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[The Warlord]

 

[ferball]

*.

What a mess.

 

[Val Keating]

I know these two guys aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but Tim Kennedy talks about going in to Afghanistan post American withdrawal. He went with a small group of his special forces crew to withdraw some Afghanistan families that the US government left behind. It’s way worse then anything you’ve seen on the news so don’t listen if you don’t have the stomach for it. The Taliban are just the scum of the earth.

The conversation about his time in Afghanistan starts at 27 minutes and unless you want to listen to 2nd amendment stuff and UFC it’s not with listening to before or after they get off what happened.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Just tooting my own horn...

Adding up the global costs of Putin’s war | The Strategist

The death, destruction and disruption caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine suggest that short-term savings achieved by running down defence capabilities in peacetime can incur huge costs in the longer run. The cost of investing ...

www.aspistrategist.org.au

https://www.aspi.org.au/report/cost-defence-aspi-defence-budget-brief-2022-2023

 

[The Warlord]

 

[DesertRoo]

Sri Lanka Pres palace stormed

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

ferball

A small update on our discussion about Iranian factories and fires.

Predatory Sparrow: Who are the hackers who say they started a fire in Iran?

Experts are asking who is behind Predatory Sparrow, the group which says it started a fire in an Iranian factory.

www.bbc.com

 

[Val Keating]

The latest missile strike from Russia on Ukraine is straight up terrorism. Cruise missiles fired from a submarine in the Black Sea into an urban area miles away from any front lines. 23 people found dead so far, including 3 children.

 

[Twinkletoes]

F’ing heartbreaking mate.

 

[Val Keating]

F’ing heartbreaking mate.

Yeah it’s really hard to see. I’ve noticed it’s not front of mind for people anymore, but things like this will keep everyone paying attention. That seems like a cold way of looking at it, but it’s true.

Can’t see an end anytime soon. I don’t think he’s going to stop till Ukraine concedes, but they won’t and the world just keeps pouring weapons into Ukraine.

The Russian media is still all about a special operation to liberate Ukraine from Nazis. Anyone who says otherwise gets 15 years in jail…if they’re lucky.

It’s such a bad situation. He’s going to destroy the whole country. 44 million people. Hard people too. Russia is going to be at war for years and years. It’s not like they can just roll out of there and Ukraine would be like, yeah sweet. They’re going to be fighting for years and years.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

The Road to Stalemate

Nearly five months into what Russia had planned as a swift invasion, Ukraine has preserved its sovereignty and pushed back Russian forces in some areas.

graphics.reuters.com

 

[Val Keating]

Interesting that Zelenskyy sacked people he suspected of treason. I thought the punishment for that is firing squad

 

[Val Keating]

The Road to Stalemate

Nearly five months into what Russia had planned as a swift invasion, Ukraine has preserved its sovereignty and pushed back Russian forces in some areas.

graphics.reuters.com

That’s a good comprehensive summary.

Were you involved in putting that together mate?

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

That’s a good comprehensive summary.

Were you involved in putting that together mate?

No, but a colleague named Nathan Ruser was. He puts up nearly daily map updates on Twitter. He also used satellite photos to find the Xinjiang education camps back in 2018.

 

[ferball]

No, but a colleague named Nathan Ruser was. He puts up nearly daily map updates on Twitter. He also used satellite photos to find the Xinjiang education camps back in 2018.

Its really good.

I had to laugh when I read this tho:

In Ternova, northeast of Kharkiv, Ukraine reached the Russian border. The area then changed hands several times.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

NEWS – Cyber Policy Institute

cpi.ee

A good fact book (follow the link) about cyber attacks and attributions.

 

[The Warlord]

Some good deeper analysis of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s War Economy Is Being Choked by Neoliberal Dogmas

States at war generally adopt interventionist economic policies to mobilize resources and manpower. Ukraine hasn’t followed suit, instead pursuing dogmatic free-marketeer measures that suit Western creditors more than its own population.

auth.jacobinmag.com

 

[ferball]

NEWS – Cyber Policy Institute

cpi.ee

A good fact book (follow the link) about cyber attacks and attributions.

A little nervous about downloading this... lol.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

A little nervous about downloading this... lol.

Here's one you would find most interesting and relevant to our other discussions:

 

[DesertRoo]

Armenia limits bioweapons cooperation with U.S. amid Russian pressure

Russia has been complaining about U.S.-funded biological laboratories in Armenia. Now Yerevan is cutting off some biosecurity cooperation with the Americans.

eurasianet.org

 

[Val Keating]

Little bit of unrest in Iraq.



Imagine Albo walking around with a machine gun lol.

 

[Val Keating]

And just to spice it up we have a new dictatorship.

 

[Engimal v3]

For years I thought this thread was about chess and never once clicked on it lol

 

[Swallow_Wood]

For years I thought this thread was about chess and never once clicked on it lol

I thought it was about cheese and being lactose intolerant gave it a wide berth.

Imagine my surprise when I finally took a peek.

 

[The Warlord]

Lol Fatima The Spook doesn't understand that this is designed for an American audience that tried to overthrow the Republic last year and will likely succeed in 2024. This is what they think America should be like and ONCE WAS not so long ago.