Foreign Policy
Nigerian Soldiers Stage Coup, Need Account For Trapped Funds
Niger soldiers declare coup on national TV By Laurence Peter Soldiers in the West African country of Niger have announced a coup on national TV. They said they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the nation’s borders. Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been held by troops from the presidential guard since early […]
Ukraine related updates – Egypt, Finland, Poland, France
The Washington Post and others are reporting that Egypt changed course on its armament sales. We knew they decided not to supply 40,000 122mm rockets to Russia per documents released by Airman (soon to be ‘inmate’, hopefully) Texeira. Egypt was planning to manufacture rockets for Russia but then suspended that effort and decided to supply […]
Nord Stream Pipelines Attack
Gas Leak off the Danish Island of Bornholm Recall the three mysterious gas leaks from Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines? The White House categorically denied involvement, dismissing any allegations as “complete fiction.” This despite Joe and others in his Administration going on record threatening Russia with the pipeline’s destruction if Vlad invaded Ukraine. Well sonofabitch; he […]
Just what Putin needs right now
Ramzan Kadryov, Chechnya’s head, is a close ally of Putin’s Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, suggested Monday that Russia should “denazify and demilitarize” Poland next. “What if, after the successful completion of the NMD, Russia begins to denazify and demilitarize the next country? After all, after Ukraine, Poland is on the map! I will not […]
Chinese (gasp) hypocrisy
Well, seems the Chinese do have their knickers a bit twisted over the Great Balloon Shoot-Down of 2023. Describing the US’ reactions as over-the-top: The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Monday that the US shooting down a suspected Chinese spy balloon Saturday was “unacceptable and irresponsible.” China said both balloons were “of civilian nature and used […]
No Spares for Ukraine
Abrams Graveyard Joe’s Handlers nearly met themselves, reversing course on sending US Main Battle Tanks to Ukraine. The Ukes have been pleading for them for months. Something caused a sea change in what passes for foreign policy in this Administration, and the slow drip of escalation moves ahead. There’s a problem, though. US to buy […]
Biden talks about “Ukraine’s brutal aggression”
? Watch the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense faces. It is Oscar season, and these two deserve gold statues for how they can keep a straight face while the Sundowner-in-Chief mucks up US foreign policy again. I’m sure that the “White House”, whoever is actually running the show, will soon clarify what the […]
Abrams MBTs to Ukraine
Too complicated? Another opportunity to excel for Joe’s foreign policy team. US may deliver ‘significant number’ of Abrams tanks to Ukraine despite Pentagon misgivings The Pentagon had argued that US Abrams tanks are too complicated to operate and maintain By Anders Hagstrom , Liz Friden | Fox News The U.S. could announce the delivery of […]
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