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pravula wrote: ↑06 Jan 2026 12:29
Let this be a learning opportunity for people who keep posting “AI” summaries. It’s not unprecedented and has happened a few times. Panama comes to mind.
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Dunno about others, I typically post an AI summary only after verification. AI tends to be better organized than the typical journalist.
Panama is not a good precedent because Panama declared war. “Following the declaration of a state of war between Panama and the United States passed by the Panamanian general assembly, as well as the lethal shooting of a Colombia-born U.S. Marine officer Lt. Robert Paz at a PDF roadblock, Bush authorized the execution of the Panama invasion plan.”
That was Wiki. Britannica adds: “Noriega persuaded the Panamanian National Assembly to name him “maximum leader” on December 15, 1989. At his behest the Assembly also declared that a state of war existed between Panama and the United States.”
Further, just to tell you why AI beats journalists, especially the Indian media, AI can point you to answers to such questions:
1. How many FIRs were filed against Umar Khalid?
2. On which of these did he receive bail? On which he did not?
3. In which has he been charge-sheeted? In which were supplementary charge sheets filed after the initial one?
4. How many times and when has he received interim bail?
5. What are all the causes of the delays in the start of his trials?
I won’t answer them here. But you won’t find one story that answers all of these questions, and further questions that arise as you learn more. What AI does is give a summmary and references to documents. Then you retrieve and read those documents looking at the source credibility, and decide if AI gave you a good answer. Then, if it is pertinent to BRF, you post it there. Or other forum. Or in your private knowledge base. That is how you use AI.
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If you really have a complaint about information quality, you should train your guns on the unvetted cr*p from Twitter/X.
Vayutuvan wrote: ↑07 Jan 2026 07:52
Again, neither Biden nor Trump admins recognized Maduro as the legitimate HoS.
So? Not recognizing someone as a head of state and deposing them is one thing but deposing that person, kidnapping them to a different country, falsifying charges, and saying the countries resources are theirs for now onwards is another.
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^^^ India doesn't recognize Muhammad Yunus as a valid head of state (they haven't pronounced that he is not, but their actions speak louder than any words).
A_Gupta wrote: ↑07 Jan 2026 08:51
^^^ India doesn't recognize Muhammad Yunus as a valid head of state (they haven't pronounced that he is not, but their actions speak louder than any words).
A_Gupta ji,
There is nothing for India to either recognize or acquiesce on the matter of youanus
He is not a head of state period.
Legally his role is extremely limited. Only the duly sworn in winner of the beedi general elections will have such binding powers
For instance, India will never enter into any treaty with him because neither his signature, nor his position, has any validity in interstate matters.
He had very stridently been pushing India to enter into a water sharing agreement with beediland but even his own army chief has said that such matters with geopolitical/transborder repercussions cannot be handled by the unelected youanus, even as the army chief interfered forcefully in the matter of the "humanitarian corridor" into myanmar.
No bloody corridor: Bangladesh Army chief's warning makes Yunus govt blink
The Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has blinked on the controversial Rakhine corridor plan after Bangladesh Army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman issued a stern warning, referring to it as the "bloody corridor".
Yunus is believed to have agreed to the Rakhine corridor, seen as a threat to Bangladesh's sovereignty, to cling on to power with the help of the US.
A_Gupta wrote: ↑07 Jan 2026 08:51
^^^ India doesn't recognize Muhammad Yunus as a valid head of state (they haven't pronounced that he is not, but their actions speak louder than any words).
Yunus did not get a single vote of a Bangladeshi for that matter. He is appointed by a foreign govt as the head of Bangladesh after the coup of elected representative. Literally new age colonialism.
Not sure if this video has been posted before. An interesting comparison of USA in 2026 to the British in the 1950's and the final tipping point - the 1956 Anglo-French-Israeli Suez invasion.
Emmanuel is a nice guy Trump Mocks French President Macron Over ‘Mr President’ Remark | Phone Call Clash Trump pokes fun at Macron during a call, turning a formal remark into a playful jab. The exchange adds a twist to their diplomatic rapport.
