As I’ve said before, I haven’t posted much specific Russia/Ukraine war coverage – battles, atrocities, troop movements, weapons used – because of a combination of the fog of war and the purposeful fog of propaganda. But the topic keeps coming … Continue reading →
The policies of the Biden administration have done a lot for Israeli/Arab relations: A summit was held in Israel over the weekend between Bahrain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Israel and the United States. The meeting was designed to … Continue reading →
The Hunter Biden laptop is the same, back in October of 2020 and now. All that has changed is the angle the media wants to take on it, and that depends utterly on politics. There is no truth; there is … Continue reading →
Again: We’ve heard it from Vladimir Putin himself. We’ve heard it from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. But just in case we somehow missed the message, a political scientist and longtime supporter of Putin by the name of Sergey Mikheev … Continue reading →
At today’s press conference, President Biden discussed the uneasy situation in Ukraine and issued a challenge to President Putin: You know, Putin’s been in charge of Russia one way or the other since 1999. That’s almost as long as I’ve … Continue reading →
There was a big brouhaha the other day over Joe Biden remarking about Putin, “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.” Way to go, Joe – make Putin even more paranoid and angry and certain that the US … Continue reading →
I’ve not been impressed by the intelligence community’s take on much of anything Russian (or maybe anything in general), and that’s not just lately. I’ve written before about how the intelligence community failed to accurately foresee and predict the collapse … Continue reading →
A little stroll down memory lane: The appeasement policy began in February 2009. Russia had invaded its neighbor and former client state, Georgia, six months earlier. The lame-duck George W. Bush administration planned to put missile defense structures in Eastern … Continue reading →
Roger Kimball thinks so: Why do you suppose that the New York Times has decided, finally, at this late date, to acknowledge that the story that the New York Post broke about Hunter’s laptop was true?… The issue is never … Continue reading →
This is basically an addendum to yesterday’s post on the Russian military. I came across some interesting articles: on graft and corruption, on logistical problems, and on organizational problems. There is also evidence that some of Russia’s newer weapons designs … Continue reading →
(1) Hat tip: AesopFan. The wheels of justice keep up their extremely slow grind: A Politico report this week confirmed that investigations are underway after researcher Mark Glaeser began crossing-checking Florida voter lists against lists of the state’s convicted sex … Continue reading →
Ever since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine we’ve been arguing in the comments here about his motives and goals. Putting that aside, this post is about something else: the state of the Russian military. And by “military” I mean army, navy, … Continue reading →