Where debating everything under the sun is only the beginning

TALLINN and WASHINGTON — Armed with a marker and a white board, Estonia’s chief of defense jotted out what looked like gibberish, but to his mind was a simple algorithm that held the future of his country in the balance — a “formula,” Gen. Martin Herem said, for “when Russia is coming.”

It looked something like this: -U + yˆG – W + EST(N)

Translated, that’s minus the time when fighting stops in Ukraine (U), plus the time Moscow needs to prepare to make a move (y) — Herem believes hardly any time at all — modified by Russia’s ultimate goal (G), minus the world’s attention and the opportunity for Russia to act (W), plus Estonia’s readiness (EST), multiplied by NATO’s collective readiness (N).

Herem acknowledged he’s not a mathematician by trade, but the real problem, as he sees it, is that each of those variables is, well, variable — all except one.

“There’s only one factor that we can change: our readiness,” he said in early May. “We can support Ukraine, but one day [Russia] is coming out.”

That tiny Estonia exists under the NATO security umbrella seems to give Herem little reassurance. And while he sounds more bluntly fatalistic than others, Herem — who retired on July 1 — is hardly alone in his dim view of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s designs on northeastern Europe.

The war in Ukraine can feel abstract for much of the world, but nations close to Russia’s border have been forced to reckon with its practical implications: Namely, what will Putin do with his reconstituted army and ramped up industrial capacity when the fighting to the south dies down, one way or the other?

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For months, Russia has been testing the most effective combination of missiles against Ukraine's air defenses
The Russians have spent the past two years constantly refining missile strikes against Ukraine and the routes of the missiles, in order to inflict as much damage as possible.

Who were the people who assaulted the Capitol on January 6 2021? Antifa? BLM? Patriots? Was it a CIA inside job? Or did it not happen? Or do you have some nuanced opinion on this that you could kindly elaborate on?

Are illegal immigrants voting Democrat?

¹ This was the primary reason there were no "witnesses" allowed during Trump's second impeachment trial: Speaker Pelosi might have been called to testify under oath (that is, risking the charge of perjury! ) as would other officials. What -I wonder- couldn't they say, under oath?
If you won't understand my mirth: Explain (or ask any administration official to do so) why the pipe-bombers at the DNC and the RNC have not been apprehended and prosecuted?!  It's been quite a while...three-plus years! Are the FBI and Secret Service and the Capitol Police incompetent? This was after all an attempted assassination of the Vice-President Elect! (She was in the DNC at the time the "bomb" was found! A big deal, no?!  )↵

Putin reiterated his insistence that any ceasefire be the, to coin a phrase, "final solution," to the Ukrainian problem, not a starting point for negotiations. Putin said, "There should not be a truce or a pause for the rearmament of the Kyiv regime. Moscow stands for a complete and final end to the conflict."
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“They [the West] say that they want to achieve the strategic defeat of Russia on the battlefield. What does this mean for Russia? For Russia, this means the end of its statehood. This means the end of the 1000-year history of the Russian state. I think this is clear to everyone. And then the question arises: why should we be afraid? Isn't it better for us to go tothe end? This is elementary formal logic”

It was a protest that became a riot, on a small scale.

The Speaker of the House and the Mayor of D.C. both refused Trump's offer of National Guard troops for crowd control, presumably because of "Optics!". This was the primary reason there were no "witnesses" allowed during Trump's second impeachment trial...

Pelosi's daughter, making a "documentary", caught mom saying it was her fault. (And -consequently- not Trump's...)

In other words, it's illegal for illegals to vote, but it can't be allowed to ask for verification of citizenship... Does that make sense to you, ersi?

But let me disabuse you: Most of what I know of what happened on January 6, 2021 comes from the then-chief of the Capitol Police.

And -concerning witnesses at the Senate trial- what was the hurry you speak of? Trump was already out of office when it began; Biden was the President. Why were they pressed for time? (I'd never heard that excuse before. Please elucidate

I will say only this: Trump was NOT already out of office. The hurry was exactly to get him impeached before he leaves office and this was narrowly achieved.

The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States (in office from 2017 to 2021), began on February 9, 2021, and concluded with his acquittal on February 13.

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QAnon centers on fabricated claims made by an anonymous individual or individuals known as "Q". Those claims have been relayed and developed by online communities and influencers. Their core belief is that a cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic child molesters is operating a global child sex trafficking ring that conspired against president Donald Trump. QAnon has direct roots in Pizzagate, an Internet conspiracy theory that appeared one year earlier, but also incorporates elements of many other theories. QAnon has been described as a cult.
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Their core belief is that a cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic child molesters is operating a global child sex trafficking ring that conspired against president Donald Trump.

I'm done helping.

¹ C'mon... "Code words"? This is "8/8" level silliness! ↵

² You're quite gullible: Bet you think the DNC "hacked" computers weren't allowed to undergo forensic examination by the FBI for "security" reasons!↵

What makes you think that this "Q" and cohorts aren't Dem social media operatives?

Trump left office on January 6, 2021.