I’m embedding a Youtube that’s introduced, very briefly, by Alexander Mercouris but with then segues into a presentation by Jacob Dreizen, as titled above. The total length is only 22 minutes: You can find the original with written commentary here.
It's about legal liability. They can't hide basic facts from investors. I'm not an expert on security fraud laws but I'm pretty sure that's what's going on.
Ahhh ... Thank you. Is it time to sell Pfizer short yet? (Don't have the means or know how, but it would be fun to do a small short on them - just to make the statement.)
I'm inclined more toward Scott Ritter's assessment of 'Maneuvre War' than a Plan A and Plan B theory and Plan B does tie in with Ritter's assessment. I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure Russia never expected Zelensky to roll over based on how much involvement the U.S govt has had in Ukraine all these years.
Russia seemed to expect a repeat of the Prague 68 invasion, with a rapid take over from the Kiev airfield and multi prong attacks that would succeed due to an improved Russian military, vs the 2014 war. Seems under resourced in hindsight.
Now Russia has pivoted to a more traditional type of Russian strategy of annihilation, and using tactics used in Syria to reduce casualties. And make Ukraine into a modern version of Germany during the 100 years war (devastated for generations).
It seems a huge amount of corruption on the Russian side (ghost soldiers, parts sold, no military vendor competition), and incompetence, and a bit of hubris affected the Russian side.
Both the Ukraine and Russian sides are lying, so we don’t know what is really going on. Unfortunately we get a lot more Ukraine lies in the US due to big tech censorship.
The economic war is one that terrifies me, and Russia is winning that one. The physical war I see as a side show for the us - why do we care? But, the economic war is causing huge rapid changes in the worlds economy, and it’s economic systems.
I agree the economic war is frightening; the west appears to be throwing the kitchen sink along with every sanction they can think of. It feels desperate and reckless and grasping. Again, I'm no expert by any stretch but I feel that Russia has been wargaming this for a long time, longer than most would think. I think about what Putin stated in his Feb 24 speech - the last paragraph: we are prepared for every eventuality (paraphrasing). I admit to zero knowledge on the Prague invasion or the German 100 year war so I now have homework. But from an intelligence point of view I can't shake the feeling that the Russians went in with the knowledge that the Ukrainian govt was fully backed by NATO and would never submit but with the intention or hope to win the hearts and minds of the populace (again the Feb 24 speech and P's appeal to the people and military of Ukr). They miscalculated the strength of resistence from the military and people maybe? But yes the information war from both sides is beyond belief. I think Z boy has over exposed himself though - it's apparent to many how strange this PR machine is.
I don't see the military side of things being dragged out. Lavrov's statement today regarding the UK Defence secretary's comments supporting Ukr striking Russian targets indicate that patience may be wearing thin. Concerning times, particularly if like me geography places you on the periphery of this debacle. Oh well...in 100 years it will be studied in history classes maybe...
OT, but interesting Pfizer investor statement:
https://hiddencomplexity.substack.com/p/new-pfizer-investor-letter-?
What a surprise, right?
The facts no, but Pfizer putting them out there, that's a bit of a surprise to me.
It's about legal liability. They can't hide basic facts from investors. I'm not an expert on security fraud laws but I'm pretty sure that's what's going on.
Ahhh ... Thank you. Is it time to sell Pfizer short yet? (Don't have the means or know how, but it would be fun to do a small short on them - just to make the statement.)
I'm inclined more toward Scott Ritter's assessment of 'Maneuvre War' than a Plan A and Plan B theory and Plan B does tie in with Ritter's assessment. I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure Russia never expected Zelensky to roll over based on how much involvement the U.S govt has had in Ukraine all these years.
Russia seemed to expect a repeat of the Prague 68 invasion, with a rapid take over from the Kiev airfield and multi prong attacks that would succeed due to an improved Russian military, vs the 2014 war. Seems under resourced in hindsight.
Now Russia has pivoted to a more traditional type of Russian strategy of annihilation, and using tactics used in Syria to reduce casualties. And make Ukraine into a modern version of Germany during the 100 years war (devastated for generations).
It seems a huge amount of corruption on the Russian side (ghost soldiers, parts sold, no military vendor competition), and incompetence, and a bit of hubris affected the Russian side.
Both the Ukraine and Russian sides are lying, so we don’t know what is really going on. Unfortunately we get a lot more Ukraine lies in the US due to big tech censorship.
The economic war is one that terrifies me, and Russia is winning that one. The physical war I see as a side show for the us - why do we care? But, the economic war is causing huge rapid changes in the worlds economy, and it’s economic systems.
I agree the economic war is frightening; the west appears to be throwing the kitchen sink along with every sanction they can think of. It feels desperate and reckless and grasping. Again, I'm no expert by any stretch but I feel that Russia has been wargaming this for a long time, longer than most would think. I think about what Putin stated in his Feb 24 speech - the last paragraph: we are prepared for every eventuality (paraphrasing). I admit to zero knowledge on the Prague invasion or the German 100 year war so I now have homework. But from an intelligence point of view I can't shake the feeling that the Russians went in with the knowledge that the Ukrainian govt was fully backed by NATO and would never submit but with the intention or hope to win the hearts and minds of the populace (again the Feb 24 speech and P's appeal to the people and military of Ukr). They miscalculated the strength of resistence from the military and people maybe? But yes the information war from both sides is beyond belief. I think Z boy has over exposed himself though - it's apparent to many how strange this PR machine is.
If Musk follows through on what he's been saying, we could be getting more news.
Not before time. Lord knows we need it.
I don't see the military side of things being dragged out. Lavrov's statement today regarding the UK Defence secretary's comments supporting Ukr striking Russian targets indicate that patience may be wearing thin. Concerning times, particularly if like me geography places you on the periphery of this debacle. Oh well...in 100 years it will be studied in history classes maybe...
Hard to know what to think of that. They've said that before.