Will Schryver
@imetatronink
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Cedar City, Utah, USA
Joined March 2017
“Man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.”. ― Euripides.
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‼️ Telling Fact. Two US destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean launched TWELVE SM-3 ballistic missile interceptors today in a futile bid to stem the tide of a huge Iranian ballistic missile salvo. You know how many SM-3 missiles the US produces each year?. TWELVE.
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‼️ Welcome to the Big Leagues. I watched the Tucker Carlson interview of Vladimir Putin in its entirety. I will yet have much more to say about it. For now, I will only say that I consider it one of the most important interviews of a national leader in my lifetime. I will also
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‼️ How the Ukraine War Ends. Many Trump supporters now expect him to call up Putin and "tell" him the war in Ukraine is over. Won't happen. The Russians will add Sumy, send this map to Washington, and then demand the US remove their missile systems from both Poland and Romania.
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Over the span of modern history, I cannot think of another country that has made a more rapid transition from respected powerful nation to impotent international laughingstock than has Germany over the course of the past two years.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock with more tough talk:. - "I'm warning Iran, I'm warning Shiite militias in Iraq, I'm warning the Houthi in Yemen not to ignite and join in the terror".
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‼️🔥 Finally some satisfactory satellite imagery is trickling out showing the aftermath of Iranian missile strikes at Israeli airbases. In the image below, an aircraft hangar has been hit with near-perfect accuracy. Exceedingly impressive.
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🧵Observations on the Ukraine War.2022-06-28. I've watched a LOT of drone footage from this war. I've seen, from a bird's eye view, the construction and logic of the field fortifications Ukraine constructed, with US guidance, over the course of eight years. 1/.
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In my view, Russians are the most misrepresented, misunderstood, and frequently misused great people on earth. I do not understand it. It is ignorant. Taken as a whole, Russia is a nation of great achievements, inhabited by a noble, brilliant, and extremely resourceful people.
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‼️ The Accelerating End of NATO. The gravity of the developing situation in Romania cannot be overstated. NATO has already effectively lost Slovakia and Hungary. Losing Romania would be a strategic disaster.
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🧵Why the US/NATO could never win and will never fight a war against Russia – unless the #EmpireAtAllCosts cult somehow seizes the reins of power, in which case, it will become the biggest catastrophe in US military history, and likely result in a nuclear war:. 1/.
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‼️ If Israel had indeed struck any meaningful targets in last night's strikes, we would have seen some persuasive evidence of it by now. I increasingly suspect they encountered something they did not expect in the very first wave, and it discombobulated their whole plan.
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🚨 Flirting with Disaster. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group has transited the Straits of Gibraltar and is racing to join the USS Gerald R. Ford CSG in the eastern Mediterranean. When it arrives, the US/NATO will have assembled a fleet of no fewer than 73 ships,
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The only thing I have to say at this time about the death of Gonzalo Lira is that the United States could have, at any time over the past 8 months, and at a moment's notice, extracted him from Ukraine. They did not do it because they wanted him dead. It was cold-blooded murder.
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‼️ 🤔 Just a thought for everyone dooming over the NATO threat to strike Russia using cruise missiles:. What launch platforms will be used?. UKRAINE HAS NO AIR FORCE. Only NATO bombers flown by NATO pilots can launch such strikes. Is that the plan? Seriously?.
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🤔🧵 The largest fleet of warships the empire has assembled in a great many years is gathering in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. In addition to two US carrier strike groups and an amphibious assault force, several other warships from other NATO nations are joining its ranks.
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The inhabitants of the so-called "western democracies" are the most easily deceived and thoroughly propagandized people in human history.
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US Marine Corps to dispense with "Yes, Sir!" in deference to "gender identity" concerns. The United States military is a hollow shell.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz drew a very impressive crowd at the UN. Germany is racing towards failed-state status.
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⚡️ Here's what I have observed at this point in relation to the Israeli strikes against Iran:. - The Israelis launched a lot of missiles -- all from maximum stand-off distance. - Iran put up a LOT of air defense missiles. - There are no firm reports nor video evidence (so far).
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‼️ The US Army War College published a summary of what will apparently be multiple detailed papers on the "lessons from Ukraine". I have highlighted below two striking passages. TLDR: The US is not remotely capable of "large-scale combat operations".
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‼️ The Russians have been using Su-34s to launch crushing blows against Ukrainian positions with FAB-500, 1500, and 3000 glide bombs. The US/NATO moved a Patriot system (or two) to the front lines to confront this problem. The Russians shot down at least 5 Patriot missiles, and.
