Defence

2025-03-17

Europa (in its modern incarnation as continental Europe) is in turmoil.

Fittingly perhaps, it is named after an ancient Greek goddess, but as the EU (shortly destined to collapse under the untenable weight of its contradictions) it is now, much like the capricious Greek Pantheon of old, apparently convinced of the need to wage war, this time to defend the perceived honour of the Ukraine to the last man, and if the Ukraine no longer has any men (or indeed in this day and age, women), then to the last European.

The unfortunate fact that they are in no position to take on the Russians militarily matters not a jot - the honour of fair Ukraine and the heroism of her benighted soldiers demands the ultimate sacrifice, possibly of the entire continent.

One may think what one likes about "the Donald" but it is obvious, if one takes a short moment to think about it,

2025-03-14

The Ukraine conflict isn't going to end until Russia achieves its objectives.

After all, why quit when you're ahead? 

What is Ukraine prepared to offer?

ZeroHedge reports.

2025-03-14

"The Donald" wanted to make a deal for peace with the Ukraine, but did the UK get in first?

"The previous government described the Agreement on Security Co-operation, which gave long-term security guarantees to Ukraine, as “the first step in developing an unshakeable hundred-year partnership between Ukraine and the United Kingdom" 

But what of the new treaty itself? What's it all about?   

"A legally binding treaty, the text of which has been published but 

2025-03-13

A self-professed Christian Israeli reports from Israel on the attacks on Israel's neighbouring Alawites and other minorities in Syria.

Not for the faint of heart.

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2025-03-07

Scott Ritter explains the Trumpian path to peace.

If you rely on the military then you will get war or at least conflict.

If you rely on your economic interests in common, then neither party will even want war or conflict.

Co-operation trumps conflict every time.

"This isn't about Ukraine, this is about the British Government ... "

"There is no European Unity... "

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2025-03-07

The deluded rule the world.

When the money runs out, they send us to war.

Neil Oliver is in fine form.

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2025-03-06

Dominic Cummings isn't everybody's cup of tea, but he does have first-hand experience of that about which he writes, and isn't afraid to draw unfashionable conclusions where the evidence so leads.

"It’s ‘impossible’ to control our borders but we must fight over Ukraine’s borders"

"We must coverup the rape gangs ‘for community cohesion’ and to continue mass immigration but we will rally on TV to fight ‘the new Hitler’ thousands of miles away with forces that do not exist"

"We must transform the MoD and defence procurement because fake budgets and disastrous procurement are destroying our forces"

"The combination of the above policies with ‘Ukraine should join NATO’... mixes great weakness with provocation on exactly the wrong thing"

"they can write interesting things about military operations, drones and tanks etc, but they

2025-03-06

ZeroHedge reviews the embryonic Starmer Peace Plan that seems to have the support of European leaders.

As we have noted earlier, it's cannot be a "Peace Plan" if it includes features to which we know that  President Putin will not agree. Such as western military "boots on the ground" in Ukraine.

Putin may, like all of us, harbour the occasional delusion, but he's not insane, nor is he prepared to simply throw away the fruits of his leadership so far.

Heigh ho, who cares about the details when there's a propaganda war to be fought for public opinion?

2025-03-05

What is going on between the UK, EU, NATO, Ukraine, and the Trump-Putin relationship?

This is all pretty complicated and difficult to follow, but maybe we should bear in mind that it may not be totally without foundation - and the fact that it's hosted on Scott Ritter's channel lends it  credence.

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2025-03-04

For those with short memories, and those who simply were not yet here, this article covers the salient historical points from the latter parts of the 20th Century onward, from the perspective of an American. Necessarily it leaves out a vast amount which may never be known.

Some may believe that the Trump phenomenon is the fight-back against the endemic corruption described, some fear that Trump is simply the latest in a long line of "controlled opposition". I can't help you with that one, we will have to see how matters play out.

"By their fruits shall you know them"

What is undeniable is the role that Israel has historically played in US politics, and quite likely in the politics of other nations including our own - after all, the State of Israel was originally promoted in the UK's Balfour declaration after WW1.

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2025-03-04

A force to keep the pressure on Russia, and to keep UK-EU military forces in the Ukraine.

And if Russia does agree a peace deal, to boost the Ukraine's defensive capabilities...

I commented yesterday on the logic of Starmer's position, but one salient point i missed:

Call me old-fashioned, but if Russia has waged a war since 2022 to keep Ukraine out of NATO and NATO out of Ukraine (as clearly stated by Vladimir Putin), then Russia will just reject these ideas out of hand as putting NATO into Ukraine under another name.

