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I just guess that I will wait a bit longer, until I see the results of the Stage III trials in process, where three quarters of the U.S. population have been inoculated with the vaccines.

 

Unfortunately, with the bulk of the political and corporate classes across the Western world having sold their souls to Satan and the Club of Rome, the option of waiting is becoming less available to the teeming masses of common folk as Klaus Schwab's Great Reset is forcefully rammed down our collective throats.

For increasing numbers of beaten-down citizens, waiting is not so easy if you want to earn a living, pay your bills, keep a roof over your head or just get enough food to survive from one day to the next.

Trust me, I know - we're seeing the World Economic Forum's touchy-feely goodness up close and personal down here in Melbourne, Victoria, where the health-giving benefits of the Corona Chan "vaccines" and never-ending "booster shots" are being imposed with an iron fist by full-term abortionist Dictator Dan (with the full collusion of the Australian Federal Government led by God-bothering closet Satanist PM Morrison) as he resurrects the Fourth Reich - Australian style!

https://www.rebelnews.com/kill_dans_bill

 

That seems less likely when we already have reports of the Australian Army now training to go door-to-door to drag people out into the streets to forcefully inject them with experimental gene therapies, and hunt down anyone who tries to escape...

https://www.bitchute.com/video/2Zug6773hwz2/

 

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Bernard and others, As LD noted, for many daily activities, proof of vaccination is not rigorously checked.
 

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"As Gerasimov told international interlocutors on the outbreak of the war, ‘I command the second most powerful Army in the world’. Separately Gerasimov told British counterparts that Russia had achieved conventional military parity with the US."
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Looks like they drank the same Kool-Aid types like The Saker and Martyanov were dispensing to their hapless followers.

IMO Chinese military power overtook Russia's c.2010 and relative to the US, it was basically no contest since the USSR ended.
 

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Below is a link to an article posted by the saker. The article contains a "video of fighting" per your request. It is shot from above so you can see the carnage if that is what you really want.


As the saker writes:

"See for yourself: (no need for translation other than “ВСУ” meaning “armed forces of the Ukraine”).

What this video shows are two attempts by the Ukrainian forces to attack: first LDNR forces and then the Wagner PMCs. What happens next is predictable: first, you see a small-arms exchange of fire, then the Russians use mortars. Russian very precise artillery strikes come next. Then full-scale MLRS attacks followed by even more strikes by a pair of Su-25 and one single Su-34. According to Russian sources, in this (very small) attack, all (most?) Ukrainians were killed while the Russians did not suffer any casualties. Notice that the Ukrainian soldiers, while definitely brave, have absolutely no support. Notice also the tiny size of the attacking force: the Ukrainians used to attack with several “brigades” (well, kind of), now they are down to squad/platoon level engagements!

And that kind of needless butchery happens every day, day after day after day after day"
 

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Karlin neglects typical readiness of NATO weapons, which are around 30% in the US, lower in Germany, plus the EU has underinvested for the last 6 years, and Russia and China have over-invested.
 

With Finland joining NATO, overall alliance readiness should also increase/improve even further, since Finland has one of the highest military readiness levels globally.

However, maintaining high levels of military readiness is expensive, and I think that was the reason why NATO had opted for that lower military readiness route in the past. We had a lengthy discussion on this topic a few years back: Can Russia afford to be a great power? https://www.unz.com/tsaker/the-other-new-revolutionary-russian-weapons-systems-asats/?showcomments#comment-2418469

I also discussed in a recent comments thread from this year, that both Russia's, but especially China's economic capacity and therefore their military threat/readiness levels are likely greatly exaggerated:

China’s military expenditure is about $300 billion or about 1.7% of their officially proclaimed, nominal GDP of about $18 trillion for 2021.

If we assume that China’s true/real, nominal GDP is between $8-9 trillion (or about 40-50% of the officially reported figures), those $300 billion of Chinese defense/military spending would be about 3.75-3.3% of nominal GDP, which would be more realistic and more in line with Russia and the U.S.
 

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Karlin's overestimation of US capability is less wrong than the overestimation of Russian capability he's citing ala Saker and Martyonov.

Russia has made big strides from the 1990's (hard not to when your country was almost enriched out of existence by helpful Westerners like Larry Summers) - but it is not on conventional military parity with the US or China.

I think Russia is right in the current situation (and many others going back to the 1990's) but Russia is ill-served by its own supporters buying into propaganda about its military capabilities.

If nothing else, there is a risk that both sides overestimate Russia's willingness to "stay conventional."

If NATO overreaches and Russia over-commits, Russia could find itself in a situation where nuclear strikes become very "thinkable."

That doesn't make them the bad guys either - nuclear weapons are sovereignty insurance against the risk of US globohomo regime change. If you don't go around the world telling hundreds of millions of people what kind of governments they are allowed to have, they won't have to resort to awful means of checking that ridiculous hubris.

