Response to Karl Sanchez' "Crooke Remains in Moscow: Focuses on Zionism & Escobar's Nuke Report"

Wherein I comment on the possibility that Israel tried to nuke Iran...

This is in response to Karl Sanchez’ latest Substack post: Crooke Remains in Moscow: Focuses on Zionism & Escobar's Nuke Report.

As for Pepe Escobar, I wouldn't doubt him. He and Larry Johnson were on Ania's "Through the eyes of" Youtube channel the other day and Pepe outlined the details of his report.

PEPE ESCOBAR and LARRY JOHNSON on the F-35/NUCLEAR BOMB/EMP OVER IRAN MYSTERY.

The question is whether the intel provided to him was or could be vetted by the source that gave it to him. It's also unclear what he refers to as a "great power" since he also said the source was not China. OTOH he also said that the original source was a great power but his INITIAL source was not China. So one could interpret that to mean he got his original tip from someone who got it from China. I would speculate that if anyone knew what was up, it would be China. If Russia shot down an Israeli plane armed with a nuke, China would have been informed by Russia. And I don't see China or Russia being involved in any disinformation campaign over such an issue. I DO see it likely that both would wish to keep such an incident under wraps to avoid an escalation of the situation.

It's possible that the Israeli conventional strike on Iran was conducted by the M.E.K. using drones from Iraq or even inside Iran, as Professor Marandi has suggested in a recent interview with Glenn Diesen and Alexander Mercouris:

Iran and Israel at war? - Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen

I wold also point out that Israel has close relations with the Kurds of northern Iraq. It's quite possible that Israel was able to launch drones from the Kurdish region in Iraq.

Another point on Russia being involved. I've been saying for some time that Russia is keenly aware of the situation around Israel, going back to the Syria civil war and perhaps further back. Russia is almost certainly well aware of everything Israel has and is doing, both through its satellite surveillance, its SIGINT in Syria, and undoubtedly Russian agents on the ground in Israel (which houses a large Russia Jewish population.)

I've also pointed out that Russia undoubtedly knows EXACTLY where Israel's nuclear weapons are stored. They wouldn't have entered the Syrian conflict without that background knowledge. I have suggested before that if Israel threatened to use nukes against the region that Russia would react. Russia could take out Israel's land-based nukes with hypersonic missiles - with conventional warheads, not nukes - from the Black Sea or the Russian fleet in the Med. The only remaining problem would be Israel's five Dolphin class German submarines reportedly with nuclear cruise missile capability. Indeed, I suggested that Israel's response to the Iran attack would involve the use of those submarines, which does not appear to have occurred as far as anyone knows to date.

So that Russia would respond to an Israeli attempt to carry a nuke towards Iran - whether for an EMP or not - and there is no evidence Russia would KNOW that it was for an EMP - is in my view highly likely.

The one part of the alleged plot that I tend to doubt is the EMP part. As I noted in a Twitter comment, I'm unaware that Israel has ever tested an EMP device and you don't conduct an attack of that nature without being fairly sure it will work. EMPs on that scale are NOT a "developed technology." Indeed, I've reviewed EMP technology in the past and the consensus from physicists is that it's not a sure thing by any means. Most of the evidence for its efficacy comes from random events that occurred back when the US was initially conducting its atomic tests. And the effect was sporadic and limited. Subsequently devices have been constructed with simulate nuclear EMP using electronic technology, so the phenomenon is better understood today. But that's not the same as developing a functional nuclear weapon EMP which has specific efficacy over a whole nation. There's no evidence I'm aware of that Israel has that capability, any more than there is evidence that North Korea does, despite all the hype about EMP being used by that country.

So at this junction all we can say about Pepe's report is that it is indeed plausible. And apparently that's all we will ever likely know about the incident.

Scott Ritter has pointed out that the report leaves open the possibility of a nuke lying around in some country, the downed plane, etc. which he thinks could not be covered up. I would submit that however this was done it will be covered up effectively by all parties involved. Any aircraft parts will be removed, records altered to show it never existed, and any pieces of an nuke lying around recovered and buried. Even if there are leaks - well, there already has been. Without physical evidence no one will ever be able to say what actually happened regardless of who says what in the face of official denials.

However, as I noted in my previous piece, such an attack - if it occurred - mandates that Iran will further retaliate - unless, as I also noted: "Although Pepe does say that all parties have agreed to keep that incident under wraps. So perhaps that will modify the Iranian response. Because an appropriate Iranian response to such an attack would have to be massive - perhaps more massive than Iran is willing to commit to at this point."

We shall see in the coming days and weeks. But as I keep saying, “it ain’t over.”