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This morning over a cup of wonderful coffee and some thinking’s, I realized that America has become much worse than what I found in Russia as a police state years ago. In fact it seems that Russia has now become much less of a police state and is drifting steadily to the better everyday…

6 (six) years ago when I came to Russia I was startled by the heavily armed police everywhere. It was common place to see traffic cops with machine guns and other heavy equipment to assist in controlling traffic. I was appalled and told everyone that America would never become that bad of a police state. I was adamant that this type of existence, was just wrong and we should never have to go through conditions like this. I said you people (Russians) need to change somethings… 🙂

Well Russia has changed things and to the better…

But, it looks like I was very wrong about my freedoms and the police state issues in America, now we (USA) top the cake with the icing…

On New Year’s Eve, President Obama signed into law a bill that eliminates one of the fundamental protections of the U.S. Constitution…

This is on top of normal things like…

But it was only Federal Protective Service officers with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security who were conducting a random training operation early Tuesday morning when they surprisingly showed up at the Social Security Administration office in downtown Leesburg…

or…

Day after day we witness state agents violently beat, kidnap, and kill our brothers and sisters. Day after day we experience the state’s ever-encroaching presence in our lives. Yet we obediently sit, staring like deer caught in headlights, while politicians and bureaucrats counterfeit money to payoff their cronies then stick us and our children with the bill.

I wish that I could say that the above photos are from Russia, but that would be a lie. These pictures and thousands more available, are plastered all over the Internet of the USA police state. America has become a police state of huge proportions and everyone living in America now lives under a police state that makes what I found in Russia 6 years ago, pale in comparison…

We in America like to point fingers at Russia, China and many other countries but we have a tendency to ignore what is happening under our very nose. I am here to tell you that if you believe that you are freer in America than anywhere else in the world, then you need to do some rethinking and studying of facts. Maybe it is time to think and look outside of the border…

Kyle Keeton
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No there is no pay involved, but you have a chance to get what you have to say out to a huge network of readers. Windows to Russia is looking for a person from China that has a desire to voice an opinion about world, American, Asian and Chinese issues be they political or not…

We have a writer from Pakistan and he is using Windows to Russia as a sounding board to help get his message across to a wider American audience. Windows to Russia is looking to add writers from all over the world, but China is the next step in the growth process. Iran is the third step and that will be asked for next…

One step at a time is my motto and I do not want to bite off more than I can chew at one time… 🙂

Anyone interested in writing from China please leave a message at windowstorussia@37.com care of Kyle Keeton…

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Nadir Mir...

The world needs peace in Afghanistan (which of course starts with a US troop withdrawal). America’s Vice President Joe Biden recently stated – “The Taliban per se is not the enemy”. This is a step towards peace, which should be welcomed by everybody. The ‘Good American’ Vice President Joe Biden has always been known for his upright character and forthright views. Even after 9/11, during Bush Administration, and Dick Cheney’s blustering, Joe Biden voiced his independent views. Among America’s elderly statesmen, he hopefully understands Afghanistan’s need for Peace. The World also needs to hear some Common Sense if not Geopolitical Sense from others in Washington!

Ironically Biden’s statement was assailed from a number of quarters within USA. The Washington Post was skeptical, others were critical.’ Biden Does It Again’ was Fox News. (Anyone who speaks the truth or logic or preaches peace is to be ridiculed by American Globalist Media, even if it is Vice President of USA!) War lovers termed it as” Biden’s Jaw Dropping Gaffe”. The Times of India was perplexed by Biden’s Olive Branch to Taliban! (Delhi had earlier absurdly convinced itself of Washington’s’ perpetual animosity for Taliban and was now amazed by its perfidy. Delhi has yet to learn Real Politik American Style!). US official sources soon clarified the contents implying Biden meant something else, even as Jay Carney defended it from the White House! Karzai from Kabul welcomed Bidens’ pragmatic statement, clarifying the need for ending the feud with Taliban.

The fact of the matter is that if Taliban are to be constantly demonized (A propaganda requirement after 9/11) and are undefeated, how does US Army withdraw from Kabul? (And also save face) If American troops do not leave (they cannot win anyway, even if they do not lose Dien Bien Phu fashion) the war gets protracted. As long as US troops remain, the Talibans resist. (The rest of NATO European Troops do not even count in Taliban Calculations) Not only Afghanistan is tragically destroyed by war (First Soviets now Americans) but Pakistan is destabilized. US- Pakistan relations have nosedived from ‘unstinting support’ to going conflictual. With Iran ‘A Point Of No Return’ according to the Atlantic and numerous other world views (Including this scribe’s ‘Next War Iran’ published in Pravda Ru.) The region is boiling!

