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'The Ukrainians are now fighting a slow, patient war in which they are dismantling Russian artillery, ammunition depots, and command posts without weapons such as American ATACMS and German Taurus missiles that would make this sensible approach faster and more effective. They know far more about fighting Russians than anyone in any Western military knows, and they are experiencing a combat e
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Archive 'The colonel accused politicians of counting coins over lives and considering only the value of weapons provided rather than weighing it against the cost of storing, maintaining or destroying weapons approaching obsoletion.
“We received Nasams rockets produced in 1994. In 2024, they will reach their service life limit. The disposal of an Amraam AIM-120B missile is $26,000 to $28,000. It’s
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Archive '“Powerful lessons from Ukraine’s own past, as well as its neighbors’ history and present, have taught Ukrainians that Moscow can’t be trusted,” Andreas Umland, an analyst at the Stockholm Center for Eastern European Studies at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, wrote in Politico.'
'In remarks since the invasion, has said more of the same, giving no indication that
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Archive 'The Biden administration has said it wants to deliver more weapons to Ukraine as quickly as possible..'
- U.S. expects to begin delivering Abrams tanks to Ukraine in September, July 27, 2023
'The Hollywood-tailored excitement of the Battles of Kyiv and Kharkiv may have unduly raised the bar for what Ukraine can accomplish in short order. Yet the Battle of Kherson, begun in
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Archive 'So-called core inflation rose 0.2% in June and was tracking at a 4.8% annual rate, much higher than the Fed would like.
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Inflation has inflicted much pain
Fed officials have pledged not to be complacent about inflation, repeatedly expressing concern over the impact on lower-income families and workers.
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“The reality is that current inflation rates still hold a negative im
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Archive 'Once again, the Federal Reserve has underestimated inflation for basically the eighth quarter in a row. They've been surprised on what's happened to inflation, and because they're surprised on what's happening with inflation and the strength of the economy, they're gonna be surprised by what they have to do to interest rates.'
- Summers (Source, July 9, 2023
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Archive '..help reinvigorate Turkey’s application to enter the European Union..'
'Mr. Stoltenberg said that Mr. Erdogan had lifted his objections to Sweden’s entry into the alliance and would take the country’s bid to his Parliament for ratification as soon as possible.
In return, Sweden and Turkey would continue to work bilaterally against terrorism, Sweden would help reinvigorate T
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Archive '(CNN) — Ukraine deserves to have NATO membership, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Russia said it was closely watching.
Zelensky spent this week visiting NATO countries, courting support ahead of a NATO summit in Lithuania next week where members are expected to reaffirm that Ukraine will eventually join.
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Archive '..Many now consider themselves deists—people who believe in a divine being but don’t adhere to the tenets of Islam..'
'..With half of the country’s population below the age of 32 .. religious schools are underperforming and have little appeal among Turkish youth. A recent poll found that religiosity is much lower in the younger generation, with far fewer describing themselves a
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Archive 'Prof Carsten Welsch, a physicist at the University of Liverpool who lost leadership of a £2.6m research project on a novel plasma generator that could be used in cancer treatment when the UK lost membership, said it would be “absolutely fantastic news” to return to Horizon Europe.
“It would be a gigantic relief. It would mean that the politicians would have thankfully listened to the sci
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Archive 'In Vilnius, the alliance should launch a roadmap that will lead clearly to Ukraine’s membership in NATO at the earliest achievable date. As with Finland and Sweden, the process can bypass the Membership Action Plan in light of the close and ongoing interactions between NATO and Ukraine..'
Opinion | Ukraine Needs a Roadmap to NATO Membership ASAP
Any further delay will only invite
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Archive 'Imagine how much more damage to Russian logistics Ukraine could do if they had ATACMS and Gray Eagle Drones...no Russian ammunition storage site anywhere inside Ukraine would be safe. Russian bases and the Black Sea Fleet would not be safe. @SecDef Sir, what are we waiting for?'
- Ben Hodges (Source, July 5, 2023)
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(Ukraine needs ATACMs) - Ukraine's Top Genera
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Archive 'German industry on Tuesday warned that Europe must become more self-reliant in the hunt for raw materials .. The BDI's Niedermark said that agreement to recycle and process raw materials sent an important signal but called for a similar push to establish domestic mining in Europe.'
- German industry urges reduced dependency after China export controls, July 4, 2023
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Archive '..Army Tactical Missile System (ATACM) .. allow Ukraine to strike at Russian targets behind the lines. These systems, in particular, can hit Russian positions in their supply lines all the way down into the Crimean Peninsula, a crucial aspect to the Ukrainian offensive.'
- A muddled U.S. strategy is making it harder for Kyiv to win, June 14, 2023
'Ukraine's counteroff
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Archive 'More useful than the concept of a great power is that of a full-spectrum power, which takes into account the diverse factors that create military might, not just its outward manifestation in weapons. Few countries have ever achieved all the fundamentals on which superior military power is built and sustained; most that have been described as great powers were in fact midranking Potemkin sta
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Archive '..Another critical characteristic of the earlier inflation era was frequent temporary reversals in inflation, only to be followed by new peaks..'
