The 31-year-old Brittney Griner is one of 11 women to receive an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a Fiba World cup gold and a WNBA Championship - (Lorie Shaull - photo)

The now 55-year-old Russian Viktor Bout is known as The Merchant of Death

Vietnamese women and children in My Lai before being killed in the massacre, March 16, 1968. They were killed seconds after the photo was taken - Photo by Ronald L. Haeberle US POLITICIANS… HAVE CROSSED THE RED LINE

An Iraqi woman looks on as U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team search the courtyard of her house during a cordon and search in Ameriyah, Iraq - U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland photo

POV 106 - MERCHANT of DEATH 4 AN ATHLETE?

Richard Ricciardi - National Radio WORLD Text Service

The twist is we're talking about an athlete whose job is to entertain in exchange for a weapons salesman whose job is to provide weapons to countries to murder people. The question is can this proposed transaction be reasonable? Would the US government agree to such an arrangement?

Monday May 16, 2022

WARS R A WEAPONS 4 SALES GAME

Nobody said life is fair but really man how can one equate Russia's reported deal that they was Viktor Bout aka The Merchant of Death for an athlete female basketball player Brittney Griner who was playing for a Russian team but was caught in Russia with a controlled substance.

Really man… is that a fair trade? Why would it be put on the table that a female athlete that like to get high would equate to being the same vale of a man that sell weapons to kill people all over the world. When you put Bout into perspective he is like that character depicted in the Nicholas Cage film Lord of War. The irony is the character in the film is from the Ukraine.

The only winners in wars are politicians, crooked leaders of nations and weapons manufactures. Films imitate life. The similarity of this film with the current Russian invasion of the Ukraine is weapons manufactures are licking their chops every time a news feed show a tank destroyed at the side of the road. The tank must be replaced and that means money.

The problem is much of that money paying for replacement weapons to continue a war is from US taxpayer money. These wars will continue forever as long as crooked politicians and military leaders plead for more help of those involved in a war. The bigger issue is this war was baited by the US government. They implored the Ukraine to join NATO.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky expected help as he accepted weapons from other nations since December. He was sold on foreign military help when the conflict began. It never came and when it escalated to being a war status foreign help could not intervene as revealed in his interview with the BBC's Clive Myrie. With no help coming Zelensky is begging for more weapons and larger weapons including planes.

In 2011 the now 55-year-old Russian Bout was convicted by a jury in a US federal court of conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens and officials, delivery of anti-aircraft missiles, and providing aid to a terrorist organization, and was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment. Since June 2012, Bout has been held at the United States Penitentiary, Marion in the USA. The 2005 film Lord of War is purportedly based on allegations about Bout's personal history and black-market activities.

The 31-year-old Griner is one of 11 women to receive an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a Fiba World cup gold and a WNBA Championship.

In February Griner was detained by the Russian Customs on allegations that cartridges containing hashish oil had been found in her luggage. She had been entering Russia to play with the Russian Premier League during the WNBA offseason. As of May, she remains in custody.

The twist is we're talking about an athlete whose job is to entertain in exchange for a weapons salesman whose job is to provide weapons to countries to murder people. The question is can this proposed transaction be reasonable? Would the US government agree to such an arrangement?

In the US government's view they may have a problem with Griner. In 2020, Griner protested the Star Spangled Banner and stated she wouldn't be on the court while the national anthem was played during game openers. Would that be a problem for the US government? Would they sacrifice her to keep Bout?

Russia and the US are two of the top five arms dealers in the world. Apparently Russia needs Bout to sell their arms. The US has inspired a war to sell their arms.

The reality is selling weapons is more important than civilians lives. As depicted in the film supposedly based on Bout's life, the character played by Cage patiently waited as the agent that arrested him came into the room to agitate him and pat himself on the back for finally finding him and arresting him.

Cage calmly informed the agent that in a few minutes there will be a knock at the door and his superior will congratulate him and tell him what a fine job he did. He will then tell inform him the Cage/Bout would be released. The reason why is as an arms dealer he was more valuable to the US government selling weapons than in jail.

