Thanks Julian for your perspective on Iran's strategic aims. I lend great credence to your views as you live in a different culture. That aids your ability to think beyond the constraints that overarching American Exceptionalism bind many podcasters.
Over half a century ago I took STEM classes with Persian students. I made a few friends and make no mistake, they were not American and too, they hated the Shah.
I like you Julian and have always respected your point of view and mostly I agree with you.
Maybe it is time for you to do some REAL Digging: By this I mean.........how much do these podcasters get? I have NO idea how YOU Tube works with regards to money.......i presume you do?
You denigrate, lets hear from you after a deep dive otherwise I am NOT interested!
Why should I believe YOU?
..........and by the way I am smart enough to contact U-tube and make a comment when I see AI
It is impossible to know how much LJ gets since his earning are hidden in an LLC registered in a GCC country. However, calculating on the basis of Youtube earnings and average daily clicks on his site, his yearly income is could be more than $500,000 from this source alone. The other major source of income is PayPal and perhaps Substack through this cooperation with Glen Diesen.HIs LLC declares revenue of US $9000. While these are just estimates, he is making considerable amounts of money. HIs reputation drives his private "intelligence " consulting agency BERG associations which appears to have (It is other LLC) has revenue of $5 million a year.
It is impossible to know how much LJ gets since his earnings are hidden in an LLC registered in a GCC country. However, calculating on the basis of Youtube earnings and average daily clicks on his site, his yearly income is could be more than $500,000 from this source alone. The other major source of income is PayPal and perhaps Substack through his cooperation with Glen Diesen. His LLC declares revenue of US $9000. While these are just estimates, he is making considerable amounts of money. His reputation drives his private "intelligence " consulting agency BERG Associates which appears to have (It is another LLC) revenue of $5 million a year.
It is impossible to know how much LJ gets since his earnings are hidden in an LLC registered in a GCC country. However, calculating on the basis of Youtube earnings and average daily clicks on his site, his yearly income is could be more than $500,000 from this source alone. The other major source of income is PayPal and perhaps Substack through his cooperation with Glen Diesen. His LLC declares revenue of US $9000. While these are just estimates, he is making considerable amounts of money. His reputation drives his private "intelligence " consulting agency BERG Associates which appears to have (It is another LLC) revenue of $5 million a year.
The main problem with all these "chronic podcasters" is their ingrained "(Wild) Western" worldview, which simultaneously renders them inable and thus incompetent to see and experience the world from the eyes of non-Westerners... It's all "algorithmic bias"! ;)
Fundamentally, I don't have to believe everything that anyone says. Regardless of who it is. But equally fundamentally, I assume that in publicly accessible sources we only learn what we are allowed to learn and what we are supposed to believe. I rule nothing out from the outset. We believe we know, until we receive new information that seems to confirm or contradict our previous supposed knowledge. Do I believe that Russia and China are helping Iran acquire nuclear weapons? Absolutely not. North Korea? Possible. However, Iran is also capable of developing and producing its own nuclear weapons alone. At any rate, if it wants to. Is anyone in Asia interested in Iran possessing nuclear missiles? No. With the exception of North Korea. That I consider possible.
Today I drew attention on L. Johnson's blog to an article by Scott Ritter. With all due respect to Scott Ritter as a person, I do not consider him a good analyst. He is too emotional and often irascible. But in the article in question, I absolutely agree with him. Those are sensible words.
[Scott Ritter probably had a moment of keeping his emotions under control when he wrote this article. Have your browser translate it into English. The article is worth it. What applies to Russia and every other country also applies to the USA. As for Israel, that is not a normal country. In its pathological madness, it reminds me of "Hitler's Germany." This association keeps coming up for me.
"The world would no longer be a world in which no nuclear war can be fought, but one in which nuclear war has become accepted practice. War games and basic game theory assume that once nuclear weapons are used, it is only a matter of time before the situation escalates into a full-scale nuclear exchange that extinguishes all life on the planet. This is not mere speculation."
.....
"And in today's era, when nuclear arms control has been struck from the world's diplomatic playbook, the world needs exactly the kick in the pants that any sensible engagement with the fallaciousness of Sergey Karaganov's nuclear theories brings with it – without nuclear arms control, our collective demise by those very weapons whose abolition we refuse is all but certain."
