We like the deep weeds, most do not. The geopolitical ramifications of the U.S. confrontation with Iran are vast and complicated; however, to encapsulate one of the most interesting dynamics consider this ‘tldr’ statement to open the discussion with your friends: Right now, Russia is like Amazon during COVID-19.
What follows is not me saying President Trump and President Putin are holding nightly conversations, discussing steps or details, or even obliquely coordinating measures as Trump eliminates the generational threat posed by Iran.
However, I am saying that given the nature of all contact and communication between Trump and Putin, including extensive contacts by their representative emissaries, both Putin and Trump are well aware of each downstream effect from the Iranian confrontation.
Two days after the U.S./Israel began Operation Epic Fury, President Vladimir Putin said Russia should consider shutting down oil and liquified natural gas (LNG) shipments to the EU in advance of the previously scheduled April deadline date when the EU would stop purchases.
♦ First, remember ‘force majeure’ contract nullification is in place for every producer, supplier and transporter in the middle east. Second, with shipments from the Gulf of Oman greatly reduced, LNG prices along with oil prices are increasing rapidly. The result – ships filled with oil and LNG currently on the water are diverting in real time as international bidding for the content of the ships take place.
If Putin stops selling LNG to Europe, and Europe cannot get LNG from the Gulf of Oman, and China/Asia are LNG dependent (not exporting), then where is Europe going to get the LNG to replace what Russia will no longer provide?
Answer: The United States, and to a lesser extent, Norway.
[SIDENOTE: now does President Trump continuously smacking Great Britain about shutting down their North Sea oil and gas operations take on context? Geopolitical foresight? I digress. END SIDENOTE]
The European Commission’s decision to phase out and ultimately stop purchasing Russian oil/gas was made in 2025 prior to the Iran conflict triggering. Europe’s replacement plan included increased LNG purchases from the U.S., Norway and middle east; the latter supply option is now void.
Europe’s decision to stop buying oil/gas from Russia puts them in a very precarious position. The supply option for Europe is suddenly very limited, and Putin’s statement about stopping the flow early was obviously made with this understanding in mind.
[Go back to the sidenote above. Without question President Trump already knew that an LNG supply restriction from the middle east would disproportionately hurt Europe. Both President Trump and President Putin would understand this geopolitically obvious fact/reality.]
If Europe now has to purchase more LNG from America (at higher prices) President Trump’s leverage over Europe increases. If both oil and LNG prices increase substantially, the price of oil/LNG currently on the water increases.
[SIDENOTE #2 – Previously the EU confiscated their holdings of the Russian Sovereign Wealth Fund, value €210 billion held in Euroclear and another €50 billion from other G-7 countries; total €260 billion. From those seized assets the EU created a €90 billion loan scheme to Ukraine with no repayment mechanism, because the EU predicts Russia will be forced to pay reparations for war and the negotiated settlement will deduct the €90 billion loan scheme from the balance.
Hungary, a Trump ally, is currently blocking the transfer of funds; but this payment scheme -created by the EU holding the assets- underpins why the EU will not permit the conflict to end without their approval. END SIDENOTE]
♦ To increase distribution of oil/gas “currently on the water” President Trump and Secretary Bessent have dropped the sanctions against Russian oil and LNG. India and Southeast Asia, not coincidentally both with new U.S. free trade agreements, are suddenly bidding customers for previously sanctioned oil/gas.
Here it is important to note that ‘sanctioned’ oil and gas sales were done in the transactional currencies of the selling and buying country (see BRICS). However non-sanctioned oil/gas, traditional OPEC market oil/gas products, are bought and sold using petrodollars. If Russia is suddenly allowed to sell to OPEC market customers, then petrodollars will likely back the transaction. Who wins, Putin (higher prices) & Trump (leverage and petrodollar). Who loses, the EU.
Now, you know how much I love timelines to explain things…. So consider:
On August 15, 2025, Vladimir Putin and President Trump met in Alaska. One of the key points that followed the meeting was both Trump and Putin discussing a realignment of strategic interests surrounding energy development.
On August 18, 2025, three days after the Alaska meeting:
[SOURCE]
We do not believe in coincidences at this level.
We have been waiting.
Two days ago, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the easing of sanctions against Russian oil/LNG exports, specifically toward Asia in order to relieve some of the global supply constraints. {SOURCE} Yesterday, Moscow announced the redirection of Russian oil/LNG exports to Asia {SOURCE}.
“Our companies are considering opportunities, without waiting for further restrictions from Europe, to conclude new long-term contracts with our partners and redirect some of the gas from Europe to other countries, including India, Thailand, the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China,” Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said.
♦ Before February 28, European Title Transfer Facility (TTF) liquified natural gas traded around 35 euros per megawatt hour. As of March 6, TTF settled at 52.81 euros, a 50 percent monthly surge in the value of LNG to Europe.
Asian Japan Korea Marker (JKM) spot cargoes, the benchmark LNG price assessment, are trading above $20 per million BTU, with Bangladesh paying $28.28 for emergency deliveries.
The difference between Russia selling LNG to hostile Europe or selling Russian LNG to friendly Asia at post gulf crisis premiums is the widest it has been since the post pandemic (2022) ‘Build Back Better” energy crisis.
Russia supplied 13.8 million tonnes of LNG to Europe in 2025. The EU is phasing Russian gas out: short-term contracts banned beginning in April, full LNG ban by year end 2025, pipeline gas fully banned by 2027.
Russia is not fighting the EU bans; Russia is finding new customers at higher prices. Every tonne Russia redirects to Asia before the EU ban was scheduled to begin creates a potential long-term contract at a premium price with a buyer who will not legislate Russia out of the relationship.
