@RightistHarperDemocrat2wks2W
U.S. Says Ukraine War "Incredibly Dire"
kraine is on the back foot in its conflict with Russia but renewed American military aid should turn the tide, a spokesman for the Department of State has said.
Kiev’s forces have experienced a series of setbacks on the battlefield in the east of the country over the past several months. They are now under increasing pressure in the north since Russia launched an offensive in Kharkov Region. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Ukraine this week in a gesture of support.
”Obviously the situation is incredibly dire,” Department of State spokesman Vedant Patel told journa… Read more
@RightElandLibertarian2wks2W
Trying to expand NATO to the borders of Russia was provocative and therefore bad foreign policy. It's time for everyone to cut their losses, redraw the borders and most of all, stop the dying.
Except that most of Ukraine wants to be in the West. Even the Russian speakers in the east who have been bombed and displaced are not loyal to Putin, if they ever were.
Since when do we malign as "bad foreign policy" the principle that Russia should not dominate unwilling democratic countries with impunity. That ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
@Freedom762wks2W
Instead of printing money and trying to take over the world with all these endless proxy wars in Ukraine, Israel, and soon Taiwan, we should return to our Founders' non-interventionist policy of "peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none."
Blinken just told Ukraine that they can now use American weapons to attack targets inside russia. Unfortunately, that should have been the policy beginning 2/24/2022.
Biden needs to announce that US will do everything to help Ukraine defeat putin and russia and remove them from all Ukrainian territory.
Don't start with the russian talking points like "nuclear attacks" and "starting WW3."
@WidgeonGenesisGreen2wks2W
Will the US risk a nuclear war in its territories if Russia uses tactical nuclear bombs in Ukraine, killing several hundred thousands of Ukrainians?
@Freedom762wks2W
With respect, leave the Constitution Party, @VibrantGr4ssroot. They are a non-interventionist, non-imperialist party that does not want to print hundreds of billions more to subsidise a senseless slaughter seven thousand miles from our shores.
@ElephantGaryDemocrat2wks2W
The Russians taking advantage of the Ukraine's shortage of weapons due to Republican intransigence.
The Ukraine's had enough of a disadvantage in numbers of soldiers and weaponry, - the last thing they needed was a Republican/Putin alliance, but sadly that's what has occurred. Let us all hope that it's not too late for the latest influx of weapons to change the outcome of this war.
@HumanRightsPuma2wks2W
Let's agree that the purely political delay in the $60 billion dollars worth of weapons by the Republicans was a disgrace, and has hurt the Ukranians.
But to imagine that had those weapons, in addition to the $360 billion other weapons the world had already provided, come earlier they would have some how tipped the balance of this war in favor of a desperately outnumbered, war-torn Ukraine is just ridiculous, and just as partisanly motivated as the delay in weapons. All it may have done is delay the inevitable a bit longer.
Without NATO getting into a catastrophic war, Ukraine was bound to lose. They've been losing since day one, just much, much more slowly than anyone ever imagined.
@V3toWillowRepublican2wks2W
It may be too late to save Ukraine. The US had/has hundreds of ATACMS that are useful but out of date, slated for disposal. The US could/could have saved money by providing those weapons to Ukraine. Ukraine could have used the to preclude Russia from building multi-layer defenses inside Ukraine, but Biden would not permit that.
Ukraine could have used those ATACMS to take out critical Russian military assets on the Russian side of the border, Biden would not permit that.
Biden has been fighting for Russia since day one. He is a disgrace. Afghanistan wasn't a big enough loss for the US from Biden's perspective, he insists on making the US into the world's clown.
@Lobby1stAveryPatriot2wks2W
The astonishing carnage in Ukraine is all on Biden. The original authorization from Congress was fully enough if it had been promptly provided, as the legislation so provided. Biden and Blinken arrogantly played games with the first appropriation, necessitating the second.
