Defence

2026-02-26

It's not at all clear to me what's going on here, so beyond saying just that, I will content myself by remarking that several options present themselves...

Make up your own minds.

2026-02-23

As it appears impossible to know who is on whose side these days, Ben in his analysis may be as close to the truth as anybody.

There's a lot of information in his full report this week, including about the situation in the UK. As always, we may expect the secret services to tell him what they want us to believe, so is the info kosher? (define kosher... )

It's a mixed bag that doesn't divide neatly along recognised lines.

And is Elon really an alien? Or just another distraction?

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2026-02-23

To listen to the News we would have Iran as primary enemy nbr 1, for reasons unclear. Did Iran ever threaten to invade us?

Maybe our primary enemy is Hamas. Did they ever threaten to invade us?

Or communist China, who make so many of the appliances that enable our modern standard of living. Did China ever threaten to invade anybody (for the moment leaving aside old history such as the Korean and Vietnam wars, at least the latter of which was started deliberately by LBJ).

Russia of course is routinely presented as an enemy, but despite constant provocation by our government sending ever more advanced munitions and support (not to mention Boris Johnson to wreck peace talks) to Kiev, they haven't shown any noticeable desire to attack the UK. I think we should be grateful for such restraint - it should not go unnoticed.

To put it another way, if Russia were supplying France with missiles to attack the UK and

2026-02-20

"None of the most basic facts have been confirmed"

"All attention has now converged on a single question... "

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2026-02-19

After all is said and done, is there anything at this stage left unsaid about the Ukraine?

Is there anything new going on?

Why is past President Zelenskyy still apparently in situ? What does he bring to the table except intransigence?

Is he the only politician of note not to appear in the Epstein files?!

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2026-02-19

Alex Krainer does his best to sort the misdirections from the actual possibilities...

"... this is complete mental illness... "

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2026-02-17

As always, on point.

Is there still hope? Or have all notions of government of the people by the people and for the people been tossed down that nearest abandoned mine?

If the objective is to discredit all politicians everywhere then they are doing a masterful job. 

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2026-02-16

Have we now reached Peak Confusion?

That state where nobody knows what to believe any more and some are even beginning to believe that "the Truth" is a flexible concept - something that is unique to each of us, that we each project into our "Common Shared Reality" and somehow it all merges into a "Common Shared Truth" that is therefore not fixed until it has happened.

Mystics say that the Universe somehow reflects back our thoughts upon us and that our reality is a shared construct that reflects the sum of all our thoughts and fears...  that indeed we can manipulate our reality, since it is in effect merely a simulation presented to us and we can influence incoming events through our focused intent and beliefs.

Be all that as it may, Ben's report this week strays well beyond our previous hum-drum.

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2026-02-15

Ian Proud, interviewed by Glenn Diesen, brings up the so far unmentionable topic of the EU's relationship with the Big Bogeyman to the East - yet peace in Ukraine must in the end be dependent upon the West's willingness to make a peaceful accommodation with Russia. So far they have only demonised Russia.

But at least (and at last!) somebody is talking seriously about it. 

The prize for mending fences with Russia (Russian gas powering European manufacturing as it used to, and economic revival) would be immense.

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2026-02-15

Chinese New Year is upon us, and it begins with a bit of word-play at President Xi's expense.

The demand is for "Habeas Corpus" - where is General Zhang Youxia, and who holds him?

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2026-02-14

More fantasy fables from Munich... reported by the ever-reliable Sebastian.

Plus ça change etc...

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2026-02-13

If all else fails, bring on the scarlet woman...

"This woman is politically radioactive"

Could you make this up?!

China's politics just became more interesting... unless perhaps your name is Tang Can...

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2026-02-12

Once again to make sense of the illogical, Alex Krainer to the fore please...

"Israel was created for this exact reason... "

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2026-02-11

The paralysis of analysis seems to have the CCP in its grip, with no faction in sufficient ascendance to risk direct action.

Lei reviews the battle lines.

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2026-02-11

William Blake was writing about England, but I have no doubt that the same description could well in times past have been applied to that place now known as Greenland - after all, the clue is in the name, and I suspect that the Danes of yore wouldn't have settled there if it was then buried under the plentiful ice that now resides thereon. Global warmists take note.

Whilst it may not be entirely clear why the Donald is so keen to gain a (preferably total) measure of control over it, he has made that objective pretty clear.

A thoughtful piece by Eugyppius reviews the state of US-European relations within some historical context, andhappily he has published this outside his paywall so that we can all benefit from his observations.

It's a quiet

2026-02-08

Is the Chinese leadership still in dispute?

Perhaps we westerners are too focused on what is visible and known rather than what is not directly evidenced - but absence of evidence is also evidence...

(Ignore the lack of video part-way through... )

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2026-02-06

And why the need to speak with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin?

"... he has declared war on the party itself ... "

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Another analysis of the current fluid situation.

2026-02-05

Sebastian Saas brings us up to date.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

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2026-02-05

Our go-to commentator on matters geopolitical, Alex Krainer, updates us on what is (and isn't) happening between Trump and the Iranian government.

"... both the Trump administration and the media are running psychological operations... they deliberately don't want us to understand... "

Quite so. There you have it.

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2026-02-04

Something would seem to be up...

"Deployment on this scale would be impossible without coordination across multiple chains of command... Beijing is now effectively surrounded ... "

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