PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – In providing a sleazy and unprecedented “full and unconditional” pardon for his son, Hunter, after repeatedly pledging that he wouldn’t, Joe Biden has given Donald Trump ample excuse to justify pardoning the bulk of the Jan. 6 rioters.
We haven’t seen a pardon as sweeping as Hunter Biden’s in generations.
Legal experts call President Biden’s pardon of son Hunter ‘unprecedented,’ ‘very unusual‘.
Trump raises pardons for Jan. 6 crimes after Hunter Biden pardon.
ALL NON-VIOLENT J6s should be pardoned. MOST OTHERS should have sentences commuted.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of today’s other top defense stories ending the week from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEFING – the PDB:
NATIONAL SECURITY
Biden’s last-minute Ukraine reversals come too late. Joe Biden has now authorized Kyiv’s use of US-supplied ATACMS deeper into Russia, allowed US contractors inside Ukraine for the first time to maintain Kyiv’s fleet of US-made F-16s and is now sending anti-personnel mines to buttress the Ukrainian army’s defenses. ALL TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE.
POLITICS
Elon Musk, charged with cutting federal spending, calls the F-35 a waste of money.
Trump’s pick to run the VA vows to cut regulations and root out corruption. He attended seminary school, worked as a pastor at a small-town church and served as a chaplain in the Navy and Air Force Reserve.
US POWER OVERSEAS
US Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) headed to Antarctica for monthslong deployment to support Operation Deep Freeze, an annual joint military mission to resupply research stations.
Criminal probe launched after US Air Force spots drones over UK bases.
Full Marine helicopter detachment conducts live fire training near Okinawa from expeditionary sea base for first time, showcasing the flexibility of its expeditionary advanced base operations concept.
IRAN THREAT/ISRAEL WARS
What the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire means for the region — and US. For Joe Biden, it would represent a diplomatic success after a year the US has failed to mediate any breakthrough in the conflict in Gaza. For Trump, the ceasefire in Lebanon will be one less problem for him to face.
UN halts aid shipments through Gaza’s main crossing after Palestinian looting. It blames the crisis on Israel. BUT OF COURSE IT DOES.
CHINA THREAT
FAIR TRADE? China releases 3 Americans it imprisoned for years, and Beijing says US returned 4 people to China. Their release was the result of a rare diplomatic agreement in the final months of the Biden administration.
High-ranking military official in China placed under investigation.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Zelenskyy says NATO offer of membership of Ukraine-controlled territory could end ‘hot stage’ of war, but any proposal to join the military alliance should be extended to all parts of the country that fall under internationally recognized borders.
Russian jets intercept B-52s during Baltic training flight.
Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at a crucial time, which could put Kyiv at a clear disadvantage in future ceasefire talks.
White House pressing Ukraine to draft 18-year-olds so it has enough troops to battle Russia.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
Trump team reportedly weighs talks with North Korean leader to ease tensions.
Trump’s second term could reignite South Korea’s nuclear weapons ambitions.
SPACE THREAT
Lockheed Martin unveils solar power array for Artemis program. It has completed critical tests of a lunar solar array prototype, demonstrating the technology’s potential for operating in the harsh environment of the moon’s south pole.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Syria launches counterattacks in an attempt to halt insurgents’ surprise advance. This, after Islamist insurgents seized Aleppo and strategic locations in an adjacent province in a surprise offensive.
US MILITARY
Stealth destroyer to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a US warship. The Navy is transforming a costly flub into a potent weapon with the first shipborne hypersonic weapon, being retrofitted aboard the first of its three stealth destroyers.
GPS without space? DOD looks to quantum for an answer. The Pentagon is eyeing localized quantum sensors as a radical alternative to space-based Global Positioning System satellites in the face of increasing threats.
END of PDB
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Hunter belongs in prison most if not the J6 people, and prolife, did nothing but hunter broke many laws, some they left out he belongs in prison the J6 and prolifers be long freed and reimbursed for what they lost do to demoncrate communist party their political crimes against Americans
WTF is the network of hyndreds of nuclear powered MW Lasers on land, sea and in space?
How many smuggled nukes are inside the USA …now, making my above question moot?
Did anyone really believe he was not going to pardon his son ?? The only reason for that fact. He wanted to get reelected first. Then Pardon him. But if any one bought the story NO PARDON. People are really of the TRUTH. For these people I got some RARE GREEN MOON CHESEE for sale !