Biden's Plan to Checkmate China

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https://www.revolver.news/2022/08/bidens-plan-to-checkmate-china/

Not Biden's plan IMHO. Most likely Secretary of State Blinken, deep state operatives, and large corporation executives. RCW

 

Biden’s plan to “checkmate” China…

August 7, 2022 ( ago)

 

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We’re not holding our breath, given “Beijing Biden’s” well-documented entanglements with the Communist superstate. Interesting analysis, nonetheless…

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1 hour ago, Ron Wagner said:

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Not Biden's plan IMHO. Most likely Secretary of State Blinken, deep state operatives, and large corporation executives. RCW

 

Biden’s plan to “checkmate” China…

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We’re not holding our breath, given “Beijing Biden’s” well-documented entanglements with the Communist superstate. Interesting analysis, nonetheless…

Nothing to do with Biden's Beijing connections, it should be apparent from the video why this is a doomed plot.

[Tomasz + 1,608]

In my opinion, President Biden now has the power of Brezhnev in the 1970s as health deteriorates. He simply gives face to this policy, but it is generally ruled by colleagues and backers better known as Deep State.

Edited August 8, 2022 by Tomasz

[eddy1001 + 1]

run 3 : I have a sense that Biden's administration would be marked by measures that will weaken America!

[notsonice + 1,255]

On 8/8/2022 at 2:21 AM, Tomasz said:

In my opinion, President Biden now has the power of Brezhnev in the 1970s as health deteriorates. He simply gives face to this policy, but it is generally ruled by colleagues and backers better known as Deep State.

ha ha ha only problem with you BS is Sleepy Joe is helping Ukraine kick Putins Russians Lame troops. Sleepy Joe keeps send more and more military aid to Ukraine........Now that is real power...or do you think those kick ass weapons are nothing????? My bet is Sleepy Joes does more in a few moments everyday than you do in your entire life....... 

His Policy is to help Ukraine defeat Russia and send all of the Russians in Ukraine back home to their dear shithole motherland in body bags

and His Policy to strengthen NATO..........Did you liken Finland and Swedens joining NATO to be Sleepy Joe just giving a face to policy????  so here is the latest news from Ukraine....enjoy it , I am sure you will love the fact that your fellow Russian comrades in Ukraine had a record 460 body bags filled in just one day...Thanks to Sleepy Joe and his giving face to policy ??? Your comments are a Joke......what I would expect from someone who backs a loser like Putin.

 

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Ukraine reported 460 enemy fatalities, an extraordinary toll for one day.

SOURCE: AL JAZEERA

News|Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine celebrates counterattack ‘success’; Russia retaliates

Russia appears to be on the defensive as Ukraine slowly but surely gains ground.

 

By John Psaropoulos

Published On 7 Sep 20227 Sep 2022

 

Russian forces lost territory on all fronts during the 28th week of war, as a counteroffensive spread from the southern Kherson region to the eastern and northern fronts of the country, demonstrating Ukraine’s ongoing ability to seize the initiative.

North Ukrainian forces launched a new counterattack in the northern Kharkiv region on September 6.

Despite radio silence from the country’s political and military leadership in Kyiv, Ukrainian and Russian military bloggers reported heavy fighting in Verbivka and Balakliia, 70km (44 miles) southeast of Kharkiv city, which Ukraine recaptured in early May.

Ukrainian forces appeared to have reclaimed Verbivka, where they posted geolocated footage showing dead Russian soldiers.

Rybar was one of several Russian military bloggers reporting continuing fighting around Balakliia on the evening of September 6, but early on September 7, reported that the town had been completely surrounded.

“[Balakliia] is in the operational encirclement and in the range of fire of Ukrainian artillery. All entrances are cut off by [enemy] fire,” he wrote.

Russian reporters also said that Moscow’s forces had blown up bridges across the Balakleyka and Krainya Balakleyka rivers to prevent Ukrainians from advancing further.

Unconfirmed reports said the attack triggered a collapse of the Russian front, which was weakened last month to redeploy forces to the south.

The offensive appears to have resulted in a bloodbath for the Russian military.

Ukraine reported 460 enemy fatalities, an extraordinary toll for one day.

The offensive came a day after Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian ammunition depot in Balakliia, in a repeat of the tactics of corrosion used in the south.

East Ukrainian troops maintained pressure in the Donetsk region, recapturing Ozerne on September 4, thus gaining a foothold on the occupied northern shore of the Siversky Donets River.

