Russia should start blinding the Five eyes in other locations removed from the Ukraine, employ proxies where needed, Russia has them. Several areas where Russia could stress the beast, plausible deniability not needed, we’re a bit past that shit.
More civilian evacuations from Kherson…..that the AFU can freely travel over the Deniper unhindered around Nicolev while Russia evacuates Kherson, begs serious questions outside the ‘civilian’ excuse. Any real first world army relying on weather to tip the scales to their advantage might not be up for the task at hand, never mind a march east to the Atlantic.
Cheers M

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Nov 5 2022 14:51 utc | 4

putin should have scorched kiev or gone home. despite sonar21, this site, scott ritter’s rah rah-ing, and martyanov’s incessant youtube music and profanity laced juvenile rants, I’m beginning to think russia is really a paper tiger.
I am on russia’s side, I love russia, but I dont understand the way this “war” is being fought by russia. The way ukraine is fighting this war as a war, dirty, full spectrum, makes sense, that is how you fight wars.
But this russian method of incremental siege warfare is weird to say the least, and it doesnt make any sense.
in fact, it kinda reminds me of dunkirk and then hitler keeping the north group in leningrad rather than sending it south to support group centers push on moscow, and sending army group center south when they were 10 kilometers from moscow. that made zero sense.
but hey i aint russian and know shit about military tactics so who knows…one thing though, it definitely seems russia miscalculated the psychotic depth of the collective “west”.

Posted by: yoho | Nov 5 2022 14:54 utc | 6

The US boots on the Ukraine ground inspecting US delivered weapons is preparing a get-out-of-jail report for Biden and his advisors. These “inspectors”working along with Ukrainians will write an all-kosher report, exonerate Ukraine with minor, excusable infractions, minimizing the extent of those already on the global black market weapons.
Then between the 11/08/22 mother of all Democrats congress defeats, and the new January, 2023, Republican Congress swear in, Biden and his ilk will use this get-out-of-jail report to push for the last largest military and financial give-away to Ukraine.
This weapon inspection in Ukraine drama is not to fight Russians, it is to fight Americans.

Posted by: KitaySupporter | Nov 5 2022 15:00 utc | 8

Russia needs to start instigating coups in Mexico and Canada and install anti American governments and start arming anti American extremist and impose sanctions etc. WATO, western atlantic treaty organization. I think anti American sentiment around the world has reached the tipping point.

Posted by: maxim gorki | Nov 5 2022 15:17 utc | 10

. . .from the Pentagon, Nov 4
Today, the Defense Department announced approximately $400 million in additional security assistance for Ukraine under the Ukraine security assistance initiative.
This USAI package includes:
Funding to refurbish HAWK air defense missiles for inclusion in future presidential drawdown packages;
45 refurbished T-72B tanks with advanced optics, communications and armor packages;
1,100 Phoenix Ghost tactical unmanned aerial systems;
40 armored riverine boats;
Funding to refurbish 250 M-1117 armored security vehicles;
Tactical secure communications systems and surveillance systems; and
Funding for training, maintenance and sustainment. . . .here
**The T-72 is a family of Soviet/Russian main battle tanks that entered production in 1969.

Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 5 2022 15:28 utc | 12

⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (5 November 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
💥 In Kupyansk direction, enemy units forming up to 1 battalion tactical group attempted to attack Russian positions towards Kuzemovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
◽️ Russian artillery and Army Aviation have neutralised the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
◽️ Over 140 Ukrainian personnel, 3 tanks, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, 3 armoured vehicles, and 5 multipurpose motor vehicles have been eliminated.
💥 In Krasny Liman direction, the attacks of 3 company tactical groups of the AFU towards Stelmakhovka, Ploshchanka and Kremennaya (Lugansk People’s Republic) have been frustrated.
◽️ Intensive action by Russian troops, supported by artillery, has resulted in the neutralisation of the enemy.
◽️ Over 60 Ukrainian personnel, 1 tank, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 3 pickups, and 1 motor vehicle have been eliminated.
💥 In South Donetsk direction, artillery units and assault groups have neutralised AFU units near Novomikhaylovka, Pavlovka and Vremevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
◽️ Over 120 Ukrainian personnel, 2 armoured personnel carriers, 2 armoured personnel carriers, 2 armoured vehicles, 1 pickup, and 2 motor vehicles have been eliminated.
💥 In Nikolayev–Krivoy Rog direction, 2 enemy mechanised infantry companies, supported by tanks, attacked Russian forces’ positions towards Sablukovka and Sukhanovo (Kherson region).
◽️ All the attacks have been repelled.
💥 Artillery, Assault and Army Aviation have neutralised the AFU units.
◽️ Over 80 Ukrainian personnel, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, and 4 motor vehicles have been eliminated.
💥 Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery have neutralised 5 command posts, including one of 15th National Guard Regiment near Krasny Liman (Donetsk People’s Republic), those of units from 60th Infantry Brigade of the AFU near Vysokopolye, Novaya Kamenka, Chervonoye (Kherson region), as well as 87 artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and military hardware in 179 areas.
◽️ 1 command post of the Security Service of Ukraine has been neutralised near Kupyansk (Kharkov region).
◽️ 1 armament and military hardware storage base of the AFU has been neutralised near Volnyansk (Zaporozhye region).
◽️ 6 ordnance depots have been destroyed near Ivanovka (Kharkov region), Slavyansk, Druzhkovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novaya Kamenka and Petropavlovka (Kherson region).
◽️ 1 self-propelled fire unit of Buk-M1 air defence missile system has been destroyed near Belogorka.
◽️ 1 Ukrainian radar of S-300 air defence missile system has been destroyed near Novonikolayevka (Kherson region).
💥 Fighter Aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 1 MiG-29 airplane of Ukrainian Air Force near Velikoaleksandrovka (Nikolayev region).
💥 Air defence facilities have shot down 1 Mi-8 helicopter of Ukrainian Air Force near Ugledar (Donetsk People’s Republic).
◽️ Moreover, 9 unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down near Kalininskoye, Sadok, Tomarino (Kherson region), Stepnoye, Nikolayevka and Zelyony Gai (Donetsk People’s Republic).
◽️ In addition, 27 projectiles launched by U.S.-manufactured HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system have been intercepted near Leninskoye, Mospino (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson region).
📊 In total, 331 airplanes and 169 helicopters, 2,435 unmanned aerial vehicles, 386 air defence missile systems, 6,335 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 882 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,554 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 7,048 units of special military hardware have been destroyed during the special military operation.

Posted by: Summary | Nov 5 2022 15:38 utc | 14

«the Repubs have been more against China (which they call the Communist Party of China) while the Dems (with its Democratic National Committee) are closer to the Atlantic Council and primarily anti-Russia»
They are both against both, even if the appearances are that currently the Ds are more against Russia because they used it to attack Trump, and the Rs are more against China because in part that’s what’s left, and in part because the “nationalist” faction of the Rs has been long thinking (e.g. Trump) that China is a much bigger economic threat, this is already from 2006:
http://www.prospect.org/article/world-according-grover
«Pat Buchanan came into this coalition and said, “You know what? I have polled everybody in the room and 70 percent think there are too many immigrants; 70 percent are skeptics on free trade with China. I will run for President as a Republican; I will get 70 percent of the vote.”»
In practice there is “domino theory”: first the USA oligarchs thought it was easier to make China fall to get bases next to the russian border, now they think it is easier to make Russia fall to get bases near the chinese border, which likely has been the goal is Ukraine all along.

