Canary in the Coal Mine - Day

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

10:13AM - Amerikāņu tiešums -- to the point

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1016956445307400193

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10:26AM

"“You know why the Russians didn’t take Tbilisi in 2008?” Uhtegi asked me. “They were just up the road, 50 kilometers or so, and nothing was stopping them.”

Having spent many years in Georgia, I knew the answer to this one: because Georgians are crazy. Uhtegi barked a laugh. “Yes. Exactly. Georgians are crazy, and they would fight. The idea of this unwinnable asymmetric fight in Tbilisi was not so appealing to the Russians.”

He continued: “There are always these discussions. Like, yeah. The Russians can get to Tallinn in two days. ... Maybe. [The Estonian capital is about 125 miles from the Russian border.] But they can’t get all of Estonia in two days. They can get to Tallinn, and behind them, we will cut their communication lines and supplies lines and everything else.” That dead-eyed Baltic stare fixes me again. “They can get to Tallinn in two days. But they will die in Tallinn. And they know this. … They will get fire from every corner, at every step.”"

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/07/10/they-will-die-in-tallinn-estonia-girds-for-war-with-russia-218965

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4:23PM - Peter Zeihan

https://youtu.be/feU7HT0x_qU

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9:36PM - Peter Zeihan 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIdUSqsz0Io

Sevišķi pievērst uzmanību no 37. minūtes:

https://youtu.be/MIdUSqsz0Io?t=2213

Par NATO un Eiropu:

https://youtu.be/MIdUSqsz0Io?t=3245

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11:50PM - Stephen Kotkin

https://youtu.be/Ot4OPfWZubM?t=4161

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