Parfait (means perfect); referring to a frozen desert
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27 January 2026
18 January 2026
Gaza Board of Peace, Greenland, Ukraine and Macron Leading the Charge
President Trump sits at the head of the Gaza Executive Peace Board and is letting select others join as permanent members for a billion dollars. President Trump hasn't yet rescinded Canadian P.M. Carney's invitation. Plainly he won't invite French President Macron to join since Macron is urging the EU to deploy the 'economic bazooka' of trade sanctions on the U.S. - Macron has already deployed troops to Greenland to defrappe U.S. military takeover of the high ground of Greenland. https://www.politico.eu/article/hit-back-donald-trump-europe-mulls-unthinkable-options-greenland-threats-ramp-up-tensions/
The French President is an agitator for continuing war with Russia in Ukraine and may send troops there as well "to guarantee peace". That may be his motivation for sending French neo-N.A.T.O. member troops to the western hemisphere, and possibly French nuclear missile carrying submarines as well.
Gemini said of those- "French nuclear submarines, particularly the new Suffren-class (Barracuda program), are considered very good, representing a major technological leap with advanced stealth, sonar, and multi-mission capabilities like land-attack cruise missiles, making them potent assets for both deterrence and conventional warfare, though some experts debate their exact standing against top US/UK designs. They excel in acoustic discretion, making them hard to detect, and offer significant strategic advantages through their advanced weaponry and ability to deploy special forces. "
Peace is almost always a better option than war. Yet the Europeans are restive and eager to test out their new strength against the United States that they developed after the end of the COld War with the Soviet Union and unification as a single economic block. The strategic international elements and alliances are far more malleable than in prior centuries- although there was a lot of that in Europe as well. It is possible that the perfusion of crypto-currencies so useful for covert economic actions are also playing a role- what a great way to pay spies and bribe politicians without possibility of detection. Defense contractors are also enjoying the mass confusion and Democrats and European media have countless, profitable new opportunities to blame President Trump for a litany of anti-agenda activities on their bucket list from the ideal world.
While Europe's N.A.T.O. forces are conducting military exercises in Greenland with the United States as the theoretical enemy, it may be worthwhile bringing Japanese naval forces to Baffin Bay in the spring to conduct joint naval activities and field test new Japanese naval weapons.
Gemini described those as- "Japan's most significant new surface ship weapons are its advanced High-Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) for drone defense and an Electromagnetic Railgun prototype, both being tested on the JS Asuka, alongside developing next-generation hypersonic glide weapons (HVGP) for ship interception, all aimed at countering modern threats like drone swarms and hypersonic missiles. The 100kW laser offers unlimited shots against drones, while the railgun uses electromagnetic force for high-speed projectile launch, and the HVGP provides a stealthy, wave-riding capability for longer range.
1. High-Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS)
- Function: Combines multiple 10kW lasers into a single 100kW beam to burn through drone hulls and mortar rounds.
- Platform: Installed on the JS Asuka test ship.
- Advantage: Offers "unlimited magazine" capability, limited only by ship power, making it ideal for swarms.
2. Electromagnetic Railgun
- Function: Launches projectiles at Mach 6.5 (over 2,500 m/s) using electromagnetic energy, not explosives.
- Platform: Also on the JS Asuka for testing.
- Advantage: High velocity, longer range, and cost-effective for intercepting various threats, including hypersonic missiles.
3. Hypersonic Glide Weapon (HVGP)
- Function: A supersonic, wave-riding missile with a seeker and networking for enhanced anti-ship attacks.
- Development: Planned for deployment around FY2026 to defend remote islands and target large surface ships.
- Advantage: Uses aerodynamic lift for extended range and can coordinate with other missiles in swarm attacks.
These systems represent Japan's focus on developing advanced, cost-effective, and technologically superior naval defenses for the evolving maritime security landscape. "
16 January 2026
China-Canada-EU Forming a New Axis of Evil Trading Block?
The China-Canada trade deal reducing tariffs in the direction of most favored nation status is a punch in the nose of President Trump- especially since Canada has agreed to allow China to import electric cars at a very low rate. It wouldn't be surprising if China's sodium-ion battery manufacturer Catl builds an advanced research or manufacturing facility in China to develop auto batteries that work well in cold weather, while President Trump is promoting oil. Canada- China and the EU working in concert while France is sending troops to Greenland would present a vast new axis of evil challenges for the United States perhaps prompting President Trump to see a new to capture Greenland in order to have a Northern outpost to defend against the Axis powers uniting global across the north while also expanding across the south via BRIC alliances. President Trump assuredly will have several strategic challenges ahead that will require more than rhetoric of self-congratulation to address.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy59pvkqvl5o
There have been interesting political and economic changes in history before that have changed the way the world works. If Alaska is not to be isolated amidst the new axis of evil economics on all sides President Trump might need to find better relations quicker with Russia and stop playing into the hand of President Zelenski and the EU on Ukraine. The world is experiencing a veritable political reorigismento of political power and alliance while the Ukraine war continues to the disadvantage of the United States. U.S. political leaders have tended toward failures in developing international and domestic policies to the advantage of the United States along attractive free enterprise lines since the end of the Cold War. The world wasn't standing still while the swells were taking their profits.
President Trump seems somewhat retro in regard to economic choices that are available and challenges the U.S.A. could exploit to lead the world in competitive adaptation to a new form of ecological economic infrastructure. Fossil fuels are not the future for 90% of global transportation as atmospheric heating continues. While the EU drives a dagger into the heart of U.S.-Russian develops via the Ukraine conflict, the EU seeks relationships with Russia and better with China and the BRIC nations- most of whom desire low cost electric vehicles that don't require monthly fuel expenses - instead getting auto fuel from solar panels on the roof of their cars and homes.