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I've now seen multiple reports of an intriguing development on the Ukraine front lines. NATO-affiliated "foreign volunteers" refused to resume futile attacks on Russian lines. AFU sent "nationalist" enforcers to "encourage" them. Fighting erupted; the "enforcers" were mowed down.
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🤔 More Eisenhower Rumors and Mystery. There are now anecdotal stories swirling that the USS Eisenhower is in some sort of OPSEC (operations security) condition. Supposedly regular communications between family in the US with their shipboard relatives are currently prohibited,
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In order to understand the world as it really is, you must come to grips with the fact there really are people with great power willing to destroy entire nations pursuant to their own selfish interests.
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‼️ Time to Go. There are reports circulating that many members of the Ukrainian government are resigning en masse. The secret to a long life is knowing when it's time to go.
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‼️ Plain Putin. “Westerners supply weapons to Ukraine and say, ‘We don’t control anything further here, and it doesn’t matter how they are used.’. “We can also say, ‘We have supplied someone with something, and we do not control anything further,’ and let them think about it.”
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🤔 Haven't seen this reported elsewhere, but a follower just replied to one of my posts with this very interesting link: earlier this month a Russian Su-30 freaked out an F-35 pilot over the Baltic Sea, appearing "out of nowhere", as it were.
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🤔 Go Big or Go Home. I was just thinking . If indeed a British Storm Shadow missile achieves a significant strike against a Russian target . And if the Russians then opt to retaliate in the context of "a state of war" . Well . if I were in Putin's shoes, and I
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The utter obliteration of Gaza is beyond comprehension. It is destruction on the order of the atomic bombings of Japanese cities. It is even more incomprehensible that, by all indications, the so-called "civilized world" will now stand by idly as Beirut is razed to the ground.
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The Russian buildup in Belarus over the past two months has been massive: ~200k troops; 100s of aircraft; 1000s of latest-model tanks, AFVs, mobile artillery, and mobile air defense systems. Today a Russian AWACS arrived. I find it difficult to believe this is just a feint.
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‼️ Israel has launched multiple strikes against the Syrian airports at Damascus and Aleppo — presumably to preclude Iranian arms shipments into the region. So the Russians have made available to the Iranians their airbase at Khmeimim. This is a potentially MAJOR development.
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‼️ So let me get this straight:. The US/NATO spent almost a decade building and arming the most powerful proxy army in history, pursuant to its objective to inflict a massive strategic defeat against Russia, and hopefully break it up into easily exploitable pieces. For the past.
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The "Battle of Mariupol" was the single worst Ukrainian defeat of the early stages of this war. The drawn out "Battle of Kherson" likely exceeded it in terms of Ukrainian losses. The "Battle of Bakhmut" has now almost certainly exceeded both. It has become a pitiless massacre.
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AFU commander Zaluzhny to the Economist: "I need 300 main battle tanks, 600-700 armored personnel carriers, 500 artillery pieces." . Translation: "I need an army, mine is gone.". Russia has now wrecked TWO Ukrainian armies since February. (h/t @NebojsaMalic).
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💥‼️ This is arguably the single most impressive rant to yet emerge from this war. A Russian soldier waxes eloquent on geopolitics and NATO military "supremacy". If you do nothing else today, watch this epic 2.5 minute soliloquy!. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
“Patriot fires 35 missiles into fake targets!”.-> Listen how this man explains the information control by America ….
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🤔 Thoughts on Missile Strikes "Deep into Russia". 🔹ATACMS. ATACMS is a high-flying ballistic missile with a fixed trajectory. 200kg warhead; effective range <300km; previously shipped to Ukraine only in the cluster munition variety. The Russians have shot down far more than
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More concerningly, the Chinese have been watching all of these developments with great interest. They are almost certain to be emboldened to act decisively to secure their sphere of influence in the emerging multipolar world. Great dangers now await in east Asia …. 29/end.
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Anyone who seriously believes Xi Jinping is visiting Moscow to urge Russia to bring an expeditious end to the war in Ukraine is hopelessly naïve. Xi and Putin are going to talk about little more than how to coordinate their future actions to expedite the demise of US hegemony.
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The End of NATO, American Imperial Hegemony, and The Rebirth of A Multipolar World. A short🧵. It's appearing increasingly likely that the Russians are going to remedy the "strategic depth" issue they perceive in eastern Ukraine -- and probably much sooner than later. 1/8.
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The latest reports from Ukraine paint an unmistakable picture: the long-awaited "Kherson Counter-offensive" has been decisively repulsed with major losses for the AFU:. 48 tanks.83 armored vehicles.~1200 soldiers. A massacre. This will be the final AFU "offensive" of the war.
