#army

anonymiss@despora.de

Today I met a woman who ran a beauty salon. The Russians occupied her town, shot at her brother, stole friend's car. Seven soldiers broke into her salon and slept there, stole boxes of beauty products and all the equipment, shat in the neighbouring shop.

source: https://nitter.snopyta.org/shaunwalker7/status/1511049297881673733

As this unfolded, she called her aunt who lives just outside Moscow, to tell her what was happening. Her aunt said, "Nonsense, that's not possible. It must have been Ukrainians dressed up as Russians. They've really brainwashed you there."

#russia #ukraine #war #pillage #army #military #justice #crime #news #propaganda

olladij_tudajev@joindiaspora.com

Ukraine’s leadership should stay in the capital and they had ample time to prepare to resist. They have had seven years to rebuild the #army from the #chaos of 2014 when Ukraine last clashes with #Russia and Russia-backed separatists.
Furthermore, #Ukraine has fought a war in the #Donbas for years. Ukraine needed to be better prepared, but it has also been starved of modern air defense and other needs because western countries were slow to let Ukraine procure the right weapons. This put Ukraine in a difficult position. Russia pretended that Ukraine might one day be a threat to #Moscow, but Moscow’s plan for the #war reveals that Russia believed Ukraine would be a pushover.

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-698699

9octopus@sysad.org

Operation #Gladio: #CIA Network of “Stay Behind” Secret Armies

Take a look → https://themillenniumreport.com/2016/07/operation-gladio-cia-network-of-stay-behind-secret-armies/

These “stay behind” armies colluded with, funded and often even directed terrorist organizations throughout #Europe in what was termed a “strategy of tension” with the aim of preventing a rise of the left in Western European politics. #NATO’s “secret armies” engaged in subversive and criminal activities in several countries.

#terror #crime #usa #army #military #subversion #coldwar #politics #history #terrorism #fiance #intelligence

florida_ted@diasp.org

Tulsi Gabbard calls out US advisors for promoting WAR

Gabbard echoed former President Eisenhower’s famous warning on Saturday, saying, “The neocons/warmongers have spent years stoking the New Cold War with Russia and have now brought us to the brink in Ukraine – this serves their own interests and fills the pocket of the Military-Industrial Complex with trillions of dollars.Let’s not be sheep.

#Tulsi-Gabbard is an American politician and United States #Army #Reserve officer who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021.

https://www.uktimenews.com/tulsi-gabbard-warns-that-the-military-industrial-complex-wants-war-in-ukraine/

anonymiss@despora.de

#Germany: 56th #Artillery Command re-activates as Theater Fires #Command in #Wiesbaden

source: https://www.army.mil/article/251803/56th_artillery_command_re_activates_as_theater_fires_command_in_wiesbaden

“The reactivation of the 56th Artillery Command will provide USAREUR-AF with significant capabilities in multi-domain operations.”

...

It will further enable the synchronization of joint and multinational fires and effects, and employment of future long range surface to surface fires across the USAREUR-AF area of responsibility.”

... of future long range surface to surface fires across the USAREUR-AF area ... - this ability is only needed in the event of a war in Europe, or am I seeing this wrong?

#USA #Europe #war #terror #army #pentagon #news #weapon #dod #politics

steelnomad@diasp.org

​Militarism and the police: how our streets became battlefields

When faced with #conflict, human beings respond in various ways and often choose #solutions that avoid #violence. We are very good at #negotiating, #communicating, #cooperating, as well as, of course, submitting to those more #powerful than us. Violence in our societies is pervasive; it is experienced every day by victims of #crime, domestic and more. But the systemic way #armies and #militarized #police units plan and prepare for the use of overwhelming violence is specific and unique.

A key example of militarized #policing is the #suppression of #protest and #dissent. Social movements come into conflict with the #authorities via lobbying, #protests or direct actions. Authorities respond to these #conflicts in various ways, sometimes reaching for militarized options. This violence is planned, trained for, repeatedly rehearsed and often delivered in a calculated way that aims to disorientate, overwhelm or eliminate the perceived enemy or threat.

Through the lens of #militarism, conflict stops being something that drives #change and #transformation; it becomes a #threat to be neutralized and the individuals and groups driving conflict become enemies akin to a foreign invading #army. Violence of this nature relies on its perpetrators’ #obedience to orders, the #dehumanization of its victims, and a heightened perception of threat.

The experiences of the democracy movement in #HongKong serve as one particularly extreme example. While in Hong Kong these tactics have been deployed by an #authoritarian #government, we have seen similar examples of police violence leveled against #activists across the world — in Chile, France, Germany, Indonesia, Myanmar, South Africa, South Korea and the US, to name but a few.

#peace #propeace #HumanRights

magdoz@diaspora.psyco.fr

Pétrole : l’Afghanistan a des gisements
Publié le 31/01/2010 https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2010/01/31/01011-20100131FILWWW00107-petrole-l-afghanistan-a-des-gisements.php

L’Afghanistan, l’un des pays les plus #pauvres du #monde, a dans son sous-sol des #ressources pétrolières et minérales estimées à un millier de milliards de #dollars, a affirmé aujourd’hui son président Hamid Karzaï.

Et combien de #barils de pétrole exploitable reste-t-il aujourd’hui en 2021 en #Afghanistan ?
Afghanistan - Réserves de pétrole brut, y compris les condensats de location
https://knoema.fr/atlas/Afghanistan/topics/Énergie/Pétrole/Réserves-de-pétrole-brut

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Bizarre comme CNN ne parle pas de ça en même temps qu’est traité ce dramatique sujet des #Taliban
Échec, ce départ des #Américains ? Ou #Stratégie ?
Et pourquoi autant de jeunes hommes sont devenus #Talibans dans ce #pays ?

#Politique #US #USA #CNN #Army #USArmy #OTAN #NATO #Europe #Confort #Pétrole #PétroleBrut #Oil #CrudeOil #Pauvreté #Religion #Extrémisme #Vol #Pillage #Capitalisme #Monde

christophs@diaspora.glasswings.com

Deborah Sampson — Badass of the Week

Rather than focusing on a specific battle, campaign, or mission, this chapter is the story of American Continental Army Private Robert Shurtleff of the Fourth Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. A front-line skirmish ranger troop who survived multiple life-threatening situations, shouldered a musket in horrifically-bitter face-to-face battles against Loyalists and British redcoats all across upstate New York during the closing days of the Revolution, and once survived being sliced in the head with a cavalry saber. But Robert Shurtleff isn't just notable because he was a tough sucker who put his life on the line in ultra-deadly circumstances, fought with the unbridled blood-lust of a pinned-down wolverine, and took two bullets for his country.

He is notable because he was also, in reality, a woman named Deborah Sampson who had tricked everyone into thinking she was a guy and fought throughout the entire war with the Continental Army.

Wow! Really fascinating personality!
#badassoftheweek #army #woman #history

https://www.badassoftheweek.com/sampson