I am absolutely disgusted by how this Administration has failed to lead fully half the countries in Europe to provide weapons to Ukraine, and utterly failed at the wholly inadequate Russian sanctions. Finally, allowing China to do what Trump wouldn’t let them do with Iran? Seriously?
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Doctors Trapped In Gaza Are Allowed To Leave But Won't Be Replaced
20 American doctors and medical workers are trapped in Gaza as a result of Israel’s post-invasion closure of the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, according to sources with knowledge of the plight of two ill-fated medical missions.
Israel offered to evacuate Dr. Hamawy and others from the hospital but refused to allow new medical aid workers to replace them. Five volunteers accepted the offer but Dr. Hamawy refused, insisting on staying with his patients.
He sends this comment through a colleague:
“There is a palpable gloom and foreboding that had set in at the hospital. The childr… Read more
To have a supposed "ally" dictate to us (the people who are funding their genocide) what the terms will be for the well being of a United States' citizen is absolutely mind-blowing.
Jeffrey Epstein must have pictures of A LOT of people in our government.
@Bureaucr4tEverlyGreen2wks2W
It's comforting to think that the only reason someone would support this is blackmail of the most heinous variety, but this is what they actually believe. Biden has always been an ultra zionist and doesn't need any compulsion to back this
@HolisticLionRepublican2wks2W
Fair offer by the Israelis to get them out. Makes sense they don't want more "international" folk getting killed by IDF attacks or Hamas failed missiles. Those doctors should heed Israel's advice and stay away. If not, they're placing their life in danger. It is a war zone.
@Ind3pend3ntBustardGreen2wks2W
Yes, it is called engineering genocide by destroying hospitals
@DemocraticStellaGreen2wks2W
My God - what strength, courage, and principles it takes to stay behind knowing what Israel does to doctors and patients. May Dr Hamawy and his patients stay safe and may the Israelis burn and rot in hell forever.
When there is no aid, no supplies, to distribute or services to provide aid workers give the last they can offer, their presence, their witness. It's called protection by presence. It should never have to reach this point.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Israeli tanks, jets ‘wiping out everything’ in Gaza
Ayman Rajab, a resident of western Jabalia, said that Israel’s increasing attacks on the city are decimating the civilian infrastructure while the world looks on.
“Israel’s focus is Jabalia now. Tanks and jets are wiping out residential districts as well as markets, shops, restaurants, everything. It is all happening before the one-eyed world,” Rajab, who has four children, told Reuters news agency. “Shame on the world.
“Meanwhile, the Americans are going to get us some food. We want no food, we want this war to end and then we can manage our lives on our own.”
@KindMantisNo Labels2wks2W
Most Americans refuse to see this conflict from the Palestinian point of view. To do so would involve imagining how we would feel if, after being colonized by a foreign power, that power decided to "return" more than half the United States to Native Americans, including all the most productive land and viable cities, and gradually pushed us into smaller and more impoverished enclaves while turning over our homes, farms and cities to settlers.
The settler population, backed by military might and economic power then begins encroaching into the already overcrowded and impoverished &quo… Read more
Israel is no different than other authoritarian regimes, and will need a different more democratic government to get my respect again.
When Israel was set up in 1948-49 on lands mostly occupied by Palestinians for centuries what's going on today was as predictable as the sun coming up.
David Ben-Gurion essentially predicted it. He said, "A people which fights against the usurpation of its land will not tire so easily. When we say that the Arabs are the aggressors and we defend ourselves — this is only half the truth. Politically we are the aggressors and they defend themselves. The country is theirs, because they inhabit it, whereas we want to come here and settle down, and in their view we want to take away from them their country."
I can understand the desire for revenge. But I find it ironic that a people who have been discriminated against for centuries and who were almost wiped out by the Nazis could turn around and act like their tormentors. I had always believed that the people of Israel had a high sense of morality and justice. I guess people are people but am very disheartened by this story. Even mo
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Russia Sends India Air Defense Missiles
India is set to receive the next batch of Russian Igla-S short range man portable air defense systems (MANPADS) by the end of May to early June, as the payment issues that delayed the delivery have been resolved, The Hindu reported on Thursday, citing sources.
