Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- $113 BILLION on a war with no end in sight: DailyMail.com breaks down Biden’s enormous military package for Ukraine on the first anniversary of Putin’s invasion, the Republican audits, and what the taxpayers think
- The last time the United States gave Europe such substantial financial backing, President Harry Truman was trying to rebuild a continent ravaged by the Second World War.
- Seventy-five years on, the Biden administration and Congress have now set aside a similarly staggering $113 billion in American taxpayer funds for Ukraine in a conflict that has no end in sight.
- The huge support package – three times more than what the U.S. spent in Afghanistan in a year – is dominated by the $46.6 billion in military equipment and support.
- the UK in second giving $5.1 billion since the start of the invasion and the EU handing over $3.3billion
- The American package has so far included 8,500 Javelin anti-armor systems, a Patriot air defense battery, 20 Mi-17 helicopters, 31 Abrams tanks and 700 Switchblade drones.
- 109 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 75,000 sets of body armor and helmets, 38 High Mobility Artillery Rocket systems, and 4,000 Zuni aircraft rockets have also been sent over.
- Military analysts believe the Western hardware has been essential in helping Ukrainian forces keep the Russians at bay.
- And Zelensky wants more, including fighter jets. There has been a push from both Republicans and Democrats to provide F-16s.
- ‘American taxpayers are rightly frustrated with over a hundred billion U.S. dollars that have been spent in Ukraine, especially given the lack of a clear vision or strategic objective in the conflict’ Heritage Action for America executive director Jessica Anderson told DailyMail.com.
- ‘Before Congress even discusses the possibility of additional aid, the public must get answers to a number of important questions.
- ‘This includes some kind of public disclosure of where and how the previous economic aid has been spent, and public disclosure of the impact of drawdown authority.
- ‘Additionally, the Biden administration must articulate a plan on what ‘victory’ is, the American commitment to that ‘victory,’ and the American financial commitment in a post-conflict reconstruction phase.’
- ‘President Biden has been complaining that the Republicans don’t care about the deficit or debt and here he is handing out billions of taxpayer dollars in additional aid to Ukraine.
- ‘America can’t afford to keep on writing checks. If Biden is serious about avoiding a debt ceiling disaster, he needs to act like it and put away the taxpayers’ checkbook.’
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Biden visits Zelensky in Kyiv and says Putin ‘dead wrong’ on Ukraine war
- “We have every confidence you’re going to continue to prevail,” he said.
- Biden’s first trip to Ukraine as president came days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
- He said that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin had been “dead wrong” to think Russia could outlast Ukraine and its Western allies.
- Biden’s presence was intended to reaffirm America’s “unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity,” according to a White House statement.
- The US is one of Ukraine’s biggest allies and the state department has so far announced $24.9bn in military assistance.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Putin Suspends U.S. Nuclear Treaty, Tells Russians, West ‘Wants to Finish Us Forever’
- Putin used his speech to announce an end to the New START agreement, a treaty passed under Obama.
- “I am forced to announce today that Russia is suspending its participation in the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty,” he declared, accusing the United States and the greater West of attempting to eliminate the existence of Russia as a whole.
- New START took effect in February 2011 and, under a proposal by President Joe Biden eagerly embraced in Moscow, extended through 2026. The deal limits the number of nuclear weapons both sides can deploy and forced the U.S. and Russia to, at least on paper, maintain an equal number of strategic nuclear weapons. As described by the State Department, the treaty requires limits of:
- 700 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), deployed submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), and deployed heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments;
- 1,550 nuclear warheads on deployed ICBMs, deployed SLBMs, and deployed heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments (each such heavy bomber is counted as one warhead toward this limit);
- 800 deployed and non-deployed ICBM launchers, SLBM launchers, and heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments.
- President Donald Trump was a stern critic of the New START agreement, reportedly raising the issue in his first call with Putin as president in 2017 and publicly demanding a new agreement that also includes China.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- White House WARNED Kremlin before Biden’s surprise Kyiv trip: How U.S. reached out to Moscow HOURS before President’s arrival to avoid conflict after – Air Force One took off from D.C. in secret
- Biden left Washington in secret at 4:15 a.m. on Sunday, flying to Poland and then taking a 10-hour train ride so he could stand alongside Ukrainian President Zelensky four days before the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion.
