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I did not understand much about Stephen Gardner till after I got his invite for an interview. Stephen is your skilled routine person simply attempting to make good sense out of a complicated assortment of world occasions. He does not pretend to be a professional and does not need an ideological pureness test for any potential visitor.

Anyway, the podcast from my very first interview with Stephen created over 700,000 views. That male has some real reach. Another thing I found about Stephen– he is a generous soul. After my very first look on his podcast I got an amazing food present from Stephen. He was simply thanking me for taking my time to talk with him. I made no needs of any kind. He merely acted upon his own. That’s a class act in my book.

Since Stephen and I spoke on Wednesday there have actually been some considerable advancements. The most essential, in my view, is Russia enforcing a de facto blockade on Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea. This is simply one effect of Russia’s withdrawal from the grain offer. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported:

On 13 August at about 6.40 a.m. Moscow time, the Black Sea Fleet patrol ship Vasily Bykov, which was performing shipping control tracking, identified the bulk freight ship Sukra Okan under the flag of Palau, which was on its method to the Ukrainian port of Izmail, in the south-western part of the Black Sea.

The captain of the bulk freight ship did not react to the demand to pick up examination for the carriage of restricted products.

The Russian warship opened alerting fire from automated little arms fire to powerfully stop the vessel.

In order to check the bulk freight ship, a Ka-29 helicopter with a group of Russian servicemen was raised from the patrol ship Vasily Bykov.

Following radio discussions, the ship stopped its course and the boarding group arrived at the bulk freight ship.

After the work of the boarding group on board Sukra Okan was finished, the vessel continued its journey to the port of Izmail.

Black Sea Fleet ships continue patrolling in the designated locations.

There are still politically prominent oligarchs in Ukraine that are being economically hurt by Russia’s blockade. Now that a significant bite is being gotten of oligarch checking account it is extremely most likely that President Zelensky will deal with growing pressure to discover a method to end the war and get the “commerce” back in equipment. Do not neglect the troubles that this is developing for black market smugglers. Here is an outstanding summary of how drug traffickers are utilizing Black Sea paths

Shifting subjects to the ongoing delusional analysis by retired U.S. Generals. Phil Breedlove did a stint as the Commander of EUCOM (i.e., U.S. European Command) and is priced quote in a current NY Times post firmly insisting that Ukraine’s counter offensive can prosper without air power:

All of which has raised a concern: Without substantial air power– a pillar of the warfare methods that the West has advised Ukraine to embrace– can the counteroffensive dominate?

The response seems yes, as existing and previous authorities in Ukraine, the United States and Europe, in addition to Western defense experts, stated in interviews recently as the counteroffensive ground on, with volleys of weapons fire and drone strikes however no significant developments.

But it is most likely to be even more hard without the jets.

” It will need to take place without the F-16,” stated Philip M. Breedlove, a retired United States Air Force general and previous NATO leader, “however I think they can.”

A previous F-16 pilot, Mr. Breedlove stated there was “excellent advantage” for Ukraine’s forces to find out and release the so-called combined arms strategies that are the foundation of contemporary ground warfare, considered that they “are going to apply in various stages of what you do, no matter what.”

Nevertheless, he included, “If you anticipate Ukraine to eliminate like we battle, then they need to have the tools that we have, and we have actually not provided those tools.”

Breedlove “thinks?” What else does he think in? Santa Claus? The Easter Bunny? Fiji winning the World Cup? I am flabbergasted that a knowledgeable officer like Breedlove will state something that is so out of touch with truth. Russia’s air defense system, paired with its robust battle flying force, can quickly beat any hazard presented by the F-16

Without a great deal of set wing battle airplane Ukraine has ZERO opportunity of beating even one layer of the Surovikin defense line. NO! As long as these Western “specialists” continue to provide this type of propaganda it will be hard to produce the political opposition to sending out Ukraine billions of dollars of more inadequate military support.

What could represent Breedlove’s insane remarks? Could it be cash? He does have a business relationship with Dyncorp and other Beltway Bandits:

DynCorp was a scandal-plagued military professional with a know-how in military flight operations support, whose main customer was the U.S. federal government up until its acquisition in 2015 by Amentum, a business that takes pride in its ” deep relationships with clients in the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Energy.”

Breedlove is likewise promoted as an “ consultant” at Stellar Solutions, a consultancy that markets itself to customers requiring competence in “ union operations“ and ” professional services for Department of Defense consumers associated to area and rocket systems of nationwide defense and security.”

In other words, because retiring from the Air Force, Breedlove associated himself with companies that either straight make money from military agreements, like DynCorp, or market themselves as reliable experts for defense specialists looking for to handle their relationships with the U.S. federal government.

Cabaret appears to describe what is going on.