Two pressing questions:

1) Was the Oct. 7th Israel 'invasion' 'fabricated'? 

2) Is America as good and Russia as bad, as they are made out to be in western media?

Tim Veater

Daniel Van Der Merwe: On the fabricated Oct 7th invasion, misrepresented by the Israeli PR machine, Netanyahu immediately applied the term 'WAR' to the situation, knowing it would be accepted uncritically by the West, giving him cover for the pre-planned attack on Gaza. It was never a 'war'. It has always been an 'invasion' and 'massacre'. As I believe Goebbels coined it (or if he didn't he should have) "The bigger the zionist lie, the more eagerly will the corrupt western establishment swallow it."

Daniel Van Der Merwe

Tim Veater “ fabricated Oct 7’th invasion”- wow man where have you been? Oh- this is you representing the Ham@s propaganda machine. Shame on you

Tim Veater:

Daniel Van Der Merwe 'Fabricated' in the sense that the 'invasion' was allowed if not covertly organised by Israel's military and secret service. There is no other logical explanation for the way the most tightly monitored and guarded border in the world was breached without resistance. It is well known the HAMAS was a creature of MOSSAD and fully infiltrated by them. Years ago that latter organisation boasted that nothing happened in Gaza without it being known in Israel. In addition to the fence observation the territory is closely watched by satellite c/o the Americans so any preparations using gliders (highly suspicious) would have been known about. Then we have all the other incriminating details such as the specific warnings from Egypt; the monitoring of radio and telephone traffic; the actual withdrawal of IDF troops; subsequent at least six hour delay in the military response; the permission and extension given to the Nov Music Festival; the failure to hold anyone in the Israeli security services to account for failures; likening it to America's 9/11 including the claim that it was all a great surprise and could not be 'foreseen' - which of course is laughable.

Tim Veater:

Daniel Van Der Merwe But of course it does not stop there. 'Fabricated' is also appropritate to the way the whole event was handled from a PR point of view at the time and subsequently. The death figure was initially exaggerated and had to be reduced to 1,195 according to WIKI made up of 736 Israeli civilians, 79 foreign nationals and 379 members of the security forces. Unbelievably only 14 Israeli civilians are made attributable to the IDF and its 'Hannibal' Directive despite the evidence from witnesses and the destruction of vehicles that could not have resulted from small arms fire. IDF helicopters were firing indescriminately at fleeing Palestinians and Israelis! Tanks fired shells at buildings holding their own. Then we have the fabricated nature of 'babies being burnt in ovens', 'being beheaded', 'multiple rapes of women', widely disseminated and repeated by Trump - none of which has been substantiated despite exhaustive enquiries. And how many of the total figure of dead bodies were actually Palestinians and not Jews. The death toll must have been substantial but seems to be overlooked. The invasion and decimation of Gaza was a long-term plan from at least 2005. The Israeli government is an inveterate liar as we have witnessed daily. It also acts in an utterly immoral and illegal manner, based upon the fabricated and exaggerated event of October 7th. Clearly the real motivation is one of land grab and ethic eviction of the people living there, for which a shocking event was the necessary precursor. Sadly the West was happy to be taken in by it, or at least pretend to be taken in by the narrative, just as it was with 9/11. The fact that Israel has been allowed to get away with it and cause destruction and terror on such an epic scale, facilitated by American bombs,, only goes to prove the depth of the corrupt western alliance and the scant regard it has for Palestinian lives – or indeed ANY lives.

See also (just a small sample):  

https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/search?q=Oct+7th

https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/search?q=Gaza

https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/search?q=netanyahu

https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/2023/10/a-growing-number-of-reports-israeli.html

https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/2023/10/he-knew-but-one-of-best-intelligence.html

Is Putin quite so bad after all?

Michael W. Stowell

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On a Facebook thread, one person asked if it were true that Putin kills his adversaries?

