AN SCRAMBLED AND AGITATED FLIGHT

What was the purpose of the CIA director’s far-from-secret arrival in Moscow? Was it a warning or a plea for a respite?

 

By Sir Charlattam

The surprise arrival of a US C-17 ‘Globemaster III’ military aircraft in Russia is something few had anticipated. We know full well that the discreet channels of communication between Washington and Moscow despite the war in Ukraine have never been severed; consequently, the fact that such a far from discreet aircraft was flying over Moscow, carrying none other than the head of the CIA, suggests something very urgent. There could be several possible issues that compelled CIA Director John Ratcliffe himself to get involved in person. From the situation in Ukraine and the complicated situation in the Strait of Hormuz to the FSB’s dismantling of conspiratorial and terrorist networks within Russia, any of these could have prompted this trip.

It must have been something momentous for Trump to commission a Russophobic thug like Ratcliffe who is known to say that as many Russians as possible should be killed and to this end he directs covert operations on Ukrainian territory, from where, with the unfailing cooperation of the MI6 lads, terrorist attacks are launched against Russian towns and cities using FP1, FP2 drones and Storm Shadow missiles.

Putin is, of course, well aware of this man’s character and behaviour, but he has no need to be discourteous. The intelligence that the Russian President demonstrates in the exercise of his office far surpasses that of a government agency head with a trigger-happy mentality; nevertheless, it is the message that matters, not the messenger. And that is what mattered about Ratcliffe’s presence: a thug who has risen to his current position by killing Iraqis and Afghans is not a very pleasant prospect to face. He is merely the errand boy for the ‘orange bloke’ in the White House and nothing more; so what was this supposedly urgent message he was carrying?

Let us start with the fact that Vladimir Putin did not receive him. It is not his place to do so for the simple reason that he is a head of state devoted to matters within his remit, and for that purpose he has his own intelligence chief, Sergey Naryshkin, in charge of the SVR, who is sufficiently qualified to handle the matter. Nevertheless, reliable sources report that those who received the surprise guest were third-tier FSB officials such as Ivan Tkatchev and the head of the Fifth Directorate, Alexei Komkov, who accorded him the level of attention that might be expected for another intelligence official. If the visit was intended to intimidate Moscow, as pro-Washington media outlets such as POLITICO.COM have suggested, they do not seem to have realised that such tactics which were frequently employed by militant Zionists within the Democratic Party who supported Obama and Biden, such as the intrepid Victoria Nuland have already been tried and failed.

Perhaps we should also ask ourselves: was this trip planned? Or was something about to happen that was so imminent and dangerous to US interests in Europe that it forced the CIA director himself to go and stop what was about to happen? Contrary to what the mainstream media outlets answerable to the Anglo-American Establishment such as the WSJ, Axios, CNN, the BBC, etc. are reporting about a trip intended to warn Putin, the motivation may in fact have been quite the opposite. It appears that Washington ordered Kiev to halt the missile and drone attacks on the Baltic states’ border due to the imminent visit by US officials.

At the same time, the Russians were informed of the event, so all they can do is wait. Vladimir Putin and his security and intelligence cabinet have had enough of the double standards of their Western partners, and in particular of his counterpart Donald Trump, who has already far surpassed Joe Biden in terms of dirty and harmful manoeuvres against the Russian Federation.

At the same time, Trump is well aware of the British manoeuvres and, although he knows how to feign ignorance, the extent of his continued involvement in the financing of arms and equipment for the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev in which London acts as an intermediary cannot be concealed. The declaration of war by Prime Minister Burnham’s new Labour government leaves no room for doubt on this matter, and Putin’s warnings that he would teach a lesson to those who have been active instigators of terrorist violence against Russian citizens were already taking shape and would be carried out with devastating force against one or perhaps several targets of significance to Britain.

Some speculate that this was a desperate visit following confirmation that Moscow was prepared to deal a devastating blow to US assets operating both in Ukraine and across Europe. Others suggest that this risky journey on a military aircraft departing from Riga at a time when the entire region is a theatre of operations was intended to avert a lethal retaliation against London, or even to warn Moscow of a looming (unauthorised) British provocation, thereby enabling them to abort it.

As for retaliation, let us rule out the much-discussed nuclear attack, as that would not only be senseless but would also mark the beginning of the end and nobody wants that. No. What Putin may well have ordered is to give British politicians and officials in Vauxhall a taste of their own medicine a move which, as well as being lethal, would leave the fledgling government of that loudmouth Andy Burnham in a very bad light, given that he so blithely declared war on Russia.

Perhaps you’re wondering: why would Washington get involved in the matter if Trump says he has nothing to do with NATO or with those ungrateful Britons who didn’t support them over the situation in the Strait of Hormuz? We know full well that Trump, as well as being a pathological liar, is merely a loud-mouthed puppet, a pawn of the American Establishment; consequently, what he says carries very little weight.

From what we have heard, Ratcliffe’s efforts have come to nothing, as several sites linked to industry and underground facilities on the outskirts of London have been blown up or have been the scene of mysterious large-scale fires, which the British authorities have been unable to prevent. It remains to be seen what far-fetched excuses will be come up with to explain all this.