DON THE REVELATOR

That Donald Trump has started another Middle Eastern war is almost a certainty. If he hasn't, he's tried his best, and he's not done trying yet. That it will be bigger than all the other wars combined, when it happens, is obvious. That this could easily lead to a world war is indisputable.  That the Third World War will lead to the end of most life on Earth is a foregone conclusion. That it will be Donald Trump, the pompous and semi-illiterate buffoon who ends it, is the most bitter irony.

Sayeed Hassan Nasrallah, probably the most Holy man alive on Earth today, spoke truth when he said a few days ago, "The shoe of Shaheed Quassem Soleimani is worth more than the heads of Trump, all his cabinet and chiefs of staff." If anything, this was an understatement. As Sayeed Hassan is to Holiness, as Shaheed Quassem is to courage and dedication, so Trump and his minions are to stupidity, hubris, avarice, incompetence, vanity, abject hypocrisy and cowardice - that is to say, without equal on all the Earth. This "monkey with a hand grenade" has now finally pulled the pin and let it drop. It only remains to be seen whether the ensuing conflagration will only destroy the nation that he swore to protect and preserve, or whether this criminal idiot and his masters and lackeys will take the whole world with them. But what is beyond any doubt is that Trump will go down in history as the President who destroyed the United States of America. And perhaps the world.

Some informed reactions to Trump's illegal and imbecilic murder of Shaheed Soleimani and his companions - 

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov -  "These illegal methods of force flagrantly violate the principles of international law and deserve condemnation."

UK PM Boris Johnson - "Fuck!"

Scott Ritter - (One of the USA's greatest diplomats and geopolitical experts, who told everybody there were no WMD's in Iraq in 2003) - "An absolute, unmitigated disaster, the scale of which they are unable to comprehend...This is going to be a long, drawn out strategic defeat of the US in the Middle East. A defeat of enormous proportions, the least thought-out military action undertaken by an American President in modern history."

George Galloway - the UK's greatest statesman, (who also told everybody there were no Iraq WMD's, and that the invasion was a war crime) - "This was worse than a crime, it was a blunder of incalculable proportions. American citizens everywhere are in much greater danger today than they were yesterday." Galloway went on to predict Bahrain would be the first (of many) places of retaliation by Iran.

On Friday morning, only a few hours after the strike the deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards reported that Washington had asked Tehran to respond "in proportion" after the US murder of General Qassem Suleimani and his companions. The Americans “resorted to diplomatic measures", Rear-Admiral Ali Fadavi said on Iranian state television Friday night. "They even said that if you want to get revenge, get revenge in proportion to what we did”, as quoted on the broadcaster’s website. In other words, after their monumental blunder, Trump and his minions offered up the lives of  US troops as sacrifice for their own incredibly stupid and evil mistake. 

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in separate television interview on Friday night that “Switzerland’s envoy transmitted a foolish message from the Americans this morning”. Fadavi, meanwhile, said the United States "was not in a position to determine Iran’s response."  Indeed.

Although, if Trump, Pence, Pelosi, Pompeo, Bolton and Lindsey Graham all fly into Baghdad International Airport openly, aboard a regular commercial flight, as Quassem Soleimani fearlessly did, the Iranians (and Iraqis) might just be willing to "respond proportionally". And if the above mentioned scum do not do so, then their offer of "proportional response" was just an offer for the Iranians (and the Iraqis, and all Shia Muslims around the world) to kill as many US cannon fodder pawns (military personnel) as they decide will equal Hadji Soleimani. Which, of course, would be all of them still in the Middle East as of today..

Speaking of "proportions", Sayeed Hassan Nasrallah said, "The shoe of Shaheed Quassem Soleimani is worth more than the head of Donald Trump." (And I wholeheartedly agree.) Stressing that there is no US political or military figure equivalent to General Qassem Suleimani in terms of stature; Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said the price of his blood must be the expulsion of  all US forces from the region.  Sayyed Nasrallah affirmed, meanwhile, that fair punishment of General Suleimani killers means that US forces, warships and bases must pay the price. And Sayeed Hassan specifically decreed that American civilians should NOT be targeted in any way.

