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🇸🇾The Syrian Ministry of Defense publishes official footage from the site of the General Staff building in Damascus, destroyed as a result of a series of Israeli strikes.

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—Bolsonaro was one of the greatest cowards and negligent figures in Brazil's recent history, second only to Jango. He had all the means to confront the system, but he chose to turn a blind eye, completely surrendering. He promised to fight communism, globalism, radical feminism, and defend conservative values, but in practice, he capitulated to all of these elements.

He promised to arm the population, but ended up merely signing a symbolic, ineffective decree that failed to guarantee the promised freedom. As Renato Amoedo aptly put it: "Xandão armed more Brazilians by allowing municipal guards to carry firearms than Bolsonaro, who merely increased the cost and taxes on weapons." Instead of empowering the population, he left it even more vulnerable.

Bolsonaro betrayed his supporters—deceived those who trusted him—and also disappointed his military colleagues, retreating in the face of the rise of the left, feminism, and the degeneration of the values he claimed to defend. He didn't even honor the memory of those who gave their lives for freedom in World War II.

If you still believe in Bolsonaro, review his 2017 positions and compare them with his actual actions in office. A glaring example is his promise to institute chemical castration for rapists—an agenda he himself abandoned for fear of reprisals.

The truth is that neither Lula nor Bolsonaro are the solution for Brazil. The solution doesn't lie with politicians: it lies with the people. And an unarmed people have no way to fight back. The current government has extinguished any possibility of legitimate reaction. Perhaps we should take inspiration from figures like the protagonist of the film The Patriot—who, faced with tyranny, didn't wait for orders: he fought.

A U.S. bill to review ties with South Africa and sanction some officials has passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee

Source: CGTN

The cost of the USS District of Columbia nuclear submarine, the first in the new series of American Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines, has risen to $16.1 billion, which is 12% more compared to 2021.

The construction program for these submarines, a key part of the US nuclear triad alongside the B-21 Raider bomber and the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile, is already 17 months behind schedule.

It should be noted that the Pentagon decided to save money on the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile project.

The US has almost exhausted its stock of interceptor missiles for THAAD systems during the 12-day war with Iran.

Two of the seven THAAD systems the US has were sent to Israel, firing more than 150 missiles — nearly a quarter of all Pentagon reserves.

This conflict revealed serious gaps in the US missile defense stockpiles and the need to ramp up production for modern large-scale missile attacks.
/The Wall Street Journal/