat and frantically start dancing to the ultimate limited hangout leak. And if you believe in the purity of intentions of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) at the center of the leak, I’ve got a made in Shenzhen Panama hat to sell you (disclosure: I never was, and never will be, a member of the ICIJ). The Washington-based ICIJ gets its cash and its "organizational procedure" via the Exceptionalistan-based, Orwellian-named Center for Public Integrity. The funds flow mostly from the Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Endowment, the Rockefeller Family Fund, the Kellogg Foundation and the George Soros-owned Open Society. Then there is Eastern Europe-based partner organization OCCRP, an even more Orwellian outfit self-styled as playing some sort of progressive, alternative media role. OCCRP is funded by Soros and USAID. And finally there’s this fictional land named Panama – a certified U.S. vassal. Absolutely nothing of real substance happens in Panama without a green light by the United States government. Or, as an international tax lawyer told me, “you have to be an idiot to stash money in Panama. You cannot flush a toilet there without the Americans knowing about it.” This sets the scene for the Panama Papers leak – a massive hoard of 11.5 million documents allegedly leaked from someone inside offshore heavies Mossack Fonseca to the center-left, NATO-friendly Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper in Munich and then shared by the ICIJ with selected mainstream media partners. Even without a smoking gun, a case can be made this alleged most massive leak ever was obtained by – what else – U.S. intel. This is the kind of stuff the NSA excels at. The NSA is able to break into virtually any database and/or archives anywhere; they steal “secrets;” and then selectively destroy/blackmail/protect assets and “enemies,” according to USG interests.     Absolutely nothing of real substance happens in Panama without a green light by the United States government. That’s the essence of a limited hangout sold to public opinion as a serious corruption investigation. And that’s where Western corporate media enters the scene, protecting whatever 0.00000001 percent honcho is caught in the net, as well as sacrificing some disposable pawns. So we have over 300 reporters pouring over hundreds of thousands of document/files for over an interminable year with, miraculously, no leaks whatsoever; just for a bunch of corporate mainstream media hacks meticulously cherry picked stories and decide what is “newsworthy." Western alternative media would have investigated the data without sparing anyone; but it would be out of the question to grant them access. What’s already certain is that the full extent of the Panama leak will never be known. Even the by now exceedingly pathetic The Guardian admitted, on the record, that "much of the leaked material will remain private". Why? Because it may – inadvertently and directly – implicate a gaggle of Western 0.00000001 percent multibillionaires and corporations. All of them play the offshore casino game (although not necessarily in Panama.) So the Panama Papers, stripped to the bone, may reveal themselves essentially as an infowar operation by the NSA – targeted mostly against “enemies” (as in the BRICS nations) and selected disposable pawns; a weaponized psyops posing as an 'activist leak', straight from the Hybrid War playbook. Step on the Monster Truck A who’s who of wealthy/powerful players has been directly targeted in the Panama Papers, from the – demented – King of Saudi Arabia to former Fiat/Ferrari stalwart Luca de Montezemolo, from Lionel Messi to (unnamed) Chinese Communist Party officials and the brother-in-law of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Extra-juicy element is provided by the presence of Alaa Mubarak – the son of the deposed Egyptian snake; Ayad Allawi, the butcher of Fallujah and former U.S. occupation prime minister; Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (a Saudi protégé, so he must get offshore advice as well); and Dov Weisglass, the butcher of Gaza and former advisor to Israeli Prime Ministers Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert (this one already convicted of corruption.) These are all disposable. We find in the list not only Middle Eastern racketeers but also the token “respectable” European – from Iceland’s Prime Minister (already forced to resign) to David Cameron’s father Ian. And some players that might be considered Exceptionalistan’s friends, such as vulture fund-friendly Argentina President Mauricio Macri and chocolate heavyweight cum Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who has a lot of funds parked in the British Virgin Islands. Predictably, particular emphasis is on BRICS members – from those mysterious Chinese to Indian companies. As far as Brazil is concerned, there may be a healthy counterpoint; the presence of notoriously corrupt leader of the lower house Eduardo Cunha; his Swiss accounts had surfaced after the HSBC leaks, now some more showed up on the Panama Leaks. Still to be explained is a juicy Brazilian-related angle; whether the Panama Leaks are directly related to