Lied the speaker of the house of representatives of the United States period of your top stories for this hour, thanks for watching our international and we hope to see you again soon. Ah. Ah. Ah. I was just, oh sure. Do you mean . Yeah. How many times going to with this with you . I guess with you im with so oh oh i i i hello and welcome to cross stop. Were all things are considered. Im peter lavelle. When youre losing a battle with little or any possibility of victory, thats when you should start to think about ending the conflict. But this is not the case in ukraine today. The longer the conflict last, the worse it is free care. It would seem that is washingtons plan with cross acting ukraine. Im joined by my guest. Garland nixon in washington is a political analysts in raleigh. We have ray mcgovern, hes a former cia analyst, and in toronto, we cross alessandra, bruno, hes an independent political analyst or a gentleman, cross act rules and effect. That means you can jump any time you want. And i always appreciate re let me go to you 1st in raleigh. Was that a month after month this conflict goes on more and more weapons are being sent more and more money is being sent. There seems to be political. Chaos in care of with zalinski is inner circle. In some parts of the country, every one is suspected as being a russian spy. And there has not been one major, even minor victory for the ukrainians. And all of this, the country is getting smaller and smaller. The Foreign Ministry here is made it clear the more long range weapons that are sent to ukraine, the more land russia is going to have to say as it calls liberate. So is this washingtons game plan . Oh, and let me think thats almost forgot. Congressional delegation, bipartisan said, maybe we should send advisors. I think weve all heard that before. Your thoughts are a go ahead. Well, how much time do i have with you . I think. I think the there were 3 major events last week, one of which you mention, and that is, or show city level off. They are Russian Foreign minister said look at things have substantially changed. It has to do with geography. Were now was limited our horizon to dont. Boston, its going to go guns are way already ends up or should i a, in other parts of more western ukraine. And were going to have to move our forward line still farther to the north center, the south and to the east. I mean, who, who us . So what was he saying is this a wider war now . And he explains explicitly mentioning hi marsh, the high mobility or chill re rocket system that the ukrainians are bragging about, that the u. S. Has given them range of 50 miles mind, you can do a lot of damage. So whats the reaction in washington . That same day or defense minister go up and said, wal, our hi, marsha, working all does the ukraine leadership is happy about that and beller, they know how to work on them now. Hello, hear it. The rush is just up the ante and said, look, this is a wider war. Were going to go as high as we have to to get out of your high mars range. And the defense secretary is kind of what resigned to the fact that spread be a wider war which raises the question of course, is that what the defense secretary . Once he has already said that his aim or usa is to weaken russia . Is that what this is all about to the last ukrainian has ukraine would be a test field for us weaponry. It appears that thats the case, at least until the mid term elections in november. Well, lets go to our guests in toronto. I mean, this is an unconscionable position to take amine fighting the russians to the last ukranian because i have been saying ever since the qu, in february of 2014, is it the more the west, the helps ukraine, the smaller the country gets . Im being proven right every single day. Go ahead in toronto. Hello, i am. Yes, thank you peter. Im, well, i mean the, the situation is very clear and i think this is, this must be part of the goal in washington and european capitals because obviously they dont really care about ukraine if they did, they would have stopped this war from happening before it ever started and, and in fact, the opportunities for doing so were numerous starting from i mean, the whole entire situation that started in 2014 was the setup. In fact, i think one of the reasons why the democrats were so upset that they lost the 2016 election was perhaps that they had this operation into plans already in 2016. And that was the end goal because of course victoria newland was part of the obama team and she was famously in t as in 2014. So i think the, the, the go from the also from the european perspective. What on earth are they doing for going along with this strategy when it is shooting on their own feet . And this was so clear, i struggle to understand still today what advantages europe is gaining from the continuation of this war. And we, its clear that the more that the war continues and the more weapons that get ukraine and the more they fight back, in this sense, the russians will have to expand their line. Because that gives them something to negotiate with. And of course, the government and keith is going to, i think, is going to stay there. I dont think the russians have any plans to take over here because they need the negotiating partner. But theyre going to extend that line constantly. If youre playing chess, when you play, you, you, you, well, im sorry. Who i mean, i think the, the u. S. Is playing checkers. I think the russians are playing chess here. Garland, let me go to you here. I what, obviously, what a 110 in consequences is the dramatic impact on the global economy. I mean, you know, article after article will europe freeze in the winter, you know, you know, will be up bear shelves. I mean, this was this part of the plan. I dont think so, this is the law of unintended consequences for ukraine and we, and its not even democracy, is they say its a military junta. Go ahead. Garland, a couple of things. I think number one, based on the history of the neocons and how many lives the needlessly wasted. I dont think theyre concerned with unintended consequences of starvation or things like that around the world. Thats not a concern of theirs. They could care less, they just see all of those lives as collateral. Damage to ultimately achieve their, you know, hedge