The coming China war over Taiwan needs American leadership before it’s too late

Earlier this month, Chinese President Xi Jinping directed his military to deepen war and combat planning, the latest sign that Beijing is getting ready to execute China’s grand plan to re-establish control over Taiwan. 

President Biden, having explicitly pledged in September that U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, made a stunning admission in early July – the United States is running perilously low on ammunition supplies after a year and a half of arming Ukraine to help it defend itself from Russia.

Why Russia and America can never be friends

Many security analysts believe that Russia and the United States are on the brink of a World War III, as Moscow and Washington’s proxy battle over geopolitical control of Ukraine has crossed the 500-day mark. 

In a sign of recent escalation, on Monday, a Ukrainian strike blew up the bridge connecting the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, as Moscow threatened to attack NATO’s “weakest link,” a 60-mile strategic corridor known as the  “Suwalki Gap” that  sits along the Lithuanian-Polish frontier, between Belarus in the east and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to the west. 

Russia’s war against Ukraine will be Biden’s Afghanistan 2.0

As military and political leaders of 31 member nations are gathering in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the annual NATO summit to discuss strategic security threats facing the alliance, one crucial issue will not be on the agenda. There will be no discussion about how to end the bloody war in Ukraine, which crossed the 500-day mark on Saturday. Quite the opposite, it’s becoming obvious to any serious analyst that the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the biggest war in Europe since World War II, is turning into Biden’s – and Putin’s for that matter — Afghanistan 2.0. That is, there’s no end to it. At least for the foreseeable future. Here’s why.

Russia’s attempted assassination of CIA asset in Florida is straight out of Putin’s ‘Wet Deeds’ playbook

“Treason is the biggest crime on Earth, and traitors must be punished,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with Financial Times in June 2019, commenting on the poisoning of a former GRU officer and double agent who spied for Western intelligence Sergei Skripal and his daughter. “I am not saying that it’s necessary to punish in [the] way that was done in Salisbury, added Putin, “not at all. But, nevertheless, traitors must be punished.”

Russia is targeting the US homeland with its strategy of Cyber Armageddon

Multiple federal agencies were struck with a massive Russian cyberattack, among them the Department of Energy, which manages U.S. nuclear infrastructure and sets America’s nuclear policy. The new attack has been devastating as millions of Americans and countless businesses, organizations, schools and universities had their data compromised with a destructive ransomware bug. But what’s even more terrifying is its intent. Russian President Putin is almost certainly messaging to Team Biden that Moscow has the wherewithal to unleash a much more crippling attack on the U.S. homeland, resulting in a Cyber Armageddon.

A bungled response to reports of a China spy station in Cuba signifies Biden’s failed Beijing policy

After blatantly denying the Wall Street Journal’s reporting last Thursday, about China’s multibillion-dollar spy base on America’s doorstep, in Cuba, calling the story “not accurate,” the Biden administration confirmed its existence last Saturday.  

White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby admitted that China’s efforts to beef up its espionage capability on the island, just 90 miles from the U.S. homeland, were an “ongoing issue” that the Biden administration inherited. He claimed that President Biden directed his team to address the issue “quietly” and “carefully,” beginning with “diplomacy.” Kirby claimed that these “diplomatic efforts have slowed the PRC down.”

While Washington security establishment was busy chasing Russia collusion hoax, Putin invaded Ukraine

One of the key things that jumped out at me reading the 316-page Durham Report is the obsession with which the Washington security establishment was trying to prove the non-existent Trump-Russia “collusion,” a dubious theory that has kept America unsettled for more than half a decade. Having served at the Defense Intelligence Agency as a top senior intelligence analyst on the Russia-Putin target for eight years, I can state with near certainty that this obsession of the bureaucracy has made America less safe, leaving us exposed to the real Russia threat and costing the U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars. 

Will Russian warlord challenge Putin in 2024 presidential election? | Fox News

The Russian Warlord who is commanding the Wagner mercenary squad known for its extreme brutality, Yevgeny Prigozhin has been making headlines across Russian and world media. He has criticized the Russian state’s ability to protect the country and warned Putin not to trust his top generals on Ukraine, creating a major rift between regular Russian army and his fighters, most of whom are former convicts. Prigozhin recently has hinted about his intention to become a contender in the Russian 2024 presidential election.

Biden’s 2024 presidential run will put America at greater risk in the world 

President Biden announced on Tuesday that he will run for re-election in 2024, a decision that a huge majority of Americans, 70% according to a new survey, oppose. Americans are right to be concerned. Team Biden’s unhinged foreign policy has already eroded America’s security, and it will destabilize the world even further. Here’s how.