In Afghanistan the Strategic Grand Climactic (Turning point) has been reached. Washington’s choice is to relent or escalate. Relent in Afghanistan preferably by negotiated settlement with Taliban, and Pakistan on board. The war weary American Public, with over 70% people want US troops pull out from Afghanistan. (America’s longest War in history). In Germany over 80% Germans want their military involvement finished in Kabul. Culturally rich and peace loving Germans, living affluent lives have no reason to prolong an endless and meaningless conflict.

Time in any case is against US – NATO. Not only does economic decline in USA and financial malaise in EU warrant an end to the Afghanistan War. The element of time is on the side of the Taliban. As Russian Asurenipal reminded the quote of stoic mountain warriors (Of Afghanistan) –addressing NATO –‘You have the Watches, We have the Time!

Vice President Joe Biden was right that the Taliban were not the enemy. Then the good people of USA would ask – why are we fighting the Taliban, if it is not the enemy?

The simple answer – Time for Geopolitics of Peace. A negotiated Peace Agreement in Kabul to which Pakistan is a party and the Indians are not invited!

America’s soldiers should come home. Young American boys and girls should not die or be maimed anymore, in the treacherous mountains of Afghanistan. Nor Kill innocent Afghans or Pakistanis. The War has gone long enough. Are Ten Years not enough to prove that the American Soldiers are brave? How much more revenge does US seek for 9/11? But it’s also proven that the Taliban are even more tough and full of valor. Honoring a brave enemy is no dishonor (even if the Age of Chivalry is past –but not dead).

To end the confusion, who is America’s enemy? Those who attack America and those who drag USA into senseless – useless wars. After Osama Bin Laden’s killing by American Forces, 50-100 Al Qaeda operatives are estimated by US forces in Afghanistan and they are already decimated in Pakistan. Once the American Forces leave, peace will return, or strife will reduce in Afghanistan.

Now the news Mullah Omer’s name has been removed from the terrorist (FBI) list is even more welcome. The Afghan Taliban are heroic, frugal warriors, fighting a War of National Liberation (In their own perception). Departing US Troops have nothing to fear from the honorable Taliban. In any event after a decade long horrific war the Taliban also need peace. Yet the Globalists are disappointed. The liberal puppets of the region are pissing in their pants (due to indicators of US – Taliban peace prospects) and so called Regional Aspirant Delhi will learn an unforgettable lesson, if it tries to invade Afghanistan.

Vice President Joe Biden is now a Good American! Good Americans are those who are willing to move in the direction of peace. Bad Americans –Neocons, Globalists etc want to again conquer the world (and ruin USA!)The Good Afghans want peace, and exit of foreign forces (a prerequisite for peace). Good Taliban are basically freedom fighters, living their own lives, as per time honored culture and traditions. Good Pakistanis want freedom from their own treacherous and corrupt elite and withdrawal of US forces from Pakistan and Afghanistan. (Good Pakistanis do not want extremism in any form) Peace at home, peace abroad. Bad Afghans and Bad Pakistanis are those who support foreign wars for their own petty ends. (A minority of liberal puppets living on alien dole) It is time for Geopolitics of Peace. Status quo or stalemate is past. The choice is US Exit Afghanistan for Peace or a Larger Regional War. The American Choice-leave Afghanistan now or lose both Pakistan and Afghanistan later. Only the demented (Indian funded) would choose the latter!

All sane, smart men and women would opt for Global Peace. The world needs Good Americans who withdraw all US Forces from Afghanistan, to usher an era of peace followed by prosperity. Peace in Afghanistan and Good Americans are now synonyms!

(Geopolitics of Peace is an endeavor by Nadir Mir)

Geopolitics of Peace: by Nadir Mir. Author of the book “Gwadar on the Global Chessboard” Blog: Pakistan and Geopolitics wwwpakistangeopolitics.blogspot.com/ The author is a retired Brigadier of the Pakistan Army.

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The views of the above author are not strictly only the views of Windows to Russia. They are an independent view from an outside source that brings a better light on the world in general and Windows to Russia is pleased to have Nadir Mir’s thoughts on its pages today and in the future. So take a look at his site and read a few articles. – Kyle Keeton

Finally got some sleep after the last few days of recovering from another major attempt to destroy Windows to Russia. This time Sveta was deep in the middle of it because she is on Winter holiday in Russia. So Sveta got an eye full of the destruction that is being swarmed against us. Yesterday after the initial attack the day before, while Sveta was working on the site, she got involved in a “Brute Force Attack” and that lasted about 8 hours before all the involved parties gave up…

Sveta had her eyes opened at what I face everyday and she looked at me and said, “We have to change somethings!” I kinda looked at her with that, “Yea Duh!” look and kept quiet…

