Patrick Henningsen

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[Patrick Henningsen @21WIRE]

HERE WE ARE - 7 MONTHS INTO THIS GENOCIDE BY ISRAELI FORCES. BUT THEY COULDN’T DO IT ALONE

The wholesale killing of Palestinians in #Gaza marks a real turning point in western politics, and a dark turn for modern western civilisation. This festival of ethnic cleansing & genocide is being led by a gang of unpopular leaders and technocrats, feigning ‘Christian values’ and totally devoid of any moral principles. They’ve done themselves no favours by throwing their lot in with one of history’s most notorious war criminals. Pray for them…

[Patrick Henningsen @21WIRE]

For the record. Trump & Hegseth’s real legacy - obliterated US bases across the Persian Gulf and Middle East….

[Alireza Akbari @itsalireza_akb]

Never-Before-Seen Images Reveal Damage at U.S. Bases

https://t.co/Y5NKdqP4FA

[Arta Moeini PhD @ArtaMoeini]

Impeach. Hegseth. Now. He works for Netanyahu, not the American people.

[Citizen Journalists @citizenjournos_]

"That's why it always sounded so bizarre when Russia accused Ukraine of supposedly having Nazis."

He is literally denying that Ukraine has Nazis. He has a whole battalion of them in his military who are known as Azov. He himself supports Nazis and was caught applauding them.

[Kevork Almassian @KevorkAlmassian]

Mute the UK-based Muslim Brotherhood and Wahhabi talking heads funded by petrodollars, and your timeline suddenly smells a lot cleaner.

Seriously. Try it.

[Patrick Henningsen @21WIRE]

Read it & weep: More evidence that the entire US operation in Middle East is designed forgone some purpose: the defend Israel….

[Max Blumenthal @MaxBlumenthal]

The US has fired more interceptors defending Israel than Israel has since October 2023

According to @stephensemler, the US fired an estimated 609 interceptors to defend Israel against responses to its attacks.

The US used the most expensive interceptors in its arsenal for Israel: 31% were the $31 million SM-3 and 62% were the $12 million THAAD. The US spent $11 billion shooting down missiles for Israel from October 2023 through September 2026.

Israel is an absolute strategic liability.

[Patrick Henningsen @21WIRE]

Exactly. Completely fabricated, spun up on behalf of the Israel Lobby….

[Richard Sanders @PulaRJS]

The claim in Sir David Bell's report that 3 in 5 Jewish students have experienced antisemitism was based on just 29 people - and was untrue.

My latest for Double Down Newswatch.
https://t.co/Dhy7QRCvW9

[Thomas Fazi @battleforeurope]

When someone is systematically smeared by the political-media establishment simply for dissenting from official truths (i.e., lies), as Glenn Diesen is, you’re not living in a democracy. You’re living in a dictatorship.

[Patrick Henningsen @21WIRE]

Just like Germany, and a dozen other European countries. Militarily occupied….

[Mark Curtis @markcurtis30]

Airstrip One — The US military owns 22 sites in Britain whose “replacement value” is $15.6bn (£11.4bn).

This number of sites is larger than previously believed and more than UK governments have told parliament.

https://t.co/AksVXT6bVY

[Fiona Rose Diamond @CoviLeaks]

🔥The Narrative on Trial: The First Exclusive Interview with Attorney Peter W.H. Stassen!🔥

Tomorrow, 22 October 2026, all eyes turn to Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, for the substantive hearing on the merits in the landmark lawsuit that has become internationally known as “The Case Against Bill Gates.”

Ahead of this momentous hearing, Fiona Rose Diamond, founder of The Narrative on Trial and official spokesperson, sits down with lead attorney Peter W.H. Stassen for an exclusive, in-depth interview.

What is this case really about? What is it not about? Why is it so significant, what is at stake, and what could the outcome mean for the pursuit of truth, justice and accountability far beyond the Netherlands?

In this first exclusive interview, we go beyond the headlines, cut through the confusion and examine the legal battle at the heart of these extraordinary proceedings. Peter explains the case, its significance, the evidence, the legal arguments and the potential outcomes.

We will be broadcasting live from Leeuwarden tomorrow, bringing you coverage of this historic occasion. All official livestream information and our press release are available on The Narrative on Trial website.