```World is witnessing a New Age Warfare - The Cyber Warfare. The Venezuelan President Maduro's Capture & Airlift is its 1st Demo
Earlier it was Operation Sindoor-1, now it is Operation Absolute Resolve*```
It was a 100% perfect extraction. *Literally a Hollywood Perfection*.
*This was not just a Military Raid; it was the World’s First True Demonstration of Fifth-Domain Supremacy (Cyber).*
While the Delta Force Soldiers physically grabbed Maduro, US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) essentially "held the door open" and "turned off the lights."
The reason 150 aircraft could fly into one of the most heavily defended airspaces in South America without a single missile being fired at them is entirely due to Cyber-Kinetic Synchronization.
*The Cyber operation incapacitated Venezuela’s Advanced War Machines.*
*1. The "Logic Bomb" in the Power Grid (The Blackout)-*
President Trump’s cryptic comment—"The lights went out due to a certain expertise we have"—refers to a classic SCADA (*Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition*) attack.
The Target was Venezuela’s National Power Grid (Guri Dam network).
*The Cyber Weapon*: Likely a dormant malware (similar to Russia's Industroyer or US's Nitro Zeus) that had been planted weeks or months in advance.
The Decisive Impact came at 01:50 AM, Cyber Command executed the code. This wasn't just to make the room dark for Delta Force. It killed the Hardline Communications used by the Military.
It forced the S-300 Radar Stations to switch to backup diesel generators. This switch-over creates a momentary "boot-up" lag—a blind spot of 2–5 minutes. That is exactly when the helicopters crossed the coastline.
2. *"Suter" Technology*: Hacking the Enemy's Radar....
The Venezuelan S-300VM is a "hard" kill system (missiles), but it runs on software. The US likely employed "Suter" network warfare technology.
Instead of jamming the Radar with noise (which the enemy knows is happening), Suter invades the Radar's Network. It allows US forces to literally sit in as the System Administrators inside the enemy's equipment.
*The "Ghost" Effect*: The US didn't just blind the Radar; they likely spoofed it. The Venezuelan operators looked at their screens and saw "Clear Skies." The software was telling them everything was normal, even while 150 aircraft were swarming above them.
There was no resistance because you don't fire at what you can't see. And worse, you don't fire if your own computer is lying to you, saying there is nothing there.
3. *The "Kill Switch" in the Communications (C2 Decapitation)*
An Army is only as good as its orders. Cyber Command severed the "nervous system" connecting Maduro to his Generals.
*The Attack*: A specific Telephony Denial of Service (TDoS) targeting the encrypted military bands and the specific fiber-optic lines running to Fort Tiuna.
*The Decisive Impact*: When the explosions started, the local commanders at the air defense batteries tried to call HQ to ask, "Do we have permission to fire?"
The phones were dead.
The data links were down.
The command chain was paralysed because in a Dictatorship, any initiative is punished. Without a Direct Order from the Top, no lieutenant was willing to unlock the firing mechanism. The cyber attack utilized this psychological weakness by ensuring the "permission" never arrived.
4. *Compromised Biometrics & Surveillance....*
How did they know exactly which room?
*IoT Exploitation*: Modern dictatorships love surveillance. Venezuela is covered in Chinese-made "Smart City" cameras and biometric readers.
*The Hack*: It is highly probable that the NSA/Cyber Command compromised the backend of these very surveillance systems.
They turned Maduro's own security cameras into US intelligence feeds. They watched him walk into his bedroom on his own CCTV system.
*Summary: The Cyber Checkmate*.
The "Zero Resistance" was not luck. It was engineered.
- Cyber turned off the city (Blackout).
- Cyber lied to the Radars (Spoofing).
- Cyber cut the phone lines (C2 Severance).
- The S-300s were fully loaded and operational, but they were effectively in a coma. The Delta Force team walked into a system that had already been lobotomized by code.
