WEDNESDAY PDB – American and the world cannot afford to find out. Will Harris continue Biden's foreign policy mistakes? If Kamala Harris becomes president five months from now, the first challenge she is likely to confront as commander-in-chief is the growing danger from at least four declared adversaries overseas.
At the DNC the vice president described her involvement with one of the threats, Russia. “Five days before Russia attacked Ukraine, I met with President Zelensky to warn him about Russia's plan to invade. I helped mobilize a global response — over 50 countries — to defend against Putin's aggression.”
Clearly, Putin didn't care.
Her account also glossed over one of the major foreign policy failures of the Biden-Harris administration: its inability and/or unwillingness to confront Vladimir Putin and deter the invasion in the first place.
It was a natural follow-up to the Obama-Biden administration's passive approach to Putin's first aggression in Ukraine, in 2014, when Russia was allowed unimpeded to seize Eastern Ukraine and Crimea. That posture, in turn, was consistent with Barack Obama's assurance to Putin in 2012 that he “would be more flexible” after his re-election.
Meanwhile, Harris had nothing to say about Taiwan and only a passing, anodyne reference to China, stating that she would “make sure that we lead the world into the future on space and artificial intelligence. That America, not China, wins the competition for the 21st century and that we strengthen, not abdicate, our global leadership.”
We need leadership, not more of the same.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here's a roundup of today's other top defense stories from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President's Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL'S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:
NATIONAL SECURITY
HOMELAND SECURITY – LAW ENFORCEMENT
Judge denies bond for fired deputy in fatal shooting of Black senior airman. The airman answered his apartment door while holding a gun pointed at the floor.
California to deploy surplus C-130 aircraft from Coast Guard to fight wildfires. California has a very large new tool in its arsenal to fight wildfires, and it's a veteran that has seen battles before.
At least 17 Guard members have died while deployed to the Texas border to help deter crime.
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
I HAVE NO IDEA EITHER! – Only 1 out of 4 sailors understand Navy's ‘Get Real, Get Better' principles after 2 years. This, after the Navy issued its push to improve culture in the service.
POLITICS
The man who will do anything for Trump. Why Kash Patel is exactly the kind of person who would serve in a second Trump administration.
Trump campaign staff had altercation with official at Arlington National Cemetery. This, as the former president participated in a wreath-laying ceremony.
Documentary tells story of disastrous Afghan withdrawal through eyes of interpreters.
US POWER OVERSEAS
Mapped: US rushes warships to Middle East in show of force to Iran. We have positioned about 18 warships including two aircraft carriers in the region to prevent attacks that could evolve into all-out war with Israel.
ACE calls for more air bases. Can Air Force and Army find a way to defend them all? Air Force plans to operate from an expanded network of bases around the Pacific is facing a familiar but fundamental challenge: how to protect those locations from a Chinese missile attack.
ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST TERROR
US special ops official lays out ‘strategic' reason for Israel to better protect civilians in the Gaza war. This, in addition to the humanitarian ones.
Israel launches major operation in West Bank. Israel's military and internal security service said the operation was aimed at infrastructure used by terrorists in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm.
‘Brought back to life': Family hails rescue of first Israeli hostage reclaimed alive from Hamas tunnel labyrinth. The family have hailed his “unbelievable” rescue after being rescued from a tunnel in southern Gaza in a “complex operation.”
IRAN THREAT
BS – DON'T BUY IT! – Iran's supreme leader opens door to negotiations with U.S. over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program. He told his civilian government there was “no harm” in engaging with its “enemy.”
CHINA THREAT
US military open to escorting Philippine ships in South China Sea, says the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. This, amid a spike in hostilities between Beijing and Manila in the disputed waters.
SHOW STRENGTH TO AVOID CONFLICT! A top White House official says US and China are working to avoid conflict at talks in Beijing. This, as the two sides started talks on a relationship that has been severely tested during Joe Biden's term in office.
Top lawmakers on China panel press US, drone company CEO on DJI threat. They sent letters this month to the Commerce Department and the head of a newly formed American business that has alleged ties to Chinese drone maker Da Jiang Innovations.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
How the Russian establishment really sees the war ending. Just like in the West, those conversations are happening in Russia.
Close the door to Ukraine's NATO membership and one could open to end the war. Kyiv's resilience shows that it does not need to be a full part of the alliance to remain independent
Ukraine's F-16 jets intercept Russian missiles in apparent first. Moscow again fired dozens of missiles and drones across Ukraine. Some were shot down by the Western-supplied fighters before they reached their targets.
In eastern Ukraine, terrifying bombardment and near total destruction. Powerful guided “glide bombs” have helped Russia raze entire towns with ever greater speed.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
SPACE THREAT
Can the Pentagon get to the ‘next level' of space domain awareness? It needs to move forward with dynamic space operations—maneuvering satellites in and between orbits and refueling them to better operate in a contested domain.