Did Ukraine infiltrate its own James Bond into Putin’s inner circle? 

Last Thursday, Ukraine’s head of intelligence Kyrylo Budanov claimed in an interview with Ukrainian Pravda that members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle are now working as spies for Ukraine, having betrayed their boss. However, the claim is unlikely to be true. Rather, the Ukrainian spy agency is more likely looking to dislodge Putin psychologically and cause him to chase phantoms and self-sabotage.

Putin issues nuclear warning, as Russia’s assault on Ukraine hits second year

As Russia’s barbaric assault on Ukraine begins its second year Friday, President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin clashed this week in a verbal sparring match with speeches marking the first anniversary of the war. While Biden continued his approach of shaming Putin into ending the war, issuing economic threats and offering more security aid to Kyiv, Putin shocked Washington with a nuclear warning, adding meat to previous warnings that the West must think twice this time before dismissing. 

Russia-Ukraine conflict exposes Biden security team’s inability to plan ahead

As the largest war in Europe nears its first anniversary, it has become evident to all that President Biden and his security team have failed in their ongoing planning for Ukraine. 

The prevailing thinking in the White House and the Pentagon revolves around giving to Ukraine the “right kit” – first, Stingers and Javelins, then HIMARs, Patriots, Bradleys, and now Abrams tanks.

Russia-Ukraine War an outlook for 2023: more bloodshed to come with no end in sight

As we have welcome the New Year, many on both sides of the Atlantic are wondering whether the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the biggest war in Europe since World War II, will come to an end this year. The largest country on the continent, Ukraine, is being depopulated, having lost more than 100,000 of its citizens to death or injury. Europe itself is being destabilized by financial woes and influx of refugees from war-torn areas. 

I lived under Soviet communism and it taught me to love Christmas 

Growing up in Soviet Russia, I didn’t know what Christmas was, let alone celebrate it. Every winter we did, however, celebrate the biggest holiday of the year – New Year’s. All across the country, between the end of December and mid-January, major festivities were held at schools, kindergartens, universities, and places of work, with singing, dancing, and lavish decorations.  

Zelenskyy’s plea for more American aid to ‘speed up victory’ in unwinnable war 

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has done it again. During an historic visit to Washington, amid the ferocious war waged by Putin’s Russia on his country, the Ukrainian leader delivered another stellar performance, pleading for more security assistance from Washington to “speed up our victory” over tyrannical Russia. 

Putin’s fashion faux pas: Russi military uniforms unsuitable for combat in brutal winter fight 

The temperature in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, recently dropped to 25 degrees and Ukrainians are freezing as Russian airstrikes are pounding the country’s vital infrastructure, cutting off electricity and heat and depriving them of drinking water.

Are Putin and Zelenskyy near to ending Russia-Ukraine war? 

Common sense dictates the Russia-Ukraine conflict must end, and serious effort should be invested in achieving the peace settlement. 

Consider the costs in lives and treasure. Despite the unimaginable toll in lives and the vast spending and commitment of arms by the U.S. over the past 10 months, victory for either side is not on the horizon. 

On this Thanksgiving Day I am deeply thankful to be an American 

I am an immigrant. Over 30 years ago, I fled Soviet socialist Russia and came to America, fulfilling the dream of my mother, who inspired me since I was a little girl to study hard, learn English and go to America, because this is the best place on earth. I don’t know how she knew. Traveling out of the totalitarian U.S.S.R. was nearly impossible, and she only visited America after I was here.

China is winning the Russia-Ukraine War amid massive US, Russia war expenditures 

Space Armageddon: Why the Pentagon fears Russia and China’s Star Wars Weaponry

Early last month senior Pentagon officials huddled for two days of top secret discussions about Russia and China’s space weapons. Experts from the U.S. Space Command, the Missile Defense Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the CIA, among others, delivered classified briefings on the grave threat posed by these incredibly destructive high-tech devices. A highly-classified tabletop wargame followed. 

Five reasons why Russia is likely behind the Nord Stream industrial sabotage

Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov dismissed Ukraine’s accusations Thursday that Russia was behind the Nord Stream pipeline gas leaks, calling it an act of state-sponsored “terrorism.” After NATO condemned it as a “deliberate, reckless” act of sabotage, Russia’s top intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said Moscow has evidence it’s the West that did it. 

