TRUMP!

Most of you either saw President Trumps news conference in real time or a recorded version — or you heard it summarized on blogs or on the news. I enjoyed it. I particularly enjoyed CNN’s Jim Acosta howling because the President would not take his question by saying, “You are fake news.”
Well of course CNN broadcasts fake news. Anything to discredit the president. It was CNN that leaked the debate questions to Hillary Clinton. They are an advocacy agent of influence for the Democrat Party and the corrupt progressive elitist establishment.
The media was incensed that President Trump has not released his tax returns — sort of like Barack didn’t release his birth certificate. The President said, “The only ones who care about my tax returns are the reporters.” He continued, “I mean, I won! I became president!”

My sense is that’s true. I don’t care about his tax returns. If the progs do, good for them. They can continue to pester him – and maybe he won’t call on them during the next press conference. That’s ok with me too. I’m tired of the corrupt, elite, mainstream media writing garbage.

China is Unhappy
There has been a cause and effect to China’s mischief and their lack of constraint toward their North Korean client state. China really hates THAAD.
Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said on 10 January that she will visit Andersen Air Force Base on Guam to inspect the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system based there. Minister Inada told a press conference that “The Defense Ministry has no concrete plan to introduce THAAD at this stage, but the installation of this kind of new asset can be one of the measures to reinforce our missile defense capabilities.” 
Inada said North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs pose “a new level of threat” and that the Defense Ministry is considering ways to strengthen Japan’s own ballistic missile defense system.
Inada will arrive in Guam tomorrow for a two-day visit. Japan already possesses Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) systems, but THAAD offers the possibility of earlier detection and destruction of ballistic missiles from North Korea (or China).
The Chinese are vigorously opposed to THAAD deployments in Asia that reduce the threat effects of Chinese ballistic missiles. South Korea’s decision to build a THAAD installation to guard against North Korean missiles is now an obstacle to security cooperation between China and South Korea. A THAAD base in Japan would have the same effect. One in Taiwan probably would be considered an act of war by the communist leaders in Beijing.
China continues to urge the “relevant parties” to refrain from taking provocative or destabilizing acts. However, North Korea is the agent of instability and revels in the attention it commands. North Korean saber rattling about missiles and nuclear weapons is the proximate cause of decisions by South Korea and Japan to search for improved missile defense. 
The Chinese have had the capability to prevent this weapons spiral and have not seen fit to do anything about it.
War in Yemen
Operation Golden Arrow III began on 7 January when Emirati and Yemeni troops began moving to capture Dhubab. The Saudi-led coalition said it has committed five brigades of soldiers to the operation. The objective is to secure Yemen’s western coast along the Red Sea to block arms deliveries to the Houthis and their allies. 
Situation reports indicate that Coalition soldiers have sustained significant losses, including the destruction of 15 armored vehicles.
In Yemen, the name “Golden Arrow” signifies an Emirati operation with support from Emirati-trained Yemen soldiers. Extensive air attacks in December preceded the ground offensive, but they seem to have done little to weaken Houthi resistance or resolve. Minefields are causing significant losses to the advancing Emirati and allied fighters.
The Coalition’s ultimate objective should be the port city of Hudaydah, which is the gateway to the Houthi-controlled area in the north, including Sana’a. The Coalition ground forces will do well to capture Dhubab. Hudaydah is 143 miles farther north and has stronger defenses. 
For the Emirati’s, capture of Dhubab would simplify their deployments and logistics operations from their base in Assab. Emirati troops would control both banks of the Bab el Mandeb which would improve prospects for halting arms shipments from Iran to the Houthi-held ports. 
Emirati support from Assab enabled Yemeni forces to capture Aden in August 2015 in an earlier version of Operation Golden Arrow. 
Russia in Syria
Open source outlets have reported that satellite imagery on 28 December 2016 detected the presence of support vehicles for the Iskandar short-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile system at the Hmeimim air base south of Latakia.
The latest imagery tends to confirm earlier reports about an Iskandar ballistic missile deployment to Syria. The first report that Russia deployed the Iskandar system to Syria was based on a Russian TV video released in March 2016, which showed ground-based imagery of a transporter-erector-launcher for the Iskandar missile. 
This missile has a range of just over 300 miles, which puts US forces at Turkey’s Incirlik Air Force Base in range. The straight-line distance between the two points is just over 100 miles. 
When Russian General Gerasimov announced a drawdown of forces, he said nothing about a reduction in capabilities or support. He also said nothing about Russian forces leaving Syria.