Info time: Brute Force Attack – In cryptography, a brute-force attack, or exhaustive key search, is a strategy that can, in theory, be used against any encrypted data. Such an attack might be utilized when it is not possible to take advantage of other weaknesses in an encryption system (if any exist) that would make the task easier. It involves systematically checking all possible keys until the correct key is found. In the worst case, this would involve traversing the entire search space…

This is just one of the common occurrences that I deal with everyday. The attacks are based from America 99% of the time. I hate to tell Washington DC this but I keep backups of all my data on a daily basis now. Taking the site down in an attempt to erase data will only stop me for a few days. Very soon we will have a mirror system completed and then that few days will not happen. Just last night I downloaded a 2.4 gig file of data to back up all the web sites on Windows to Russia. While I might loose a few posts now and then, that will be it…

Sveta is a programmer and has taken to PHP and MYSQL like a fish to water. She loves dealing with it and she calls herself my system administrator now… 🙂

Well my thinking’s are not all CSS, HTML and PHP they also drift towards the fact that we just ended our Orthodox Christmas here in Russia. Also I got a pleasant e-mail from a friend in America and he is traveling to Russia this March. I am hoping that he will be able to stay with us a few days. He travels to Russia about every three years and you can see it in his eyes that he would love to live here one day and retire. As he mentions in passing several times before, Before the work pace in America kills him…

Sveta is sleeping in this morning and Boza and I have walked about an hour in the freezing cold. Ice is coated on everything and the air is so crisp and fresh. I love it when walks are like that. Boza loves walks anytime and anywhere…

I am going to have another cup of coffee chicory and wait for my sweetie to wake up. After all the work she did on Windows to Russia she deserves to sleep in this morning. She was a good system administrator… 🙂

Kyle Keeton
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Dear brothers and sisters, with this holy service we start our celebrations of Christmas, we become part of the event, the meaning of which is so grand that understanding it could dramatically change the life of a person, like Christmas itself changed the life of all people and the evolution of human civilization. Christmas opened up new horizons and allowed us to understand the meaning of people’s existence never before acknowledged, even by the most prominent minds. And the meaning of Christmas is that God is not somewhere far, God is not who the ancient feared…

God wished to become man, he came to the World and really became man, one of us. What does this mean for us, for people, for mankind? It means that if God is here with us, it is easy to ask for his help. In the most difficult, unholy times even people who didn’t consider themselves believers would turn to God. Like during war, soldiers would cry “Lord save us”. They would feel their way to God, they found him in the most extreme situations…

We do not need to be in an extreme situation now, repeating the mistakes of previous times. We are free today, we can be next to God if we only wish to be. And if so let’s be close to God, understand him with our minds, find him in our hearts and souls, feel the grace of God. Not through thunder and lightning, not as a powerful Master. God, our Savior came to Earth as a simple man. He became one of us and that is why the fate of each one of us is close and clear to him. He is with us. That is why we say the wonderful words, that will be heard in the upcoming service – God is with us, resign yourselves into his hands, God is with us…

I would like to wish from my heart that you feel God’s presence in your minds and in your hearts and not only in minutes of hardships, but throughout your whole lives. And having felt God, to understand what a blessing it is – the Lord’s presence in a human life. Happy Christmas! May God’s blessing touch upon our nation and each one of us…

Christmas is a major religious holiday in Russia. It is celebrated on January 7 rather than December 25 because the Russian Orthodox Church follows the Julian calendar. More than 30,000 churches and cathedrals are holding Christmas vigil services. Patriarch Kirill is leading the Christmas liturgy in the Cathedral of the Christ the Savior in Moscow…

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The start of the day is always good especially when you can get your cup of coffee without any issues. It is necessary to have a good cup of coffee (or in my case chicory) to counter the lacking of keenness that comes across in the news. Now that is news both from the East and the West! The East has its stupid streak for news and it makes me laugh to read the propaganda against the West and that is what is is and not expected to be anything more. The East takes the truth and twists it to look in their favor. Now the Western news is not even an attempt at propaganda anymore, it is just flagrant lies that do not have a inkling of the truth embedded anywhere anymore. What gets me is that people eat the lies up and want the information presented into what they want to hear. They do not want to hear the truth because as always the truth hurts, but a lie is cushioning like a nice sofa…

I remember when news was the way news was suppose to be. As I grew up you knew when a line of bull was being given to you and when it was to be serious and listened carefully to. Lying was considered a poor trait of a Journalist. There was a Journalists code of conduct and we were taught that as we grew up. Journalists were people who had thick skin and walked the line of right and wrong, but they made sure they stayed on the side of right, even if just barely. News had to be verified or else it did not get printed. It was matter of pride of the profession to walk that line in the grey area of it, but step over that line and lie, then chastise is the word that fitted to those who did…