This was the response:

"Once you realize the CIA supported the Indonesian invasion of East Timor leading to the slaughter of a quarter of a million Timorese, Putin ain’t so bad.

Once you realize the CIA has interfered and/or rigged hundreds of democratic elections around the world, Putin ain’t so bad.

Once you admit the CIA has overthrown and/or assassinated dozens of democratically elected officials, Putin ain't such a bad guy.

Once you realize the CIA has destabilized Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa resulting in the death of millions at the behest of transnational corporations, Putin ain’t such a bad guy.

Once you know the CIA ran a secret program funded in part by the Rockefeller and Ford foundations, to experiment with LSD on US citizens without their knowledge as well as research which included propaganda, brainwashing, public relations, advertising, hypnosis, and other forms of suggestion, all on their own people without their knowledge, Putin ain’t such a bad guy.

Once you know the CIA overthrew Mossadegh in a coup in Iran in 1953, Putin ain’t such a bad guy.

Once you know the CIA overthrew Arbenz in a coup in Guatemala in 1954, Putin ain’t such a bad guy.

Once you realize the CIA abetted in the attempted assassination of Charles de Gaulle and Nasser, Putin ain’t such a bad guy.

Once you acknowledge the CIA in 1961 assassinated its own creation, the murderous Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo because his business interests threatened US corporate interests and only after thousands had been killed, Putin ain’t such a bad guy.

Once you understand the CIA in 1963 overthrew the democratically elected government of Juan Bosch again in the Dominican Republic because he favored modest land reform measures, Putin ain’t such a bad guy.

Once you know that the CIA used biological warfare in Cuba, forcing the hog population to be slaughtered twice and causing hardship and starvation, Putin ain’t such a bad guy.

Once you realize that the CIA made dozens of attempts on Fidel Castro’s life and murdered dozens of Cuban officials, Putin ain’t so bad.

Once you know that the US abetted the bombing of a Cuban airliner in 1973 killing all 73 aboard and protected the perpetrators in Miami, Putin ain’t so bad.

Once you realize that the CIA was behind the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, Putin ain’t so bad.

Once you understand the CIA ran dozens of front organizations used to spy on Americans in illegal violation of their charter, Putin ain’t so bad.

One you know The CIA’s man in Uruguay in 1969, Dan Mitrione, ran a torture campaign against the civilian population much like the Phoenix program in Southeast Asia and elsewhere, Putin ain’t so bad.

Once you remember the CIA backed the coup on Chile that led to the death of that country’s president, Salvador Allende, Commander of the Army, Rene Schneider and poet Pablo Neruda and the murder and imprisonment of thousands of Chileans, Putin ain’t so bad.

Once you know the CIA’s Phoenix Program resulted in the murder of tens of thousands of innocent people including local mayors, intellectuals, school teachers, doctors, farmers etc. as well as Viet Minh patriots, Putin ain’t so bad.

Once you realize the CIA ran the heroin that US troops got hooked on in Vietnam and the streets of major American cities, Putin ain’t such a bad guy.

Once you realize the CIA ran a heroin processing operation out of an abandoned Pepsi Cola bottling plant in Vientiane, Laos, Putin ain’t so bad.

Once you know, thanks to Seymour Hersh, the CIA ran Operation CHAOS, a domestic surveillance and infiltration of anti-war and civil rights groups in the U.S., Putin ain't so bad.

Once you know the CIA’s people broke into the Watergate to tap the Democratic Party headquarters on behalf of the Republican candidate, Richard Nixon, Putin ain’t so bad.

Once you’re aware the CIA’s wrote a Freedom Fighter’s Manual which was disbursed to the Contras and included instructions on economic sabotage, propaganda, extortion, bribery, blackmail, interrogation, torture, murder and political assassination, Putin ain't so bad.

Once you understand the CIA ran a guns down, cocaine up operation during the period of Iran-contra and to the present, Putin ain’t such a bad guy.