Qatar and all shippers and suppliers declared force majeure after Iranian drones struck Ras Laffan facility on March 2, 2026. Approximately 20% of global LNG went offline. Asian buyers are now bidding against Europe for every tanker “on the water.” Russia has a lot of supply on the water and the ability to put a lot more into the market quickly.
Hormuz is closed, at least temporarily, through forced reinsurance withdrawal triggered by the U.K (Lloyds insurance market). And Russia, the one major energy exporter whose supply chains run through neither the Gulf nor the Strait, is the only non-western producer that can deliver to Asia without navigating a war zone.
Right now, Russia is to energy supplies for Asian customers as Amazon was to U.S. consumers during COVID. Both selling to an isolated and captive customer base, who were regulated out of options.
SUMMARY:
(1) Upon reelection President Trump told all U.S. energy providers to “drill baby drill” and maximize energy production. Trump then deregulated the industry for maximum efficiency: Secretaries Burgum (Interior), Wright (Energy) and Zeldin (EPA).
(2) Trump then meets with Putin in Alaska Aug 15, 2025. Three days later, Aug 18, 2025, Putin restarts Russia’s flagship Arctic project, the LNG export facility via the Northern Route to Asia.
(3) President Trump then signs contracts with Finland for the urgent start of Arctic icebreaking ship manufacturing in the USA and emphasizes the prior conversation about taking over Greenland which infuriates the Danes and EU.
(4) President Trump then triggers the Venezuela operation, captures Nicholas Maduro and -in addition to other benefits- forms a new strategic oil development relationship with the interim Venezuela government. Russia stays silent.
(5) President Trump then triggers Operation Epic Fury against Iran; completely changing the geopolitical landscape that surrounds energy partnerships. Energy flows through the Gulf of Oman are impacted.
(6) President Trump then removes specific sanctions against Russia permitting Russian oil and LNG to be sold (in petrodollars) into the Asian market. Meanwhile, the European Union is forced to increase LNG purchases from the United States.
Sure, it could all be just coincidence… or not. One thing is certain, the FIVE-EYES opposition do not think all of this downstream benefit that flows to Russia and the USA is coincidental. The FIVE-EYES opposition see all of this as a strategic realignment between the USA and Russia, and they are going to do everything in their power to stop it.
Now does this sudden news story make sense?
You see that "WP" on the end of it? That's Washington Post.
WaPo is the outlet for the direct CIA shaping narratives. There is usually no truth to the statements as narrated.
The CIA, like the other members of the 5 eyes, wants maximum conflict with Russia at all times. https://t.co/kjiTTlar6A
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 6, 2026
Aaannnnddd away they go….. https://t.co/71pIuzsj6V
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 6, 2026
RUSSIA!
RUSSIA!
RUSSIA!— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 6, 2026
… lol 😂 We can see you. https://t.co/oQ6z2iaAhx
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 6, 2026
Another one…. Circular Narrative Construction.
Media reports on media reports of media reports. https://t.co/5JT8jXjvBJ
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 6, 2026
You can always tell it's a CIA script, run through the WaPo channels, by the spread of the report itself… https://t.co/zcDEmBQrwn
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 6, 2026
In response to reports that Russia is providing intel to Iran on U.S. positions and movements, Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth told 60 Minutes, "We're tracking everything. Our commanders are aware of everything… No one’s putting us in danger."
CBS News' @MajorCBS interviews Hegseth… pic.twitter.com/FZVJZBdKh1
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) March 6, 2026
All the usual suspects are promoting it… https://t.co/yZPcRWXBHV
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 7, 2026
There are trillions at stake!
For over 80+ yrs Russia was made to be the Boogeyman for certain elements in Government and globally to frighten people to fill and expand their control and budgets.
These are the same people who concocted Adolph Hitler and his honey took their own lives while they relocated them to Argentina to live until the mid 60s
It’s extremely funny to watch all that the EU has attempted to do along with the corrupt past administrations only to end up where they have shot both feet off.
An excellent read on this is “The Putin Interviews” by the film director Oliver Stone. It made so much sense and OS got in big trouble with liberal thugs… but he’s been Truth-telling for a while.
I saw this. It’s a must see if you can find it.
I saw as well. Oliver Stone also did excellent documentaries about Ukraine –Ukraine on Fire (2016) and Revealing Ukraine (2019). He interviews Putin in those clips as well.
Please: Communist Russia was quite a real “boogeyman,” with spies throughout the American government and society!
“Boogeymen” do not constantly test your military preparedness with their fighter jets and bombers “drifting” toward your airspace!
The threat from Communist Russia e.g. missiles in Cuba under Khrushchev, the Gary Francis Powers U-2 Affair, etc. was not imaginary.
Russian Communists were not “made to be the Boogeymen” by anyone.
I think you’re making Sanjac’s point. Not saying USSR wasn’t a formidable opponent, just saying the deep state has been pushing Russia Russia Russia in various ways since the end of WWII.
True. The deep state needs a diversion. The real enemy is within: media, congress, democrats, rinos, the uniparty.
Diversion too late.
Okay, but I still find the timeline problematic: how about since 1989, rather than for “80+ years.”
The Soviet Communist espionage in the U.S. and Western Europe (both industrial and governmental/military) and the military expansion in the Soviet Union after World War II until 1989 were not imaginary “boogeymen.”
Yes, they were. Churchill coined the term “Iron Curtain”. Stalin wanted a passive Europe that would no longer be a threat to Russia. He wanted a shared Security arrangement with the West regarding Europe, much like today. Instead, they got rehabilitated Ex-Nazi’s and other Russophobes to reignite the flames between Russia and the West. The efforts today are a continuation of this centuries old crusade.
