🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 The US counter-blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is leaking.
Brandon Weichert says the Navy simply doesn't have enough ships to stop it.
Chinese vessels are almost certainly slipping through untouched, and the whole operation was improvised under pressure with no real plan behind it.
"You have the physical presence of the U.S. navy for the blockade to be effective."
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@MarioNawfal You have no idea..this is just lurching into Permacrisis Trump has lost control of the situation and has no end in sight this will drag on for months and months it's a disaster.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive is gaining momentum
In the spring of 2023, everyone was swept up in euphoria—Ukraine was preparing for its counteroffensive. New brigades were being trained, armed with new weapons, and everyone was waiting for them to strike and liberate Ukraine’s occupied territories.
Russian channels were filled with horror stories about how their fortifications would first be attacked with missiles, then everything would be overrun by combat vehicles, and finally the infantry would finish the job.
Between the lines, everyone sensed that the goal would be to reach the coast of the Sea of Azov and cut off Crimea.
It all ended in a massive fiasco—the Russians knew the plans perfectly well, and the territories had been mined and heavily shelled. Many Ukrainians were killed, and due to the conflict between Zelenskyy and Zaluzhnyy, the latter was forced to step down. The lessons of this bloodbath were learned—successful offensive plans thrive on secrecy.
Another lesson was learned in Kherson—when the Russians’ logistics were completely cut off. It wasn’t difficult—the right bank was connected to the left by only a couple of bridges, so with the Ukrainians controlling them with HIMARS, logistics collapsed and the Russians withdrew without a fight.
The lessons were clear as well—the first and often the last task is to cut off logistics.
For several months now, a new Ukrainian counteroffensive has been proceeding quite successfully with the same objective—to reach the Sea of Azov, cut off Crimea, and ultimately enter it.
Logistics on the left bank of the Dnieper have now been completely destroyed. This was achieved by developing drones that are resistant to radio jamming and can fly hundreds of kilometers. All Russian attempts to deliver fuel and ammunition end in their destruction—the drones control everything.
Today, rumors have already spread that the Russians are withdrawing troops from the Kinburn Spit—the farthest point. And I think this is true, because it’s simply impossible to hold out without receiving reinforcements. And I think that soon the Russians will face an existential question—what to do on the southern front. Try to hold out, but that will require withdrawing forces from the Donbas, or retreat.
But in the event of a withdrawal, it’s unclear where to retreat to—because once the Ukrainians reach the Sea of Azov, the fall of Crimea will be only a matter of time. The Ukrainians aren’t the Finns, for whom a freeze in the front lines was acceptable. And once Crimea falls, it is unimaginable that Putin and his henchmen will remain in power.
It seems to me that we are approaching a very, very interesting moment. It makes no difference what a rat cornered in a corner will do if an iron fist begins to squeeze it.
OMG - The boos just started AGAIN and Donald Trump stops clapping as they get even LOUDER by the end of this clip.
This is so humiliating for Donald Trump and I’m enjoying it! 🍿
What about you?
Trump's 0 for 4 on his midterm report card.
He promised to make the economy bigger and better, lower prices immediately, end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, and stop endless wars. He's delivered on none of it.
Plenty of Truth Social posts yesterday. Not a word about D-Day.
Trump probably thinks the heroes who stormed the beaches of Normandy were “suckers and losers.”
Disgraceful.