The rebellion by the Wagner Group soldiers in Russia throws a very bright light on the governmental elites understanding of their own level of fragility and that of their systems. The allegedly evil Mr. Putin is in trouble to say the least. His corrupt and incompetent sycophants have dropped the ball as do all bureaucracies.
Error One
Russia has had the image of a monolithic empire and world hegemon for generations. Their need and use of mercenaries that are drawn from penal brigades underlines the rickety foundation of the Russian and many other governments across the globe. The need for this type of soldier accents the basic unpopularity of central governments in many nations. The circumstances have lined up to expose the situation in Russia but a similar flareup could easily arise in other countries.
Error Two
China is currently being inflated as a huge threat to Taiwan and US “interests.” The interests being a few factories that could easily be rebuilt here at home in a few months. We would have to wait a bit for factories to be built to upgrade our phones of course, (the horror) but we could easily survive. Not requiring redundant manufacturing capabilities here is a matter that could easily be addressed in the future with the blade.
In a previous piece on The Burning Platform I discussed the obvious weaknesses of China. They are never mentioned across the media, only the loss of Taiwan in war games appears to interest the Pentagon and DC hawks wanting commissions and their media lackeys. Will China sell us the parts and equipment required to stop their advance? I suspect not.
China has evolved quite a bit politically since Dollar Bill invited them into the WTO. The cause has been a huge rise in the standard of living for 300 million people. The internet is the ultimate source of power in the world as it brings a level of communication and information about world events to the vast majority of humanity. The filling of many stomachs has changed the old world systems of governance. However the people in the elite seats are too intellectually challenged to realize that their vulnerabilities have risen with the expansion of knowledge.
Will the Chinese Army swim 100 miles to attack Taiwan? I don’t know but it will be a very interesting world either way.
Error Three
NATO/Europe has several countries that are basically unarmed and have been so for a generation. The Dutch and French citizens are already in the street protesting government policies. The governmental stability is in question there as well. Now their military ammunition has all been spent for an apparent positive effect in Ukraine. They are defenseless and insignificant. Russia is offenseless. It sounds like a good marriage to me. Lets’ come home!
Error Four
Joe Bribe’m is sitting on a rickety throne supported by the money grubbing simple help. His handlers have long pushed for a totalitarian state with their own hand on the tiller. He has deteriorated faster than they imagined for their plans. Little barry is in way over his head in his third term running things. Our once vaunted military is now a haven for the psychotic homosexual lobby. They are not to be confused with the Theban Sacred Band by any means. The reenlistment figures speak volumes about our preparedness and abilities and the moral of the troops. The leadership can attack the file room with some level of competence. Anything else is rather doubtful. Would these troops put down an uprising? Has the DC worm grown too big and arrogant to care about the peasants? Mr. Putin was surprised Friday. HMMMM?
That opens an obvious question. How stable are we? Would our Regular Army shoot at citizens or National Guard troops that might protest about the jailing of President Trump or other egregious bureaucratic behavior such as another fake flu lockdown? The basis of our current government appears a bit shaky.
It’s a complete Psycho world. At this point, I would be surprised if somebody doesn’t hit the button to start nuclear destruction.
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“a few factories that could easily be rebuilt here at home in a few months”
Well, then there is no need for urgency, as the US can always build top-of-the-line semiconductor/chips fabs in a few months!! 😂
Why is anyone even worried?
No problem. The plan is to re-purpose all those vacant Walgreens stores in San Fran into state of the art fabs.
I noticed that too. Rediculous.
It takes years to get permits and more years to build.
Shhhhhhhh.
We have state of the art chip facilities all over.
The “Intel* Campus” at Chandler has an “Intel NCO Training” building, clearly labeled on the map right at the corner of Chaparral Way and Processor Pkwy.
Again,shhhhhh, there’s nothing in Arizona but desert, cactus and heat.
Don’t even get me started on the “rare earth minerals” which totally do not litter great swaths of land.
*Intel, nice.
That opens an obvious question. How stable are we? Would our Regular Army shoot at citizens or,eNational Guard troops that might protest about the jailing of President Trump or other egregious bureaucratic behavior such as another fake flu lockdown? The basis of our current government appears a bit shaky.
The real question is would the rank and file of the National Guard (or Army) shoot at all, or shoot at their leaders ordering them to attack their fellow citizens?
Remember when the Soviet Union fell the soldiers refused to shoot their fellow citizens, and when their officers got on the tanks and ordered them to do so, those officers were the ones that got shot! That is why the Soviet Union fell.
What are the odds National Guard ammo is all duds?
The Guardsmen auctioned off the firing pins on the Electronic Bay.
One thing I know is that we don’t know a damn thing about it.
Russia has had the image of a monolithic empire and world hegemon for generations. Their need and use of mercenaries that are drawn from penal brigades underlines the rickety foundation of the Russian and many other governments across the globe. The need for this type of soldier accents the basic unpopularity of central governments in many nations. The circumstances have lined up to expose the situation in Russia but a similar flareup could easily arise in other countries.
Wonderful cogent statement, that could just as easily apply to the good olde tymey uS of A.