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Written by Eric Zuesse
Alexander Mercouris headlined on October 29th, “Biden quietly moves world closer towards armageddon. Finland ready to host nukes”, and discussed the U.S. plan to trap Russia by positioning its nuclear missiles about 500 miles or 7 minutes of missile-flying distance from The Kremlin, a “checkmate” (a beheading of Russia’s central command so that Russia won’t have enough time to launch its retaliatory missiles) and demand Russia’s surrender (since there is no way that Russia’s central command would be able to assess the situation within only 7 minutes and get its missiles launched).
There is a history to this plan, and the U.S. Government decision to do this seems to have been made in or around 2006, when America’s two most prestigious national security academic journals, Foreign Affairs and National Security, both recommended (though ever so tactfully) replacing the idea (actually meta-strategy) of “Mutually Assured Destruction” or “M.A.D.” (that nuclear weapons exist only in order to prevent a WW III), by the new U.S. meta-strategy, of “Nuclear Primacy” — that America will use them so as to win a nuclear war, WW III, against Russia. Positioning those missiles in Ukraine was supposed to be the way to do this, but, since that is looking increasingly unlikely now, it is to be Finland (the second-nearest nation to The Kremlin) which is taking on this function (if Turkiye’s President Tayyip Erdogan will allow it into NATO, which will be his most fateful decision ever).
Then, on 1 March 2017, two leading American experts on nuclear-arms control published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists saying that a new type of nuclear fuse that was being installed on U.S. missiles “creates exactly what one would expect to see, if a nuclear-armed state were planning to have the capacity to fight and win a nuclear war by disarming enemies with a surprise first strike.” That strike now is expected to be coming from Finland, instead of from Ukraine.
On October 28th, Russia’s RT News bannered “Biden backtracks on nuclear pledge: The Pentagon has failed to impose a limit on use of the atomic option despite president’s promise”, and reported that President Biden had switched his policy because of advice from The Pentagon, which says that America will need to have an option to start nuclear war with Russia — not merely to respond to it from Russia. Russia’s policy on nuclear first-use is very clear — and is NO Russian version of America’s Nuclear-Primacy policy:
There are four scenarios in which Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons, that is, to go beyond nuclear deterrence.
- obtaining reliable information about the launch of ballistic missiles attacking Russia;
- the use of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction against Russia;
- some impact on objects, the failure of which will lead to the disruption of the response of nuclear forces;
- aggression against Russia with the use of conventional weapons, when the very existence of the state is threatened..
Of course, there is also the possibility that the situation in Ukraine could develop into one in which condition #4 might be the one that would spark a Russian first-strike against America and its allies. But that now seems less likely than a U.S. first-strike from Finland does. (Also: Finland was part of Hitler’s Operation Barbarossa invasion of the Soviet Union — it allied with Hitler. This time, it would be allied with Biden.)
Investigative historian Eric Zuesse’s new book, AMERICA’S EMPIRE OF EVIL: Hitler’s Posthumous Victory, and Why the Social Sciences Need to Change, is about how America took over the world after World War II in order to enslave it to U.S.-and-allied billionaires. Their cartels extract the world’s wealth by control of not only their ‘news’ media but the social ‘sciences’ — duping the public.
bullshit talk. no one will launch a nuke. it will directly mean suicide , end of the world.
Then why is the U.S. installing those fuses?
Well, a certain clique in the USA is so obsessed with being top-dog I fear they would be willing to smash everything rather than lose what they think is their natural, God-given number 1 position. Crazy people do crazy things. Most yanks are infected with this mad exceptionalist outlook anyway.
Yes and they can care less about the average American citizen, they have their secret bunkers.
No, you’re wrong there. There will be fewer people on the planet, but the world will remain. You’ve probably heard of nuclear-proof bunkers where the elite can survive for five years. After that it is safe to go out. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are today thriving cities. In Chernobyl there is a rich wildlife. In today’s world, where insane religions have a large place, it is just as well that the misery is cleaned up.
