Posted on 10/01/2025 4:39:09 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Once again, it feels as if we’re tiptoeing toward an official war between the United States and Russia — as opposed to the proxy war that has endured for three and half years between Russia and NATO-backed Ukraine.
Although President Trump has downplayed the “rare and urgent” meeting of top military commanders from around the world at Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday, the event has generated intense speculation. The Pentagon says that secretary of War Hegseth merely wants to deliver a speech on the “warrior ethos” and make sure that military leaders are all walking in the same direction. The president describes the focus of the gathering in general terms: “We’re talking about what we’re doing, what they’re doing, and how we’re doing.” Still, to gather the highest-ranking members of the U.S. military in one location for a chat with the president and secretary of War leaves the impression that something of significant importance will be discussed.
On Monday morning, ZeroHedge gathered data from several sites that analyze open-source intelligence to predict military engagements. Those sites were all tracking a large deployment of U.S. aerial refueling tankers crossing the Atlantic on their way to Europe. A social media account that tracks pizzerias near the Pentagon showed a spike in orders late Sunday night. The last time these sources noted a wave of air tankers leaving the United States and increased carryout orders from restaurants near the Pentagon, the U.S. military was preparing to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities. When these open-source data points are viewed alongside the unusual meeting of top military commanders in northern Virginia, it is difficult not to conclude that a potentially significant military operation is imminent.
Notably, there has been a shift in public messaging from high-ranking government officials.
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I hope this is just posturing. This is not our war to fight. Let the European countries do it if they want to.
Saw the title and it reminded me of the 1962 book THE GUNS OF AUGUST, about the first world war.
Also reminded me of the 90 MINUTE anti-hunting screed on CBS TV around 1975 THE GUNS OF AUTUMN.
Read a report that dozens of US aircraft were deployed to our Air Base in Qatar.
Go after Iran?
And withdrawing from NATO would leave the Europeans to make a deal with China to contain Russia. We'd be looking at all of Eurasia in one bloc against us, the stupidest geopolitical choice the US could ever make.
The US has been in a proxy war with Russia for 80 years now. With Putin on the move again to seize enough territory to remake the Soviet Union, a war between Russia and the West is unavoidable.
“{Read a report that dozens of US aircraft were deployed to our Air Base in Qatar.
Go after Iran?”
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With Trump’s security guarantees for Qatar, we might end up at war with Israel.
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