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I can grok this Grok...

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One wonders when governments will start factoring in the cost of strategic vulnerability into investment strategies and resource use? RU gas and oil is hardly "cheap" for example when Putins' government has wielded it so effectively as a weapon.

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Spain making it clear that it doesn't want its intel services to liase with the rest of the West...

Yes.

There are - but perhaps here we are in a situation analogous to GER suffering during the WWII air campaign. There are things you can do - but doing them = opportunity costs/extra layer of complexity (and ammo and equipment) - and all the things those troops/weapons AREN'T doing.

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Agreed.

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Actually - I think UKR will have the last laugh but you certainly are vindicated in this.

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MP Materials wants to be an American rare-earths champion that can go toe-to-toe with China. Like mining rare earths, it’s a complex and expensive proposition. wsj.com/business/us-ra… via The Wall Street Journal This is exactly what we need to be doing.

We’re finally learning the awful truth about who ruled America under Biden telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/202… But what the law allows to happen is far from the biggest issue: it’s that the pardon machine went into overdrive while the president was barely awake at the switch.

Pay attention - sometimes an army, even a people, can break.

Note - morale matters - RU soldiers in UKR might be numerous but the unit cohesion likely is awful.

He was lured into the military by a big sign-on bonus—and was stunned by what he found. A Russian soldier’s perspective on the war in Ukraine. wsj.com/world/europe/r… via The Wall Street Journal Note