The west continues to demonstrate why the multipolar world will go from strength to strength, this time due to their ongoing deplorable behaviour towards Syria.

Welcome development:

Today, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued Syria General License 23, which authorizes for 180 days all transactions related to earthquake relief that would be otherwise prohibited by the Syrian Sanctions Regulations

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1261

A classic symptom of end stage of empire is when the very fabric of our existence, namely meaningful and trusted relationships with each other has given way to false, superficial and transactional behaviour whilst living in our own materialistic insular self-absorbed vacuum.

The fallout and consequences of the Nordstream sabotage will eventually contribute to the demise of NATO, will seriously impact US - German relations and in a broader context US - European relations.

Romania has denied Russian missiles crossed their airspace.

Zelensky is demonstrating a desperation to get NATO involved and the logical conclusion is because Ukraine is now losing the war very badly.

Clown show continues:

US December CPI revised to +0.1% from -0.1%

If we assume the Hersh source is indeed accurate in their assessment of the Nordstream sabotage would they be willing in the future to testify in an international criminal court to that effect?

Least we forget this, Sept 2022:

CIA had weeks ago warned Germany about possible attacks on gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, German magazine Spiegel said on Tuesday, after gas leaks in Russia pipelines to Germany were reported.

https://t.co/bffFHqiULW

Seems quite clear that China is now seriously upgrading its military capability, not to launch an invasion of Taiwan, but to deter the US seeking to cause that invasion to happen.

US government spending remains out of control:

The federal government has recorded a $460bn budget deficit in the first four months of fiscal year 2023, adding another $39bn to the deficit in January.

Poland facing up to reality:

Duda stated that Russia will defeat Ukraine if the West does not urgently supply weapons.

Approximately 11000 new sanctions have been imposed on Russia since the war started. In total the number is now around 13700. To put this in context this is more than that imposed on all other nations combined in the world today. Russian economy has withstood this.

Now an admission by west that if Europe was to have conventional war with Russia it would run out of ammunition within days

Meaning by implication that supplies to Ukraine could run out within 3 to 6 months at most

Granted this is only a rough calculation but not without merit.

At the invitation of France, Italy, Hungary and Russia, Wang Yi will visit these countries from February 14th to 22th.

Beijing has stated that US balloons flew over China approximately 10 times in the last year.

Germany winning again:

Betlin has issued bailouts to combat rising energy costs to the tune of €270bn.

This speaks volumes, drastically cutting gas consumption is masking major problems:

The total consumption in the Netherlands amounted to 31bn cubic meters in 2022, the lowest level since 1972.

Europe doesn't appear to grasp that if it continues to pay 4, 5, 6 or more times what it paid for when buying Russian gas, this is going to cause inflationary pressure that is not going to go away until it is able to buy Russian priced energy.

Clown show continues:

Stoltenberg stated that NATO believes unidentified balloons over US are manifestation of increased intelligence by Chi and Rus.

Can someone inform Jens that they both possess satellites that can listen into conversations or read a letter on a desk.

To those who continue to suggest that nations such as Poland could send an invasion force into West Ukraine, ought to ask themselves how given they only have days of ammunition at their disposal.