Hi everyone! Thank you for being here. Each week, I cover our military, defense news, and foreign policy in a calm and rational manner, with an over-arching goal to unify our country.Besides covering the news in a calm manner, I end each show with some words of encouragement.Also, huge shout out to those of you whose paid subscriptions make it possible for me to devote time and resources to researching and compiling the news each week. If you’d like to support the show:You can subscribe with Substack: https://stanrmitchell.substack.com/subscribe You can also now sign up at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stanrmitchell Or send a tip through Venmo (@authorstanrmitchell): https://account.venmo.com/u/authorstanrmitchellAnd there’s even a PayPal link you can use: https://paypal.me/StanRMitchell.Finally, I’m still trying to grow the show. Please rate and leave comments on SPOTIFY, APPLE, or wherever you listen. You can listen here, or you can find the podcast on your favorite channel below by searching for The View from the Front:Timestamps:Timestamp: 1:23. The Ronda Rousey apology, and what it teaches about apologies, going down rabbit holes on the internet, and carrying guilt.Timestamp: 12:27. Days after Hezbollah and Israel exchanged some of the heaviest cross-border fire in years, there is hope a larger conflict between the two sides may be held at bay, though eyes are still on Iran to see whether it strikes Israeli targets.Timestamp: 15:36. On the three-year anniversary of the Afghan withdrawal, let’s re-visit that entire catastrophe and fairly distribute the blame to many different people involved.Timestamp: 48:06. An Army private who fled to North Korea just over a year ago will plead guilty to desertion and four other charges and take responsibility for his conduct, his lawyer said Monday.Timestamp: 52:56. The head of Telegram was arrested. How big a deal is that for Russia?Timestamp: 58:18. Fuel supplies to Russian troops, Crimea strangled by destruction of ship.Timestamp: 1:04:06. Has Ukraine invaded Russia again by another direction?Timestamp: 1:08:45. Ukrainians flee Pokrovsk as Russians advanceTimestamp: 1:11:24. Russia launches one of its largest combined missile and drone attacks of the war. Timestamp: 1:19:33. Ukraine hits more fuel storage sites in Russia.Timestamp: 1:24:01. Ukraine gets more than a 100 prisoners released back in prisoner exchange. Timestamp: 1:26:02. Motivation and encouragement, to help life you up.Timestamp: 1:31:58. A few words for those who are dealign with depression, PTSD, or thoughts of suicide.Timestamp: 1:38:10. Some final words of unity, as well as more information about me and my books. Selected source notes for podcast and transcript above.Woah. This apology is good. And honest. And from the heart.And it helps teach you a lesson about going down rabbit holes, which I think is really good. It also teaches a heck of a lesson about carrying guilt.U.S. news:I go into a very long discussion of the complicated topic below. Please listen to my words in my podcast, not the images or links below. I fairly (and equally) place the blame all around in my podcast. A) I think the below is true of Trump (hat tip Blue Virginia), but I also think that:B) Biden mangled the exit plan and could have extended its timeline.C) Biden didn’t have to exit at all, and could have maintained a small U.S. presence in at least the capital (and part of the country), which would have been vastly better for the Afghan people and women, plus the deterrence factor to Russia (before it invaded Ukraine), and even for the U.S. troops who invested so much over 20 yrs, only to see it thrown away.Ukraine news:‘Russians do everything via Telegram.’ Pavel Durov’s arrest upends Kremlin military comms.French authorities detained Pavel Durov on allegations that his Telegram social media platform was being used for child pornography, drug trafficking and organized crime — but the immediate freakout came from Russia.That's because Telegram is widely used by the Russian military for battlefield communications thanks to problems with rolling out its own secure comms system. It's also the primary vehicle for pro-war military bloggers and media — as well as millions of ordinary Russians.“They practically detained the head of communication of the Russian army,” Russian military blogger channel Povernutie na Z Voine said in a Telegram statement.Fuel Supplies To Russian Troops, Crimea Strangled By Destruction Of ShipThe destruction of the ship full of fuel tank train cars at a port in the Kerch Strait yesterday will hamper Russia’s ability to supply troops and the Crimean peninsula with fuel and lubricants, according to the Ukrainian Navy and the popular Crimean Wind Telegram channel. As we reported yesterday, the Conro Trader, a Russian Roll On Roll Off (RORO) vessel with a reported 30 fuel tank cars aboard, erupted in a ball of flames at the Port of Kavkaz.The Ukrainian Navy on Friday ...