Ukrainian News24 and MilitaryLand posted footage showing the servicemen crossing the Siversky Donets River home after completing the mission, and geolocated photographs confirmed their success.

Ukrainian troops maintained the eastern offensive on September 6. Denis Pushilin, head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, said Russian forces were defending Kodema in Donetsk.

Ukraine celebrates, Russia ramps up attacks

During the second week of their southern counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces appeared to recapture Vysokopillia in the Kherson region on September 4.

There was no official fanfare but servicemen posted videos of captured Russian armour on social media, as they greeted locals.

Eventually, Zelenskyy’s office posted a photograph of Ukrainian soldiers raising their flag over the town. Battles had raged there since Ukraine launched its counteroffensive on August 29.

The Ukrainian leader indirectly confirmed gains in the east and south on September 5, hailing battlefield successes and referring to two freed settlements in Kherson and one in Donetsk.

Geolocated footage confirmed Ukrainian forces had also recaptured Olhyne and Novovosnesenke.

Zelenskyy predicted that Crimea, to the south of Kherson, seized by Russia in 2014, would also be won back.

“I believe that the Ukrainian flag and free life will return to Crimea again,” he said in a nightly video address, repeating Ukraine’s goal of returning to pre-2014 borders. “Everyone can see that the occupiers have already started fleeing Crimea. This is the right choice for all of them.”

Despite the loss of equipment and ammunition during weeks of precision attacks that preceded the counteroffensive, Russia’s forces are retaliating.

Russian defence ministry spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said Russian forces thwarted an overnight attempt on September 2-3 to land 250 Ukrainian special forces troops on 42 boats in Enerhodar, neighbouring the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, from across the river.

He said they planned to take over the plant. Posted footage showed corpses floating in the shallows of the river.

Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said his forces shot down 190 Ukrainian UAVs and intercepted 226 HIMARS rockets overall. If true, that suggests Russia still has the capacity to blunt two of Ukraine’s most effective weapons in its continuing counteroffensive.

A Ukrainian special forces officer told Al Jazeera that taking Kherson city itself would take “several months at least,” and would require more Western military aid.

US General Mark Hertling called the Ukrainian strategy of attacking western Kherson region a “brilliant move” because Russian forces there have their backs to the Dnieper River and it was possible to choke off their lines of communication.

“Poor [Russian] leadership pushed many [battalion tactical groups] over the [Dnieper River] because Putin wanted Kherson City, [Mykolaiv], and eventually Odesa. But on the M14, there are only 2 Bridges across the [Dnieper]. Destroy those bridges…and logistics & a trapped force becomes a RU problem,” he wrote.

Ukrainian attacks continued to hamper Russian resupply routes to the west bank of the Dnieper River, where the counteroffensive is unfolding. They struck the Antonivsky bridge using rocket artillery, and continued to press the offensive. Geolocated footage on September 5 showed Ukrainian troops fighting near Kostromka and Bezimenne in the Kherson region.

Hertling said there was “a potential for a lot of Russian prisoners,” an important asset to Ukraine, which is trying to secure exchanges for some 2,000 servicemen it ordered to surrender at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.

In typical fashion, Russia officially dismissed the Ukrainian counteroffensive as a failure, saying it had inflicted heavy casualties.

But new research suggests that such Kremlin narratives may be losing potency.

Maxim Alyukov, a postdoctoral fellow at King’s Russia Institute, led a quantitative study of Russian television and social media coverage of the war to find that the number of television stories on Ukraine has decreased by half compared with February and March.

Russian TV managers are reintroducing shows that had been cancelled to make time for war propaganda.

Alyukov told Al Jazeera, “It’s back to normal – back to a pre-war style of reporting, with a balance of propaganda and entertainment … because if you lose [viewers], you lose control of them.”

Alyukov also found that mention of a key Russian justification for the war – “de-Nazifying” Ukraine– has decreased by a factor of six on TV.

“They almost abandoned this idea,” he said.

“[The Kremlin] used four very specific ideas to justify the invasion: de-Nazification, demilitarisation, protecting the Donbas population and NATO expansion,” Alyukov said.

“They all fit into the general idea of fighting the West and restoring Russia’s greatness … but the idea of de-Nazification is something people struggle to comprehend.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on social media is slipping even more. Despite being outlawed as a term for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the word “war” is used on social media almost four times more often than on TV, including by government supporters, Alyukov found.