Posted by: Blissex | Nov 5 2022 15:47 utc | 16

on the previous thread a quote from b was taken out of context… that is my take…here is the full quote –
“This creeping towards more involvement can easily lead to a catastrophic war between superpowers. The best Russia can do to prevent that is to speed up its operations in Ukraine. A fast and decisive defeat of Ukraine’s army is the only way to prevent a deeper U.S. involvement.”
the first sentence was a hypothetical statement ( can lead ).. it was followed by a 2nd sentence conclusion based on this possibility. many folks isolated the 2nd sentence without keeping it in context with the first… my 2c…

Posted by: james | Nov 5 2022 15:54 utc | 18

So seems Nato managed to scrape another 45 T-72 tanks together from the Czechs. Maybe they’ll last another month or so. Also note the the “Phoenix Ghost” loitering munitions. Point defense systems with high rate-of-fire and powerful gattling guns must be in demand.
As part of the new package of US military assistance to Ukr,
250 M1117 light armored personnel carriers (pic)
40 riverine patrol boats
1100 Phoenix Ghost barrage ammunition (pic) and
45 T-72 tanks purchased from the Czechs

Posted by: unimperator | Nov 5 2022 15:55 utc | 20

On the small arms issue, the USA did the same during their invasion of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, and a hungarian commenter some time ago pointed out that after that invasion his country and other countries near Yugoslavia saw a surge in gang activity and gang wars because of the quantity and low price of the weapons on the black market, all coming from some area or another of Yugoslavia.
To a large extent I think that the USA tactic here is simply to create as much chaos as possible in Ukraine expecting it to be taken over by the Russian Federation. Consider:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/ukraine-s-ex-president-petro-poroshenko-the-army-is-like-my-child-1.4885308
“The day of the invasion, Poroshenko says, he met Zelenskiy in the president’s office and the two agreed to put their differences behind them. Poroshenko says he also proposed to the president that weapons stores be opened in Kyiv to the public – a scheme that was implemented in the capital and led to some 36,000 guns being distributed in the first days after the invasion.”

Posted by: Blissex | Nov 5 2022 15:58 utc | 22

it is only paper money… they can print endless amounts of it, until others stop believing in it.. until such time it works like regular money… if the country is bankrupt – it doesn’t matter.. it can go on until such point as someone wants to be paid back…

Posted by: james | Nov 5 2022 16:06 utc | 24

The discussion with Alex Krainer and Tom Luongo at The Roundable with Gonzalo Lira adds some very interesting thoughts on what is really driving the conflict, which extends well beyond Ukraine The Roundtable #33: Alex Krainer, Tom Luongo. The first 90 minutes are fascinating, if speculative.

Posted by: Norwegian | Nov 5 2022 16:23 utc | 26

@KitaySupporter | Nov 5 2022 15:00 utc | 7

The US boots on the Ukraine ground inspecting US delivered weapons is preparing a get-out-of-jail report for Biden and his advisors.

Or maybe admitting the existence of US “boots on the Ukraine ground” provides an explanation for dead US Americans that would be returning anyway.

Posted by: Norwegian | Nov 5 2022 16:31 utc | 28

$19 billion dollars of US taxpayers cash has gone to Ukraine, if I were an American taxpayer I’d be absolutely furious at this, I think the Mid-Terms are due soon and any American with a bit of sense should hit the Democrats where it hurts at the ballot box.
90 Czech tanks have been purchased by the US taxpayer, 45 will be refurbished and paid for by the US taxpayer, and the other 45 tanks will be refurbished by the Dutch, of whom their taxpayers will pay for.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/11/05/692167/US-announces–400-million-in-additional-military-aid-for-Ukraine

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Nov 5 2022 16:41 utc | 30

@ rjb1.5 | Nov 5 2022 16:33 utc | 28
lol… a disturbing thought… it seems it is coming down to that… AI rules…. i am beginning to realize how this AI is being used for everything, but especially for monitoring social media and my local state broadcaster – cbc… and who runs the AI? the intel agencies of course… we are in really good hands now! i haven’t been following marjorie taylor greene, but i liked what she said about defunding the fbi… what does she say about ukraine?

