{"id":32401,"date":"2018-03-15T16:59:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T21:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=32401"},"modified":"2018-03-15T16:59:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T21:59:40","slug":"the-neocon-full-court-press-for-war-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=32401","title":{"rendered":"The Neocon Full Court Press For War is\u00a0Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"masthead\" class=\"site-header\" role=\"banner\">\n<div class=\"site-header-image\">\n<div class=\"site-branding-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"site-branding\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area\">\n<article id=\"post-6235\" class=\"post-6235 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-money category-politics tag-economics tag-noecons tag-politics tag-russia tag-sanctions tag-syria tag-trump tag-u-k tag-world-war-iii\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomluongo.me\/2018\/03\/14\/the-neocon-full-court-press-for-war-is-here\/\">The Neocon Full Court Press For War is\u00a0Here<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The events of the past two weeks have been stunning.\u00a0 \u00a0Since Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled new \u2018doomsday\u2019 weapon systems at his State of the Union address, the West has gone completely bonkers.<\/p>\n<p>In the words of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, \u201c\u201cI simply don\u2019t have any normal terms left to describe all this,\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-03-14\/britain-expel-russian-diplomats-after-midnight-deadline-expires-without-moscow\">With the U.K.\u00a0expelling Russian diplomats\u00a0<\/a>over the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury last week, the push to isolate Russia and create conditions for a World War is here.<\/p>\n<p>The questions are Who is behind this?\u00a0 And Why?<\/p>\n<p>Theresa May\u2019s response is a joke.\u00a0 This is a woman who can\u2019t stand up to EU shakedown artists over the mildest of disagreements in Brexit talks but can grandstand to high heaven over an incident with no evidence of Russian action.<\/p>\n<p>This situation is straight out of the neoconservative play book, creating a horrific incident and rushing a government into a confrontation and major policy decision.<\/p>\n<p>And these are happening all over the world right now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Covering Fire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you look at the circumstances of Skripal\u2019s associations in light of the collapsing Russia-Gate story in the U.S., the Who?\u00a0 becomes obvious.\u00a0 As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moonofalabama.org\/2018\/03\/spy-posions-spy-and-the-anti-trump-campaign.html\">Moon of Alabama first pointed out<\/a>, Skripal was an associate of both Pablo Miller and Christopher Steele, both former MI-6 agents working for <a href=\"https:\/\/russia-insider.com\/en\/who-benefits-did-western-intelligence-agencies-poison-skripal\/ri22772\">Orbis Business Intelligence.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What motive would the Russians have for taking out Skripal in such a sloppy manner on the eve of Presidential elections?<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Neocon Full Court Press For War is\u00a0Here The events of the past two weeks have been stunning.\u00a0 \u00a0Since Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled new \u2018doomsday\u2019 weapon systems at his State of the Union address, the West has gone completely bonkers. 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