The world is watching. The Narrative is on Trial.
https://t.co/ZUU2ZKJz2f

[Zagonel @Zagonel85]

Lmao, Yes. Russian paratroopers had time to meticulously arrange mass graves in a church cemetery of all places!

[Thomas Fazi @battleforeurope]

The “Russia is waging a hybrid war on Europe” narrative clearly serves a variety of interests. For starters, it helps governments maintain support for an increasingly unpopular war in Ukraine and for a continental rearmament campaign that will require painful cuts to spending on other sectors. As a report by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs put it, the “nebulous tagline” of hybrid warfare would appear to be driven “by the need to goose flagging defense budgets and waning NATO cohesion.” It has worked: the drone panic has led to increased counter-drone spending at both the EU and NATO levels. Meanwhile, intelligence services have invoked the threat of sabotage to gain broader powers.

The specter of “Russian interference” also offers a broader authoritarian dividend, justifying everything from online censorship to the repression of dissent to election management — most egregiously in Romania, where an entire election was annulled because of an alleged Russian disinformation campaign for which no evidence of Russian involvement was ever provided. More recently, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, amid a push for greater EU ties, said it was “clear” that Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum, without providing any evidence, even though several investigations have found little or no evidence to support this claim.

One may conclude that, to the extent that a “hybrid war” is being waged against Europe, it is being waged by the EU-NATO establishment itself against its own population, in the form of a prolonged campaign of psychological warfare aimed at inflating the Russian threat.

Read the article here: https://t.co/mMtUxVxofY

[Nick Cruse 🥋 @SocialistMMA]

The Epstein class is completely and utterly depraved. The entire ruling class in the west is rotten. Lindsey Graham and Jeffrey Epstein is just the tip of the iceberg

These sick bastards need to be overthrown and a cultural revolution must occur immediately afterwards in order to cleanse our society of these Baal worshipping scum

[David Miller @Tracking_Power]

700k a year salary on offer here for a U.K. director of the front group Creative Community for Peace, created by StandWithUs, with the aid of covert money from the Zionist regime itself.

CCfP was, if you recall, the group which was behind the secret attempt to stop @KNEECAPCEOL from playing @glastonbury last year.

Unfortunately for the vile Zionist figures in the music industry who signed on to that effort, it quickly became non secret when I was sent a copy of their covert email.

A long thread naming and shaming them all then followed, to much wailing and gnashing of teeth by the defenders of genocide.

Just for fun, I will post the thread in the replies below.

Enjoy!

[Patrick Henningsen @21WIRE]

Good analysis right here on fall of Saudi legitimacy in West Asia, and rise of Yemen…

[Will Schryver @imetatronink]

📜 War Is A Moral Argument

We may very well be witnessing the beginning of the end of the reign of the House of Saud.

The entire balance of power in West Asia is being radically transformed before our eyes.

https://t.co/39w19Q28Kr

[Patrick Henningsen @21WIRE]

For Europe, it seems that old habits die hard...

▶️ West vs East: A Civilizational Divide – Henningsen speaks with @STANISKRAPIVNIK
https://t.co/4f9FYLqbGO

[Patrick Henningsen @21WIRE]

The current calamity may end the viability of the Trump government, as well as America’s fortunes a leading superpower going forward...

▶️ US and Israel Prepare to Strikes Iran, Yemen Wrecks Saudi Arabia – Henningsen talks to @GeopoliticsDH https://t.co/vo1MsUH82L

[AMK Mapping 🇳🇿 @AMK_Mapping_]

Russia and Ukraine conducted another exchange of fallen soldiers today.

The bodies of 25 Russian soldiers were exchanged for the bodies of 252 Ukrainian soldiers.

[Patrick Henningsen @21WIRE]

More plausible explanation: Hegseth was likely drunk trying to show off how strong he was, another fail from the self-styled @SecWar…

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨NEWS: Pete Hegseth wanted a priceless World War II-era globe used by Dwight Eisenhower displayed in his Pentagon office, but instead of waiting for professional curators, his staff attempted to move the historic artifact themselves and DROPPED IT, puncturing the globe near Antarctica and breaking its mounting, according to The Washington Post. The Pentagon confirms the damage.