a monic goals as far as europe. I would disagree with you that thats an unintended consequence. Im john bolton said or year to go in his book that the, the neo cons in washington, particularly the Trump Administration viewed the e u as a, a tremendous economic threat. Second only to china. Sure. So i think the plan was to take out rushes economy and take out the used car economy and theyre not taken out rushes economy, but i think theyll be happy to at least get what they wont. They wont be happy that they didnt get russia, but they will be happy that they subjugated the you and put them in their place and eliminated an industrial and a financial company. Well, i guess so much for western solidarity. Ok, ray, would you want to react to that . Because thats it. Thats a very good point because there the, the, the washington is one in the center has been able to corral europe. I mean, even against its own best interest, european interest here. They won there. But i, i always think i tend to think it as a, as a pie rick victory if you have a, an economy in a, a continental economy that is not productive and competitive. What, what kind of trophy is that go ahead re your, i think your one has to always make room for stupidity. I agree. Now also exceptionalism nice toxic mix. If you think youre exceptional and youre also not very smart, you may be have academic credentials, but its not very smart. Then you have the kind of economic good viruses that are just as, as stupid as his Foreign Policy advisors. Now these are elite people who dont know anything about the world. And what economic advisors would have advised these sanctions knowing that russia has oil and gas, its beyond, its beyond belief that they would have persuaded biting to do this, but they did. So im not sure everything was quite intended the way it was, but those that garland is completely right. That is the result. And as winter approaches, the hungarians, and many more than on gary. And as i come, i gotta say this is, this is a, this is a crock. This is crazy. Lets make a deal with the russians before its too late, before euro. Before we all freeze to alessandra and in toronto, im sure youve come across it. As i have, and so for the last few months, coming out of europe, we have to stop taking Russian Energy. We must stop, we must stop. And then in the same breath, but they might turn it off. I mean, this is get so friendly. It is bizarre. To watch them at these con, fabs a g 7, you know, and madrid, nato. You know, we have to wean ourselves off, but they might turn it off. I mean, its, its like talking to a child, go ahead in toronto. Well, its worse than talking to a child, and i actually have been falling this aspect considerably. And every day i look at the, the press throughout europe and worldwide. And in fact, it is exactly a skid. So frantic situation, 1st, they complain about Russian Energy and the fact that they supply all the energy and that they must cut themselves off from russia. And the fact that was part of the ideological drive for germany to participate. They are green for foreign minister. And elaine, of better bach, i dont know her credentials are not particularly good, but shes one of the big drivers. Theres a big green ideology behind all of this. Yep. And there plan, i think she actually at the beginning a, she actually is the praise the fact that russia was going to cut off gas forcing germany to increase investment in so called clean energy. And of course, clean energy requires gas to work because you know, you fill in the gaps of Wind Turbines and sort of panels with gas. And now i see a change of to even angelina burbock is complaining about russia cutting off the gas supply because of them. Well, the reason were being given is maintenance and the, and the delays with the turbine, the siemens turban that was being maintained in canada. But i believe has been chipped. So now theres another turbine that needs maintenance, and now theyre panicking. And of course, one of the reasons for the panic is that some of the governments in europe are starting to fall. Weve seen the train of demise. You know the druggy macro and schultz went to key if a few weeks ago in a train. And now one of those 2 is out. Yep. And to her, shell have to jump in here. Were going to go to it, go to a short break about about short break. Well continue our discussion on your current state with look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. A robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except with such orders at conflict with the 1st law. Youre identification for should be very careful about, on personal intelligence. At the point, obviously is to place trust rather than fear a job with artificial intelligence. Real, somebody with hello bob must protect his own existence with awe. Welcome back across sack. Were all Things Considered on Peter Beltran and you were discussing ukraine. Ah ok, lets go back to garland in the swamp in washington dc. Im, you know, im re pointed out in the beginning of the program, rushes of basic war aims ago. It was aimed them for the conflict and, and i agree with great that has changed because western strategy has changed as well. But, you know, garland the way i look at it here is that if someone was saying to me a few weeks ago, peter, what is a win win situation here . And i said, there is no win win. Theres a win lose. Thats very simple right now. And the outcome of this war, it will be, it will be under russias terms and rushes timetable. What are they gonna do . Sanction russia, theyve emptied out the tool box. They dont have much left. They can do what we are going to sanction your gold now. Wow, theyre really digging deep. Ok, so, i mean, thats why i find washington to be such a curious process. There is that theres no way that ukraine is going to win. And so, and the russians injects to position, cannot possibly lose. They wouldnt have started this thing if they knew that unless i knew they were going to win. So this is where the log jam is. Go ahead, garland, i think what were looking at was washington, is all its ever been a narrative war. I mean from the very beginning, if you look at the way im president zalinski came in, i mean, he came in as a, as a t v show star. And at h a basically there was a