Update on "Pepe's Nuke"
Since Moon of Alabama remains offline, this becomes the place to further broaden the reach of Pepe Escobar’s following announcement he posted to his Telegram:
THE NUCLEAR F-35 MYSTERY - FINAL UPDATE
1. It’s now fully established that The Information was confirmed independently by the intel of a Big Power.
2. The Information was NOT relayed by Russia.
3. It then reached a third nation - and from that to me.
4. The players involved are not backing down an inch from The Information.
5. I was privately provided with two examples of the accuracy of recent intel by the Big Power on two separate big developments in West Asia .
6. The source that contacted me notes that “sometimes, after news has entered the media space, there is no choice but not to provide clarification."
Additionally, a senior Russian diplomat who does not know The Information, said to me the following:
1. “That is entirely possible.”
2. It shouldn't have been revealed to the public.
3. “If this is true, then all sides will be determined to cover it up.”
One unanswered question for me is: Why did the Big Power source relay The Information to an intel agency from another nation? I tend to believe this was to erase its tracks in the chain. Particularly because my initial source has now revealed that the Big Power gained their intelligence firsthand - and that it was not transmitted to them by the Russians, Iranians or other direct parties to the hot war in West Asia.
To sum it all up, via the source who originally received The Information: “If anyone should be accused of fabrication it is the ’source’; but in this case the ’source’ remains confident of the accuracy.
I rest my case. I published raw intel the way I received it.
It’s up to a wider audience to judge whether - and how - The Information connects with new developments occurring at breakneck speed, and part of a New Paradigm.
I earlier today noted when replying to a comment that Pepe joined Larry Johnson and Dima in a chat on the topic, which can be found here. Pepe’s note above was posted after that chat.
I don’t have much to add, although I will again note this RT item reporting Iranian President Raisi’s words when he arrived in Pakistan, “Iran threatens to wipe out Israel,” that was published yesterday:
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has threatened Israel with annihilation if it attempts to attack Iran again….
“If the Zionist regime once again makes a mistake and attacks the sacred land of Iran, the situation will be different, and it is not clear whether anything will remain of this regime,” the state news agency IRNA quoted Raisi as saying. [Emphasis original and mine]
Now eliminating the Zionist regime isn’t the same as annihilating Occupied Palestine, which RT inserted as hyperbole as what was promised was decapitation of the “regime” to some degree, perhaps total. As I recall, the initial promise of retaliation in response to an attack on Iranian soil was made by the Iranian military and was done prior to what’s been deemed the Zionist response that was dubbed rather tepid and inept by fanatical Zionists. The political response by Raisi comes after Escobar’s publication of his source’s revelation and may or may not be connected. Pepe seems content with having done his job as a messenger. Most open-minded analysts believe the Zionists could have tried such an attack and wouldn’t have warned anyone, including its benefactor the Outlaw US Empire. Given what we’ve witnessed regarding the Zionists willingness to kill any and all who oppose their Genocidal Project, I believe their response was the bomb as all—Zionists, their press and Pro-Zionist Western media— were anticipating something at that level of destruction, but nothing similar happened. And nothing of any consequence occurred on Passover either. Today’s been a relatively quiet day for the region, but that can change at any moment.
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The story rings true to me. And it is extremely frightening. We already know how demented the people running Israel are- their boasts and treats are indicative of the lunacy that affects them.
Perhaps even more disturbing is the evidence that this sadistic madness has become the mood in the IDF as a whole- the evidence of what has been done in Gaza is overwhelming, the only people who cannot see genocide are paid not to, and it is genocide of the 1942 variety with fanatical fascists volunteering to kill babies and bulldoze piles of bound, wounded men.
It would be unsurprising that the Bomb- the proud achievement of Zionist bribery, treachery and theft- had been used.
It would be every significant if the Russians, aware of the gravity of the dangers involved, were able both to discover the plan and to scotch it. If they have this ability the Empire is finished and we can all sleep again at night.
I believe the following can be said; together it makes a scenario that I'd put forward:
1 - The heavy Iranian missiles on their TELs are stored at underground facilities. I hear that the rock would shield them well from an EMP blast, and also that vehicle sized objects are generally not very vulnerable (when not connected to a grid). In essence, I assume that the Iranian strike arm would survive an EMP attack more or less intact.
2 - If #1 is true, then Israel would basically be inviting a return blow in full force. If the Iranian arsenal is as dangerous as I believe it is (very dangerous), than the logic of the Pepe scenario is flawed.
3 - The alternative hypothesis would be a PsyOp. By whom, and to what end?
I can only think of an Israeli action. They would have fed a story through one or more channels to Pepe, perhaps to further one or more of the following aims:
* - Pick up and spin the story by domestic media to influence the homefront. Paradixocal as it may seem, rational-wise, the likely somewhat brittle sense of superiority that translates more or less into a fighting spirit gets addressed with a notion of vengeance and invincibilty: "if we really wanted to, we could!"
* - As a corollary to the above, we'd have to assume that the spirit of the Israeli society is generally not in a healthy state (I'll believe that readily), especially not after the Iranian missile strike. The irrational nature of the story (if my above #1 holds true) would make sense only against a target audience that is already well beyond rational reasoning, and in need of a morale boost that compells a reason to go with such a story here. But there is also the posssibilty that its audience is only fraction of society, perhaps even only Nutty himself; for them, it would work as conduit to deal with their impotent rage.
* - At the same time, a message to Iran is conveyed, again not fully logical coherent (at least overtly), but probably still effective: "We can destroy you in one blow!"
* - As a third and probably lesser aim, the Op might want to discredit Pepe as a trusted voice in the alt media scene.
* - Aside from the immediate story, the above may be part of a broader perception management campaign; for this case, I can only see what is already visible, i.e. a coming deescalation after the new status quo (deterrence paradigm) has now been established. That might not be the final word on it, of course; but for now it appears that Iran has achieved a stunning strategic success against Israel.