They will spend 5 years getting drugs and up the meds to counteract the effects of such an environment in the underground then pop out like flowers in the spring? 😆 There will be some survivers from South America, Africa etc. out there, waiting for them… armed with more than clubs and macetes, I presume.
That’s what the last T-Rex said 65 million years ago…
What’s in a nickname
T bone steak )
NO HAY LUGAR PARA UN MUNDO UNIPOLAR ANGLOAMERICANO ESO ES LA PERDICION DE LA HUMANIDAD
You must realize , these neocon are insane , insane enough to do it .
No one will launch all the nukes cuz just a few were used.
UNA GUERRA NUCLEAR ENTRE SUPERPORTENCIA IMPLICA EL USO MASIVO DE ARMAS NUCLEARES DEJANDO QUIZAS SOLO UN PAR DE MILES COMO DISUACION A FUTURO PERO A SIMPLE VISTA DE UN LEGO EN LA MATERIA ES OBVIO QUE ESTADOS UNIDOS NO DEJARA NADA UTIL PARA UNA RUSIA VENCEDORA SI ACASO ESO ES POSIBLE !!! ASI QUE USA BOMBARDEARA A MUCHAS OTRAS NACIONES NO NUCLEARES SOLO PARA DEJAR TIERRA ARRASADA POR AQUELLO DE SI LA CHICA NO ES MIA NO LO SERA DE NADIE EN ESTE CASO LA LINDA CHICA ES EL MUNDO ENTERO EN SU INMENSA MAYORIA NO NUCLEAR !!
Maybe China would nuke the United States if the United States nuked Russia. That might serve as a deterrent to the United States for now.
LA UNICA MANERA DE FRENAR A EEUU ES HUNDIRLE UNOS CUANTOS DE ESOS PORTAVIONES FABULOSOS QUE METEN MIEDO A LAS NACIONES MENORES Y ASI IMPONER MEJORES REGLAS A LAS POTENCIAS OCCIDENTALES DEMASIADO ABUSONAS
The problem is that a lot of these people making the decision are old codgers that are at the end of their lives so they may be of the mind ‘if I can’t have it, nobody will’. Who knows what they are nutty enough to do. Or maybe they are controlled by Satan. Wtf knows
It’s only bullshit if we assume evil doesn’t exist. What would Satan want for humanity?
Hahahahahahaha!!!!! … sarcasm at its best
PS
What S want for humanity? Everyone should look around to find the answer to this qouestion … the most recent case is what happened in S. Korea celebrating satan …
EL EJE DEL MAL ES LA OTAN !!!!
The writer is projecting an hypothetical scenario which is not bad. Just give us your alternative hypothesis. Personally I think the Americans are trying to be careful in case things go wrong because they intend to upscale the violence against Russia particularly by moving their troops into Ukraine and degrade the Russians Black Sea fleet
Thats right. We are the only ones having kept Minsk 2 as well as it goes.
Russia are the ones attacking Ukraine and not USA. I see no USA intervension. We as Nato has just move the same troops to the borders of Nato, which some years ago was much more west.
There is no problems about the Russian navy. We mainly by USA could make it go down and be closer related to Moskva and several more vessels. But we have no reasons for that. The Ukras has.
Its the same about the RuAF. The Ukras are able to reduce it and partly keep it in distance.
We as Nato and EU dont want to destroy Russia. They do it very well themself. If we try that kind of desteuction we will be blamed by that too.
“Ah, Logic, but only in fine weather”. Your argument’s valid if the would-be launchers are sane, but what if they’re insane and believe they’ll go to Heaven anyway? Remember, anyone who believes in a heaven, hell, god, angels, is at least slightly insane.
Thats right. I have replaced that religios stuff for the real world I see. But many seemes to need explanations as in religion.
Religion is not always bad. You can find fanatics in my 100% sekular world too.
Your statement, that “no one will launch a nuke…end of the world” simply has no factual basis today. MAD held true under the technology prevalent in the 20th century. It does not necessarily hold true today. Clearly the Pentagon does not agree with you or they would not be fielding “dial-a-yeild” tactical nuclear weapons.
