Biden Just Invited World War 3 By Greenlighting Long-Range Missiles Against Russia
'It would substantially change the very essence, the nature of the conflict,' Putin warned in September.'It would substantially change the very essence, the nature of the conflict,' Putin warned in September.Biden reportedly clears Ukraine to take actions that Putin suggested would trigger NATO-Russia war
The Biden administration has reportedly cleared Ukraine to use American long-range missile systems against targets in Russia — a move long urged by Ukrainian officials, resisted by U.S. officials concerned about escalation, and identified by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a trigger for a direct conflict between NATO and Russia.
Background
In February, President Joe Biden secretly signed off on the transfer of the Army Tactical Missile Systems to Ukraine. Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Garron Garn told CNN that following Biden's approval, the ATACMS were included in the $300 million aid package announced on March 12 then delivered the following month.
The American-made supersonic missiles have a range of up to 190 miles. Ukraine also has British-made Storm Shadow missiles, which have a range of 155 miles.
The U.S. has blocked the use of such weapons in recent months over fears of escalation. However, Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed in September that the Biden administration was considering clearing Ukraine to start lobbing them into Russia, citing the need to adjust and adapt "as needs have changed, as the battlefield has changed."
Putin, whose nation has over 5,000 nuclear warheads and boasts a supersonic missile with a range of 625 miles, responded to Blinken's suggestion by telling a reporter, "It would mean that NATO countries, the US, European countries, are at war with Russia."
Putin, who invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, claims the use of ATACMS would constitute direct action on the part of the U.S. because American satellite reconnaissance would allegedly be necessary for successful missile strikes. He noted in June, "Ukrainian servicemen cannot do everything on their own and strike with this missile. They are simply technologically incapable of doing this."
He equated an ATACMS strike as the work of the Pentagon and a Storm Shadow strike as the work of the British government.
Escalation
According to Reuters, two American officials and a third source familiar with the decision confirmed that the Biden administration has cleared Ukraine to employ the missiles internationally and that the first of the long-range missile strikes are expected to take place in the coming days.
A U.S. official told CNN that the missiles will likely hit targets in the Kursk region of Russia, where Kyiv launched its summer counteroffensive and where Moscow recently deployed nearly 50,000 troops, including North Korean soldiers.
According to one official, the decision to authorize the use of the ATACMS was driven in part by the recent involvement of the North Korean troops in the fighting.
'This is an impeachable offense.'
By maintaining a foothold in Kursk with the help of long-range missiles, Ukraine might be in a better bargaining position in January should Trump bring Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy and Putin to the negotiating table. The New York Times indicated that Ukrainians hope to be able to trade territory in Kursk for Ukrainian territory presently occupied by Russian forces.
Reaction
Zelenskyy noted Sunday evening, "I am deeply grateful to all our partners who support us with air defense systems and missiles. This is a truly global effort."
"The plan for strengthening Ukraine is the Victory Plan that I presented to our partners. One of its key elements is providing our army with long-range capabilities," continued Zelenskyy. "There's been much said in the media today that we have received approval to take relative actions. But strikes are not carried out with words. These things are not announced. The missiles will speak for themselves."
Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov told Russian state media, "If such a decision was really formulated and brought to the attention of the Kyiv regime, then, of course, this is a qualitatively new round of tension and a qualitatively new situation in terms of the involvement of the United States in this conflict."
The Washington Post noted that the decision was not altogether unexpected in Moscow.
"The standoff will become even fiercer, and the talks will become more difficult," said Andrei Kartapolov, a former Russian Army officer and chairman of the parliamentary defense committee. "We expected them to escalate before the end of Biden's office — that was completely obvious."
The Biden administration's decision, which comes with only months remaining in the Democratic president's term, amounts to a significant escalation that has various adversarial nations, especially China — whose alliance with Russia has grown considerably since Putin's invasion of Ukraine — paying close attention.
'Ukraine can't properly defend itself if one hand is tied behind its back.'
There are presently tens of thousands of North Korean troops engaged in combat with Ukrainian forces. North Korea not only has a defense treaty with Russia but a firm mutual defense pact with China.
Despite its defense obligations, China has emphasized that North Korea's presence in Ukraine is its "own business" and has signaled a reluctance to get directly bogged down in the conflict. Nevertheless, China's foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian desperately impressed upon his American counterparts the need for de-escalation.
Responding to reports that the U.S. has cleared the use of the Army Tactical Missile System by Ukraine against Russia-based targets, Lin Jian, the spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry, stated, "China's position on the Ukraine issue is consistent and clear, and an early ceasefire and pursuit of a political solution are in the interests of all parties. Promoting a de-escalation of the situation as soon as possible is the top priority."
The Chinese regime also insisted that Russia, which executed a large-range missile and drone attack against Ukraine's civilian infrastructure over the weekend, should similarly pursue de-escalation.
Some American lawmakers have expressed support for Ukraine's use of the missiles, including Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss, who stated, "Biden's decision to lift restrictions on Ukraine's use of ATACMS in Russia is long-awaited progress. But it's critical that authorized targets include Russian oil refineries, which pump out the lifeblood of the Kremlin's war machine."
Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker (R) similarly expressed optimism over the development, stating Sunday, "If initial press reports are true, I am encouraged at the prospect of allowing Ukraine to use long-range ATACM missiles supplied by the U.S."
Republican Rep. Mike Turner (Ohio) wrote, "Ukraine can't properly defend itself if one hand is tied behind its back. Today's news that the Biden Administration is finally allowing Ukraine to use some U.S.-provided ATACMS to strike limited targets within Russian territory is long overdue."
Turner stressed the need to "put pressure on Vladimir Putin" ahead of Trump taking office.
Other American lawmakers are less than enthused over the prospect of a shooting war with Russia.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) tweeted, "By authorizing long range missiles to strike inside Russia, Biden is committing an unconstitutional Act of War that endangers the lives of all U.S. citizens. This is an impeachable offense, but the reality is he’s an emasculated puppet of a deep state."
Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale (R) wrote, "American long range missiles being used to attack Russia? As many as 12,000 North Korean troops staged in Russia. When will Congress reclaim its authority and stop this proxy war we are entangled in?!"
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The tenth anniversary of the Sony Pictures hack, which was centered around the Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy “The Interview,” has come around.
In the film, Rogen and Franco team up to interview North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to save their dwindling television careers.
The movie’s plot was allegedly so egregious in the eyes of the DPRK dictator that North Korean hackers breached the servers of Sony Pictures, releasing massive data dumps that included troves of emails from Sony executives like CEO Michael Lynton and co-chairman Amy Pascal.
'Typically, it’s the IT staff you have to worry about.'
It took just four days after the November 24, 2014, hack for the first report, published byRe/code, to attribute the attack to North Korean entities.
The Guardians of Peace
Initially, Sony received messages from a group called “God’sApstls,” littered with statements about Sony's bad business practices.
“We’ve got great damage by Sony Pictures,” the message said in broken English. “The compensation for it, monetary compensation we want. Pay the damage, or Sony Pictures will be bombarded as a whole. You know us very well. We never wait long. You’d better behave wisely.”
The God’sApstls were only referred to again in follow-up messages by a group called the Guardians of Peace.
“We’ve already warned you, and this is just a beginning. We continue till our request be met,” the other group’s message said, per Deadline. “Thanks a lot to God’sApstls contributing your great effort to peace of the world,” it added.
This is where allegations began that the hack originated from inside the Sony lot rather than a North Korean entity.
Lucas Zaichkowsky, a cybersecurity expert, remarked at the time that state-sponsored hackers typically do not adopt catchy names like Guardians of Peace.
“Attackers don't create cool names for themselves,” he stated.
Researcher Ken Heckenlively agreed, saying the hackers’ messages “sounded like what comes from a group of disgruntled employees.”
The author told Blaze News in an interview that he spoke to tech experts, cybersecurity firms, and even former members of the intelligence community, all of whom were skeptical of the official government narrative.
The author joked through a choppy internet connection that “the powers that be will not stop this information from getting out!” The feed then stabilized enough to show his book.
On the cover, a cartoon Barack Obama and Kim Jong Un fight like Godzilla and Rodan in front of a Hollywood backdrop. The subjects inside, however, are much more serious than the cover may let on.
Inside the Sony Hack: The Story Behind America’s Most Notorious Brink-of-War Cover-Up
Heckenlively explained that in 2014, several cybersecurity agencies wanted to jump into action and save the day.
He referred to cybersecurity agencies as being “like bounty hunters” who all want to play hero for the big tech companies.
Cybersecurity company Norse got the job and began its investigation in late December 2014.
"Sony had gone through a significant downsizing in [May] 2014," Heckenlively told Blaze News. “And a lot of that included IT staff. Typically, it’s the IT staff you have to worry about because they have access to your network,” he laughed.
"Pretty quickly it appeared to [Norse] that the hack was done by an insider, using this other hacker group called Lizard Squad that had previously hacked the Sony PlayStation,” Heckenlively stated, emphasizing yet another curious hacking group name.
That hack, which took place just a few months earlier in August 2014, took down the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, and Facebook.
"That wasn't the narrative that the United States government wanted, though,” the author continued. "It was the North Koreans! It was Kim Jong Un! ... But the North Koreans didn't have the capacity to do that. The hack was done by an insider, probably with an actual physical presence on the Sony lot."
Kurt Stammberger, then senior vice president of Norse, presented his findings to the FBI. They also suggested the breach was an inside job.
“Sony was not just hacked; this is a company that was essentially nuked from the inside,” Stammberger toldCBS News. “We are very confident that this was not an attack masterminded by North Korea and that insiders were key to the implementation of one of the most devastating attacks in history.”
Stammberger posited that the security lapse likely stemmed from six disgruntled former employees who were among those laid off earlier in 2014.
But this wasn’t a case of Norse going rogue and defying the government; other cybersecurity professionals agreed with the company.
Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik characterized the evidence implicating North Korea as “circumstantial” and noted that other experts were also “skeptical” about linking the attack to the regime.