Posted by: james | Nov 5 2022 16:43 utc | 32

A possible insight into how long this conflict will rage on for, if it’s up to Biden, the claim in my opinion also drops a hint that they’ll be no peace deal.
“US President Joe Biden says American troops stationed on a temporary basis in Poland will stay in the country “for a long time,” in a move that would clearly violate a 25-year-old treaty between NATO and Russia.
Asked by reporters how long he would continue to keep additional US troops in Poland and other NATO member countries, Biden responded on Wednesday, “They’ll be there for a long time.”
It is unknown how many US troops are currently stationed in Poland, NATO’s main logistical hub for supporting Ukraine in an ongoing military conflict with Russia.”
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/11/03/692073/US-troops-will-remain-for-a-long-time-in-Poland

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Nov 5 2022 16:55 utc | 34

They are both against both, even if the appearances are that currently the Ds are more against Russia because they used it to attack Trump, and the Rs are more against China because in part that’s what’s left, and in part because the “nationalist” faction of the Rs has been long thinking (e.g. Trump) that China is a much bigger economic threat, this is already from 2006:”
Posted by: Blissex | Nov 5 2022 15:47 utc | 15
The D’s are for the Ukraine and China because the current White House administration is the best their money can buy.
Besides, the current WH has lost any juice and credibility everywhere in the world EXCEPT NATO.
Worst part is that our military has, historically, only been as good as our Commander in Chief.
It clearly explains the disaster which was Afghanistan, the fiasco that’s about to be Haiti and the complete quagmire that’s coming in East Central Europe.
Pretty bad when the people in charge show up the party in one giant clown car.
Only advantage to the Rs running the show after November is they will NEVER say “yes” to anything Brandon wants. The idiots may run have the steering wheel, but Congress has the purse and pays for the gas.

Posted by: JHW | Nov 5 2022 17:08 utc | 36

Alex Christophorou made a very interesting and very clear point regarding the bombing of the Kerch bridge last month:
The tradeoff for months of planning and 8 hours of stopped traffic on the bridge was 30% or more of destruction of their Ukrainian power grid (perhaps more).
I can’t think of a more worthless exercise.
Biden, Sunak renew vows. UK training secret army. Putin explains Kherson. Titanic Crimea stamp. U/1
I suspect the Ukrainians have the Brits to thank for that spectacular ‘victory’.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 5 2022 17:27 utc | 38

@ 13. . .more news on the progress of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine here
Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 5 2022 15:55 utc | 19
Shame on you for posting a link to what is obviously a propaganda article in The Guardian.

Posted by: R.A. | Nov 5 2022 17:44 utc | 40

Posted by: unimperator | Nov 5 2022 17:13 utc | 37

Basically they are implying that Ukraine is a punching bag.

Ah, the old “I blocked his punch with my face” argument …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 5 2022 18:09 utc | 42

… 1100 Phoenix Ghost barrage ammunition (pic) …
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 5 2022 15:55 utc | 20
Unaccountable secrecy around these PG drones. Does the source you quote contains a decent image of them? The best info I can find is the following August 2nd Forbes article:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2022/08/02/has-elusive-phoenix-ghost-loitering-munition-broken-cover-at-last/
Similar to switchblade, warhead size between switchblade 300 and 600, day and night operation, rather low cruise and dive speed but 6hr endurance and possibly backpack transportable.
It is possibly optimised for anti-personnel strikes but, even so, the secrecy is odd, given the available information on supposedly comparable systems.

Posted by: anon2020 | Nov 5 2022 18:44 utc | 44

whats up w all the losers posting their stupid music videos? nobody gives a shit about what music ypu like, you wanna play dj go shit on myspace.

Posted by: sheila | Nov 5 2022 19:06 utc | 46

@ R.A. | Nov 5 2022 17:44 utc | 40
Shame on you for posting a link to what is obviously a propaganda article in The Guardian.
R.A. You have inspred me to post more facts from The Guardian as our host recently has done.
b: “Of interest is what functions were eliminated. The Guardian provides this list:. . .”
. . .and from the web on troll: “someone who leaves an intentionally annoying or offensive message on the internet, in order to upset someone or to get attention or cause trouble.”
You scored double, R.A., annoying and offensive.