I mean we had lots of propaganda in the old days and you can argue all you want, but it was propaganda to make you aware of things, e.g. – such as the reality of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. That was a possible fact and even if exploited it was still simple propaganda. e.g. – McCarthyism: Now this was one of the easy to see, manipulated by government for political gain eras that just makes you wanna get sick to your stomach when you understand what was happening then. The term (McCarthyism) is now used more to describe reckless, unsubstantiated accusations, as well as demagogic attacks on the character or patriotism of political adversaries. It was a serious propaganda issue that was allowed to get out of hand by a politician (Joseph McCarthy ) who would fit right in now days in modern politics (like a hand in a glove). But eventually the people who could see through the situation finally got through to things. What was power struggles on an individual basis now has become power struggles on a country wide basis and people are to scared to try to stop it now days…

Now in this day and age we have skipped the propaganda part and just present all lies we conjure up as facts and that is that, as simple as it pleases. e.g. – We have been steadily increasing the numbers of dead in Syria now by 500 a week. It is not true anymore than the deaths (10,000) claimed that happened in Libya were true. Nothing is verified and nothing is attempted to be verified. It just becomes fact and that is that. The number will increase on Syria like it did on Libya until we have to go in and save Syria, or all of the people are going to die at the hands of the Syrian government. Then the Libyan scenario will happen and the West will kill vastly more people (Like in Libya) than have even been attested to be killed at the hands of the Syrian government.  That my friend is the way the Western press/Western governments are now in this world and it looks to get a whole lot worse before it gets better…

Kyle Keeton
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Today is Orthodox Christmas eve in Russia….

Merry Christmas everyone…

Kyle, Sveta and Boza…
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On January 24th the Senate will vote on their version of the internet censorship bill SOPA.  This is our best chance to kill the internet censorship bill.

The problem?  We need 41 Senators to agree not to rush a vote, and right now we’ve got 2.  That’s why we’re asking you to take an unusual step: We need you to request an in-person meeting with your Senators.

Can you ask for an in-person meeting with your Senators? Click here to get started.

Most Senators are home right now for the January recess.  And most–even those who’ve signed on as cosponsors–do not understand these bills and the terrible consequences they’ll have for the internet, the economy, and free speech.  If they’re blindsided by the strength and clarity of our objections, we can bring them over to our side.  The future of the internet depends on it.

If you do get a meeting you won’t be alone– post it to the forums and we’ll organize others to join you.  We can also provide materials and help with preparation.  Leading up to the vote we’ll also be swarming townhall meetings and public appearances, as they’re announced.  But right now, we need to set up these in-person meetings.

Please, click here to ask for a meeting.  We’ve got your back.

We’ve taken the time to ask each Senator’s office the best way to request a meeting.  But we need you to take the plunge– it’ll only take a few minutes.

After you set up your meeting, be sure to share information on the forums. Did you get a date and time for a meeting? Did you learn any other information that will be useful for others trying to set up a meeting?  If you can take on an organizing role, say so.

And please, stay active and keep spreading the word about the need to meet your Senator.  There is an absolute firestorm of news and energy around stopping SOPA/PIPA on the internet, but it’s not always visible to Senators and their staff.

Be visible.  Schedule a meeting. This is our best chance to stop SOPA, and it could be our last.

Thanks for everything you do this month,
–Holmes, Tiffiniy, Donny

P.S. The Reddit community has been an anti-SOPA firestorm.  These meetings are our best hope for beating SOPA, and we think Reddit needs to know about it.  If you agree, help us spread the word on Reddit.
P.P.S. Please use these links to ask your friends to help fill up your local events too.  Everyone needs to know the game plan: schedule meetings, and swarm townhalls.

Windows to Russia was in company of sites down this last few days. It is getting out of hand and I am embarrassed to be associated with America at times like this…

So the bottom line is, if you want to blog – talk only about sock monkeys and needle point and no one will bother you…

And heaven forbid telling a little bit of truth…

24 hours of crap is what Sveta and I have gone through to keep a semblance of a site going…

Happy New Year and get ready to lose a lot of sites that will not fight the system…

They will go after you next…

Kyle Keeton
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As you read this you will realize that they tried to shut us down again…

Over the Cry Wolf article about the Iowa Caucasus…

I have been noticing lots of websites are being hit across the internet and it is a crying shame that we have no say in anything anymore…

The world is getting freedom-less and America is leading the way…

I am still on line because I am a fighter. Yes this is from another server and we will be on another by tomorrow…
Just hope I can get the rest of the post for the last month….

Kyle Keeton
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