Wired’s Kim Zetterdescribed evidence against the North Korean government as "flimsy,” while an actual hacker also doubted the North Korean connection.
Hector Monsegur, who previously hacked Sony with the group Anonymous, said that the latest attack on the company happened way too fast.
“For something like this to happen, it had to happen over a long period of time. You cannot just exfiltrate one terabyte or 100 terabytes of data in a matter of weeks,” he toldCBS News.
Monsegur doubted North Korea's capability to manage such a transfer due to its limited internet infrastructure. He also suggested that the attack could have been executed by hackers sponsored by China, Russia, or North Korea, but he leaned toward the possibility that it was an inside job by a Sony employee.
Why Sony?
Critics have long pointed to a possible cover-up by U.S. intelligence agencies; a lack of direct evidence implicating the North Koreans has only strengthened those claims.
By most accounts, it took seven to nine days after the hack for the reticle to be placed over North Korea as the perpetrator. According to theHollywood Reporter, it took just 25 days for the FBI to label Guardians of Peace as acting on behalf of the North Korean government.
The reasons for an alleged cover-up were numerous but not unending.
One possible reason was the reauthorization of the Corporate Terrorism Risk Program. The federal program provides compensation to companies that have suffered losses due to terrorist acts.
The “temporary federal program,” which began after 9/11, was reauthorized in January 2015, just two months after the Sony hack. It has been renewed twice and remains in place through December 31, 2027.
According to the program’s 2024 report, the program has paid out $56.7 billion in premiums to insurance companies between 2003 and 2023.
Heckenlively’s most lucid explanation was regarding another possible reason for a cover-up: to drum up conflict between North Korea and the United States, which would have benefitted the military/intelligence contractor Rand Corporation.
Sony’s connections to that organization were through former studio head Lynton, who was on the Rand board of trustees at the time, as revealed by emails in the data dump.
“Lynton's father was in British intelligence and served on the board of directors for Rand Corporation,” Heckenlively stressed. “As did [Amy] Pascal's father.”
Contacts between Lynton and Rand showed that the organization wanted to invite stars like George Clooney to events and showed Lynton offering a contract to Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett.
Simply put, executives on the Sony lot were deeply tied to those with direct connections to the federal government.
'I came away thinking he was a pretty good guy, that he wanted to know the truth.'
The Seth Rogen factor
The collusion allegedly started when Rogen and his writing partner, Evan Goldberg, submitted “The Interview” as a script.
“The movie was originally meant to be about an unnamed, ambiguous [leader], much like Sacha Baron Cohen's movie ‘The Dictator,’” Heckenlively explained. “But at some point in development, a Sony executive suggests that Kim Jong Un be made the antagonist of the film.”
When asked if Rogen would have known about a connection between Sony and Rand as the reason for the change, Heckenlively pointed to remarks the actor made in 2019 to the Hollywood Reporter.
Rogen said at the time that the fact North Korean entities never targeted him, and that “raised suspicions in [his] head.”
“That didn’t seem like North Korea’s MO. That seemed more like young, amateurish hackers than a foreign government launching a systematic attack on another country,” he said.
After suggesting that North Korea could have been used as a cover story, Rogen added, “It would be nice to know the truth.”
“I don’t think I would feel drastically different on a personal level if it was or wasn’t North Korea. I do think other people would probably feel vindicated,” he concluded.
Heckenlively made it a point to get across the fact that through all his research, he was pleasantly surprised by the way Rogen handled the ordeal.
“I came away thinking he was a pretty good guy, that he wanted to know the truth,” Heckenlively said.
The author smiled at the idea that someone in Hollywood was interested in knowing the truth.
In the end, Heckenlively came to a simple conclusion: Intelligence agencies are working with movie studios to create entertainment pieces that will be provocative and serve a certain agenda.
Whether that is foreign-policy-based or to push specific legislation, government agencies may have their hooks even deeper into Hollywood than the common person realizes.
Here’s Why Russia And North Korea’s Growing Friendship Is Problematic For America
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While Russia’s Vladimir Putin is getting friendly with all of America’s enemies and holding meetings with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, the White House is executing a much different strategy.
Vice President Kamala Harris invited the cast of Bravo’s “Queer Eye” to visit the White House to celebrate Pride Month.
“Queer Eye” is a show where gay celebrities give straight men makeovers.
Harris then posted videos of their visit, one featuring the caption: “The cast of @QueerEye joined me at the White House to discuss the hard-fought progress the LGBTQI+ community has made in the past 20 years. Thank you for a meaningful conversation, for giving my office your stamp of approval, and for being fabulous.”
One video featured a member of the cast standing behind the podium as if giving a press conference answering questions about his hair.
Glenn Beck can’t believe that these are the people in charge.
“Here he is standing behind the podium at the White House, and then he does a deal with the vice president where he knocks on her door and she opens it up in the West Wing and she’s like ‘Hello,’ and he’s like ‘Surprise’ and they come in, he’s wearing a dress and heels and everything else,” he says.
“Don’t lecture me about women,” he adds, shaking his head.
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