CNN + Bellingcat's Latest Russian Novichok Lies

December 23, 2020 (Brian Berletic - LD) - CNN and US government-funded war propaganda outfit "Bellingcat" teamed up to "investigate" the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Despite multiple reports - each several pages long - ultimately CNN admitted that they were unable to conclude who actually poisoned Navalny - also admitting there was no evidence that Russian FSB agents they claim followed Navalny played any role at all in the alleged crime. 

I break down CNN and Bellingcat's innuendo-filled report, their full admission that ultimately they were unable to draw any fact-based conclusions - and Russian state involvement is merely implied in what is yet another case of US-backed "weapons of mass destruction" lies used to justify US sanctions and aggression against Russia - and ruin Russia's relations with Western European nations - particularly its Nord Stream 2 pipeline partner - Germany. 

Interview by Patrick Henningsen of 21st Century Wire

December 20, 2020 (Brian Berletic - LD) - It was my pleasure to appear on 21st Century Wire's first Live show (they have many recorded interviews and shows here). 

We discuss my background as "Tony Cartalucci," US soft power around the globe, US-backed "color revolutions" past and present including here in Thailand where I am based, as well as where the US is going from here in its great power game with nations like China and Iran. 

21st Century Wire has helped share my articles for many years when I wrote anonymously under the pen name Tony Cartalucci - and hopefully this is the first of many interviews and video collaborations I will be doing with them in the future now that I'm out in the open. Like and share the video if you thought it was useful and think about subscribing to 21st Century Wire to catch new videos when they are published. 

Thailand: UN Defends Violent Mobs

December 19, 2020 (Brian Berletic - LD) -  The UN has once again made yet another inappropriate and inaccurate statement about yet another country the US is meddling in. 

I explain why the UN’s statement regarding Thailand’s current political crisis is wrong and how it helps serve US interference in Thailand’s internal political affairs - an actual issue the UN should speak up about - but doesn't.

Russia's Hypersonic 'Zircon' Missile Takes Flight

December 19, 2020 (Brian Berletic - NEO) - Russian state media reported a successful test flight of its new hypersonic missile, the Zircon. Flying at Mach 8 (8 times the speed of sound or around 10,000 kph), the missile poses a new and credible threat to the air defense systems of potential aggressors. 

Fired from vertical launch tubes on a Russian warship, the missile is capable of striking both targets at sea and on land. This most recent test took place over a range of 350 kilometers, but claims the missile is capable of ranges of up to 1,000 kilometers have been reported. 

This would mean that missiles fired from the Mediterranean Sea, for example, could hit virtually any target amid the ongoing Syrian conflict, both within Syria but also in neighboring nations backing militants fighting against the Syrian government and its Russian allies. 

Is the West Downplaying 'Zircon's' Capabilities to Hide Fears? 

The Western media has reported on Russia's hypersonic missiles for a while. And now that the first Zircon missiles have taken flight in reportedly successful tests - speculation among the West as well as an attempt to downplay Russia's technological achievement is in full motion.

Articles like Popular Science's, "Don't believe the hype about Russia's hypersonic missile," claim: 

Despite headlines to the contrary, not enough about the missile is known yet to definitely claim that it poses an uncounterable threats to ships at sea.

The article continues by noting that speed alone is not necessarily an undefeatable trait of the Zircon missile and that an ability to maneuver - particularly end-game maneuverability right before hitting a target - would make it a truly credible and nearly unstoppable threat to the fleets of aggressor nations. 

SpaceX and America’s Potential

December 17, 2020 (Brian Berletic - LD) - US-based aerospace company SpaceX recently tested a prototype of a revolutionary, fully reusable space launch vehicle called "Starship" in Boca Chica Texas in recent weeks. 

The mostly successful flight - which will be followed up in quick succession - is an example of the sort of innovation and progress the United States is still very much capable of offering the world. 

I explain in this video how old entrenched special interests in the US had previously tried to hinder SpaceX's rise as a premier aerospace company through lobbying and legal maneuvers (instead of just building better rockets) and how other nations in the multipolar world are responding to SpaceX's innovations with constructive competition instead. 

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