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Biden Rafah Haifa
April 18, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
War
World

WATCH: Biden Says He Warned Israel Not to ‘Move on Haifa’ – An Israeli City Over a Hundred Miles from Gaza.

Joe Biden made a significant error while discussing Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza, claiming he warned the Israeli government against attacking Haifa. Haifa is an Israeli port city far to the north of Gaza, while the last remaining Hamas stronghold is the city of Rafah.

“I’ve been meeting with them, number one,” Biden told an interviewer who has asked him about his plans to win over voters sympathetic to the Palestinians, who are increasingly discontented with his foreign policy.

“Number two, I made it clear that we have to vastly increase the amount of food, water, healthcare going into Gaza, and I made it clear to Israelis — don’t move on Haifa,” Biden continued. “It’s just not, I mean, anyway…” he trailed off.

Rafah, rather than Haifa, has become Israel’s main strategic target. Hamas is believed to have concentrated the bulk of its surviving forces in the city, along with its remaining Israeli hostages. It also hosts around a million Palestinians displaced by the war, and the White House does not want Israel to mount a major offensive against it, fearing there will be significant civilian loss of life.

Biden has made a major error when discussing geography before. Addressing the Hur Report on his mishandling of classified documents, which described him as having a failing memory, he insisted he has no such issues, before describing General Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the President of Egypt, as “the President of Mexico.”

Biden has also made repeated false claims about about traveled 17,000 miles around the world with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, despite even friendly outlets like CNN repeatedly debunking the story as a lie.

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Joe Biden made a significant error while discussing Israel's ongoing war in Gaza, claiming he warned the Israeli government against attacking Haifa. Haifa is an Israeli port city far to the north of Gaza, while the last remaining Hamas stronghold is the city of Rafah. show more
Johnson Ukraine Funding
April 18, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics
War

Speaker Johnson’s Policy Chief Worked as Lobbyist for Pro-Ukraine Firms.

Speaker Mike Johnson’s top policy adviser, Dan Ziegler, previously lobbied for corporations that have taken a clear interest in the Ukraine war. Ziegler was a lobbyist with Williams & Jensen, a firm with a clients list including Amgen, Eli Lilly & Co, Visa, Vanguard Group, Pfizer, Sanofi, and Merck, which have all issued statements in support of Ukraine and, in many cases, eliminated or curtailed their business activities in Russia.

Among Ziegler’s reported former clients is Bloom Energy Corp., which provides energy services to Lockheed Martin. The U.S. arms supplier could benefit from further U.S. aid to Ukraine via increased military contracts, boosting Bloom, in turn. The impact of the war and associated sanctions on the traditional energy market has also benefited Bloom, which specializes in renewable energy.

Ziegler’s connections to businesses with interests in Ukraine emerge as Speaker Johnson is controversially paving the way for more Ukraine aid. This has angered America First conservatives, but he has insisted he will “do the right thing and… let the chips fall where they may.”

“If I operated out of fear of a motion to vacate, I would never be able to do my job. History judges us for what we do. This is a critical time right now,” he added — although before becoming Speaker, he voted against bills including further Ukraine aid.

SEPARATE BILLS. 

Johnson is allowing separate bills funding aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan to go before the House, having previously rejected a Senate bill that combined aid for all three with a border security package that could have made immigration worse.

Allowing a standalone Ukraine aid bill to go forward and likely pass with the help of Democrat lawmakers is widely regarded as a U-turn. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) have expressed support for removing Johnson from the Speaker’s chair.

However, both previously supported Kevin McCarthy, who also supported Ukraine aid, and it is unclear who might replace Johnson.

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Speaker Mike Johnson's top policy adviser, Dan Ziegler, previously lobbied for corporations that have taken a clear interest in the Ukraine war. Ziegler was a lobbyist with Williams & Jensen, a firm with a clients list including Amgen, Eli Lilly & Co, Visa, Vanguard Group, Pfizer, Sanofi, and Merck, which have all issued statements in support of Ukraine and, in many cases, eliminated or curtailed their business activities in Russia. show more
Ukraine Nightclub
April 17, 2024
Jack Montgomery
War
World

REPORT: Ukraine’s Men Dodging Draft, Hanging Out in Nightclubs Instead.

Ukrainian resolve is breaking, and Ukrainian men are “packing into hipster bars and techno clubs” or leaving the country outright rather than answering the draft, according to on-the-ground reporting.

