Billy Bob's Blowback Roundtable
THE WORLD THROUGH AN INDEPENDENT LEFT LENS
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Billy Bob
Streamed live on Jul 9, 2024
7/9/2024 Episode 94 of Blowback: Exposing Imperial Decline with special guest Emanoil Theordorescu.
Ben Toth's Headline Summary:
TOPICALUKRAINE POUNDED - We have an answer to the Odessa beach strike. So now Ukraine needs submarines too. ORBÁN PEACE MISSION - He can either get some dialogue - he won’t - or he can say he tried. Global South is with him. NATO #75 SUMMIT - Overshadowed by turmoil at home, economic woes, military unpreparedness, and Russian strikes. BIDEN UNDER SIEGE? - Looks like the Dem establishment really wants him out, debate terrified them perhaps? FRANCE UNGOVERNABLE - ‘mosaic’ strategy that failed in Hungary worked. Who will lead any coalition now? VIDEOCLIPSAnother day another hug : https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1810362668865216897 Visiting horse stables : https://x.com/BearGeopolitics/status/1810396674000564590 Riding the golf cart : https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/1810373118436978690 US booted out of Niger : https://x.com/simpatico771/status/1810251058641334535 Orbán Russia : https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1810381844912738732 Paris chaos : https://x.com/SprinterFamily/status/1810400386706190547
BATTLEGROUND EURASIACOUNTRY 404- 404: Ukraine needs Western submarines to expand Black Sea activities - 'Navy' cmdr Neizpapa ( Ukro Pravda ) - 404: 'Leaked' documents suggest 464k-728k Russian soldiers killed or injured by mid-June ( Kyiv 'Independent' ) - 404: Russia strikes Kiev, Dnipro, Krivoy Rog, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Pokrvosk on Monday ( Kyiv 'Independent' ) - 404: Elensky vows 'retaliation' for Russian strikes - in Warsaw - called on allies to give firm response ( Reuters ) - 404: Elensky appeared in Warsaw to sign security agreement just as bombing took place ( Kyiv 'Independent' ) - 404: Ukraine wants Poland to protect its skies near the border - to be cleared with NATO first ( Euractiv ) - 404: Russia’s heaviest bombardment of Kiev in 4 months hits children’s hospital - Ukraine claims ( various ) - 404: 14 brigades are under armed, aid arriving too slowly - Elensky commented ( Kyiv 'Independent ) - 404: Ukraine claims Russia hit decoys, not Patriots - Air force cmdr Mykola Oleshchu ( Reuters ) - 404: In Ukraine, killings of surrendering Russians divide an American-led unit ( NYT ) - RUC: Russia takes out 3 HIMARS systems in Ukraine, up to 10 foreign specialists operating them - MOD ( RT RU ) - RUC: US-made Patriot systems fail to protect themselves - Russian Air Force Gen Andrey Semyonov ( Tass RU ) - RUC: Chinese troops kick off joint anti-terrorism exercise in Belarus - on NATO’s Eastern Border ( Kyiv Post ) - RUC: Russia claims strikes on two Ukrainian Patriot systems - launch and radar - on Black Sea ( Tass RU ) - RUC: Russia rejects Kiev's allegations of Russian missile strike on civilian targets - MOD report ( Tass RU ) - RUC: US left INF treaty to build weapons to menace China - Deputy FM Sergei Ryabkov ( Tass RU ) - RUC: Russian specialists are studying captured Storm Shadow cruise missile warhead ( RIA RU ) - RUC: Ukrainian attempt to hijack Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber thwarted by FSB ( RT RU ) - RUC: Indian PM Modi arrived in Moscow, for first visit after re-election - 1st time in five years ( video ) - RUC: Indian PM Modi looking forward to meeting with is friend, Vladimir Putin - statement ( Tass RU ) - RUC: India looks forward to deepening strategic partnership with Russia - Modi ( Tass RU ) ORBÁN FLIES NATO SCREAMS- 404: Elensky says Hungary's Orbán cannot be a mediator in Ukraine war - not coordinated with Kiev ( Reuters ) - 404: Elensky says Orbán didn’t tell him he was flying to Moscow - Hungary too weak to mediate ( Telex HU ) - 404: Ukraine is ready to take Hungary's place in the EU if it is excluded - FM Dymitro Kuleba ( Pravda RU ) - EUK: Orbán, Le Pen, Salvini form new - third largest - 'far-right' group 'Patriots for Europe' - ID dissolved ( Euractiv ) - EUK: The point of NATO is peace, not endless war - Viktor Orbán wrote an Op-Ed ( Newsweek ) - EUK: Viktor Orbán flies on surprise Peace Mission - Kiev > Moscow > Beijing > Washington ( various ) ┝ People who freaked out over 'appeasement': Tusk, Michel, Ursula, Pressman, Borrell, Sikorski ┝ People who supported him, would have flown with him if not for health: Robert Fico ┝ Hungary canceled Baerbock meeting in Budapest to explain the 'inappropriateness' of trip ( Tagesschau DE ) ┝ Hungary will fight pro-war propaganda - new law requires media transparency - Gulyás announced ( RT RU ) ┝ Russia lauded him for his determination for peace - Dmitri Peskov ( Tass RU ) ┝ trip 'angered EU allies' | 'blindsided Western allies' ( WaPo / Bloomberg ) ┝ trip triggered 'tidal wave' of condemnations | 'stirred EU outcry' ( Politico EU / Reuters ) ┝ He said main victims of the NATO Ukraine strategy are Europe’s economy and population ( Bild DE ) ┝ He attacked the EU's 'war policy' - said it simply 'copies the US' in interview ( Bild DE ) ┝ He said 'it’s hard to even imagine that Russia can be defeated' in interview ( Bild DE ) ┕ He supports China’s peace plan for Ukraine ( Tass RU ) - USC: Biden's health and Trump threat loom over NATO summit - EU leaders concerned by 'unpredictable ally' ( Guardian UK ) - USC: China's support for Russia's war puts Beijing on NATO's threat list - 'Ukraine today - East Asia of tomorrow ( WSJ ) - USC: The NATO alliance should not invite Ukraine to become a member - Open letter by experts ( Guardian UK ) - USC: The goal of Russia and China is the defeat of the US and NATO in Ukraine - Stoltenberg told CBS ( Sila RU ) - USC: Russia is trying to put a price tag on NATO’s involvement in Ukraine - Carnegie Russia director ( FT UK ) - USC: NATO will need 35-50 extra brigades - 5k-7k each - under new defense plans - military source ( Reuters ☆ ) - USC: Orbán is a security risk for NATO - should not be allowed at DC Summit - Anne Applebaum ( Bild DE ) - USC: South Korea's Yoon to discuss Pyongyang's 'distinct threat' to Europe at NATO summit ( Reuters ☆ ) - USC: Armenian Foreign Minister travels to Washington for NATO summit - CSTO member ( Reuters ) - USC: NATO is losing patience with one of its members - Canada needs to pay more ( Politico US ) - USC: World leaders descend on Washington for NATO summit - but brace for Trump ( WSJ ) - USC: NATO allies plan to pledge €40bn for Ukraine amid domestic turmoil at home ( FT UK ) - LAT: Argentina decides to apply for NATO membership, buy F-16s - DM Luis Alfonso Petri ( RT RU ) - ASO: Japan and Philippines to sign defense pact against China - Tokyo to train country it once conquered ( Politico US ) - ASO: 'Ultimately, the US will abandon the Philippines as a broken tool' - Scott Ritter ( Global Times CN ) - RUC: NATO is threatening global peace and stability - Chinese FM spokesman Lin Jian ( RT RU ) ELECTIONS- USC: Biden tells Democrats he is 'running this race to the end' - letter asks to stop talk about nominees ( WSJ ) ┝ His strategy