Should Iran respond to a nuclear attack on its country with nuclear weapons? Instinctively, one can answer: "Yes." But wait a moment. Let's first think about it calmly.
Scott Ritter is right when he says that if a country has used nuclear weapons and thereby successfully defeated the opponent or at least coerced them into retreating, then that will most likely motivate other countries to also use nuclear weapons in practice as a means of subduing another country and opponent.
Pandora's box would be opened and would be extremely difficult to close again. Additionally, this would lead to a massive increase in states that also acquire nuclear weapons. Mind you, I am referring here to the first use of nuclear weapons.
Apart from the fact that these are terrible weapons of mass destruction that kill all life, from infants to grandmothers. So the first question should be: "Does Iran have conventional capabilities to defeat Israel once and for all? Only after that can one ask about the use of nuclear weapons."]
Agree about the nuclear bomb of Iran as nonsense. Why would they need one in the first place . They have achieved their goals without one . second it’s a moral decision about the obscenity on using one .
Withdrawing from the UN nuclear oversight isn’t a condition of danger as it’s corrupt as hell and why is the most dangerous country of all Israel excluded .
Good point. Any mention of IAEA is meaningless as long as it gives a rogue state like Israel a free pass, not to mention its activity as spies for Israel itself. It is not an independent organisation, therefore it has no authority, like many, maybe all, other UN agencies infested with American / Israeli agents and corrupt to the bone. It's high time to dissolve the UN as it completely failed its mission, methinks.
Those sensationalistic tabloid headlines from the (ahem) Alternative Media rival the idiocy that is peddled by mainstream Anglophone rags like the New York Post, Fox News, or the Daily Mail.
Social media has spawned social media grifters and clickbait artists galore.
However, no such list would be complete without mentioning "Professor" Jiang's Predictive History shtick and his improbable rise as an internet sensation--which was in no way amplified and boosted by US spy agencies. ;-)
Larry Johnson is a total fake, the controlled opposition. To my mind, most if not all of alt media are fakers spewing the same shite in unison much like msm, especially when it comes to Iran and Russia.
The evidence of this is their constant mention of nuclear threats, which is a sure sign of their obedience to the regime. Nuclear weapons are not a thing and never have been. Anyone who mentions them in all seriousness should be avoided.
Yes. Those headlines drive me cracked. There are rational voices like Chas Freeman who think it's entirely likely that Iran has a nuclear weapon. Nevertheless it is all speculation.
Do you see anyone brothering North Korea? Why? Nuclear state! Oh, by the way, the only nation to drop nuclear weapons on living human beings? The United State of America! This was a waste-of-space. I read Johnson's article, and I believe it to be happening as it's the only way Iran will stay of the hairs of American and Israelite attacks in the future. Face facts, please, Iran needs the nukes to stay safe!
Sorry to comment on another issue here, but I was waiting for an answer on my old comment about "if you want to get a territory from a gang of criminals, you can't go there with flowers but show them you can kill them anytime if they don't leave it to you.. + or - "
So one analyst, Hua, that I really like and respect for his interesting posts about the geopolitics and economics of China and rest of the World, has posted his answer on that and I agree totally with it, considering facts, actual facts and how things have moved fast, and mybe faster than Putin and his staff was considering.
Time to play chess in a World that run of fiber optics and short waves is not may be the best choice. United Criminals of America are systematically controlling the battlefield and now that the Nazi Israeli Jews of Palantir are in command, hopes to end this war and go back to take care of Europe(including Russia) economy and develop are less and less every week.
Good you picked this issue up. I think it begun with Scott after he was really pushed arround with these pedo stories, but it is not possible to really get each day a new truth. Everything has its time to ripe and you have to watch not to miss the point, whatever it means. Also I find it totally passive and boring to watch people on this youtube thingy.
Thanks Julian for your perspective on Iran's strategic aims. I lend great credence to your views as you live in a different culture. That aids your ability to think beyond the constraints that overarching American Exceptionalism bind many podcasters.
Over half a century ago I took STEM classes with Persian students. I made a few friends and make no mistake, they were not American and too, they hated the Shah.
I like you Julian and have always respected your point of view and mostly I agree with you.
Maybe it is time for you to do some REAL Digging: By this I mean.........how much do these podcasters get? I have NO idea how YOU Tube works with regards to money.......i presume you do?