POLITICO correspondent Jamie Dettmer, who traveled to the Eastern European country to speak with top politicians and military leaders, noted the “crowds of young men who lined up to join the army” have now “disappeared” and morale among servicemen is “grim” after being “ground down by relentless bombardment, a lack of advanced weapons, and losses on the battlefield.”

Despite politicians lowering the conscription age from 27 to 25, Dettmer noted, “eligible would-be recruits dodge the draft and spend their afternoons in nightclubs instead.”

The report continues:

“Two years ago, the trains heading out of Ukraine were almost exclusively carrying women, children and the elderly to seek refuge. This week, around a third of the passengers on one train carrying this correspondent out of the country were men of fighting age. Somehow they’d managed to get waiver papers to leave.”

FLAGGING. 

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, admitted “people are flagging,” as did the foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba.

POLITICO also noted Ukraine required “millions” of artillery shells; however, war skeptics such as Senator J.D. Vance have pointed out the West is simply incapable of meeting such demands, with total U.S. capacity, for example, being only 360,000 shells a year.

Dettmer said senior military officers, who only agreed to speak to him on condition of anonymity, have an “even darker” view of the country’s prospects, forecasting “frontlines potentially collapsing this summer.”

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Ukrainian resolve is breaking, and Ukrainian men are "packing into hipster bars and techno clubs" or leaving the country outright rather than answering the draft, according to on-the-ground reporting. show more
Kharkiv
April 17, 2024
Ed Kozak
War
World

Russia Poised to Capture Kharkov Within Months.

Russian forces are poised to capture Kharkov, the second-largest city in Ukraine. Earlier this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his government was “doing everything we can” to prevent the Russians from capturing the city. “Kharkiv [sic] is one of the capitals of Ukraine, so it has great symbolic meaning.” Without further Western interference in the war, however, it is unlikely that Ukraine will be able to stop Russian forces should they make a push for the city.

A “successful assault on Kharkiv [sic] would be a major undertaking for Russia, but not completely out of the question,” noted Jacob Parakilas, research leader for Defense Strategy, Policy and Capabilities at RAND Europe. Kharkov sits fewer than 20 miles from the Russian border, and a “slow, grinding attack” could see Russian forces take control of the city within “months,” Parakilas said.

“In the event of an offensive, will the Ukrainian defense forces be able to defend Kharkiv [sic] without U.S. military assistance? We can!” claimed Colonel Andriy Zadubinnyi, a press officer with the Ukrainian military. “But it will be at the cost of tens of thousands of lives of Ukrainian soldiers,” he added.

The reality is that Ukraine would likely be unable to successfully defend Kharkov from a Russian offensive. “The Russian military can afford to take more losses for longer than the Ukrainians can,” Parakilas said.

Despite its continued pleas, it is unlikely Ukraine can defeat Russia even with an injection of billions of U.S. dollars into its coffers. U.S. Senator J.D. Vance noted recently that the “math” on Ukraine “doesn’t add up,” with the country needing more U.S. equipment than the U.S. can produce and more soldiers than it can possibly field. Former Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite predicted last week that Ukraine could be “quickly overwhelmed” by Russia “within weeks.”

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Russian forces are poised to capture Kharkov, the second-largest city in Ukraine. Earlier this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his government was "doing everything we can" to prevent the Russians from capturing the city. "Kharkiv [sic] is one of the capitals of Ukraine, so it has great symbolic meaning." Without further Western interference in the war, however, it is unlikely that Ukraine will be able to stop Russian forces should they make a push for the city. show more
Naxalite Maoist Rebels India
April 16, 2024
War
World

Commies Killed in Gun Battle with Cops.

Indian police forces killed 29 suspected Maoist rebels in the central state of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, just three days before the start of India’s presidential election.

Law enforcement authorities initiated a raid in the Kanker district following crucial intelligence about suspected communist rebel activities. In the ensuing skirmish, three security personnel suffered injuries. The after-action led to a recovery of several firearms.

The clash traces back to a seemingly never-ending conflict that began in 1967 when Indian forces found themselves locked in a struggle with Maoist rebels across various central and northern territories. These rebels, also known as Naxalites, agitate for more employment opportunities, land rights, and wealth for India’s economically impoverished indigenous tribes.

According to the Indian government, the dissidents pose the gravest internal security challenge for the nation. Drawing direct inspiration from Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong, they persist with disruptive activities mainly in Chhattisgarh, often making government forces and officials the targets of their aggression.  Chhattisgarh is among the poorest regions of India but is rich in minerals.