Posted by: Don Bacon | Nov 5 2022 19:26 utc | 48

Don Bacon (13): Tanks are powerful weapons on the ground, spearheading offensives and protecting infantry. They have one big problem, though–they can’t shoot down the very aircraft that can blow them apart from the sky. And, that’s Ukraine’s fundamental problem–it has no air force or anti-aircraft systems left. So, we will continue to witness Russia’s slow but devastating war of attrition that is inexorably grinding to its inevitable conclusion–the breakup and pacification of the former nation of Ukraine.

Posted by: FHTEX | Nov 5 2022 19:42 utc | 50

James asks why the media is against Marjorie Taylor Greene and what she says about Ukraine.
From Newsweek:
“Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comments about “not another penny” of aid going to Ukraine if Republicans take control of both houses of Congress are “very disturbing,” a Ukrainian expert told Newsweek.”
How dare she!

Posted by: wagelaborer | Nov 5 2022 19:55 utc | 52

The West: “We will forever stand by Ukraine as it fights to the last Ukrainian!”
(Behind closed doors) Russia: “We will go along with the West controlling the allocation of half of our money that you’ve frozen. Spend it as you will, through your governments and foundations, on Ukraine, and we’ll never ask for you to account for how it was used. In exchange, we get the other half back, sanctions get lifted, and the territory we control gets recognized as part of Russia.”
The West: “Peace at last, peace at last, praise the New World Order Almighty, peace at last!”

Posted by: Babel-17 | Nov 5 2022 19:57 utc | 54

Dima also says that Ukraine is moving huge forces, that they are very motivated.
There are no signs of fatigue on Ukrainian side.
They won’t negotiate.
I am putting this information here because everybody is glorifying Russia here, but Russia is not so powerful.

Posted by: marko | Nov 5 2022 19:58 utc | 56

“The war had paused, suddenly and unexpectedly. All around us, it was as if the Universe were holding its breath, waiting.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iCPsR_KTL4

Posted by: Babel-17 | Nov 5 2022 20:03 utc | 58

@ Arch Bungle | Nov 5 2022 20:00 utc | 57
thanks… it also looks like a 5 pointed star – or pentagram more specifically…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil_of_Baphomet
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-pointed_star
wikipedia isn’t completely worthless!

Posted by: james | Nov 5 2022 20:07 utc | 60

Re: Marjorie Taylor-Greene
I am glad b has finally pointed that the the west is currently caught in a pincer, with Russia pushing back abroad and domestic conservatives applying homebound pressure.
Before we declared War against Japan and Germany during WW2, there was a groundswell of anti-war support in an American-First movement which correctly pointed out that the U.S. under Roosevelt and at the direction of its powerful Jews, was ginning up a scenario that made America’s entrance into the war an imminent threat.
Ford, Lindbergh, Disney, and its army of 1 million Americans made up this fiest “America-First Movement.”
Now we have a lot of crypto-Jewish aligned interests in the states, although not nearly as hidden as it used to be (Jamie Haskins, the disgusting rat-fink comes to mind). And we even have those in the bar that seek a complete dismissal of the effort of these conservatives as being controlled-op…that the gravy train to Kiev will keep rolling regardless whether or not their “Rethugz” take some key seats.
Is this successor group of America-First legit? Will they truly stymie D.C./London’s ability to foment a wider and more destructive conflict?
Proof is in the pudding but there are some crazy shenanigans happening in the U.S. right now regarding our election. To me it smells like some crazy shit is going to go down next week and it could start rolling into something even more momentous.