Once you realize that the CIA is responsible for Islamic fundamentalism having supported the Mujahadeen against the Soviet Union which led to the assassination of the liberal ruler Najibullah, Putin ain’t such a bad guy.

Once you recall the CIA blew Orlando Letelier and Toby Moffitt to pieces on a traffic circle in the heart of Washington DC, Putin ain’t such a bad guy.

Once you know that in 1963 the CIA murdered its own proxy, Diem, in Vietnam, Putin ain’t so bad.

Once you realize Uncle Slimey’s CIA has a long and unbroken record of working with fascists, dictators, druglords and state sponsors of terrorism in every region of the world in its elusive but relentless quest for unchallenged global power, Putin ain’t so bad.

Once you know that the CIA worked closely with that homicidal pus bag, Henry Kissinger, Putin ain’t so bad.

Once you know the CIA attempted coups in China from 1949 to early 1960s, Albania 1949-53, East Germany 1950s, Iran 1953, Guatemala 1954, Costa Rica mid-1950s, Syria 1956-7, Egypt 1957, Indonesia 1957-8, British Guiana 1953-64, Putin ain’t so bad.

Once you realize the CIA staged coups in Iraq 1963, North Vietnam 1945-73, Cambodia 1955-70, Laos 1958, 1959 , 1960, Ecuador 1960-63, Congo 1960, France 1965, Brazil 1962-64, Dominican Republic 1963, Cuba 1959 to the present, Bolivia 1964, Indonesia 1965, Ghana 1966, Putin ain’t such a bad guy.

Once you accept the CIA staged coups in Chile 1964-73, Greece 1967, Costa Rica 1970-71, Bolivia 1971, Australia 1973-75, Angola 1975, 1980s, Zaire 1975, Portugal 1974-76, Jamaica 1976-80, Seychelles 1979-81, Chad 1981-82, Grenada 1983, South Yemen 1982-84, Suriname 1982-84, Fiji 1987, Libya 1980s, Nicaragua 1981-90, Panama 1989, Bulgaria 1990, Albania 1991, Iraq 1991, Afghanistan 1980s, Somalia 1993, Yugoslavia 1999-2000, Ecuador 2000, Afghanistan 2001, Venezuela 2002, Iraq 2003, Haiti 2004, Somalia 2007 to present, Honduras 2009, Libya 2011, Syria 2012 and Ukraine 2014, Putin ain’t such a bad guy.

Once you understand the above represents only the tiniest fraction of CIA murders and lies, Putin ain’t such a bad guy."

By Carlo Parcelli

Then there's this: A careful examination of U.S. foreign policy history reveals over 400 overt military interventions and over 6000 covert interventions, each one a violation of international law and each an act of war against a sovereign nation. Here’s a partial list of interventions, with the purpose of effecting “regime change,” attempted or materially supported by the United States—whether primarily by means of overt force (OF), covert operation (CO), or subverted election (SE): https://www.facebook.com/notes/718107645453741/

TESTIMONY FROM ONE OF THE HOSTAGES

Norman Finkelstein

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"BELIEVE ME, IF I WERE TO RETURN HERE, I WOULD ONLY BE A MUJAHID IN YOUR RANKS."

Today, released Israeli prisoner Alexander Turbanov made a statement that shocked the occupying state, its supporting countries, and all its agents and traitors:

*Your kindness is forever etched in my conscience.*

During the 498 days I lived among you, despite the aggression and crimes you endured, I learned the true meaning of manhood, pure heroism, and respect for humanity and values.

You were the besieged free men, while I was a prisoner, and you were the protectors of my life.

You cared for me as a caring father cares for his children.

You preserved my health, dignity, and blessings. Even though I was in the hands of men fighting for their homeland and stolen rights, and even though my country's government was committing the most heinous genocide against a besieged people, you never allowed me to go hungry, thirsty or be humiliated.

I never knew the true meaning of manhood and heroism until I saw it in your eyes. I never realized the value of sacrifice until I lived among you and saw you smiling in the face of death, resisting what seemed to be the impossible. An enemy armed with tools of destruction, you have nothing but your naked bodies.