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I never cease to be amazed by the pervasive belief that the US military is superior to any other on the planet. Upon what basis is this faith founded?. The US has not engaged in a real war since Korea. No one in the US military has ANY experience with high-intensity conflict.
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‼️ How the Real World Works. Trump disciples believe he will impose his will on Putin to bring an end to the Ukraine War. They are convinced Trump can "cut a deal" in the form of an offer Putin cannot refuse. They simply don't realize that the only "deal" to be made is the.
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Gonna be a cold, dark winter in Germany this year. Good thing they'll have all those Ukrainian flags to burn.
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🗺️ The image below, in a full-color two-page pull-out, appears in my 1887 Chambers Encyclopedia. There was no "Ukraine".
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Odessa is and long has been a Russian city. All of Novorossiya is overwhelmingly Russian. When the USSR disintegrated, Novorossiya should have been restored to Russia, but the empire lusted for it, and Russia was too weakened to fight for it then. I expect they will do so now.
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One of the most stunning statistics so far in this war is that, whereas Russian "missing" are numbered in the dozens, Ukrainian missing are now up to 380,000 -- and increasing every week. Add to that at least 100k KIA and 300k WIA. It's a shocking massacre.
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Apparently US 6th Fleet undersea explosives specialists were "scoping out" the situation back in June.
🚨 “Experimentation was conducted off the coast of Bornholm, Denmark” . EXCUSE ME.
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⚡️ Apparently the French have had enough of dodging Yemeni attacks, and are therefore taking their fancy frigate back to the safety of its home port. The captain noted they are not accustomed to "this level of weapons and violence.". The Yemenis "are perfecting their technique.
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Well that was the most lame attempt at a coup d'etat I've ever seen. A couple old tanks and a couple dozen trucks carrying a couple hundred disheveled "soldiers" in ill-fitting uniforms. The modest parade was escorted by Rosgvardia into Rostov; Prigozhin pretended to "occupy".
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‼️ Iran Is the Decisive Battlefield. I never cease to amazed by the misplaced idealism and realpolitik naivete of the Russian and Russophile doomer class. "A single Russian brigade could have saved the day!", they bitterly weep, like silly little children. The Russians spent a.
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‼️ Reiterating what I have been saying in recent days:. - Israel cannot launch a meaningful strike against Iran absent massive US operational collaboration. - If the US assists Israel in striking Iran, all US military assets in the region — aircraft and bases — will be targeted.
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I must confess I believe the US is now doomed to dissolution. In my estimation, the point of no return has been passed. America's geographic advantages render it effectively invulnerable to conquest by a foreign power, but I am persuaded it is destined to crumble from within.
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‼️ The Heart of Darkness Visits Africa. Mistah Kurtz-he dead. A penny for the Old Guy. So . the inimitable Victoria the Hutt paid a visit to Niger. Bear in mind that an unknown number of PMC Wagner forces are already there, and are at least "advising" the leaders of
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🧵Ukraine War Thoughts – 2022_11_17. There are increasing signs the narrative field is being sown to condition the public mind for Zelensky's predestined fall from grace. Ukrainian leadership is exuding desperation. They know the true score. They know time is running out. 1/.
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‼️ Trump's declared intentions to seize a larger sphere of American dominance in the western hemisphere is a DIRECT consequence of the outcome of the Ukraine War. Before the war even started, I predicted it would result in the end of NATO as a functioning alliance. Here we are.
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The "decommunization" of Ukraine is nearly complete. Almost all of the legacy Soviet infrastructure has been rendered inoperable. Water, electricity, and heat are now unavailable for millions. The country is on the verge of uninhabitability. Military collapse comes next.
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The Russians have been relentlessly striking BIG ammo dumps over the past few weeks. Either the AFU has suddenly become remarkably careless, or Russian intel has dramatically improved -- or perhaps the depot locations are being deliberately betrayed to them. 🤔
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‼️ Very few people realize the Houthis have, over the past few years, shot down at least:. 3 F-15s, 3 F-16s, 3 Tornados, 1 Typhoon, and 1 Mirage 2000. Plus over a dozen Apaches and Blackhawks, an Osprey, and several dozen US/NATO-made drones. Now imagine what Iran could do . .
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Imperial sanctions against Russia have proven so effective that Russia now not only has the tallest building in Europe, but also the largest economy, surpassing Germany. The Lakhta Center in St. Petersburg is also, imo, one of the most elegant modern skyscrapers ever built.
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Given the fact that — apparently — Prigozhin is not being arrested, and PMC Wagner is being deployed to the front lines in Belarus, I think we can confidently conclude that this whole thing WAS a psyop of some sort. Most likely a counter-intel operation to smoke out traitors.
