A survey conducted by the Huffington Post found that more than half of respondents believe it would be risky for the nuclear arsenal to fall into the hands of both Hillary Clinton and . They fear Trump a little more. The reason, in general, is clear: the aggressive and incredibly dirty methods with which the American candidates are trying to destroy each other this time. They use compromising evidence, computer hacking and banal stuffing. And the Democrats are undoubtedly in the lead in this type of struggle. Moreover, the closer the voting day, the less attention is paid to the credibility of the accusations. The inexperienced electorate is frightened by the Russian trace and even finds a connection between Trump and Yanukovych. Previously, the State Department, under the control of the Democratic Party, used such methods only for the foreign market, being more careful about the American voter, but now, it seems, there is no time for fat. Time is running out.
Trump called his plan to combat the main threats to America a plan of foreign policy realism. This approach involves not only a list of goals for future victories, but also an audit of failures. Their main reason in the case of ISIS (the group is banned in the Russian Federation) and other extremists - the failed policy of Obama and Clinton.
“We have a president in our country who is always silent,” said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. “He cannot speak out loud the name of our enemy, he has no right to lead this country. One who does not condemn hatred and violence radical Islam, has no moral right to be president. The rise of ISIS is a direct result of the policies of President Obama and Secretary Clinton."
Trump is confident that Islamic terrorism can only be defeated together. The billionaire calls for stricter control over those who recruit militants on the Internet. The recipe is cyber attacks on hostile sites. Trump will not close Guantanamo either. If elected, the Republican candidate promised to convene a conference of world leaders to work with them to develop a plan that would “crush and destroy” the threat. Trump sees Russia as an ally.
Trump ended by promising his supporters that he would be their only great champion. The champion had not yet finished speaking when accusations of unfair play began to fall on him. Trump's chief adviser, Paul Monafort, is allegedly under financial doping (and Ukrainian) as reported by CNN, the main television ally of the Democrats, in his running channel.
The day before, another Clinton-sympathizing editor, The New York Times, published an investigation to which it attached this photograph. It contains a page from the so-called granary book of the Ukrainian Party of Regions. Such a book, however, has never been shown publicly. Even the Ukrainian anti-corruption bureau, which is helping to raise this wave, could not provide confirmation that Monofort, who before Trump actually worked on Yanukovych’s election campaign, actually received $12.5 million in cash for his services. The bureau itself, by the way, was created by the State Department with the support of the FBI, however, even its head admits that the prospects for the matter are vague. Monofort's signature is not in the documents.
In general, Trump’s opponents continue to act on the principle “it doesn’t matter who stole what from whom, the main thing is that the remaining residue is thicker.” “This man is absolutely unfit to be president of the United States of America. He has no conscience,” says Joe Biden. “His cynicism knows no bounds.”
But what epithet then should I choose in relation to Hillary Clinton? So, documents from the Soros Foundation opened by hackers (the leak is published by the site DCLeaks.com) indicate how closely the investor who loves to get involved in politics interacted with the former Secretary of State. In 2011, Soros, for example, gave Clinton step by step instructions to eliminate unrest in Albania.
Clinton actually has a lot to hide. The day before, the FBI transmitted to Congress the contents of her testimony regarding the email correspondence. The conversation with the agents lasted almost four hours. There is no full transcript, but there are excerpts. Based on them, the congressmen who requested the source documents want to understand whether the former secretary of state lied under oath.
Trump's speech to leaders of the Muslim world indicates a radical change in US military policy. Instead of the Syrian Arab Republic, the enemy becomes jihadism, that is, the military-political instrument of the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
During the election campaign, Donald Trump promised that he would not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries and establish his own regimes there and would end terrorism. But opponents are trying to force him to continue his previous policy - relying on the Muslim Brotherhood to overthrow the Syrian Arab Republic.
