Last week's post on Moon of Alabama:
- August 28 – Ukraine SitRep: U.S. To Prolong Its Proxy War
- August 29 – Ukraine SitRep: Topography Shapes The Battle Field – Abysmal Medical Service Causes Death
- August 30 – Big Serge On The Summer Campaign In Ukraine
Related:
– Reading Clausewitz, Thinking about War – Postil
– Bound to Lose – Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive – John J. Mearsheimer – (Today's MUST READ!)
– US Officials Keep Boasting About How Much The Ukraine War Serves US Interests – Caitlin Johnson– New brigade bears heavy brunt of Russia’s onslaught in Kharkiv Oblast – Kyiv Independent
– Are 500,000 dead and wounded in Ukraine enough? Apparently not. – Douglas MacKinnon / The Hill
– Ukraine’s substandard medical supplies endangering soldiers as war intensifies, volunteers warn – Globe & Mail
- August 31 – Huawei Chips Demonstrate The Perils Of Technology Protectionism
- September 1 – As The U.S. Wages War On It China Reacts With Defiance
Related:
– Diplomacy at the Floor – Stephen Roach
– New phone sparks worry China has found a way around U.S. tech limits – Washington Post
– China to Its People: Spies Are Everywhere, Help Us Catch Them – NY Times
As Beijing tries to enlist the “whole of society” to guard against foreign enemies, the line between vigilance and paranoia fades.
Someone should tell the Chinophobe lunatics at the NY Times that the New York Metropolitan Transport Authority and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security since 2001 have a copyrighted campaign called "If You See Something, Say Something®".
- September 2 – France Can Only Be An Independent Power If It Learns To Push Back
Related:
– No respite for France as a 'New Africa' rises – Pepe Escobar / The Cradle
– Protesters take to streets in Niger demanding withdrawal of French troops – WION
– Italian ex-premier says French missile downed an airliner in 1980 by accident in bid to kill Gadhafi – AP
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Other issues:
Empire:
- Falling Out of Love With America – Peter Hitchens / American Conservative
- Joe Biden’s re-election bid is in trouble – Economist
- Senility Pays, If Everyone Else is Gaga Too – Andrew Cockburn
- One More Time About My Homeland:
America’s Revolution from Above, Cold Civil War, and Looming Constitutional Crisis – Gordon Hahn
Ukrainian corruption:
- Zelensky's presidential sponsor accused of money laundering, fraud – Al Mayadeen
- Zelenskyy’s corruption crackdown plan raises cover-up fears – Politico
Ivan Katchanovski @I_Katchanovski – 7:27 PM · Sep 2, 2023
Zelensky-controlled SBU & GPU charge his ex-patron on his order to placate his current patron, Biden administration, which de facto controls NABU anticorruption agency in Ukraine, before Zelensky's US visit: "Ukraine's main security agency accused tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky of fraud and money laundering on Saturday, naming one of the country's most prominent businessmen a suspect in a criminal investigation."
Ukrainian tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky detained in fraud case
Ukrainian Nazism:
- Ukrainian Nationalism: Russian Special Operation— Denazification of Ukraine – Postil
- Bonefaced Blowback – The neo-Nazi ‘American Banderite Network’ – Moss Robeson
- How US and UK Government Propaganda Specialists Collaborated with Nazis in Ukraine – Kit Klarenberg / Mintpressnews
Middle East:
- Syria’s Kurds struggle to contain backlash after detaining allied Arab militia leader – AL Monitor
- ‘It’s like 1948’: Israel cleanses vast West Bank region of nearly all Palestinians – 972 Magazine
- Jewish extremists taunt ‘Ali’s on the grill’ at slain toddler’s relatives – Times of Israel
Wimps:
- Nobel Foundation Invites Russia, Belarus and Iran to 2023 Prize Ceremony (Sept 1) – NY Times
- Nobel Prize foundation scraps plan to invite Russia, Belarus after criticism (Sept 2) – Washington Post
Use as open (not Ukraine related) thread …