The Tanker Seizure:
American Coast Guard and navy forces (assisted by the UK) undertook a boarding operation to grab considered one of Russia’s shadow fleet tankers, the Bella 1, within the north Atlantic. This vessel was sanctioned by the U.S. below its counter-Iran sanctions, aimed toward stopping Iran from fueling instability within the Center East via the earnings of unlawful oil gross sales and was linked to worldwide terrorism and crime together with Hezbollah. But that is debatable. The ship went via the Suez Canal and a ship of this dimension might solely achieve this if it was empty.
The USA with assistance from the UK simply boarded and seized a Russian-flagged vessel on the excessive seas. Russia did nothing however the US agreed to ship the 2 Russian crew members to Russia. This was clearly a strong-arm tactic in opposition to Russia. John Healey made the dumbest bullshit excuse I’ve ever heard in 50 years. How does an empty tanker on its method to Russia threaten Britain and the British individuals? That is probably the most absurd excuse I’ve ever heard. Then any empty tanker on its method to to or from Russia on the excessive seas threatens the British individuals?
The Strategic Message: Weak point Disguised as Energy
NATO is now claiming that Putin fired an Oreshnik at Lviv—a metropolis lower than 70 kilometers from the Polish border and NATO territory. The message was presupposed to be: “We’ve hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles and we’re keen to make use of them near NATO borders. Be afraid.” They’re spinning this as Russia wanted to exhibit navy functionality as a result of its credibility had collapsed throughout a number of theaters concurrently. Venezuela, Syria, Iran—each Russian shopper is falling or below extreme strain. The shadow fleet is being seized. Ukrainian drones are shutting down Moscow. NATO insists that their navy analysts are skeptical of Oreshnik’s precise battlefield worth. Whereas Putin retains warning about nuclear battle, they insist that that is all hype and pay no consideration as a result of they will take Russia with one hand tied behind their again.
The Oreshnik strike is the navy equal of shouting “I’m nonetheless related!” whereas everybody watches Putin lose affect globally. NATO wasn’t impressed. EU overseas coverage chief Kaja Kallas stated the strike reveals that “Putin doesn’t need peace” and referred to as it “meant as a warning to Europe and to the U.S.” Kallas is as ruthless as Zelensky. She represents why there can NEVER be any peace with Russia.
The U.S.-led efforts to finish the battle in Ukraine have entered a pivotal stage and is exposing that there’ll NEVER be peace between the EU abd Russia. That is important. Peace negotiations are at this level pointless for the EU is in search of to put in NATO troops into Ukraine below the pretense of peace-keeping when in reality it was Kiev that began this battle 0 not Putin nor Russia.
John McCain, the godfather of Neocons, was there advocating the revolution in 2014 and lied to the individuals telling them this was about them and no one else and it was in regards to the peace that they deserved. There was peace with Russia. I consider McCain hated Russians as a result of he was captured in Vietnam and was damaged studying propaganda for the Vietnamese.
Robert McNamara admitted earlier than he died that they assumed Russia was behind Vietnam however they had been flawed. This has contaminated the Neocons who’ve grown up hating Russians all on a false assumption. That is what coloured the Chilly Conflict and it’s to today warning that the European Union is in search of World Conflict III due to individuals like Kallas who’re wrapped up in private hatred that she can not see that she is condemning Europe and this EU experiment to its remaining destruction.
The Bigger Sample: The Cycle of Escalation
Russia used the Oreshnik missile on Lviv in a single day January 8-9, 2026, hitting an underground fuel storage facility within the first ballistic missile strike on Ukraine’s western area. This marks solely the second use of Russia’s latest intermediate-range weapon system.Lviv is critical as a result of it’s Ukraine’s westernmost main metropolis—lower than 70 kilometers from the border with the European Union. Hitting it with a nuclear-capable missile sends an unmistakable message to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania: You’re inside vary regardless of NATO saying don’t fear.
However don’t be distracted by the technical capabilities or the psychological warfare. Concentrate on the strategic context: Russia deployed this weapon after struggling humiliating failures in Venezuela, Syria, and even Moscow itself. The strike represents Russia responding to the Donald Doctrine. NATO needs to assert that is an act of desperation or weak point. However that is boasting their power and need to invade Russia as quickly as they will.
NATO insists that the arithmetic present that Russia’s world place is weakening throughout a number of theaters concurrently. Its shopper states are falling. Its deterrence is failing. Its financial warfare via shadow fleets is being countered. And its response is to fireplace costly, irreplaceable missiles at fuel storage services to show it’s nonetheless harmful.
Nevertheless, if we assume that Russia is now weakened dramatically, then the conduct of a declining energy making an attempt to persuade everybody—together with itself—that it nonetheless issues is way worse. Like a wounded animal, it should battle to the dying and is most harmful when cornered. There are two sides to that coin.
The cycle suggests additional escalation is coming. NATO likes to challenge Russia is only a injured fly to be swatted. When Kallas tried to threaten China to desert Russia, Wang Yi respectfully said that China had no intention of standing idly by and watching Russia lose. He said that China believes that if Russia had been defeated, the EU and NATO would activate China subsequent. This concept that the EU and NATO can destroy and break up Russia with no different affect is the linear pondering of madmen.
The NEOCONS have gained. They used Ukraine to revive the Chilly Conflict that they need to make RED HOT. This has all been forecast by our pc and it’s definitely nothing I want to see. This isn’t my OPINION. I’ve lengthy hoped that if I scream loud sufficient then maybe I might forestall it. That has been a idiot’s dream. I’ve by no means been in a position to defeat the pc but.
Watch the following days rigorously into February after which April adopted by June/July. If peace talks usually tend to break down, and I might count on extra Oreshnik strikes or comparable escalatory strikes. I simply discover it curious that NATO retains claiming Russia is weak and there’s no menace. They appear to be speaking out of each side of their mouth.
