Russia v Ukraine: Russia’s Failures in Logistics

The Russia v Ukraine dust-up is continuing apace, and Vladimir “Yes I’m former KGB” Putin has made a rare admission – that the Russian Army is running out of modern equipment.  Business Insider has the news: Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted that the Russian military needs to modernize its weapons if it is to …

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Defending the Republic, Part 1

Defending The Republic, Part 1: Scenarios Over the last year, I’ve been thinking, researching, and writing (Corporatism Part 1, Part 2; Thoughts on Ukraine, Part 7: The Joint Corporatist Scenario, among others) a lot about corporatism. I’ve been searching for a reason why corporations are doing what they are doing with social justice agendas. Why …

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World War III Watch: Neocons Gotta Neocon, Warmongers Gotta Warmonger!

We have previously reported on Bill Kristol, the neoconservative founder and later destroyer of The Weekly Standard, because as a dedicated #NeverTrumper he couldn’t stand to allow any support of Donald Trump in a magazine marketed to conservatives and Republicans. Mr Kristol and the other neocons, such as Max Boot and Jennifer Rubin, all love …

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Lessons Not Learned: Iraq, Ukraine, and US Strategy

Lessons Not Learned: Ukraine, Iraq, and US Military Strategy The twentieth anniversary of the Iraq War arrived without fanfare in US political circles. It is not politically expedient to draw attention to the ambiguous-at-best results achieved there after the sacrifice of 4,500 US military personnel with many more wounded and suffering from psychological trauma, and …

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Ukraine and Russia Are Violating Ban on Chemical Weapons Use in War – Is It Accelerating?

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Ukraine and Russia have violated the ban on chemical weapons use in war, but has Ukraine gone a step further?  Both Ukraine and Russia signed and ratified the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. Article I (5) of the Convention states: “Each State Party undertakes not to use riot control agents as a method of warfare.” Article …

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The Only Real Winner of the Russo-Ukrainian War Will Be China

My Twitter feed frequently shows me stories about how the Russo-Ukrainian War has devastated the Russian economy and how Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has led the country down the toilet. But, alas!, it seems that maybe, just maybe, things haven’t gone quite as we’ve been told. From The New York Times: Russia Sidesteps Western Punishments, With …

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Understanding DIME-Trump Gets It, Biden Doesn’t Parts 1 & 2

Editor’s Note: Mike Ford will be live on Liberty Lighthouse Radio tonight at 1830EST, to discuss this article, what’s going on at Davos, and classified documents in President Biden’s garage. Assessing national power, your own or that of other nations, is how smart leaders can effectively advance their nation’s interests. This process can also be …

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In Which a ‘Transgender’ Supportive CNN Piece Proves the Opposite

The Russo-Ukrainian War has seen hundreds of thousands of casualties, according to The New York Times: Russia’s war in Ukraine has left more than 100,000 of Moscow’s troops dead or wounded, and Ukraine has probably suffered a similar number of casualties, the United States’ most senior general said this week. “You’re looking at well over …

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Russia’s Says West Seeking to Militarize Southeast Asia

On Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the West is “militarizing” southeast Asia to contain Russian and Chinese interests, foreshadowing a confrontation between Russia and Western leaders at the G20 summit in Bali. The Kremlin stated that President Vladimir Putin was too preoccupied to attend the summit, so Russia will be represented by …

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