Looking forward to 2017 and Beyond!

Business is booming, Barack is (still) making his farewell tour, but there’s a lot of light in the tunnel and President Trump has already begun to make America great again. The big repeal of Barack’s executive orders and the repudiation of the Obama ‘legacy’, such as it is, provides a cause for America to celebrate.
I was invited out to a bow hunt (deer) this past week up in the White Mountains near Alpine, AZ, but I had to decline to to scheduling issues. However, that will soon change.

Based on reliable if informal information, there are about half a dozen jaguars in the Mogollon region. It’s now my job to document them with my GoPro camera.

Soon, I can occupy myself in that way. I won’t have to spend much effort on keeping (myself or y’all) up to date with what’s happening around the world.

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18 COMMENTS

  1. I've never understood why countries whose ballisitic missile capabilities threaten their neighbors piss and moan about their neighbors subsequently installing anti-missile defense systems.

    Why bother pissing and moaning? Everybody on the planet knows that these countries will piss and moan when anyone opposes their evil plans. Duh.

    Much like a hugely obese sumo wrestler, when told that his upcoming opponent is binging on cheeseburgers, chocolate malts and cheesy fries, stomps and whines when hearing the news; "If he continues getting fatter, he will not be so easily defeated! I want him to stop eating at McDonald's immediately!!"

    Again, duh.

  2. Thought I was gonna beat Fredd here. That doesn't bode well.

    “You are fake news” Ha! Love that.

    What’s a bow hunt? Is that using arrows instead of guns? Are you allowed a crossbow?

    Ah! So you got yourself a GoPro! Good call, Larry. I hope you have all the clip on accessories. There’s now a new spy hat version. YOU have to have that. As do I.

    Looking forward to your videos.

    PS: Can you stop putting my gym pictures up.

  4. Fredd is a mystic. Nobody knows how he does what he does. NOBODY. (ok, well the Shadow knows…but the Shadow hasn't been around for a very long time)

    Often (but it's not ALWAYS the case) you can use black powder rifles or muskets to hunt deer at the same time as you use archery. As far as I know, you can use a crossbow but they are less common because of range issues and they take a long time to reload. One of the benefits of using a long bow is that the deer often don't know that an arrow was fired at them if you miss and you can get a second shot.

    I didn't think that you'd be offended that I posted your gym photo. Lesson learned – sorry.

  6. Some people found Barack's farewell moving. I didn't watch much of it. The only thing that moved was inside my stomach and I ended up walking into the washroom to flush an Obama. (some people call it "sending Barack to San Pedro" – where the old settling pond used to be)

    I don't know whether or not I'll end up with videos of wild jaguars. If Juliette had her way, I'd be videoing her drive her Aston Martin DB8, which is not a Jaguar.

  8. The Emerati/Saudi coalition needs to eject the Iranian-backed Shiites from the country. It's a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Amphibious capabilities would help to a small degree, but it's a fluid war without a lot of traditional lines for amphibs to exploit.

  11. Re obama's farewell I-me-myself speech… you mean you haven't heard of "dropping downlow barry at the bath house," yet? It's new. Back in the 90's it used to be "dropping off the Cosby kids in the pool."

    Re shooting jaguars… it's one thing to shoot an ungulate, but a cat? Or maybe you meant shooting the car? 😉

  12. I don't "love" cats. However I would never shoot a wild jaguar unless my life was in immediate danger. If it came down to me or the jaguar, I'd have a really nice rug in front of the fire place.

    My goal is to set up some Go Pro videos that are motion activated along remote game trails and see what shows up. I received the first one for Christmas and I'm trying to figure it out.

  15. I would love to see some jaguar and cougar pics from your go pro. The 4 footed type of jaguar and cougars…bet you have both up there. Do you have wolves as well? I know it's the white wolf mine, but do you think you have some in the area?
    Have fun with your new go pro and good luck figuring it out.

  16. I will be sorry not to get your updates; but I will be happy that you are (safely?) retired.
    Have a blessed weekend!

  17. The prog media can keep requesting Trump's tax return status in the same way we have been requesting obama's birth certificate status. We can refer to them as "requesters" and we promise to show them ours when they show us theirs.

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