Global turmoil & analysis

 On the night of June 18th, fighting resumed between the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) and Hezbollah. This occurred despite the fighting in Lebanon being a major topic of the "peace deal." The fighting intensified throughout the night, resulting in the deaths of dozens of Hezbollah Fighters, and 4 IDF Soldiers. On the afternoon of June 19 (in the Middle East) the United States, Qatar, and Iran, negotiated a "ceasefire" between Isreal, and Hezbollah. If that does not make sense to you, join the line.

 Today, CENTCOM (who's area of responsibility includes Iran) announced that their blockade of Iranian ports and shipping has been lifted. The move means Iran can freely move oil again for the first time since the war began at the end of February. Aside from my personal opinion, does anybody actually think this is a good thing for the free world? If you think it is a good idea, state why in the comments. I am always genuinely interested in people's opinions.  

 Say you live in a neighborhood, and most people who live there get along well enough. Sure, some residents have differences of opinion from time to time, but overall, your neighborhood is relatively calm.  Within this neighborhood there are some residents who cause trouble (it is what they do) and the residents who cause the trouble get along. In this neighborhood, there are also residents who (over time) have a reputation for being morally upstanding and abide by neighborhood rules. The last two details you need to know about this neighborhood is, one of the residents (from the upstanding, abide by the rules portion is more powerful than everyone else who lives in the neighborhood. They can be trusted, and they have a strong influence over most of the residents of the neighborhood. Lastly, one of the troublemaking residents has a longstanding hatred of everyone who is not part of the troublemaking group (that I described earlier) particularly, they  hate the resident wh...

 In this post, I am going to discuss two attacks that have been conducted by the Russian Military in recent days. The first attack that I will bring up is grievous, and the second attack is absurd. Early Monday morning (Sunday in the United States) Russia carried out another wave of strikes access Ukraine. The strikes killed at least 11 Ukrainians. including 4 killed in Kyiv, and 5 rescue workers who died trying to put out a fire (the fire was the result of a missile strike) in Kharkiv. In addition, the Dormition Cathedral (located in Kyiv) was severely damaged. The Cathedral (which was constructed in the 11th century) is listed as a historical and protected site.  The other attack that I want to mention is, today a Russian warship, after a series of events, fired warning shots at a British Civilian yacht in the English Channel (between the Isle of Wight, and the coast of Normandy, France).

 Yesterday was a sad day for the United States and the free world. In the last post I talked about how I hoped a "deal" with Iran would not be signed, but sadly for the world it happened yesterday. I am not going to talk about the specific details of the "deal" in this post (they are still coming out) but every detail that is known so far is horrible. This post is not expressing a political opinion (I never write about domestic politics on this blog). My reason for writing this post is to mark this bitter occasion.  I believe the world (defiantly the United States) will never be the same after yesterday. The global influence of the United States is crippled, and the forces of evil in the world think they can win.

 On June 14th, it has been said that the United States will sign a memorandum of understanding with Iran (even though Iran has said they will not). Whether you agree with the war, or not, agreeing to anything with Iran is a bad move. In the next paragraph, I will state reasons why I hope this "signing" does not happen. First, the Government has not related any details of the mou to the public before the signing (odd for something so important). The second reason I hope the signing does happen (and by far the biggest reason) is it will severely damage the United States's standing in the world.  In fact, if this "deal" gets signed, I think it will be the move (or first in a series of moves) that will damage the United States's standing in the world so badly it might never recover   I have said in several past posts that there was a risk of decisions with the kind of consequences that I laid out in the last paragraph.  We should all hope this deal does not happ...