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The word DEVOLVE is the only word I'm thinking...
means... what I'm wanting it to mean...
with the problem that... it actually means something else.
I needed a word to describe what happens when we... as human beings...
have evolved in a way that is out of control and reckless...
and exactly what it is that we might need to do... to fix this.
Perhaps what we need to do... is... de-volve... a notch or two... ?
Alex Jones:
Scott Ritter needs no introduction. He's a former Marine Intelligence officer...
served in the former Soviet Union implementing arms control agreements...
on the staff of General Norman Schwarzkopf during the Gulf War... played
a crucial role in the search for Iraq's skud missiles from '91 to '98.
Mr. Ritter
served as a Chief Inspector for United Nations in Iraq, leading the search for Iraq's
so-called weapons of mass destruction. Mr. Ritter was a vocal critic of
the American decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003."
Ritter has come out with a new book on his work.
Scott Ritter... introduction segment cut from interview...
"The biggest problem we face today... is, of course... nuclear weapons.
And so, if we don't find a way to put disarmament first and foremost
on the agenda... I'm not saying that in America there's not a lot of problems...
we know there are... but what I'm saying is... none of those problems matter
if none of us are alive. And the one thing that's going to kill us all... is
nuclear weapons. And a nuclear war is inevitable if we continue on the current
policy track.
That policy track is one that operates with total disregard for Russia...
and the total disregard for the reality of nuclear weapons.
We treat nuclear weapons as if they are some sort of toy... some sort of
gimmick.
We actually have a nuclear warhead, the W76-2, the low-yield nuclear warhead
that we put on a Trident missile on an Ohio Class submarine. It is a "usable"
nuclear weapon. That term alone... should send alarm signals to anybody.
There's no such thing as a usable nuke.
We have actually practiced in war games firing this nuclear weapon against
the Russian target, in a NATO-type scenerio... which is exactly, of course,
what's going on in Ukraine, right now. So we have a weapon... deployed...
designed to be used in the very scenerio that we're speaking of...
because we believe we can escalate to de-escalate... that we can fire
a nuclear weapon and get the Russians to back down.
Vladmir Putin, the Russian president... again, what you think about him,
I don't care... but I will tell you this... when he speaks, listen... because...
what he says, he means. He doesn't bluff. When he says "one nuclear
weapon used against Russia... all... the world... will die."
He said, "Yes, the Russians will go to heaven as martyrs... but
you'll... be dead."
Then the interview begins:
Ritter:
"We couldn't be at a more critical period of time... but what's important to
understand is... um... like the war in Iraq, this is a war of choice that we're
waging against Russia, right now. And Ladies and Gentlemen, I don't mean
to be too blunt here... we're at war with Russia. It hasn't turned into a
straight-up nuclear showdown... YET. But we have made it... we, the United
States... have made it our objective to achieve the strategic defeat of Russia.
That's the official policy of the United States.
And if you're Russia... and you hear a nuclear power like the United States...
who's aligned with a anti-Russian military organization, NATO, saying that
their mission is the strategic defeat of Russia... that means you can't trust the
United States. You have to assume that everything the United States is doing
is geared toward your destruction... and it's incumbant upon you to respond
accordingly.
People out there are now saying that Russia launched an unprovoked act of
aggression against Ukraine on February 24, 2022. That's the furthest thing
from the truth. To accept that, you have to ignore the fact that in 2008,
the former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, current CIA Director, William Burns,
wrote a memorandum called "Niet means niet" ... "no means no"...
establishing what he said were the red lines Russia set... about bringing
Ukraine into NATO... If we tried to bring Ukraine into NATO it would
provoke a Russian military response.
So, we knew later that year when we invited Ukraine into NATO that we
were doing it knowing Russia would react militarily.
Then in 2014, we conduct a coup against the constitutionally elected government
of Victor Yanokovich in Ukraine... replace him with the most odious regime
possible... Neo-Nazis... supporters of Adolf Hitler... have come back to life today
in central Europe and Ukraine. We put them in power... there was a war, a
conflict. Russia was ready to defeat them militarily, the fall of 2014, then
France and Germany intervened... something called the Minsk Accords,
a ceasefire agreement, took place... and for 8 years Russia sought a peaceful
outcome. They sought to get all the parties to implement the Minsk Accords.
We now know that neither Ukraine, France, or Germany took this seriously.
They all admit... it was a sham... designed to buy time... so that NATO could
train the Ukrainian army to go to war against Russia.
Russia believed in peace... tried to achieve peace... in December of 2021,
they put two draft peace treaties on the table... but we ignored it.
When they intervened in February, it was because they had no other choice.
The Ukrainian military was shelling civilian areas in the Dombass, killing
hundreds of children and thousands of civilians.
But even after Russia's intervention, they sought a peaceful outcome.
Rather than try to capture the city, or overthrow the government, they
wanted negotiations... and they actually had a negotiated peace settlement
ready to sign on One April... when the United States and Great Britain
intervened and brought an end to that.
That's the war we're in today.
It's a war that Russia's fighting to save the civilian population... the ethnic
Russian civilian population of eastern Ukraine. It's a war being waged by
Ukraine as a proxy of NATO and the United States... to undermine...
destroy... and otherwise de-stabilize... Russia.
The consequences of this are... that we have a level of nuclear escalation
that's unprecedented in history. There is no more arms control, right now.
The last remaining arms control treaty has been suspended because
Russia says "we can't do business with a nation that wants to inspect
our most sensitive facilities at the same time they say 'we want to defeat
you strategically.'" So Russia says "we can't talk to you until you
change your strategic outcome. You have to be willing to talk to us as equals
and deal with us.
This treaty expires in February of 2026... and when that treaty expires... there
will be no more arms control... at a time when there's the greatest level of
tension between Russia and the United States... both sides will be in a new
arms race.
Ladies and Gentlemen... one mistake... one miscalculation... one error of
judgment... it's all over. And a nuclear war... there's no such thing as a "limited
nuclear war." You can't win a nuclear war.
By "all over" I mean... "you're all dead."
That's our future... if we don't find a way to get disarmament back on the
table. That's why the 2024 elections are probably one of the most important
elections in the history of the United States... because literally... the future
of the United States... and the world... is on the line. We elect the wrong person...
we don't get arms control... we all die.
... Russia doesn't believe in a "limited war."
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