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Thomas A Braun RPh's avatar

We need friendship between country's and not enemy's!

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philipat's avatar

I think you meant Yalta not Malta?

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John Leake's avatar

Quite right, long day, tired brain. Thanks for the correction!

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philipat's avatar

I know the feeling well. No disrespect intended, just pointing out a small error in an otherwise excellent article.

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kapock's avatar
3dEdited

John conflated the Malta and Yalta conferences.

Malta came first, at the end of January, with just Roosevelt and Churchill.

Then they went to Yalta a few days later, where they found Stalin and the Livadia Palace, and supposedly gave away the store to the Soviets, though I think it was more nuanced than that.

(Usually the saw about history rhyming isn’t quite so literally true.)

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CB's avatar

"I’m surprised that the Russians would agree to this location on American soil, given the security challenges it poses. In recent years, the U.S. government has demonstrated that it is capable of all manner of reckless insanity, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the sort of shadowy, lunatic outfit that blew up of the Nord Stream pipeline attempts to murder President Putin in Alaska."

I'm also concerned for Trump. The US/EU warmongers hate both leaders, and shouldn't be trusted by either.

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nonwo's avatar

🎯

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earl's avatar

I cringe every time Trump gets on a plane.

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Stephane Roy's avatar

Yes, as with Biden, his age now shows on the air-stair.

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Allie's avatar

There are enough people outside of the US government or in the Deep State (CIA) who hate Trump who would try to assassinate Putin to start a war between the US and Russia.

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nonwo's avatar

There are enough people in the Deep State that want to assassinate Putin. That was the whole plan when the U.S. DOD installed bioweapon manufacturing facilities on the Ukraine/Russia border, therefore crossing Putins red line to antagonize Putin into going into Ukraine to dismantle the facilities.

The deep state thought they could throw weapons at him and money at Zelensky and it would be over. Or did they? All wars are bankers wars and this has Rothschild written all over it.

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HardeeHo's avatar

I asked grok where the meet was to be and was told Shemya, AK which might be the most secure place possible. Later I heard Elmendorf AFB. Not as secure but a good runway.

My guess talk for an hour and both fly home. Long near equal flight for both.

Not sure of any progress given Russian insanity. Afterwards Trump should increase munition production in support of Ukraine.

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nonwo's avatar
2dEdited

Russian insanity?? Putin is one of the most sane leaders in the world. Did you know Ukraine was the most corrupt country in Europe according to the Guardian? After 2014 when the U.S. overthrew their democratically elected President and started putting in puppets, Ukraine became an extension of Israel: organ harvesting, human trafficking, human experimentation with bioweapons, corruption you name it. They started killing Russian speaking Ukrainians only because they spoke Russian. Tens of thousands.

It needed a huge clean up operation and a complete change of regime.

Kick out the rigged puppet government and go back to democratic elections

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Percy Buery's avatar

I really think it was wrong to push nato right up to the border, after having agreed not to do so earlier! I have seen evidence that horrific things have been done in Ukraine, with children that really need exposure, and NOT- by the Russians! I don’t have heaps of personal knowledge, but it seems to me, Putin has legitimate concerns, after the earlier assurances have been repeatedly violated! I’ve got the belief that Mr. Putin is no atheist! Godless communism- isn’t in the Soviet society what it previously became. Lucifer and company is currently humanities’s greatest enemy, of all humans! America NEEDS a good relationship with this great powerful nation, in my humble opinion! Lucifer’s greatest goals, involve hatred of people, who God’s - Christ, prophetically and sacrificially in agony died providing! The Nordstream - pipeline, I believe was done by evil people here in the US! I have no proof, I’m just an old retired postman! I tried learning the Russian language when I was much younger. Work out something to help defeat Lucifer! Lucifer and his fellow rebel angels are involved in everything-religion wise. Outright Satanic worship is only a small minority of Satanic activities! I personally have seen things indicating that a notable world and national national religious leader-now deceased, proclaimed “worship Lucifer.” Hard to believe, I personally saw it multiple times!

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nonwo's avatar

🎯

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Living Well Locally's avatar

Thank you connecting the past to the present, well done.

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DS's avatar

Praying for this meeting. Would be amazing if Putin agreed to immediate peace, followed by Trump taking Putin salmon fishing. God’s will be done.

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Barbara Charis's avatar

I really hope that all problems will be resolved...and peace restored. Putin is not attached to the NWO, which put Zelensky in charge in Ukraine. I 'm glad that Zelensky appears to be out of the picture. President Trump should not be dealing with someone of porn star Zelensky's calibre, which is the lowest..

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Rosa's avatar

Love Khrushchev's reply, “I’d rather be seated next to his wife,” and so Khrushchev was seated next to President Kennedy's wife. Too funny! Well, if you don't ask, you don't get. ha, ha!

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Eliz F's avatar

Thank you for this article, I appreciate all the history and your humor.

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Jennifer Jones's avatar

Thank you for including this. Paul Roberts brought up some things we should consider.

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Crixcyon's avatar

More meetings and conferences have always resulted in more wars. World peace will not happen until the public is incensed enough to throw out the neocon tyrants. Trump is too bombastic to give an inch and Putin understands the the process better than Trump ever will.

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kapock's avatar

Nice quick survey of the summits.

I think the sale of Alaska was a win-win. It was beyond Russia’s resources to manage and defend it, and for them, better to have the U.S. across the Bering Strait than the British Empire.

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Richard Amerling, MD's avatar

Good post, John. Putin agreed to meet in Alaska because to him it is still Russian territory.

Cheers!

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David O'Halloran's avatar

Thanks for the link to Mises. I have the feeling the main topic of discussion will be what some perfidious Europeans have been whispering into the ear of Z. Best for the US, Russia, and the wider world is to stop this impossible war right now by freezing existing lines. But what, by this time, will T have to promise P to get this? Probably the pipe line. Like Korea, this has never been primarily about the land it is being fought in. It is about the balance of power between the US, Russia and Western Europe. In my ever so humble opinion the "loser" is probably going to be Europe, but who knows the true extent of Europe's perfidy.

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nonwo's avatar

This is the neocons pushing Trump. Their ultimate goal is to divide Russia into about 6 vassal states. Divide and conquer. Putin is winning. He will not stop. Would the U.S. if we were winning a war? Absolutely not.

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nonwo's avatar

The first was between Roosevelt and Stalin at the Yalta Conference on January 30, 1945, when Stalin basically got everything he asked for.”

Stalin was a creation of the Deep State. So the Deep State got everything they asked for.

Not surprising. Wall Street put Stalin in.

Wall Street loves serial murderers. Wall Street hired Brooklyn Jewish men to assassinate the much loved Romanov family and put in Stalin. Wall Street also put in Yeltsin, whom they loved because while he was busy drinking, they were busy stealing Russia’s reserves.

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