To prevent Donald Trump from creating his team, all means were used, and one of the results was the resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. The latter opposed Barack Obama's plan to create an Islamic state in 2012 and has always pointed out that the Muslim Brotherhood is a nest of Islamic terrorism.
The Democrats spared no expense to portray the new American president as an Islamophobe. He was criticized for his decree banning immigrants from six Muslim countries from entering the United States. Democratic-controlled judges abused their powers to support this charge. In fact, Donald Trump, with this decree, suspended the entry of persons from countries whose consulates, due to unrest or war, are not able to confirm their identity.
The problem Donald Trump faces is not whether the Syrian Arab Republic should be or not, but that for some of Washington's allies the end of international terrorism would represent a great loss. Everyone knows about this, at all international conferences all countries publicly condemn international terrorism, and privately some of them have been using it for 66 years.
First of all, there is the United Kingdom, which in 1951 recreated the Muslim Brotherhood from the ruins of the organization of the same name, two years after it was dissolved and its former leaders were jailed. It is followed by Saudi Arabia, which, at the request of London and Washington, created the World Islamic League to support the Muslim Brotherhood and the Nakhshbandi Order. The League's budget exceeds that of the Saudi Ministry of Defense, and the entire international terrorist system is supported by the League's money and weapons. And finally, Türkiye. Today it provides management of all military operations of this system.
In Riyadh, Donald Trump not only removed uncertainty about his attitude towards Islam and confirmed his desire to end the tool of the Anglo-Saxon secret services, but also sought to impose his will on the fifty countries that sent their representatives to meet with him. To avoid misunderstandings, Defense Secretary James Mattis two days earlier made clear his military strategy - to surround jihadist groups and mercilessly exterminate them.
It is not yet known what London's reaction will be. As for Riyadh, Donald Trump has tried to do everything to forget about the past crimes of the Saudis. All crimes against Saudi Arabia have been cleared, and Iran has been appointed as the scapegoat. Of course, this is absurd, because the Muslim Brotherhood and Nakhshbandi are Sunni, while Tehran is Shiite.
However, the anti-Iran charge in Trump's speech is not so important. Tehran itself knows how to behave. For 16 years, Washington, which spits in his face, has been destroying his enemies one by one: first the Taliban, then Saddam Hussein, and now it’s ISIS’s turn.
Today, as we announced eight months ago, the Arab Spring is coming to an end and peace is returning to the region.
Another high-profile scandal involving the US President Donald Trump: American media accused the owner of the White House of allegedly blurting out to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov some extremely important secrets concerning the terrorist group “Islamic State” 1 (IS 1, ISIS 1) banned in the Russian Federation. And although the White House has called these accusations lies, the scandal is spreading. Senator Franz Klintsevich explains why American intelligence agencies were so afraid of the safety of their secrets.
It was previously reported that the Washington Post made accusations against Trump, citing, as usual, anonymous sources. These sources said the information Trump passed on to Lavrov was so secret that they couldn't even say what it was.
At the same time, although not only Trump’s traditional opponents are Democrats, but also some fellow party members are diligently throwing mud at the American president, even the famous Republican hawk Senator John McCain believes that the head of the United States had the right to disclose such information.
"We certainly don't want the president to leak classified information, but the president has the right to do so," McCain said.
Another scandal in the American “noble family” Federal News Agency commented by the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Franz Klintsevich.
“Let me remind you that at the negotiations with Lavrov, along with Trump, his national security adviser was present, who already unequivocally said that neither the methods of collecting information against ISIS nor the methods were named. There was a general conversation, and no secrets were given out,” noted Senator Klintsevich. “I think we see an ongoing campaign to further discredit Trump, and this problem is directly related to the work of the American intelligence services. And this problem is very serious. It is connected with the concept of the development of American intelligence services and the tasks facing them. Let me remind you that the previous administration ( Barack Obama), as they say, has done business all over the world. And the open secret is that in fact it has long been no secret to anyone - the “Islamic State” is a derivative of the work of American intelligence services. And by and large, here you can even give them a compliment: ISIS is a very serious invention, through which huge amounts of money are earned both by the US military-industrial complex and the American intelligence services that serve it.”
