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Western Foreign Policy Moving Toward Expanding War
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Ominous Events in Slovakia, Georgia, and Serbia

On Wednesday, May 15, Robert Fico, the populist Prime Minister of Slovakia, was shot twice in the abdomen in an attempted assassination just after 2:00 PM local time after a government meeting in the town of Handiova (population 16,000). He was immediately hospitalized and required nearly four hours of surgery, but is currently reported to be in stable but still serious condition. In 2023, Fico was elected to his fourth term as Prime Minister as head of the Smer (Social Democrat) Party after Parliamentary elections. Slovakia is a member of NATO and the European Union, but Fico has advocated a “Euroskeptic” platform for ending military aid to Ukraine and establishing friendlier relations with the Russian Federation. He has publicly criticized NATO and US policies on the Ukraine War. He is in general concert with Slovakian public opinion. In April, Fico had also been critical of the “progressive” media, related to the liberal Progressive Party and had accused them of stirring up aggressive political behavior and a degree of hostility to the present government that could lead to murder of government officials.
Ukraine War Status Report 5-19-2024
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Causes, Purposes, Propaganda, Misinformation, and Reality

Most Americans, Canadians, and Western Europeans are poorly informed or have been deliberately misinformed on what is going on in “Project Ukraine.” This has been true for the entire conflict going back not only to February 2022 but to its real beginning in February 2014 with the Maidan Revolution and US-backed coup d’état that removed elected Ukrainian pro-neutrality President Viktor Yanukovych and replaced him with a series of pro-NATO prime ministers and presidents.
Tucker Carlson Interview of Vladimir Putin - Part 12 of 12
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Ukraine Is Ruling Out Peace Talks and Cancelling Churches
In Part 11 of this series, Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin talked about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and issues of concern in Russian-American relations. The Commentary included statistics on Ukraine’s alarming population decline and the Ukrainian Army’s heavy losses and severe shortage of manpower. Below, Tucker Carlson begins a discussion on peace negotiations.
Tucker Carlson: I wonder if that’s true with the war though also, I mean, I guess I want to ask one more question which is, and maybe you don’t want to say so for strategic reasons, but are you worried that what’s happening in Ukraine could lead to something much larger and much more horrible and how motivated are you just to call the US government and say, “let’s come to terms”?
Tucker Carlson Interview of Vladimir Putin - Part 11 of 12
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AI Technology, Return of Detainees, Huge Ukrainian Population Losses

In part 10 of this series, Vladimir Putin was asked about the nature of Russian Christianity, how it is related to the Russian world view, Putin’s own faith, and his opinion of the rise and fall of great nations in the past. Tucker Carlson continued to probe into Putin’s political philosophies and views on international relations and current issues.
Tucker Carlson: So when does the AI empire start do you think?
Vladimir Putin: You are asking increasingly more complicated questions. To answer them, you need to be an expert in big numbers, big data and AI.
Mankind is currently facing many threats. Due to genetic research, it is now possible to create a superhuman, a specialized human being – a genetically engineered athlete, scientist, military man.
Tucker Carlson Interview of Vladimir Putin - Part 10 of 12
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Zelensky’s Dilemma, Russian Christianity, Putin’s Christian Views

In part 9 of this series, we left Vladimir Putin discussing the disparate influences that Ukrainian President Zelensky has to balance in speaking for his country. Ukraine has become a virtual financial, economic, and military vassal of the United States. Yet Zelensky must also be wary of threats by militant nationalists in the Ukrainian Volunteer Army (UDA), Ukrainian National Guard, and its Azov brigades who will not tolerate any compromise of complete Ukrainian victory and Russian defeat.
Tucker Carlson: But do you think at this point – as of February 2024 – he has the latitude, the freedom to speak with you or government directly, which would clearly help his country or the world? Can he do that, do you think?
Mike Scruggs is the author of two books: The Un-Civil War: Shattering the Historical Myths; and Lessons from the Vietnam War: Truths the Media Never Told You, and over 600 articles on military history, national security, intelligent design, genealogical genetics, immigration, current political affairs, Islam, and the Middle East.
He holds a BS degree from the University of Georgia and an MBA from Stanford University. A former USAF intelligence officer and Air Commando, he is a decorated combat veteran of the Vietnam War, and holds the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, and Air Medal. He is a retired First Vice President for a major national financial services firm and former Chairman of the Board of a classical Christian school.
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