Naval history and politics. Nothing complicated here, just straight, simple, facts with some opinions. Take what you wish, leave the rest.
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John Bulkeley retweeted
This weekend is going to be just as bad as last weekend. How many more weekends can governments maintain an adequate police and military presence to fight this rebellion, because it is a rebellion and the communists and anarchists are now determined to win it.
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xitter.gq/d_foubert/status/21124… France will be the first domino to fall. Riots are going to get much worse in France and it will degenerate into open civil war before the French elections next year. And this is all headed towards the UK, Spain, Belgium, and maybe even Italy. Europe has not seen turmoil like this since 1848 and now the battle lines are being formed between conservative nationalists against communists, anarchists, Muslims, and Africans. Europe will be on fire in the coming months and the global turmoil this will cause will be of epic proportions. And what happens in Europe eventually comes here to America.
The French left is LITERALLY preparing a revolution before the French can vote for Marine Le Pen.
Something fundamental is changing in France. The whole left appears to have embraced an EXPLICITLY revolutionary perspective, increasingly presenting violence not as an unfortunate consequence of political struggle, but as a legitimate instrument of it.
Their reasoning is straightforward: they regard Marine Le Pen as a fascist, as a new Hitler, and her arrival in power as the end of the world. From that perspective, revolution before the presidential election becomes a question of political survival and all violence is justified. Destroyed businesses, riots, intimidation and attacks on innocent people can all be dismissed as necessary sacrifices. Once revolutionary objectives are considered more important than human lives, even killing can become justifiable.
And much of native French society seems extraordinarily unprepared for such a possibility. They resemble the French aristocrats of 1789. They see the anger, hear the revolutionary speeches and witness the violence, but continue to believe that the existing order will somehow survive.
What they may fail to understand is that revolutionary militants who become convinced they are fighting for their very existence can ultimately become willing to kill those they consider their enemies.
The danger is not merely another wave of riots. It is the possibility of an organised revolutionary confrontation in which political opponents cease to be regarded as fellow citizens and become enemies to be eliminated.
The aristocrats of 1789 discovered that distinction too late.
John Bulkeley retweeted
A lot of people asking whether they should stock up on emergency supplies. The answer is quite obviously that you should. There is absolutely no downside to being prepared and massive downside to not being prepared. We’ve already seen global lockdowns, runs on necessary supplies, and mass rioting. That was just a few years ago. If you’re trying to convince yourself that something like that won’t happen again — and maybe a lot worse this time around — you should stop. Be prepared. There is no rational argument against preparation. Will anything catastrophic actually happen soon? I have no clue. There are enough signals to take the possibility seriously. Way better to err on the side of caution with these things.
John Bulkeley retweeted
This reminds me so much of the geeks, outcasts, and the crazies who were all into communism in the 1970s. The same people are in the DSA and the communist party today, the only difference is that you have billionaires like Soros and Singham and countries like the CCP who support them through dark money NGOs. In the 1950s people like this would be arrested for treason. Who knew that Joe McCarthy was actually right all along.
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xitter.gq/navalnewscom/status/21… Gosh, I wonder why China is placing all this emphasis on amphibious warfare. Taiwan should be prepared. The better prepared they are, the lower the probability that they will be invaded. Massive additional investments should be made by Taiwan in missiles and, especially, drones. And lots of them. Taiwan stands a good chance at winning a confrontation with China, if they have the will to do it.
New satellite imagery shows two new Type 071 amphibious warfare ships for the Chinese Navy under construction at a shipyard in Guangzhou 🇨🇳
By @AlexLuck9
navalnews.com/naval-news/202…
John Bulkeley retweeted
Never thought I would see the day I’d miss Joe McCarthy, let alone admit he was right all along. The only thing that should be added to his list of treasonous seditionists are Muslims but, then again, in his day there were almost none of them in the US. But these modern seditionists are much more dangerous than the ones in the 1950s because they are financed by billionaires like Soros and Singham and countries like the CCP. We ignore this danger at our own risk.
John Bulkeley retweeted
For 47 years now Iranians have been chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel." At what point do we start believing them. If Iran did have a nuclear weapon, it would certainly become the N. Korea of the Middle East. And after that happened, the US and Israel especially, would be subjected to extortion from a rancid religious regime who would constantly threaten the world with nuclear war unless its demands were met. Do YOU want to live in a world like that?
John Bulkeley retweeted
There may come a point when Putin could do one of two things. Either he will start targeting Ukrainian nuclear power plants, which if blown up could certainly cause a major nuclear event as in Chernobyl, or he could use a small nuclear bomb on a Ukrainian city as a warning of what's to come. But by attacking a nuclear power plant it would have the same effect as a nuclear attack without actually using a nuclear weapon, so this is a distinct possibility.
John Bulkeley retweeted
To all people who make this claim, then how did Australia survive for over 65 years using only diesel-electric submarines? Perhaps there were no Chinese nuclear subs back then, but there certainly were Soviet nuclear subs prowling around all over the Pacific and close to Australia. And the last time I checked, Australia was still allied to the US, which already HAS nuclear submarines. If there was an all-out war with China, don't you think US nuclear boats would be patrolling these choke points? This is overkill for a country that just doesn't need to create an astronomically expensive nuclear submarine program (as well as the nuclear shipbuilding maintenance and infrastructure that goes with it) from scratch.
John Bulkeley retweeted
What exactly did the British government think was going to happen when they made this announcement? They didn’t prepare the public for it by gradually promoting preparedness and civil defense. All of a sudden one day they start screaming “Be Prepared!” Are you surprised people are reacting as if an attack is imminent?