- [Yet many are unhappy] that Biden made this journey instead of visiting East Palestine, Ohio, the site of a toxic train derailment earlier this month.
- [One person said] ‘When our border is in crisis, Joe Biden goes home to nap in Delaware. When Ohio burns with toxic chemicals, Biden’s admin says everything is fine. So on Presidents’ Day, I’m not surprised that Biden is ditching America for Ukraine,’ tweeted Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz. ‘He ditched America’s interests since the start of his presidency. They can keep him!’
- Even among the ranks of American government, the trip was a closely guarded secret.
- …the president is scheduled to meet with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and the leaders of the Bucharest Nine nations.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Ukraine will now push for F-16 fighter jets, government adviser says
- Yuriy Sak, an adviser to Ukraine’s Defense secretary, told The Hill that he was optimistic about receiving Western fighter jets such as the American F-16s, which Ukrainians have sought since early last year when Russia first invaded.
- “Every type of weapon we request, we needed yesterday,” Sak said. “We will do everything possible to ensure Ukraine gets fourth-generation fighter jets as soon as possible.”
- Reuters first reported the news that Ukraine was setting its sights on fighter jets.
- Ukraine scored a major win on Wednesday with the announcement from President Biden that the U.S. will donate 31 American-made M1 Abrams main battle tanks to Kyiv.
- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday also said he would supply Ukraine with the country’s Leopard 2 tanks and approve the transfer of other Leopards from European allies.
- So far, the U.S. has resisted sending the F-16 fighter jets and does not appear ready to announce their transfer anytime soon.
- But national security adviser John Kirby told reporters on Wednesday the U.S. was “in constant discussions” with Ukraine and “we evolve those as the conditions change.”
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Ukraine: Is the Hammer About to Fall?
- The ultimate strategic objective of the current policy, is to tighten the grip of western elites on the levers of global power and to prevent the dissolution of the “rules-based international order.” But after 11 months of nonstop warfare in Ukraine, the US-backed western coalition finds itself in a worse position than when it began.
- One of the biggest surprises of the current war, is simply the lack of preparedness on part of the US.
- Otherwise, how does one explain these glaring errors in judgement:
- They never thought the sanctions would backfire
- They never thought they’d run out of weapons and ammo
- They never thought Russia’s oil receipts would skyrocket
- They never thought that the majority of countries would maintain normal relations with Russia
- They never figured they’d actually need a coherent military strategy for fighting a ground war in Eastern Europe.
- Excerpt from an interview with ex-Brigade General Erich Vad who served as Angela Merkel’s policy advisor from 2006 to 2013:
- Let’s summarize:
- The media is “overestimating the (effect of) Ukrainians’ regionally limited offensives”. In short, the Ukrainians are losing the war.
- The Russians are winning the war. (“The Russians are clearly advancing. They will probably have completely conquered the Donbass before long.”)
- Russia can mobilize up to two million reservists
- Weapons alone will not change the outcome of the war. (“the martens and leopards are not enough.”)
- There is no evidence that the west has clearly defined strategic objectives. (“Do you want to achieve a willingness to negotiate with the deliveries of the tanks? Do you want to reconquer Donbas or Crimea? Or do you want to defeat Russia completely? There is no realistic end state definition. And without an overall political and strategic concept, arms deliveries are pure militarism…Military operations must always be coupled with attempts to bring about political solutions.”)
- Remember the Powell Doctrine [Colin Powell]? “The Powell Doctrine states that a list of questions all have to be answered affirmatively before military action is taken by the United States:
- Is a vital national security interest threatened?
- Do we have a clear attainable objective?
- Have the risks and costs been fully and frankly analyzed?
- Have all other non-violent policy means been fully exhausted?
- Is there a plausible exit strategy to avoid endless entanglement?
- Have the consequences of our action been fully considered?
- Is the action supported by the American people?
- Do we have genuine broad international support?
- Colonel Douglas MacGregor said in a recent interview:
- “There are now 540,000 Russian troops stationed around the outskirts of Ukraine preparing to launch a major offensive that I think will probably end the war in Ukraine.540,000 Russian troops, 1,000 rocket artillery systems, 5000 armored fighting vehicles including at least 1,5000 tanks, hundreds and hundreds of tactical ballistic missiles. Ukraine is now going to experience war on a scale we haven’t seen since 1945.”
