This short segment is correct. The failure of Western Europe to form good relations with Russia—better yet, an alliance—is the greatest foreign policy mistake in world history. Nothing the West/NATO has done in Ukraine has benefitted anyone save a handful of delusional maniacs whose parasitic tendrils are simultaneously destroying the West as well. ABN
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What will the neocons do now that their reckless strategy to destroy Russia has failed? Russia prepares for war with NATO
Unconfirmed but potentially ominous news for Chinese domestic politics
This may indicate the start of a purge of Jiang Zemin’s faction; his family, clan, loyalists, and followers, potentially numbering in the thousands. See the video below for more on this. ABN
Subtle Moments of Hu Jintao & Xi Jinping Beside Jiang Zemin’s Body, Has the A4 Revolution Died Down?
The ‘A4 Revolution’ is another name for the “White Paper Demonstrations’ of late November where people held up blank pieces of paper to signal their disapproval with Xi Jinping and his zero-covid policies. A4 is a common paper size in China. The video presents some very interesting details, including an alleged plan of Xi’s to confiscate all of Jiang Zemin’s wealth and purge all of his followers and loyalists and confiscate all of their wealth and then use that money to pay for an invasion of Taiwan. ABN
Japan announces large military build-up
Douglas Macgregor: The Complete Destruction of Ukraine is Unavoidable
General Zaluzhny, Ukraine at a fork in the road
Odessa blackouts. Ukraine situation crashing as Russian missile strikes continue
Odessa falls and Ukraine becomes a landlocked country
Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance:
ISTAR stands for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance. In its macroscopic sense, ISTAR is a practice that links several battlefield functions together to assist a combat force in employing its sensors and managing the information they gather.
Information is collected on the battlefield through systematic observation by deployed soldiers and a variety of electronic sensors. Surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance are methods of obtaining this information. The information is then passed to intelligence personnel for analysis, and then to the commander and their staff for the formulation of battle plans. Intelligence is processed information that is relevant and contributes to an understanding of the ground, and of enemy dispositions and intents. Intelligence failures can happen.
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UPDATE: This is a terrific interview. Everybody should watch it and learn from it. Macgregor is a very clear speaker and provides deep analysis and specific suggestions. Vlahos talks like an academic, which he is, but at 1:59:40, he describes the American elite and our problem with it perfectly, thereby describing the core of American decline which is near-irreversible and entirely due to that elite which he says has built a “…hermetic, separate political system. Something far less sensitive to the people even than British society in the mid-18th Century, which no one would argue was a democracy.” In what is now normal American parlance, both men speak in code about our elite by entirely ignoring how they got there, who they are, and what their long-term goals are. ABN
India, Chinese soldiers injured after clash at Yangtse in Arunachal
Indian and Chinese soldiers suffered “minor injuries” after they were engaged in a face-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Tawang Sector of Arunachal Pradesh the Army said on December 12, 2022 evening soon after The Hindu reported the clash that occurred at Yangtse in Tawang sector last week in which around 20 Indian soldiers and a much higher number on the Chinese side were injured, according to multiple sources.
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After 40 Days of Silence President Jair Bolsonaro Tells The Brazilian People They Will Determine The Future, The Military Will Support The People
After an election fraught with corruption within Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro was silent as tens of millions of people filled the streets in protest. Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is in a tenuous position with the military looming and prepared for intervention.
Today, after remaining silent for 40 days, and with increased national sentiment in strong opposition to the election fraud that happened, Jair Bolsonaro spoke to a massive crowd telling them the military would follow the constitution and determine the outcome. The certification of the election is scheduled for Monday.
It appears that Bolsonaro is telling the people of Brazil that whatever the people do, they will not suffer at the hand of the Brazilian military – it appears Bolsonaro has the word of the generals within the military to support the people and not conduct violence against them.
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Private talks between American politicians on shaping the country’s foreign policy: walk our way, or fade away.
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Xi Jinping Says China Supports UN Full Membership for Palestine with 1967 Borders
President Xi Jinping has expressed China’s support for an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and expressed frustration with the “historical injustice” that Palestinians have endured.
“It is not possible to continue the historical injustice against the Palestinians,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday at the start of the Riyadh-Gulf-Chinese Summit for Cooperation and Development in Saudi Arabia.
Xi called for Palestine to be granted “full membership” in the UN and stated that Beijing “supports the two-state solution and the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
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Chinese Hackers Stole Millions From US COVID Relief Benefits, Secret Service Reports
Hackers with ties to the Chinese government stole at least $20 million from U.S. taxpayer-funded COVID-19 relief benefits in more than a dozen states, the Secret Service reports.
The hacking group APT41, known as “the ‘workhorse’ of cyberespionage operations that benefit the Chinese government,” looted pandemic-related Small Business Administration loans and unemployment insurance funds, NBC News reported Monday. The theft is the U.S. government’s first publicly acknowledged incident of pandemic fraud linked to foreign, state-sponsored cybercriminals.
The Secret Service considers APT41 a “Chinese state-sponsored, cyberthreat group that is highly adept at conducting espionage missions and financial crimes for personal gain.” It is unclear if the Chinese Communist Party directed the hackers’ attack on U.S. taxpayer funds, but APT41’s targeting of government money—a move cybersecurity analysts have never seen before—is a “dangerous” and “serious” threat to U.S. national security, intelligence and cybersecurity officials told NBC News:
The experts and officials describe the Chinese model of “state-sponsored” hackers as a network of semi-independent groups conducting contract work in service of government espionage. … APT41, also known to cybersecurity firms as Winnti, Barium, and Wicked Panda, fits the model and is considered a particularly prolific Chinese intelligence asset, known to commit financial crimes on the side. …
The primary purpose of APT41’s state-directed activity, the experts and officials say, is believed to be collecting personally identifying information and data about American citizens, institutions, and businesses that can be used by China for espionage purposes.
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Why China has gone silent: CCP enforces highest level of censorship to stop protests and all information about them
This illustrates the total control of the CCP over information and over China. We saw massive lockdowns of hundreds of millions human beings over the past year in China. A few brief days of protest erupted late last month. Then silence. It is hard to know precisely what is happening now but we can be very sure there is a crackdown even harsher than the lockdowns. Many surely have been arrested, disappeared. ABN
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