According to the senator, this practice is not new; the United States has used it throughout its history, profiting and fattening from wars and conflicts.
“And this time everything has simply been brought to the point of absurdity,” Klintsevich noted. - Knowing Trump’s impulsiveness, his openness in behavior, the intelligence services were very afraid that information would leak through him about the large presence of American intelligence services within gangs, including within ISIS. It’s scary to say, but we have already become accustomed to inhuman American projects, to these death factories that are cultivated by the United States of America around the world. And the circles that are responsible for this, primarily the intelligence services, are, of course, very afraid that Trump will let it slip and say: yes, we are present there, and we are to blame. They are afraid that Trump will suggest to Russia - let's join forces against terrorism. Because the American political establishment and the American intelligence agencies that serve them absolutely do not need the war in Syria to end. They have completely different tasks. And, of course, they do not need the Islamic State to be destroyed.
Franz Klintsevich believes that if the United States joined forces with Russia, it would be possible to as soon as possible effectively destroy the Islamic State. But the United States will never agree to this, the senator noted, since the American establishment, which is directly dependent on the military-industrial complex, has completely different tasks.
“If it is extremely important for us to defeat international terrorism, then it is extremely important for the United States to preserve this international terrorism as an “effective” tool, and let it off the leash like a watchdog in order to tear down countries and peoples that do not fit into their strategy, into their concept development,” said Senator Klintsevich.
According to the first deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, today in the world only Russia and its leadership, with their clear, well-thought-out policy and uncompromising fight against international terrorism, prevent the implementation of the misanthropic violent acquisitive strategy demonstrated by the United States.
Read the full conversation with Franz Klintsevich soon on the website Federal agency news.
1 The organization is prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation.
The world community continues to speculate about the policies of the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump. An eccentric businessman from New York at the age of 70 became the head of the most powerful power of the 21st century. There is also interest in Trump’s team, especially in his “security” wing. And the key issue is the new administration’s policy in the Middle East and towards ISIS. What it will be like is an open question. However, based on the statements of the head of the White House and the legacy of the key figures of his team, some trends can be identified.
On January 28, Trump signed the presidential memorandum “Plan to destroy the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.” According to the document, the Pentagon, in cooperation with other structures, must present an expanded plan for the “destruction of ISIS” in 30 days.
Donald Trump's commitment to fighting terrorism, particularly the Islamic State, is commendable. And some of his statements cannot but cause approval among supporters of the Realpolitic school. It is obvious that the Obama administration has failed its policy in the Middle East, and the counterterrorism vector has not produced any tangible results. In addition, Trump appointed a highly professional military man as head of the Pentagon - former head of CENTCOM James Mattis. It was this unit within the US Army that was responsible for planning combat operations in the Middle East. General Mattis is not only a theorist of insurgent wars, but also a practitioner who went through Iraq and Afghanistan with a machine gun in his hands. In addition, he is the author of a textbook on counterinsurgency, which is studied by cadets at the West Point Military Academy.
The memorandum that Trump signed is not a complete document, but only a draft plan that will be presented at the end of February. However, the main directions of “destroying ISIS” are spelled out in this document. And it needs improvement.
“ISIS is not the only threat from radical Islamic terrorism facing the United States, but it is the most aggressive. Moreover, it seeks to create its own state, which it calls a “caliphate.” There can be no negotiations with them. For this reason, I am directing my Administration to develop a comprehensive plan to destroy ISIS,” the memo begins.
The main developer of the plan is the Pentagon, led by General Mattis. However, the document specifies that this should be done in cooperation with the State Department, the Treasury Department, the Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the President's security and counterterrorism advisers.