Ausonius, I think if Russia wanted to make a move against our motherland, he would have by now. Russia surveillance of us is no big surprise.
With the shenanigans our Deep State pulled in Ukraine, we crossed his red line and they stand by their red line statements. Ukraine is a proxy.
Putin, like Trump, acts more like a nationalist… Russia-first. Good for him. Their country doesn’t resemble the communism of yesteryear. Not even close… but when other countries pull their spy and covert operations against a country like Russia… their history of KGB tactics can be quite formidable and frankly there’s “nothing new” under the sun.
Our own government has all but taken away every American’s right to their Constitutional benefits by making the 1st and 4th amendments moot… all in the name of technology, control, and geofencing. Who’s the KGB now?
There’s reason why our schools no longer teach history.
Blessings to you.
I remember in the 1950’s my uncle franticlly digging a bomb shelter in his crawl space. Well… 2 years later with nothing to show for his labor but a 4×2 foot hole and a permanet bad back, he literally threw in the shovel. (no pun intended) The Russian never came. The Bombs never dropped. Uncle died in 2008 of old age and a bad back…
Spot on, JWoo!
In relations to scare tactics these DC goofs do to the public.
After 9-11 Bush had 13 interceptor missiles installed at Ft. Greeley Army base 100 miles South East to Fairbanks. The holes drilled were 18’ diameter approx. 150 feet deep. We paid several billion dollars on this.
The day Obama took office he cancelled all maintenence on the facility effectively shutting down their ability to defend the USA. No explaination.
The facility sits dormant today.
The Bible says these world leaders all take directions from the same creature that hates humanity has intentions on destroying us if at all possible. For those of us who believe this we know his judgement has already been decreed however in his hatred he will continue in his dirty deeds.
Just some interesting facts.
The point is that Russia is no longer the USSR, however, the ‘powers that be’ play upon the decades of conflict with the USSR, attempting to convince low information citizens that the Russia of today is the same ‘bogeyman’ of the last century. It was an easy emotional jump in logic and easily bought by low information citizens. Russia is not the. USSR.
I see the anti Russia movement of today as simply a group of communists that are sadmad that their communist mother country didn’t work and came apart. These undercover communists are seeking retribution for dashing their hopes of an idealistic socialist world.
Spot on, Mike! At least 3 generations of Americans have been brainwashed by our schools into believing that Communism is not a threat. I see Russia as a nation slowly trying to shake off the filth that is Communism.
Let’s remember it was: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR. A/K/A “The Soviet Union”.
Part of their project was a form of social engineering to obliterate Old Russia, to re-make the people into “the new Soviet Man”, i.e., their idea of utopia.
Which, as history shows, was no utopia.
(insert here – ample facts to illustrate the misery of Soviet life)
Let’s keep in mind the distinction between The Soviet Union, compared to Russia.
“Let’s keep in mind the distinction between The Soviet Union, compared to Russia.”
Quite true: I used “Communist Russia” above as a synonym for “Soviet Union” to contrast better with simply “Russia” today.
In the post-WW II era, “the Russians” was often used to mean the “Communist Russians/Soviet Union.”
Certainly we understood that the Soviet Union was a homicidal slave state imposed upon Russia and many other countries by a mass-murdering elite, i.e. The Communist Party.
That Russia today has improved is a great relief: certainly Putin is always to be viewed skeptically. We shall see what happens with him…and with Russia in the long term.
Marxism= Trotskyites =Bolsheviks= Communists
It took decades for the Russian people to break the yoke
of the Bolsheviks.
So much information about that era was omitted or hidden,
brushed under the rug or never discussed.
I was just sent this information by the youngsters …a little forward
in my timeline…I am at year 1922 in research. ..but I did look at it.👩🏫
They are digging into research of that era at an amazing speed.
Sometimes I think just to show off how smart they are.👩🏫📚
Technology has given them research tools older generations
never had. Access to archives and documents long hidden and buried.
I had never heard of —-
💥💥💥Stalin order 0428…..Torch Men.
There are copies of the order, replies from unit that carried
it out, references in books…. 📚
I archived on another computer. Here is a pretty good summary
I just found.
Torch Men Command № 0428 – KSM-IPMS | Kawartha Scale Modellers
The opening of archives after the Soviet Union fell has given
access to a wealth of documentation and information.
Safe to say that majority of what was taught in our 🇺🇸schools
prior to 1991…..is sadly lacking….is an understatement.
“Who controls the past controls the future:
who controls the present controls the past.”
George Orwell
Yep.
Today’s Russia has the possibility to be further reformed. The Soviets just wanted to enslave whoever.
As President Reagan said, “… trust but verify.” I would add “be slow to trust”.
Comment threads on my favorite Russian-language sites will have an occasional user with a commie avatar. They always stack the highest thumbs-down ratings. I doubt they’re even read.
When you post Sir, I read. Could the change in Communist Russia be a move of God? Would a US/Russia alliance not thwart China? Many consider them to be our most serious threat. Best!
Thank you! I am not the only one who has been sensing that Putin perhaps sees China as more of a threat than America, and that President TRUMP’S philosophy of “Let every country be as great as it can be” is something to consider!
Historically, one of the driving forces of Russian and Soviet History is the desire for a seaport which will not freeze.
I am guessing completely on this: Putin may see a peaceful, non-hostile, non-terrorist Iran as a way to gain access to the Persian Gulf. A treaty with a new Iranian government – assuming it is sensible – to grant that access in return for whatever, may be something Putin has in mind.
