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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli Dom TRY to keep up

THAT's the POINT

It's not clear at all when you look at one individual country like Japan

Although if you're capable of critical thinking you can glean some information even from that if you do your own research

For example even...
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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli For example even though Japan has the tightest gun laws they have the highest suicide rates

Which shoots down the gun-ban argument that cutting legal gun ownership will reduce suicides

But like the US that's a single data point & proves nothing...

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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli If things were so simple the gun-banners wouldn't find it so easy to blind the public with "science" & lies damned lies & statistics

For example Protestant cultures have higher suicide rates than Catholic

Gloomy Nordics higher than sunny Mediterranean...
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Happening now: @SecDef Lloyd Austin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee
.@SecDef joined by @thejointstaff Chairman Gen Mark Milley
"We are now facing 2 global powers, #China & #Russia" warns @thejointstaff's Gen Milley

"We are entering a world that is becoming more unstable & the potential for significant int'l conflict btw great powers is increasing..."
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Day 68 - #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine️

+2,125 missile launches since start of the invasion

"We continue to see minimal at best progress by the Russians in the #Donbas" per a senior US defense official
NEW: #Russia|ns not holding gains in #Donbas - "They'll move in, declare victory and then pull out, allowing the #Ukrainians to take it back" per a senior US defense official

Says Russian forces appear risk, casualty averse and "anemic"
NEW: #Russia losing ground around #Kharkiv, per a senior US official

#Ukraine troops have pushed #Russian forces 40km to the east of Kharkiv, making it difficult for Moscow to push down from the north
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Happening now: @PentagonPresSec briefs reporters at the Pentagon Image
#Russia repositioning from around #Kyiv-"We continue to see indications that they are moving a small number..." per @PentagonPresSec "It has not been wholesale by any means"

"Not exactly clear...where they are going to go, for how long, for what purpose" he says
US believes small number of #Russia|n troops being repositioned from around #Kyiv likely will be sent to #Belarus to resupply & refit before being sent elsewhere in #Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec

Same w/Russian troops being repositioned from #Chernobyl, he says
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Happening now - @US_EUCOM @SHAPE_NATO Commander Gen Tod Wolters testifies before the House Armed Services Committee

Ranking member @RepMikeRogersAL: "The #Russia|n offensive [in #Ukraine] appears to be stalled. If Russian casualties don't exceed 10,000, they soon will" Image
"The global response to #Russia's aggression has been remarkable..." per @DeptofDefense Asst Sec for Int'l Security Affairs Celeste Wallander

"Simply out, Russia's attempts to divide the #UnitedStates from its allies & partners have failed miserably" Image
HASC Chair @RepAdamSmith asks how shud US balance risk between supply #Ukraine w/weapons & not further provoking #Russia

@US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters: "My 1st answer is constantly. The conditions change second by second, day by day, week by week" Image
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As someone who studies war, this isn’t a regular war. This is BIG. Invasion of Iraq big.

At first glance, the Russian invasion looks like it’s just about Ukraine and NATO. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The consequences of this moment will reverberate for decades.
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At a minimum, the #RussiaInvasion of Ukraine now makes China’s invasion of Taiwan a virtual certainty. When, not if. #NewRules
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Supply chains will be reconfigured on all sides. Covid revealed how you couldn’t rely even on allies to share critical infrastructure in moments of true crisis. But the Russian invasion and secondary sanctions could now break globalization as we know it. #SWIFT #NewRules
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1. #Afghanistan: The war in #Panjshir and the propaganda war continue. First, the #Taliban are not running the show in Kabul. Pakistani ISI is in charge and seeking to reap the benefits of their massive victory over the US @CIA and @DefenseIntel @NSAGov and @ODNIgov who have all
2. fallen for what was essentially a virtual war. Massive propaganda pushed though seemingly valid #OSINT accounts that caused a massive rout. I knew the rout was coming, but didn't spot the Pak control of the assault until late in the game. Now that the Paks are facing
3. a committed, capable force in Panjshir the reality of the ground war is starting to impair the move to annex Afghanistan that is the de facto result of the Pak invasion. The reports of the Kabul airport being open are not credible. The photos are taken to obscure the location
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