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Georgia and Salome Zourabichvili. Well, Salome is a French-born, CIA-groomed comprador from a family of secret services operative. There should be no expectations of honorable behavior from this vile woman... Salome is a Georgian version of Nuland-Kagan.

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Very insightful comparison. The only difference I see between the DPRK and Russia scenario is that I think the Ukraine is merely a symptom of an existential clash. No side can actually afford to lose, but for different reasons.

For Russia it is existential in the sense of nation state, and the US / EU has even provided maps of what a post-Russia would look like, with 16 'countries', each I guess with its Washington-appointed Governor. For the US, I think it is existential insofar as US hegemony is paid for through the dollar being the world's currency, and it has used that primacy to own all the institutions (IMF, World Bank, BIS, UN General Assembly when needed, and so on).

Defeating Russia is to defeat the only serious military challenger to NATO, whereas a defeat BY Russia will embolden the Global Majority to throw off the neo-colonial chains, trade in their own currencies, and follow a sovereign path. And when no one needs the dollar, all those greenbacks flood back home, crashing an economy bloated with debt.

I think one of the key conclusions to draw from the US / NATO attitude is to go straight to nuclear capability. Clandestinely, of course, but when you've got it sorted trumpet it to the world, and Washington in particular.

Libya had a nascent program, but was persuaded to give it up. And what happened after that...?

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