Jim W. Dean
China builds new aircraft carrier in show of strength to Washington
Jim W. Dean - China's move to build a second carrier could be providing the opportunity for an opponent to send a lot of China's defense spending to the bottom of the ocean on day one of a conflict.
Iraq urges Turkish troops pullout, threatens military action
Jim W. Dean - Turkey keeps pushing its "unsaid hand" that it has permission to be in Kurdistan to train troops with Kurdish permission, and hence it is none of Baghdad's business.
The Debate: Latest developments in Syria – with Jim W. Dean
Jim W. Dean - DIA is one of the smaller budget orgs within US Intel, and has no human intelligence in the Mid East. Intelligence officers deal with human intelligence, have been in the field and have personal networks of sources.
NEO – Will the World Survive Obama’s Last Year?
Jim W. Dean - We find more interest among common citizens for fighting against the political and financial criminals in the US power elite than we do in the military structure, where playing it safe seems to be the top priority.
Uri Avnery – Imagined Nations
In this interesting holiday missive, Uri Avnery discusses the historical basis of the formation and dissolution of nation states.
Mighty missiles: Russian Tor-M2U SAM fires from moving launcher (RARE VIDEO)
Jim W. Dean - The Russian defense industry continues to put great focus on surface to air missile development, without which the best ground forces end up as a shooting gallery for an attacker with air supremacy.
Christmas in the shadow of the first nuclear bomb
Jim W. Dean - We share an unusual Christmas story of Edith Warner, the gentle soul of Los Alamos who was loved by the bomb makers for her chocolate cake and for what she taught them about her love for the ancient land and its people.
Western aggression pushes Indian, Russian leaders set to sign defense deals
Jim W. Dean - We have long editorialized at VT that the Western neoCon plans to create a new Cold War to divert major expenditures into certain industries under the guise of "defending our interests" was nothing more than a criminal enterprise.
The Debate Show: Russia’s support for Washington’s Syria peace plans
Jim W. Dean debates Richard Millett from London as he shills for the Israelis and Western terror supporters wanting to crush Syria. Millett had the gall to actually say that ISIL had gotten much stronger since the Russian air campaign. You just can't make this stuff up.
Putin’s gang can shoot – Watch
Jim W. Dean - Dimitry Rogozin's political career has been a flamboyant and outspoken one, and gotten him into some trouble from time to time. But it also raised his profile as a man who did not hide where he stood on issues, and Russian voters responded.
Turkey breaks Iraq agreement to send in more troops
Jim W. Dean - After Turkey had promised Iraq it would not send more troops into Iraq without consulting Baghdad first, it has announced today that more troops are going in, to fight terrorism, but without permission. You just can't make this stuff up!
NEO – Joining NATO: Ukraine a Warning to Others
Jim W. Dean - Ulson Gunnar lays bare for us the conversion of the our defensive NATO coalition into an offensive one via a carefully planned construction of eliminating any public approval of what it does.
NEO – NATO Nuclear Scam on Iran Now Carved in Stone
Jim W. Dean - No country that had long claimed Iran had been working on nuclear weapons ever put a shred of proof on the table. Should we view them as psychological warfare terrorists now?
Iraq urges UNSC resolution against Turkey troop deployment
Jim W. Dean - The new destabilization scam now is having military powers asserting the right to put military forces into another country simply by declaring the act as a counter-terrorism move being done for national defense...a blank check on military aggression.
Russia announces 70% increase in Defense Ministry procurement
Jim W. Dean - Russia's defense spending is not comparable in any way with the US as it is not supporting a huge international forward base deployment with the largest international force projection power.
NEO – Who is the Real Axis of Evil?
Jim W. Dean - We have long editorialized at VT that without more international pressure against these illegal military actions inside another state without its permission, that they would grow in size to become permanent occupation forces.
Interview: Yemenis determined to be free from Saudi influence
Jim W. Dean - To avoid more Saudi casualties and internal opposition the Royal family is putting more mercenaries into Yemen, we hear in the 20,000 range, using the old Blackwater dealers of death.
Will Erdogan crash and burn, or rise like a phoenix?
Jim W. Dean - VT begins building Turkish sources to give us a deeper viewer into the firestorm that is emerging from the Erdogan regime and its neo-Ottoman foreign policy. We want those suffering there to share their story.
NEO – China and India in the New Global Political Game
Jim W. Dean - The emergence of Asia's three major powers, after their setting aside old conflicts, will defeat all plans for their recolonization via gunboat and nuclear diplomacy. Once they are fully integrated, they will easily be able to defend their interests.
West supporting terrorism behind the scenes
Jim W. Dean - The West's use of proxy terrorist forces for geopolitical gain is going to have long term boomerang costs as public trust in government will sink to new lows, but a new international prosecution forum is critically needed.
