The Biden Budget - The 1st shot of the 2024 Campaign - 2024 Presidential Election/2024 Candidate

Guardian: Reports " Biden unveils ‘blue-collar’ budget plan with tax hikes for America’s wealthiest....Blueprint – unlikely to pass given Republicans’ control of House of Representatives – frames president’s aspirations for re-election  "

Lets Get Real:

The Biden Budget is dead on the Hill even before it arrives, it will not pass the Republican House, and even a few Democrats Senators up for re-election will not vote for it, they like their cushy number to much and if Biden does win re - election, he will be gone after four years.   Thus President Biden should use his skills to sell the budget to the American people, the Republicans will call it a tax hike budget and a increase in welfare, the typical Democrat wish list for the base.  The increase in the defence budget should be an easy sell, the Russians, China, North Korea and Iran, they are all a threat to the US national security.  The question is does Biden have the ability to sell anything, the support for the Ukraine  has gone down over the last few months, the old enemy is on the march and the American people, well a small majority wants to allow them to win.  Let's face the Donkey in the room, Biden is no Reagan, do you trust Biden for another 4 years with the security of the West, if you do I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to you.  If could be another re-match, Biden vs.  Trump, there is now way I will give up drinking if that is the case.

The Importance of Bakhmut - Ukraine - Russian War - Biden Era

Sky News - Live Blog: Reports in its 4.50pm post the following, " Ukrainian commander has warning about Bakhmut....Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi said that if Moscow's forces managed to capture the embattled town, it would give it renewed resources to launch a "large-scale offensive".  "

Lets Get Real:

Thus the reason that Bakhmut has become more important, its a meat grinder for Russian mercenaries, as long as the ex convicts are fighting there and meeting their maker there,  they cannot be fighting anywhere else in the Ukraine and the Ukraine can reinforce its own forces after Bakhmut.  One does hope that the CIA and MI6 are helping the Kyiv Forces with intelligence on Russian movements and that NSA and GCHQ are breaking Russian codes and listening to Russian Soldiers on their mobiles.  It seems that the Russian communication for soldiers to talk to their families does not exist, thus use of mobiles, not the most secure way to get information home.   Ukraine intelligence must be wary that the Russians do not use this as away to give false information to the Kyiv Government and change strategy.   Bakhmut most be held  at ALL COST, no matter the consequences, the Russians cannot be allowed to win this ruined city.  

The importance of Bakhmut - Ukraine - Russian War - Biden Era

BBC News: Reports " Why Bakhmut matters for Russia and Ukraine "

Lets Get Real:

As noted yesterday by this blog and by other reporters, there is no military strategic value to Bakhmut, it has made itself important, as the article notes to Ukraine as a symbol and the killing of Russians, those Russians that could be fighting somewhere else in the Ukraine, also its causing frictions in the Russian Forces, the mercenary leader is complaining that his men are not getting the support of other Russian Forces, there is a lack of ammunition, that fact that Russia is using mercenaries  is a very great tell, Putin is afraid that they might have become a THREAT to him, thus it could be one reason for the lack of ammo and the distrust of the Russian Army.   Also the Kremlin wants to keep the Russian Armed Forces happy, Putin does not want them asking question and taking a real hard look at the Russian losses in a operation that was meant to last only a few weeks.  The West must send it tanks to the Ukraine, the Kyiv Government might to hurry its offensive, this is an excellent time to strike the Russians hard.  Also the West needs to consider giving the Kyiv Government the F-16  fighter jets that it has requested, what about getting former Western fighter pilots  to fight the Russians, then the West would have some control over where they fight and when.