NBC Claims Former US Officials Held Secret Talks With Russians

July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Update: Russia‘s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman called the report “disinformation”
Report: Former Senior US Officials Held Secret Talks With Russians

Regarding OSCE, they’ve done that, before, and they don’t seem so neutral.

“A neutral organization — either the UN or the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe — would send in observers to monitor and enforce the cease-fire and pullback,” the former U.S. officials wrote. “Assuming a cease-fire holds, peace talks should follow.”

The West Needs a New Strategy in Ukraine

NBC ‘spreading disinfo’ on Ukraine talks – Moscow

The Military Recruiting Crisis: Even Veterans Don’t Want Their Families to Join

July 2, 2023July 2, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

Pentagon scrambles to retain the main pipeline for new service members as disillusioned families steer young people away
The Military Recruiting Crisis: Even Veterans Don’t Want Their Families to Join

Secretary General Says NATO Arsenals ‘Empty’

June 20, 2023June 20, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

TEHRAN (FNA)- NATO needs a “more robust” industry in order to refill the stocks of weaponry and ammunition emptied by a year of supplying Kiev, the bloc’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, at an industrial conference in Germany.
Secretary General Says NATO Arsenals ‘Empty’

Ukraine aid — and US stockpiles — are running out. What’s next?

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Capitol Hill is already talking about the next big tranche of assistance, despite a lack of battlefield — and political — clarity.
Ukraine aid — and US stockpiles — are running out. What’s next?

The Military-Industrial Complex Has Never Been Worse

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

How bad has the military-industrial complex gotten? The arms industry donates tens of millions of dollars every election cycle, and the average taxpayer spends $1,087 per year on weapons contractors compared to just $270 for K-12 education.
The Military-Industrial Complex Has Never Been Worse

An Incomplete Report on US Military Activities in the South China Sea in 2022

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

An Incomplete Report on US Military Activities in the South China Sea in 2022

In 2022, alongside the context of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the US military placed great emphasis on military deterrence against China in the South China Sea, maintaining high-intensity activities including close-in reconnaissance operations, Taiwan Strait transits, forward presence operations, strategic deterrence, freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs), military exercises and drills, and battlefield preparation.
An Incomplete Report on US Military Activities in the South China Sea in 2022 via SCSPI

What is happening in Kosovo?

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

We reproduce below with thanks an article published by the Anti-Imperialist Front regarding the serious unrest that has lately erupted in the Serbian breakaway province of Kosovo between ethnic Serbians in the north and the puppet Kosovan authorities.
What is happening in Kosovo?

Video via Anti Imperialist Front TV

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The Rambouillet text, which called on Serbia to admit NATO troops throughout Yugoslavia, was a provocation, an excuse to start bombing. Rambouillet is not a document that an angelic Serb could have accepted. It was a terrible diplomatic document that should never have been presented in that form. – Henry Kissinger
Rambouillet Agreement

Ukraine war tolls death knell for NATO

December 27, 2022December 27, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The defining moment in US President Joe Biden’s press conference at the White House last Wednesday, during President Zelensky’s visit, was his virtual admission that he is constrained in the proxy war in Ukraine, as European allies don’t want a war with Russia.
Ukraine war tolls death knell for NATO

Serbian forces placed on highest combat readiness as Kosovo threatens final solution

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

B92 – December 26, 2022

Combat readiness of MUP and Serbian Army raised; Kurti will attack North KiM?

President of Serbia and Supreme Commander of Serbian Armed Forces, Aleksandar Vućić, ordered Serbian Armed Forces to be at the highest level of combat readiness.
Serbian forces placed on highest combat readiness as Kosovo threatens final solution

Has China Been Bluffing? + Pelosi Leaves Taiwan as China Prepares Effective Military Blockade

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

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NBC Claims Former US Officials Held Secret Talks With Russians

Ukraine aid — and US stockpiles — are running out. What’s next?

What is happening in Kosovo?

Ukraine war tolls death knell for NATO

Serbian forces placed on highest combat readiness as Kosovo threatens final solution

Has China Been Bluffing? + Pelosi Leaves Taiwan as China Prepares Effective Military Blockade