S8 Ep1103: Gregory Copley. Russian Bluster and NATO's Disorganized Response. Copley dismisses Russian threats against Poland and Finland as "agit prop" designed to save face during the NATO summit. He argues Russia is incapable of a major war with NATO and that Puti
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🗓️ 8 July 2026
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Gregory Copley. Russian Bluster and NATO's Disorganized Response. Copley dismisses Russian threats against Poland and Finland as "agit prop" designed to save face during the NATO summit. He argues Russia is incapable of a major war with NATO and that Putin remains secure despite domestic pressures, petrol rationing, and the West's disorganized attempts to unify. (10)
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| 0:51.3 | Poland's Prime Minister, Mr. Tusk, has said the country was preparing for, |
| 0:55.2 | quote, various scenarios and that the coming months could be critical concerning the threat |
| 1:00.7 | from Russia. The U.S. intelligence has communicated and the BBC has reported that Russia is |
| 1:08.3 | threatening Poland on the frontier of NATO. At the same time, |
| 1:14.6 | there is another report that the Finnish Prime Minister and his government, newest members of |
| 1:20.7 | NATO, to my knowledge that exist, say that Russia is getting ready to attack. And we want something to happen. |
| 1:29.1 | NATO's meeting an anchor right now. |
| 1:31.4 | I don't see the headlines dominated by Russia threats. |
| 1:36.1 | But I'm certain on these the basis of the BBC report, |
| 1:40.5 | and nobody said BBC is just blown off steam, |
| 2:03.0 | that Russia has decided in some fashion to threaten Poland. Why? I don't have that, Gregory. Things are not going well on the front. The deep strikes have stripped out 28% at least of their refining capabilities. There's rationing going on for gas, for petrol, they use diesel. |
| 2:08.9 | The Crimean government has declared itself in a state of emergency because of the cutoffs of their resupply. And the deep strike of the drones is everywhere, not just striking refineries, |
| 2:15.9 | and striking trucks for heaven's sake. |
| 2:17.8 | So what does it mean that they threaten Poland, the one country you don't want to mess around with? |
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