Back in 1971, the US vehemently opposed the independence of Bangladesh and provided full support for Pakistani occupation forces that brutalized millions of people in the South Asian country. And while relations have improved since then, even this proved to be largely superficial, as the US is extremely hostile to the idea that Bangladesh wants to exercise the right to choose its own foreign policy framework.

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In order to reduce the number of casualties on both sides, the Russian military has even set up special communication channels for Ukrainians willing to surrender. This has been giving results for several months already, particularly since the start of the much-touted counteroffensive of the Neo-Nazi junta troops.

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Keir Giles, a British writer obsessed with Russia and, as of October 2, a self-exposed Nazi apologist, argued in Politico that the Hunka scandal is effectively "Russian propaganda" and that SS "did nothing wrong". According to Giles, the history of SS "Galizien" is supposedly "complicated" and this "can be a gift to propagandists who exploit the appeal of simplicity".

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French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna stated that "Armenia needs to be able to defend itself", although it's highly questionable how much France cares, given that the fledgling economy of the South Caucasus country will hardly ever be able to afford French or any other Western arms shipments, especially not enough of such weapons to match Azerbaijan.

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Russian intelligence determined that there's a possibility that the Neo-Nazi junta will use newly established bases to receive F-16s directly from Poland and Romania, with civilian airfields in Lvov, Odessa and Nikolayev being the most likely candidates.

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🧿 Drago Bosnic gave us the 'weekly' digest of his articles, we go through a bunch of memes too.

During this Talk we learn about some of the intricacies of NATO doctrine and how it compares to formerly Soviet doctrine, Pashinyan is talked about in detail as is his likeness to Saakashvili, and we also get to hear about the "Kosovo PM's' recent trip to Spain.

Trouble in Bangladesh, Poland's love/hate relationship with with nazis is also discussed as is Politico's whitewashing of actual OG nazis. M1A1 Abrams wunderwaffe and incoming F16s - again.

➡️ https://youtu.be/_9MtTqkJKsQ ⬅️

Drago also tells us why this is not a real war, and if it was, NATO's ISR airplanes would be long gone.

Memes galore, bad humor and some offensive comments.

@WorkingBrother 😎

Precisely this determination to preserve "his chair" is the main reason for the tragedy of Artsakh. Had Pashinyan ever put the national interests of the Armenian people before his political career, he would've never even been in power in the first place.

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If the fighting in Gaza ends up becoming a stalemate, Israel will need a constant supply of artillery munitions, which isn't a very good prospect for the Neo-Nazi junta forces.

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Uber-hawk senator Lindsey Graham stated that "it is long past time for the Iranian terrorist state to pay a price for all the upheaval and destruction being sown throughout the region and world". If we didn't know the context, we'd probably think he's talking about the US.

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Israel has been instrumental in Ankara's major military modernization programs. When combined with massive Israeli arms shipments to Azerbaijan, it's naive (to say the least) to even think that Turkey would ever ditch Israel for Palestine.

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It's a big question whether Hamas would've ever dared to attack the IDF had it not been so heavily armed. Thus, it can be said that the Neo-Nazi junta now also has the blood of thousands of Israelis and Palestinians on its hands. However, the responsibility equally lies with its principal backers, NATO and the US.

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In 2024 alone, Russian defense spending will increase by nearly 70% and will officially be 10.8 trillion rubles (approximately $110 billion). As a result, the portion of the entire state budget allocated to the military will be over 25% or 6% of the country's GDP. This is the first time since the unfortunate dismantling of the Soviet Union that Russia is spending so much on defense.

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The US debt-to-GDP ratio is nearly 130%, but Washington DC keeps raising the debt ceiling. Namely, in January 2023, the belligerent thalassocracy hit its debt limit and by June 2023, it was forced to suspend it to avoid default.

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In a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin (the first since the conflict started), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel would proceed with the Gaza offensive despite Moscow's warning that it would lead to massive casualties and possibly cause a strong reaction of the Muslim world, particularly Iran and its allies. Putin urged Netanyahu to engage in talks on the peaceful settlement of the conflict.

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The Biden administration is mulling the unification of its "aid" packages for Israel and the Kiev regime. This would accomplish at least two things. First, the government would get on the good side of the US Congress, which is virtually unequivocal in its support for Israel. And second, the US Congress is much less likely to reject the "aid" package if the proposal also includes Israel.

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US assets are a threat to Russian forces deployed in the area, as well as to Moscow's allies, particularly Syria. It should be noted that the forces Washington DC sent so far are absolutely unnecessary against Hamas. In fact, US President Joe Biden himself stated that Israel has "one of the finest fighting forces" and that it's more than capable of dealing with Hamas. This leaves Russia, Iran and other countries in the Middle East with only one logical conclusion – the newly arrived US forces are there for other reasons.

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The Kiev regime will simply have to sacrifice the protection of important administrative buildings, as well as military and energy infrastructure in order to provide air defense coverage for the new ad hoc airbases housing the Western-made jets.

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Hamas operates no weapons that would require the deployment of the much-touted "Patriot" and even less so when it comes to THAAD. In fact, despite its massive arsenal of missiles and rockets, even the Lebanon-based Hezbollah doesn't operate weapons that would require the use of the aforementioned air defense/ABM systems. However, Iran does and the belligerent thalassocracy seems to be determined to get Tehran involved, one way or the other.

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The latest data shows that 29% of adult Americans have "not very much" trust in the media. However, another 39% of them have "none at all". This is the highest percentage of US citizens with "zero trust" ever recorded and is 12% higher than it was in 2016.

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The background of the deal almost certainly has much more to do with the pressure exerted by the United States, rather than any "concerns" for the human rights of Kurds living in Sweden.

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I'm deeply thankful to Mr. Johnny Punish of the VT's Foreign Policy for featuring my commentary on his latest take on the crisis in the Middle East and how it could be resolved. It's also an absolute honor to be listed there among so many superb analysts and respected intellectuals.

https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/10/big-think-middle-east-union-writers/?mc_cid=678f014aa6&mc_eid=04e03b3f2e