Therefore, he stays out of the situation and waits to see what happens. To be sure, he must be rather pleased to see the Chinese squeezed economically by their new oil-supply problem!
Pleased to see China squeezed as well as the EU pompous windbags.
Amen!
I find the opinions above that the Soviet Union was never a threat to the U.S., that it was a convenient “boogeyman,” most remarkable.
60 + years ago, I met refugees from Russia/Soviet Union, from Communist East Germany, from Communist Poland, from Communist Lithuania, and from Communist Cuba.
They were so thankful to be in the free society of America! I can testify that their experiences and their opinions on the threat posed by the Soviet Union would not be that it was an imaginary boogeyman.
From the early 1980’s, I recall the Russian, an English teacher who was an expert on William Thackeray’s Vanity Fair, saying to us that: “Free countries are always a danger to the Soviet Union, because they prove the failure of the Communist system. That is why the Soviet Union cannot let them stay free!”
The greatest psychological danger for many years to Communism was in Berlin: the massive contrast between East Berlin, a dismal and murderous place even in the summer of 1989 when I visited it, and the prosperous freedom of West Berlin, was obvious to everyone under Communism in the East.
The German who had escaped verified the constant drumbeat in the schools that an ultimate showdown with the Capitalists would arrive: Communism needed the death of Capitalism, and if it could not be done on battlefields, it must be done asymmetrically by infiltrating every aspect of Western societies.
Communism, said the Lithuanian priest, was a demonic version of Christianity: messianic, wanting to convert the world to its vision, with its own version of saints and martyrs, but, unlike Christianity today, willing to murder as many as necessary to dominate the world.
He himself had seen mass murders of Catholics in Lithuania by Russian Communists with Lithuanian collaborators.
“Boogeymen” cannot commit such crimes!
“ to be sure, he must be rather pleased to see the Chinese squeezed economically by their new oil-supply problem “
Are you forgetting about the Golden Corridor?
The many oil/gas pipelines that Russia and China have?
Right now, with the completion of the Golden Corridor…..
Intra-Continental shipment of products vs Naval Shipping.
The Golden Corridor is being marketed as less expensive,
goods will arrive 2 weeks maximum -instead of 30 days.
And now as an added marketing tool…Sanction proof,
marine insurance cost…eliminated ? … and safer.
😖 🥴
The map at the top of the article says a lot😉
Pepe video on the Golden Corridor is pretty good!
sonar 21
While Waiting for Armageddon, Watch Pepe Escobar’s New Documentary on Iran
You used “Communist Russia” three times trying very hard to make your underlying opinion known. Unfortunately, Russia is and never was communist. They are not joined. It was called the USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, that was pretty much forced on the “Russians” just like the Islamists were forced on the Persian Iranians. Vladimir Lenin seized power just like the Mullahs.
Yes, there are still elements of communism existing in Russia and just like in America there are many communist subversives trying to stay relevant, but you don’t call Germany, NAZI Germany today, do you? Russia is no longer a communist country just like Japan and Germany are no longer Imperialist or NAZI. They are different today.
Your comments would be more accurate if you used USSR when describing the actions you note.
See the above!
Spot on!!
Soviet Russia was meant to be the “two party world control” system but for some reason they didn’t play ball with the banks.
That’s why it was financial collapse that took down the Soviet Union and not global war. The rebuilding of Russia continues without corrupt global banking and that’s why Russia Russia Russia. If they are allowed to be prosperous without the global banking system people may start to notice that the global banking system is the reason for global financial collapses over modern history.
When you see that global financial collapse are attacks on the people and are ways to manage societies, things make more sense. Want to reduce a modern intellectual population’s numbers? Easy! Just collapse their financial security then they have fewer children and if they resist, make sure their children don’t have children by making them “trans” and infertile, or calling abortion “healthcare” while at the same time, import more low IQ people and put them on welfare to have more babies.
This isn’t as complicated as people want to think.
Who is allowed to play in the global banking system? Who gets fsck’d with when they try to control global banks?
It was a while ago – 8 months or more? – that Sundance made the statement “most of the wars of the last 100 years, or more, were bankers wars”. Or words to that effect. We know.
That was then…..Now it’s different….Things change. To me, the enemy of our country resides in that cesspool called DC
Consider that we, meaning US, Brits built, guided and financed the Bolshevik war machine during WW2. I believe this is an important component of the larger conversation, all can come to their own conclusions about significance.
The Russian brand of Communism may have fallen with the USSR, but Communism still thrives worldwide. How can that be while we’ve been told repeatedly by the media that Communism is dead? Honest question: where is Communism stronger today? Moscow or Washington, DC?
NYC
The testimony of Reverend Mr. George A. Simon.
It begins at page 108.
A 1200 page transcript of the hearings…. I found the
statements of the Reverend George Simon the most
informative…..and revealing …of the situation in Russia
at the beginning of the Bolshevik taking control.
Quite an interesting read.
Bolshevik Propaganda Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Sixtyfifth Congress, Third Session and Thereafter, Pursuant to S. Res. 439 and 469. February 11, 1919, to March 10, 1919 : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Bolsheviks/Communists….were the Boogeymen, just
by their ideology….and brutal actions. How many Christians
were killed..✝️ 50-60 million is the number most often quoted.💔
Comintern….Also known as the Third International.
I Hate to reference Wiki….but it does give general idea.
My research information is in books 📚 .
Communist International – Wikipedia
Marxism=Trotskyites=Bolsheviks=Communism
It took decades for the Russian people to break the yoke.