party that was named literally named after his t v show. So hes been playing a role the whole time. He surrounded himself with people who were involved in the Entertainment Industry and the entire time that this conflict has been going on. The focus of washington has been narrative control and you know, politics and narrative control. And the problem, i think theyre, there, theyre looking at very soon, is that there will be able to control the narrative in europe. But as the people of europe are returned to the hunter gatherer of time, in prehistoric history, i dont think theyre going to be very happy about it. And there have been some questions. Could this be like serrato or i lanka for longer . Will people be wandering through the president ial palace and you know, swimming in the pool . I think there is a, even, maybe even a probability that it could get are worse in europe. Because the people in europe are accustomed to a very High Standard of living, a lot of long ways to fall in signing when they hit the ground, theyre going to tear that place limb from limb. Ray, if youve worked in government a long time, youre retired now, of course, i mean, how far will washington go to get its way in ukraine when it wont get its way . Give us a prognosis if you will. The problem is peter, that the mid term elections are coming up in just a couple of months in november. Now i agree. The Russian Military advance seems to be inexorable. Right now. Its going to get really bad by october and november. So what will the us be tempted to do so as not to look weak and before the russian threat . Now we talk about the democrats who are really in danger of losing both houses of congress. So this is a big deal. Ok. Well, they do. Well. Theyll be tempted to give still longer range missiles, the ones that even patrick, whats his name . The assistant to the precedent for National Security affairs. A several, even even now were not going to go a longer range missiles that cannot cross that bridge between premier and russia proper. Okay. Well, you know, maybe theyll be tempted to do that then and well have a wider war. But the thing i fear most is what a lover up just a week ago, a very unusual article call and on a plan stage is the word you use a staged false flag that. Ready could be a murder of so then sky, thats well prepared. Right now. Blamed on russia, there could be the, the favor, the, the favor cause flag, attack of choice, chemical weapons, whatever. However, there is luck, jews to be used by the russians and worse still, russia and many other places ukraine have no clear sites. They could be sabotaged. And again blamed on russia where that would lead. I really hate to fathom because this is a existential threat. Only in the political sense, does it credit 40 . Yeah, its, its, its, its quite sickening that has to get down to domestic politics. Whos going to win in, whos going to lose that whole countries. The whole continents are at stake. House under and in toronto, its, its, its continue with, with ray, had to say, a fault. You know, ive been saying this from the very beginning, these false flags. Weve already had a number of their all been duds. So theyll probably up the anti. But thats not going to change a rushes behavior on the battlefield. And thats another miscalculation in washington. You can, it is a garland put another they all they have is propaganda. All they have is spreadsheets and videos and stuff like that. They dont, they, they cant win on the battlefield and they know it. So it, it, for me is that theyll throw everything they can at it with this, this thing about pilot recruiting pilots, the steel plains and things like bella, cat, you know, the, theyre in the game again. But its not going to deter russian. Thats whats really sad about it because we had an opportunity a month in it. Is them bull to somehow come to have a ceasefire or some kind of coming to terms. But the west is determined not to let that happen. And thats why im assuming that zalinski has no agency whatsoever, as garland is pointed out. Hes an actor and all of this go ahead in toronto. Well, i mean the, i actually watched a few episodes of the show in which the 9th he was the actor. I think he speaking russian in the l, which very interesting, hes a russian speaker. And i think his intentions on upon coming into power were genuine in as far as pushing for some kind of a piece and the following through on the minsk agreements, which of course, this entire war is about the midst minutes agreements because the war started in 2014 and those agreements were the tool to end it. And now we have the advanced is the extension of that. The diplomacy is to put it in a glass of its terms. Im but im afraid of the false flag events because to me the, the test or shall we say the test run for this war. It was syria where you had a number of false flag attacks starting from 2013. And by the way, naively i was speaking to the u. S. Military, a conference about syria in 2013. And i remember saying to the not understanding what the plan was for syria. I pointed to a map when i said, you know, dont bother with syria, dont get involved because the russians are going to handle it. Look at the map, syria is only 1000 kilometers, right . South of russia and their ethnic relations as well, dissertations. And was there, so dont get involved. And i was looked at very strangely by everyone present because of course that was the goal is to increase the, the chances and opportunities for western involvement, which is what i fear in ukraine. And i think the, the way to stop it apart from the congressional elections. Hopefully some something will come out is europe. Thats the last hope we are seeing governments and i agree. Oh, my god, who will europe is our last you heard of here on cross stock . Oh, my goodness with was sorry with Sergeant Schultz in berlin. Thats our green last, you know, liz, you know, they know theyre pushing there. They know that theyre stopping on their own feet. Its about time that you are p and voters and citizens start rebelling if that happens, at least we start to see some erosion in the coalition and, and also im, i feel sorry for the people of ukraine that have to suffer. Absolutely. Absolutely. 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