US MILITARY
AWESOME – Army Chinook takes flight with ‘FUKIRAN' call sign. A CH-47 helicopter crew — with a tail number of AE59B1 — plugged in the catchy call sign when they flew from Wilmington to Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Marine Corps infantry's secret weapon: A $9.95 unofficial website. Some Marine infantry officers have drafted principles and procedures for Marines in a conflict similar to the one now raging in Ukraine, and put them online.
POV: Ride along in a Black Hawk helicopter.
WATCH – Imagine standing next to a shipping container and it suddenly turns into a rocket launcher.
US Navy has a readiness problem; here are solutions to consider. The Navy's goal of “75 ready ships” remains a “work in progress” after two years of effort.
LESSONS FOR US. Combat tours alone don't cause permanent readjustment issues for vets. Veterans' ability to thrive in civilian life after war may have more to do with societal support than their own lingering combat trauma, says the Swedish Defense Research Agency.
Army launches brain health testing for new recruits as Pentagon eyes improved blast exposure care. The testing only requires a computer and a mouse with two buttons — labeled “1” and “2” — but officials believe it will have a huge impact on the military's ability to monitor the brain health of its troops.
END of PDB
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Didnt learn from WW2
Mr. Crespo!
Why do you, who certainly knows better, hang on to the old lies, like “Putin’s first aggression in Ukraine, in 2014, when Russia was allowed unimpeded to seize Eastern Ukraine and Crimea”?
Putin did not attack anyone in 2014. It was -if not Mr. Obama directly- Obama’s envoy Victoria Nuland and a big horde of CIAmen who supported and enabled the MAIDAN-MURDERERS and the PUTSCH!
And from hence, they were also responsible for the mass murders of Ethnic Russians in Odessa and Korsun which chased the Ethnic Russian population of DonBass and Krym into Secession.
All that was on Russian military anywhere then was in the TREATY PORTS on Krym of the Russian Navy -which may, indeed, have had some influence, namely that the Popular Voting went undisturbed.
That was, however, not the case in Donetsk and Luhansk – and especially in Mariupol, where a fascist militia overran the city and area with death threats to “Subhumans, Moskuvites and Kikes” (Jews),
a parole they had taken over, on their foundation document as ‘ASOV Brigade’ from the WWII fascist Collaborator Stepan Bandera and his Ukrainian SS. and they were the first INVADERS into foreign territories, namely the newly formed Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk! THESE SECESSIONS WERE CAUSED BY FASCISM AND MASS MURDERS COMMITTED BY OUR (and Hitler’s) COLLABORATORS!
Do us a favor, Mr. Crespo, and stick to the truth: The Russian army came only AFTER 8 YEARS OF CIVIL WAR AND THE BOMBARDMENTS OF THOSE PEOPLE INCREASED UNDER BIDEN!
AND EVEN THEN, IN APRIL 2022, PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WERE IN SIGHT – BUT MR. BIDEN DENT HIS POODLE BORIS JOHNSON TO FORCE ZELENSKY INTO FULL WAR!
Mr. Crespo!
Why do you, who certainly knows better, hang on to the old lies, like “Putin’s first aggression in Ukraine, in 2014, when Russia was allowed unimpeded to seize Eastern Ukraine and Crimea”?
Putin did not attack anyone in 2014. It was -if not Mr. Obama directly- Obama’s envoy Victoria Nuland and a big horde of CIAmen who supported and enabled the MAIDAN-MURDERERS and the PUTSCH!
And from hence, they were also responsible for the mass murders of Ethnic Russians in Odessa and Korsun which chased the Ethnic Russian population of DonBass and Krym into Secession.
All that was on Russian military anywhere then was in the TREATY PORTS on Krym of the Russian Navy -which may, indeed, have had some influence, namely that the Popular Voting went undisturbed.
That was, however, not the case in Donetsk and Luhansk – and especially in Mariupol, where a fascist militia overran the city and area with death threats to “Subhumans, Moskuvites and Kikes” (Jews),
a parole they had taken over, on their foundation document as ‘ASOV Brigade’ from the WWII fascist Collaborator Stepan Bandera and his Ukrainian SS. and they were the first INVADERS into foreign territories, namely the newly formed Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk! THESE SECESSIONS WERE CAUSED BY FASCISM AND MASS MURDERS COMMITTED BY OUR (and Hitler’s) COLLABORATORS!
Do us a favor, Mr. Crespo, and stick to the truth: The Russian army came only AFTER 8 YEARS OF CIVIL WAR AND THE BOMBARDMENTS OF THOSE PEOPLE INCREASED UNDER BIDEN!
AND EVEN THEN, IN APRIL 2022, PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WERE IN SIGHT – BUT MR. BIDEN DENT HIS POODLE BORIS JOHNSON TO FORCE ZELENSKY INTO FULL WAR!