The history of Greenland since World War II

Very recommendable! Excellent documentary! Apparently, before President Trump, the US tried twice to buy Greenland from Denmark, the last time under President Truman.

Chefs der Geheimdienste: „In Europa herrscht bestenfalls ein eisiger Frieden“

Nach dem Kalten Krieg, der Eisige Frieden!

Das wird wohl so bleiben solange Putin der Schreckliche an der Macht bleibt. Er ist ein Überbleibsel des Kalten Krieges! Weg mit ihm, eine Bitte an die Russen! Bringt einen wie Gorbatschow und seine Frau Raissa zurück!

Chefs der Geheimdienste: „In Europa herrscht bestenfalls ein eisiger Frieden“ | FAZ "Die Präsidenten der Geheimdienste sind sich einig: Russland gefährdet Deutschland. Die Häufung und Qualität von Drohnenüberflügen oder Sabotageakten seien neu. Wie wollen die Nachrichtendienste reagieren?"

The first hotline between the White House and the Kremlin was established in 1963

How often has this hotline prevented potentially dangerous situations to get out of hand?

It was installed after the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Why was the Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) military doctrine during and after the Cold War so successful?

The hotline between the White House and Beijing was only established in 2007.

Google wrote about the history of this hotline: "... 

First Bilateral Agreement:

The hotline was the first bilateral agreement between the U.S. and the Soviet Union aimed at addressing nuclear dangers. 

Evolution of the System

• 1963: The initial system was a full-time duplex wire telegraph circuit, with backup radiotelegraph circuits, connecting Washington and Moscow. 
• 1986: The original system was upgraded with the implementation of fax machines. 
• 2008: The system was further modernized to a secure computer link, exchanging messages via email. 
• Significance and Usage 

Crisis Management:

The hotline was used during several international conflicts, including the 1967 Six-Day War and the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, to prevent misunderstandings and clarify intentions.

..."

According to Wikipedia, the hotline was used during:

"1963: Assassination of President Kennedy

1967: Six Day War

1968: Apollo 8 mission progress

1971: War between India and Pakistan

1973: Yom Kippur War

1974: Turkish Invasion of Cyprus

1979: Soviet–Afghan War

1981: Threat of Soviet Invasion of Poland

1982: Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

1991: Gulf War

2001: The 9/11 attacks

2003: Aftermath of Iraq War"

"On this day in 1963, John F. Kennedy became the first U.S. president to have a direct text/teletype line, famously called the “hotline,” connecting him to the Kremlin in Moscow."

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Our lives depended on it. ITT Intelex Teletype L015, as displayed in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

Nato-Staaten bauen neuen Eisernen Vorhang mit Julian Röpcke

Sehr empfehlenswert! Klasse Berichterstattung!

America’s Most Dangerous Cold War Weapon

Recommendable! Mutually assured destruction (MAD) was all the rage back in the days of the Cold War!

The Korean War never ended - but how did it start?

Very recommendable! 

Germany was reunited in 1990! How much longer will it take to reunite the Korean peninsula? Probably we have to wait until the demise of the Communist Party of China and Putin the Terrible!

The loudspeakers along the Korean Demilitarized Zone went silent

Is the new President of South Korea Lee Jae-myung trying something different?

When will the Korean peninsula finally be reunited? Germany was reunited in 1990!

"Loudspeakers on the Korean border. For the past year or so, the two Koreas—still technically at war and increasingly hostile toward one another—have engaged in, um, daily audio aggression. The North pumped out animal noises and wails; the South blared boy-band music and news. Yesterday Seoul suspended its broadcasts, and hours later, Pyongyang appeared to reciprocate."

The Wall Street Journal What's news

Fences like a concentration camp!

An Evening with President Lech Walesa - Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Former President of Poland

He is a hero! Age 81!

Rarely in history you have such a meeting of great and courageous minds like Lech Walesa, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher (the Iron Lady), and Pope John Paul II (the Polish Pope).

An Evening with President Lech Walesa - Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Former President of Poland

‘Shocking’ details emerge about the CIA in newly released JFK files

The evaluation of the released 60-80 thousand pages related to the JFK assassination is still very preliminary. However, this expert interviewed in this video mentions that there were apparently several more assassination attempts during the Cold War on Cuba's Fidel Castro than what was known before. Interesting! Did Fidel Castro had anything to do with the JFK assassination?

U.S. military identifies, upgrades and revives airstrips across the Indo-Pacific

More on the new Cold War!

"Inside a U.S. military shift to deny China ‘big, juicy’ targets.

The remote Pacific airfield used to launch the atomic bombings of Japan is being revived with a different foe in mind: China. Runways emerging from jungles on the tiny island of Tinian are part of a sweeping shift in how America’s military would respond to a possible conflict in Asia. Instead of relying on a few large air bases, the U.S. would disperse its warplanes to make them less vulnerable to China’s missiles. That means identifying, upgrading and reviving airstrips across the Indo-Pacific that could be pressed into service."

The Wall Street Journal What's news

The Economist: Mapping Putin’s covert war in Europe

Very recommendable! Unfortunately, the video is in a very narrow format!

Spy mania is sowing fear among Russia’s hypersonic missile scientists.

