Parsing Kremlin threats regarding nukes. Larry Johnson and I with the Judge today.
Invincible Ignorance
Putin warned pointedly of US exceptionalism 11 years ago in a NYT op-ed, right after he helped Obama face down pressure for war on Syria and there was then still a modicum of trust.
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html
Alas, Sullivan/Blinken seem “invincibly ignorant”.
How Will Putin React to Kursk Invasion
How will Putin react to the quixotic invasion of Kursk. What is the US/Ukraine logic, if any, behind this caper, which makes absolutely no military sense:
The Risk of Telling the Truth
“Sometimes it seems like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I’ll fall five-feet four-inches forward in the fight for freedom.”
-Fannie Lou Hamer
Happy Birthday to this trailblazer and justice seeker.
This world is full of mystery and sometimes misery but when you find a man like Ray you see the true beauty in humanity and that it is always something worth fighting for!
Thank you Ray for all you’ve taught me. Happy birthday Raymond McGovern!
A Bit of Catholic Instruction for JD Vance
JD Vance: Nice that you are moved by Psalms sung in Aramaic. Justice in Aramaic, tsidqah, DENOTED giving preference to the poor. God judges in favor of refugees, widows, orphans (Ps146). Will your becoming a Catholic be “good news to the poor” (Luke 4:18)
Addressing the President on Netanyahu
Mr President: Let the world know you can say NO to Netanyahu.
https://x.com/raymcgovern/status/1827434273219150136
Nukes to Thwart Defeat
Mr President: A Warning. Your Advisers Are Likely to Suggest Nukes to Thwart Defeat in Ukraine
https://x.com/raymcgovern/status/1827519758377611770
Kyiv’s Suicidal Invasion of Kursk
Is there any logic behind Kyiv’s suicidal invasion of Kursk? Is Kyiv sacrificing its best units (Gen. Syrskyi has a lot of experience doing precisely that) to force Biden into pre-election choice between ‘losing Ukraine’ and risking direct war with Russia?
Mr. President, Talk to Putin ALONE
Mr. President, Talk Backchannel to Putin — ALONE
Strategic Ignorance
Why Americans Don’t Know Diddley about Russia, and why that matters. Russophobic “intelligence’, and the media that feed on it may, in the end, do us all in.