There are people IN CHARGE at the Pentagon who believe that strikes with low yield tactical nukes against Russian forces in Ukraine would not cause the Russians to launch a nuclear counterstrike. They are the insane being led by the senile! The notion that nuclear war is impossible because our leaders are too rational to engage in such risks does not appear to me to reflect our current reality.
USAR ARMAS NUCLEARES AUN LAS TACTICAS CONTRA LOS RUSOS GARANTIZARA UNA TERCERA GUERRA MUNDIAL TOTAL CON ANIQUILACION TOTAL POR LA SENCILLA RAZON DE QUE RUSIA YA NO TIENE ADOINDE RETROCEDER !!!!!!
Whats wrong with You. Have You lost an eye or more.
The ones mentioning nukes as options are Russians named Putin, Medvedev, Lavrov and a few more. Its news if they are in Pentagon.
RUSIA NO PUEDE RETROCEDER NI UN CENTIMETRO O SERA ANIQUILADA POR LOS WASP !!!
A minor religion that controls the US will do it, as they want to control the world or destroy it, as they think they are special and above all laws.
Amerikansky…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-47M2_Kinzhal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K720_Iskander https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M22_Zircon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSM-56_Bulava https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-28_Sarmat
ДО СВИДАНИЯ !!!
Washington D.C has about 3 minutes when Zircons are launched from Russian submarines in the Atlantic. It might be that time President Putin, to finally rid the world of the leadership of world fascism.
And what makes you think that the Russians have not though of that and set HQ Command somewhere in Siberia in the event of a such a strike. And what would stop a joint command China-Russia capable of launching a nuclear counterattack by all means available: air, land, sea and space. Just let us see the back of the mid-term elections, and what will be left of the senile Biden and son gang.
Russia, just put Iskander and other short and medium range missiles in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua and there is an answer to the US plans.
Actually You are up against most of the world by UN as well as 35-40 well armed countries in this. You are not supported by India as well as China.
A start for changes are realisme.
That’s what Perimetr or “dead mans hand” is for, it will automatically launch a counter attack.
correct 100% this scenario cannot happen the DEAD MANS HAND is the VERY REASON it exists. =Z=
PERIMETER DEBE SER ACTUALIZADO PARA GARANTIZAR UNA REPRESALIA NUCLEAR MASIVA Y DEBE TENER VARIAS CABEZAS DE MANDO COMO UNA HIDRA Y PARA ESO LA TECNOLOGIA DEBE SER MUCHO MEJOR
Thats right. Not even all are dead after a nuke attack.
That what Perimetr or “dead mans hand” is for to automatically launch a counter attack in case of a nuclear attack. It also takes away the need for quick decisions.
This is CRAP, USA CANNOT launch a first strike to decapitate the leadership thus rendering Russia unable to respond as there is the thing called THE DEAD MANS HAND where if the President of Russia is killed and the leadership the dead mans hand launches ALL nukes if the command is NOT OVER RIDDAN by the president of Russia same goes for the USA and other NUCLEAR ARMED COUNTRIES.
So this situation can NEVER OCCUR as what is being discussed the RESPONSE from Russia in launching her NUKES will go ahead even if the leadership is taken out and Russia has more nukes than anyone and hypersonic technology and also the S-500 which can intercept inbound NUKES they may not get them all BUT they will get most and the USA has NO DEFENCE from HYPERSONIC NUKES so they WILL get WIPED OUT TO THE LAST USA PERSON. =Z=
Most people positive for things about nukes dont understand, that many or some will spreasd radioactivity all over the world and hit themself too no matter what.
Its very strange. Right here in Ukriane there was the very small Tjernobyl one with maps for its long range changes right into the Northern Sweden for many years.
There are good maps. There are a lot of fish and raindeers and elks which they have not been able to eat for years. But still some bigger ones are in the context here.
To do so would require a declaration of war by the USA congress. The US military should not follow any command with said declaration. I said ‘should’. These days it seems the USA consitution is ignored.
Sounds like you’ve caught a Dr. John Coleman lecture once before…
Presumably the U.S. State Dept nutjobs have never read up on the Perimeter (dead hand) system?
