Ukraine
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” The US is close to making a ‘fatal’ miscalculation in its attempts to deal with Russia and the Ukraine conflict ” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has warned Collapse “History always emphasizes terminal events” Albert Speer observed mournfully to his American interrogators just after the end of the last World War. Yet, Speer and…
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I was planning on publishing Part 2 of my article on Alexei Navalny. However, today Alexei Navalny’s body is being laid to rest in a funeral service in Moscow attended by a few thousand well-wishers and supporters. My wife has always cautioned me not to speak ill of the dead. Especially on the day their…
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The West has set itself on a path of collective suicide — both moral and economic. Western leaders are experiencing two stunning events: defeat in Ukraine, genocide in Palestine. The first is humiliating, the other shameful. Yet, they feel no humiliation or shame. Their actions show vividly that those sentiments are alien to them –…
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Subtext: The Coup that Wasn’t and The Red Iron Wall To start with, in a proxy conflict of this magnitude, the people connected to this war will be experiencing extreme distortions in information. And unless you are on the battlefield or sitting in a NATO operations center. It will be impossible to understand what reality…
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Let’s put our cards right out on the table. With four more Leopard 2s smashed, there is not an Army in the world that can crack the Russian defenses. Not one. Let’s explore another idea and imagine another scenario in the near future. Given the intensity of the fighting in the center of the line.…
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Subtext: Thank God One thing I will never forget about the Department of Defense is the enormous size of the bureaucracy. In fact, it is so large — any one individual has almost no meaning. And it doesn’t really matter if you’re the Secretary of Defense or the chairman of the joint chiefs. In the end, all DOD employees are…
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According to General Pat Ryder, F-16s will be delivered to Kyiv. And we can never forget, these aircraft are one of the most numerous fourth-generation jets in history. They are an elegant aircraft and — old. Some say these aircraft will be delivered by September of this year. If you expect Ukrainian pilots to transition from MiG-29s to F-16s…
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In May of this year, General Scott Berrier testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee and what he made clear was honest and straightforward: ‘the threat landscape is exponentially more dangerous than it was in 1984 (…) We are now in a multipolar world with strategic competition at the forefront’ But what is he really saying? As much…
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The Balance of Power has Shifted Dramatically As defined by Freud, there are two states of any society. The first is Eros, the instinct for life, the quest to love, nurture, protect, and preserve. Much like present-day Norway. The second is Thanatos, which is driven by fear, hatred, and violence. It seeks the dissolution of all living…
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The Start of an Era of Great Power Conflict Watching the Department of Defense’s budget hearing can test any journalist’s blood sugar. However, this year it felt a lot different, It felt like I was watching a metaphoric 90-year-old patient that had been put on life support and congress was infantilizing how they could keep…
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Switzerland is a small country that has a state-of-the-art military — in the center of Europe. It is also relatively homogeneous and egalitarian and a prime target for Washington. When looking objectively at American pressure on Switzerland, it will be never-ending. What needs to be clearly understood, Is America’s attack on Swiss banking is a…
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Sometimes I just need to go on an epic RANT. So here it is… …Russia is bad and the West is good. And any shill that strays from this message will be fired on the spot and will never be seen again in polite journalistic society. They will be cast out of the studios to…
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Many Americans, perceive Russia as fighting the very forces that make the average person’s life unbearable and a living hell in the United States. And much like the relief of the average Roman when the Visigoths came over the seventh hill to sack Rome in the summer of 410. Many Americans see Russia as fighting to bring…
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This is the most recent Chinese Foreign Ministry’s roasting of the United States. In many ways, it’s fun to read; always keep in mind China is not talking about the American people so much as they are talking about the corrupt dumbshits in Washington. Always remember the Jackels in the District of Columbia don’t care…
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The proxy War between the United States and Russia is quickly becoming one of the highest-intensity conflicts in history— where the two belligerents, armed to the TEETH with hydrogen-tipped weapons are locked in an existential conflict for dominance on the central Asian land mass. (Both) fighting a proxy war (right below) the nuclear threshold. In January,…
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Subtext: You Better Believe It The Quest to Save Sebastopol Let’s be honest, for a country, Ukraine is an unnatural and artificial construct. Huntington would have defined Ukraine as a fault-line civilization– much like the Balkans. Given this fact, this region is tailor-made for a conflict. Over the millennia, empires have washed up like the…
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New Russian Tactics in Combined-Arms Warfare In Russia, the ‘Uralvagonzavod‘ armored production facility― is the largest in the world. This Russian factory produces more armored vehicles than all other tank factories combined. It is currently running around the clock and is producing over 900 armored vehicles a year. Additionally, Uralvagonzavod produces (approximately) 35–40 T-90s a month. And as…