Run-up to WW3

[Catoptric]

State of the Union address
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16W8VZm7ap/

[Roger Mexico]

So Trump says he got Iran and Israel to agree to a ceasefire, which may or may not be true.




https://apnews.com/live/iran-israel-war ... -6-23-2025

[Catoptric]

Russia-Azerbaijan Going To War


And some suggest that Georgia and Armenia could have incentive to get into conflict.

And then Russian soldiers are cannibalizing each other.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... eveal.html


Worth considering is how a conflict between Taiwan and China would play out.



The irony is that most of Ukraines drone efforts have been from the disconinued DJI (Chinese made) Mavic 3, with some modifications. . . Though it appears they will be manufacturing their own, and have already exceeded the Chinese production of drones, capable of swarm targeting.


Someone in Ukraine currently has been pointing out where they are heading with drone capabilities.


This guy is terrified of how drones could be used to carry out clandestined attacks


Worth noting, that in a Police state, people might want to keep a low profile (Graphene OS)

https://grapheneos.org/


The Israel and Palestine conflict, along with geopolitical incompetence by Trump, will likely lead to WW3 (though not specifically based on this video.)


I have also started to wonder about how much of a genetic legacy people have to claim ancestral heritage to the Levant region (not to mention when Israelis settled after WW2 it was in territory acquired, in which everything since then has been a shitshow of intentional genocidal policies.

[Catoptric]

It's worth mentioning, if Taiwan joins China the defense industry would be compromised since so much of the circuitry is manufactured in Taiwan (thinks to shallow-minded business leaders early on in the US computer chip manufacturing, where the only option would be to bring the industry overseas. The US currently only makes about 10% of the global chips, and we don't have the means of producing the more advanced circuitry.) At the same time, they wouldn't have the arms needed to defend themselves since they have been over reliant on the USA (and vice versa since we use their chips for defense purposes, and currently don't seem to have the kinds of manufacturing capabilities; which considering the current tolerance for foreign talent, probably won't be changing any time soon.) Taiwan was promised $21 billion in weapons in 2024, and it's not expected until 2026 (meaning China has every incentive to initiate a strike now.) China also has a crazy amount of drone manufacturing capabilities which has the potential to do significant damage when accessed from remotely. If China is allied with Russia than they have an even greater interest in taking this strategy.

How China Could Take Taiwan, Without Firing a Shot
https://time.com/7304355/china-invasion-taiwan-2027/

Delayed defense capabilities
https://asiatimes.com/2025/08/dependent ... in-crisis/#

A 2024 article which discusses some of this
https://www.andrewerickson.com/2024/08/ ... ysts-warn/

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Spitting Image - Trump and Putin
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1FCxs83w3o/


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Just something to think about:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_(card_games)
A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically an entire suit is nominated as a trump suit; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms trump card or to trump refers to any sort of action, authority or policy which automatically prevails over all others.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-drumpf/