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And no one has a clue how many shells Russia needs to hit a target (are you on the Russian general staff?).
 

And if they were actually unironically thinking they were superior to China and at any kind of parity with the US in 2021 I would myself have called them deluded and questioned their connection with reality, it's totally absurd even just from GDP and R&D base considerations.
 

Based on these rough estimates, the Armed Forces of Russia use approximately 67,000 units of rocket and artillery ammunition per day. Approximately, this corresponds to data from the Ukrainian side, according to which Russian forces fire about 50,000–60,000 shells per day (NV.ua, June 14).
 

If Russian artillery fires up to 60,000 shells a day, and they would destroy a target with only 1 to 4 shells/rounds like it is the case for U.S. and NATO high-accuracy and -precision artillery, Russia would have easily and already won the war.

This should be common sense!?

Why do you think Putin declared mobilization for his "special military operation" after HIMARS started hitting Russian ammunition depots, and despite that Russia still had to retreat from Kherson, etc., if Russian artillery would be as accurate and precise as U.S. or NATO artillery, as it appears you and the Russian general staff claim and believe!?

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Fortunately, Putin responded in the way that best ensured the safety and security of his own government, his own country, and his own people. We would expect any responsible leader to do the same.
 

Putin tried to negotiate, and when he didn't get what he wanted he launched a war that has already cost tens of thousands of lives, accomplished nothing positive, and has put the world on the brink of Armageddon.

Maybe it wasn't such a wise idea after all.

It is a replay of the lead up to WW II. Hitler tried to negotiate for a year, and when he didn't get what he wanted, which was modest indeed, the control of Danzig, he invaded. As the ultimate result Germany was destroyed. I think Hitler's actions were justifiable, maybe even 'right', but they led to complete disaster and he should have realized that possibility and weighed it against the potential gain, i.e. control of Danzig.

Neither Hitler or Putin realized that they were fighting worldwide Jewry and that Jewry controls the west and is totally unscrupulous and will pay any price in western destruction, they even regard that as a plus .... watch this vid of rabbi after rabbi predicting the desired destruction of the west ...

https://www.bitchute.com/video/EwWm3VkdoCJ0/

I don't believe anyone knows what will happen, or even has a convincing argument for any potential outcome. There is no off ramp in site. Hopefully one will materialize, but I don't see it.

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What is this dude smoking? The Democrats are dismantling the US military as fast as it can. The US just lost to a bunch of sheepherders in Afghanistan and totally screwed up the exit from the war over there. The military cares more about sex change operations and having a racial war than having enough ammunition and equipment.

The only people that should worry about the US military are loyal Americans who oppose the Biden administration and its corrupt actions. Currently, Biden sends his Gestapo Units (FBI SWAT Teams) after innocent citizens. 7 million illegals aliens have crossed the border to boost Democrat voting rolls including hundreds of CCP Operatives who are here to destroy us. Next, when we push back, his disloyal, Bud Light drinking Communist military will get orders to shoot us when we rebel. They will not hesitate.

Biden and the Democrats along with his RINO do nothings are all traitors. Period.

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That man appears to have been treated far better than any person that tried that with American goons. Sorry... policeman.

I'll bet when he goes to prison, he won't worry about being ass-raped.

China. What an oppressive hell-hole.

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I'm a western person with a chunk of cash. I don't want to work into my grave. If I agree with all that I'm reading here, what do I do?

It seems that there's a massive AI bubble in US markets, and a credit bubble too, for good measure. Europe is screwed up in its own ways, and Japan has an even worse sovereign debt problem than the US. If we invest in our 'adversaries' or even possible future adversaries, we risk getting our assets taken - I have several friends who had investments in Russia 'OFACed' at the start of the Ukraine war - to be clear, these are US citizens who had their Russian equities force liquidated at about .01 on the dollar, despite the US not being at war. I see no reason the same logic couldn't apply to Chinese equities, Koreans if they became part of an alternative currency group, etc.

But assets in the US are massively overvalued, and we aren't exactly straight-capitalist these days either. It seems that every sizable new venture requires presidential endorsement, a son on the board or being a 'special advisor', and one of the Jewish consiglieri families (Witkoffs, Kushners, Lutnicks, etc.) getting a piece of the action too. Their involvement in all these crypto ventures convince me that must be a scam, if only because it's hard to walk into a room full of cutthroats and pickpockets and decide it's a fine place to play poker.

If we want to have influence, we've got to have people with assets on our side. And they are often (like me) concerned about losing those assets, whether to a government (present or future), being 'debanked' (name me a gentile large financial institution), or just lost in a bubble. It's hard to take a step out, politically, if it might cost you your life's work, retirement, etc.

A good solution to this problem would be appreciated, by me and many others. And again, thanks for the article.

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