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 President Trump hasn't yet rescinded Canadian P.M. Carney's invitation.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. "

Macron and Merz; Mini-Napoleon and Mini-Hitler Fear-Mongers?

 Approximately near Poland's eastern border, the 23rd longitude east is a good, non-threatening demarcator for troops from countries once commanded by Napoleon and Hitler. If Merz and Macron would keep their military forces well away from that line or passing beyond the Carpathian mountains Russia should be far less threatened by Western military encroachment. Ukraine is on the Russian side of the Carpathians and is called the borderlands historically, for good reason.

It is disquieting to have the return of militarism with France and Germany after the end of the Cold War. Macron is something like Napoleon and Merz more than a little like Adolph Hitler, yet of course without a semblance of charisma. One might wish they were not aggressive and assertive regarding Ukraine, as they are, as if it is a play-ground for the west and a field testing lab for western military weapons.

I need stipulate that Ukraine is nothing like Formosa/Taiwan strategically. The Communist Chinese might like that island nation with a history of independence to be theirs, yet like the Falkland Island in relation to Argentina, it isn't like to happen except through a slow evolution as China and Taiwan have peaceful and prosperous futures working together. Unification is a possibility though not a necessity.

Alternatively Taiwan is well defended and has good allies. mainland communists are not likely to attempt a military takeover because they would lose Shanghai and Beijing in the process most likely. A major war would perhaps bring half a billion Chinese to the brink of starvation within a couple of months as on-time deliveries of production fail. China has far more to lose than it has to gain with war against a well defended island with strong allies.

Ukraine on the other hand was historically part of Russia and the Soviet Union occupying Russia for hundreds of years, usually, except for a brief interregnum of Germany taking it over. German militarism is always a latent, recrudescent possibility- as is that of France, when they believe the time is opportune. Because President Trump isn't assertive enough publicly in his quest for peace, and not strong or eloquent enough to speak publicly about the proper role of N.A.T.O. with American support in defending Europe, delusional fears about Russia posing a threat to Europe have been present since the Obama administration.

The Cold War 35 years ago yet there were some that continued to fear the Soviets and Russia and sought expansion and takeover of the power vacuum vacated by the Soviets.  Russia obviously would rise in time after reorganization of government and economics from a communist to a free enterprise basis. It would reasonably expect to emerge as the former Russia with most of it's possessions intact- including Ukraine. It did not expect to retake places occupied by the Soviet Red Army during the final years of the Second World War and made part of the East Bloc Warsaw Pact.

The West and the United States are quite well able to defend Europe from a non-existent threat of a Russian assault. It is challenging to envision Russian marine skydivers parachuting from 15,000 feet in numbers sufficient to capture England, or to imagine Russian commandos storming over the Alps any time soon with the skill of General Suvorov in escaping Western forces going over the Alps. It is true that Russians are capable of hitting Poland if the poles were asleep and fearful enough to stay deep in bunkers hoping passing Russian tankers would not notice them yet that seems improbable. Jews at least would put up stiff resistance as they did to the Nazis in the Warsaw ghetto during W.W. 2.

Russian knows that a general war would follow an invasion of Western Europe and that their casualties might exceed those the Nazis inflicted during world war 2- perhaps 20 to 40 million dead, with devastated cities, and the west is aware that nukes might be involved and more than a billion people globally would perish from famine and pestilence such as can exist in a mass produced, interlocked global economic sphere. Russians are not really as stupid as Europeans seem to believe they are. The problem exists in European imagination and the wish to have military power over Russia via Ukraine. It is a major stumbling block for the European leadership psyche apparently. Without European and American support Ukraine would already have returned to being Russian.

It is time now for at least President Trump to be realistic knowing that Europeans and the puppet President of Ukraine Zelensky aren't. Just say know to war and accept the fact that peace is better. The west need trust and welcome Russia fully into the global economy. One day it could be a full part of a tax free American-European-Russian trading block.