Here are his exact words -

"We must all work to enact the right price for this blood that was shed. What is the right price? I will be very clear... We read that the fair price must consist in the assassination of a personality of the same importance and value as Qassem Soleimani. Who could it be? The Chief of Staff of the American Army? The US Defense Secretary? Intermediate commanders? In reality, there is no personality whose value is comparable to that of Qassem Soleimani or Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. No one comes close to them. Qassem Soleimani’s shoe is worth more than the head of Trump and his entire administration and Chiefs of Staff! 

There is no equivalent to Qassem Soleimani or Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis so that one could decide to do justice by killing them, thus obtaining revenge. Never. The fair retribution, the fair price of his blood is this, frankly and clearly: the American military presence in the region. The American military presence in our region must end. I’m talking about all the American military bases…I am talking about targeting all American military bases, American military ships, and all American officers and soldiers who are in our region, in our countries and on our lands. It’s the US military that killed these martyrs, and they will pay the price. This is the equation.…

Of course, we are not talking about the American people. And I want to be very clear about this. We are not going to target the American people, the American citizens. All over our region, we find American citizens: traders, media employees and journalists, companies, engineers, doctors, etc. I’m not talking about fighting them, fighting them is forbidden to us. More than that, I tell you that attacking American civilians and citizens, anywhere, serves Trump’s purpose. This would serve Trump’s purpose, as he could then more rightly speak about terrorism. The battle, the confrontation and the equal retaliation concern those who carried out these assassinations, namely the American army, which is entirely in the arena of the battle, the natural and legitimate response, the just reaction against criminals, murderers and occupiers: they are fair game everywhere in the Middle East.

This is what I think is the equal retaliation, and I take personal responsibility for my words. Some may say that I am exaggerating, but that is not at all the case: I consider the situation in its right proportions. These are its true proportions. If we allow the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, Abu Mahdi and their companions to go unpunished , then I assure you that this will only be the beginning, the dangerous beginning, against all the Resistance movements and all their leaders, all the States and entities of the Resistance, the Axis of Resistance, the Palestinian cause and the cause of Al-Quds (Jerusalem). After that, the region would be subjected to a huge American and Israeli aggression.
 
If we let it go unanswered, whatever we do next, all that is dearest to us in this world will be lost. Can I be clearer than that? Can we accept that our blood, our dignity, our countries, our choices and our people be spilled and squandered (with impunity) and that our holy places be (definitively) given away to the Zionists… We will never accept it. If some are willing to accept it, that’s their problem. We are neither angered nor afraid, but we consider that this is a chance to get rid of the US occupation and hegemony.”  These are the words of Hassan Nasrallah. He stakes his life on them. He NEVER lies.

As I write this article, Trump has doubled down on his idiocy. In fact, it is becoming clear that "idiocy" is no longer the appropriate word for Trump's words and actions. He is clearly so divorced from reality that the only word that applies to him now is "insanity".  On Sunday, in response to the Iraqi parliament's decision to expel all foreign troops, Trump stated, "We have an expensive air base there... It cost billions of dollars to build. We're not leaving until they pay us for it."  Trump must truly be insane if he even pretends to think that Iraq will pay the the country that has raped, pillaged and destroyed it a single penny more, for an airbase used by US military, that was built with money looted from Iraq itself to begin with.

Six months ago, when Trump was threatening Iran with war, a reporter asked him if there was a war, what his exit strategy  would be - Trump the jabbering lunatic stated, (much to the amusement and outright laughter of his assembled lickspittles)  "I don't need exit strategies." Apparently, this delusional psychopath doesn't need any strategies at all. Or perhaps he simply doesn't comprehend the concept of thinking beyond the arrival of his next Happy Meal.

If this idiot were jumping out of an airplane without a parachute, that would be one thing, but you must understand, he's jumping out and taking the whole USA and perhaps the whole world with him. And he's too stupid or insane to even understand what he's doing. And how about you? Is this is the best "leader" the USA could come up with? You follow him now, not at your peril, but to your assured destruction.