The weak point of this document is its fixation on one terrorist organization - the Islamic State. Previously, especially during the years of the “War on Terror,” the United States annually issued a document called “Strategies for Combating Terrorism.” It included a general plan for counter-terrorism activities against all terrorist organizations.
Trump has taken a different path: a strategy is being developed to combat exclusively one group. However, in addition to ISIS, dozens or even hundreds of terrorist organizations operate in Syria and Iraq (these countries are mentioned in the memorandum). Many of them pose a threat to the West and the United States. The most combat-ready and aimed at attacking the “distant enemy”, that is, the West, is Al-Qaeda with numerous branches. Having fifteen years of experience in preparing terrorist attacks against Western countries, al-Qaeda is no less dangerous than ISIS. That is why an exclusive focus on ISIS, unless a strategy and plan for combating terrorism as a whole is created in parallel, can play a cruel joke.
The memorandum also has other shortcomings. The fight against terrorism is a multidisciplinary phenomenon. It's like building a multi-story building, which Trump devoted many years of his life to. Here we need to take into account social, political, economic, and humanitarian aspects. When we're talking about about the fight against Middle Eastern terrorism, it is important to keep in mind the ethno-religious, sectarian, tribal and historical aspects. The authors of the memorandum focus on the military factor. The main author of the strategy is the Pentagon; other structures only help write the plan. In this case, this can have reckless consequences. The strategy may be overly forceful, or, as anthropologists say, it will contain “zero anthropology,” that is, the information and details necessary to work in the region.
It is not yet entirely clear how the new administration will behave. Trump has harshly and rightly criticized the military invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. It is highly likely that he will try to avoid such scenarios. On the other hand, the United States, even if it wants, will not be able to leave the Middle East. This region is the center of modern geopolitics. And there is too much at stake, interests large quantity players are intertwined in this long-suffering region.
This means that the United States will certainly maintain a presence in the Middle East. The mechanisms and instruments of Middle East policy will change, but no one is going to leave completely. This is a deep misconception of many analysts who repeat that “Washington is leaving the Middle East.”
The force format, which was tried in Iraq and Afghanistan, did not justify itself. Trump's campaign statements offer hope that he will be reconsidered. General Mattis, who has learned from personal experience that the presence of 100,000 troops in Iraq is not an automatic guarantee of success, must also understand this. However, the power factor prevails in the memorandum.
Of course, military methods are necessary in the fight against terror. However, they play only a supporting role. Three pillars of the fight against radicals: actions of special services (counterintelligence and intelligence), forces special operations(MTR) and counter-propaganda (“battle of ideas”). Unfortunately, not a single country in the world has learned to use these mechanisms in the correct proportion. There is not a word about counter-propaganda in the document signed by Trump. In this field, terrorists are completely outplaying the United States, Russia, and all Muslim countries.
Let me give you an example of how one Arab country is fighting propaganda. Over the past year, the mukhabarat (secret services) confiscated and burned books, ideologists and founders of the Muslim Brotherhood organization Hassan al-Banna or Said Qutb. How effective do you think this was? In this sense, the Trump administration’s mistaken move is to ban citizens of seven Muslim countries from entering the United States (this decree was later overturned by an American court). Moreover, the list of these states itself looks illogical: Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Somalia and Sudan.
Firstly, it is not clear what the new administration was guided by when compiling the “list of prohibited entry.” The largest number of terrorist attacks in America were carried out by people from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, but these countries were not included in the prohibited list. Iranian citizens were not at all involved in organizing terrorist attacks in the United States.
Secondly, this decision is, frankly speaking, a gift to radical Islamists, which is already being used for propaganda purposes. “The West has declared war on Islam and Muslims! Why are you leaving there if they don’t even want to accept you! All the troubles come from the West and the USA!” - this is roughly what the propaganda clichés of the ideologists of ISIS and Al-Qaeda look like. The Islamists' task is to deprive peaceful Muslims, who are the absolute majority, of the opportunity to live in peace. There is chaos in the Middle East, and recruiting new personnel is not difficult. And such an untimely “ban”, which was formed on a religious basis, only plays into the hands of the radicals.
