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April 11, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
UK
War

UK Foreign Sec David Cameron DENIED Meeting with Speaker Johnson to Push Ukraine Aid.

Lord David Cameron, the British Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister, did not meet Speaker Mike Johnson during a U.S. trip aimed at lobbying Congress to authorize more money for Ukraine.

The China-linked Briton, who recently returned to high office after his premiership was cut short by the Brexit referendum — which he lost — met with Donald Trump and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. He did not meet with Speaker Johnson, however, despite the Republican being the key player in whether or not a Senate bill authorizing tens of billions in further Ukraine aid can move forward.

Speaking alongside Secretary Blinken, Lord Cameron asserted, “We know, if we provide Ukrainians the support they deserve, they can win this war.”

Ahead of his trip, Cameron argued Republicans should approve more funding for Ukraine to prove “that borders matter, that aggression doesn’t pay, and that countries like Ukraine are free to choose their own future.”

It was a controversial stance for the former Prime Minister, who, along with Barack Obama, was a driving force in the NATO-led intervention in Libya in 2011, which turned the country into a failed state and platform for illegal immigration to Europe.

He also opposed Britain taking full control of its borders during the Brexit referendum in 2016, preferring that the country remain party to the European Union’s quasi-open borders Free Movement migration regime.

Cameron alienated many America First Republicans in February when he wrote an op-ed comparing politicians who do not support open-ended financial support for Ukraine to Adolf Hitler’s appeasers.

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Lord David Cameron, the British Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister, did not meet Speaker Mike Johnson during a U.S. trip aimed at lobbying Congress to authorize more money for Ukraine. show more
April 11, 2024
Ed Kozak
War
World

Most Poles Oppose Involvement in Russia-Ukraine War.

Nearly three full quarters of Poles oppose Polish or any other NATO country’s forces engaging in the Russia-Ukraine war. Research by Statistics Poland (CBOS) reveals a clear sentiment among Poles, with 74.8 percent opposing military involvement. Only 10.2 percent advocate for such intervention.

This study follows French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments last month that Europe should consider deploying troops to Ukraine, a stance that received substantial pushback from European leaders who do not wish to drag their countries into a full-scale war with Russia.

The survey also revealed that while a vast majority of Poles oppose outright military intervention, 40 percent believe NATO should adopt a more stringent approach toward Russia due to its hostilities towards Ukraine. Almost an equal number — 37 percent — feel NATO’s reaction is appropriate, while 14 percent think NATO is overreacting in its response.

Poland, a NATO member since 1999, sees tremendous support for the Alliance, with over 90 percent approval. CBOS reports that in March 2022, following Russia’s attack on Ukraine, public support surged to an all-time high of 94 percent.

Poland, an important donor of aid to Ukraine and a refuge for millions of Ukrainian citizens fleeing the war, stands divided over Ukraine’s immediate NATO membership. A 2023 poll conducted by IBRiS found that 47.7 percent of Poles oppose Ukraine entering the alliance, with only 40 percent in favor.

The CBOS poll comes as NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg conceded that Ukraine may have to make concessions to Russia in order to bring about an end to the war. It also follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s admission that Ukraine is losing the war and faces defeat without further Western assistance.

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Nearly three full quarters of Poles oppose Polish or any other NATO country's forces engaging in the Russia-Ukraine war. Research by Statistics Poland (CBOS) reveals a clear sentiment among Poles, with 74.8 percent opposing military involvement. Only 10.2 percent advocate for such intervention. show more
April 11, 2024
Politics
War

Zelensky Appears to Reject Alleged Trump Peace Plan.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed a rumored peace plan from Donald Trump suggesting Ukraine relinquishes territory to Russia to resolve the conflict. The plan, according to a report from The Washington Post, would have Ukraine cede the Donbas region and recognize Russian sovereignty over the Crimean peninsula in exchange for a cessation of hostilities. Several global leaders, including NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, have floated similar ideas for ending the war.

“If the deal is that we just give up our territories, and that’s the idea behind it, then it’s a very primitive idea,” Zelensky said in a recent interview. He added: “I don’t need a fantastic idea, I need a real idea, because people’s lives are at stake.” Ukrainian officials have repeatedly balked at the possibility the country may have to give up a portion of its territory to Russia as part of a peace agreement.