Compared to many here they have.
Bullshit, since there must be backup command centers + automatic-response orders down to all launching officers.
Perhaps the retards in the Kremlin could move to someplace in the Urals? Either that or stop acting like a pack of simpering fools?
SEGURO YA DEBEN DE TENER COMANDOS SECRETOS DE RESPALDO EN SIBERIA PERO LOS PAISES NO PUEDEN RETROCEDER POR QUE AL PERDER PRESTIGIO LO PIERDEN TODO COMO PASO CON LA URSS
So what about the rest of the144 mio loiving there? Most of them actually lives close to Europe.
Russia has to invade Finland now too.
Finland is very unimportant. Finland is able to defend themself for some time only. Now they will get more help fast.
70% OF USA MILITARY LEFT DUE TO MANDATORY VACCINES?
Knowing uncle Sam would Only be concerned with taking out bomber & all long nukes capable of reaching mainland USA in first-strike that is silo-based & mobiles in favorite wooded areas with their new tripple-effective ‘super-fused’ nukes. Their so-called Euro & UK ‘allies’ getting it with shorter range rockets & hypersonics during such would be inconsequential to them
What about the big Sub off the US East coast? If Moscow is attacked DC will get it in a matter of minutes, then there is the torpedo Nuke that will cause a Tsunami drowning the whole East coast. To think that the response will be all in the EU is just not real.
Bluff! Russia has a “perimeter” system OR AS THE AMERICANS SAY “Dead Hand” Ask. Even if everyone dies, 9700 atomic bombs will fly to addresses. They know about it.
Apart from that. If they bring in some nukes to Ukraine or Finnland, than russia should bring some to Cluba and Venezuela, and maybe also some to Iran.
IRan and Venezuela are too far but Cuba would do the thing …
Israel is within Iran nuke distance.
CUBA Y MEXICO QUE DEBE ARDER DE GANAS DE RECUPERAR LO QUE LE ROBARON EN 1847
remember west.
It makes no sense to bring closer. Your relations is to make the right to invade them.
Thats how things are for Ukriane as well. You create total lying things such as some 2,15% Nazis are running Ukraine and ignore the rest, whcih for very good historucal well proven reasons dont never has liked Communisme as well as its museum leftovers of today.
As we see for Ukriane Putin even has believed in the homie propaganda.
Thsts how their Post Stalin period is. There has been no cleainins, no reforms but a lot of going back to own days.
Its just the same as when Stalin could have helped USSR with marshall help as we got here. The NO was Stalinists lost power. Something to the better was not even an option.
I see the difference where I live in west. It does not matter if USA did it for own purpose as well and they are running a little more, then I prefare.
My ancisters came from the poorest of the poorest. We in many ways were slaves for the Feuadals here. Today we are not and in much better living condition.
We mainly has done it by Ourself but also with great help from USA.
Doesn’t the US already have this capability, without Finland? A US boomer submarine in the Baltic Sea would already be capable of striking Moscow in the same fashion. Or from the Black Sea. No land base in Finland is necessary.
This can also apply to a russian nuclear submarine … right?
Again it makes no sense to say “We too”. It makes no sense to say Russia can for this and that.
Facts are well registrated. Russia can kill the whole world one time. West can kill the world 3 times.
So thats 4.
Here You then – go as Yiu wish – can add China, Borth Korea, India, Pakistan and Israels.
More then 4 times shoudl do it and better then Monsanto.
EN FINLANDIA PUEDEN PONER 500 MISILES HIPERSONICOS !!! CUANTOS LLEVAN LOS SUBMARINOS ???
As written before it makes no sense to involve Finland in this unless used as excuse to take it.
First, Erdogan will never allow Finland in NATO, because he knows the possible threat to Russia. Second, the day Finland will accept any nuclear artifacts from NATO, Russia will invade Finland in a matter of days. NATO wouldn’t be able to defend Finland and if the US uses any Nuclear bomb on Russia, it’s game over for NATO. This article is fear mongering on Pentagon projection that are not feasible or just like Spock would say : Not logic.But Captain Kirk would reply : There’s no logic in this word everything is possible in the 21st century.
