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To: Les H who wrote (47447)	9/5/2025 5:00:34 AM
From: Les H	Respond to of 48760

SITREP 9/5/25: Rumblings of New 'Major' Russian Offensive as Elite Units Regroup Sep 04, 2025 Now Trump tries to justify his revealed impotence by claiming Russia is only “moving inches” while dropping bombs in volumes not seen since WWII: Well, Israel is doing the same—except it’s dropping those bombs on civilians, not military targets like in Russia’s case—and yet Trump continues standing firm that Hamas should “give up the hostages” and refuses to condemn or act against Israel until all Israeli objectives are achieved. Then he should have no problem with Russia achieving its objectives for the sake of its own vital security interests. Trump is digging a bigger and bigger hole for himself because the more he embeds his legacy into the war, making it obvious that he’s got a major stake in an outcome favorable to him, the more it will hurt his reputation and presidential term later when the sunk-cost fallacy bites back and the media devours him for failing in all his objectives and looking historically weak. simplicius76.substack.com US dropped 88,500 tons of bombs during the Operation Desert Storm in 1991. After more than three years, Russia has yet to reach that figure in Ukraine, indicative that they have a much smaller air force and/or they have a different objective with the intensity of the aerial campaign occurring much later than in Iraq.

To: Les H who wrote (47447)	9/5/2025 8:31:05 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 48760

The US Is Looking to Merge Two Failed Wars in Latin America, the War on Drugs and the War on Terror Posted on September 5, 2025 by Nick Corbishley nakedcapitalism.com As long as the wars and abuses occur outside Europe, the Nobel committee probably doesn't care. I'm not sure I would call them failed wars. If those countries are outside the US-centric economic sphere, laying waste to them deprives China or India of access to their resources. When the US invaded Iraq in 2003, China, France, and Russia had the development contracts for the oil fields. After the invasion, Exxon (US), BP (UK), and Royal Dutch Shell (UK/Netherlands) were given the contracts. 20 years later, it's mostly controlled by China and Russia.