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Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Richard Shirreff comments.

Brits (and Danes) in Sheds. Repurposing Soviet Air to Air missiles into an air defence system the Gravehawk. The name refers to a D&D character, a half-Elf bandit leader.

No, he's not unutual. He thinks like a lot of people, including "normal" people, and that's the problem. The cream hasn't risen to the top. He's a populist, which got him elected. He's not a Statesman. He's a normal stupid person, and they are not unusual or extraordinary. How far Russia is depends on the map,

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Mr Trumpf hasn't been told that the Congo is full of "rare" earth minerals. Switzerland didn't exactly stay out of WW2. They did well by essentially keeping the Nazis in power. https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1144&context=historical-perspectives

Higher GDP perhaps, but higher quality of oife? You make assumptions about how wealth is distributed in Russia, and how you measure "quality of life". The GDP per head in Macau is $140,000. When are you upping sticks and moving to China, because apparently you will have a better quality of life there Wealth in Russia is not well distributed https://www.intellinews.com/two-thirds-of-russians-earn-under-415-a-month-income-inequality-rising-survey-says-348305/ At the moment, Moscow is colonising the occupied areas with Russians, offering cheap loans only to people from outside the Donbass.

America was never under existential threat. That is a fantasy. The UK never had an election for 10 years due to WW2. Churchill was no dictator. An election was held once the UK knew that Adolf One-<deleted> Hitler had blown his brains out. If Putin would honour us with the same, I'm sure would be delighted to hold elections. Of course US leaders before have wanted elections canceled or suspended. Yes, who would support someone getting killed just for going out to vote.

Jonathan Pie's review of the week that was. He might have invented some new swear words, and conjures up some shocking visuals.

Rubio

Clear insight.

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https://1-re--russia-net.translate.goog/analytics/0244/?_x_tr_enc=1&_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Why its difficult to hold a Ukrainian Presidential election in areas occupied by Russia: https://cepa.org/article/behind-the-lines-ethnic-cleansing-by-home-loan/

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/01/30/7496040/