With “President” Joe Biden continuing his second week of vacation with nothing on his schedule or public calendar, and Kamala Harris hiding out in her own basement, who is running the country? It might appear to be Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, at least on national security matters. It was Austin who announced the re-deployment of another carrier battle group to the Middle East, which, apparently, leaves no U.S. carrier in the western Pacific. Shouldn’t this be a subject of public attention and discussion?
Then there’s this story from The Telegraph a few days ago:
Nato base evacuated after imminent attack warning
Nato staff were instructed to leave an air base in Germany after intel suggested an attack could be imminent.
The alert level was raised to the second highest level, code-named Charlie, at the air base in the town of Geilenkirchen on Thursday evening. The military alliance described the move as a “precautionary measure” without giving further details. . .
According to unconfirmed reports in the German media, the tip-off came from an American intelligence agency.
Funny how the German and British media think this worthy of close coverage, but apparently nothing in U.S. media. (I can’t find any reference to this story in the NY Times.)
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