If you want to be an apologist for the old Soviet Union, feel free. But don’t ask me to accept it. I lived tbrough virtually all of the Cold War, and Russia today is not synonymous with the old Soviet Union. The U.S., like every human institution, can get things wrong, sometimes maliciously. Opposition to the Soviet Union wasn’t one of them.
There’s a difference between between USSR and Russia.
It’s amazing how much pretending goes on- it’s why the Russia, Russia, Russia narratives work.
I’ve fished my old red army belt out of the back of my closet. Crabby leather, but the brass buckle still has the hammer & sickle….the dustbin of my closet….thx RR.
Glad PDJT47 is building such a beautiful USA-1ST. on your foundation…..
“.…thx RR.”
For those who might be mystified, “RR” = Ronald Reagan ! 🙂
Yes, we are all glad about Making America Great Again!
The Soviet Union didn’t fall, it was pushed–by Actual President Ronald Reagan. And rightfully so.
But when it ended in 1992, he had the grace to accept “Yes” for an answer.
Our Traitor Class did not, however, and the Kagan Kult at State and the Rogue CIA quickly set about provoking Russia, hoping to rape her for the New World Order and their Endless War/Blood Money Regime.
Even to this very morning, we see them trying to provoke World War Three for their own Money and Mad Lust for Power and Empire. They are addicted to their RussiaRussiaRussia-fix and cannot let it go. Death Junkies for their father the devil.
BTW, that is why we will have Greenland: to prevent them from launching a missile at us and blaming it on Russia.
But that is all on them, not President Reagan, and their fire bell is tolling even now, praise God!
Isaiah 5
20
Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!
21
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
and shrewd in their own sight!
22
Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,
and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
23
who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!
24
Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so their root will be as rottenness,
and their blossom go up like dust;
for they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
…..’The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming….everybody to get from Street….’
👍
IMHO – SD is spot-on with timelines. Rush liked to ” ‘splain thins ” with timelines. Let us reason together with this broad-brush timeline:
“Russia” of before Lenin-Stalin was one thing.
The Communist Soviet Union of Lenin-Stalin was quite another thing.
“The Russian Commonwealth” of today’s post-Leninist-Stalinist is something different than the two previous things, yet imho more like the Old Russia.
There are rarely simple answers, there are usually complexities. Beware any soundbite from legacy media, such as WaPo, NYT, WSJ, the Fleet Street newspapers of London, the “major networks”.
@Sanjac…You don’t have to go back 80 years. Today, the European populace is being conditioned with “RussiaRussiaRussia”. Every day, a different EU leader, politician or commentator announces that Europe has better prepare for an immeent invasion by Russia. These PR-for-war types ask you to “look over here” while they deceive:
First, the RF sees the European society as in terminal decline, degenerate at the top, basically dysfunctional.
Second, those ‘russiarussiarussia’ warnings distract from the real invasion. Europe has been conqurered by hordes of military-aged men, to whom the European authorities havebestowed tribute and privilege. They receive benefits not afforded to the natives. They can perpetrate crimes with no consequences, and natives will be prosecuted for even observing this out loud.
Incredible analysis. So, by factoring into the picture petrodollars, the false narrative Russia is assisting Iran would actually benefit China and the globalists by seeking to keep Russia neutralized from interacting with the world economy. This keeps tensions high thus increasing the world risk premia negatively impacting middle class growth/wealth. Also, the simplest way to know the globalists/China is involved is by observing who Nikki Haley is backstabbing today. Got it!
Sundance, love walking through the weeds with you.
Sundance calls it “the weeds” in a somewhat self-deprecating fashion….but IMHO the U.S./Five Eyes/European intel community’s disingenuous practice of blaming Russia for everything geopolitically negative – and that they can’t pin on Red China or radical Islam – is actually normal mainstream geopolitics and has been since just after WWII.
Yes. Yes. Very nice to have someone point out all the snakes and pitfalls along the way too. Thanks Sundance.
Food for deep thought and tonic for Battered Conservative Syndrome.
Thank you Sundance,
Mega-Dittos to this, SunDance!
I had noticed the “news reports” claiming Russian targeting intel alledgedly helping Iranian military. The first sight of those claim did rattle me.
Very glad to see your timeline and analysis of what is going on.
Chess pieces moving in something more than 2D. PDJT the Chess Master.
Thank you again. Whenever I feel squishy I head to the treehouse to get stabilized!
Ditto!. I am hearing from all the smallish off the beat types of people I like to listen to about other topics, that this is the absolute worse thing PDJT could have done, and it is absolutely so awful, there is nothing to compare to the awfulness.
I resist mentally, I won’t listen to it, as it just sits there in my mind causing me to doubt, but clarity is what is most needed.
That’s what Sundance excels at, clarity.
Thank you!
Excellent analysis, once again. I have learned so much over the years, and confirmed many suspicions I was not astute enough to understand or explain. Tremendous respect and appreciation for all you do!
This is bigger than 3D. Thank you for this analysis and report Sundance.
Sundance… twenty, thirty years from now… as we emerge from the fog of all the propaganda that has been pushed on us… your journalistic stories will serve great purpose in writing a history book.
You very well could be the male equivalent of Whitney Webb with her extensive reporting in “One Nation Under Blackmail”…. not light reading.
I need flow charts to keep up.
I never thought I would see the day I would ponder moving to Russia… maybe today my daughter would be safe with Russia’s policies got their children K-12.
“The Putin Interviews” highlights those policies that should be adopted universally.
Whitney Webb has some concerning psych issues. Let’s hope that Sundance is more balanced.
Once or twice, I have suggested somewhere on these braches, suggested to Sundance….that he write a book…maybe two…one being a history book.
In todays world there are only two written word sources I believe in. My KJV Bible and SD. In that order….
ditto.
