Author: Blazingcatfur

Bill Barr Lays Out War on Terror Playbook for Decimating Mexican Drug Cartels

Former attorney general Bill Barr believes the United States should use the lessons it learned from the War on Terror in the fight against Mexican drug cartels.

“There were 80,000 ISIS [militants] controlling a large territory in the Middle East, and we had a couple thousand special forces as well as local supporting groups such as the Kurds,” Barr told National Review in an interview. “Over time, we were able to destroy them. Now, a lot of that included bombing targets, and I’m not suggesting we do that here, but the ability to use special operations and precision operations against what are paramilitary forces will allow us to reduce them in pretty short order.”

At least the next forever war will be closer to home.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMexican drug cartels, Mexico, Mexico - Failed State, USA

The War in Ukraine Is No Game of Drones

While both sides have made good use of drones, they will likely not become the weapon that wins the Ukraine war.

Politicians and pundits want to declaim the lessons we should learn from Russia’s war against Ukraine despite the fact that the war — now eighteen months old — may not yet have reached its halfway point.

Russian President Putin, as I have written before, wants to keep the war going at least until 2025 when U.S. support for Ukraine will diminish whether or not we have a new president. If the Republicans keep the House, they will seek a significant decrease and if a Republican is elected president, all bets are off.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

Lockdown lifted at West Edmonton Mall after shooting injures 3

Three people sustained serious injuries in a shooting late Monday at West Edmonton Mall, police say.

At about 7:40 p.m., according to a release, police responded to reports of a shooting at the mall.

When officers arrived on scene, they found three males with gunshot wounds.

“All males were transported to hospital by paramedics with serious but non-life-threatening injuries,” the police said in a release.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Today in History: Christians and Muslims Fight in the World’s Most Decisive Battle

Today in history, on Aug. 20, 636, arguably the single most consequential battle — certainly between Islam and the West— took place. Occurring just four years after the Muslim prophet Muhammad had died, not only did the military engagement decide whether the Arabian creed thrives or dies, but it also became a chief source of inspiration and instruction for jihadists throughout the centuries — right down to the Islamic State. And yet, very few in the West are even aware of the Battle of Yarmuk’s existence — much less how it motivates contemporary Islamic terrorists.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

The Oppenheimer File: Missing Cast and Forgotten Back Stories

In the early going of this marathon film, J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) tells a hostile government committee that his testimony should be understood in the context of his life and work. Context also is important for movies, but Oppenheimer keeps key back stories off the screen.

Viewers see the “Hitler Invades Poland” headline from September 1, 1939, but do not see or hear anything about Josef Stalin’s Communist forces invading Poland on September 17, 1939. This joint invasion started WWII and came about because of the Stalin-Hitler pact of August 23, 1939. Viewers see nothing about the Pact, and no headline such as “Stalin Invades Finland,” marks November 30, 1939.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWW II, WW II History

America is losing its African war on Islamic terror

No one knew they were waging one

After 9/11, the US built a network of military outposts across the northern tier of Africa to fight a shadow war against Islamist groups. Niger became central to the effort. From Base Airienne 201, known to locals as “Base Americaine,” US drones were sent across the region to track down Islamist terrorists. The coup against President Bazoum marks another disruption in this long-running, mostly secret, war on terror. American troops in Niger are currently confined to their bases. The future of America’s two-decade counterterrorism campaign there is in doubt.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Africa, Islam, Islam and violence, USA

CSIS Says Chinese Police Stations in Canada Part of Repression Operation: Report

Canada’s spy agency says that the Chinese police stations on Canadian soil are part of a network to track down high-level targets overseas and suppress dissent, according to recently released records.

The document, which was obtained by La Presse through the access to information regime and reported on Aug. 21, says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) believes the stations are but one element the Chinese regime uses to conduct foreign interference.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Sadiq Khan’s racial dystopia

Imagine if the Mayor of London was a Tory and his website featured an image of a black family alongside the words: ‘Doesn’t represent real Londoners.’ Imagine if this right-leaning mayor had weird rules on ‘branding’, one of which was that images of young black families should not be used in mayor-related publicity because these people, with their dark skin, are not reflective of ‘our’ vision of London.

There would be uproar, possibly protests, and rightly so. It would be utterly unacceptable, vile actually, to racialise Londoners in this way; to treat black families as so morally lesser than white ones that they should never be shown in official PR bumpf. Being a Londonder has nothing to do with race. If you live here and work here and bring up your children here, you’re a Londonder.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Progressive Racists

Former Trudeau staffer fined for voting illegally in 2021

OTTAWA — An adviser in the Prime Minister’s Office broke election law during the 2021 campaign, Canada’s elections watchdog said Monday.

Ayesha Chughtai, who left her job in the PMO last year, voted in Calgary Skyview even though she was told she wasn’t eligible, according to a notice posted on the Commissioner of Canada Elections’ website.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Chow gives tax payer money to so called asylum seekers for housing

Benefit top-up will help around 1,350 people find housing, City of Toronto says

A top-up to the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit (COHB) will help around 1,350 people find housing and relieve pressure on Toronto’s shelter system, officials say.

The City of Toronto said in a news release Monday that new applications are being accepted following a one-time $13.4 million top-up to the COHB, funded by the City and the provincial government.

“These additional housing benefits will prioritize asylum seekers in addition to other people experiencing homelessness,” the City said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city", Canada, WTF?

Adam Zivo: The Trudeau Liberals are risking political suicide by denying Canada’s crime crisis

Across North America, the pendulum on crime has swung decisively towards law and order, and politicians who are failing to adapt to this new reality are reaping the consequences.

Not too long ago, things were very different. In the late 2010s, progressive cities throughout North America were embracing policies that were designed to reduce the number of people held in prison.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Crime