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by Michael Now that Donald Trump has won the election, he is going to have to deal with Vladimir Putin and Russia, and that isn’t going to be easy. The Russians have no incentive to end the conflict because they are steadily gobbling up territory in eastern Ukraine. As long as the Russians are making …
🇺🇸 This is EPIC! Here is the reaction from the Virginia Military Institute barracks this morning at ~2am when it was announced Trump would be their Commander-in-Chief These are PATRIOTS! pic.twitter.com/egUOlZvpFX — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 7, 2024 AC
Republican Lawmakers Sound Alarm as U.S. Military Bases Report Depleted Stock of Write-In Absentee Ballots — Troops Overseas Left Without Voting Options Due to Delayed Mail-In Ballots (Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Valerie Monroy In a call to action, Republican Representatives Brian Mast (FL-R), Bill Huizenga (MI-R), and Michael Waltz (FL-R) …
Captain DEI isn’t beating the stereotypes. https://t.co/nj4j1X40LW — CONSERVATIVE (@ConservativeOG) October 21, 2024
On Wednesday Israel has disclosed that its military suffered the loss of eight soldiers killed in combat thus far. The slain troops were young conscripts, ranging in age 21 to 23. Hezbollah sources are claiming that dozens more Israeli troops were wounded. Israeli media published photos of the young deceased troops, saying they were all …
A German Newspaper DER SPIEGEL got access to the secret document, which includes 1000s of tanks & armored vehicles I’ve never seen so many so eager to go to war, they have an obsession with Russia, never mind it could end the world! Its outright suicidal! Just plain madness! h/t Mathetes 2.0
A group of Chinese army personnel arrived in Belarus on July 6, 2024, to participate in joint “anti-terrorist training” with Belarusian forces. These exercises aim to exchange experience, coordinate units, and strengthen Belarusian-Chinese relations in troop training. Belarus, a key ally of Russia, has supported Russian aggression against Ukraine but hasn’t committed its own troops …
Ukraine has reportedly run out of men to fight against Russia in the war. The Wall Street Journal and Die Welt claimed that conscription in Ukraine’s prisons has also failed to meet the needs of the war-torn nation. The reports add that Ukraine won’t be able to launch a summer offensive due to the lack …
A Pentagon-funded company is seeking proposals to feed America’s soldiers lab-grown meat in a bid to “reduce the CO2 footprint” at Defense Department outposts. BioMADE, a public-private company that has received more than $500 million in funding from the Defense Department, announced earlier this month that it is seeking proposals to develop “innovations in food …
The Biden administration “strongly opposes” a proposal to raise the pay of junior enlisted service members in the military — even after nearly spending seven times the proposed amount on Ukraine and the broader region’s security. The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) draft of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would give all junior …
Revealed – NATO plan to get US troops to the front line to fight RUSSIA: Alliance prepares for rapid deployment of American soldiers amid fears Moscow is plotting major war with Europe https://t.co/ecmLCpLDKI pic.twitter.com/Ajbn36CKKC — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) June 4, 2024 NATO creates a plan to move US troops to Europe in case of war …
by Michael The globalists are apparently trying to see how close they can get to the precipice without causing a cataclysmic nuclear war to erupt. They are telling us that “momentum” is building to send NATO troops into Ukraine, and they want to allow Ukraine to use western missiles to hit targets deep inside Russia. …
via Natural News: Some of the 32 NATO member states are inching closer to seriously considering sending military troops to Ukraine in answer to Kyiv’s request of training 150,000 recruits as the beleaguered nation is facing a critical point in its manpower shortage. The appeal to send in men came after the delay in the delivery of …
UKRAINE’S generals warned they have run out of reserves to halt Russia’s shock assault on Kharkiv. It comes as Vladimir Putin masses more than half a million troops on the frontline in a bid to overpower Ukraine’s forces. Ukraine’s military has admitted it is struggling to contain the advance in the north east of the …
US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell met with Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine on Friday and they agreed – after Niger’s demands – that the US would militarily withdraw from the country, according to a State Department official. In the coming days, there will be conversations over the timeline for the withdrawal with …
