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 July 17, 2023-From the Sublime to the Ridiculous

Russian lawmaker Andrey Kartapolov suggested that President Putin expelled the Wagner Group to Belarus to allegedly prepare for an attack against Poland during a recent appearance on Russian state television.

In other words the coup was a ploy. Like the Kyiv feint. Or Kharkiv retreat.

Last month, Putin exiled Wagner Group forces to Belarus following a failed mutiny against Russian military leadership that followed months of tensions which has seen Russian forces struggle to achieve their goals despite the vast size of its military. The attempted rebellion saw a breakdown of relations between the Kremlin and Wagner Group founder and leader Yevgeny Prigozhin , a longtime Putin ally. Meanwhile, much about the paramilitary organization's plans in Belarus remain unknown.

However, Kartapolov said during a recent appearance on Russia-1's Evening with Vladimir Solovyov that Wagner forces may be preparing for a new attack against Poland, a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Kartapolov's claims could not be independently confirmed and neither Putin nor Wagner leadership have signaled that there are imminent plans to invade Poland.

The rumor is preposterous. Russia cannot even defeat Ukraine much less Poland and NATO.

Kartapolov said Wagner troops were sent to "train" Belarusian soldiers in preparation for a potential attack against Poland to potentially seize control of the Suwałki Gap, a small but strategically important strip of Polish territory between Russia and the exclave of Kaliningrad that has long been a sticking point for Russia.

If Russia made such attempt, Kaliningrad would be lost. Possibly forever.

"It is clear that Wagner PMC went to Belarus to train the Belarusian Armed Forces," Kartapolov said. "Not only and not so much. There is such a thing as the Suwałki Corridor. You know very well what it is. Should anything happen, we need this Suwałki Corridor very much."

He added that the Wagner Group will be prepared to take control of the land in a matter of hours.

As the war goes on, the Russian propaganda becomes more and more preposterous.
The polls indicate the older Russians are still far more supportive of Putin’s war than the young. The old were brought up in a system where you did not question what the government said.

In a September 2022 poll, Russians – especially older Russians – largely believe that their country had to “fight back” against those that would seek to destroy it. In February 2022 – just before Russia’s latest invasion – 60% of survey respondents reported that the United States and NATO were to blame for the conflict in Donbas, where war has been raging since 2014. That figure was up ten percentage points from the previous November.

But this in no true for the young. They are more questioning and will be the ones sent to fight. They are the ones protesting and demanding an end to Putin’s war. Many are being conscripted and immediately sent to the front to die as punishment for their protests.
Former US President Donald Trump lambasted POTUS Joe Biden and called him “stupid” for revealing crucial secrets of the country.

The business-mogul-turned politician noted that the 80-year-old President was “stupid” to reveal that the United States is running out of ammunition.
Trump might going to jail, for storing state secrets in a ballroom. Uhh, the irony :-)
TRUMP
If Trump becomes president while any federal charges are pending, he will pardon himself and the proceedings will end. This would apply also to any convictions already obtained in federal court. The conviction would stand, but the pardon would wipe out any sentence.

The charges in Georgia (if any) and New York are a different matter, since his pardon power doesn’t extend to What is wrong with this situation. Where someone is convicted of nothing, yet the Speaker of the House is seriously considering impeaching Biden. For what?

The economy is working well, inflation is down, wages, real wages are up. Other than Hollywood there are no strikes, UPS settled today, I expect the UAW to also settle and workers are being well paid.

The stock market is way up since Biden took office, the recession never came, inflation has been tamed down to 3%, 13 million jobs were created since Biden took over from Trump’s horrible negative job loss economy.

The USA is more respected than ever, NATO has expanded and is paying its way, Australia signed the AUKUS deal meaning jobs for the USA over the French on the sub deal.

China has been slowed but not stopped, Biden has defended Taiwan, China wants rapproachment but not good enough.

Are we really to believe that Biden who has been in the public eye with audited tax returns showed to the American public for 50 years is somehow a ‘crime boss’ because his son was a loser?
I am completely baffled and totally saddened by this approach by the GOP and it’s supporters.

There is nothing there, nothing to be gleeful about just more angry words and threats while the guy who tried to overturn the election because he lost and stole classified docs and was convicted of rape in the civil trial, no none of that means anything to them. His multiple bankruptcies, his mocking of the tax system, his losing case after case and paying millions in fines, again nothing is said.

Someone help me understand what is going on.
This is part of the problem.

Why are you baffled?

The right wing wants to win. They believe that they are the only legitimate Americans. Any time they lose or are out of power it’s due to corruption or theft.

They aren’t interested in anything or anyone telling them otherwise.

They’ll adopt any tactic necessary to achieve their goal of a permanent right-wing majority in government.

The fact that Democrats and independents still don’t understand this, after all these years, is part of what makes this all so dangerous.

The right wing is outnumbered. They know this. They will never win a popular election fair and square.

Their only hope is to snatch control of the government while the rest of the country is distracted. And then change the rules of government to make it impossible to lose power.
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    I am completely baffled and totally saddened by this approach by the GOP and its supporters.

This is part of the problem.

Why are you baffled?

The right wing wants to win. They believe that they are the only legitimate Americans. Any time they lose or are out of power it’s due to corruption or theft.

They aren’t interested in anything or anyone telling them otherwise.

They’ll adopt any tactic necessary to achieve their goal of a permanent right-wing majority in government.

The fact that Democrats and independents still don’t understand this, after all these years, is part of what makes this all so dangerous.

The right wing is outnumbered. They know this. They will never win a popular election fair and square.

Their only hope is to snatch control of the government while the rest of the country is distracted. And then change the rules of government to make it impossible to lose power.

That’s what this was all about.

It’s happening in Israel.!!!! july 23
eh oui!
It’s both hard to understand and easy to understand. Everything Mr. Springfield says is true. I would only add that you are witnessing cultish behavior, and cult mentality is extremely powerful. It is not rational, which is why attempts to understand it from a rational perspective can leave one with a headache.
Nobody ever said the Leopard II was indestructible. But a couple of Leopards hit (and the crews saved) and the Russians are already calling them myths? (They must be shiting their pants!) What about the 54 Russian tanks lost? — Putin dixit, none else.

Again it seems they never heard about Combined Arms Offensive, where main battle tanks are accompanied by infantry fighting vehicles and armoured personnel carriers to keep ATGMs crews very much away (or even better, dead).

Hold on ! Wasn’t that the way the Russians got screwed by sending tanks alone toward Kyiv?

They DON’T KNOW how to do it !!!

Now that Ukraine just used 17% of its forces, I’m getting optimistic: most western trained units where not even commited yet. Oh, boy! them ruskies are toast!
a ukrainian storm shadow missile took out a major russian vehicle repair site in crimea, report says
:!!A Russian vehicle repair base in Crimea was struck by a Ukrainian Storm Shadow missile on Monday, according to a Russian source.