US/UK PSYOPS

EDITOR—This is Brian Berletic’s superior analysis of developments in the Middle East, as the US and its client states maneuver to regain the offensive vis a vis the Multipolar world. Brian notes how Israel is playing is cards to attain sustainability in its attack on Gaza, while the US explores avenues to provoke a war with Iran on the basis of a policy paper prepared in 2009 by the Brookings Institution, one of many “national security” think tanks that study and suggest ways for Washington to deploy its economic, propaganda and military resources to conquer targeted nations and achieve global hegemony.

GILBERT DOCTOROW—In her ten minutes at the microphone, Margarita Simonyan gave a more detailed answer, saying that indeed many men who left Russia a year ago following the mobilization orders did so because the mobilization was not conducted with uniform professionalism. In some cases, the local mobilization personnel ignored the legal exemptions from service that reservists may have had for reasons of their profession, for reasons of health or family circumstances. As far as the Russian government is concerned, it stood ready to leave in place IT specialists who were more useful to the nation sitting at home by their computers with a latte at their side than if they were sent to the front.