The threat of Russia using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine “cannot be taken lightly,” but so far the CIA hasn’t seen “a lot of practical evidence reinforcing that concern,” CIA Director William Burns said Thursday, April 14, 2022 (read Reuters story here). Burns spe[...]
Archive for the ‘Russia’ Category
April 15th, 2022 - 12:38 am § in Russia
Russia loses “Battleship” game
I don’t know if you’ve played the “Battleship” game. The idea is to locate the enemy’s ships and sink them by firing missiles at blank game board spaces. You can get the board game here or play it online here. Countries play real-life “Battleship,” too. Th[...]
Why Trump’s “America first” policy is a dead end
America’s isolationist movement before World War 2 that failed to preserve the peace or keep the United States out of the war. Trump is the most significant recent proponent of isolationism. If elected to a second term, he would have pulled the U.S. out of NATO, let Russia walk over Ukraine, a[...]
How do you clean a bear’s cage?
Very carefully. Especially when dealing with a Russian bear. To that end, “The US has been careful not to take steps or make statements that could unnecessarily escalate the tensions between Washington and Moscow,” CNN says (here). “On Friday, the US canceled a test of the Minutema[...]
The fog of war
Wars are easier to understand after they’re over and historians write books about them. It’s hard to get a clear picture of a war in progress, because of censorship, limited access to the battlefield, and less than objective news coverage. What all wars have in common, though, is destruc[...]
Is Tulsi Gabbard a Kremlin agent? Russian TV says she is
Tulsi Gabbard (photo, left; bio here), who was elected to Hawaii’s legislature and then Congress as a Democrat, and sought the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, has long been something of an oddball, not least for her frequent pro-Russia comments. This came into sharper focus after Russ[...]
Are tanks obsolete?
“Tanks have ruled land warfare for more than 80 years,” a Military.com article says (here). But that era may be coming to a close. Tanks made their first battlefield appearance in World War 1. After initial issues of mechanical reliability and tactics were worked out, they achieved some [...]
Ukraine issues new postage stamp
Read the story behind it — who designed it and the event it commemorates — here and here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Trumpers can’t get Ukraine right
Russia’s vicious, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is dividing Trump’s fan base. I’ll get to that in a moment. But first, Ukraine, a peaceful country, was attacked because Putin doesn’t like its democracy and wants to grab its territory. He’s bombing apartment buildings, [...]
The Great Resignation, Russian style
Misha, like millions of disgruntled workers elsewhere, quit his job. Since his employer doesn’t accept resignations, he called the local police, who told him where to drive his tank and what to do upon arriving there (see photo below). Ukrainian authorities say Misha “will spend the rema[...]