Bulletins and News Discussion from October 14th to October 20th, 2024 - Paper Tigers
Bulletins and News Discussion from October 14th to October 20th, 2024 - Paper Tigers
Image is a frame taken from this video of Iranian missiles raining down on Israel without interception due to a weak and depleted air defense system after a year of war and genocide.
Mao, 1956:
Now U.S. imperialism is quite powerful, but in reality it isn't. It is very weak politically because it is divorced from the masses of the people and is disliked by everybody and by the American people too. In appearance it is very powerful but in reality it is nothing to be afraid of, it is a paper tiger. Outwardly a tiger, it is made of paper, unable to withstand the wind and the rain. I believe the United States is nothing but a paper tiger.
When we say U.S. imperialism is a paper tiger, we are speaking in terms of strategy. Regarding it as a whole, we must despise it. But regarding each part, we must take it seriously. It has claws and fangs. We have to destroy it piecemeal. For instance, if it has ten fangs, knock off one the first time, and there will be nine left, knock off another, and there will be eight left. When all the fangs are gone, it will still have claws. If we deal with it step by step and in earnest, we will certainly succeed in the end.
Strategically, we must utterly despise U.S. imperialism. Tactically, we must take it seriously. In struggling against it, we must take each battle, each encounter, seriously. At present, the United States is powerful, but when looked at in a broader perspective, as a whole and from a long-term viewpoint, it has no popular support, its policies are disliked by the people, because it oppresses and exploits them. For this reason, the tiger is doomed. Therefore, it is nothing to be afraid of and can be despised. But today the United States still has strength, turning out more than 100 million tons of steel a year and hitting out everywhere. That is why we must continue to wage struggles against it, fight it with all our might and wrest one position after another from it. And that takes time.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
UNRWA reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.
English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Sources:
Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
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Israel asking for another THAAD. Theres only like 7 around when I checked https://www.eurasiantimes.com/thaad-israel-requests-for-2nd-thaad-ad-system/?amp#:~:text=The US has 7 batteries,8 batteries in the future.
Their attack preparations got leaked by US intelligence. I wonder if they're stalling so they can change things up.
Just read the leaked documents, and let's just say things are not looking good for Iranian air defence systems if/when this attack happens. Israel plans to use Air Launched Ballistic Missiles (ALBM) in a Suppression/Destruction of Enemies Air Defences (SEAD/DEAD) operation, similar to how Russia has used Kinzhal missiles against Patriot AD systems in Ukraine. This is an ability Israel has already successfully demonstrated against Iranian air defences before, taking out an Iranian S-300PMU2 radar with an ALBM in April of this year if I remember correctly. I'll do a longer write up later, but this points to a large operation/retaliation plan.
Iran needs to do a preemptive strike
Something of this scale would surely trigger a war right? It’s not just a symbolic reply, it’s a full on offensive that would require an immediate response
It really depends on how Israel plan to use their ALBMs. If they use them to strike a bunch of above ground Iranian missile/aerospace facilities, or just one or two air defence systems again, I can see this blowing over. If Israel use the ALBMs to carry out a full SEAD/DEAD campaign to open up the way for a more substantial bombing campaign, that would mean war.
It was leaked on the Middle East Spectator telegram which is a chud telegram and really unprofessional. Pretty funny, like if The Duran leaked documents or something.
Actually on 2nd thought the Duran is too professional to compare to these idiots, who dropped the r-slur and n-slur after CNN started reporting on them to be edgy.
lmao it will take another 100 US troops to operate it and it takes sometime to get it operational. So no Israeli response next week then???
These mfers are just stalling because they’re afraid as they should be
They’ll time their attack with something that will distract Americans from their atrocities, like the MLB World Series
God can someone do the broadcast "how many at bat's till Ohtani" tracker meme but over footage of Israel getting bombed or bombing residential areas?
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
They’re antsy waiting for their American human shields.
Makes sense, one THAAD battery only has 48 interceptors. That's only enough to cover one missile salvo aimed at one target. Remember, there were 33 confirmed hits at Nevatim, with a total suspected of around 40.
Iran will simply fire more
And more cheaply
I hope they request all 7.
What the hell happened to the first one they sent?
I think its still there. This request may mean they're gearing up to attack Iran
How many did South Korea get that time?
Cleaner link
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/thaad-israel-requests-for-2nd-thaad-ad-system/
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