Posted by: NemesisCalling | Nov 5 2022 21:00 utc | 62

Some satellite images of the Russian defences mentioned above for this who don’t have TG
Satellite images- Twitter

Posted by: Down South | Nov 5 2022 21:16 utc | 64

Interesting times.
‘Z’ and all his corrupt cronies and hangers-on. Too busy stealing every last USSA air dollar flooding the country.
With all local banks bankrupt since their only income came from o/s.
The end result is country 404. Notorious for neither paying the front-line cannon fodder salaries/widows’ pensions. Whose average life on the front line is measured in hours. Nor the oldaged pensioners!
Cannot/will not pay its price-gouged overpriced Crapstarlink satellite connection fees. A large percentage of the UK donated “Here I am/shoot me” sat terminals have gone dark!
Truth is stranger than fiction. Or you reap what you sow.

Posted by: Bad Deal Motors On | Nov 5 2022 21:33 utc | 66

oops, touche Down South #65.
:))

Posted by: uncle tungsten | Nov 5 2022 21:35 utc | 68

… it definitely seems russia miscalculated the psychotic depth of the collective “west”.
Posted by: yoho | Nov 5 2022 14:54 utc | 6
Russia has miscalculated the psychotic depth of the collective (modern) “west” for over a hundred years. Putin has been doing it for 25 years!
Putin has been Dreaming of Pie in the Sky win-win deals and grandiose cooperation with his western “Colleagues” and “Partners” forever.
He and his leadership group in Moscow have either changed tack just in time or they have again totally misjudged it and waited far too long to act. I suspect the later but only time will tell.

Posted by: SeanAU | Nov 5 2022 22:06 utc | 70

James #24
“it is only paper money… they can print endless amounts of it, until others stop believing in it”.
You’re on my frequency this evening.
B9K9 on the earlier thread had a post concerning money creation and the need to sustian the current model.
c1ue also made a comment on the same thread that formed a link in my head; about how Russian resources could be used to sustain that mode. It struck me at its reading that a conclusion that might be made was that choking off Russian energy supplies to Europe, making Europe reliant on US LNG might help prop up the dollar.
Who posted the link to the Gonzalo Lira round table on the same thread? A contributer there, Alex, had interesting ideas concerning domination of Eastern Europe as being a crucial pivot point in controlling the Eurasian land mass.
Your comment hit something that passed throgh my head whilst digesting this material.
In ancient times debasement of the currency could be detected by adulteration of coinage. With fiat currency this is not possible. While we beleive in the economy, we have an economy. Heaven forbid however should that an ignorant child should see that the Emperor has no clothes.

Posted by: Cyclops | Nov 5 2022 22:19 utc | 72

Putin has been Dreaming of Pie in the Sky win-win deals and grandiose cooperation with his western “Colleagues” and “Partners” forever.
He and his leadership group in Moscow have either changed tack just in time or they have again totally misjudged it and waited far too long to act. I suspect the later but only time will tell.
Posted by: SeanAU | Nov 5 2022 22:06 utc | 70
I am intrigued at how some westerners continually find fault with Russia no matter what they do. Isn’t it all part of the same psychosis that led to this war?

Posted by: K | Nov 5 2022 22:35 utc | 74

I have had two very satisfying careers, first in book conservation and the second in electrical work.
Both finished for the same reason, that a very tiny clique of egotists in both professions decided to make the job so complicated that only they, the Bodleian experts , the IET experts, could possibly be allowed to touch an old book or an electrical installation.
What has happened in politics is
exactly the same. The ordinary public has been bamboozled by chicanery that we no longer feel capable of making rational decisions about our own political feelings.
I mention my two careers because the egotists in both library conservation and electrical installation eventually killed the entire trade. Politicians have killed politics, by continuously lying through the MSM until ordinary people are no longer interested in participating.
I really don’t think this was the original intention of the political classes, to make politics superfluous to most rational human beings.
Islam sheds some light on this, both from the Gospel light of Islam and the Qur’anic light. The Gospels say that what you arec afraid to lose, you will lose anyway, which means basically that it’s pointless trying to control life because it is entirely in God’s sole control. Political manipulation is entirely a waste of time, a waste of precious life- time.
The extraordinary lengths that the perverted minds of the world’s most powerful people to gain and retain power will ultimately render them forgotten and irrelevant.
The posh players of the Great Game , like Blair, will live with their infamy everyday of their miserable lives. The entire world despises Bush, Obama, the monarchs of Saudi Arabia and Joe Biden because they want Ombipotence and omnipotence is not available ever to anyone. They will get nothing.

