Just A Reminder ...

... of what it means to live outside. While inside the humanity is being lost.

But Trump Wants ...

 ... his Golden Fleet. 

Sgt. Dakota Meyer, the Medal of Honor recipient who was picked by Pete Hegseth as a senior advisor to the Pentagon’s barracks improvement task force, has spoken out about the “heartbreaking” conditions he has witnessed, including the lack of hot water and air conditioning. Talking to Fox News Digital in an interview Thursday, Meyer said he spoke with troops who have gone a year without being able to take a hot shower or have been forced to sleep in their cars because of the heat in the barracks. “I would tell you that there’s only a couple that I’ve seen that are good,” he said, describing more than eight installations across the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps he has visited since he was tapped by Hegseth as the task force’s senior advisor. The Medal of Honor recipient said that what he thought was going to a professional job that “very quickly turned into personal” as he listened to the experience of struggling U.S. service members stationed in the barracks. He recalled asking a 19-year-old service member what she would change in the barracks if she had a magic wand and was impressed by her modest response. “If she could just have a hot shower,” Meyer said the service member responded. “It’s absolutely heartbreaking,” he said.

A year without a hot shower? Now recall the latest poll in the US Armed Forces. 

79% of Veterans and Service Members Say Politicians and Society Are Leaving Them Behind: Poll. "Active-duty troops are telling us that politicization is pushing them toward the exit. That's not a talking point; it's a readiness crisis."

I want to stress, again, you cannot fix it, even if you install hot shower booths and ACs. The crisis is systemic and it cannot be addressed properly. It doesn't mean that the US Armed Forces are somehow relegated to the third world status--obviously not. But in terms of ground troops and sustainment it is definitely not the first and even its nominal second place is so far removed from the top that it is not even funny. 

Evidently ...

 ... there is some movement around Iran right now. If confirmed, two Zionists try to cope with perceived losses in elections. Doesn't matter, really. Abbas Araghchi conveyed his inner Alexander III to Al Jazeera when stated that:

Iran Has No Guarantor but Its Armed Forces. 

As you may know, it was Czar Alexander III who stated that the only allies Russia has are her Army and Navy. Exactly, sovereignty starts with armed forces, everything else is derivative. Now, keep in mind that this is British toilet paper and it lies. Not in a sense of Iran asking for S-400s, but in a sense that they asked before, which is utter BS. Iran decided to go with Chinese AD. 

Iran and Russia are in talks over a deal to send advanced air defence systems to Tehran, The Telegraph can reveal. The Islamic Republic was “optimistic” that Vladimir Putin would finally deliver the long-awaited S-400 air defence systems it had sought for years, a senior Iranian official said. 

Let me remind you, again, the reality of this "sought for years" systems. 

Moscow. June 19. Moscow, March 14, Interfax - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian side offered Iran joint work in the field of air defense. "We once offered our Iranian friends to work in the field of air defense systems, but the partners did not show much interest," Putin said on Thursday at a meeting with the heads of world news agencies. During the meeting, the President of the Russian Federation was asked whether the strategic partnership agreement concluded with Iran involves the possibility of transferring Russian air defense systems or weapons. "As for the treaty you mentioned, on strategic partnership, there are no articles related to the defense sector," Putin said.

This is from the last year for those who have a very short attention span. 

Russians Cannot Fly Formation (c).

Especially on those Rooks (SU-25 SMs). 

Look at them, what do they know about flying, right?

74 Percent.

 Midterms and war. 

I Still Have ...

... ringing in my ears after attending yesterday the concert of legendary Aria in Seattle. They are metal juggernaut. I'll talk about it later. However, here is a further development of 404 "civilization" once the Russian, Soviet and communist privileges have have been revoked. Moreover, here is how 35 years of independence of 404 and of its "democracy" look like in, as and example, Krivoy Rog. 

Of course, you can find shitty places anywhere in the world, but 404 is a special case--it is pretty much everywhere. 

Meanwhile, great American general, who wouldn't be allowed to command a battalion in Russian Army and who is parading himself a clown, states that ... 

Retired US General Ben Hodges said on German TV that President Donald Trump has been "bought" by Vladimir Putin, claiming the president is under Russian pressure following the Republicans' election defeat. Hodges, former commander of US forces in Europe, said Trump faces a choice between confessing allegiance to Putin or delaying to seek protection from prosecution by a successor. He called the situation "embarrassing" for Americans.

A Circus. They cannot even cope anymore. 

Open Thread.

 Very busy today.