the fact that Ramon Fonseca, 50 percent of Mossack Fonseca, was dismissed as president of the Panameñista Party last month because of Operation Car Wash – which targets mostly the ruling Workers’ Party in Brazil. The Panama Papers are in fact a Monster Truck, global version of Car Wash. Lula, predictably, is not on the Panama list – to the despair of the Exceptionalistan-supported regime changers in Brazil, many of them (media barons, bankers, businessmen) featured on the previous HSBC leaks. Regime-Changers-in-Chief, the Globo media empire, are also not on the Panama leaks, although they profit from a certified offshore racket. Syria was always bound to be a key target. Much of Western corporate media “newsworthy” stories now focus on “Assad’s fixer” Rami Makhlouf, described in U.S. diplomatic cables as Syria’s “poster boy for corruption” and under U.S. sanctions since February 2008. Such a convenient target. Yet “poster boy” happened to be quite sheltered by HSBC as well. Putin Did It And so we finally get to the key target of Monster Truck (in Brazil’s Car Wash they are Lula and President Rousseff). It’s got the requisite BRICS angle and it’s a dream spin; cue to virtually every major Western corporate media headline blaring that Vladimir Putin has stashed US$2 billion offshore. The problem is he didn’t. Putin is guilty by association because of his “close associates” Arkady and Boris Rotenberg’s alleged ties to money laundering. Yet three “incriminating” emails in the files happen not to “incriminate” them, or Putin. And then there’s cellist Sergey Roldugin, a childhood friend of Putin’s. Here’s the – politically filtered – spin by the ICIJ: “The records show Roldugin is a behind-the-scenes player in a clandestine network operated by Putin associates that has shuffled at least US$2 billion through banks and offshore companies. In the documents, Roldugin is listed as the owner of offshore companies that have obtained payments from other companies worth tens of millions of dollars. … It’s possible Roldugin, who has publicly claimed not to be a businessman, is not the true beneficiary of these riches. Instead, the evidence in the files suggests Roldugin is acting as a front man for a network of Putin loyalists – and perhaps for Putin himself.” What about rephrasing it as, “the evidence in the files suggests Lionel Messi is acting as a frontman for a network of football loyalists trying to evade the rape of Argentina by U.S. hedge fund vultures friendly to new President and offshore account holder Mauricio Macri”? The juiciest bit is that Moscow knew all along another Hybrid War offensive chapter was imminent, days if not weeks before Panama went viral. Make America Great Again Offshore bank accounts are not intrinsically illegal. Quite a few though involve dodgy money, or at least provide the euphemistic “low-tax environment” fundamental to the very wealthy.     OPINION:     The New Silk Roads and the Rise of the 'Chinese Dream'    It’s not an accident that the Panama Papers unveil connections to several dozen firms and individuals who are prominently featured in U.S. sanctions blacklists. That configures the Panama Papers as even more of a limited hangout; the real Papers would be the Cayman Papers or the Virgin Island Papers. That’s where most of the in-the-know park their money (not to mention Luxembourg). Adding to the hilarity factor, David Cameron suddenly woke up to the need to stop British overseas territories – and Crown dependencies – being used by the wealthy to park their untaxed fortune. It’s never going to happen. The so-called international banking/financial system is a demented casino. It’s not only 8 percent; Hong Kong players tell me as much as 50 percent of global wealth may currently be parked, undisturbed, in untaxable offshore havens. If a fraction of these astonishing funds would be taxed, governments right and left would be paying their debts, investing in infrastructure, launching round after round of sustainable growth, and a productive spiral would be in motion. And that leads us to the cherry in the corruption cake; how come there are no Americans in this limited hangout leak? Of course there are none. Panama is for suckers. Too obvious. Too rakish. Too crude. Ergo, forget about The Cayman Papers. As for foreigners in-the-know, we just need to go back a mere three months ago to this Bloomberg piece, where Andrew Penney, Managing Director of Rothschild & Co., spells it all out; the U.S. “is effectively the biggest tax haven in the world.” The circle is finally squared; Panama is revealed as the patsy – mere collateral damage in this limited hangout Monster Truck operation. Domestic tax haven providers, such as Rothschild, are the real deal. Make America great again? It already is – as the top tax shelter for hardcore dodgy money had to be...a monster Panama: Exceptionalistan itself. Now dance, suckers. Pepe Escobar is a columnist for RT. SOURCE http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Dance-to-the-Panama-Papers-Limited-Hangout-Leak-20160405-0036.html -------/\/\/ ---------------------- ---------------------- COMMENT Cool article.    Wow, an NSA dunnit?  LOL C'mon, China ... give us real leaks.  ;)