Posted by: Giyane | Nov 5 2022 23:22 utc | 76

The US election is only 2 days away, apparently Zelensky has ordered to make some larger assault effort for Kherson. We’ll see.
Posted by: unimperator | Nov 5 2022 23:12 utc | 75

I’m really not understanding this fascination with the US midterms as some sort of deadline for events in Ukraine. Last I heard, Ukraine doesn’t make the list of top concerns for US voters.
Regardless, if what Zelensky feels he needs is two days of battlefield success, there’s no need for actual battlefield success. The media is compliant enough that Ukraine could sell a non-existent offensive to the media for 48 hours before letting the story quietly die next week.

Posted by: Mike314159 | Nov 5 2022 23:38 utc | 78

reply to 62
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/strategic-scarcity-allocating-arms-and-attention-washington-205726
Not exactly America First but still evidence that some Deep State types are waking up to what a black hole Ukraine has become because the overriding priority is war with China. Republicans want this and I think they will ultimately abandon Ukraine and blame defeat on Biden.

Posted by: Eighthman | Nov 5 2022 23:51 utc | 80

@80 Eighthman
Interesting theory. Makes some sense. I do think we need to decinstruct the repub label from it as a monolith.
I think there is a genuine reactionary element within the growing American First movement which is undermining traditional kabuki duopoly in D.C..
An interesting fact regarding Trump and his international tour following his inauguration is that the red carpet and all kinds of welcoming parties were put out for him, most importantly in KSA where they did their Sword-Dancething and then when Xi welcomed DJT into the Forbidden City. 😲
There are many posters here, most famously jackrabbit of old, where I hope he is either doing something different or resting in peace, who think that DJT is just another establishment charlatan though of the highest order.
Well, why did Xi show him the Forbidden City when and if he had been scheduled to take the fight to China in due course?
These are questions I have no answer to and regret to say that we are still living under a paradigm of obscurantism where we have to intuitively feel-out the situation and make judgement calls accordingly.
There are just far too many paid forces of obfuscation from the MIC that makes it very difficult. .

Posted by: NemesisCalling | Nov 6 2022 0:29 utc | 82

These are questions I have no answer to and regret to say that we are still living under a paradigm of obscurantism where we have to intuitively feel-out the situation and make judgement calls accordingly.
There are just far too many paid forces of obfuscation from the MIC that makes it very difficult. .
Posted by: NemesisCalling | Nov 6 2022 0:29 utc | 82
You might find this course helpful about remote viewing…. (!)
Also recent article on my buddy’s site linked to the post name above
https://farsight.org/SRV/index.html

Posted by: Scorpion | Nov 6 2022 0:43 utc | 84

unimperator@37
The government of Iran has made it very clear that it is not selling or otherwise supplying Russia with drones. Is there any evidence from sources more credible than it, that this is untrue?
And if not why persist in repeating NATO propagandists’ misinformation?
Cyclops@69
Does anyone, apart from Jordan Peterson, still give credence to IQ testing results? It has been axiomatic for at least half a century, among social psychologists, that IQ tests are misleading to the point of being useless, except in identifying philistines in the academic world.