Macron Moves France Towards War with Russia

French President Macron took a big step toward the destruction of Europe through nuclear war with Russia. He has said that Russia is a threat and need be pacified- apparently meaning rendered harmless and without weapons or missiles. Macron is organizing upgrades to the Ukraine conflict placing France on a path to direct war with Russia. Perhaps he can do better than Napoleon did in failing to capture Moscow.

One might keep in mind that Macron’s blimpistry occurs against a backdrop where France quit N.A.T.O. before the Soviet Union faded away. The French may have wanted to seem harmless in the hope that the Soviets would not nuke them.

https://theconversation.com/french-nuclear-deterrence-for-europe-how-effective-could-it-be-against-russia-251512#:~:text=French%20nuclear%20deterrence%20against%20the%20Russian%20threat&text=But%20the%20fact%20remains%20that,warheads%20on%20the%20Russian%20side

Europeans are functionally insane in regard to war on their continental portion, history informs us. At some point fighting against invasions from Asia and Africa, Europeans had legitimate reasons for conflict with external threat vectors, yet Russia is not an outside threat vector in regard to the Ukraine. Among themselves the dynamics of European political power brought them to war against themselves interminably; it was only with the nearly complete destruction of Europe in the Nazi war- the Second World War, that Europe became generally pacified for several decades. Europe was broken and military depleted.

The rise of American and Russian/Soviet nuclear powers rendered Europe impotent; they were compelled to rebuild in peace and develop a new prosperity with comparatively small military spending. Opportunities for world conquering were set back. Political egos smoldered forced to await a future when wars for global conquest could resume. Then Russia/the Soviet Union opted for peace, freed Eastern Europe and peace should have developed.

https://eadaily.com/en/news/2025/03/05/macron-intends-to-pacify-russia-france-calls-for-chiefs-of-staff

Besides the war on terror and a brief Balkans post-communist adjustment war peace continued. Maladjustment of the post-Soviet reapportionment of political entities created conflicts and the potential for the Ukraine war, yet peace prevailed. Europe then became the EU and N.A.T. O. Expanded eastward as if Russia was some kind of threat. That breaking of trust and taking advantage of Russian weakness after the end of the Soviet Union to expand N.A.T.O. was a direct cause of the present conflict. A rearmed Europe finds itself in a position to flex its strength and bring the world to the brink of nuclear war because ts leadership is replete with historically runty malcontents and agitators striving to outdo one another with militancy toward Russia.

https://www.udio.com/songs/m2Ew6wpxksuzVEJ9dXTTju

France and Europeans would like to be the big dog of politics again. In 2020 the French Army had 118,000 members and not all of those were combat soldiers. Europeans have experienced weak U.S. leadership in the Biden, Obama and Clinton administrations that was too Eurocentric. They may have believed that with the end of the Soviet Union and reunification of Germany that Russian power had vanished forever and Russian nuclear weapons power would disappear. That latter point was a delusion.

Macron will need to adjust to the fact that Russia has 5,580 nuclear weapons and France something like 290. Russia is not going away and France will not be the planet’s big dog. Europe rather than butting their heads into a concrete wall need adjust to reality and accept that peace is again going to be forced upon them; this time before they bring about a global world war.

President Trump on the other hand has sought to neutralize European lunacy in regard to Russia.

The rapid progress with the Trump administration toward renormalizing relations with Russia and ending the Ukraine War occurs in an interesting historical paradigm that John Meirsheimer reviewed in a video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKjFD9fPQxg

Some have nominated former Assistant Sect. Of State Victoria Nuland for the designer of Joe Biden Ukraine policy yet I think that is an inadequate place to lay the blame. Bureaucrats may be a focal point or catch basin for social forces desiring policy directions yet they for-themselves couldn’t bring powerful disagreeing parties like the military industrial complex to support those or other policies they felt were counterproductive to profit although they might comply if required by the chief executive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Nuland

Other have reported that the reason for the meeting in DC of President Macron and P.R. Starmer were to hand off supervisory custody of President Zelensky to the C.I.A. Apparently France was given custody by outgoing President Biden in order to prevent the Trump administration C.I.A. from gaining access to information that might be deleterious for the members of the Biden administration.