Chance (23 Oct 2022)
"The Elephant in the Room"


 
Hello John and Doves,
 
The elephant in the room is the war going on in Ukraine.
 
So much has happened over the last week.  The UK Defense Minister Ben Wallace made an emergency trip to DC last week.
UK Defense Secretary Takes Emergency Trip To The U.S. – [your]NEWS
 
He may have known Putin was going to declare martial law in those annexed areas.  And the mobilization of Russian troops into Belarus.  Possible movement of nuclear warheads.  Whatever it was, warranted an emergency flight to DC.
 
Now I'm hearing that the US Army 101st Airborne Division is/has? deployed to Poland.  This hasn't happened since WWII.  Thousands of troops are in Poland.  Lots of friends are reporting about relatives/friends being deployed to Poland.  Russia recently told Poland to 'don't even think about trying to take Western Ukraine'.  So something going on there too.
 
Reports of Poland moving troops to the Belarus border.  Latvia involved too.  Large movements of American and Polish forces with Abrams and TOMA tanks noted on the borders of Belarus and Ukraine.  Hearing that communication have ended between the US and Russia - no chance of de-escalation now.
 
The big dam in Ukraine is in the spot light now...the Kakhovka dam.  This dam has a hydroelectric power plant.  Ukraine is saying Russia is going to blow it up and flood all the area below the dam.  Russia intercepted several HIMARS missiles that were aimed at the dam last week, so they are saying the Ukrainians are trying to blow the dam.  Ukraine said Russians have planted bombs on the dam.  Russia recently annexed much of this area that would be flooded...blowing the dam isn't something in their interest.
Factbox: Is the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine about to be blown? | Reuters
 
Watch this dam - if it's destroyed...I'll be betting NATO/US did it.  
 
Reports that the US and Europe are on Defcon 2 level.  We could be facing nuclear war any time....
 
Just a few news snips...
 
God help us.
 
Chance