@heidiponyrider@IronTuffBigBear@20committee Likely a bit of both. Biden admin / Dems seemed to be aligned with aspects of Iranian policies but those aspects likely coincidental. Similar to left wing LGBTQ+ activists marching in line with Hamas fanatics in London under the banner of queers for Palestine against Israel.
If Europe goes all-in on defense now, finally, they can see real results in 5 years and it will be quite different inside 10 years. But not 2-3 years. Major rebuilding is needed.
Clock's ticking.
Spain under Leftist PM Pedro Sanchez has bought almost NINE billion Euros of Russian natural gas since 2022 while providing ONE billion Euros of aid to Ukraine. Nice racket, if you can get away with it.
Wow… Trump is not playing games.
Trump says he believes Russia and the People of Ukraine are willing to make a deal, but that Zelensky is not.
Trump warns Zelensky that he “won’t be around very long” if he is not willing to make a peace deal.
🔥Scorched-earth on Zelensky🔥
@20committee Could improve the standard of tea and biscuit rations in the short term, but would prompt a lot of bad poetry b*tching about how trench warfare sucks / how horrible the enemy are / patriotism is a bad thing etc. in the long term.
Correction: British Brigade of the Dnieper
Ukraine's "main" front alone is 1000 km. What difference do you think deploying *one* NATO brigade is going to make, other than starting WW3?
The problem is "everything" is very little. During his decade in power, Trudeau allowed the CAF to go from bad shape to nonfunctional. Just the truth. This big talk is completely empty, a joke -- but nobody's laughing (outside Moscow).
Nothing preventing the Europeans from going on a war footing immediately if this is such a high priority. Start drafting men, building up units, switching industry to weapons making. They talk of 5 - and 10-year plans!
Fact?
Z-Man said, under his breath, сука блять, a very common Russian saying which in this context means roughly "OH FFS!"
Study Russian more and parrot Kremlin propaganda less.
I am prepared to listen to German preaching about defense and security, and stopping Putin, when they get back to the FRG's Cold War average of spending 3% of GDP on the Bundeswehr -- and not one second earlier.
Talk is cheap. Tweets are even cheaper.
🚨‼️There is a big and important debate going on in Poland. Acc to latest findings, Russia used its spy network to spread propaganda against the former government. "F*ck L&J" (Law and Justice Party) - was one of the slogans actively promoted by Russian intelligence in last yrs.
Polish media (TVN24 station) have now access to the counter-intelligence investigation, which began in 2023. In March 2023, the Polish #ABW (counterintelligence agency) dismantled the Russian espionage network that had been set up to monitor military transports to Ukraine and railways in Poland, to prepare acts of diversion or even assassinations and physical attacks, as well as spreading disinformation against Poland. The first perpetrators have been convicted, and now the media have access to the details.
The media published an inside story based on the ABW's and court docs. According to media reports, Russia actively used its intelligence agencies and their capabilities to fight against the former Poland’s government. Russian officers used their assets to spread typical political propaganda.
It is now clear that Russia paid for the distribution of such texts: "F*ck Law and Justice", "Duda (President of PL) go away" or "NATO go home". Russian collaborators were used to smear the Polish authorities. Russia orchestrated an information campaign to interfere in the political debate in Poland. The aim was to promote slogans used by the Polish opposition (currently the ruling coalition) and to weaken the Polish conservative government, which Russia found as hostile to its interests.
The “F*ck L&J” was one of the main slogans that was yelled during anti-gov't public meetings before 2023, it was also promoted by many opposition leaders, who are now members of the governmental administration. Russia promoted this quote by its intelligence.
Thanks to the current debate public opinion in Poland has found this out:
➡️Russian intelligence promoted a vulgar slogan to stir up tensions in Poland and destabilise the former PL government. It's obvious that Russia was fighting against the former ruling party.
➡️In 2023 Russia changed its measures of intelligence operations. They became more aggressive and intensive. Polish counterintelligence noticed this change and found a way to counter new types of threats.
❗️This case proved what should be well known to all NATO members - Russia uses its intelligence to fight Western governments for their anti-Russian policies. This kind of interference could be repeated in all Western countries. The West has to be aware.
#RuskieGwiazdki
FYI: @FBI@CIA@DefenceHQ @SecDef @TulsiGabbard @JohnRatcliffe @ChiefMI6@MarrMikk@LTGHRMcMaster@20committee@AshaRangappa_@chipmanj@_JakubJanda@STRATCOMCOE@SHAPE_NATO@GerardAraud@Braze_Baiba@jensstoltenberg@RugeBoris@RihardsKols@TomRoseIndy@PMBreedlove@PhillipsPOBrien@TimothyDSnyder@markomihkelson@benshapiro@JBugajskiUSA@MarkGaleotti@wojcikrp@AaronKorewa@SecRubio@JDVance@elonmusk@j_grygiel@IanBrzezinski@RALee85
A not yet non investigated case: how the Socialist PM of Albania bribed an @FBI chief and used him against the Albanian opposition; how the Biden admin shut down the thorough investigation through a plea deal
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@KashPatelX@PamBondi@AGPamBondi@20committee
This is simply a lie. I'm a strong supporter of Ukraine, but at the APR 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest, DC cajoled NATO into offering membership to Georgia & Ukraine -- with no plan to execute. This put Tbilisi & Kyiv at risk. As Georgia found out in AUG 2008. Gross malfeasance.
“Poland’s Moment to Strengthen:
Saryusz-Wolski on the Geopolitical Realities: For Poland, this is the time to consolidate, strengthen its military, and double down on its alliance with the United States. We can’t follow the European elites who are upset with America for telling them the truth.”
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https://t.co/8SmSUpSVTZ via @polanddaily24