Posted by: bevin | Nov 6 2022 1:00 utc | 86

bevin | Nov 6 2022 1:00 utc | 86
Iranian Foreign Minister: Tehran supplied drones to Russia, but before the start of hostilities in Ukraine and in small quantities
https://en.topwar.ru/204572-glava-mid-irana-tegeran-postavljal-bespilotniki-rossii-no-do-nachala-boevyh-dejstvij-na-ukraine-i-v-nebolshih-kolichestvah.html
>…In today’s interview with Fars, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian admitted that such deliveries did indeed take place. But they happened a few months before the start of the special operation in Ukraine in very small quantities
>…Abdollahian said that he had telephone conversations with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba, at which he asked Kyiv to provide at least some evidence of the use of Iranian drones by the RF Armed Forces to destroy objects on the territory of Ukraine.
The Iranian Foreign Minister said that an Iranian military and political delegation went to one of the European countries two weeks ago to meet with representatives of Ukraine and discuss all their claims regarding the provision of military assistance to Russia.
But, Abdollahian stressed, they did not come “due to pressure from the United States and Germany.”
The United States and some European countries, in particular Germany, have told Ukraine that at a time when we want to impose sanctions on Iran over the supply of drones to Russia, you want to drink coffee with Iranians in a European country
– the Iranian minister explained the true motives of the new accusations of the West against his country.
The Iranian Foreign Minister emphasized that talk about the possible supply of ballistic missiles by Tehran to Russia is nothing more than speculation and speculation by Western politicians.
However, Kyiv still has some “evidence”.
Earlier, President Zelensky published a photograph on social networks where he stands next to an Iranian Shahed-136 drone allegedly shot down over Ukrainian territory.
The picture called for many humorous comments from Russian and foreign users.
They noted that according to the technical specifications, the Iranian UAV has dimensions of 3,5 meters in length.
The projection of Zelensky standing next to the UAV shows that the Ukrainian president has acquired the same incredible growth, equal to the length of the drone.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Nov 6 2022 1:22 utc | 88

@Melaleuca, It is moored in Georgia…
https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/vessels/USS-Rhode-Island-(SSBN-740)/CURRENT-POSITION/1/369970218

Posted by: ed | Nov 6 2022 1:57 utc | 90

We aren’t going to make it to 2024 without some serious pain and most likely World War 3.
Posted by: JustAMaverick | Nov 5 2022 14:33 utc | 2
Wow! Such a positive thought coming out of the gate on a Saturday in November. Chill and rake the leaves.

Posted by: Activist Potato | Nov 6 2022 2:08 utc | 92

According to her, these will be the most advanced tanks on the battlefield – once they are upgraded.” . .here
I wonder if Canada is also playing a part. A t-72 was spotted on a truck along a highway which looked like BC.
Canada getting involved in WARS without the consent or knowledge of its own population. Democracy and freedom at work.

Posted by: crazycanuck | Nov 6 2022 2:15 utc | 94

ed @ 90

@Melaleuca, It is moored in Georgia…

Looks like Melaleuca 1 ed 0, but it’s only the first match. Telegram never lies 🙃
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3205676/uss-rhode-island-ssbn-740-arrives-in-gibraltar/

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Nov 6 2022 2:18 utc | 96

@LightYearsFromHome AKA @Melaleuca,
Heralding the first casualty of war, like a cat on a hot tin roof, I ask whom would trumpet such boast, when Russia is the most?

Posted by: ed | Nov 6 2022 2:55 utc | 98

@ Uncle Tungsten 77
Rainbow virus.
The Brits already lost an empire, as did India, Persia, China, Turkey, France, Israel, Germany, dinosaurs and many more. When will they ever give up dreaming about Empire 2 ?
Where does it say in their user manuals that sending $ 50 billion to a pin up Nazi Jew in a green tee shirt 0halfway across the world might be a good idea?
As the lady from Cops mentioned, there always seems to be plenty of money for war.
Nothing odd about 15 C in mid November?
My Muslim manual says we have to protect the environment, not pollute the water in Egypt so badly that it destroys kidneys and then go and have a fxxing conference there.
And still the great unwashed queue round the block for US Costco cheap petrol because its 10 p a litre cheaper there. Why can’t they organise a tiny, anti-war , one man , silent , personal peace protest and go and buy it from Asda at 10 p. more?

Posted by: Giyane | Nov 6 2022 3:12 utc | 100