No matter how eloquent or expressive I am, I will never find words that reflect your true value or express my astonishment and admiration for your noble morals and integrity.

*Does your religion truly teach you to treat prisoners in this manner?*

How great is this faith, which elevates you to a level before which all human rights laws and war protocols collapse!

Even in the most difficult moments, you demonstrate justice and mercy, not through empty slogans, but through the reality of your experiences. You never compromise your principles, even in the darkest of circumstances.

*Believe me, if I were to return here, I would only be a mujahid in your ranks*; because I learned the truth from your people, and I realized that you are not only the owners of the land, but you are the owners of principles and the just cause.

Britain in a changing world.

by Tim Veater

To Ros Anstey: If it wasn't for your enjoyable little moan, I'd have nothing to look at FB for. All the rest is even more miserable.  Our lives are very dull and pointless arn't they? I'm glad you still have family and friend connections in Pensford and a reason to drive there. I bet the countryside is looking beautiful at the moment. I never fail to be impressed with the greenery when I come back. I can understand why Starmer and the present lot set you off again. We are an island with a lot of people on it still trying to come to terms with the loss of empire and being the 'workshop of the world'. Somehow we have adapted and survived but as it is with individuals so it is with the state. We have to survive somehow economically. Which American President said of election success or failure, "It's the economy stupid." The current 'tranactional' American President seems to have got it, however callous and selfish it seems. It is what fires his 'America Great Again' slogan. The thing is 'Little Britain' is stuck between two major trading blocks and needs to charm both. It's called 'diplomacy' and 'soft power' and Britain has been pretty good at it over the years. We have spent a fortune on Europe to wedge the door open and abandoned our principles to keep the US on side. The few raw materials and manufacturing skills that we had have been either abandoned or sold off to the highest bidder. At some point we shall have nothing left worth selling and what then? I've just read an article on how amazingly Enoch Powell still haunts the corridores of power including the Labour Party. Note Starmer's recent reference to 'Strangers in our own country'. But Starmer may have bigger problems approaching from behind with the revelations that it was an Ukrainian 'male model' who set fire to two properties and a car with links to the PM and his mate Lord Alli, the motivations for which can only be imagined! I hope you and everyone have a very enjoyable Tuesday.

On Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 14:22:06 BST, Nigel Glanvill <> wrote:

"further concrete actions "

Like what?

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: <jayne.kirkham.mp@parliament.uk>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025, 13:07
Subject: Gaza and the West Bank (Case Ref: JK6695)
To: <>

Dear Nigel Glanvill

I am writing to you again as you have previously written to me to express your deep concern about the situation in Gaza. 

You may already be aware that the Government has issued two statements on the situation today (19 May 2025).

The first statement was a joint statement from the leaders of the UK, France and Canada on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank. The statement reads:

’We strongly oppose the expansion of Israel’s military operations in Gaza. The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable. Yesterday’s announcement that Israel will allow a basic quantity of food into Gaza is wholly inadequate. We call on the Israeli Government to stop its military operations in Gaza and immediately allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. This must include engaging with the UN to ensure a return to delivery of aid in line with humanitarian principles. We call on Hamas to release immediately the remaining hostages they have so cruelly held since 7 October 2023.

The Israeli Government’s denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable and risks breaching International Humanitarian Law. We condemn the abhorrent language used recently by members of the Israeli Government, threatening that, in their despair at the destruction of Gaza, civilians will start to relocate. Permanent forced displacement is a breach of international humanitarian law. 
Israel suffered a heinous attack on October 7. We have always supported Israel’s right to defend Israelis against terrorism. But this escalation is wholly disproportionate.

We will not stand by while the Netanyahu Government pursues these egregious actions. If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response.

We oppose any attempt to expand settlements in the West Bank. Israel must halt settlements which are illegal and undermine the viability of a Palestinian state and the security of both Israelis and Palestinians.  We will not hesitate to take further action, including targeted sanctions. 

