You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
Matthew, Chapter 24.
I don't speak Russian, and I have no idea what's being said, but I'm sure that the Russian soldiers being shown in the photos are dead. Russian casualties are massive.
All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
Voltaire
Here's something to consider about the war between Russia and Ukraine as the juvenile demented Putin fanboy King Donny, who declared himself a war hero yesterday, attempts to bring the war to an end.
Ukraine may very well be winning this war.
Russian casualties are massive. According to one report, the Russians sustained 20,000 combat deaths last month, and have sustained 1,000,000 casualties so far in the war. Russia is only still able to be in the war at this point as it's not a democracy. A democratic regime could not sustain this rate of attrition. The U.S. Army became combat ineffective in Vietnam after 50,000 deaths. . . for the entire war.
Which is not to say that the Russian Army has been terribly effective. It hasn't. Putin isn't holding back in the war, he can't ramp it up any more than this. He's even brought in foreign mercenaries in the form of North Korean troops, who also proved to be ineffective.
Today is the anniversary of Czar Nicholas II taking command of the Imperial Russian Army in 1915 as it slid towards being combat ineffective. In 1917 the Russian Army simply disintegrated. On July 17, 1918, the entire imperial household was murdered.
The Czar was a decent man. Vladimir Putin is not. He was a member of the KGB. He is also a student of Russian history and seeks to revive what the USSR lost, which itself sought to restore what had fallen apart in the Russian Revolution, a Russian Empire.
He needs Ukraine for that.
The collapse of the Imperial Russian Army was somewhat sudden. As late as 1917 it was able to launch a massive summer offensive that gained ground. Then it stopped. Then it collapsed.
At this rate, the end is coming for Putin. The Russian Army continues to gain a little ground, but just a little. If it stops, and is pushed back a bit, the end of Putin's rule may come pretty quickly.
Putin likely knows that, which is why he flew to Alaska, knowing that he could depend on his loyal little lap dog to piss all over the floor in joy when he saw him, and do his bidding.
What should occur now is this.
The secondary tariff bill directed on countries that receive Russian oil should pass Congress.
US arms supplies, and European ones (which have actually amounted to more than American ones) should resume.
Contacts should be made within the Russian military and government who can facilitate the change in regime, many of whom are likely afraid right now of being pushed out of five story window.
Personally, I'd go further than this, although I know its unlikely to happen right now. I feel NATO forces should be deployed to those Ukrainian provinces which have not seen Russian incursions on a "do not enter" basis. I'd also encourage the raising of Western units that would be equipped in a Western fashion, made up of men who are veterans of Western armies, along the lines of the American Volunteer Group and Spanish Blue Division (and yes, I know that this is an unfortunate example) of World War Two. I'm pretty sure that substantial numbers of good Western troops could join the fight in that manner, but I also know that this won't occur.
At any rate, Trump ought to just go back to the golf course and leave the serious world alone. The serious world ought to back Ukraine, which may very well be winning the war.
August 21, 2025
Russo Ukrainian War
Major Russian refinery hit last night.
August 22, 2025
Israel v. Hamas
The UN had declared that a famine is occuring in Gaza.
Russo Ukrainian War
The Russians hit a US owned factory in Ukraine last night.
The Ukrainians hit a fuel train in Crimea.
US v. ISIL
U.S. forces killed an ISIS ‘key financier’ in Syrian raid on Aug. 19.
August 25, 2025
Middle East
Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen's capital yesterday.
August 29, 2025
Russo Ukrainian War
Ukraine took out 4.7% of Russia's refining capacity last night.
August 30, 2025
Israel v. Hamas
Israel declared an area within Gaza a "combat zone".
September 3, 2025
United States v. Drug Cartels
The US sank a drug transporting ship belonging to the Tren de Aragua through an illegal use of the U.S. military.
September 8, 2025
Russo Ukrainian War
Over the weekend the Russians launched largest drone attack of the war.
Guess Putin doesn't really care much about Donald "Col. Kilgore" Trump's two week deadlines.
Middle East War
A Houthi drone hit an Israeli airport.
Hmmm. . . . doesn't seem like that war ended either.
September 10, 2025
Middle East War
Israel hit Hamas' political headquarters in Qatar in an airstrike.
Qatar hosts a significant US military mission.
Russo Ukrainian War
Poland shot down Russian drones that entered Polish airspace en route to Ukraine.
September 14, 2025
Russo Ukrainian War
Trump called on all NATO countries to boycott Russian oil and to impose tariffs on Russia and China.
Trump's thought on this, as with so much else, are based on his business experience. A country willing to sustain the loss rates that Russia is, isn't going to be cowed by the loss of oil sales.
Domestic Use of the Armed Forces
And then there's this ongoing stupidity:
September 16, 2025
Israel in Gaza
Israel had launched a new ground offensive apparently to take Gaza City.
Domestic Use of the Armed Forces
Trump has signed an order to deploy National Guardsmen to Memphis.
United States v. Drug Cartels
The US sank a second Venezuelan civilian boat yesterday.
September 23, 2025
Middle East War
A wave of countries has recognized a Palestinian state as the US influence over the globe has decreased under the Trump administration and as support for Israel has diminished due to the ongoing situation in Gaza.
Palestinian statehood was already recognized by the majority of the globe's nations, but now over half of Europe's nations do and only the US and Panama do not in the Americas.
September 24, 2025
Russo Ukrainian War
Chances are high that Trump thinks his yapping achieves something. Now, he probably suspects, Vlad Putin will be shaking in his boots.
He won't be.
September 26, 2025
Israel v. Hamas
Donald Trump claims that he won't allow Israel to annex more of the West Bank.
Said Mahmoud Abbas, whose party governs the West Bank, expressly rejected the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and stated that Hamas needs to turn its weapons over to the Palestinian Authority, which is very rapidly achieving recognition as the Palestinian sovereign.
United States goings ons
Secretary of Defense Hegseth ordered all flag rank officer to report to him next week, an extraordinary move. No reason has been given for it.
October 2, 2025
Israel v. Hamas
Israel ordered all remaining Palestinians to leave Gaza City and that anyone who stayed would be considered a militant supporter and face the “full force” of Israel’s latest offensive.
This is a war crime.
October 3, 2025
United States v. drug cartels
Trump designated drug cartels as unlawful combatants in what is in fact an unlawful use of U.S. military power.
October 6, 2025
United States goings ons
Donald Trump has deployed units of the California National Guard into Oregon illegally.
update:
The judge which earlier ruled that the Oregon National Guard could not be deployed for this purpose has extended the order to California and Texas National Guardsmen as well.
October 12, 2025
Israel v. Hamas
A Trump Administration brokered ceasefire which is designed to stop the fighting, secure the release of hostages, and lead to an eventual new Gazan (Palestinian Authority) government seems to be holdings. Gazans are returning to their wrecked homes.
United States goings ons
While the rulings are interlocutory in nature, the Federal Court and Federal Appeals Court with jurisdiction in Illinois have blocked the illegal deployment of National Guardsmen in the state.
October 14, 2025
Gaza
Hamas is back in the streets in Gaza and killed at least 33 people for what it terms crime.
October 17, 2025
Russo Ukrainian War
Senile real estate developer Donald Trump will be meeting with Vlad Putin in Hungary.
The illegitimate Second Trump Administration pulled tomahawk missiles it had previously promised to Ukraine back.
Ukrainian President Zelensky will meet with senile real estate developer today.
Gaza
The senile real estate developer threated Hamas with death if violence continues inside of Gaza.
United States v. Drug Cartels
No reason was given, but it's likely that his conscience wouldn't allow for what is going on in that command.
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