That’s what everyone says about people who are Truth tellers. Try to make everyone else think they’re “crazy”… until they’re not… and the Truth reveals what they’ve been saying all along.
Fabulous read, and puts a lot of issues into the proper perspective. This explains the turnaround and ass kissing by Nimrata, and Mike Pence also has reappeared with his lips on the ass of PDJT.
The best part is “WE CAN SEE YOU” referring to Washington Post articles and the source of their Bullshit. We have learned how to interpret Bullshit and see it for what it really is, and do not forget the great playbook “Rules for Radicals” that the liberals live by. (The Clinton bible)
We see all the strings, and all the puppets.
Yep.
30pence, Kansas, and Trikki Nickki are all over Fox the last couple days.
It also makes sense why the US destroyed the Iranian Navy, particularly that ship in the Indian Ocean. Can’t leave Iran with the capability to attack tankers at sea.
Haley was supposed to be the replacement Republican nominee when Trump was killed in Butler. It was all lined up for her to speak at the convention. Unfortunately for the CIA, Trump and the American people dodged the deep state bullet. Haley was the candidate representing the CIA and if Trump had been killed, she would have been elected. When the bullet missed, the CIA’s plan completely fell apart and the rest, as they say, is history. Haley is a deep state viper and in my opinion the CIA is an existential threat to this country.
And to the statistical number crunchers in the Treehouse…
What are the statistical odds of DJT just happening to turn his head ever so slightly….just a wee bit….enough…for that bullet to not engage the target and do big damage? Making a woman a widow…a child an orphan? And a country a pile of manure?
Or that one who trespassed on his own home turf at Mar Al Lago?
The odds of getting caught?
We have better odds winning power ball.
This truly has the Divine Hand of God in these events. The enemy within needs to ‘get right with Jesus’.
Amen and a thumbs up, Aggiegirl…
So, Russia had loaded ships hanging around close to India just hoping to get to offload their fuel.
Yow. Uh-huh.
2 Lions of Leadership! Pass the Winnamins and Cheetos!!
Years ago, in the line of employment that I had, the discussions were, for the most part about Russia when it was the USSR. The consensus was that, one day in the future, Russia and the US will be allies against China. We are almost there.
China has always been the prime adversary….they need real estate , Russia has been tested and tried in history , America not “so ” much …the DS likes to create fights and disturbances..among anyone they can benefit from..if Russia did not exist..we would insert new name . same game, same rules..low information Americans can’t see their nose for they face…
What jumps out to me is the total ignorance and incompetence of the ” E U ” —-“leadership”– !!!
You could call them the Waffling Weenies, but that moniker is a better fit for Congress.
Thank you, Sundown. I think this is very, very perceptive.
If the. Iranians are indeed getting Russian Intel about US asset movements, the Iranians probably are wise enough by now to evacuate the target areas with great vigor and avoid direct confrontations.
What if Russia is feeding them false information?
texas MIDGET…..are you OK ??? we are in the early days of WW3…soo calm down….
If the Russian intel is about asset movements, such as about the movement of a third carrier group to the region, then the Iranians are not getting much more from them than we get on the evening news. And much of our asset movements would be outside of range of Iranian weapons anyway. And I seriously doubt the Russians are able to know or provide current targeting information, at least not in time for the Iranians to make much use of it.
So this is likely just the Russians trying to stay relevant with the Iranians, just in case the mullahocracy survives in some fashion. And Trump and team probably know exactly what the Russians are feeding them in any event, so I really think this is much ado about nothing.
Europe and the 5 Eyes should have let Trump end the Ukraine war. Instead they went all in to thwart Trump and also keep the grift flowing
We really have our Very Stable Genius President Donald Trump controlling the chess board. He is amazing, just amazing.
Sundance please indulge this Canadian – how might this affect Canada other than showing that we are up to our neck in even more doo-doo with Carney at the helm and our LNG going nowhere?
Canada became irrelevant a few years ago. Sorry.
I thought Canada has seashells, windmills, and balloons.
And buffoons for leaders.
Poor Canada…Always a bridesmaid, never a bride..
All the usual suspects indeed. Major Garrett is one of the biggest sale outs among them, has always been anti Trump/MAGA , Nikki Haley as well. IS ALWAYS RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA to keep the chaos churning it. It must be driving all of them, 5 EYES, CIA, EU especially Great Britain absolutely NUTS that everything PDJT47 is doing every day shows how much planning he has done prior to this year focusing on what benefits USA and it’s citizens AND citizens that he is freeing from dictatorships and terrorist states around the world to give so many more the same freedoms that we have and share with each other here. GOD BLESS PDJT47 and keep him safe.
Well done. Who is trumps most trusted advisor on this or is this all him figuring this out collaboratively with his team?
…and all of this firmly rooted in the worldwide religion known as the Love of Money.
President Putin is to Russia as President Trump is to the US. While these two men may have different opinions on some matters, they respect each other and are attempting to reach common goals. What a different (and more benevolent) world will it be, when Russia is considered a US ally.
I must need more coffee. Why is Russia like Amazon during Covid? Help me out Treepers.
Benefiting from closures and growing stronger as a result
Have some more coffee. Then re-read SD’s post with focus and thinking.
Right before the summary:
Right now, Russia is to energy supplies for Asian customers as Amazon was to U.S. consumers during COVID. Both selling to an isolated and captive customer base, who were regulated out of options.
Ah. Missed that. Thanks dd : )
The $64K question: Why is the washington compost still in business? All they are, with the new york slimes, is the pravdas of the USA.
Answered your own question:
the CIA needs a media outlet (pravda) for their narratives.