Erdoggy dog cares nothing about Russia .. He is against Finland for it not sending the Kurds who fight against evil islamist turds to islamist shithole turdistan to be killed …
Thats right. It mainly goes for Sweden. Many PKK communist being just citicens there as well as some few active PKKs has to be punished by himself.
As it is I for many years would like Turkey as no nato member. We already are too spread in so many oppinions. Turks has done its parts for that.
Im sure Russian can invade Turkey. They could not even invade Ukraine well and now are stuck in their mud, dead bodies and total infantile destructions.
What a joke. Erdogan is about Sweden having a group of hardheaded Kurd communists living there. Some few are still active but most of them has just changed passports for decadees or more.
Nato anytime will be able to help Finland right away from the air by all kind of jets and missiles.
If anything its more as if Russia is able to invade Finland at all.
Yiu write about the Russian created everlasting agenda. But why shoud we or any invade russia. They have nothing we want and ceratainly not the many Russians and their feadal unproductivity added corruption and oligarcs.
Even their oigarcs try hard ot invest the stolen mone here. Just as in Russia they truy not to pay tax as well.
So You write bout something, which dont exist. Its propagandsa for keeping the poor russians in line having only RT TV as communication line by a babuske arm as antenna.
There are 10s of millions of Americans right now that do Not want to nuke Russia or anyone else and fear the mad Men and women in Washington … just sayin
That goes for most of the rest of the world.
In Europe we just want Ukraine and the rest of the USSR Empire leftover as a part of the rest of the world again.
After and under WW3 irt even became worse.
For us around the Baltic Sea we have had it open for so many things. The borders were international in the popukations. Russia was a low develloped country we trded with in normal conditions both ways.
The communists stopped that all the way to west of Berlin.
And it has been exact the same dirty business creating the expanding westbound Ukraine and Belarus. They didnt make it. USSR made those infected construction making Ukraine from at least 3 very diferent parts.
So when they have collapsed in Ukraine just as the rest of USSR, they should have left those people alone. They always has been Russians of their own kind.
And how many Russian subs are waiting silently to strike the US. Biden regime is in panic mode.
Its typical internal Russian lover rhetorics. Dont forget we are sittting ducks less clever then You as well.
Non here see Biden in panic and we live here.
You just write what Putin hopes for. So why is there no statues of Putin, Lavrov and Medvedev all over Ukriane.
You lie for Yourself and no one here. We can see it by free speach in all kinds of communication. You see what You are allowed to. Thats not much.
Russia can modify its nuclear doctrine in the light of this threat to her existence. “Any ballistic missile launch from the territory of Finland, whether announced or not, will be regarded by the RF as a nuclear attack, and will be responded to with overwhelming force.”
None in Finland and the rest of the world will fire anything from Finland. It makes no sense at all.
The nukes we have already are well prepared for firing anywhere else.
You ewant us to die laughing. You are nice persons only lying for Yourself.
The US very desperate and going for broke, I expect that this will end very badly for them…..
There we go again. Number one is USA has a high level to decline from, so they can decline.
Next they have insurrence from the rest of the currencies in most parts of the world. By that influence we will not allow them to go broke. We anytime will help them to a lower level for stabilisation.
Even China will. Its very bad for China if they cant sell their stuff to USA or by the dollar.
You are no part of Our world being illiterate infantile in those matters(most likely too.
How could they hope for a final first stroke? Russia must have many secret located nukes, underground nuclear mines (good luck invading such an area!) and many other surprises.
As strong as the first strike could be, it is not by surprise anymore and it cannot be without retaliation.
Putting nuclear weapons in Finland or Poland will lead to a nuclear war. Madness has seized Nato and Washington. My only hope is that a major economic crisis will crimple the West in 2023, trigerring major social instability and revolutions before Wasington and Nato being able to trigger the Apocalypse
Umm, still suicide. Russia has what they call “deadhand” which is a system for launching nukes in case of the very scenario that the author spells out in this article regarding finland.
So many dead hands here – and brains too.