Five reasons why the growing Russia-China strategic partnership presents an existential threat to the US

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping met Thursday in Uzbekistan during the Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a sort of Asian version of NATO. Amid devastating setbacks on the battlefield, the Russian president prioritized the trip to see his Chinese counterpart in a meeting the Kremlin described as “quite a significant nature, for obvious reasons.” 

Three reasons why Biden’s Russian prisoner swap is a bad idea

President Joe Biden recently stated that his administration will “pursue every possible avenue” to bring U.S. citizens Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan home to the United States. Griner, a women’s basketball star, was sentenced last week by a Russian court to nine years in prison for marijuana possession, a crime in Russia for which she had pleaded guilty. Whelan is serving a 16-year jail term in Russia on espionage charges, accused of receiving and possessing classified information on a USB drive.

Biden’s 5 failures in Ukraine that only embolden Russia

President Joe Biden’s Russia-Ukraine policy has been a monumental disaster. Russia’s forces are in the fifth month of laying devastation to Ukraine as Biden continues to write checks to Zelenskyy, with no end in sight. 

Here are Biden’s top five failures in Ukraine, which could have devastating long-term consequences for our country, not to mention Ukraine.

The Death of the Monroe Doctrine: Forget the threats overseas, America is at risk in its own backyard

The Washington establishment’s security apparatus spends extraordinary effort on an endless array of overseas military operations.

But it has neglected America’s own backyard.

Left untended, that backyard has become increasingly occupied by hostile squatters as China, Russia, and Iran descend upon Latin America and the Caribbean to spread their autocratic ideologies. 

Yevgeny Prigozhin — the man who may succeed Vladimir Putin

As America kicks off its 2024 presidential campaign, Russia will soon follow suit with a vote for its top leader scheduled for March of next year.

Russian President Vladmir Putin may not yet have announced he’s seeking another term, but an internal Kremlin electoral group is working on the assumption that Vlad will be running, according to the Russian business daily Kommersant, which cited sources close to Putin’s administration.

How Biden is being bamboozled by Xi 

In what looks like a 180-degree turn from its previously declared policy of providing military aid to Ukraine “indefinitely,” the Biden Administration is now apparently seeking a peace settlement in the Russia-Ukraine war, according to reports last week.

And the potential peacemaker to which Biden is so eager to cede leadership? It’s none other than Chinese President Xi Jinping, a documented human-rights abuser who’s now positioning himself as an angel of peace devoted to ending this devastating war. 

US satellite program is China’s next target

A top-secret CIA intelligence report, illegally posted by 21-year-old US Air Guardsman Jack Teixiera, revealed that China is building cyberweapons to hack and hijack American satellites critical to US war-fighting operations, according to reports last week.

Frightening. But there’s more.

China could go to war with the US over Taiwan 

Last Friday, Chinese leader Xi JinPing won his third five-year term as president in a unanimous vote by the National People’s Congress. Having secured his grip on power quite possibly for life, Xi is executing China’s grand plan to re-establish control over Taiwan.

Indeed, so crucial is Taiwan – which broke away from communist China in 1949 – that Beijing appears willing to tussle with Washington over its long-term fate. 

Why the COVID lab leak cover-up is similar to Chernobyl 

On Tuesday, FBI director Christopher Wray dropped a nuclear-level bombshell.

In an interview with Fox News, the nation’s top G-man finally admitted what much of the world already believes: That COVID-19 “most likely” originated from an incident in a Chinese government-controlled lab in Wuhan – with emphasis on incident, not accident.

What to expect from Russia and Putin in the Ukraine War in 2023

On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that Russia intends to end hostilities in Ukraine. Don’t buy it, Putin is all spin and the war is almost certain to continue. And as the war drags on, Putin’s hand will be continue to be felt across Ukraine — and quite possibly the world.

By now Putin realizes that Ukraine is not about to capitulate. To the contrary, Volodymyr Zelensky is securing a steady stream of Western weaponry and 100 Ukrainian soldiers are in Oklahoma training to use the Patriot missile defense system. 

America’s spy agencies failed to protect us from China’s bio-warfare 

As we settle into the New Year, many of us are watching with trepidation the signs that COVID-19 may be surging again. Hospitalizations have been rising since early November. It is common to once again see folks fully masked up in an elevator, movie theater or a Broadway show. We don’t know if we can get this virus under control, and we must be able to foresee and prevent the emergence of another. This is why it is critical to uncover the origins of COVID-19. And that is where US intelligence agencies have failed and even deceived us

The New York Times plays into Putin’s hands yet again 

As we settle into the New Year, many of us are watching with trepidation the signs that COVID-19 may be surging again. Hospitalizations have been rising since early November. It is common to once again see folks fully masked up in an elevator, movie theater or a Broadway show. We don’t know if we can get this virus under control, and we must be able to foresee and prevent the emergence of another. 