- Bottom line: While Washington and its NATO allies do not have a coherent strategy for winning the war in Ukraine…
- We expect that the outcome of this conflict will reshape Europe’s outdated security architecture and force a realignment that will mark the end of the unipolar era.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Navy Secretary says US may need to choose between arming itself or Ukraine in the next six months
- US Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro has stated that within the next six months, the US Navy may need to choose between arming itself or Ukraine, as weapons producers aren’t making them quickly enough.
- Del Toro was asked by a reporter whether “the Navy might get to the point where it has to make the decision whether it needs to arm itself or arm Ukraine, and has the Navy gotten to that point yet?” according to Defense One.
- “I wouldn’t say we’re quite there yet, but if the conflict does go on for another six months, for another year, it certainly continues to stress the supply chain in ways that are challenging,” Del Toro added.
- The Biden administration has poured more than $100 billion into the war in Ukraine. $47 billion alone came from the government’s $1.7 trillion end-of-year federal spending bill which passed the House in December.
- Republicans have been highly critical of the enormous amounts of weapons and funding that the White House has given to Ukraine, with many of them calling for it to stop.
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Revelations 18:23:’For the merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.’
Important Takeaways:
- Heads up, farmers: Biden is coming for your water
- If you live in rural America, odds are that hearing the phrase “waters of the United States” – more commonly known as WOTUS – gives you some unease.
- In 2015, the Obama-Biden administration enacted a WOTUS rule that essentially gave the federal government jurisdiction over every body of water in the country, including streams and ditches.
- The Biden administration is back with a new WOTUS rule that will create more uncertainty and condemn communities across the country to regulatory limbo.
- The message is clear: the Biden Administration’s rule will not result in cleaner water, but it will threaten our nation’s food supply chain.
- Instead of assisting farmers’ and ranchers’ efforts to protect clean water, the EPA’s proposed WOTUS rule is a boon to activists who will use it to stall, delay or halt rural development, eliminate incentives for locally led conservation, and further erode the confidence of America’s farmers and ranchers in the federal government.
- As farmers, we understand that those of us closest to the land, whose livelihoods depend on clean water, clean air and healthy ecosystems, are the best stewards of our resources – not the federal government. We should not need teams of attorneys to determine whether we can plow a field or make improvements to our land. Unfortunately, that will be the reality with a return to burdensome and confusing water rules.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- US made clear about Ukraine’s “attack deep inside Russian territory”
- Kirby’s comments appeared to be in response to a statement by Aleksey Danilov, head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, a day earlier that Kiev had not ruled out attacks inside Russian territory. .
- Asked by ABC whether Ukrainian drones should strike airports deep inside Russia, spokesman Kirby said he would let the Ukrainian armed forces have a say about their activities.
- Kirby later clarified: “We certainly do not encourage or facilitate Ukrainian activities inside Russia. We are trying to make sure that they can defend their territory, regain their territory in Ukraine”.
- Kirby previously mentioned Washington’s latest $275 million military aid package for Ukraine, which includes missiles for the HIMARS system, artillery shells, air defense equipment and other weapons.
- This new aid package brings the total amount of military aid provided by the administration of President Joe Biden to Ukraine to about $20 billion, of which $19.3 billion has been awarded since the start of the military campaign of Russia in February.
- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova earlier warned that the US supplying Kiev with long-range weapons to attack Russia would cross a “red line” and potentially make Washington “a direct party to the conflict.”
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Revelations 18:23:’For the merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.’
Important Takeaways:
- Biggest US rail union rejects labor deal, sparking holiday strike concerns
- Train conductors represented by the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers-Transportation Division, or SMART-TD, narrowly rejected the proposed deal. The vote drew record turnout among the union’s membership of more than 28,000 conductors and other workers.
- Due to a preexisting agreement to honor respective picket lines, all 12 unions must sign off on the deal to prevent a strike before the current status quo agreement expires on Dec. 8.
- The rail industry’s labor unions are pushing for more lenient attendance policies and upgraded sick leave policies to ease pressure on workers. Rail companies argue expanded policies would force them to bring on more staffers.
- A special board of arbitrators appointed by President Biden outlined the proposed five-year deal, which includes 24% pay raises and a $5,000 bonus for workers.
- A nationwide rail workers strike could cost the US economy more than $2 billion in lost output per day, according to a September analysis by the Association of American Railroads.
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