US President Joe Biden has called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator at a fundraising event in California.
US-China tensions: Biden calls Xi a dictator a day after Beijing talks
Good to see that the status quo is changing. /s
Video via Emil Cosman
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China and Cuba close to military base deal – WSJ
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
Ken Klippenstein, an investigative journalist at The Intercept, has exposed how the Pentagon very quietly launched a new internal division, dubbed the “Influence and Perception Management Office” (IPMO), in March.
Exposed: Disturbing Details of New Pentagon ‘Perception Management Office’
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U.S. MILITARY CREATES SECRET UNITS FOR USE IN SENSITIVE TASKS ABROAD
Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History
2013 – The NDAA Legalized The Use Of Propaganda On The US Public
by Michael Tracey
On June 4, a group referring to itself as the “Polish Volunteer Corps” issued a boastful announcement confirming its participation in a series of cross-border ground offensives into Russia. News of these audacious raids was jarring enough, given the many prior assurances of U.S. and Ukrainian war planners, who insisted no attacks would be carried out inside Russian territory. It was all the more conspicuous that the incursion units were apparently comprised of Polish soldiers
The Government Keeps Lying to Us About Ukraine. Where Is the Outrage?
Pentagon Dismisses WSJ Report on China Spy Station in Cuba
“I can tell you based on the information that we have, that that is not accurate, that we are not aware of China and Cuba developing a new type of spy station,” said Pentagon spokesperson Brigadier General Patrick Ryder.
Related:
White House Denies Report That China Is Building a Spy Base on Cuba
“I’ve seen that press report. It’s not accurate,” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in an interview on MSNBC.
Cuba to Host Secret Chinese Spy Base Focusing on U.S. [according to no one]
The U.S. has intervened before to stop foreign powers from extending their influence in the Western Hemisphere, most notably during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. The U.S. and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war after the Soviets deployed nuclear-capable missiles to Cuba, prompting a U.S. Navy quarantine of the island.
The Soviets backed down and removed the missiles. A few months later, the U.S. quietly removed intermediate-range ballistic missiles from Turkey that the Soviets had complained about.
H/T: Emil Cosman
An under-the-radar Army missile defense mission in southern Turkey got a boost this month when a new operational headquarters that was seven years in the making finally came to fruition.
U.S. opens new NATO interceptor missile headquarters in Turkey
STUDENTS of Mt Hagen Technical College (HATECO) in Western Highlands Province staged a protest march to stop the signing of Defence Cooperation Agreement between PNG and the United States.
Giving the same reasons, the University of Papua New Guinea, the University of Technology and the University of Goroka have all conducted protest marches demanding the Prime Minister James Marape not to sign the deal until and unless the citizens are fully aware of what is entailed in the document.
Papua New Guinea Students Protest US Military Pact
Previously:
US-China rivalry: American troops to access Papua New Guinea ports, airports in new security pact
A leaked intelligence report from February says “Netanyahu probably calculates Israel will need to strike Iran to deter its nuclear program.”
Leaked Report: “CIA Does Not Know” if Israel Plans to Bomb Iran
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Trump Orders Military Shift to Spur Israeli-Arab Cooperation Against Iran
F-16s won’t fundamentally alter the course of Ukraine War
Secondly, while the F-16 is clearly one of the best fourth-generation fighter jets in the world, its primary effectiveness is predicated on being one component in an integrated command and control battle management system of sensors. While the jet is capable of operating on its own, it is far less capable without additional acquisition assets, such as the E-3 Sentry AWACS. To date, there has been no discussion of providing this capability to Ukraine.
NATO already has AWACS in the area, though.
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