3 reasons why the CIA will not order Putin’s assassination 

As a former Defense Intelligence Agency officer specializing in Russia, I often am asked why the United States doesn’t just take out Vladimir Putin.

Russia’s president is clearly a bad dude. So far, in his barbaric 10-month war against Ukraine, Putin’s forces have bombed maternity wards, tortured civilians and abducted their children, shipping them to Russia by force.

Eight reasons Putin may not be bluffing about using nuclear weapons

On Sept. 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that he could resort to “all available means of destruction” in his war against Ukraine, pointedly adding, “It’s not a bluff.” Days later, he accused the United States of setting the nuclear warfare “precedent,” referring to the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 to end World War II.

How Putin’s ‘Doctrine of Chaos’ aims to tear Americans apart

Members of the Washington establishment and other assorted leftists love to cry “Russian disinformation” whenever one of their favorite causes or people is criticized. But when actual Russian disinformation targets their enemies, they willingly go along with it.

Two shocking deaths are right out of Putin’s assassination playbook

Last weekend, Russians were shocked by a car bomb that instantly killed the daughter of one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies, the ultra-nationalist political theorist Aleksandr Dugin. Images showed Daria Dugina’s Toyota Land Cruiser blazing in the dark, as her father — also known as Putin’s brain — stood just feet away in shock, grabbing his head with his hands.

Meet Putin’s inner circle of evil, from Nikolai Patrushev to Ramzan Kadyrov

It’s been five months since Russian forces invaded Ukraine and began their relentless assault on their far-smaller neighbor. The Western press has focused heavily on Russian President Vladimir Putin, who masterminded the invasion over many years and has overseen its execution.

But Putin isn’t working on his own.

Putin’s propaganda minister Maria Zakharova posts sexy video of herself fondling strawberries

As Russia wages war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s top propagandist Maria Zakharova posted a seductive video of herself playing with strawberries.

The video, titled “Our Own Harvest,” shows the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman sucking sexily on two red berries to the tune of the patriotic Russian song “Kalinka,” performed by the Red Army Choir.

Joe Biden’s ‘ultra-MAGA’ comments are right out of Putin’s playbook

President Biden has borrowed a page right out of Vladimir Putin’s playbook. As someone who was raised in the USSR, I am all too familiar with the tactic of divisive, inflammatory rhetoric and scapegoating that the Soviet government used to foment hatred among its own citizens in order to keep permanent control.

As a former DIA intelligence officer who specializes in Russian affairs and Putin’s doctrine, I am stunned at how adept the Democrats have become at Soviet-style tactics.

Putin’s right-hand man Nikolai Patrushev is more barbaric than his master

Patrushev is the most influential person in the Kremlin bureaucracy and is the only person Putin trusts — to the extent he trusts anyone. The two share more than a strong professional relationship. They are friends. Both Putin and Patrushev come from the same stock of Chekists, the term that refers to Soviet and Russian intelligence services known by the Russian acronym ChK, the powerful secret police agency in the USSR. Chekists view themselves as elite warriors, dedicated to protecting the fatherland from its enemies.

What the West fears most about Putin’s arsenal of nuclear weapons

Despite throwing the full force of Russian might against Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin still hasn’t toppled the country. His troops have run out of fuel, gone short on supplies, and some soldiers have even left the battlefield rather than kill their brother Slavs. Instead of dividing NATO and capturing Kyiv, Putin has united the world behind an unlikely Ukrainian hero, the former-comic-turned-president Volodymyr Zelensky. 

Putin’s 88-year-old ex-teacher is the one person who could end his war

As Russian President Vladimir Putin proceeds with annihilating Ukraine, sparing no pregnant woman or child in his path, there is one person who could potentially talk him out of his murderous scheme. Her name is Vera Dmitriyevna Gurevich, Putin’s homeroom teacher from fifth to eighth grade.