I would like to hope that the final version of the plan to combat ISIS will take into account all the necessary mechanisms of counter-terrorism activities. Donald Trump needs to listen to the advice of his own team, especially those with real experience, not “ideologues” and political strategists. It is obvious that General Mattis, if asked, would never approve of the ban, which American journalists have already called a “Muslim ban.” And the main “ideologist” of this decree - adviser to the president and Stephen Bannon - does not know what counter-terrorism or the Middle East is. But knowing Mattis’s temperament, he might, let’s say, get carried away. Trump needs to balance the administration's hawks with doves. In a word, Trump’s team is just being formed, and the vector of Eastern policy, most likely, will be a reflection of the experience and vision of his immediate circle. But it is important which one.
The controversial opinion of the Syrian publication, which Thierry cites on his website, but it is worth reading, because it is a view from the other side and facts about which we know little or do not know at all.
Trump's speech to leaders of the Muslim world indicates a radical change in US military policy. Instead of the Syrian Arab Republic, the enemy becomes jihadism, that is, the military-political instrument of the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
During the election campaign, Donald Trump promised that he would not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries and establish his own regimes there and would end terrorism. But opponents are trying to force him to continue his previous policy - relying on the Muslim Brotherhood to overthrow the Syrian Arab Republic.
To prevent Donald Trump from creating his team, all means were used, and one of the results was the resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. The latter opposed Barack Obama's plan to create an Islamic state in 2012 and has always pointed out that the Muslim Brotherhood is a nest of Islamic terrorism.
The Democrats spared no expense to portray the new American president as an Islamophobe. He was criticized for his decree banning immigrants from six Muslim countries from entering the United States. Democratic-controlled judges abused their powers to support this charge. In fact, Donald Trump, with this decree, suspended the entry of persons from countries whose consulates, due to unrest or war, are not able to confirm their identity.
The problem Donald Trump faces is not whether the Syrian Arab Republic should be or not, but rather For some of Washington's allies, the end of international terrorism will represent a great loss. Everyone knows about this, at all international conferences all countries publicly condemn international terrorism, and privately some of them have been using it for 66 years.
First of all, this The United Kingdom, which re-established the Muslim Brotherhood in 1951 from the ruins of the organization of the same name two years after it was dissolved and its former leaders were imprisoned. It is followed by Saudi Arabia, which, at the request of London and Washington, created the World Islamic League to support the Muslim Brotherhood and the Nakhshbandi Order. The League's budget exceeds that of the Saudi Ministry of Defense, and the entire international terrorist system is supported by the League's money and weapons. And finally, Türkiye. Today it provides management of all military operations of this system.
In Riyadh, Donald Trump not only removed uncertainty about his attitude towards Islam and confirmed his desire to put an end to the tool of the Anglo-Saxon secret services, but he also sought to impose his will on the fifty countries that sent their representatives to meet with him. To avoid misunderstandings, Secretary of Defense James Mattis clarified his military strategy two days earlier - surround jihadist groups and mercilessly exterminate them.
It is not yet known what London's reaction will be. As for Riyadh, Donald Trump has tried to do everything to forget about the past crimes of the Saudis. All crimes against Saudi Arabia have been cleared, and Iran has been appointed as the scapegoat.. Of course, this is absurd, because the Muslim Brotherhood and Nakhshbandi are Sunni, while Tehran is Shiite.
However, the anti-Iran charge in Trump's speech is not so important. Tehran itself knows how to behave. For 16 years, Washington, which spits in his face, has been destroying his enemies one by one: first the Taliban, then Saddam Hussein, and now it’s ISIS’s turn.
Today, as we announced eight months ago, the Arab Spring is coming to an end and peace is returning to the region.