- (Global Stagflation)(Inflation out of control) - Inflationary Psychology Has Set In. Dislodging It Won’t Be Easy.
' “The real danger comes from encouraging or inadvertently tolerating rising inflation and its close cousin of e
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Archive '..The time to gear up for this enormous mission is not after the war ends, but now..'
'The United States needs to take a more active part in this diplomatic game. An American special envoy should not only shadow Li’s steps in Europe to press U.S. positions, but also travel to countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to explain why Russian President Vladimir
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Archive 'The fight is now on. This is now a civil war.'
- Michael McFaul (Source, June 24, 2023)
'June 24, 2023: The Russian Civil War has officially started.'
- Tendar (Source, June 24, 2023)
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(WARNING TO RUSSIA) - '..if Russia or Belarus .. explodes a nuclear device in Ukraine .. expect a massive response from NATO..'
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Archive '..if Russia or Belarus .. explodes a nuclear device in Ukraine .. will considered an attack on NATO itself .. you can expect a massive response from NATO, and you will be at war with NATO.'
- Lindsey Graham (Source, June 22, 2023, minute 1:09 - 3:24)
'The Russian military, they will be destroyed, they will be eviscerated if they use tactical nuclear weapons or if they d
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Archive '..everyone should take heed of what the Bundesbank, that bastion of orthodoxy, said in its 1973 annual report after the Opec oil shock.
After “a year of hard struggle for more price stability”, it said the success of each country depended on “whether it is made easier or more difficult to pass on the higher prices ”. Faced with a potential wage price spiral or, as the Bundesbank put it,
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Archive 'We have just had a report from our intelligence and the Security Service of Ukraine.
Intelligence has received information that Russia is considering a scenario of a terrorist attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. A terrorist attack with radiation leakage. They have prepared everything for this.
Unfortunately, I have repeatedly had to remind that radiation has no state borders
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Archive 'Ultimately, however, Washington and its allies can do little to directly shape Russia’s political trajectory. A better Russia can be produced only by a clear and stark Ukrainian victory .. Such a resounding defeat is also required to enable Russians to shed their imperialist ambitions and to teach the country’s future elites a valuable lesson about the limits of military power. Support for
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Archive '..Some research also suggests that moral injury may be present in up to 90 percent of post-traumatic stress cases, and acts as an obstacle to successful treatment.
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American society and its government, including senior military officers, should take concrete steps to mitigate the resulting moral injury. This means providing veterans with the resources, the honesty, and the opportuni
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Archive '..Ukraine's integration into NATO and the EU will strengthen regional and global security.'
'The European Parliament adopted a resolution (425 votes for, 38 against and 42 abstentions) calling on NATO allies to invite Ukraine to join the alliance.
"The accession process will begin after the end of the war and finalized as soon as possible."
In addition,
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Archive 'Thankfully, Ukrainian bravery and Russian missteps mean that the war remains winnable for Kyiv. The United States just needs the will and strategy to embrace that victory.'
'..As any war college student can rattle off, good strategy comes down to the alignment of ends, ways, and means. Put another way, good strategy involves clearly defining your objectives (ends), developing p
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Archive 'Russian military sources claim Ukrainian Armed Forces are approaching Tokmak, last major settlement 63km north of Melitopol, and Volnovakha, last major settlement 65km north of Mariupol. Squeeze of Berdyansk on the coast expected and Russian units will be encircled on both sides.'
- Igor Sushko (Source, June 13, 2023)
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'Fall of Melitopol would trap Russians..&
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Archive 'At a historic NASA briefing on UFOs — “unidentified anomalous phenomena” (UAP) in government parlance — a key Defense Department official made a striking disclosure. Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, director of a new UAP analysis office, stated that U.S. military personnel are observing “metallic orbs” “all over the world.”
According to Kirkpatrick, spherical objects account for the largest proport
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Archive ' “Harassment only leads to further stigmatization of the UAP field, significantly hindering the scientific progress and discouraging others to study this important subject matter,” Nasa’s science chief, Nicola Fox, said in a public meeting on 31 May.'
'The publication of Grusch and Grey’s claims comes after a panel that the US space agency Nasa charged with investigating unexpl
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Archive '..Ukraine urgently needed more U.S.-made Patriot missile-defense systems to protect citizens from aerial bombardments and to shield front-line troops.
Zelensky acknowledged Russian air superiority on the front lines and said a lack of protection from Russian air power means “a large number of soldiers will die” in the counteroffensive.
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Ukraine now has at least two Patriot batte
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Archive '“The United States is, today, an underlying 4.5-5% inflation country,” Summers said, speaking via video link at the start of the two-day Caixin Asia New Vision Forum in Singapore.'
- US Economy Remains ‘Very, Very Hot,’ Larry Summers Says, June 12, 2023
'..Canada .. the economy is running too hot.'
- Bank of Canada Upends Markets by Boosting Policy Rate to 4.75%, J
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