Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Thank you for providing the Bloomberg account of what should have been a confidential call between Witkoff and Ushakov. I had heard this info on the noon news, but wanted to read the major information for today before commenting on this complicating situation.
Russia insists the leak did NOT come from them. People here are calling for Witkoff to be removed or fired from this activity. Witkoff has had a long relationship in real estate activities with President Trump. You can see by his comments to Ushakov that he does know how to compliment people. Now that Trump will learn that his very long and “good” call with Putin, even with compliments on Gaza peace, was preplanned, it will be interesting to see his reactions in the next few days.
Will he be mad at Witkoff, or was Trump even involved in preplanning this potential conversation with Putin? He and Witkoff have worked together a long time. It seems quite clear from today’s comments that Russia is still planning a year or more of fighting, although the Central Bank is frantically urging Putin that a severe crisis is pending. Is Trump trying to set conditions for Putin to gracefully/safely withdraw from this war? Is Putin dragging out this peace settlement hoping to see NATO and EU slow walk Ukraine support and give him a better idea on how much to demand or relinquish? There are so many possibilities of likely plans and lies among the various participants on both sides.
How much is Putin committed to Alexandr Dugin’s plan for Russian rule over Europe and control in most of the rest of the world, or will his goal of winning all of Ukraine satisfy his desire for immortal greatness? Currently Dugin is saying Russia will be fighting for 17 more years, and Russians should be proud and happy to die for mother Russia. We must never forget Dugin’s influence with Putin, Russian hard liners, and far right parties in many NATO and EU countries. Anyone who cares about our future and that of the world must become familiar with Dugin’s 22 point list of ways to accomplish conquest and world control. Read that list in the book review below, copy it and send to friends and our important politicians:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
Think how much sorrow could have been prevented if people had read Hitler’s Mein Kampf (my struggle) in the 1930’s and understood Hitler’s goals for Germany and the world. Dugin’s book and plans are at that level of seriousness.
I think it is very likely these priests will be spys for information about both troops and commanders. Troops will probably be urged to write positive letters to the people at home, perhaps even supervised to do so. On the other hand Putin must surely suspect he is not getting true news from the front given how long and how many deaths it takes to invade and claim even mid sized towns with 65,000 or fewer. Thus spying on, or reporting on the commanders is also likely. Do Orthodox priests take confessions as is done by Catholic priests? Do they preserve secrecy as carefully as is done by the Catholics? Even if they did maintain secrecy of A confession, these priests could still send information about the general mood and feelings of the troops from confessions.
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