@imetatronink Leaving out the absolute nonsense from the "little dog in skirts" crowd & other breathless reports of "defections" from RFU to the Wagner side; the latest news that this is now "all over" & Prigozhin/Wagner are returning peacefully to assigned locations, makes me V suspicious.
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🧵The Strategic Irrelevance of Kiev. Given the myopic focus of the "Ukraine is winning" crowd on the alleged (and fallacious) Russian "defeat" at Kiev, I am reminded of how, during the US Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was ceaselessly frustrated with his early cadre of generals. 1/.
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‼️ The Ukrainian Telegram channel "Rezident" reports that, according to its sources, in the previous three days the AFU has lost over 150 units of heavy equipment, including 12 German Leopard MBTs and 15 American M2 Bradley IFVs.
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My new friend @witte_sergei is not only a brilliant war historian, but his ongoing analysis of the dynamic developments of the Ukraine War is as valuable as any I've seen. I give his latest piece my highest recommendation. ***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED *****.
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The Ukrainians are apparently determined to continue feeding their men and NATO's armor into this new Zaporozhye meat-grinder. And, as widely predicted by many, neither the German Leopard 2A6 nor the American M2 Bradleys are a match for Russian firepower. This is a massacre.
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Well . this throws a new wrinkle into the mix:. Apparently Gazprom has confirmed that Line B of Nord Stream 2 was NOT damaged by the sabotage operation last week. Also that the damage to the other lines is reparable. So . what will Germany do NOW? 🤔.
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‼️🤦♂️ I don't understand how so many people in my mentions seem to be unaware of the fact that 100s of ATACMS and 100s of SS/SCALPs have already been used against Russia. Also 1000s of long-range drones. The Russians adapted quickly to all of them, and now routinely defeat them.
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Biden is the most prolific meme creator in internet history.
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‼️ I've just listened to this interview with John Helmer, who is convinced NATO is planning an ambush attack against Russia as soon as June 12th, under the guise of long-planned NATO exercises in Germany, Poland, and Romania. Helmer believes this "ambush attack" will incorporate.
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Massive missile strike on Kiev overnight and into the morning. Apparently the remaining Patriot battery was hit. Patriot PAC-3 missiles fell in various places around the city. Won't be long now before US allies cancel their orders for additional Patriot systems.
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The US has measured its battlefield mettle, for decades, against brave sandal-shod men with AK-47s, RPGs, and a certain savoir faire for constructing IEDs. But they have *never* faced anything like Russian artillery or missiles. Not even in Hollywood movies or video games. 6/.
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Living the monogamous dream with the perfect woman for forty-two years and counting .
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It's now clear how Ukraine is using the longer-range M777 howitzers the US has provided in recent weeks: nothing but terrorist attacks on cities. They aren't targeting Russian forces, but they just lobbed 60 155mm rounds into Donetsk. They will use the HIMARS systems similarly.
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‼️ The Russians are in the midst of executing the most intense, comprehensive, and protracted missile attack so far in this war. They are also quite obviously operating on excellent intelligence and have inflicted dozens of crippling strikes on Ukrainian military targets,
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🤔 One thing I've noticed over the years is that, on many occasions, if the US has some big military operation in the works, the Pentagon is always careful to wait until the US markets close on Friday afternoon before launching it. 📈. So, about 75 minutes from now . .
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Dmitry Medvedev posted yet another biting missive on Telegram wherein he mocked the Ukrainian request for submarines, concluding with the statement: ". soon the Kyiv regime will have no sea at all.". I remain convinced a land-locked Ukraine is a resolute Russian objective.
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🧵The AFU clown show in southern Ukraine scales new heights. In arguably the most embarrassing debacle of the war yet for Ukraine, they apparently permitted themselves to attempt an MI6-designed and directed commando operation to seize the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. 1/.
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The Blinken Clown Show just happened to roll through Kosovo last week . and "all of a sudden" we've got another European conflict bursting forth. Imagine that. #EmpireOfChaos
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Sergei Lavrov delivered a momentous speech at the UN Security Council on Monday — arguably one of the most significant speeches since the original founding of the United Nations. We are living through a hinge-point in world history.
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Oh, my!. Gazprom with an epic troll of the EU countries. "And the winter will be big . "
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‼️ I am watching with great interest the developing story of the alleged death of Yevgeny Prigozhin (and likely other PMC Wagner commanders). I am withholding judgment for the time being. As I have written multiple times in relation to Prigozhin and PMC Wagner, things are.
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‼️ In an interview with Turkish media, Azov commander reveals that the surrender of the Azov Regiment at Azovstal last year was arranged between the US and Russia in exchange for the withdrawal of several "high-ranking US officers" from the facility.