We strongly support the efforts led by the United States, Qatar and Egypt to secure an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. It is a ceasefire, the release of all remaining hostages and a long-term political solution that offer the best hope of ending the agony of the hostages and their families, alleviating the suffering of civilians in Gaza, ending Hamas’ control of Gaza and achieving a pathway to a two-state solution, consistent with the goals of the 18 June conference in New York co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France. These negotiations need to succeed, and we must all work towards the implementation of a two-state solution, which is the only way to bring long-lasting peace and security that both Israelis and Palestinians deserve, and ensure long-term stability in the region.

We will continue to work with the Palestinian Authority, regional partners, Israel and the United States to finalise consensus on arrangements for Gaza’s future, building on the Arab plan. We affirm the important role of the High-level Two-State Solution Conference at the UN in June in building international consensus around this aim. And we are committed to recognising a Palestinian state as a contribution to achieving a two-state solution and are prepared to work with others to this end.’

The second statement was a joint statement on aid to Gaza and the proposal for a new aid delivery model. The statement reads:

’Whilst we acknowledge indications of a limited restart of aid, Israel blocked humanitarian aid entering Gaza for over two months. Food, medicines and essential supplies are exhausted. The population faces starvation. Gaza’s people must receive the aid they desperately need.

Prior to the aid block, the UN and humanitarian NGOs delivered aid into Gaza, working with great courage, at the risk of their lives and in the face of major access challenges imposed by Israel. These organisations subscribe to upholding humanitarian principles, operating independently, with neutrality, impartiality and humanity. They have the logistical capacity, expertise and operational coverage to deliver assistance across Gaza to those who need it most.  

Israel’s security cabinet has reportedly approved a new model for delivering aid into Gaza, which the UN and our humanitarian partners cannot support. They are clear that they will not participate in any arrangement that does not fully respect the humanitarian principles. Humanitarian principles matter for every conflict around the world and should be applied consistently in every warzone. The UN has raised concerns that the proposed model cannot deliver aid effectively, at the speed and scale required. It places beneficiaries and aid workers at risk, undermines the role and independence of the UN and our trusted partners, and links humanitarian aid to political and military objectives.  Humanitarian aid should never be politicised, and Palestinian territory must not be reduced nor subjected to any demographic change.  

As humanitarian donors, we have two straightforward messages for the Government of Israel: allow a full resumption of aid into Gaza immediately and enable the UN and humanitarian organisations to work independently and impartially to save lives, reduce suffering and maintain dignity. We remain committed to meeting the acute needs we see in Gaza. We also reiterate our firm message that Hamas must immediately release all remaining hostages and allow humanitarian assistance to be distributed without interference. It is our firm conviction that an immediate return to a ceasefire and working towards the implementation of a two-state solution are the only way to bring peace and security to Israelis and Palestinians and ensure long-term stability for the whole region.’

This statement was signed by the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, the EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management and the EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean.

I hope this information is of interest to you.

Yours Jayne

Timothy Veater 

From:

To:Nigel Glanvill

Tue, 20 May at 23:03

Thanks for this Nigel  Do you have any objections to me putting it up on my Blog with e-mail details deleted? As to the contents, all very well, but the trouble is neither America or Israel take a blind bit of notice. Nor is it easy to reconcile the words with actions over the last 18 months or more. It is good polemic and that's about it. What these countries continue to display is a tacit acceptance of israel as a bonafide state rather than the fascist, apartheid, vicious one it has proved to be over the last 80 years but on an increasingly evil scale as recent events have proved. The central, nefarious role of the United States is plain to see in providing three times the destructive power of its two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan. To this we have to add duplicity, in that it does not even honour its word. It promised the HAMAS negotiator it would pressure Israel to ceasefire and allow aid in, in return for the release of the one remaining American hostage. Of course it reneged on it and no such action emerged. It is tantamount to shooting surrendering people under a white flag as Israel did. Both America and Israel are unscrupulous actors that set the parameters of a one sided conflict that no other country is prepared to actively challenge. And so the misery, suffering and devastation continue. The israeli blockade needs to be challenged. Israel needs to be internationally interdicted and embargoed until like the mad dog it is, either comes to heal or is put down. An autonimous Palestinian state on 1967 boundaries needs to be established, recognised and militarilly defended. Only then will there be a glimmer of hope  for the region and world.  Regards, Tim.