to make the race about Trump is suddenly in doubt - efforts to doubt ability backfire ( NYT ) ┝ He accidentally said he was the 'first black woman' to serve in the White House ( Guardian UK ) ┝ He warned Democrats that talk of replacing him helps Doland Trump ( Guardian UK ) ┝ He told Americans that 'only the Almighty can tell me to quit' - in interview ( ABC ) ┝ He wrote 'I dare you to challenge me' - in letter to Democratic 'elites' ( Times UK ) ┝ 'Walk this way' - he received instructions on how to reach a podium ( Times UK ) ┝ Parkinson’s doctor made 10 White House visits - logs show ( Washington Times ) ┕ He is not being treated for Parkinson's - Karine Jean-Pierre said ( AP ) - EUK: 2nd French election ends in hung parliament, no obvious coalition, and riots on the streets ( Euronews ) ┝ Nouveau Front Populaire 182, Ensemble 168, Rassemblement Nationale 143 ( seats ) ┝ NATO feared a french withdrawal if Le Pen won - diplomatic sources ( Euractiv ) ┝ Germany's Scholz was 'relieved' the 'far-right' did not win in France ( Reuters ) ┝ Russian 'disinformation machine' 'likely' tried to target French voters ( Euractiv ) ┝ 'Enthusiasm in Paris, Moscow disappointment, Kiev relief' - Donald Tusk tweeted ┕ Macron refused PM Garbriel Attal's resignation - for reasons of 'stability' ( AP ) UNSORTED - AFR: The German Military will abandon it's air force base in Niger - negotiations failed to grant legal immunity to German soldiers ( DPA DE ) - AFR: ECOWAS warns of 'disintegration' as 'juntas' split from West African bloc ( Guardian UK ) - EUK: New UK Defence Secretary pledges to step up support for Ukraine on visit to Odessa - within 48 hours ( Defense UK ) - EUK: Berlin bans 'Hamas' red triangle symbol used to mark targets ( Telegraph UK ) - EUK: Latvian military began writing the word 'Russia' with a lowercase letter ( LSV LV ) - EUK: British finances in worst state since WW2 - Treasury Secretary Reeves paves way for tax rises ( Times UK ) - EUK: German Defense Minister deplores 'meager military spending' - budget increase less than a firth needed ( FT UK ) - RUC: China outspends the US in race for energy's 'holy grail' - commercial fusion energy gets new investment ( WSJ ☆ ) - RUC: China’s new interception radar 'can track 10 hypersonic missiles at Mach 20' ( SCMP CN ) - EUK: New UK government expected to drop challenge to ICC over Netanyahu ( Guardian UK ☆ ) - USC: US says Iran's presidential election was 'not free or fair' and won't 'lead to fundamental change in Iran's direction' ( AP ) - EUK: Nord Stream attack is said to have been planned ten years ago ( Welt DE ) - USC: US introduces vending machines to sell bullets - as easy as an ATM ( Telegraph UK ) - USC: Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge in 737 Max case ( WSJ ) - WEA: Iranian reformist wins presidency, seeks engagement with the West - Masoud Pezeshkian ( WaPo ) - WEA: Syrians in Türkiye fear for future after Erdogan confirms talks with Assad ( Reuters ) - ISR: Israeli troops return to Gaza City months after leaving - additional destruction and new displacement ( WSJ ) - ISR: Israel launches new Gaza City operation as negotiators meet ( WaPo ) - ISR: Israel’s victims in Gaza may have been as high as 186,000 - up to 8% of population ( Lancet UK ) APPENDIX : Legend= Opinion piece ☆ = Exclusive USC = United States + Canada RUC = Russia + China EUK = Europe + United Kingdom | 404 = Ukraine WEA = West Asia, formerly Middle East | ISR = Israel | PAL = Palestine ASO = Australia + Oceania AFR = Africa LAT = Latin America |
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