Tamila Tasheva, the top Ukrainian official overseeing Crimea for the Zelensky government, told The Daily Beast that ceding land to Russia would only embolden its territorial ambitions. “It’s crucial to recognize that any retreats made by Ukraine at this point could potentially fuel future escalations. It’s weakness, rather than the capability to resist, that emboldens Russia’s actions,” she said.

The Trump campaign has suggested The Washington Post‘s reporting on the former President’s proposed peace plan is inaccurate. “Any speculation about President Trump’s plan is coming from unnamed and uninformed sources who have no idea what is going on or what will happen,” campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in response to the report.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed a rumored peace plan from Donald Trump suggesting Ukraine relinquishes territory to Russia to resolve the conflict. The plan, according to a report from The Washington Post, would have Ukraine cede the Donbas region and recognize Russian sovereignty over the Crimean peninsula in exchange for a cessation of hostilities. Several global leaders, including NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, have floated similar ideas for ending the war. show more
April 10, 2024
Jack Montgomery
TECH
War
World

Ukraine Now Buying Chinese Drones, American Ones Keep Breaking.

The war in Ukraine has exposed significant deficiencies in the American drone industry, with glitchy, expensive drones made in the U.S. failing to meet expectations and being supplanted by off-the-shelf Chinese products.

Silicon Valley firm Skydio is among the U.S. firms whose drones have fallen flat on the Ukrainian battlefield, with the Wall Street Journal reporting “hundreds of its best drones… flew off course and were lost” after running into Russian jammers.

“The general reputation for every class of U.S. drone in Ukraine is that they don’t work as well as other systems,” admitted Skydio chief executive Adam Bry, confessing his product was “not a very successful platform on the front lines.”

Ukraine’s drone supplier of choice is Chinese firm SZ DJI Technology — which, officially, does not even want its products to be used in war zones, saying it “absolutely deplores and condemns the use of its products to cause harm anywhere in the world.”

Embarrassingly for the U.S. government, DJI has been banned by the U.S. military, and Congress is weighing whether to ban it altogether – yet the firm is being bolstered by Ukrainian purchases funded at least in part of U.S. aid.

Ukraine’s burgeoning domestic drone industry also relies on Chinese parts.

The problems with U.S. drones are not only a national security weakness but also a loss for the U.S. economy, with Ukraine using up around 10,000 drones a month that might have come mainly from U.S. firms had they been more reliable.

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The war in Ukraine has exposed significant deficiencies in the American drone industry, with glitchy, expensive drones made in the U.S. failing to meet expectations and being supplanted by off-the-shelf Chinese products. show more
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April 10, 2024
William Upton
Politics
War

You’ve Been Giving Much More to Ukraine Than You Were Told.

A group of Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill are accusing President Joe Biden‘s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of significantly underestimating the amount of aid sent to Ukraine. In a letter to Biden’s budget agency, Sens. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Mike Lee (R-UT) — along with several other lawmakers — detail evidence suggesting the previous Ukraine aid estimate of $111 billion is off by at least $14 billion. They contend the actual cost of aid is closer to $125 billion and could even exceed $129 billion.

Sen. Vance and his colleagues also allege the Biden government has stonewalled their transparency efforts, making it increasingly difficult to determine the cost of U.S. aid packages sent to the Eastern European country. They note that their initial request for OMB to provide the cost of Ukraine aid took nearly eight months to fulfill — and even then, the agency only provided an incomplete data set.

“The deficiencies in OMB’s response were numerous,” the Senators wrote to the agency’s director, Shalanda Young, on Tuesday. They noted the OMB data did not include “base appropriations for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative” and “omitted the administration’s ‘$6.2 billion in ‘freed-up’ authority’ to send weapons to Ukraine.”

In May of last year, The National Pulse reported that the Biden government had changed its method for determining the value of military equipment in an effort to allow them to claim they were spending less than initially claimed on Ukraine. The Pentagon originally valued weapons in terms of their replacement costs. By moving to an accounting system where they valued weapons in terms of cost when they were purchased and depreciated, they have been able to argue military aid to Ukraine has been overvalued.

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A group of Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill are accusing President Joe Biden's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of significantly underestimating the amount of aid sent to Ukraine. In a letter to Biden's budget agency, Sens. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Mike Lee (R-UT) — along with several other lawmakers — detail evidence suggesting the previous Ukraine aid estimate of $111 billion is off by at least $14 billion. They contend the actual cost of aid is closer to $125 billion and could even exceed $129 billion. show more
April 9, 2024
War
World

NATO Chief Admits Ukraine May Have to ‘Compromise’ with Russia.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has conceded the possibility that Ukraine may need to compromise with Russia in order to end the war between the two nations.