15 January 2026
Europe Escalates Troop Deployment to Greenland as OPFOR to America
Germany, Denmark and France have, I believe, began a small scale troop deployment to Greenland. That may become a flood in time as the E.U. becomes a new military alliance in the basis of converting N.A.T.O. into an opposition force of frenemies without the United States. They would obviously prefer the United States to be their military backbone to support their eastward expansion through Ukraine. In the wake of the Trump administration interest in applying the Monroe/Trump Doctrine to Greenland, the EU may begin experimental contact alliance with the Russian Federation to find security guarantees to defend Greenland against potential U.S. military annexation.
These complex and interesting strategic political shifts and counter-intuitive temporal political relationship changes are a logical development from the muddled cold-war conclusion policy of reallocating Russian ownership of Ukraine away from recovering Russia to the West. As the EU developed and N.A.T.O. expanded it had the U.S.A. in its pocket to support them and convert a friendly, emerging Russia into a rival and eventual enemy.
The U.S.-E.U. balance needed to be offset by a friendly informal alliance between the U.S. and Russia in order to render Europe and China as positive more friends or partners in frenemie relationships than enemies. It is interesting how daft the U.S. democrat party is in the entire affair without any kind of global strategic alliance difference except as backseat itches on the EU chopper they believe is headed toward global socialism.
The next world order will at least be one that can maintain a high level of defense spending for all of the participants and their respective military-industrial complexes.
The situation isn't evolving. Rather it could be said to be growing in complexity. Philosophically that is interesting. All of the elements of the Universe were made through stellar synthesis- except for those created by human or other sentient intelligence on a small scale. A philosophy of history shouldn't be analyzed with evolution as a paradigmatic factor; instead it should be made with the Universe's tendency or vector to grow in complexity.
Life is that next stage of complex structures arising from combination and recombination. That has occurred in human history as well especially noticeable from the bronze age to the present. Civilization creates more complex structures comparable to the way molecules form into larger and more complex biological units. Evolution is far too crass and undervalues the fundamental change that is complexity. If the social world doesn't destroy itself soon- hopefully not before the N.B.A. trading deadline- it too will continue to grow in complexity.
08 January 2026
Will Republicans Become Another Party of Censorship to Grease Conquest of Greenland?
Democrats censored social media in order to control news and antipathetic political opinions; if Republicans did that too would they be worth electing to office even if their opposition party are lunatics?
The U.S.A. is sorely in need of a third party based on citizen's rights and free speech, security to own private property and a balanced federal budget. Some societies pay off massive debt through war. President Trump may envision Greenland as being worth 38 trillion dollars and valuable for paying off U.S. public debt. If Greenland was independent and able to manage its own natural resources that would be more honest and even virtuous than the U.S. beating up a nation with a tiny (comparative) population of 57,000. That way seems cowardly and dishonorable. The U.S. should be a champion of the disadvantaged rather than conqueror.A third party has difficulty arising when wealth backs the two major parties. Fundamentally the American democracy is a plutocracy. In my opinion the Democratic Party lost its way completely during the late Sen Ted Kennedy with brain cancer era, and moved toward socialism while beginning the process of abandoning national interests for special interests and globalism over U.S. nationalism. Socialism still perhaps has a planetary goal of transforming the world into a communist utopia. The party of Tip O'Neill became the party of Karl Mark. Republicans became sycophants of the 1% also cutting taxes and piling up public debt to equal Democrats- that is an ancient tactic to transfer wealth to the rich and cut services and support to the poor. England's war against the United States piled up debt that wasn't paid down until the 20th century. Hitler's massive public spending to build up Germany virtual necessitated a war of conquest to pay down debt; that didn't work out well for Germany.
06 January 2026
Break Glass in Event of War with Denmark Over Greenland
In case President Trump was serious about taking over Greenland militarily (maybe he just means to sign a defense treaty providing for Greenland's defense) there should be an off-ramp from the war road to one of peace- this is my thought on that bizarre and unlikely scenario of war.
War with Denmark over Greenland is a terrible prospect. Combatting Danish Viking stealth longships would be tough naval battles to win. Ship to ship battles at sea are grim for boarding parties with giant waves and snow making the fight treacherous. Instead of taking out battle axes and venturing up fjords of Greenland the Trump admin could consider helping Greenland get independence. A special relationship could form wherein citizens of both sovereign nations sign treaties for free trade and rights to visa free freely travel and ability to purchase property and work in their friendly neighbor nation. Many Americans hope to spend time on the beautiful beaches of Greenland.
28 March 2025
Pres Trump Should Court Greenland with Snow Cones and Chocolate
Getting Congress to pass a Baffin Bay Resolution to enable a military entry to Greenland after an attack by Greenlanders on a U.S. Naval warship wouldn't have much credibility. President Trump need go about the acquisition through constitutional means. That means Greenland need chose to petition Congress to join the U.S.A. Buy them something they need like a vast supply of snow cones and they might. want to become Americans.
Alternatively he might approach the security criterion through some sort of 100 year agreement for management as in developing the Panama canal (the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty) . Technically the United States does not have a history of expanding through force. President Trump needs to sound better and more lawful in his intentions. To go about taking Greenland through force would be an impeachable offense as a high crime. There is no reason for the President to create his own vulnerability.
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