Iraqis..

 

Fossil..

 

The US is bolstering its presence in the Gulf waters, with US Central Command announcing on July 20 that an amphibious ready group, along with some 3,000 sailors and Marines were being deployed in the region. 

An Aug. 11 report from USNI stated that some 100 Marines of the 26th Marines Expeditionary Unit have been trained and are ready in Bahrain to provide armed security on board merchant ships crossing the Hormuz Strait. 

This would reportedly put small groups of armed American forces onto foreign-flagged ships, in order to discourage Iranian attacks.

So the US taxpayers are paying for protecting oil shipments going to various countries with readiness to start a war in the Middle East.  On the other hand, this administration blocks the Russian energy from flowing to Europe.   So what is it that the West want? Cheap Fossil fuel with raging War in the Ukraine and may be someplace else?  

 Just a thought.

EV..

 

Earlier this year, Texas state lawmakers passed Senate Bill 505, which requires electric vehicle owners to pay a fee when they register a vehicle or renew their registration. 

It’s being imposed because lawmakers said EV drivers weren’t paying their fair share into a fund that helps cover road construction and repairs across Texas.

Gasoline taxes go to the State Highway Fund, which the Texas Department of Transportation calls its “primary funding source.” Electric vehicle drivers don’t pay those taxes, though, because they don’t use gasoline.

The Charging stations is going to charge more as we go further, thus taking the benefits out of the type of car. 

Share the road, share the cost.

 Just a thought.

False..

 

A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.

The study concluded that the statements "were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses."

. "In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that culminated in military action against Iraq on March 19, 2003."   Just a thought.

Gains..

Him..

 

Noting..

 

Omics..

 

Message..

 

U.S. and its allies are sending China a message with a series of exercises aimed at showing how they can work together with a series of exercises.

Last month, U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, and France parked an air armada of 23 planes at Andersen Air Force Base in the U.S. territory of Guam.

The exercise was part of the annual Exercise Mobility Guardian, biennial training maneuver that has taken place since 2017.

 U.S. B-52 strategic bomber joined military exercises with South Korea on Wednesday in the latest demonstration of the allies' readiness to respond to any North Korean provocation, South Korea's defense ministry said.

Nail..

 

China’s defense minister Li Shangfu  warned against “playing with fire” when it comes to Taiwan in a veiled jab at the United States as he addressed a security conference in Russia.

Speaking at the Moscow Conference on International Security, Li said attempts to “use Taiwan to contain China,” would “surely end in failure,” according to state-run news agency Xinhua.

Li’s comments echoed previous statements by Chinese officials but the location of his speech was significant and symbolic.

China’s ruling Communist Party claims the self-governing democracy of Taiwan and has vowed to take control of it, by force if necessary. It has repeatedly castigated American interactions with the island, with which Washington does not have official diplomatic ties, including for the sale of US arms to Taipei.

If all what you got is a hammer, you see every problem as a nail.