Erdogan has completely lost his mind – NATO’s rogue elephant
Jim W. Dean - The worse perversion of all is this scam of those guilty of State terrorism hiding behind a false screen of "anti-terrorism" operations like Erdogan is pandering to us now
Map Study: ISIS Oil Smuggling Impossible Without Kurds
Gordon and Jim - The maps tell a story of a continuous Kurdish controlled area that covers more than 70% of all stolen oil, all moved directly through Kurdish lines in areas where there is no ISIS presence.
NEO – Oil Tests May Prove One Test Too Many for Erdogan
Jim W. Dean - Henry Kamens gives us, as usual, an unreported aspect of the Turkey-ISIL oil smuggling operation, where all roads, or pipelines, often end up in the shadowy Republic of Georgia.
White House Sends Ankara Two Warning Shots Over Daesh Oil Smuggling
Jim W. Dean - The Obama administration finally stops lying to the American people about Turkey's support for ISIL. This now puts Erdogan and Turkish Intel on the spot for having been involved. And neither NATO or the EU can pretend they did not know.
Any targets threatening Russian forces in Syria must be immediately destroyed, Putin
Jim W. Dean - Putin is sending a message to those countries that have Special Ops teams in Syria trying to kill or kidnap Russian advisors and troops, that there will be no "after the fact" discussions over the matter.
What Iran Stands to Gain by Purchasing Russia’s Advanced T-90 Tank
Jim W. Dean - The stupid sanctions policies of the West are going to have huge long term costs in lost export business where arms are a major player.
Washington Remains Blind to Ankara’s Complicity in Terrorism
Gordon Duff -Every aspect of this cross-border traffic involves the government and military of Turkey and its complicity in support of terrorism, five minutes with a map will tell anyone this.
NEO – Damascus Counter-Terrorism conference – One year later
Jim W. Dean - Who would have ever believed we would have seen the complete reversal of the military situation in Syria beyond anyone’s imagination?
Smoke and Mirrors: Russian Aircraft Get a Sleek New Countermeasure
Jim W. Dean - VT gets briefed on some declassified but generally unknown material that is literally science fiction stuff, so you know the classified stuff goes way further.
NEO – Success of Russia’s Political Front in the Middle East
Jim W. Dean - NEO's Salman Rafi Sheikh takes us into the Byzantine maze of Russian-Saudi geopolitics, which can seem like trying to walk through a minefield with a blindfold on.
‘Allah took their sanity’ – Putin accuses Turkish leadership of aiding terror
Jim W. Dean - I expect to see more focus on the Erdogan corruption, with revelations on the family energy companies and the industrial scale of their corruption, plus hunting down where all the "profits from terrorism" are stashed.
NEO: Who has been pushing Russia to go all in against Saudi Arabia...
Jim W. Dean - After the carnage of WWII and the slaughters that came before, under the Commies, Russians have reverence for life way beyond their Western counterparts
Breaking: Did US and Saudis use AWACS to help target SU-24?
Jim W. Dean - If the US and the Saudi's helped triangulate this attack, then it was an overt act of war, which included NATO as an accessory, and was a violation of a number of international laws, not to mention the UN charter.
Putin: Russia Has Evidence Su-24 Shot Down to Protect Daesh Oil Deliveries
Jim W. Dean - Putin's best revenge is to destroy the plans of the Western scamsters and their Gulf buddies to carve up Syria, killing a quarter million, over a million wounded and maimed, and 11 million refugees created in the process.
Prosecutors ban Soros Foundation as ‘threat to Russian national security’
Jim W. Dean - I will stick to my original Santa list of 25 drone strikes of my choosing WITH full immunity if I can pass a lie detector test, that my sole motivation was national security.
Uri Avnery – The Reign of Absurdiocy
Jim W. Dean - Uri is at his best when on his Don Quixote horse and taking on all comers. And I like his spunk toward going where others fear to tread
NEO – Georgia the NGO Heaven which is Hell for everyone else
Jim W. Dean - The NGO arena has turned into an international sewer of sorts, with castaways and wanabees circling that toilet for a chance to jump in if someone throws in a few hundred bucks.
NEO – Russia will now eliminate all air threats to its forces in Syria
Jim W. Dean - The West’s succession of bad strategy, lies, and tactical blunders is pushing world opinion toward the Russian example of leadership on the world stage.
NEO – Tracking ISIS to DC’s Doorsteps
Jim W. Dean - May the angels smile upon and protect us as we honor the Russian SU-24 pilot, the first Russian to die in their air campaign. He will be honored by all honorable veterans as a brother in arms.
Russia deploys missile cruiser off Syria coast, ordered to destroy any target posing danger
Jim W. Dean - Russia responds to Turkish shoot down by ending military cooperation and signaling one freebie is all Turkey gets. Russia has a right, under international law, to shoot down planes attacking it while on Syrian anti-terrorism operations.