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The German Foreign Intelligence Service BND assesses that Russia is considerably manipulating its economic data, especially when releasing its deficit.

Gute Beobachtung!

1981 wollte Deutschland Glasfaser-Pionier werden: Kanzler Helmut Schmidt beschloss den flächendeckenden Ausbau ab 1985. Doch 1982 kam die Wende – und mit ihr Postminister Christian Schwarz-Schilling (CDU), der alles auf Kupferkabel setzte. Eine fatale Fehlentscheidung mit Folgen bis heute. 1/

No, America will not be able to escort oil tankers through the Straits of Hormuz. Trump is just making stuff up as he goes along.

a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt is making a funny face and says ummm . ALT: a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt is making a funny face and says ummm .

"Behind closed doors, U.S. Navy officials have already told tanker executives that there is presently no availability for an escort mission, Lloyds List reports - and they have provided no guarantees that there will be in the future."

Iran destroyed AN/TPY-2 THAAD radars at Al-Ruwais Air Base in the UAE and Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, while satellite imagery confirms the AN/FPS-132 phased array radar in Qatar was also damaged, complicating missile defense across the region. #MiddleEast

I think there is not enough appreciation to how good this FT visualization is

the original is like this 👇

Inside the plan to kill Ali Khamenei Israel spent years hacking Tehran’s traffic cameras and monitoring bodyguards ahead of the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader

"Nearly all the traffic cameras in Tehran had been hacked for years, their images encrypted and transmitted to servers in Tel Aviv and southern Israel, according to two people familiar with the matter."

The panopticon surveillance state as security vulnerability, password 12345678.

Hiring the dregs of Liberty Law School for the DOJ is the legal equivalent of drafting 13-year-olds into the infantry

At least it looks like American readiness has been damaged for a couple of years while no strategic goal is being achieved.

If I were Taiwan, I would be very scared.

Credible reports that ginormous Russian LNG (liquid natural gas) tanker Arctic Metagaz is on fire in Mediterranean. Reports suggest it was hit be a USV (uncrewed surface vessel)

Whether Iran linked or Ukraine, very big implications for Russian war effort

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

Those who have argued that in Ukraine two degraded Soviet-era armies are fighting each other, and that their experience in unmanned warfare has limited relevance for our doctrine, force structure, and design…

Prof. Robert Pape:

"I have studied every air campaign since WWI... I've modelled the bombing of Fordow and regime change in Iran for 20 years... We are now in the grip of the escalation trap... This has never worked in over 100 years... Trump is up against the weight of history".

The makeshift tactical operations center where six U.S. troops were killed in an Iranian drone strike, had only T-walls for protection, with no dedicated U.S. C-UAS or C-RAM systems despite requests for more defenses. (CBS)

Literally every sentence is a lie.

N12 News (Israel): Hezbollah in an official statement: "We have joined the war"

Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander said the Strait of Hormuz is closed and Iran is to set any ship trying to pass on fire, Iranian media reported. Live updates ➡️ reut.rs/4aK7TEn

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

France offers to station nuclear weapons across Europe for the first time President Emmanuel Macron lays out nuclear doctrine of ‘forward deterrence’

‚Emmanuel Macron has said France has offered to temporarily move nuclear warheads to allied European countries for the first time, as he pledged to increase the size of the country’s arsenal.‘ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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Trump probably would like low commitment, quick success operations, I agree. But he is terrible at managing risk, and might have gotten himself (the US, rather) in a terrible situation, with costs skyrocketing.

Not having boots on the ground does not protect you from crippling effects of your op./2

Cost is so much more than money (and blood) spent on an occupation force. If you destroy your readiness for years, create enemies even more determined to go nuclear, annihilate your international reputation even further... that is NOT low cost. /3

He. Does. Not. Value. You. Or. Your. Life.

No “stupid rules of engagement” huh. If this is true it’s a terrible war crime by the USA.

"That's the way it is. Likely be more."

This scumbag doesn't give a dime about your life, dear US service members.