Trump The Revelator makes even the fool and war criminal scumbag George W. Bush seem moderate and pragmatic now. This monkey with a hand grenade is literally toying with the future of life on Earth. There has never been a more dangerous time for the future of all Humanity in all of recorded history.  This is how world wars are started. This is what Armageddon looks like. And sadly, tragically, Trump and most "Americans" are too stupid and cowardly to see it. You have sown the wind. Prepare to reap the whirlwind.

The red flag that was raised above the Jamkaran mosque in the Iranian holy city of Qum, symbolizes the moral and religious duty of revenge, or more aptly, of JUSTICE. The obligation, an oath before God, to see justice done, though the heavens may fall.  This blood red flag will not be lowered until justice for the killing of Sulejmani has been served. There will be a counter-strike, as certain as the sunrise. As certain, but certainly more just and measured, than the response would have been if Iran has attacked the US the way the US themselves have attacked Iran, Iraq, and all of Islam. It will not be against civilians, innocent or otherwise, it will be against soldiers and their masters. And when it comes, the crazed idiot Trump and all US citizens will have a choice, whether to accept the just retribution and live with it, or open the gates of Hell and and see the Four Horsemen ride out. 

Good luck to all good people. May God protect the innocent, and may the rest of us get everything we deserve. 

DONBASS "TERRORISTS"- 3 MONTHS TO LIVE?

It's all starting to make sense. All of a sudden, I get the picture. See right through the scam. Which ain't that hard to do, if you've been paying attention, which I have been. Paying attention is what you do when your life depends on it, as mine does, as those of my family and friends here do, and maybe, just maybe, as yours do too. So pay attention. These are dangerous times.

U.S. AND UKROP FLAGS FLYING BELOW PRAVY SEKTOR NAZI FLAG IN UKRAINE 2019

Let's connect the following dots - The punk Zelensky's smug, almost arrogant attitude at the recent Normandy Four meeting and his subsequent reneging on the agreement. Reliable info about another imminent false flag chemical attack by the White Helmets in Syria which may happen any day now. Again. Republican shit-hook Senator Cory Gardener's "SMART ACT" to designate Russia as a "State Sponsor of Terrorism", and “Russian-supported armed forces in the Donbas region of Ukraine as Foreign Terrorist Organizations” within the next three months.  The largest NATO exercise in 25 years, "Defender Europe 20" with 60,000 soldiers (including 20,000 US soldiers to be shipped in) to begin in April 2020. Four months from now.

The next Normandy Four meeting, if it happens, is also scheduled for four months from now, too. This will be after Pompeo's State Department determines whether the Donbass Republics qualify as terrorist organizations and Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. (Does anybody want to guess which way that's going to go?) Which will be after the upcoming false flag chemical attack in Syria which will this time, (and as usual without any proof) be blamed on Syria AND Russia and just in time for  the biggest NATO build-up across Europe this century. Are you with me, Pilgrim? 

When Zelensky goes to the next Normandy meeting, backed up by the French pretty boy and the  German toad, they will attempt to dictate the terms to Putin - either allow the total re-write of the agreement, to include above all the immediate control of the border by Ukraine, or else the agreement will be voided, (which will, of course, also be blamed on Russia) and then Russian and the Donbass Republics become officially listed as "terrorists" by the goddamned US gov, and it's back to the "Anti-Terrorist Operation" where the only alternative is The Big Ukrop Offensive, total war, the ethnic cleansing and genocide in Donbass that has been held in check for the past 5 years only by the credible threat of a Russian counter-offensive. But the question now is whether Russia will risk an all-out  war with an already mobilized and ready NATO battle group perched on her borders, in order to save a few million Russian-speaking citizens of the Republics. Now, that is the question, isn't it?

Either way, it looks like the Donbass Republics will soon be in for a hard, hard time, to put it nicely. Either we will suffer a re-enactment of Operation Barbarossa; a genuine nazi invasion, with death camps, slave labor and genocide, or we become ground zero for World War III. Of course, the US and NATO don't want war with Russia, (just yet) but they are clearly going to continue to risk it, and up the ante considerably, in order to see if Russia will abandon its principles and the Republics in order to avoid it. Trump The Idiot will be onboard with the Deep State warmongers, because he will be convinced by the assholes and nazis who advise him that, one, it will win him the election by ridding him from the "soft on Russia" criticism, and two, the Russians will never risk war with NATO.