They aren’t in business. They’ve been propped up by govt cash, big pharma money and then a loony left oligarch. Been a money pit for a couple decades now.
Yeah, that bitch was on Fox the other night, her scales showing brightly.
Which one, ‘Birdbrain’?
Can I have my “Kaspersky” back?
Good morning America, how are ya?
“…the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers…ride their father’s magic carpet made of steel….”
A nice steady much needed shower at the present.
Napping weather.
Epic song. John Cash’s version is even better than Arlo Guthrie’s.
“Not About Nato” | “Never About NATO” | “Nothing to Do With NATO” | UKRAINE WAR
This is one of those articles that is worth reading twice, and also worth some chuckling for those who’ve followed along. I’m convinced, Sundance, that you a) have a commensurately sharp staff and/or b) never sleep, carrying some kind of on-board battery with materials originally sourced from the planet Thorlikon.
Jeebers, man. Salud!
(4) President Trump then triggers the Venezuela operation, captures Nicholas Maduro and -in addition to other benefits- forms a new strategic oil development relationship with the interim Venezuela government. Russia stays silent.
Not restricted to oil & gas –
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/sec-burgum-travels-venezuela-rare-earth-mineral-talks-weeks-after-maduro-arrest
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/?s=doug+burgham
It’s interesting to me that Sundance has touched upon this topic today because this is precisely what I was pondering last night reading a few things and connecting some dots.
Russian energy has just become very sought after, so why should they sell it for any discount to the Euroweenies?
We all know that when you have something very rare and valuable, there is no need at all to make deals, you are now in the envious position of naming your price.
I then read that it’s looking like Russia may be perhaps feeding Iran intel about where our ships and weapons are– if this is true, in the fog of war, who knows, so there is another layer on this.
I was rather disappointed to think that Russia would do this, until I started thinking about the fact that it’s now in Russia’s own best interest to keep this whole Iran war going because they are going to make a lot of money off this.
Russia is now in the situation where they can finance their Ukraine war with the proceeds of the Iranian war..
AND then add into this interesting scenario that Ukraine too is needed by us for their drone technology, so they’ll also want to keep things all going !!
I’m very much hoping that POTUS can get this war done and over in Iran fast before all the usual war profiteering really gets established, the goal here is end wars and end this deadly war economy racket..
I’m all for what we’re doing in Iran because we know this needed to happen, however I can also see the vultures beginning to circle around the fresh opportunity and the longer this goes on, the harder it’s going to be to stick with our plans of going in, getting this done and getting the heck out of there.
It’s not good that a revenue source for both sides to keep the Ukraine war going has just fallen into both Z and Putin’s laps.
SD x-post: All the usual suspects are promoting it…
Queue up the non-MAGA-grifter influencers to now post this Russia! hoax narrative, along with commenters posting here soon to follow suit…to divide us.
thanks Sundance, my mind kind of got overloaded … and will come back to it, another time. Good stuff, … but deep analysis… like college professor. 🙂
I can use Google maps and provide the coordinates of all US bases in the Middle East. I am as powerful as Russia Russia Russia.
There is also a possibility that Russia providing coordinates to publicly well known sites is an op designed to expose the deep state. Calling it out might be a mistake on the DS’s part. I don’t think the DS could resist going public which could be a plan to expose them.
Hopium maybe, but if I was going to try to catch them at something, this would be irresistible to the RRR schemers.
Wow, invade Iran, spike oil prices due to closing of the Strait of Hormuz and blockading the ships in and out, leaving Russia to fill the gap and sell their oil at new record prices to desperate countries.
I wonder who this benefits?
I tell you – Putin may be the most evil genius of the last century.
Interesting theory Sundance. There must be a pony in there somewhere strategy between Russia and the us against the the British war mongers.
Other than Nikki, does this mean we can find out the CIA sources and fire them once and for all?
Thank You Sundance – I very much appreciate your perspective & clarifications…
big picture AND details, always far past the point I can see for myself.
When all is said and done….EU’s economics will continue to sink lower with no RUS energy, paying higher to USA for same, green energy will fail, EU invasion continues, and EU sinking ship will drag UKR down with it, along with UK.
Winners: USA (Trump leading was way), RUS, and all others except EU-UKR-UK, with exception of Hungary & Slovakia.
President Trump cut Lloyd’s out of their business by underwriting all affected shipping. Hopefully some floundering EU country doesn’t get too desperate with their nukes!!!
OK. This confirms Sundance does see it I tend to say “global intelligence” collaborative, coalition, collective, cabal, whatever. That Intel operational grouping is what captures the governments of the world. The CIA infiltrates “our enemies” but also others in the name of “US interests.” Spooky and shadowy… working with Chinese bioweapons research… doing the same in Ukraine… launching attacks only for POTUS to find out about it afterward… or mossad or MI6 …
The officially recognized intel agencies are only wearing the skins of national governments and take funding partially from national governments. We already know the CIA (and US military) guards drug production resources in Afghanistan… but probably elsewhere too… like South of our border where they also used Venezuela to fsck elections.
But that’s “trillions”? Aren’t they controlled by central banks? Of course they are. Not only the federal reserve Bank but the other world currency printing/creating banks. Does anyone think THEY aren’t the ones controlling the government intelligence skin-wearing operations?
And aren’t those trillions merely the way those currency controlling banks seek to manage and control the world?
And hasn’t Russia divorced itself from such control long ago? Of course it has. That’s why Russia Russia Russia.
Yesterday was a short video clip on X/twitter showing Condoleezza Rice came up to and shook the hand of President Trump, Suzie Wiles was standing next to him, almost as if it was Wiles that brought Rice into the building.
