Monthly Archives: June 2024
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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 25, 2024
War Drums Grow Louder Along The Israel-Lebanon Border
Hajj disaster: How more than 1,300 pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia as authorities failed to act
Holding Beijing responsible for its role in the fentanyl crisis
Scientific American calls for federal regulation of homeschool families
The White House Is Contemplating Releasing Oil from the Emergency Reserve—Again
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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 23, 2024
Gunmen in Russia’s Dagestan attack religious sites and police post, killing at least ten Lots of videos on line showing gun fights between the Russian security forces and the Islamic forces but no real information yet.
Planes flying from Lithuania to SE Asia mysteriously land in Iran
The Enduring Mystery of How Water Freezes
TSMC explores radical new chip packaging approach to feed AI boom
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A Strategic Overview Of The Conflict Between Iran and Israel
As Iran/Hezbollah and Israel head towards a conflict that neither of them seems to want but neither of them seems to be able to avoid, it is worth stepping back and taking a look at the overall strategic picture between those two warring parties. Because of the high emotions that surround this conflict, the reporting is particularly bad regardless of which sides reporting you get. In a world that grows ever more divided, the Israel and Iran conflict still stands out as one in which it is particularly hard to get a dispassionate analysis. For this reason, I think it worthwhile to review basic facts that tend to get forgotten in the high emotions that surround this conflict.
The fundamental problem with most analysis of the conflict between Iran and Israel is that it often reduces the conflict to one of mutual hatred. Iran hates Israel and Israel hates Iran and so they fight. Therefore, the people talking about the conflict pick a side depending on their tribal preferences and hype up the conflict as if it was a sport’s game that both sides were trying to win. What this type of analysis misses is that both Iran and Israel draw benefits from the existence of the other even as they hate each other. To understand this paradox, you must look deeper into the strategic factors at play then is normally portrayed in your average news story. Continue reading
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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 21, 2024
US offers assurances to Israel this week in the event of full-blown war with Hezbollah
Tutor Sinking Takes Red Sea Perils to New Level
English-speaking teens are spreading their problems abroad.
NASA indefinitely delays return of Starliner to review propulsion data
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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 20, 2024
South Korean Arms For Ukraine Would Be A Huge Deal And Putin Knows It
GPS jamming now seems to be impacting transatlantic flights
More interesting then the title would suggest. US signals to Hezbollah it will back Israeli offensive, as frustration with Gaza ceasefire grows
Leaks of findings from Oct. 7 IDF probe show: Friendly fire incidents, hesitation to fight
EU rebukes France, Italy and others over excessive debt
Two astronauts wait to come home as Boeing races to understand spacecraft issues
Statewide 911 outage was caused by 911 vendor’s malfunctioning firewall