How Putin’s rat-infested childhood shaped his philosophy on war 

As a youngster growing up in the 1960s, Putin was a typical Russian hooligan, living with his family in a communal apartment in what was then Leningrad. Several other families, including Putin’s, shared these living quarters, with no bath, often no hot water and a stinking toilet. To get to his apartment on the fifth floor, young Putin had to run up the flight of stairs, infested by hungry rats. Armed with a stick, Putin at first fended off the filthy creatures and ran away from them, before he eventually decided to observe their behavior.

The lies, affairs and greed that made Putin the ‘world’s richest man’

Vladimir Putin claims to be a symbol of “Otechestvo” — or the Russian Fatherland itself.

Every one of his speeches, photo ops and press briefings is intended to convey the clear message that the Russian president is a man of the people. He will protect his citizenry from enemies, foreign and domestic, repel Ukrainian “Nazis” from committing genocide against ethnic Russians in Donbas, wrestle a NATO soldier to the judo mat and rescue a Russian child from the claws of a Siberian tiger.

Why US sanctions on Russia won’t stop Putin’s blitzkrieg in Ukraine

As Russia invaded Ukraine and bombings rocked cities across the country this week, President Vladimir Putin’s aggression was on full display.

Biden’s response? More economic sanctions. Only this time, they will be “severe.” And surely, they will work.

Durham report proves Hillary Clinton — not Trump — was Putin’s puppet

Since 2016, Hillary Clinton has been trolling Donald Trump on social media over his alleged ties to Russia, calling him “Putin’s Puppet.” But Special Counsel John Durham’s probe has uncovered the truth about who was Putin’s Puppet. It was Clinton herself

The Wagner ‘Coup’ Was Staged by Putin—and the West Fell for It

By now, everyone has heard about the narrowly avoided coup in Russia: Last Friday night, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, one of Putin’s most trusted allies and the commander of the notorious Russian mercinary Wagner Group, marched on Moscow in an apparent coup d’etat, only to come to a swift agreement with Vladimir Putin and decamp for Belarus. While most commentators acknowledged that things didn’t quite add up, the “expert” class happily concluded that at least it had weakened Putin in his war against Ukraine.

Democrats Are Using Putin’s Playbook to Defeat Trump in 2024 

The unprecedented indictment, arrest, and arraignment of former President and current 2024 contender Donald Trump is giving me disturbing flashbacks to my birthplace, Soviet Russia, which I fled in search of freedom and justice. Growing up during the Cold War, when the bushy-eyed Leonid Brezhnev ruled the USSR, It was understood that the head of the Communist Party, the one and only political party in existence under the totalitarian form of government, would rule for life. Free elections were not a thing. It was something we heard about on Voice of America or Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which the Soviet government jammed from being broadcasted in the USSR, and it sounded fascinating. The idea of two or more candidates competing for the highest office to rule the land and its people seemed perfect.

Putin Is Not Backing Down. He’s Pivoting—to a New, Dreadful Kind of Warfare 

Those who think that Russia has lost the war in Ukraine given Ukraine’s recent military victories need to think again. They don’t understand Putin’s mindset, his high-risk tolerance, and his willingness to fight and create mayhem to win a high stakes battle. The overwhelming advantage Ukraine is now enjoying, fueled by the U.S., which has supplied superior training and top-of-the-line military hardware, will result in Russia turning to a new strategy.

Biden’s Recklessness Is Turning Ukraine Into Another Afghanistan 

As Putin’s war on Ukraine rages on and Washington continues to pledge more aid and weapons to the besieged nation, the entire situation is starting to look ever more like another Afghanistan.

After less than five months of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States has spent $8 billion, which is more than we spent during the first five years in Afghanistan.

‘Top Secret’ Soup: How the Government Tried to Censor My Book About Putin and Russia’s Threat to America

It may come as a surprise to many, but our government has the power to decide what some Americans can write and say. As a former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer, I became the target of government censors because I dared to reveal Putin’s goal to destabilize America and his plan to deliver on these ambitions. My warning ran counter to the bureaucrats’ plans to conceal from Americans how badly the government “experts” had bungled the Russian threat to our country.

There Is Only One U.S. Leader Putin Actually Fears 

Last weekend, in an unprecedented move, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he will deploy nuclear weapons to Belarus, Russia’s closest ally.

Moscow’s move is likely designed to hold more European targets at risk of a nuclear strike amid the conflict in Ukraine, which has entered its second year. A day later, Putin’s ally and Russia’s Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev warned that Russia has “modern unique weapons capable of destroying any adversary, including the United States.” The next day, Russia, which placed its nuclear forces on a heightened alert at the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine, fired several nuclear-capable, anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan during a simulated attack.