This "re-negotiation" of the Minsk and Steimeier Agreements can be presented in a way to give Russia a semi-palatable, (but false) face-saving excuse, if they decide to take it. "The agreement still stands, we have simply agreed to re-adjust the timetable, to allow Ukraine to take control of the border first." Once the borders are sealed, once Ukraine's "territorial integrity" is re-established, once Russia has capitulated, all the talk of voting and special status can be shelved. The "lustration", "filtration" and "punishment", in other words, the ethnic cleansing and genocide that will inevitably and immediately ensue, will be conducted in media silence and far from the cameras and microphones of ukrop and western media, who will, of course, be the only ones reporting from the newly "liberated" territories of the former Republics. And if some pesky journalist has the temerity to ask about the voting or human rights guarantees, the Ukrainian nazis and their US/NATO masters can simply say "может быть завтра", "Maybe tomorrow", which in Ukraine, is the polite way to say "Never."

POST CARD FROM UKRAINE, LAST TIME...

If Russia abandons the Republics, it might save itself from war with Ukraine and maybe NATO, at least for a little while, but Ukraine's integration into NATO would then be fast tracked and assured, and Russia would again be faced with an emboldened, ruthless and voracious enemy at the gates. And if the ukrop nazis were to take the Donbass Republics, their next target would, without question, be Crimea. And Russia simply cannot and will not back down from that.

So, considering that I live in Donetsk, and intend to do so for the rest of my life, considering I am already on nazi death lists and will be immediately subjected to a fatal dose of "re-education" if I fall into the hands of ukrop punishers, what do I think will happen and what will I do? For me, these are questions of life and death, and I have only a few months to decide. Actually, I have already decided, and it looks like in the next few months, I will see the results of my decisions.

First, I do not think Putin and Russia will abandon the Republics. It would be cowardly, unprincipled and futile to do so, and these are adjectives that simply do not apply to Putin or to Russia. Putin has stated publicly and on more than one occasion that he will not allow a bloodbath or egregious human rights violations to be imposed on the citizens of the Donbass Republics, many thousands of whom are now Russian citizens as well. Putin has stated clearly that he knows what the ukrop nazis have in mind, what they will do if they have a free hand in Donbass. And above all, Putin and the Russian People know that capitulation is no refuge, no escape from relentless, ruthless aggression. And Putin has also said, and I quote, "I learned on the streets of Leningrad as a kid, if a fight is inevitable, it is better to hit first." I am quite certain that Vladimir Putin will stand by his words, by his promises and his principles, and the Russian People will back him 100%. Of that I am sure. If a lioness and her cubs are surrounded by hyenas, the lioness may have a chance to survive if she abandons her cubs, but it just doesn't happen like that. No way.

I expect the ukrops and their NATO masters to go through with their schemes, and present an ultimatum to Putin at the next Normandy Meeting in April 2020. I expect Putin will throw the ultimatum back in their faces and call their bluff and assure them that if Ukraine attacks the Republics, we will counter-attack, and Russia will be with us, come what may. Then we will see who is really ready to pull the trigger and do the ultimate "man dance". Putin has promised that if Russia is attacked, he will destroy the places the attacks come from, and also the places where the orders for the attacks come from. And Vladimir Putin don't lie.


I have long predicted that this war would not end gently, that there would be one more big battle, probably the biggest battle, before there will be peace in Ukraine. I have been told by people I trust and who are qualified to know, that if the ukrop army makes a major attack, a ground taking assault on the Republics, the Russian Army will be here in a matter of hours, with orders not to decimate, but to annihilate the nazi aggressors. And within a few days, the ukrop army will cease to exist. I believe this and am encouraged by it, and will act accordingly. Those first few hours will be tough, horrendous, but I will stay and fight. That's what I came here to do, and so be it. There is no question of fleeing to Russia. I will defend my home and family from nazi invaders here, and I will fight until victory or death. This is not some stirring rhetoric or bombastic bullshit, I am serious, and the situation is serious, and I expect in the next few months to have to back up my words with actions. Again. And that is what I will do. If all-out war breaks out in Donbass, things will be tough here, really tough, Sarajevo tough, Grozny tough, but we will never surrender, and in the end, we will prevail. And we, Russia, the good people in this world who do not start wars but end them, will prevail whether the war is confined only to Ukraine or engulfs the whole world, which it may well do. As we say in Donbass, "This war will end like in 1945."

