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A Fat Wallet — Chapter One
It is over the hill where he had to go. Samuel Burroughs squinted hard at the horizon and his eyes thought he saw wisps of smoke rising. His heart told him it was smoke, maybe his silent, incorrect wish. His head said they were merely dirty clouds.Read more
Estonia Makes It Clear: Putin Is Winning
By tom On Thursday, February 16 th, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News TALLINN, Estonia — There is no mystery to Estonians as to what Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan is to win in Ukraine nor what he plans to do next, in the Baltics, as he waits out a battle of attrition that they say is in his favor. They knowRead moreTags: Baltics, Crimea, Estonia, Hanno Pevkur, Kaj Kallas, Kristjan Mäe, Lloyd Austin, NATO, Putin, Stenbock House, UkraineUkraine’s Supporters Scramble To Get Weapons Into The Fight, To Repeat — Not Rewrite — History
By tom On Wednesday, February 15 th, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,Blog Postings ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News BRUSSELS – In 1914, as troops invading France moved through this very region, those in charge of the defense of Paris scrambled to rush men and material to blunt that offensive. They had little time to react and threw everything they could find — including taxicabs — to getRead more
As Two Big Meetings Open, Ukraine Looks To Change History As War Starts Round Two
By tom On Monday, February 13 th, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News BRUSSELS: In the days before World War One, Germany’s ambassador to Belgium, Clause von Below-Saleske, said he was happy to be in this capital city after stints in danger zones because “Nothing ever happens in Brussels.” The Ukrainians here to meet with friends and NATO nations fervently hope thatRead moreTags: air defense, armor, artillery, Brussels, Dombas, Jens Stoltenberg, Lloyd Austin, NATO, Russia, Ukraine
From The Halls of Montezuma To The Halls of Congress
By tom On Saturday, January 21 st, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON -Three active duty Marines have been charged with participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, authorities said in newly filed court papers. All three Marines, who were arrested more than two years after the attack, work in jobs connected to the intelligence community. Micah Coomer, Joshua Abate,Read more
Sorry Kyiv. They Came, They Jawed, And They Left Without Giving What Was Pleaded For
By tom On Monday, January 23 rd, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON – The big meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group was held and for hours the participants heard Ukraine plea’s for tanks and other higher grade weapons, such as log-ranger missed and ground-launched Small Diameter Bombs. Defense Sectary Austin urged all to dig deeper. But the only thing thatRead more
All Over The Board With Tanks
By tom On Tuesday, January 24 th, 2023 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON – Poland’s prime minister vowed to ask Germany for permission to send German-made tanks to the front lines in Ukraine, but also insisted that, whether Berlin approved or not, he would put together a coalition that would. German officials were all over the board, which some saying aRead more
From U.S. Factories With Love? Russian-style Ammo May Be Made in U.S.
By tom On Thursday, December 22 nd, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — They say war makes strange bedfellows. It may also make strange weapons productions. Such as U.S. companies making, essentially, Russian military ammo. Included in the $1.85 billion military aid package formerly announced Wednesday by the Pentagon, is $850 million in assistance via the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative,Read more
“SLAVA UKANINl” — As Zelensky Brings The Stature And Face of Freedom To Washington
By tom On Wednesday, December 21 st, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON –– He entered Washington less than 24 hours after appearing with his front-line troops in a city under war zone fire. He presented Congress with a Ukrainian battle flag, given to him on Tuesday in that frontline city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and signed by the troops.Read more
Pentagon Perturbed At Parsing
By tom On Wednesday, November 23 rd, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,Blog Postings ,News storiesBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — In a Defense Department world where a “readout” — the name of the staid press release that portends to describe in detail a meeting or event — can be written weeks in advance, the idea of journalists being accused by Pentagon officials of trying to parse wordsRead more
Weapons Crunch Panic; Pentagon Peevish When Asked
By tom On Wednesday, November 23 rd, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,Blog Postings ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — Top European defense officials — feeling the heat of being closer to the front line of the 21st century European war — have moved beyond fretting to deep concern about diminishing weapons stockpiles in their militaries. While the Russian bear has been smacked around for the pastRead more
Extreme Avoidance: Austin Said Stamping Out Extremism Was A Priority. You Wouldn’t Know It
By tom On Thursday, November 10 th, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — A list of more than 100 active members of the military who are connected to the extremist group the Oath Keepers has been largely ignored by the military branches, despite a proclaimed priority emphasis by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to deal with extremism in the ranks. TheRead more
For Want Of A Foot Warmer, The Winter War In The Donbas May Be Determined
By tom On Monday, October 31 st, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — For want of a foot warmer, the winter war in the Donbas may be determined. As the clock and nature become allies to determine the next four to six weeks of the war in Ukraine, supporters of Ukraine are rushing military supplies to Kyiv while quietly brainstormingRead more