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah has resolved to uproot the communist insurgency from this embattled state, describing it as the “biggest enemy of development, peace and bright future of youth” and stating that “We are determined to free the country from the scourge of Naxalism.”

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Indian police forces killed 29 suspected Maoist rebels in the central state of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, just three days before the start of India's presidential election. show more
Marg Bar America
April 15, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
War
World

‘Death to America’ Chants in Chicago As Local Muslims, Leftists Laud Iran’s ‘Resistance.’

Hundreds of Islamists and far-left activists converged on the Teamsters Union headquarters in Chicago to learn anti-America and anti-Israel chants on Saturday. News of Iran’s mass drone and missile attack on Israel broke during the meeting, prompting cheers of support, followed by demands Israel and the U.S. refrain from retaliating.

News of the attack earned applause from the crowd of around 300 Islamists and leftist ideologues, most of whom sported N95 masks. “Iran is part of the arc of resistance because the enemies are Israel and the USA,” declared one attendee. She listed Hezbollah, Yemen, and the Syrian government as allies in that resistance, according to reporting by The Free Press.

Despite cheering the Iranian strikes, the meeting switched back to anti-war mode when Palestinian Community Network leader Hatem Abudayyeh warned they would “have to assume that the United States is going to try to retaliate against Iran,” prompting cries of “shame!”

Abudayyeh, whose house was raided by the FBI in 2010 amid an investigation into “material support of terrorism,” told the crowd it was “incumbent” on Americans to “stop the United States from expanding this war and hitting Iran.”

“We’ve got to be the strong, powerful anti-war movement that we are,” Abudayyeh said, prompting chants of “Hands off Iran!”

‘DEATH TO AMERICA!’ 

The Freedom Road Socialist Organization, represented at the meeting by an activist who called the October 7 attack on Israel a “good turn of events,” subsequently put out a statement headlined with the “Hands off Iran!” slogan, saying the U.S. and Israel “bear the entire responsibility for what is happening.”

Before the Iranian attack, Anti-War Committee Chicago organizer Shabbir Rizvi had taught around 80 enthusiastic attendees how to chant “Marg bar Israel” and “Marg bar America,” Persian for “Death to Israel” and “Death to America.”

His audience included at least one man wearing a Soviet flag.

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Hundreds of Islamists and far-left activists converged on the Teamsters Union headquarters in Chicago to learn anti-America and anti-Israel chants on Saturday. News of Iran's mass drone and missile attack on Israel broke during the meeting, prompting cheers of support, followed by demands Israel and the U.S. refrain from retaliating. show more
April 13, 2024
Breaking
War

Iranian Drone Attack Against Israel Underway.

Iran has reportedly launched multiple drone attacks against Israel, according to U.S. and Israeli officials.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari has outlined certain restrictions aiming to protect Israeli civilians throughout the region, including the pausing of a number of educational events, and the closure of Ben Gurion airport.

More wars and deaths have occurred under three years of a Biden presidency than in the first Trump term, despite the oft-repeated claim that the “adults” are back in charge of global foreign policy.

The drones are believed to be aimed at overwhelming Israel’s air defenses for further attacks later in the night, though U.S., UK, Saudi, and Jordanian air defenses are already bringing many down.

 

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Iran has reportedly launched multiple drone attacks against Israel, according to U.S. and Israeli officials. show more
JD Vance Ukraine
April 12, 2024
Jack Montgomery
War
World

J.D. Vance Points Out Something Glaringly Ridiculous About The Ukraine Strategy.

Senator J.D. Vance has warned that the “math” on Ukraine aid “doesn’t add up,” with Volodymyr Zelensky requiring more equipment than the U.S. can produce.

“Ukraine needs more soldiers than it can field, even with draconian conscription policies. And it needs more matériel than the United States can provide,” Vance wrote in The New York Times, refuting Joe Biden’s allegations that the only obstacle to Ukrainian victory is conservatives’ reluctance to authorize open-ended U.S. taxpayer funding for the war.

“Biden has failed to articulate even basic facts about what Ukraine needs and how this aid will change the reality on the ground,” Vance noted, adding, “$60 billion is a fraction of what it would take to turn the tide in Ukraine’s favor.”

NO PATH TO VICTORY.

Even with over $60 billion, Vance stressed that the U.S. “lack[s] the capacity” to provide Zelensky with critical supplies, such as 155-millimeter artillery shells. The Ukrainians themselves have said they require four to seven million shells annually — but the total U.S. capacity is just 360,000 shells a year, and this cannot all be allocated to Ukraine.

