Screwdriver wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 11:37 am
OK the BIG ONE I have been worried about for some time: if all else fails, history suggests a failing regime will deliberately start a war. It won't take much to tip Russia over the edge, a StormShadow in the heart of Moscow would do it...
Screwdriver wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 12:11 am
So immediately after losing the election, the Biden admin decided to ramp up their warmongering in the middle east.
No one could have seen that coming.
Christ I hope I am wrong about this. It's too obvious surely...
Screwdriver wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 12:11 am
So immediately after losing the election, the Biden admin decided to ramp up their warmongering in the middle east.
No one could have seen that coming.
Christ I hope I am wrong about this. It's too obvious surely...
That appears to be from 6 days ago?
Perhaps I should have said "planning" rather than "decided".
After all, this contingency was always going to be an option....
“No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.”
Plato
Screwdriver wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 12:11 am
So immediately after losing the election, the Biden admin decided to ramp up their warmongering in the middle east.
No one could have seen that coming.
Christ I hope I am wrong about this. It's too obvious surely...
So the Biden administration lost the election before November 1st?
"The United States announced on November 1 that it was sending bombers, fighter and tanker aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers to the Middle East."
"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people." - Giordano Bruno
I might argue they did but we digress, I have only just seen this deliberate escalation.
More fool me but the point stands: the last thing the military industrial complex want is for peace to break out. Without a puppet in office, they would need to start a war or at least scupper any chance for peace before they lose control of the WhiteHouse.
“No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.”
Plato
Screwdriver wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 11:37 am
OK the BIG ONE I have been worried about for some time: if all else fails, history suggests a failing regime will deliberately start a war. It won't take much to tip Russia over the edge, a StormShadow in the heart of Moscow would do it...
Hoonercat wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2024 10:05 am
Sounds more like rotation that escalation.
Well let's hope so. Remember I do not consider myself some latter day Nostradamus, I am not making predictions, merely observations. Having seen the lengths that the Biden administration (i.e. the deep state) will go to to cling on to power or at least, remove their biggest opponent, I simply suggest that history tells us what might happen next.
They might just drag us into war. Even if this operation is a long planned rotation, it's still a lot of weaponry all in one dangerous place with a lot of fingers on a lot of triggers.
“No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.”
Plato
I got sent a copy of them pictures and videos. No sign of a bus. Folk where saying the body was chucked from a car. Some poor sod picked the head up thinking it was a Halloween prank.
Have they found the bus yet or even the rest of the body?
It's all well and good the police telling people not to speculate but I can't think of anything people are going to do having been given a load of bollox by the police.
I didn't think this would be something Musk would have wanted? A bit restrictive given his other endeavors?
Sky News wrote:
Donald Trump has confirmed Elon Musk will co-lead the new department of government efficiency as he named Fox News host and National Guard veteran Pete Hegseth as defence secretary.
The president-elect said on Tuesday that Mr Musk, the Tesla and X owner who is also the world's richest man, will work with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the department, which is known as DOGE for short.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump's pick of Mr Hegseth as his defence secretary came as a surprise to many, with critics pointing out his lack of experience and noting his opposition to "woke" ideas promoting equity and inclusion.
Mr Hegseth previously said men and women serving together "makes the situation more complicated" and that while diversity in the military is a strength, he said it was because white men and men from other ethnic backgrounds "can perform similarly" but the same isn't true for women.
wheelnut wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 8:38 am
A Fox news host as defence secretary?
To be fair, it's more his military experience and background that got him the job...
Wikipedia wrote:Military career
Following graduation from Princeton in 2003, Hegseth joined Bear Stearns as an equity capital markets analyst and was also commissioned as an infantry officer in the Minnesota National Guard.[12] In 2004 his unit was called to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, where he served as an infantry platoon leader with the Minnesota Army National Guard. His unit was under the operational control of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal. Shortly after returning from Cuba, Hegseth volunteered to serve in Baghdad and Samarra, where he held the position of infantry platoon leader and, later in Samarra, as Civil–Military Operations Officer. During his time in Iraq, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, and a second Army Commendation Medal.[13][citation needed]
He returned to active duty in 2012 as a captain. He deployed to Afghanistan with the Minnesota Army National Guard and acted as a senior counterinsurgency instructor at the Counterinsurgency Training Center in Kabul.
Taipan wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 10:56 am
To be fair, it's more his military experience and background that got him the job.
There is nothing in his background to suggest he's anywhere near qualified or experienced to be the main defense policy maker and advise Trump on defense matters. He was a platoon leader, that makes him a junior officer in charge of 42 soldiers. Promotion to Captain gives him a bit more responsibility, but enough to decide policy for over 2 million forces personal across the army, navy, airforce, marines etc, probably not.
Taipan wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 10:56 am
To be fair, it's more his military experience and background that got him the job.
There is nothing in his background to suggest he's anywhere near qualified or experienced to be the main defense policy maker and advise Trump on defense matters. He was a platoon leader, that makes him a junior officer in charge of 42 soldiers. Promotion to Captain gives him a bit more responsibility, but enough to decide policy for over 2 million forces personal across the army, navy, airforce, marines etc, probably not.
Taipan wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 10:56 am
To be fair, it's more his military experience and background that got him the job.
There is nothing in his background to suggest he's anywhere near qualified or experienced to be the main defense policy maker and advise Trump on defense matters. He was a platoon leader, that makes him a junior officer in charge of 42 soldiers. Promotion to Captain gives him a bit more responsibility, but enough to decide policy for over 2 million forces personal across the army, navy, airforce, marines etc, probably not.
Guardian has lobbed its toys out of the pram over X/Twitter!
GB News wrote:The Guardian has announced that it will no longer be posting on X, branding Elon Musk’s social media platform as “far-right and toxic”.
The publication claimed that “far-right conspiracy theories and racism” are promoted on the site and cited that as the reason why they no longer wish to publish content on there.
Readers of The Guardian will still be able to share articles on the site, and news reporters can continue to use Musk’s platform to gather information for stories.
Announcing the change, the newspaper said: “We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere.