*The success of Operation Absolute Resolve wasn't just about the 30 minutes of the raid; it was about the 10 years of silence that preceded it.*
Years ago, when Venezuela upgraded its routers or servers, CIA/NSA operatives likely intercepted the hardware in transit, installed physical "beacons" or modified chips, and then re-packaged them.
*The Venezuelan Military bought "new" equipment that was already compromised before it left the box*.
*Sleeper Malware*: The code that shut down the power grid wasn't downloaded that night. It was likely planted 3 or 4 years ago, sitting dormant, sending a simple "ping" once a month to say "I'm still here." It waited for the specific "Wake Up" command on January 3, 2026.
You need one compromised employee to bridge the air gapped system.
The S-300 system in Venezuela was likely air-gapped (not connected to the internet). But the technician who updates the software, or the janitor who vacuums the server room, goes home to the internet every night.
What happened in Venezuela (2026) is the advanced version of Stuxnet (2010).
*The helicopter extraction was just the tip of the iceberg (the visible 10%).*
uddu wrote: ↑07 Jan 2026 12:23
Emmanuel is a nice guy Trump Mocks French President Macron Over ‘Mr President’ Remark | Phone Call Clash Trump pokes fun at Macron during a call, turning a formal remark into a playful jab. The exchange adds a twist to their diplomatic rapport.
Trump is preparing to create an outpost in Greenland for the U.S with their own military manning it in their own territory while leaving the expensive NATO. Leaving Europe and their protection for themselves. Russia of Today cant even cross Ukr. So U.S seems to be comfortable sitting with Greenland outpost without having to pay for European defense. https://x.com/EuroDale/status/2008577609760756120
@EuroDale
The Greenland crisis exposes just how badly Denmark & the EU are outmaneuvered geopolitically.
The playbook is brutally simple:
1) Trick Denmark/EU to commit to "Greenlanders decide their own future"
2) Weaponize that principle with a massive, lucrative US offer directly to Greenland
BONUS: Europe might even be dumb enough to end NATO over this
Denmark should've faced reality: negotiate hard and extract maximum concessions in any deal.
Maybe it's not too late, but it seems pride + incompetence is prevailing.
More likely:
Greenland will slip away.
Denmark will get crumbs.
uddu wrote: ↑07 Jan 2026 18:40
Trump is preparing to create an outpost in Greenland for the U.S with their own military manning it in their own territory while leaving the expensive NATO. Leaving Europe and their protection for themselves. Russia of Today cant even cross Ukr. So U.S seems to be comfortable sitting with Greenland outpost without having to pay for European defense. https://x.com/EuroDale/status/2008577609760756120
@EuroDale
The Greenland crisis exposes just how badly Denmark & the EU are outmaneuvered geopolitically.
The playbook is brutally simple:
1) Trick Denmark/EU to commit to "Greenlanders decide their own future"
2) Weaponize that principle with a massive, lucrative US offer directly to Greenland
BONUS: Europe might even be dumb enough to end NATO over this
Denmark should've faced reality: negotiate hard and extract maximum concessions in any deal.
Maybe it's not too late, but it seems pride + incompetence is prevailing.
More likely:
Greenland will slip away.
Denmark will get crumbs.
Apparently orangutans billionaire friend is buying up property and influencing Greenland's high society to "pave the way" for Americas annexation of Greenland
Not long ago this very forum discussed post COVID , smaller countries would no longer have "freedom" but will be emboldened to bigger powers nearest to them.
Greenland is vastly bigger than the United Kingdom, being roughly 8 to 9 times larger in area, with Greenland covering over 2 million sq km compared to the UK's roughly 240,000 sq km, though map projections can distort this perception.
I think USA had plans to weaken China by pushing India towards war... For this reason, they tried to court India, created QUAD etc....
But when the time came in 2020, India didn't take the bait...
There was a stand-off and clashes, but India didn't escalate to a full-fledged war...
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So, what USA is doing now is implementing their other plans...
Starting from Venezuela, then Iran and probably many more countries in the pipeline that are not servants of US...
