ADM James Stavridis, USN, Ret

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James Stavridis, Vice Chairman, The Carlyle Group, PhD, Admiral USN (Ret) Former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. Website: AdmiralStav.com

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“For close to a year, I've been saying that the U.S. should send Ukraine F-16s. Now comes confirmation that it would take only 4 months to train their pilots, far less than has previously been cited. Too bad we didn't send the planes...say four months ago? https://t.co/VP498VwWJx”

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See if you can spot the "subtle" message on this Russian state TV host

RT @[email protected]

A rare voice of reason on Russian state TV contradicts desperate proposals to resort to nuclear strikes, because Russia is struggling to advance using conventional means: "If we use nuclear weapons, then we are everything that they said we were." Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ek9fM-g6MQ

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1620254212914552832

Russian lawmakers argue about military strategies

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Ukraine: Russia will be 'exhausted' by end of winter, says ex-NATO boss

Russia's forces are battling to prevent further Ukrainian advances along a broad front, but have an air advantage.

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See if you can spot the subtle message in the background sent by the Ukrainian parliamentarian interviewed by @[email protected] on @[email protected] this morning.
This is the right thing to do. Tanks will be helpful, better aircraft will be decisive https://politi.co/3WJWKcC via @[email protected]
At the Pentagon, push to send F-16s to Ukraine picks up steam

Kyiv has renewed its request for modern fighters in recent days after the U.S. and Germany approved transferring tanks.

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So happy to see my dear friend and former NATO colleague, Peter Pavel, become the leader of the Czech Republic. He is a strong voice for freedom, democracy, and trans Atlantic alliance!

RT @[email protected]

#Czechs have spoken. The new 🇨🇿 #president for the next 5Y will be Petr #Pavel, a retired general, former Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (2015-2018), and strongly pro-Atlanticist defender of liberal-democratic values. ✌️🦁

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🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PetrVTuma/status/1619359465886851072

Petr Tůma on Twitter

“#Czechs have spoken. The new 🇨🇿 #president for the next 5Y will be Petr #Pavel, a retired general, former Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (2015-2018), and strongly pro-Atlanticist defender of liberal-democratic values. ✌️🦁 Thread 🧵”

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Good discussion as always with @[email protected]

RT @[email protected]

“We need to get ahead of the power curve, and here’s where we can do it,” says @[email protected] on the war in #Ukraine. “It would be getting combat aircraft to the Ukrainians. That’s the next big need on the battlefield.” #velshi http://ow.ly/VxjE50MCJWR

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AliVelshi/status/1619372136703066114

The job of the military is always to be ready to fight, but in my view, odds of a war with China are decreasing not increasing at the moment. The reason? President Xi is watching the Russian debacle in Ukraine and will likely be more cautious as a result. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-air-force-general-predicts-war-china-2025-memo-rcna67967
Air Force general predicts war with China in 2025, tells officers to get ready

In an internal memo, an Air Force general predicted a war with China in 2025 and told officers to get ready by “fir[ing] a clip” into a target, saying, "Aim for the head.”

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