LIKE 1945

The people of the USA and Europe should ponder what Donbass has gone through in these last 5 years, and understand it is not impossible that you too will experience war firsthand yourselves. If you allow your corrupt and bloodthirsty rulers to attack us, understand that we will hit back, hard, where you live, and understand that you will have it coming. Only the people of Europe and the USA can stop this insane and deadly gambit, and if you're going to, you need to act now. Otherwise, your masters will proceed with this diabolical scheme and the whole world may well come crashing down around your heads. Things are fixin' to get really, really real. Chose your side and make your move, while you still can. This time next year, the world will have changed, and it may be too late. For all of us.

NORMANDY 4 AND THE REAL WAR

The recent meeting of the Normandy Four in Paris had little to do with ending the war in Donbass, but is a quite instructive look at what much of international diplomacy really is - symbolic political theater,  much ado about nothing, the proverbial tempest in the teapot. With infinite patience, the leaders of France, Germany and Russia listened to the jabbering of Volodymyr Zelensky as he tried to re-negotiate and renege on Minsk I, signed by Ukraine in 2014, Minsk II signed by Ukraine in 2015, and the Steinmeier Formula signed by Zelensky himself in October 2019, barely two months ago.

Putin was more than generous with his time, surely knowing that Zelensky and his US and nazi masters had absolutely no intention of any kind of concrete or realistic steps towards actual implementation of the agreement.  Both Minsk Agreements were signed at times when the Ukraine military forces were decimated and facing imminent defeat, therefore signed in acts of desperation, with no real intention of upholding or adhering to the treaty, at least on the ukrop side.

The first Minsk Agreement was September 5th, 2014, when the ukrop army was reeling from defeats all along the Front. According to Poroshenko, at the time of the ceasefire, the ukrop army had lost 60 to 65 percent of all its operational heavy equipment, and around 100 ukrop soldiers were dying daily.

The second agreement, "Minsk II" was signed February 12th, 2015, at a time when a major portion of the ukrop army was surrounded and helpless near Dabaltesve. Though both agreements led to temporary reductions in the fighting, and Minsk II did allow the surrounded ukrop military units to evacuate, the war has continued for over 5 years now, with no real end in sight.

The Steinmeier Formula, first proposed in 2016, is based on Minsk II, and was recently signed by Zelensky and representatives of the Donbass People's Republics on October 1st of 2019, is a plan for peace that encompasses four steps to be taken in a specific, pre-determined and logical order.

1) Elections to be held in DPR and LPR, under Ukrainian law and OSCE observation and verification.
2) Upon OSCE verification of the elections, immediate implementation of special status for Donbass.
3) Amendment of the Ukraine Constitution confirming and codifying the special status of Donbass.
4) Ukrainian control of Russian border crossings in Donbass that are currently not under their control.

The Steinmeier Formula delineates these four steps, in this exact order. That is what Zelensky signed in October, and the recent Normandy Four meeting was for the specific purpose of bringing these steps about. However, the chances of any of this ever actually happening, are, as they say, "wafer thin".

At the recent Normandy Four meeting, Zelensky attempted to basically rewrite the entire agreement, by insisting that Ukraine take control of the border as the first step instead of the last, and by saying there was no way the Constitution of Ukraine could be amended or changed. On this basis, the Steinmeier Formula and the Minsk Agreement are dead in the water. It is as if the Normandy Four met to discuss the purchase of a house and Zelensky showed up trying to sell them a bicycle.