It simply won't fly. There will be no lasting ceasefire under these suggestions, and probably no

2025-03-03

War requires ice-cold emotionless thinking, accurate and timely military intelligence, and an economy that can support the Forces' needs for munitions and military equipment as and when they need them. Oh, and of course they will need the Forces themselves, trained up and ready to go. 

And where will we get the steadfast national leadership that could lead the nation through such a perilous venture? 

Given the government's track record of sacrificing all of the above in pursuit of the ridiculous UN Green New Deal and the numerous fairy tales that that involves, the chances of this new "peace-keeping" venture holding back a vast well-prepared battle-hardened Russian army with copious supplies of state of the art armaments, look vanishingly small to me.I would go so far as to say that should Russia decide to call our bluff and brush us aside... 

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2025-03-02

Scott Ritter - give him an inch and he'll take a mile!

Peace in the Ukraine is only just beginning to be talked about, and here he is thinking about the real need to phase out mankind's ability to self-immolate through nuclear war.

Probably not a moment too soon if you ask me. The world needs people like Scott who not only have the foresight to identify a path forward, but also have the experience to assess the pitfalls and map out how best to do it. Sadly they are becoming thin on the ground, so the sooner the process can be mapped out, the better for all concerned.

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2025-03-01

Scott Ritter lays it out - and then some!

"Donald Trump has done more in one month than anyone has ever done in any peace negotiations in the history of modern warfare"

Whether we think he did a good job or a bad job will depend upon our view of the objectives, Trump's stated objective being to end the pointless slaughter.

Recent years have demonstrated that short of starting WW3, Ukraine+NATO/EU will not hold the Russian advance, let alone push them back behind their erstwhile boundaries.

Many won't like that, but would we like WW3 any better?

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2025-03-01

Yanis Varoufakis, economist, author of very accessible books, self-proclaimed leftist and scourge of the EU at the time of the Greek "bail-out", and now apparently a Professor, (and virtually the only "leftist" that I rate very highly for his logical analysis and ability to get to the real nub of political problems) explains the current state of Trump's relationship with Europe.

Oh, and the workings of Chinese municipal government! Maybe we should be wondering how our own new political system should look, once our current failing systems have collapsed.

Very informative.

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2025-03-01

With "renewables" leading to ever higher energy costs, nuclear still regarded with some suspicion (and SMRs not yet rolling off the production lines in volume), government-backed mega power-stations seemingly permanently mired in the paralysis of analysis and the perils of politicking, and of course fracking being sent packing, some think that old king coal is poised to make a come-back.

Yes, there are obvious problems with that, but there's problems with everything just now - and just how are all these wonderful new but power-gobbling AI data-centres going to be powered?

"It's a massive coal boom in China ... "

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2025-02-28

There's a short version and a long (unbelievably long!) version - so atke you rpick!

First up - the short version:

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2025-02-26

"... this is now a US world and we will do as we want... "

Jeffrey Sachs explains the context within which the Ukraine conflict developed.

It's a sorry story, and the UK's Boris Johnson made a significant 'contribution'.

"I don't believe that there's a Collective West"

"... or a Global South... "

"... China is not an enemy, China is just a success story... "

"... we can do so many wonderful things right now... what do we need in order to do that? In my view, we need peace... most importantly, there are no deep reasons for conflict anywhere... "

"... because we don't have enough on the planet... as an economist I can tell you,

2025-02-25

In case you are still wondering... 

In view of the lack of conventional military capability/capacity, as ever, Europe resorts to national posturing.

"If you oppose America's peace plan in Ukraine... then you are becoming an existential threat to the national security of the United States"

"... the script has been flipped... take a look at what happened at the United Nations recently... it was the United States voting with Russia, China, Belarus, North Korea, and it was France and the UK in opposition"

"... it's about economic relationships... "

" We will now seek economic collaboration as our primary methodology of coexistence..."

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2025-02-25

Even if politicians and estate agents traditionally vie for the title of "those who least enjoy public trust", it seems that at least in the EU, the incumbent politicians somehow are still preferred over their upstart opposition (perhaps the system still somehow works to consolidate the vote share of the leading parties?). It's a tricky analysis to perform, but Redacted have lined up a fearless pundit who doesn't shy away from picking some figures to indicate how he considers the political tides are moving in Germany, and the consequent reactions from the EU's "great and the good".

"The winner of the German elections is being called a big win for Globalists... a big win for more war in Ukraine... and a slap in the face to free speech and closed borders"

Maybe elections should be about policies rather than parties?

But whatever, it looks like a large number of German and maybe EU politicians are