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This Is About Much More Than Just Diesel

What Really Matters From The Last Few Hours

This Is What The End Of An “Age” Looks Like

And The US Cannot Admit It

Midweek Update #30: Trump Has Lost His Political Touch

The US Pulls Back Its Bombers: More Winning, Obviously; Hegseth’s Frightening Speech

The Key Point Being Overlooked

The Russian escalation talk proves one key thing

Weekend Update #205: Russia’s Strategy In Two Words: “War Crimes”

Operation Vivaldi, Even More Robots; The Trump-Putin Quid Pro Quo

Divide And Rule: The US Strategy Towards Europe

And Why It Could Work

Midweek Update #29: The American Distance Blockade: Establishing The Best Possible Terms For US Withdrawal

The Xi-Trump Summit, Keeping The US Fat, Weak And Consuming; Taiwan Should Be Nervous

How Might The War End?

Leadership Choices and Possibilities

Second Try At: Weekend Update #204: An Army Of Robots

Russia’s Most Effective Campaign; The Trump Rehabilitation Campaign Continues

Weekend Update #204: An Army Of Robots

Russia’s Most Effective Campaign; The Trump Rehabilitation Campaign Continues

Live with Phillips P. OBrien and Kate Leschyshyn

A recording from Phillips P. OBrien's live video

It’s Not That Xi Insults Trump Once...

It’s that the Chinese are actively destroying the US global position while the US president bows and scrapes

Midweek Update #29: The Week American Weakness Was Brutally Exposed

The US is too weak to fight the Houthis and Iran; The US has never been weaker vis a vis China; The New Greenland Deal Is Basically The Old Deal.

The Ukrainians Bomb Moscow With Intent

What Is Important About This Operation

Weekend Update #203: A Week Which Demonstrated Why Trump Is So Helpful To Russia

Operation Vivaldi; Russia Batters Ukraine At Range; Trump, Diesel And Ukrainian Energy Strikes.

Live with Phillips P. OBrien: AMA For Subscribers

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A Lack Of Honesty Is The Ultimate Killer

There Is No Coming Back As Long As The US Continues To Lie To Itself

Midweek Update #28: The End Of The American Age: The US In Retreat Militarily, Diplomatically And With The Markets

Hi All,

Why Buying Weapons Is So Dangerous

A Saudi Case Study

Weekend Update #202: Zelensky Tweets The War

The War Is Getting More Brutal Now; Ukraine Showing Greater Adaptability In The Land War; Is Zelensky Fooling Himself About The USA?

The Unravelling Of The American Age Is Accelerating

What Has Happened In The Last Days Is Ominous

Midweek Update #27: When Will The US Run Out Of Patriot Interceptors?

More And More This Looks Like The End Of An Era; China And Russia Must Be Loving This

Graham-Blumenthal Is Part Of The Con

Why I Would Still Vote For It; Quick Update on Kushner/Witkoff Getting Putin A “Win”.

Weekend Update #201: It Will Be A Brutal Fall and Winter

Trump Speaks His Truth About Russia And Ukraine: Drapatyi’s Principles

A Grand Strategy for Europe

Part I: Stop Listening To The Washington Voice

Midweek Update #26: The USA Sanctions A Few Branches Of Egypt’s Second Largest Bank!

Also: US Failure To Understand War Reaches A Crisis Stage; Understanding The Price Of Oil

The Cleansing Can Start With Venezuela

This Latest Deal Has No Long-Term Legal Standing And Provides An Opening To Fight Corruption

Weekend Update #200: Summer Is Ending, The Russian Offensive Is A Failure So Far

Why Fuel Attacks Need To Be Prioritized, An Update;

The Ratcliffe Visit To Moscow: A Case Study Of White House Press Manipulation

Weakness Repackaged As Strength

Midweek Update#25: Sanctions Without China Are A Sign Of Defeat

So, It Turns Out That The US Is Winning!; A Story Illustrating Why This Pentagon Cannot Be Trusted

Live with Phillips P. OBrien and Bob Rae

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Canada Is Right, The USA Cannot Be Trusted

Others Must Act Like

Weekend Update #199: Ukraine’s Campaign Against Russian Oil Infrastructure Should Be The Focus

The Trump Con Comes To Its Natural Conclusion, More Time For Putin: Fedorov Calls For Ukrainian Elections

The US Does Not Understand Air Power, Does Ukraine?

The Wildberries Campaign And The Fallacy Of Signalling

Midweek Update #24: The USA Is Not A Serious Country

In Strategy And Planning The USA Is A Self-Destructive Mess: Here Is A Short-Term Way To Stop The Bleeding

Is The American Age In The Western Pacific Over As Well?

The Last Few Days Make A Mockery Of US Military Power In This Vital Area

Weekend Update #198: Russia's Allies Are More Helpful Than Ukraine's

Actually, The USA Is Quite A Good Ally For Russia; Ukraine Is Slowly But Steadily Liberating Territory.

Midweek Update #23: Can He Keep It Going Through The Election?

