Ukraine
The Russians preparing to evacuate Crimea?
Earlier this year, the Ukrainian government signaled that it was getting ready to do a major offensive in the south. Ukrainian forces fired rounds into Kherson oblast and surrounding areas. The Russians bolstered their forces in this area at the expense of the other areas they held. They hunkered down for a fight. However, the […]
Reduction of US defense stockpiles in support of Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has not just depleted defense stockpiles held by both the Ukrainians and the Russians. It has also depleted stockpiles held by the United States and by other Western countries. Would the US and its allies have enough defense stockpiles to support Taiwan or another country facing similar invasions? It does not […]
Quick updates: Dem election spending against Reps, Poland missiles, Hunter update
Remember a while back I mentioned the Democrats were funding third party and Republican second tier candidates to weaken the Republican primary candidates? Sort of like if they would have funded Ross Perot to steal voters from Bush in ’92? Well, it worked…and worked big. Banking that these far-rightcandidates would fail to capture the support of moderates and […]
Russia Strikes Poland
CINC Deep in Thought Mick sends us news of Russian munitions falling on Polish territory and killing two. The Polish government did not immediately confirm the incident, but stated leadership is holding an emergency meeting. Media reports a projectile strike in the Polish village of Przewodówe near the Ukraine border. Both Pentagon and National Security […]
Military short takes: Russian losses, another LCS down, C130H followup
Russian Ukraine losses estimated. America’s top general estimated on Wednesday that Russia’s military had seen more than 100,000 of its soldiers killed and wounded in Ukraine, and added Kyiv’s armed forces “probably” suffered a similar level of casualties in the war. But Milley’s remarks offer the highest U.S. estimate of casualties to date in the […]
US Troops in Ukraine
Unnamed Source? According to the ubiquitous unnamed source, this one a Pentagon type, Joe’s Handlers have taken bold steps to ensure accountability of all the lethal aid being afforded to Ukraine. Simply being good stewards of precious tax dollars, citizen. A bit late, as some 40B USD has disappeared into that abyss and our own […]
Poland 1939 Redux: Russia threatens UK, gets froggy WW
As I am sure you have read, multiple published sources say Russia is claiming that the UK is responsible for the explosions that took out the Nord Stream II pipelines. Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday that British navy personnel blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month, a claim that London said was […]
Wagging the Dog
Never let a crisis go to waste. “We will continue to stand with the people of Ukraine as they defend their freedom and independence with extraordinary courage and boundless determination,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. Cool, Tony. You mean we will continue to dump billions of tax dollars into a black hole. I suppose […]
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