Russia, meanwhile, is already manufacturing around three times as many artillery shells as the U.S. and its European allies combined.

“Russia could soon have a 10-to-1 artillery advantage over Ukraine… Russia’s current advantage is at least 5 to 1, even after all the money we have poured into the conflict. Neither of these ratios plausibly lead to Ukrainian victory,” Vance emphasized.

Similarly, the U.S. cannot keep up with Ukrainian demand for air defense missiles. Around 550 Patriots are manufactured annually, but Russia deployed 4,000 guided bombs, drones, and missiles against Ukraine in March alone.

“[B]oth American and Ukrainian leadership [need] to accept that Mr. Zelensky’s stated goals for the war — a return to 1991 boundaries — are fantastical,” Vance concluded, noting Biden “has no viable plan for the Ukrainians to win this war.”

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Senator J.D. Vance has warned that the "math" on Ukraine aid "doesn't add up," with Volodymyr Zelensky requiring more equipment than the U.S. can produce. show more
April 12, 2024
Jack Montgomery
War
World

‘The Writing is On The Wall’ – Top Globalists Say Ukraine May Have Just ‘Weeks’ Left.

Ukraine’s defeat in its war with Russia was inevitable and could be imminent, according to some so-called experts. Russia is making significant progress while Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky‘s forces are “having to ration their bullets and supplies,” according to former U.S. Representative and Bush-Obama era ambassador Mark Green.

Former ambassador and Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite said, “Ukraine could be quickly overwhelmed by both men and arms by odds as great as 10 to 1 within weeks without additional U.S. assistance.”

Rebekah Koffler, a strategic military intelligence analyst and author of “Putin’s Playbook,” asserted that a Ukrainian victory in the war was “unattainable from the very start.”

“Thousands of Ukrainian men are being thrown as meat into Putin’s meat grinder, in order to weaken the Russian military so that Europeans can feel safer,” Koffler said. “And hence, the country of Ukraine is being de-populated and devastated by Putin, who would have never accepted the perceived risk of having Ukraine being part of NATO, an adversarial alliance close to Russia’s borders.”

“U.S. resources are not limitless, the patience of U.S. taxpayers isn’t either,” Koffler continued. “The writing for Ukraine is on the wall, and yet the Biden administration, the Pentagon and Western defense establishments are pretending not to see it. It’s not convenient for them to see it.”

The warnings come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky continues to beg for more Western assistance. A $95 billion aid package with funding for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan has stalled in the House. Opposition amongst Republicans to continued funding of Ukraine and certain Democrats’ opposition to continued funding of Israel make its passage unlikely.

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Ukraine's defeat in its war with Russia was inevitable and could be imminent, according to some so-called experts. Russia is making significant progress while Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky's forces are "having to ration their bullets and supplies," according to former U.S. Representative and Bush-Obama era ambassador Mark Green. show more
April 12, 2024
War
World

Ukraine Enacts Controversial Conscription Law to Boost Military Manpower and Replace Frontline Losses.

Ukraine’s parliament has passed a law to streamline its military conscription process and replace depleted manpower along the frontlines in its war with Russia. The law follows revelations from the Ukrainian military in December of the need to mobilize an additional 500,000 soldiers. However, this figure has been revised down slightly following adjustments for rotational shifts at the front.

The new conscription law has already been met with resistance. Ukrainian parliament members delayed its passage for months, fearing public backlash over forcing more of the country’s men into military service. Additionally, it appears that a critical provision stipulating the rotation of servicemen after 36 months of combat was removed, causing confusion among some lawmakers who had backed the bill’s passage.

Throughout its conflict with Russia, the Ukrainian military has struggled with a lack of well-trained recruits to replenish losses on the frontlines. By dropping the rotation provision, lawmakers and military leaders hope to keep veteran soldiers engaged in combat zones for longer periods.

The new law also broadens the Ukrainian government‘s power to issue draft notices electronically. This move is seen as necessary to sustain Ukraine’s defensive capabilities and rush additional manpower to the front during intense Russian offensive actions.

In addition to the new conscription measures, the Ukrainian parliament’s defense committee has asked the Defense Ministry to submit plans for the demobilization of military personnel within eight months.

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Ukraine's parliament has passed a law to streamline its military conscription process and replace depleted manpower along the frontlines in its war with Russia. The law follows revelations from the Ukrainian military in December of the need to mobilize an additional 500,000 soldiers. However, this figure has been revised down slightly following adjustments for rotational shifts at the front. show more