NYT’s via Archive.ph Interesting the acknowledgment that Ukraine suffered heavy losses. Even though as I understand the situation, it seems the losses are worse than admitted. Still western media reporting like this rarely takes place without sugar coating the situation. In the first two weeks of Ukraine’s grueling counteroffensive, as much as 20 percent of […]
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Bloomberg reports as if Sweden’s accession has already taken place. It hasn’t. There are plenty of assumptions made throughout the article. As stated her on the 11th of July penny2says: July 11, 2023 at 8:23 am•Edit “I’ve run out of synonyms for meaningless futility.” Sighs…..Trudeau is going to double troops in Lithuania.We’re seeing preps for […]
My impression so far is Ukraine didn’t gain any ground in it’s desire to join NATO. And will continue to be used as a proxy army. https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/07/12/nato-deepens-ukraine-ties-but-doesnt-set-clear-path-for-membership/ NATO leaders gathered Wednesday to launch a highly symbolic new forum for ties with Ukraine, after committing to provide the country with more military assistance for fighting Russia […]
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The Big Guy Disappoints Zelensky
The “Big guy” is a reference to Joe Biden Zelensky is disappointed Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticised the “absurd” absence of a timetable for his country to join Nato as leaders met at a summit in Lithuania. President Joe Biden described the Nato gathering as a “historic moment” and said the US agreed with […]
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NATO Summit
Digital Journal Western leaders gather in Lithuania’s capital on Monday to demonstrate solidarity with Ukraine amid rare glimmers of disunity over Washington’s controversial decision to supply cluster bombs to Kyiv. President Volodymyr Zelensky voiced hope that Tuesday’s NATO summit in Vilnius would provide a “clear signal” that Kyiv could join the alliance once its war […]
Presidents Bashar Al-Assad of Syria and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkiye may hold a meeting in the presence of their Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, after the work on a roadmap for the normalisation of Syrian-Turkish relations is completed, Russian presidential envoy for the Syrian settlement, Alexander Lavrentiev, said yesterday. Lavrentiev said that there are specific […]
First, I’m glad to read this news and that these type of talks are taking place. Second, we are all aware or should be that this is a proxy war between the US and Russia, using Ukrainians as fodder. Third, the Biden administration is continuing on with the rhetoric “nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine” which […]
This article is from the Economist– It covers quite a bit of territory. It’s the opening admission that’s interesting. Via https://archive.ph/ce6FU WHEN THE boxer Mike Tyson was asked ahead of a fight whether he was concerned about an opponent’s plan, he had a blunt answer: “Everybody has a plan ‘til they get punched in the […]
Of course, there could be no cause for worry, Yet, some recent reports have caught my eye and given me pause for thought. Updated July 03/23- To clarify my concerns about the potential for false flag. If there is a false flag, it will conducted in such a way as to frame the Russian military. […]
Mental Gymnastics (derogatory) Inventive, complex arguments used to justify what is otherwise unjustifiable. People often perform mental gymnastics in order to blame anyone but themselves. If by employing diplomacy over strong arm tactics than yes, Putin’s diplomacy does provide lessons on ending the Ukraine operation. However, Michael McFaul does not mean that. As you can […]