In an interview with the BBC, Stoltenberg appeared to acknowledge that without a proposed five-year, 100 billion euro fund for Ukraine, the Eastern European nation could find itself facing unconditional surrender to Russia without any bargaining power.

“At the end of the day, it has to be Ukraine that decides what kind of compromises they’re willing to do, we need to enable them to be in a position where they actually achieve an acceptable result around the negotiating table,” he said.

The BBC itself noted that Stoltenberg’s comments mark a stark difference from the stance taken by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnky, who has been steadfast in his refusal to engage in any negotiations with the Kremlin.

Stoltenberg’s “language is notable because President Volodymyr Zelensky has always been adamant that he would never negotiate with Putin despite some calls on him to do so, including from the Pope,” wrote the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg.

Stoltenberg’s acknowledgment of the possibility of a brokered peace deal between Ukraine and Russia — in which Ukraine would likely have to make certain territorial concessions — came the same day that Zelensky himself admitted Ukraine is losing the war and is certain to lose sans more funding from its Western backers.

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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has conceded the possibility that Ukraine may need to compromise with Russia in order to end the war between the two nations. show more
April 9, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
Election 2024
UK
War

Here’s What Donald Trump and David Cameron Spoke About on Monday…

David Cameron, the China-linked former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, met with President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Tuesday evening, with much of the conversation believed to have centered around Ukraine. Cameron was accompanied by Britain’s Ambassador the United States, Karen Pierce.

Cameron, whose premiership collapsed when he lost the Brexit referendum in 2016, now sits in the House of Lords as an unelected life peer and serves as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Foreign Secretary — roughly equivalent to Secretary of State in the U.S.

The Trump campaign told The National Pulse on Tuesday: “On April 8th, 2024, President Trump had dinner at Mar-a-Lago with David Cameron, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, and Karen Pierce, British Ambassador to the United States, to discuss several issues impacting both countries.

“Among the topics discussed were the upcoming US and UK elections, policy matters specific to Brexit, the need for NATO countries to meet their defense spending requirements, and ending the killing in Ukraine.

“President Trump, Secretary Cameron and Ambassador Pierce also discussed their mutual admiration for the late Queen Elizabeth II.”

Britain’s Foreign Office claims Cameron’s meeting with Trump was “productive,” but he was a strange choice of emissary to the America First leader, having regularly trashed him in the past. As Prime Minister, Cameron denounced then-candidate Trump as “protectionist, xenophobic, and misogynistic” and blasted his so-called “Muslim ban” as “divisive, stupid, and wrong.”

Cameron also revealed in his memoirs that he “couldn’t have agreed more” with a speech by Barack Obama comparing Trump to Putin and criticized him for using straightforward language like “Islamic terrorism” in case it offended Muslims.

A Foreign Office statement says Cameron will also be lobbying for a ceasefire in Gaza and announcing millions of pounds to assist a Kenyan-led security mission in Haiti.

The statement does not mention any lobbying on behalf of British citizens or businesses.

Earlier this year, Cameron compared Congressional Republicans who refused to back Ukraine aid funding to Adolf Hitler.

Jack Montgomery contributed to this report.

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David Cameron, the China-linked former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, met with President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Tuesday evening, with much of the conversation believed to have centered around Ukraine. Cameron was accompanied by Britain's Ambassador the United States, Karen Pierce. show more
April 8, 2024
Jack Montgomery
War
World

Zelensky Admits Ukraine is Losing.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted that “Ukraine will lose” if the U.S. Congress does not provide him with more aid. The statement necessarily implies the country is on the back foot in its war against Russia, following Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” that began in February 2022.

“It is necessary to specifically tell Congress that if Congress does not help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war,” Zelensky said bluntly on Sunday, claiming that if his forces are defeated, “other states will be attacked.”

The Ukrainian leader’s call for more aid comes as Maksym Zhorin, deputy commander of Zelensky’s 3rd Assault Brigade, has told the Western press the Ukrainian military is now strained to breaking point, with Russian forces continuing to advance following their successful capture of the fortress town of Avdeyevka.

“The average Ukrainian infantryman is tired, exhausted by the dynamics of war, and by the events that have transpired. They are almost faint. Unfortunately, that is the truth,” Zhorin said.

