by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with There is one way in which regional war against Israel can be waged by the Arab states, Turkey, Iran, Russia, even China to which Israel and the US are vulnerable; against which they cannot achieve a quick and conclusive end to Hamas and prevent a multi-front, long and ruinous war for […]

by Editor - Thursday, November 30th, 2023
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by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with It was the US strategy for dismembering the Soviet Union, and then destroying the surviving Russian part, to install individual politicians and formations of economic assets controlled by Washington. The first chosen was Boris Yeltsin; then his prime minister Yegor Gaidar and chief of staff Anatoly Chubais; and then the oligarchs […]

by Editor - Wednesday, November 29th, 2023
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by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with Mistakes are what we are taught to make. Recognizing and correcting them are what we learn on our own. Repeating mistakes after recognizing them for what they are – that’s what a dunce does. In this most intimate of memoirs, John Helmer tells the story of his life, his mistakes and […]

by Editor - Sunday, November 26th, 2023
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by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with Between Guy Fawkes Day and Thanksgiving, a short break to complete the new book.

by Editor - Monday, November 6th, 2023
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by John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with Religious fundamentalists think that because God is on their side – more, that God has Chosen Them to be His People — they can leave it to Him to keep tabs on history, remember the lessons of the past, count the years, tote up the gains, costs,  and losses.   So long […]

by Editor - Monday, November 6th, 2023
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By John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with In the coming winter phase of the Russian offensive in the Ukraine, the electric war will be run quite differently from the way the first electric war was directed last winter. The impact on the Ukrainian grid and on the country’s and military’s capacities to cope will be  more destructive […]

by Editor - Saturday, November 4th, 2023
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By John Helmer, Moscow   @bears_with Russians have never had a higher level of confidence in the Army since the end of World War II,  according to a national poll just published by the independent Levada Centre of Moscow. This also means a record level of confidence in the General Staff to outwit the principal enemy […]

by Editor - Wednesday, November 1st, 2023
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