That short video clip brought up the question of what the heck was she doing there, what message was she sent to convey from the uniparty, which is in full panican-mode, to President Trump. And why was seeing Wiles there acting buddy-buddy with Rice raising red flags was the other impression that short video gave off.
Bet whatever her reason for being there it has to do with the Russia – United States’ relationships given that was Rice’s supposed area of expertise.
Interesting times.
The EUSSR also sent Nigel Farage running over across the Pond yesterday.
The hope is that POTUS will like the slightly different flavor of Koolaid enough to be moved off course, or at least to let some information slip, or be offered something or threatened with something, off record.
Panic at Chatham House.
Rice = Chevron
She was there to support PT’s Iran move!
She explained why it’s the only strategy that makes sense.
Probably a good time to buy LNG stocks.
Oil, oil on the water,
Floating to the shore,
Petro dollar keeps on knocking,
Like it’s never knocked before.
Natural gas and midnight pressure,
Running hot and running fast,
The EU wants tomorrow,
But it’s bargaining with the past.
It’s sad the Russia Hoax broke many conservatives. They assumed because evil libs began hating Putin that meant Vlad was good?
The reality is that Vlad is a WEF fanboy, he depends on globalism, and its outsource darlings—India and China. When globalists move industries to these nations —Putin supplies them with oil and gas. Since 1992, Vlad’s bff has been Klaus Schwab.
Putin is also a neoliberal fascist. Vaccine mandates, European liberal-like levels of censorship, Biden-like lawfare against his political opponents, Vlad would be very comfortable and rich if neoliberal fascism engulfed the world.
Vaccine mandates? Go peddle nonsense somewhere else.
Russia did not have vaccine mandates.
THANK YOU, SUNDANCE for that Truthful response!
Also, no autism in Russia!
BLESSINGS
No thumbs-down lever.
That’s a shame.
All I can say is “REMARKABLE”!!!
Thank you Sundance for this wonderful, educational, informative writing. I now understand clearly, as I was trying to put all the pieces together. You are my most trusted place to get the truth and get the understanding. I am so grateful for your insight and research. I can never thank you enough. You and your staff are so greatly appreciated.
God bless you, your staff, your family and all the treepers that add their wonderful insight and comments.
It’s a pretty sad state today in America. The entire media complex (including so called “right-wing” news) lies continually about everything. Fox and the WSJ are no better than the WP or NYT or NBC. There is no straight news any longer. On top of that, we have an entire government complex that lies continually, undermines or tries to frame a sitting President, engages in domestic terrorism, and all sorts of other horrific acts.
The enemy within is a far greater threat to America than any outside enemy. I do believe that the enemy within is being assisted by outside forces though. The UK, Israel, ChiComms, and others have all had their dirty hands in starting trouble in this nation and corrupting nearly everything that was good. Even our churches have been heavily soiled by these forces. All of it in the open while we were living our lives and not paying attention or caring. Most GOP voters can’t be bothered to vote unless Trump is on the ballot. It’s not good.
The reason we’re in this state is that, first the Brits and then the globalist oligarchs have been conniving to influence and actively infiltrating us for the past century, with no small help from the Chinese during the past 30+ years. The killer was hoodwinking enough of us to elect that Trojan Horse Obama, who did everything he could to corrupt and weaken us. We’ve managed to staunch the bleeding just in time, but recovery is still going to be a bear.
Old retired farts like me who can still get around are gonna have to pitch in. I’ll end up tutoring Math until synapses stop firing. It’ll take that long.
“The enemy within is a far greater threat to America than any outside enemy”.
Or, the enemy within oneself is a far greater threat to oneself and “others” than the enemy out there. I am not sure if you realize how prophetic that line is that you wrote.
This whole charade Sundance interprets to us daily is authored by “those out there than cannot deal with the enemy within and therefore take out their frustrations on the rest of the world, nature, life itself.
The “Wall Street Journal” began appearing this week on the driveway with the “California Post” wrapped up with it –
it just boggles our minds, that the Murdochs would be so crass – what’s up with this rag?
Every morning that the “Journal” is delivered (Monday through Saturday, except of course on holidays where the markets are closed), I go through the paper and wipe each page down with a paper towel because when I give the paper to my Mom to read, I don’t want there to be any of those desert red ants that might bite her.
Now I have been wiping off the pages of the “Post” this week, too – in case Mom wants to peruse any of it – but it takes more paper towels because the ink comes off so freely. As I go through the pages of both the “Journal” and the “Post” I mull over the good old days of the “Journal” and wonder when it is going to descend further and we will see the “Post” rhyming, punning influence on the “Journal” – I mean, it is absolutely TOO much but it seems like it must be a job requirement to frame everything as a pun or a poem.
Don’t get me wrong, I love good puns and poetry has always been a regular part of my reading enjoyment –
“I’m not sellyfish, you can have my jellyfish” – Ogden Nash would have fit right in at the “Post”!
But honestly, there is that an unabashed “National Enquirer” tabloid aspect of the “Post” – which I guess you could say treats mullahs and society mavens somewhat evenly, democratically.
I just don’t know what’s up with the “Post” being given to us along with the “Journal” and so am wondering . . . whassup?
Correcting myself, I misquoted Ogden Nash!
From the Wikipedia page for Ogden Nash:
Among Nash’s most popular writings were a series of animal verses, many of which featured his off-kilter rhyming devices. Examples include “If called by a panther / Don’t anther”; “Who wants my jellyfish? / I’m not sellyfish!”
Newsmax, and others. are reporting Truths.
To paraphrase. “Agendas are like @$$holes, everybody has one”