It may not help Putin that propagandists have committed obvious blunders.

Ukraine’s defence ministry said Russia claimed to have destroyed Leopard 2 tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles, equipment Ukraine has not yet received.

But the Russian leadership has insisted on its tactics. Speaking to young diplomats on September 1, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said it was the West that unleashed the war on Russia “shamelessly, openly, rudely and aggressively”.

As for Putin, he committed 50,000 troops, 60 warships and 140 aircraft to the Vostok 2022 war games with China, possibly to belie reports that he is running short of weapons and men.

A US intelligence report revealed he is buying millions of artillery shells from North Korea, suggesting that sanctions may be already causing supply chain problems.

According to Ukraine’s defence ministry, Russia has lost more than 50,000 men, 2,097 tanks, 4,520 armoured personnel vehicles, 1,194 artillery systems and 445 planes and helicopters.

 

Edited September 8, 2022 by notsonice

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Ukraine advances 50km near Kharkiv, liberates more than 20 villages

Ukraine has advanced 50km into Russian-held territory near Kharkiv and liberated more than 20 villages, one of its generals has said.

With much of the attention on Ukraine's much-vaunted counteroffensive in the south towards Kherson, it may have surprised some to awake today to reports that defence forces had gained ground in the east.

Ukrainian troops in the northeastern region of Kharkiv have retaken portions of Russian-held territory after "likely exploiting Russian force reallocation", the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said.

Their military used the situation "to conduct an opportunistic yet highly effective counteroffensive" in the province, the think tank added.

A Ukrainian general also said Ukraine had recaptured more than 700 square kilometres of its territory in the Kharkiv region and in the south.

They said the country's military had advanced 50km into Russian lines in the region and recaptured more than 20 villages.

[Boat + 1,324]

On 8/8/2022 at 3:21 AM, Tomasz said:

In my opinion, President Biden now has the power of Brezhnev in the 1970s as health deteriorates. He simply gives face to this policy, but it is generally ruled by colleagues and backers better known as Deep State.

I told you when he was elected he was a key facilitator for decades forvthe Dems. He was jumped in turn by first Obama and then Hillary but still hung on and got his turn. The goals he is implementing have been made clear when Clinton were president. Al Gore was right on climate change and Republicans blame renewables. 

[Boat + 1,324]

2 hours ago, Rob Plant said:

Ukraine advances 50km near Kharkiv, liberates more than 20 villages

Ukraine has advanced 50km into Russian-held territory near Kharkiv and liberated more than 20 villages, one of its generals has said.

With much of the attention on Ukraine's much-vaunted counteroffensive in the south towards Kherson, it may have surprised some to awake today to reports that defence forces had gained ground in the east.

Ukrainian troops in the northeastern region of Kharkiv have retaken portions of Russian-held territory after "likely exploiting Russian force reallocation", the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said.

Their military used the situation "to conduct an opportunistic yet highly effective counteroffensive" in the province, the think tank added.

A Ukrainian general also said Ukraine had recaptured more than 700 square kilometres of its territory in the Kharkiv region and in the south.

They said the country's military had advanced 50km into Russian lines in the region and recaptured more than 20 villages.

Does the Ukraine still credit the longer range artillery as being the difference maker?

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17 hours ago, eddy1001 said:

run 3 : I have a sense that Biden's administration would be marked by measures that will weaken America!

With one large exception IMHO. That is his administration's strong support of Ukraine and NATO against Russian aggression. We have a larger military expenditure than the rest of the world combined and we need to use it whenever appropriate. Otherwise it is will lose its capabilities to function well. Russia is still our greatest threat because of its constant aggression and powerful nuclear capability. We need to minimize their conventional weapons capabilities and the Ukrainians, with NATO's help are doing a great job. 1000 Russian tanks destroyed, along with lots of helicopters, jets, UAV's, APC's, howitzers, and over 50,000 dead troops. 

Meanwhile all Russians have been able to do is destroy civilian buildings throughout Ukraine with long range missiles that we do not allow Ukraine to have. Many civilians and Ukrainian troops have died also, due to Russian aggression. 

