Politics

[Red Leg]

I think he’s just proving he can flip the switch any time he likes… another means for forcing Zelenskkys hand… if Ukraine doesn’t capitulate quickly he’ll flip the switch back the other direction fairly soon..

It’s barbaric..

But I’m guessing effective..

After sifting through the reporting this morning, and trying to parse Trump's statement concerning restarting intel cooperation, "We, we just about have. I mean, we really just about have," it would appear we have turned back on our early warning technical support. This primarily would be collected by NRO, NSA, and the Air Force. It would monitor take off and tracks of Russian strategic aviation assets (primarily TU=22m and MIG-31K), ballistic missile launches, and any C3 patterns indicating an imminent Russian strike against infrastructure.

Last night, the Russian's launched 142 Shahad type drones against Ukrainian infrastructure and the interception rate seems to have been typically high unlike the attack three nights ago without an intel feed.

The US seems still to be withholding consolidated intelligence which would be provided by CIA and offer all source assessments of Russian tactical and operational activity and which would provide targeting for long range weapons like ATACMS and SCALP.

Three days ago, the administration ordered MAXAR to break its contract with Ukraine preventing the Ukrainian military from continuing to develop its own satellite-based imagery.

Of course, nothing has been done to limit Russian capabilities, which to date, the little dictator in the Kremlin seems delighted to exploit.

 

[Red Leg]

Talking to an old colleague last night about the intel issue, our inexplicable foreign policy, apparent goals to hamstring our warfighting capabilities, alienate our allies, and the general state of the country, he reminded me of a quote from Alexander Dugan who has been described as Putin's Rasputin. I actually own a copy of "The Foundations of Geopolitics / The Geopolitical Future of Russia," published almost 30 years ago in 1997 and is required reading at the Russian Staff College. It, along with the works of a couple of other authors, formed the basis for discussion at an Army Staff principals off-site back around 2002 which my colleague also attended. In his work, Dugan clearly articulates his vision for Russia's strategic goals.

"The battle for the world rule of Russians" has not ended and Russia remains "the staging area of a new anti-bourgeois, anti-American revolution". The Eurasian Empire will be constructed "on the fundamental principle of the common enemy: the rejection of Atlanticism, strategic control of the U.S., and the refusal to allow liberal values to dominate us.

The point of discussion last night was the methodology that he recommended that Russia follow in achieving those ends.

"Russia should 'introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social, and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements – extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics'."

Due to the "Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax" MAGA world has seemingly decided that Russia is actually no threat to the United States and is simply a misunderstood society waiting to be among our close allies. From my perspective, it would appear Russia has instead been very successful thus far in implementing Dugan's strategy. It is perhaps useful to remember no one has had more influence on Putin than Dugan. I wonder if Trump or Vance have even heard of him.

 

[fourfive8]

Let’s see… Buy a sail boat, add a solar panel, jack around on the water, regurgitate agenda driven pseudo-science spewed out by the mainstream media and just like that- “I are green”! What a pile of self-deluded virtue signal.

Reminds me of watching a $100k Ford Raptor with a mountain bike draped over the tailgate driving 200 miles to a well known rock and sand pile to “ride green”

 

[MLindsay]

I imagine you'll provide the same advice to JD Vance? Get over to Ukraine and see the war crimes and terror bombing for yourself?

Ukraine has nothing to do with burning in Africa. Can you concentrate!

 

[fourfive8]

Signature campaign to revoke Musk’s citizenship- huh? Well knock yourselves out. I doubt he is heartbroken over the “love” emanating from our north.

I’ve been to Canada a few times in my life. Neither impressed nor unimpressed. I can take it or leave it. And come to think of it, never lost anything in Canada anyway… . But, after my last experience with the CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency) and Canada Air in the Vancouver Intl Airport a few years ago I have zero desire to visit Canada again. My family and I were very poorly treated, for no reason by agents of the CBSA and reps of Canada Air - every one a PRICK! Caused stress to all of us and cost no small amount of money. All for no reason other than an arbitrary expression for show of the general attitude of every one of those arrogant aholes if not, sadly, major portions of the population. Of all customs and border agents I’ve dealt with around the world including all the common, small time bribery specialists in various African countries. none have come close to the CBSA pricks to our north. The closest comparison I’ve run into are the similar bastards in China.

I doubt Carney will be any different- just a schlicker, more articulate version of truedope,

 

[rigbymauser]

Signature campaign to revoke Musk’s citizenship- huh? Well knock yourselves out. I doubt he is heartbroken over the “love” emanating from our north.

I’ve been to Canada a few times in my life. Neither impressed nor unimpressed. I can take it or leave it. And come to think of it, never lost anything in Canada anyway… . But, after my last experience with the CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency) and Canada Air in the Vancouver Intl Airport a few years ago I have zero desire to visit Canada again. My family and I were very poorly treated, for no reason by agents of the CBSA and reps of Canada Air - every one a PRICK! Caused stress to all of us and cost no small amount of money. All for no reason other than an arbitrary expression for show of the general attitude of every one of those arrogant aholes if not, sadly, major portions of the population. Of all customs and border agents I’ve dealt with around the world including all the common, small time bribery specialists in various African countries. none have come close to the CBSA pricks to our north. The closest comparison I’ve run into are the similar bastards in China.

I doubt Carney will be any different- just a schlicker, more articulate version of truedope,

I have been many times to the US and only one time I ran into a PRICK who excised his authority to the full. There is nothing one can do as a tourist/visitor and if you call them out you are fXXXXX....and they know it. Sometime you run into these people who are government employed. A friend of mine who is a lawyer said once that all the D students from lawschool ended up working in public office. That says something.