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🧵Playing With Fire. Over the course of the past several weeks we have learned the following:. * US intelligence operatives and special forces have been deployed in Ukraine throughout the ongoing war. * These US troops are *directly* involved in attacking Russian targets. 1/.
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I am convinced NATO will not survive the results of this war in Ukraine. Sure, they’ll “keep up appearances” for the time being, but there can be no doubt that most now understand that siding with a rapidly declining empire is fraught with great risk and minimal gain. 28/.
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‼️ Yuri Podolyaka has been, in my estimation, one of the better correspondents of this war. His reports have been consistently restrained, mostly lacking hyperbole. That puts in proper context his shocking report of today's battle:.
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But it is irrelevant. Because, since no later than the Korean War, the US has not faced a peer or near-peer adversary in a high-intensity conflict. The US military has not been, for almost three-quarters of century, truly tested “under-fire”. This is an indisputable fact. 5/.
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In a conventional conflict against China and Russia, NATO would exhaust its entire magazine depth of all missile types, lose dozens of capital warships and hundreds of top-flight aircraft - all in less than a month. NATO would then be effectively demilitarized for a decade.
In a conventional conflict NATO crushes the Chinese and Russia militaries that is just a fact.
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What sober military men in potential adversary countries across the globe see is that Russia has, with one hand tied behind its back, eviscerated the massive, relatively well-armed and well-trained Ukraine military. The US intimidation factor has been forever compromised. 26/.
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‼️⚡️ F-35: The Endless Comedy of Errors. Few people even realize deliveries of new F-35s have been suspended for the past year. Why are deliveries suspended?. Because they don't work properly. 🤣 They have NEVER worked properly. The F-35B (STOVL version) and the F-35C (carrier.
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‼️ Bleeding the Beast . I am inclined to believe that, in the absence of some truly egregious escalation on the part of the US/NATO, the Russians are more than willing to continue to fight this war on the strategically idiotic terms it has long-since assumed: the west expends its.
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Kremlin sources announce both Odessa and Chernigov regions will be annexed into Russia if popular referendums so choose. This would seem to presuppose military occupation of both oblasts, and is therefore an expression of Russian intent. Expect Sumy and Poltava to follow.
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‼️ So . apparently the US is determined to continue launching ATACMS missiles into Russia. 13 more were launched over the past two days, of which 10 were intercepted and 3 struck targets. I guess they figure the Russians will take it lying down. I wouldn't make that bet.
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The "counter-offensives" in Kherson & Kharkov have become catastrophic disasters. The Ukrainian's third attempt to take Liman was repulsed with horrific losses of men and equipment. AFU Version 2.0 is being destroyed faster than was Ver. 1.0. My next blog post will elaborate .
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🤔 That Smell . There is a peculiar odor permeating western political and military circles since the realities of the Oreshnik strike crashed through their plate glass delusions of impregnability. It's the smell of befuddled consternation.
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🤔 If the Russia / China / Iran axis is really serious about knocking the empire back on its heels, then what they should do is coordinate their actions. If Russia struck NATO targets in eastern Europe simultaneous to Iran launching a massive retaliatory strike against Israel.
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The truth of the Kherson "offensive" is written on the maps for all to see: AFU attacks; Ru hits 'em hard, then pulls back; AFU advances; Ru hits 'em again, but pulls back more; AFU adds forces to salient; Ru flanks them in force & cuts off their rear; trap closed; turkey shoot.
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🤔There have been unconfirmed rumors swirling since yesterday that the remaining Patriot battery in Ukraine is to be (or already has been) evacuated from the country. IF true, this would not only seem to confirm the Russian MoD's specific claims of the first battery's effective.
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‼️ People forget that the testing performance of the THAAD system was so abysmal they had to repeatedly "dumb down" the test scenarios until it was possible for the missiles to achieve a kill. They are sending THAAD to Israel because they're desperate and have nothing else.
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After horrific losses of personnel and equipment, the AFU is now racing to evacuate its remaining forces from Soledar along corridors covered by Russian fire. The Battle of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) has been catastrophic for Ukraine. The full liberation of Donetsk is now inevitable.
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But back to Ukraine’s apparent strategy for this war, and the apparent US influence on that strategy. I will preface my commentary on this issue by stating that I am now thoroughly convinced Ukraine’s fatal blunder was following NATO's advice. 13/.
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I confess I am somewhat unnerved by the extraordinary events of the past week. Anyone who does not now recognize that Russia, China, and Iran are in a de facto multi-spectrum alliance is, in my judgment, patently mistaken. Three potent civilizational powers against the empire.
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