Griner is black and it is well known how blacks are abused in America. So…. What will it be... a black lady entertainer for a white Merchant of Death? Stay tuned…

SNOWDEN - ROGAN YOU TUBE LINKS

2019 - JOE ROGAN - EDWARD SNOWDEN = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efs3QRr8LWw = 2 hr & 49 min

2020 - JOE ROGAN - EDWARD SNOWDEN = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rl82OQDoOc = 2:29

RT LINKS

Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson on Ukraine

19 Mar, 2022 08:05 Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson on Ukraine: Biden’s USA & Putin’s Russia haven’t learned the lessons of the Cold War! (E1121) On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former secretary of state Colin Powell’s chief of staff, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson. He discusses the context of Russia’s invasion, citing NATO expansion after the fall of the Soviet Union as one of Washington’s greatest strategic mistakes. He addresses the deepening international isolation of Russia and President Vladimir Putin, calling it ‘insane’. He outlines what a diplomatic solution needs to look like in order for there to be peace in Ukraine, his belief that NATO and the CSTO should be scrapped in favour of a united European security infrastructure, and much more!

https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/552175-russia-invasion-nato-expansion/

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Russia-Ukraine war happened ‘by design’ + What would a NATO-Russia nuclear war look like?

16 Mar, 2022 07:50 HomeShowsGoing Underground Russia-Ukraine war happened ‘by design’ + What would a NATO-Russia nuclear war look like? (E1120) On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to economist and radio show host Professor Jack Rasmus of St. Mary’s College in California. He discusses the causes of inflation in the US and why mega corporations are partly to blame, how the US is using the Russian invasion of Ukraine to pursue its own geopolitical objectives in Europe of driving out Russia, why the Ukraine crisis is not by accident but ‘by design’, his predictions of a major global recession by 2023, and much more. Finally, we speak to Dr. Ira Helfand, ex-president of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and winner of two Nobel Prizes. He discusses how Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has once again brought humanity close to nuclear annihilation, the morbid statistics and reality of what a NATO-Russia nuclear war would look like, the myth of a ‘limited’ nuclear war, what actions the leadership of Russia and NATO must take to prevent nuclear war and much more.

https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/552033-nato-russia-nuclear-war-look-like/

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Iran’s view of Russia’s Ukraine invasion explained & Western double standards over conflict

12 Mar, 2022 06:20 HomeShowsGoing Underground Iran’s view of Russia’s Ukraine invasion explained & Western double standards over conflict (E1119) On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran. He discusses ongoing negotiations with the US to restart the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) and the impact of American sanctions on Tehran. He also talks about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, why Iran opposes the invasion, and the consequences for US hegemony and the unipolar world order. Finally, we speak to Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University and the former UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories. He discusses the international reaction against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, double standards and hypocrisy over the lack of action against the US and its NATO allies regarding multiple wars in the Middle East, contrasting reactions from the US and NATO over the plight of Ukrainians versus the plight of Syrians and Palestinians, and much more.

https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/551738-iran-view-ukraine-war/

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JOHN BOLTON - MAR 5, 2022 = https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/551267-bolton-russian-invasion-imperial-conquest/

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the former US ambassador to the UN and national security adviser to Donald Trump (2018-2019), John Bolton. He discusses Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, arguing that the US and EU need to further sanction Moscow to cripple its oil and gas industry, and that Biden has done ‘too little too late’ to deter Vladimir Putin and arm the Ukrainian military. He also predicts whether Putin will seek to occupy all of Ukraine, and discusses rising tensions with China over the growing anticipation that it will seek to reunify with Taiwan by unleashing a military assault.

ERIC BANA- May 18, 2021 = https://www.rt.com/shows/dennis-miller-plus-one/524177-eric-bana-on-returning-to/

VIDEO LINKS to the AMERICAN GOVERNMENT'S DESPICABLE PAST

Link to John Pilger appearing on Going Underground

https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/534217-john-pilger-afghanistan-withdrawal/

Link to Oliver Stone appearing on Going Underground

https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/529120-stone-jfk-assassination-exposed/

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The War in October | The Heat of Battle | Part 2

| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb-0DjbpZ5Y

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Frontline - THE UNITED STATES OF SECRETS

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