🇬🇧🧻El papel higiénico se está agotando en todo el Reino Unido
Las autoridades del Reino Unido han instado al público a hacer provisiones en caso de fallos en los sistemas de pago o emergencias, según informa The Telegraph.
➡️Los residentes han tomado la advertencia en serio: el papel higiénico, los frijoles enlatados, las baterías, las radios, los botiquines de primeros auxilios y los generadores están empezando a desaparecer de los estantes de las tiendas.
Hace apenas una semana, las autoridades advirtieron sobre posibles interrupciones en la cadena de suministro causadas por posibles ciberataques y aconsejaron a los británicos que hicieran provisiones de alimentos, efectivo, agua, mantas y otros artículos esenciales.
John Bulkeley retweeted
xitter.gq/bulkeley_john/status/2… The war between China and the US will begin in the South China Sea, NOT Taiwan. The Philippines (and to a certain extent Vietnam) will have to decide how far they will allow China to go when it comes to claiming more and more islands in the South China Sea. But there will come a point when they have to draw the line somewhere, as they see more and more of their EEZs disappear to China's control. And the rest of the world will have to decide if it can allow China to dominate one of the most important choke points in the world, threatening Freedom of Navigation for everyone. Blackmail of vital choke points is already going on in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea. Do we really need another?
If war begins between China and US and its Pacific allies, it will start in the South China Sea and near the Philippines, not Taiwan. Events are reaching a breaking point in the South China Sea between China and the Philippines and it’s only a matter of time before either there is a major incident at sea or China openly takes some islands off the Philippines by force.
John Bulkeley retweeted
You are wrong like a lot of other people who think this. The Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) of 1979 does not legally obligate or require the United States military to defend Taiwan in the event of an invasion by China.
When the U.S. formally established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1979, it terminated its 1954 Mutual Defense Treaty with Taiwan, which had contained a formal military defense guarantee. The TRA was passed by Congress to replace that treaty and govern unofficial relations, but it intentionally avoided a direct defense commitment.
John Bulkeley retweeted
We should start having a serious debate in this country as to whether or not it’s in our interest to fight WW3 with China over Taiwan, a conflict that could lead to nuclear war. Is it worth risking all that for an island most Americans couldn’t even find on a map?
xitter.gq/BillGertz/status/21159… It's about time to start a debate in Congress on whether or not the US should risk WW3 and the possibility of a nuclear war with China if China invades Taiwan. Fighting China over Taiwan could have catastrophic repercussions around the world. Is it worth all that, not to mention the loss of probably thousands of US military personnel, to defend Taiwan, a nation we don't even have a formal defense treaty with? And if we are going to defend Taiwan to the limit simply because they make a lot of semiconductors, that is not a good reason to go to war. So, the President, Congress, and the Pentagon are going to have to make a damn good case on why we should risk everything for Taiwan.
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xitter.gq/BillGertz/status/21159… It's about time to start a debate in Congress on whether or not the US should risk WW3 and the possibility of a nuclear war with China if China invades Taiwan. Fighting China over Taiwan could have catastrophic repercussions around the world. Is it worth all that, not to mention the loss of probably thousands of US military personnel, to defend Taiwan, a nation we don't even have a formal defense treaty with? And if we are going to defend Taiwan to the limit simply because they make a lot of semiconductors, that is not a good reason to go to war. So, the President, Congress, and the Pentagon are going to have to make a damn good case on why we should risk everything for Taiwan.
The Army's top commander in the Pacific says a Chinese invasion of Taiwan by April remains a real threat. The four-star's blunt warning contrasts sharply with an earlier DNI annual threat assessment that played down the danger of an imminent PLA amphibious assault across the Taiwan Strait washingtontimes.com/news/202…
John Bulkeley retweeted
Tell me, how well would Mahatma Gandhi have done with nonviolent protest while asking for a peaceful dialogue if he was in Auschwitz? You sometimes have to stand up and fight against evil, because that's the only way to stop it. Sometimes loving your enemies will only get you assaulted or, worse, you could end up like Charlie Kirk. There is no such thing as peaceful persuasion with people who want you dead. You need to fight them.
John Bulkeley retweeted
Another reason to be prepared has nothing to do with war or terrorists attacks. The US suffers numerous natural disasters, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and snowstorms that can knock out power and leave your home isolated before any help can make it to you. Being well prepared at home can literally be the difference between life and death in a natural disaster emergency. So, being prepared is wise for a multitude of reasons and once you are prepared you don't have to worry about it again. Do it.
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xitter.gq/HormuzLetter/status/21… Perhaps all these warnings in the Western World regarding emergency preparedness has something to do with what's about to happen to Iran. Massive bombings don't seem effective right now, when the blockade and the strict sanctions are devastating Iran's economy. Maintain the blockade and strict financial pressure and the IRGC will go broke and eventually fall.
BREAKING: Australia urges all its citizens to stockpile canned food and bottled water to prepare for emergencies, per Yahoo News Australia.
It comes after the UK urged the public to stock up on three days' worth of supplies amid the growing threat of war last week.
Japan, Germany, Sweden and Norway have also told its citizens to prepare for emergencies.
John Bulkeley retweeted
Well, after the attempted Iranian attack on an RAF base in the UK, nothing would surprise me anymore. There were rumors that the Iranian terrorists were planning on using a drone or drones on the attack on the air base. So, it's not inconceivable that they wouldn't try something just as crazy at Mar-a-Lago. If you want to know why we are fighting Iran, it's to end the regime that forces us to do things like this.
John Bulkeley retweeted
Everything hinges on election day next week. If the Democrats take over Congress, an attack will happen the next day. But if the Republicans stay in power, President Trump may continue pursuing the blockade and economic sanctions until the IRGC just goes bankrupt and collapses.