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Contractors received big money to fortify and mine around Kharkiv. Problem: The money was taken but defenses not built.
https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/1790359876356407410
We are now approaching a staggering $35 Trillion in official federal government debt. Over $1 Trillion per year is now required in order to pay the interest alone on that debt. Add to that another unimaginable $120 Trillion in off-budge obligations. We're just like the Titanic.
And the vast majority of that debt is from our out of control entitlements and domestic spending, not our military budget or funds to Ukraine, Israel or Taiwan.
Trump sounds as bad as big spending Democrats when it comes to reforming things like Medicare and Social Security which are truly responsible for our government debt.
AmericanKulak says
Contractors received big money to fortify and mine around Kharkiv. Problem: The money was taken but defenses not built.
https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/1790359876356407410
What were you saying socal2 about Ukraine having one of the most powerful militaries in the world?
What were you saying socal2 about Ukraine having one of the most powerful militaries in the world?
Land based they're no slouch against what is considered the 2nd best military in the world. We're to what, year 3 of this thing?
WookieMan says
Land based they're no slouch against what is considered the 2nd best military in the world. We're to what, year 3 of this thing?
Russia is definitely making a big push for Kharkiv and Ukraine is struggling right now for sure.
Russia is also changing tactics using small squads on dirt bikes and Chinese golf carts because all of Russia's big armored columns were getting wiped out by Ukrainian artillery and cheap drones.
I don't believe Russia has enough troops to occupy a huge city like Kharkiv, so they are just trying to get their lines close enough to set up artillery so they can try to rubble another civilian center.
The latest military package will probably hold Ukraine over through the rest of the year and the US presidential election where everyone will reassess depending on who wins.
While you can quibble about Putin eliding Russia’s part in the conflict, you must admit it’s maddening that no one in the West — certainly none of Biden, Blinken, or Nod — ever mentions a negotiated end to the Ukraine war. It’s almost like all the Western leaders made a secret pact never to suggest diplomacy.
The result is they look like cowards; stinking of fear, they ceaselessly worry they’re outmatched and outwitted by the Russians, and agonise that if they negotiate with Putin, he’ll somehow wind up getting the better deal. Talking won’t work! So fighting is the only option. But they’re even too scared to fight the Russians directly. So it’s the old game, ‘how about you and him fight?’
Let’s just give the Ukrainians some more missiles and let THEM fight the Russians.
Russia is also changing tactics using small squads on dirt bikes and Chinese golf carts because all of Russia's big armored columns were getting wiped out by Ukrainian artillery and cheap drones.
Do you think the Russians bought those 'cheap drones' on Amazon? If they did, Commander in Chief Biden should put a stop to it immediately!
https://genesiustimes.com/zelensky-forms-one-party-authoritarian-dictatorship-in-order-to-save-democracy/
It's going from very bad to even worse for Ukraine.
But I've been told that the Russians are so backward that they are using Soviet Union era weaponry ...
In Putin’s own words:
Concerning the strikes, frankly, I am not sure what the NATO Secretary General is talking about. When he was the Prime Minister of Norway, we communicated often, and I am positive he was not suffering from dementia back then. If he is talking about potentially attacking Russia’s territory with long-range precision weapons, even though he is a civilian like me, he should be aware that long-range precision weapons cannot be used by Ukraine without space-based reconnaissance assistance from NATO.
Final target selection and ‘launch mission’ can only be programmed by highly skilled NATO specialists who rely on NATO’s space-based technical reconnaissance data. For some attack systems, such as British Storm Shadow, these launch missions occur without help from any Ukrainian military. So who does it? Those who manufacture and supply these attack systems to Ukraine do it.
This can and does happen without the participation of the Ukrainian military.
Other missile systems, such as U.S.-supplied ATACMS, likewise rely on space reconnaissance data. Targets are identified and automatically communicated to the launch crews who may not even realise what targets they are programming the missiles to hit. In other words, the launch mission is assembled by NATO officers, not the Ukrainian military.
If you ask me, Putin’s next warning about the dire consequences was, if anything, highly restrained. Using diplomatic words, he soberly warned that Russia would retaliate against any nation that attacks it, regardless of picky technicalities like which base the missile launched from. In Putin’s careful words:
These officials from NATO countries, especially the smaller European countries, should be fully aware of what is at stake. Before talking about ‘striking deep into Russian territory,’ they should remember that their countries are small and densely populated. It is a serious matter, and we are watching it very carefully.
This unending escalation can lead to serious consequences. If Europe were to face those serious consequences, what would the United States do, considering our strategic arms parity? It is hard to tell.
Do they WANT a global conflict?
Our corporate media loves wailing about how Putin is threatening nuclear war again, but have you noticed they never directly quote him? Honestly, I am no Putin fan, but I still find Putin’s arguments clear, thoughtful, and compelling. I defy anyone to explain how any of it was disinformation.
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