Cenk Uygur and Dave Smith on a tax rebellion if US troops are sent to war:@cenkuygur: There’s not a single American troop that's going to go to the Middle East to die for Netanyahu. Not one. If you try to send one of our guys into the Middle East, we’re going to stop paying… pic.twitter.com/XLNrQVgBW2 …
At the same time that French President Emmanuel Macron is threatening to send troops to Ukraine to fight against Russia, his country is fueling the Russian war effort by purchasing €600 million worth of natural gas from Moscow in the first three months of 2024. According to new data, France is quietly paying more and …
The French President plans to send the 126th Infantry Regiment, which fought in Africa and Afghanistan, to Odessa This is reported by the French publication Le Monde, which found out that Macron’s “plan” to send troops to Ukraine has been discussed for several months. Le Monde… pic.twitter.com/HFJAoSXDtv — Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) April 10, 2024 Monde …
The IDF attacked a Hezbollah rocket launcher and operational infrastructure in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the IDF reported. In recent hours, Air Force fighter jets struck Hezbollah infrastructure in Kafr Kila in southern Lebanon in response to rocket launches from Lebanese territory to the area of Safed. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-795850 “Israel has withdrawn all ground troops from …
The # is shocking to me. I had no idea. Nice map from CNN with an overview of U.S. force posture & surrounding Iranian proxies in the Middle East pic.twitter.com/QS9CETQ2Je — Ian Ellis (@ianellisjones) February 5, 2024 h/t Dale Cooper
Estonia has long been no friend of Russia, and a leading anti-Moscow hawkish voice within the Baltics, and that’s why a fresh interview by Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur in European media is raising eyebrows as he issued some very revealing statements. The defense chief said in the interview with the Austrian newspaper Die Presse that all NATO …
Taiwan defense minister Chiu Kuo-cheng appeared to admit US Special Forces are training the Taiwanese military for a potential conflict If correct, US troops would be stationed on coastal islands far closer to mainland China than to Taiwan in an escalation of America’s presence in the region Chinese President Xi Jinping has repeatedly said he …
Bad move Macron.That's 2000 funerals to get organised. https://t.co/SuLzfm884E — Cuthbert Collingwood (@SurfaceSkimmer) March 19, 2024 “MINSK, 19 March (BelTA) – Russia has the information that France is preparing a military contingent of 2,000 troops to be sent to Ukraine, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin said, TASS reported. “The current …
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s election victory speech and Q&A with the press was full of familiar themes, but he used the occasion after capturing a record 87% of the vote to warn the US and Europe that a “full-scale World War III” is “possible” should any Western troops enter Ukraine. The remarks came in response to a journalist’s question on President …
By Martin Armstrong The West wants war DESPERATELY with Russia. The Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has come straight out and admitted on Friday, March 8th, that “NATO military personnel are already present in Ukraine.” They can’t wait to draw the first blood. Russia has NEVER had any intention of invading Europe. It has always been the other way around. This entire war …
“If Russia won, the lives of the French would change. We will no longer have security in Europe,” said Macron, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s appetite for territory may not stop with Ukraine. “Wanting peace today means not letting Ukraine fall.” Macron spoke on the eve of meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and …
BREAKING: US Special forces troops will be permanently stationed in #Taiwan, UDN confirms. pic.twitter.com/JxhPAzfEt6 — Go Fund Taiwan (@GoFundTaiwan) March 2, 2024 https://theatlasnews.co/brief/2024/03/02/us-special-forces-to-be-permanently-stationed-in-taiwan/ https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5106211 https://udn.com/news/story/10930/7754972 Update: Along with Marines stationed on the island, US Special Forces are now reportedly permanently based in Taiwan to deter Chinese aggression on the disputed territory!! US has now also …
Russian President Vladimir Putin still casts the conflict as a proxy battle with the West that Moscow claims is propping up Kyiv. But Western governments have been at pains to maintain a plausible distance from the war, no matter their robust support for Ukraine’s defense. Leaked documents last year confirmed that some NATO countries — …
Leaders across Europe have lined up to rule out putting troops on the ground in Ukraine after French president Emmanuel Macron announced he was open to the idea of sending soldiers to fight against Vladimir Putin’s forces – as the Kremlin warned of the “inevitability” of a direct war with Nato if such a move …