What is going on in the empire (Reich) of Putin the Terrible! 

The former KGB spy is keeping the Cold War alive!

"At least a dozen people involved in Moscow’s hypersonic research have been arrested on allegations of treason over the past six years. Hypersonic missiles—which can travel at more than five times the speed of sound, launch from great distances and evade most air defenses—are among Vladimir Putin’s pet projects and one of the few areas in which Moscow can claim to lead the world. The risk of leaks worries the Russian president, analysts say. A Kremlin spokesman earlier this year said that he couldn’t comment on the arrests because of the involvement of Russia’s security services and their serious nature."

The Wall Street Journal What's news

The new Cold War in the Arctic Ocean by Russia and China

Did the Cold War really end around 1990 or was it only transformed?

As long as dictatorships like Russia, China, and Iran are still around the Cold War is not over!

Natural resources and new trade routes are beckoning.

"Nestled high above the Arctic Circle, the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is home to hundreds of polar bears and boasts prime views of the Northern Lights. Now the territory of fewer than 3,000 people is emerging as a front line in Russia and China’s attempts to dominate the Arctic’s trade routes and expand their military presence in the region. Svalbard—a collection of mountains, glaciers and fjords about the size of West Virginia—has an unusual status. A treaty signed in 1920 granted the Norwegians sovereignty but allowed signatory states, including the Soviet Union, to exploit resources and conduct research. But in recent years, this quirk has provided a way for Moscow and Beijing to strengthen their foothold in the Arctic as tensions with the West worsened over the invasion of Ukraine, unsettling Norway and its allies in NATO."

The Wall Street Journal What's news

Is climate change part of the new Cold War? You bet!

I think there is a distinct possibility for that!

Western democracies have several powerful enemies (just to name three: Russia, China, Iran). 

According to the Art of War, the best war is fought, when the enemy is defeated or significantly weakened with no shot fired or attacking soldier killed. Propaganda, demagoguery, and indoctrination can be very effective tools in the arsenal of these enemies.

Thanks to the relentless efforts of these enemies, climate change has become a religion and pseudoscience in the all too gullible West. Even many of the best Western scientists have become lemmings.

China, Russia and other enemies could not and do not care less about climate change! 

Cui bono the most from the global warming/climate change hoax and scam?

A new Cold War: Pentagon confirms a 'new class' of Chinese nuclear sub sank pierside

We are back in another Cold War! How will it end this time! Younger generations should be very concerned!

The rivalry between the new superpowers China and India intensifies!

"The Pentagon has confirmed the submarine that sank pierside at a Wuhan shipyard is a “new class” of nuclear vessels being developed by the Chinese navy. ...

The submarine’s sinking was first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, which credited Tom Shugart, a former US Navy submariner and currently an associate at the Center for a New American Security, a DC think tank, with spotting unusual activity at the shipyard in satellite imagery. ...

The majority of China’s current submarine fleet is non-nuclear powered, but is known to operate at least six nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines and six nuclear-powered attack submarines, according to the Congressional Research Service ..."

Pentagon confirms a 'new class' of Chinese nuclear sub sank pierside - Breaking Defense "The analyst credited with initially spotting the sub said its location signals a "significant expansion" of China's capacity for nuclear submarine production."

Chart of the day

A new Cold War!

U2 Shot Down over the USSR

Very recommendable! Funny, that the creator of this video uses feet as a measurement unit for the flight altitude of the U2 spy plane. How many thousand feet (it was just about 21 kilometers)? Ridiculous! When will the U.S. finally abandon the medieval measurement units (like feet, inches, pint etc.) and fully adopt the metric system! Will this happen in my lifetime? 

Notice, the U2 plane lifted off from Pakistan of all places.

The Nazis recruited by the U.S. to win the Cold War. Really!

Oh what a junk video! Werner von Braun, the Nazi, who knew of slave labor etc.

How many times has this story been reheated and regurgitated? Leftists love it! This was the beginning of the Cold War!

Second-Largest Foreign Owner Of US Land Is A Chinese Communist Party Member

Mores salvos in a new Cold War? Is Uncle Sam finally waking up to the idea that the Communist Party of China is pretending that China is a market economy comparable to Western countries!

The allure of the huge Chinese market for or the foolishness that more trade would reform the communists or would usher in democracy by Western capitalists is giving way to more realism. 

"Chen Tianqiao, the founder, chairman and CEO of global investment firm Shanda Group, owns approximately 200,000 acres of land in Oregon, according to Land Report. Chen also has extensive ties to the Chinese government, ranging from CCP membership to executive roles in CCP-affiliated organizations, according to a DCNF review of Chinese-language media reports.

In 2015, Chen acquired 198,000 acres in Oregon, according to Land Report. The $85 million purchase made the Chinese national the 82nd-largest property owner in the U.S. and the second-largest foreign U.S. land owner, Bloomberg reported, second only to a Canadian family who owns over 1 million acres of Maine. ..."

EXCLUSIVE: Second-Largest Foreign Owner Of US Land Is A Chinese Communist Party Member | The Daily Caller

China Sanctions Five US defense Firms in Response to Arms Deal with Taiwan

The warm up to a new Cold War!