[Glenn Diesen @Glenn_Diesen]

The very public execution of my professorship and reputation continues in Norway. Today’s media article about me makes three claims that are misleading and/or false.
1) The article dismisses my claim that my research is being criminalized as the journalists merely cite the dismissive comments from the university - no arguments are apparently required.

It is not possible for an academic anymore to analyse the policies of rival powers by assessing their security concerns, as it will be smeared by the government, the government’s NGOs and the media as “legitimizing” the enemy and supporting their narratives. The current Defence Minister singled me out with the accusation of spreading propaganda and criticised two podcasters for even speaking with me (as I have already been cancelled by the media in Norway). How was this accusation by the Defence Minister substantiated? I had argued that NATO expansion triggered the war in Ukraine, which the Defence Minister denounce as dangerous “Russian propaganda”, with no need to substantiate his vile accusation. I can cite a sea of evidence and also refer to statements by American and European political leaders, ambassadors, intelligence chiefs, and others to make my case. However, the purpose is not to engage in debate, but to smear, censor, and cancel. By going after an individual academic for challenging official truths, the government has already claimed a monopoly on the truth. Academics should have their arguments scrutinised and criticised, but these are severe personal attacks from the government without the possibility of even defending myself. How is this not criminalising the research of an academic?

I cannot even speak at any events in Norway without the event being cancelled. The last event I agreed to speak at was because I shared the stage with the former CIA officer John Kiriakou. A newspaper had the event at a church cancelled, and when the backup location did not also cancel, the journalist simply printed in the paper that it had been cancelled so people would not show up. Is this normal? I must use my allotted holiday days to attend conferences because any event I attend can be presented as “controversial,” and then the NGOs and journalists will go after the reputation of the university. Is this normal? Every newspaper article about me merely refers to me as “controversial” or “pro-Russian” without ever assigning meaning to these labels or presenting my argument.

I have argued, much like former CIA director Burns, that if the West attempts to pull Ukraine into the NATO orbit, then there would be war and Ukraine would be destroyed. This is considered a “pro-Russian” argument. Arguing that we should respect the will of most Ukrainians who want negotiations to end the war is also considered a “pro-Russian” argument, while in contrast, boycotting diplomacy, deporting Ukrainian refugees, and calling for the conscription of Ukrainian women is “pro-Ukrainian”.

2) To avoid addressing any of my arguments, the journalists go on to uncritically cite personal attacks against me, pointing out that I have been called a propagandist by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee. This is a “non-governmental organisation” financed by the government and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), which was set up by Reagan and the CIA director in 1983 to manipulate the civil society of other states. The Norwegian Helsinki Committee has been relentless in its smears on social media to have me fired, writing hit pieces in the media, pushing to cancel my speaking events, writing a letter to my university, and even posting a picture of my house on social media. This is a governmental "human rights organisation" that cites human rights concerns to build the case for war.

3) Lastly, to further avoid addressing my actual arguments, they simply cite the fact that arguments I made at a debate last year have been “wholly or partially debunked” by a fact-check. The state-run media (NRK) invited the state-run military defence institute (FFI) to fact-check three of my claims. What claims did they "debunk"?

My first claim was that only 20% of Ukrainians wanted NATO membership between 1991 and the regime change in February 2014. The fact-checker argued that the number went up by the middle of 2014 (after Russia responded by seizing Crimea), which is a completely meaningless comment intended to muddy the waters, as my argument was about the previous era.

My second claim was that Zelensky had argued in an interview with The Economist in March 2022 that there were some Western countries that would like a long war with Russia to weaken a strategic rival, even if it would result in the destruction of Ukraine. The fact-checker argued that not all Western countries wanted a long war and that it was not an official policy. I never claimed it was an official policy, as it was primarily the US and UK pushing for a long war.