You denigrate, lets hear from you after a deep dive otherwise I am NOT interested!
Why should I believe YOU?
..........and by the way I am smart enough to contact U-tube and make a comment when I see AI
It is impossible to know how much LJ gets since his earning are hidden in an LLC registered in a GCC country. However, calculating on the basis of Youtube earnings and average daily clicks on his site, his yearly income is could be more than $500,000 from this source alone. The other major source of income is PayPal and perhaps Substack through this cooperation with Glen Diesen.HIs LLC declares revenue of US $9000. While these are just estimates, he is making considerable amounts of money. HIs reputation drives his private "intelligence " consulting agency BERG associations which appears to have (It is other LLC) has revenue of $5 million a year.
Oh, typos, typos. Fixed MOST of those...
It is impossible to know how much LJ gets since his earnings are hidden in an LLC registered in a GCC country. However, calculating on the basis of Youtube earnings and average daily clicks on his site, his yearly income is could be more than $500,000 from this source alone. The other major source of income is PayPal and perhaps Substack through his cooperation with Glen Diesen. His LLC declares revenue of US $9000. While these are just estimates, he is making considerable amounts of money. His reputation drives his private "intelligence " consulting agency BERG Associates which appears to have (It is another LLC) revenue of $5 million a year.
It is impossible to know how much LJ gets since his earnings are hidden in an LLC registered in a GCC country. However, calculating on the basis of Youtube earnings and average daily clicks on his site, his yearly income is could be more than $500,000 from this source alone. The other major source of income is PayPal and perhaps Substack through his cooperation with Glen Diesen. His LLC declares revenue of US $9000. While these are just estimates, he is making considerable amounts of money. His reputation drives his private "intelligence " consulting agency BERG Associates which appears to have (It is another LLC) revenue of $5 million a year.
Interesting...thanks
The main problem with all these "chronic podcasters" is their ingrained "(Wild) Western" worldview, which simultaneously renders them inable and thus incompetent to see and experience the world from the eyes of non-Westerners... It's all "algorithmic bias"! ;)
Exactly!
Fundamentally, I don't have to believe everything that anyone says. Regardless of who it is. But equally fundamentally, I assume that in publicly accessible sources we only learn what we are allowed to learn and what we are supposed to believe. I rule nothing out from the outset. We believe we know, until we receive new information that seems to confirm or contradict our previous supposed knowledge. Do I believe that Russia and China are helping Iran acquire nuclear weapons? Absolutely not. North Korea? Possible. However, Iran is also capable of developing and producing its own nuclear weapons alone. At any rate, if it wants to. Is anyone in Asia interested in Iran possessing nuclear missiles? No. With the exception of North Korea. That I consider possible.
Today I drew attention on L. Johnson's blog to an article by Scott Ritter. With all due respect to Scott Ritter as a person, I do not consider him a good analyst. He is too emotional and often irascible. But in the article in question, I absolutely agree with him. Those are sensible words.
[Scott Ritter probably had a moment of keeping his emotions under control when he wrote this article. Have your browser translate it into English. The article is worth it. What applies to Russia and every other country also applies to the USA. As for Israel, that is not a normal country. In its pathological madness, it reminds me of "Hitler's Germany." This association keeps coming up for me.
"The world would no longer be a world in which no nuclear war can be fought, but one in which nuclear war has become accepted practice. War games and basic game theory assume that once nuclear weapons are used, it is only a matter of time before the situation escalates into a full-scale nuclear exchange that extinguishes all life on the planet. This is not mere speculation."
.....
"And in today's era, when nuclear arms control has been struck from the world's diplomatic playbook, the world needs exactly the kick in the pants that any sensible engagement with the fallaciousness of Sergey Karaganov's nuclear theories brings with it – without nuclear arms control, our collective demise by those very weapons whose abolition we refuse is all but certain."
Scott Ritter
https://forumgeopolitica.com/de/artikel/der-karaganov-trugschluss
Should Iran respond to a nuclear attack on its country with nuclear weapons? Instinctively, one can answer: "Yes." But wait a moment. Let's first think about it calmly.
Scott Ritter is right when he says that if a country has used nuclear weapons and thereby successfully defeated the opponent or at least coerced them into retreating, then that will most likely motivate other countries to also use nuclear weapons in practice as a means of subduing another country and opponent.