Moscow and New Delhi signed a contract for the supply and licensed manufacturing of Igla-S MANPADS in India last year, Rosoboronexport, Russia’s main arms export body, announced. The weaponry is being assembled in India by Adani Defense Systems and Technologies Limited (ADSTL) under technology transfer from Rosoboronexport. While… Read more
@WigeonJoshRepublican2wks2W
Of Indian descent, I am very skeptical India will ever enter into a strategic relationship with the USA. India is steeped in Socialism and will never become close to the US as a Capitalist society. Now it may be different if Bernie Sanders or even Pocohontas became President. Absent that, in regards to containing China, the US will have to go it alone.
@FreeTradeTacosPatriot2wks2W
True that. This is nothing new. For half a century US has supplied arms and ammunition and aid to Pakistan including F-16s and Patton tanks. India had no choice but to align with Russia. But this has changed in the last few years. US and India now have a much higher level of cooperation and trade.
@Activ1stFaithDemocrat2wks2W
@TaxationP4ndaForward2wks2W
On one side India (correctly) accuses Pakistan of harboring terrorists, and on other side shakes hand with a rogue who poisons diplomats and fires at passenger air plane and also wants US to open its border for hordes of H1-B visa with often murky credentials.
@L3ftyAriaDemocrat2wks2W
This is a direct result of Trump in the White House. India and China will be driven closer to Russia because of his fundamental failure to grasp dependencies between trade, security, and power balances. He is seen as a bumbling fool by the world, and countries will adjust their allegiances to manage this risk.
@GutturalFreedom2wks2W
Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband sentenced to 30 years in prison
A federal judge sentenced the man convicted of assaulting and attempting to kidnap Paul Pelosi, the husband of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), to 30 years in prison on Friday, AP reports.Why it matters: David DePape's brutal attack on Paul Pelosi just before the 2022 midterm elections shook lawmakers from both parties and underscored the surging threats of violence they and other public officials face.
Paul Pelosi underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands after the attack.
@CardinalBenLibertarian2wks2W
Two sets of rules.
No one else gets 30 years for this if the victim were a regular American.
Case wouldn’t even be filed in the district Pelosi lives in.
@M1norityBertRepublican2wks2W
I worked as a criminal defense attorney in South Florida when Rush Limbaugh was charged for a drug crime.
If it was anybody else, a first-offense like that would have gotten a diversion program: couple of classes, a couple of fines and charges are dismissed.
They threw the book at him (or tried to).
@EcstaticLynxGreen2wks2W
Meanwhile thousands of criminals are roaming the streets in the same city of San Francisco, left unprosecuted
@Varsity1 2wks2W
Meanwhile, other people convicted of minor crimes have received harsher punishments, and criminals of the same or worse offenses have received less
Good time to review the footage again…
• Paul Pelosi Pants down in his boxers
• Drink in his hand
• Paul is **** faced drunk
• Paul handed him the hammer?
• Paul answers door smiling- “hey 😃”
• If Paul Pelosi felt he was in danger, why didn’t he try to escape????
• Suspect has A weapon… Officer says drop the weapon— but officer doesn’t have his drawn?
• Paul Pelosi Snoring from being knocked out
• Where is the other officers footage? They always release all angles.
• A THIRD possible unknown person was speculated to be in the home.. Who opened the door?
—— Paul’s hands: One had the hammer, the other a drink.
—— DePape’s Hands: one had a hammer, the other behind Pelosi….
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
U.S. Rushes To Counter Russian and Chinese Space Weapons
Pentagon officials and a recent unclassified assessment by the director of national intelligence say that both Russia and China have already tested or deployed systems such as ground-based high-energy lasers, anti satellite missiles or maneuverable satellites that could be used to disrupt American space assets.