My third claim was that the US and UK sabotaged the Istanbul peace agreement in April 2022. The fact-checker claimed this was incorrect and suggested that it could only be based on one statement by David Arakhamia. The fact-checker did not want to mention that both mediators also confirmed it: Turkey’s foreign minister and the former Israeli prime minister both said that Russia and Ukraine were close to a deal, but the US and UK saw an opportunity to weaken Russia by fighting with Ukrainians. Zelensky’s former adviser Arestovych confirmed it, and the Ukrainian ambassador Chaly, who participated in the negotiations, confirmed that Putin was willing to do almost anything to end the war. The former head of the German armed forces confirmed that Boris Johnson sabotaged it, and Boris Johnson himself wrote articles warning about a “bad peace” and arguing for “strategic patience.” I am being fact-checked by war propagandists.

Unfortunately, none of my arguments matter because in Norway there is no debate and no interest in any arguments. Reality means nothing anymore as war narratives must be defended against inconvenient truths. I used to be naïve and think that the endless smears were caused by misunderstanding, as I had simply not been able to convey my arguments properly. However, the endless articles with smears and labels are deliberate lies and deceptions.

[Daniel Haqiqatjou @Haqiqatjou]

BRITISH COLONIAL OFFICERS DESCRIBE HOW IBN SAUD SOLD PALESTINE TO THE BRITISH

Abd al-Aziz Ibn Saud is the founder of the modern day state of Saudi Arabia.

Up until the present, all the Saudi kings have been his sons (i.e., up until King Salman).

Ibn Saud built his state by annexing Ottoman territories with the aid of the British.

This required agreeing to Britain's transfer of Ottoman Palestine to the Jews for the purpose of establishing the state of Israel.

Lieutenant Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (4 February 1881 – 14 June 1959) was a British colonial administrator in the Middle East from the 1920s until the 1940s.

He describes key events from Ibn Saud's life in his book Kuwait and her Neighbors (London: Geroge Allen and Unwin, 1956).

In one famous passage, Dickson describes the colonial officer Percy Cox drawing up the borders of various Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. Ibn Saud begs Cox for more land, but insists that since Cox has created him and his kingdom from nothing, he will do whatever Cox demands.

Dickson says:

On the sixth day Sir Percy entered the lists. He told both sides that, at the rate they were going, nothing would be settled for a year. At a private meeting at which only he, Ibn Sa’ud and I were present, he lost all patience over what he called the childish attitude of Ibn Sa’ud in his tribal-boundary idea. Sir Percy’s Arabic was not too good, so I did the translating. It was astonishing to see the Sultan of Najd being reprimanded like a naughty schoolboy by H.M. High Commissioner, and being told sharply that he, Sir Percy Cox, would himself decide on the type and general line of the frontier. This ended the impasse. Ibn Sa’ud almost broke down, and pathetically remarked that Sir Percy was his father and mother, who had made him and raised him from nothing to the position he held, and that he would surrender half his kingdom, nay the whole, if Sir Percy ordered.

p. 274 Dickson, Kuwait and her Neighbors (London: Geroge Allen and Unwin, 1956).

Later on Dickson speaks of Ibn Saud's stance on British decisions on who will get the land of Palestine. Prizing his relationship with the British over the Palestinians, Ibn Saud agrees to submit to British decisions no matter what happens to the Palestinians. In return, for him sacrificing the Palestinian cause, the British offer him gifts.

Dickson says:

My personal reactions to all I had seen and heard in Riyadh can be briefly summed up.

While the people of Sa’udi Arabia, and especially the religious leaders, were manifestly in great excitement over the Palestine question, the King was definitely in control and would keep his people in hand. Though himself indignant and distressed at the trend of policy in Palestine, particularly the scheme for partition, he was determined not to jeopardize the friendly relations existing between him and the British Government. Hence he would make no move at all of an anti-British nature in Arabia, beyond giving advice and offering suggestions.

Nevertheless his policy of remaining neutral was going to harm his prestige in Arabia, and he could see this. I felt that if the British Government could grant him some sort of quid pro quo for standing aloof in the present crisis—something that would be of immediate benefit to the Arabs of the Arabian peninsula proper, and that could be seen and appreciated by all his peoples—the British Government would be wise to grant him such. He would have his own way of explaining the gift to his subjects, and a less hostile atmosphere among the Arabs would, I felt, follow. Any quid pro quo would, however, have to err on the very generous side. Anything niggardly would spoil all.

p. 414 Dickson, Kuwait and her Neighbors (London: Geroge Allen and Unwin, 1956).