Pandora's box would be opened and would be extremely difficult to close again. Additionally, this would lead to a massive increase in states that also acquire nuclear weapons. Mind you, I am referring here to the first use of nuclear weapons.
Apart from the fact that these are terrible weapons of mass destruction that kill all life, from infants to grandmothers. So the first question should be: "Does Iran have conventional capabilities to defeat Israel once and for all? Only after that can one ask about the use of nuclear weapons."]
As usual, insightful and balanced.
Agree about the nuclear bomb of Iran as nonsense. Why would they need one in the first place . They have achieved their goals without one . second it’s a moral decision about the obscenity on using one .
Withdrawing from the UN nuclear oversight isn’t a condition of danger as it’s corrupt as hell and why is the most dangerous country of all Israel excluded .
Nuclear boys club for the delusional
Good point. Any mention of IAEA is meaningless as long as it gives a rogue state like Israel a free pass, not to mention its activity as spies for Israel itself. It is not an independent organisation, therefore it has no authority, like many, maybe all, other UN agencies infested with American / Israeli agents and corrupt to the bone. It's high time to dissolve the UN as it completely failed its mission, methinks.
Given up on the usual suspects on You tube , I would recommend Syriana Analysis ,no hyperbole
Those sensationalistic tabloid headlines from the (ahem) Alternative Media rival the idiocy that is peddled by mainstream Anglophone rags like the New York Post, Fox News, or the Daily Mail.
Social media has spawned social media grifters and clickbait artists galore.
However, no such list would be complete without mentioning "Professor" Jiang's Predictive History shtick and his improbable rise as an internet sensation--which was in no way amplified and boosted by US spy agencies. ;-)
There's enough material for a book on doublespeak relying on MSM headlines alone.
My favorites:
"But at what cost?". Meaning the US has fallen back so badly in regards to another country (99%, China) the MSM can't even hide the story.
"Sources say". We pulled it out of our asses.
"Officials say". CIA propaganda leaflet printed verbatim.
"Think tank". Taxpayer funded PR firm running cover for a billionaire lobby.
"Award-winning". Industry plant.
"Record breaking". We manipulated the test results.
And anything and anyone on every Forbes or Fortune 500 cover ever translates to "scammer who will be out of prison for a very short while".
Larry Johnson is a total fake, the controlled opposition. To my mind, most if not all of alt media are fakers spewing the same shite in unison much like msm, especially when it comes to Iran and Russia.
The evidence of this is their constant mention of nuclear threats, which is a sure sign of their obedience to the regime. Nuclear weapons are not a thing and never have been. Anyone who mentions them in all seriousness should be avoided.
Yes. Those headlines drive me cracked. There are rational voices like Chas Freeman who think it's entirely likely that Iran has a nuclear weapon. Nevertheless it is all speculation.
Do you see anyone brothering North Korea? Why? Nuclear state! Oh, by the way, the only nation to drop nuclear weapons on living human beings? The United State of America! This was a waste-of-space. I read Johnson's article, and I believe it to be happening as it's the only way Iran will stay of the hairs of American and Israelite attacks in the future. Face facts, please, Iran needs the nukes to stay safe!
Sorry to comment on another issue here, but I was waiting for an answer on my old comment about "if you want to get a territory from a gang of criminals, you can't go there with flowers but show them you can kill them anytime if they don't leave it to you.. + or - "
So one analyst, Hua, that I really like and respect for his interesting posts about the geopolitics and economics of China and rest of the World, has posted his answer on that and I agree totally with it, considering facts, actual facts and how things have moved fast, and mybe faster than Putin and his staff was considering.
Here his post https://huabinoliver.substack.com/p/is-it-time-for-russia-to-escalate
Time to play chess in a World that run of fiber optics and short waves is not may be the best choice. United Criminals of America are systematically controlling the battlefield and now that the Nazi Israeli Jews of Palantir are in command, hopes to end this war and go back to take care of Europe(including Russia) economy and develop are less and less every week.
Interesting questions, which I will reply to in a full article at another time.
Good you picked this issue up. I think it begun with Scott after he was really pushed arround with these pedo stories, but it is not possible to really get each day a new truth. Everything has its time to ripe and you have to watch not to miss the point, whatever it means. Also I find it totally passive and boring to watch people on this youtube thingy.