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So, to implement Iran plan, they need Pakistan on their side to do their dirty work as Pak shares border with Iran...
It is for this reason USA has been largely neutral during 1st 2-3 days of Operation Sindoor...
As soon as Pak military got scared and agreed to serve US again, USA convinced them to call India for a ceasefire, and parrallely provided narrative cover through their media houses & Trunp himself...
I don't think we hit any US assets in Operation Sindoor... We proably hit some high value classified Pakistani assets only...
USA merely waited for enough time for Pak Military leadership to submit to them...
With Modi not being US servant, they need to remove him to install one of their dogs... I feel they didn't expect Modi to win 2024... Given the current scenarios, they're definitely going to make bigger moves to remove him...
ICE officer shoots woman in Minnesota during anti-immigration raid. Increasingly the US is looking out of control. Independent
A 37-year-old woman was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in southeast Minneapolis Wednesday morning as officers were conducting a deportation raid in the city.
The shooting, which occurred days after the Department of Homeland Security deployed an additional 2,000 federal agents to the city, drew immediate outrage from officials who blasted the operation. Dozens descended on the scene of the shooting to protest the killing in the immediate aftermath.
Mukesh.Kumar wrote: ↑08 Jan 2026 01:27
ICE officer shoots woman in Minnesota during anti-immigration raid. Increasingly the US is looking out of control. Independent
It has been for a while, sir ji...The current lot is bringing the destruction home and reinforcing 'jiski lathi uski bhains' philisophy to the hilt.
LakshmanPST wrote: ↑08 Jan 2026 01:19
Given the current scenarios, they're definitely going to make bigger moves to remove him...
@LakshmanPST ji,
The US has no viable candidate to install in India.
However idiotic R. Gandhi is, he is in the grip of Eurotrash on one hand and China on the other. So any INC pasand is also out. That eliminates RR, GiGo. ST is damaged goods. Kejru is finit. Maomata is too old and not acceptable. CBN is one possibility. Massa can engineer a split in the alliance along with Nitsh taking CBN side. That route is a deadend, IMHO.
Jay wrote: ↑08 Jan 2026 02:23
It has been for a while, sir ji...The current lot is bringing the destruction home and reinforcing 'jiski lathi uski bhains' philisophy to the hilt.
On the Democrat side, jiski NGO uski USD 9 B (Bhains).
What a sweet place Modiji has put India with direct delivery of benefits.
Here it’s useful to look abroad, to note how differently the welfare state works in some peer countries. The assistance programs of Western and Northern Europe tend to be universal, meaning they offer help to everybody, while the programs in the United States tend to be targeted, meaning they serve narrow, carefully defined sectors of the population. That creates incentives to game the eligibility criteria. Another difference is that the European governments are more likely to provide housing or deliver services like childcare directly. The United States, by contrast, outsources more of that work to the private sector, which means there are more opportunities for organizations and businesses to raid the public treasury.
This system didn’t develop by accident. It’s the result, in part, of a decades-long campaign by conservatives to limit or shrink the size of government, and to privatize public services whenever possible. And while there are plenty of intellectually defensible arguments for this approach—like a philosophical preference for lower spending and taxes or belief the private sector will be more efficient and innovative—it does require more aggressive oversight.3
“As long as you don’t have government directly provide those services, then you either have to invest more in auditing and monitoring these service provisions—or you have to be willing to deal with some failures and some scandals that come up every now and again,” Don Moynihan, a public policy professor at the University of Michigan and expert on how government actually works, told me
Jay wrote: ↑08 Jan 2026 02:23
It has been for a while, sir ji...The current lot is bringing the destruction home and reinforcing 'jiski lathi uski bhains' philisophy to the hilt.
On the Democrat side, jiski NGO uski USD 9 B (Bhains).
I agree, those 9b epstein-trump pedo files need to be out.
Tim Walz talks a great game against Orange man and is all fire and brimstone. But when it comes time to actually stand up to him and defend his constituents he turns tail and runs.