The State Of The US Military Is Pretty Distressing

Replenishing Stocks Will Just Recreate A Failed Military

The US Military Must Be Remade--Not Reconstructed As It Was

Weekend Update #197: Anatomy Of A Con:

The Overreaction In the Press: Ukraine Has Not Gone From Winning To Losing

AI And War Is Being Oversold Right Now

The US and Ukrainian Bombing Campaigns Show How Far It Has To Go

Midweek Update #22: The American Age in the Persian Gulf Is Over

The US is Running Out Of Weapons, Pulling Out Forces, And Losing The Faith Of The Region's States. That Will Not Be Easily Undone

Live with Phillips P. OBrien and Fabian Hoffmann

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Do Not Forget That Wars Demand Money

I Doubt The US Can Afford To Escalate And Fight A Long War, Even If It Wanted To

Weekend Update #196: The Week When Hope Killed, Literally

Drapatyi and Fedorov update; Ports/Shipping Update

Is China Going In For The Kill?

Trump Has Left The US More Vulnerable Than It Has Been Since 1861

Live with Phillips P. OBrien and Ivanna Ryzhkova

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Midweek Update #21: Iran Is Toying With The USA

Plus: Iranian Strategy; How Does This End?

It Is All One

Because a Racist, Conspiracist, Anti-Democrat, Oppression-Supporting, Trump-Worshipper Takes One Good Position, Does Not Make Her Worthy Of Praise

Weekend Update #195: The Worst Week Becomes Much Better (But Not The Best)

Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi; Wildberries and Azov

Scenarios For Ending The Russo-Ukraine War

How Wars End Is A Different Process Than You Think

Live with Phillips P. OBrien and Shaun Pinner

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Midweek Update #20: Each Day The US Weakens Itself

What It Means For US-China Relations

Bravery Does Not Win Wars

Even With Extra Testosterone Supplements

Weekend Update #194: The Worst Week For Ukraine In Years. Can It Become The Best?

An update on Ukraine and Patriots; Moscow and Kyiv

Ask Me Anything

After publication update.

Midweek Update #19: What Do We Know?

Also, Living In A Consequence-Free World Has Consequences, The US Is Finding That Out.

Yes, We Are In A Revolution In Military Affairs

And It is Just Starting and Is Unstoppable

Lindsey Graham On Ukraine and Trump

In His Own Words

Weekend Update #193: What Is Happening In The Sea Of Azov?

Trump Gifts Putin Time; Ukraine Strikes Deep

The Worst NATO Summit In History

And The Proof Is In The Pudding

Live with Phillips P. OBrien and Glenn Kessler

A recording from Phillips P. OBrien and BY GLENN KESSLER's live video

Midweek Update #18: Is It So Bad It's Good?

The Hunt For A Fig Leaf

Is Putin Gearing Up To Slaughter More Russians?

Hello All,

Live with Phillips P. OBrien, Andriy Zagorodnyuk and Edward Stringer

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Weekend Update #192: Can Russia Counter?

India Shows The True Fraudulence Of US Sanctions, Two Reports Worth Reading

Can Americans Become Americans Again? A Question for July 4th

Just adding this little note an hour after publication.

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Midweek Update #10: Little Changes In US-Iran, Potentially Lots With US-China

What Did The Bombing Campaign Accomplish?; Will China Save The US With Iran?

The US Military Is Failing: Facts Need To Be Faced

Updates On The Two Wars First

Weekend Update #184: A Most Revealing Parade

Also: Are We About To See Trump's Greatest Public Humiliation?; Ukrainian Ranged Strike Improves—The Reasons For This Week

Watch Out For Tomorrow

Plans For The Russian Victory Day Parade Has Revealed Many Things And More Might Be About To Happen

Live with Phillips P. OBrien, Mykola Bielieskov and Valeriia Soloviova

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Midweek Update #9: One Thing Changes And It Is Not What You Think

Trump Guides And Then Does Not, But Nothing Ever Changed

Taking The "Initiative" In War Might Not Be What You Have Been Told

Also: The US Will "Guide" Vessels In The Strait--What That Might Mean

Weekend Update #183: Ukraine Taking The Initiative?

Long Range and Medium Strike; The Land War; The US Is Now Boasting About Not Helping

The US-Iran War Could Be Over Sooner Than You Think

There really is only one victory condition left

Midweek Update #8: Two Races Against Time

The Iranian Race, The US Race; The Three Narratives

Trump Blinked

What It Could Mean

Weekend Update #182: A Beautiful Friendship: Europe And Ukraine Are Getting Their Act Together

A Revealing Week In the Air War; The Machine War, More Ukrainian Thoughts

Midweek Update #7: The Most Corrupt War In US History

Trump Is Passing The Initiative To Iran; Oil Markets, Watch Out If They Lose Their Optimism

What Does War Is "Too Easy" For The USA Mean?

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Weekend Update #181; Germany Raises The Pot For Ukraine

The USA Boasts, Bluffs And Then Folds; More On Ukraine Fighting Humans With Machines

The USA Does Not Understand War

Ukraine Taking A Position With Machines Not Soldiers Makes That Clearer Than Ever

Midweek Update #6: The Blockade: Fact And Fiction

There Can Only Be One; Do Not Pretend This Has Been “Precise” Or “Surgical”