The Pentagon is rushing to expand its capacity to wage war in space, convinced that rapid advances by China and Russia in space-based operations pose a growing threat to U.S. troops and other military assets on the ground and American satellites in orbit.
Details of the push by the Penta… Read more
I guess we do need to counter potential threats from other counties, but this extension of the arms race does not bode well.
@Activi5tImpalaDemocrat2wks2W
Exactly.
What could possibly go wrong.
@WorriedOilGreen2wks2W
They seem to keep coming up with schemes to divert money that would otherwise help improve the lives of Americans, and divert it to military toys! There’s a housing crisis, debt crisis, poverty etc, but they’re spending billions on military toys and dreams. They tell regular people to “tighten their belts,” while they’re freely pouring money into grand and fantastic experiments and games.
@FondPretzelsLibertarian2wks2W
Amazing how, no matter what happens, there is always a new threat which requires another 15 figure outlay by the American people.
How can we say Russian space activity is a threat when they can barely manage to fund a war with Ukraine?
The military industrial complex continues.
Disastrous on global scale. So much is based on location based services - knocking out navigation satellite systems will be bad for business, military and civilians alike.
Can countries in these fractious time negotiate a reasonable treaty to safeguard the interests of ALL humanity? Probably not but worth a try.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Slovak Assassin Protested Protested Suspension Of Military Aid
The man who critically injured Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday was a fierce critic of the latter’s decision to stop arms shipments to Ukraine, Interior Minister Matuss Sutaj Estok has said.
Fico was shot at point-blank range several times on Wednesday as he greeted supporters in the small town of Handlova. The assailant was immediately arrested and the prime minister was rushed to a hospital in serious condition. Local authorities said earlier that there was a “clear political motivation” behind the attack.
Media reports identified the attacker as Juraj Cintula,… Read more
Early leaks: Slovak PM's would-be assassin's wife is an ultranationalist Ukrainian woman, who was an activity in the so-called Euro Maidan of 2014 that led to illegal coup...
Ministry of Interior of Slovakia: The attacker admits during interrogation that he shot the PM because of the latter's position blocking EU's delivery of weapons to Ukraine.
PS: The dude will be found mentally ill. Had he been pro-Russian he would have been branded a terrorist.
It looks like Slovak Prime Minister Slovak's Assassin was an agent of the Communist Czechoslovak Secret Police? Anyways, every time they talk about about a "lone wolf" shooter I immediately think
secret service act of terrorism...
@ZealousDannyRepublican2wks2W
The would-be assassin who shot/wounded Slovak Prime Minister Fico is Juraj Cintula
He is a progressive and a member of the Slovakian leftist "Anti-Violence Movement."
Once again, political violence comes from the left.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
United Autoworkers loses unionization vote at Alabama Mercedes factory
The United Auto Workers suffered a disappointing loss at a Mercedes-Benz, opens new tab factory in Alabama on Friday, a setback for the union's plans to achieve broader gains in the U.S. South after winning a deal at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant in April.
With votes still being tallied, the "no" votes had passed the critical threshold ensuring a loss for the union, according to a tally posted online by the UAW., opens new tab About 5,100 workers were eligible to vote.
The UAW had hoped to continue a run that includes the overwhelming VW VOWG_p.DE win in Chattanooga, Tennessee,… Read more
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
One-third of journalists killed in Gaza were affiliated with terrorist groups
One-third of the Palestinian journalists listed by the Committee to Protect Journalists as being killed in the war in Gaza were employed by terrorist groups, Jewish Insider has learned.
The high number of journalists reported by NGOs killed in Gaza has made headlines in the Washington Post, The New York Times and elsewhere, without any mention of their affiliations with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Out of 100 Palestinian journalists on the list on May 17, 33 worked for “Hamas-affiliated” media, such as Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, Al-Quds Al-Youm, Quds News Network and others. Anoth… Read more