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4 hours ago, Ron Wagner said:

With one large exception IMHO. That is his administration's strong support of Ukraine and NATO against Russian aggression. We have a larger military expenditure than the rest of the world combined and we need to use it whenever appropriate. Otherwise it is will lose its capabilities to function well. Russia is still our greatest threat because of its constant aggression and powerful nuclear capability. We need to minimize their conventional weapons capabilities and the Ukrainians, with NATO's help are doing a great job. 1000 Russian tanks destroyed, along with lots of helicopters, jets, UAV's, APC's, howitzers, and over 50,000 dead troops. 

Meanwhile all Russians have been able to do is destroy civilian buildings throughout Ukraine with long range missiles that we do not allow Ukraine to have. Many civilians and Ukrainian troops have died also, due to Russian aggression. 

Russia 60 billion to the US 800 billion. Are you kidding me? Why are you so fearful. You can’t spend any amount of money and live fear free. The US has spent so much on fear we’re close to 30 trillion in debt. This is what Ben Laden stated was his goal. Use fear and they will economically break themselves. 

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7 hours ago, Boat said:

Russia 60 billion to the US 800 billion. Are you kidding me? Why are you so fearful. You can’t spend any amount of money and live fear free. The US has spent so much on fear we’re close to 30 trillion in debt. This is what Ben Laden stated was his goal. Use fear and they will economically break themselves. 

one of the few truths you have espoused.

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12 hours ago, Ron Wagner said:

With one large exception IMHO. That is his administration's strong support of Ukraine and NATO against Russian aggression. We have a larger military expenditure than the rest of the world combined and we need to use it whenever appropriate. Otherwise it is will lose its capabilities to function well. Russia is still our greatest threat because of its constant aggression and powerful nuclear capability. We need to minimize their conventional weapons capabilities and the Ukrainians, with NATO's help are doing a great job. 1000 Russian tanks destroyed, along with lots of helicopters, jets, UAV's, APC's, howitzers, and over 50,000 dead troops. 

Meanwhile all Russians have been able to do is destroy civilian buildings throughout Ukraine with long range missiles that we do not allow Ukraine to have. Many civilians and Ukrainian troops have died also, due to Russian aggression. 

off your meds again?  have you seen the territories liberated by Russia? yet you say the Ukronazis are doing a great job?  the Ukronazis are shelling DAILY the largest nuclear power facility in Europe. all supplied and guided by the USA. so, you support a nuclear catastrophe? the people of the Donbass do not want to be part of Ukraine, yet you support the Ukronazis subjugating them. the Ukronazis have slaughtered over 20,000 civilians. how does brutal subjugation reconcile with your claim to support freedom?  don't the people of Donbass, Crimea, and others have the right to freedom and to choose their government?  how utterly vile you are.

 

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37 minutes ago, frankfurter said:

one of the few truths you have espoused.

This is part of the problem

https://today.yougov.com/topics/travel/articles-reports/2021/04/21/only-one-third-americans-have-valid-us-passport

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lealane/2019/05/02/percentage-of-americans-who-never-traveled-beyond-the-state-where-they-were-born-a-surprise/?sh=4af422772898

If you havent experienced other cultures and their values how can you have a genuine understanding of their beliefs and morals.

Generally the world over people want the same things, they want to work to better themselves and provide a better standard of living, be in good health whilst trying to give greater opportunity to their children.

its no wonder that US foreign policy is so poor.

Edited September 9, 2022 by Rob Plant

[Ron Wagner + 709]

On 9/8/2022 at 7:46 PM, Boat said:

Russia 60 billion to the US 800 billion. Are you kidding me? Why are you so fearful. You can’t spend any amount of money and live fear free. The US has spent so much on fear we’re close to 30 trillion in debt. This is what Ben Laden stated was his goal. Use fear and they will economically break themselves. 

Boat, you have no concept of the amount of waste in Biden's budget. I mean real palpable waste! Giveaways like paying for illegal immigration, letting in millions of them. Forgiving student loans encouraging wasteful socialist colleges to keep their prices high. Spending to support the development of electric charging stations every 50 miles in the vast Western U.S. with very little population. I could see every 150 miles. That might make sense. Personally I say let the companies involved foot the bill, not the Americans who don't want electrical cars. 

The money spent to defend Europe against Russia is money very well spent IMHO. Our defense establishment is a useless waste unless used and developed in action as appropriate struggles develop. The American people should be given truthful information in all such conflicts however. That did not happen in Iraq IMHO. We could have stopped Saddam Hussein without taking over Iraq and saved many billions of dollars. That would have kept Iran from the influence it now has by the counterweight. Our government must quit hiding the truth from our people. It has no right to operate through deceit.