The outright re-establishment of US military bases in the country and its relentless and escalating war games on land, sea, and air are flagrant manifestations of US imperialist domination of the Philippines. This further tightens the grip of US imperialism on the Philippine neocolonial state, especially on the puppet Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
(Primer) A Decade of EDCA: US military bases and its expanding war games in the Philippines
This picture of the USS Beloit is my iPhone wallpaper. Unfortunately, I missed the livestream of the ship commissioning. I ended up watching most of the replay on YouTube but fast forwarded through all but the last 19 minutes.
Cithrus, however, was different. He was curious about the parts of Wonderland others feared or ignored—the uncharted lands where time had no meaning, the forests where trees whispered riddles, and the skies where stars swapped places on a whim. His unrelenting curiosity often brought trouble, as he frequently bent the rules of their order, pushing Wonderland to the brink of chaos with his experiments.
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Banished from the Moonlit Council for his recklessness, Cithrus roamed Wonderland as an outsider. Rather than despair, he embraced his new existence, relishing in the freedom and absurdity of his world. Over time, his wit, riddles, and sly demeanor made him a guide of sorts to those who wandered into Wonderland. Some said he loved unraveling people’s minds with his cryptic wisdom; others believed he simply enjoyed the company, as strange and fleeting as it was.
The Cheshire Cat’s perpetual grin, some say, is his way of masking the loneliness of being unanchored in a nonsensical world. Others argue it’s a celebration of the chaos he unleashed—his way of reminding Wonderland that rules, like smiles, can disappear in an instant.
Brian Berletic, November 29, 2024
Russia’s use of its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in eastern Ukraine represents an unprecedented escalation in what began as a US proxy war against Russia in 2014.Washington’s War in Ukraine: Narrowing Options, Growing Consequences (archived)
Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi appointed as new commander of Ukraine’s land forces
Mykhailo Drapatyi participated in the
anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. He began his combat career as the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade. Under his command, the units of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade entered Mariupol in May 2014 on armored vehicles to reinforce the units that repelled the terrorists’ assault.In the position of the IFV commander, he and his mechanic-driver Dmytro Vorona led a convoy of four vehicles and broke through the barricade of pro-Russian residents. It was their “flying IFV” that was captured in the footage that went viral.
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