Rus Brushes Off $61B Ukr Package; Intensifies Advance, 2 Villages Captured; Israel Attack Iran Base (Alexander Mercouris)

When it comes to the $61B Ukraine funding package Assange's observation about the war in Afghanistan comes to mind:

"The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is an endless war, not a successful war"

The bottom line is that the war funding package is not going to prevent the Russians from winning as the Ukrainian military shows ever increasing signs they are falling apart. What's happening is a rush to wash conjured money into the pockets of those that will profit from the conflict. 

The exchanges of fire between Israel and Iran appear to be diminishing. 

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, April 23, 2024.]