He added that he did not believe Zelensky’s moves to lower the conscription age from 27 to 25 would be enough to address the country’s manpower shortages and that younger Ukrainians would have to be drafted.

“I would decrease the age further. As difficult as this is to say, young people must fight,” he said.

“It is too difficult to keep the older soldiers motivated and they often have chronic health issues. Young people are more motivated, more energetic, and more willing to fight.”

The average age of a Ukrainian soldier is currently 43.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted that "Ukraine will lose" if the U.S. Congress does not provide him with more aid. The statement necessarily implies the country is on the back foot in its war against Russia, following Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" that began in February 2022. show more
April 5, 2024
Politics
War
World

Trump Warns Israel is ‘Losing the PR War,’ Urges End to Gaza Conflict.

Former President Donald Trump said Israel must quickly end its war against Hamas in Gaza as he warned the Jewish state is “losing the PR war.”

“Get it over with and let’s get back to peace and stop killing people. And that’s a very simple statement,” Trump told radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday. “They have to get it done. Get it over with and get it over with fast because we have to — you have to get back to normalcy and peace.”

Trump specifically called out Israel for releasing video footage of its military actions against the Palestinians. “They shouldn’t be releasing tapes like that,” he said. “That’s why they’re losing the PR war. They, Israel is absolutely losing the PR war.”“They’re releasing the most heinous, most horrible tapes of buildings falling down. And people are imagining there’s a lot of people in those buildings, or people in those buildings, and they don’t like it,” Trump continued. “They’re losing the PR war. They’re losing it big. But they’ve got to finish what they started, and they’ve got to finish it fast, and we have to get on with life.”

Once supported staunchly in its conflict against Hamas by both Trump and Joe Biden, Israel has seen its support across the world dwindle as humanitarian concerns in Gaza grow. Trump earlier warned that Israel must “finish up” the conflict amidst waning support.

Support for the Jewish state has declined even more since then, following a seemingly intentional attack against foreign aid workers in Gaza this week. The attack marked a major turning point for Israel’s relationships with Western powers, as calls in the U.S. and the UK to stop sending arms to Israel are increasingly gaining support.

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Former President Donald Trump said Israel must quickly end its war against Hamas in Gaza as he warned the Jewish state is "losing the PR war." show more
April 4, 2024
William Upton
Politics
War

Obama’s Speechwriter Admits Biden ‘Looks Weak.’

Jon Favreau — a former speechwriter in the Obama White House — says President Joe Biden‘s refusal to increase pressure on Israel to stop its military from killing civilians in Gaza makes him look “weak.” The former Obama speechwriter and host of the liberal Pod Save America podcast has joined a growing list of influential Democrats who have publicly criticized Biden for what they see as a soft response to an Israeli military strike that killed seven humanitarian aid workers earlier this week.

“The President doesn’t get credit for being ‘privately enraged’ when he still refuses to use leverage to stop the IDF from killing and starving innocent people,” Favreau wrote Wednesday in a post on X (formerly Twitter). He added: “These stories only make him look weak.”

On Tuesday, President Biden said those responsible for the Israeli strike and civilian deaths should be held accountable. “Israel has not done enough to protect aid workers trying to deliver desperately needed help to civilians,” the President said in a statement. He continued: “Incidents like yesterday’s simply should not happen. Israel has also not done enough to protect civilians.” On background, White House officials insisted to the corporate media that Biden was “angry.”

For an increasing number of Democrat lawmakers on Capitol Hill, however, the statement by Biden wasn’t enough. Over the past two days, several of the President’s top allies in the Senate called for a shift in his approach to Israel. On a Wednesday appearance on MSNBC, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) warned the White House: “The polling is very clear: The Democratic base wants to stop funding Netanyahu’s war machine.” Meanwhile, Sen. Chris Coons told CNN on Thursday that he was open to conditioning any further aid to Israel on the reduction of civilian casualties.

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Jon Favreau — a former speechwriter in the Obama White House — says President Joe Biden's refusal to increase pressure on Israel to stop its military from killing civilians in Gaza makes him look "weak." The former Obama speechwriter and host of the liberal Pod Save America podcast has joined a growing list of influential Democrats who have publicly criticized Biden for what they see as a soft response to an Israeli military strike that killed seven humanitarian aid workers earlier this week. show more