21.5.2025: On the fabricated Oct 7th invasion, misrepresented by the Israeli PR machine, Netanyahu immediately applied the term 'WAR' to the situation, knowing it would be accepted uncritically by the West, giving him cover for the pre-planned attack on Gaza. It was never a 'war'. It has always been an 'invasion' and 'massacre'. As I believe Goebbels coined it (or if he didn't he should have) "The bigger the zionist lie, the more eagerly will the corrupt western establishment swallow it." https://veaterecosan.blogspot.com/

22.5.2025: Well that's over an hour of blood, sweat and tears in the garden, but even if I do say myself, the tamed wild has an unequalled beauty this time of year. Even the wild foxgloves are majestic. Terrible thing if my eyesight is packing up. I hope a few glasses of red will correct the imbalence. If you have any suggestions for eye restoratives, let me know. (They say carrots are good for the eyes because you never see a rabbit wearing glasses. lol) Today I had more communications from the surgery pushing the latest scare virus jab (Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)) although I specifically requested they stop sending them. The receptionist took a note but they've kept coming. Also another letter informing me the law now requires a dedicated GP when you reach the grand age of 75 to take care of your health. My GP is the same one I have had for decades and has never taken the slightest interest in my health or well-being - well not that I would notice. Perhaps she does secretly? Even when I was hospitalised for emergency surgery I can't remember seeing her. That was three and a half years ago. The doctor I did see couldn't make head nor tail of the notes that came from the hospital. So far, touch wood, I have followed my own regimen which seems to have worked without the twelve different tablets a day prescribed. Perhaps that is why doctors see me as a lost cause? Last time I saw saw her, if I remember rightly, all I got was a glare of disapproval. LOL Perhaps she's sick of seeing people made ill either by doctors or themselves? Hopefully others fare better and she rightly deserves her salary with them.

New Year - 2020

A poem by Tim Veater.

This time of mine, when I awake

From slumbers deep I overtake

Another night

And claim the time as mine

In twenty twenty vision see

The day emerge

To resonate with all the earth.

For 'nine o'clock' is only here

Elsewhere around this revolving orb

Is other time and restless place

A myriad different views

Lights, weathers, heats

Plunged in deep, dark sleep

Or setting red in angry glows.

Seven billion hopes or fears

Arrive or leave, struggling to survive

Or like me here lie in lost repose

Hardly alert yet wondering

Expectant what new day and year

May fling my way or interpose.

No longer young, the years have slipped away

With this 'Elizabethan Age' in sad decay

Yet every passing, offers something new.

As if to make the point the sun breaks through

A cyclone high the year renews

Bare creamy branches wave against the grey.

I write my lines and sip my tea

Wondering what new day and year may bring

Leaving all those characters in dreams

To face them in reality.

The fountains of the deep are broken up

The rivers run with blood

The skies are red with forest fires

The oceans surge a mighty flood.

Yet all is bathed in morning light

And silence reigns supreme

Black cat sits licking on my lap

Contented and serene.

Whatever spirit lords it all

Of nature or a higher power

Take pity on our mortal state

To rescue us from greed and arrogance.

The evil spirit treating others with disdain

Causing so much anguish, hatred, pain

Bind hands so soaked in blood

And lying tongues that war, whilst speaking peace

The foppish bragging fool

Deliver us and what is more

Reward those with humble heart

And let the meek flourish here

To care and care to make a just inheritance

For those that follow - if they do.