By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with The Abu Dhabi talks concluded with press statements by the Russian, US and Ukrainian delegations on Wednesday afternoon at 1500 Moscow time. Four hours later, Nima Alkhorshid opened the reckoning of what had happened visibly, and not so visibly.  “The Ukrainians demonstrated a lack of confidence”. “How well the Russian side […]

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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with During the Battle of Bến Tre, Vietnam, in February 1968,  a US Army major was quoted as telling a reporter for Associated Press after an artillery barrage and air bombing of the provincial capital and its 75,000 inhabitants: “it became necessary to destroy the town to save it.” Because the soldier […]

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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Sometimes in warfighting, there is a good, if concealed reason for doing something that looks purposeless and self-defeating.   For more than a year now, President Vladimir Putin has been publicly complimenting the First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS), Melania Trump (lead image, right), with his “appreciation for her humanitarian […]

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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Rasheed Muhammad asks the questions; here are the answers, broadcast live on Wednesday 5pm Washington, DC time:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmC_MoTbwqo 

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By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with “Resilience,” declared Kirill Dmitriev, after delaying his Twitter stream until the defeat of President Donald Trump was too obvious to ignore, “is needed to protect Western civilization.”   He then explained Trump’s defeat as caused by barbarians, London ones. “British media worked hard to undermine President Trump and Republicans before the midterms […]

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