While many of the concrete details of the formula remain unclear, the specific steps and the specific order in which those steps are to be undertaken are beyond question or dispute. And what is also beyond question is the fact that neither the leadership, nor the Armies nor the people of the Donbass Republics will ever allow Kiev to control the border unless and until all of the previous steps have been fully and satisfactorily implemented. Who controls the borders controls the Republics. In the extremely unlikely case that Kiev ever regains control of our borders, it will only be after all other steps have been completed. Zelensky's pretense of making it the first step is an absolute deal-breaker. This will never happen.

Amending the Constitution, the third step in the formula, is also highly problematic and in reality, extremely unlikely to ever be fulfilled. A constitutional amendment allowing the Donbass Republics to vote on special status and codifying that status into the Ukrainian Constitution would de jure allow other regions the same right to decide whether to secede from Kiev's rule. Ukraine is a failed state, and failing further. Kiev is controlled by puppets and criminals who answer to foreign banks and secret services, and who are selling the future and the birthrights of regular Ukrainian people right out from under them as fast as they can. And the Ukrainian people know this. If there were a constitutional amendment allowing referendums of secession or special status, every region of Ukraine would begin the process immediately, and the state of Ukraine would become a new Yugoslavia and simply cease to exist.

Zelensky knows it, his western masters know it, Ukraine's creditors know it. If Ukraine is dissolved, who will get stuck with the unpaid (and unpayable) bills? Why, the creditors, of course. Zelensky is stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place, or "forked", as we say in chess. If he amends the constitution, he will de jure and de facto dissolve Ukraine as a nation. If he refuses or fails to, Steinmeier and Minsk are moot, the unwinnable (for Ukraine) war continues, and it's back to square one.

While the Normandy Four may be able to  make some small advancements and improvements, such as prisoner exchanges and even perhaps military de-escalation to some degree, which is admittedly something, and better than nothing, as for its stated purpose of reintegrating the Republics into Ukraine, it is an exercise in futility that will never come to fruition.

So, if Steinmeier and Minsk are moot, what is the alternative? It appears Zelensky and his US/NATO masters still intend to maintain the military option. And indeed, from here in Donbass it continues to appear that this war will not end without one last major battle that will result in the complete destruction of the military power of one side or the other. There are other possible scenarios, including a "frozen war" that can continue almost indefinitely, but the Steinmeier Formula is not among them.

If the Novorussian Armed Forces were to be defeated, the resulting carnage would be reminiscent of the German nazi occupation of 1941 to 1943. Ukrainian nazi politicians and media pundits have already spoken of, and continue to this day to advocate, ethnic cleansing, forced exile, "filtration" and "re-education" camps for Donbass citizens to be located in the nazi strongholds of western Ukraine, or down in the mines of Donbass. Revocation of citizenship and voting rights, confiscation of homes and property and prison terms for military and political defenders are all part of "Plan B", to be carried out immediately after a Ukrainian military victory. And these are only the policies they advocate in public. In reality, it would be genocide. The people of Donbass and our defenders, both here and in Russia, know and understand this, and will never allow it to happen. We may die fighting, defending our families, our homes, our Republics, but we will never, ever surrender. Never. Ever.

"Maintaining the territorial integrity of Ukraine" is the mantra of fools, mountebanks and hypocrites.
As long as there are nazis in power in Ukraine, as long as there are unpunished war criminals and mass murderers walking around free in Kiev, as long as the Ukrainian Army continues to threaten and attack our Republics and murder our citizens and defenders, no one here will be laying down any arms, no one here will be relinquishing control of any borders or a single centimeter of our land, no one here will allow armed soldiers from Ukraine or UN or OSCE to prowl our streets. This is OUR land now. We have fought for it, we have won it and we will defend it. We have not been defeated in savage combat, and we will not be "pencil whipped" by a clown and errand boy representing foreign masters and enemies. Zelensky decides nothing. He is an insolent and impotent puppet, incapable of agreement or negotiating in good faith.

The people of the Donbass Republics will decide our own fate, just as someday, for better or worse, the people of Ukraine will decide theirs. And when the day finally comes that they rise up against their oligarchs and kleptocrats, their quisling politicians and their foreign masters and exploiters, when the good people of Ukraine rise up and shake off their chains, the fraternal peoples of Donbass and of Russia will applaud them, and stand with them, and be there to help them. And may God speed the day. Davai!