Links — 29 July 2022 Part 1

India Punchline

Lavrov is on Blinken’s list of people to call
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador

https://www.indianpunchline.com/lavrov-is-on-blinkens-list-of-people-to-call/

Reminiscence of the Future
How The Tables Have Turned.

http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/07/how-tables-have-turned.html

How to Troll Professionally and Mercilessly. ))
Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues

http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/07/how-tables-have-turned.html

http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/07/how-to-troll-professionally-and.html

Moon of Alabama
A Panicking Biden Administration Seeks Talks With Russia

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/07/a-panicking-biden-administration-seeks-talks-with-russia.html

Turcopolier
“Russians ‘highly vulnerable’ after Ukrainian forces bomb 3 bridges” (Confusing tactical achievement with operational success?)

Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.)

https://turcopolier.com/russians-highly-vulnerable-after-ukrainian-forces-bomb-3-bridges/

1945

Is a China Crisis Now Inevitable?

Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis (USA ret.), Senior Fellow and Military Expert for Defense Priorities

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/07/is-a-china-crisis-now-inevitable/

The Vineyard of the Saker
Chinese Army Posts “Ready For War” Message [on Weibo]

http://thesaker.is/chinese-army-posts-ready-for-war-message/

Naked Capitalism
Xi and Biden Talk Past Each Other in Over 2 Hour Phone Call
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/07/xi-and-biden-talk-past-each-other-in-over-2-hour-phone-call.html

The Gang That Can’t Shoot Straight: Western Leaders Bungle Russia Gas Supply, Barmy Oil Price Cap, and Appear Unable Even to Line Up Meetings

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/07/the-gang-that-cant-shoot-straight-western-leaders-bungle-russia-gas-supply-barmy-oil-price-cap-and-appear-unable-even-to-line-up-meetings.html

Yves Smith

CaitlinJohnstone.com
China Is Issuing The Same “Red Line” Warnings About Taiwan That Russia Issued About Ukraine
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/07/28/china-is-issuing-the-same-red-line-warnings-about-taiwan-that-russia-issued-about-ukraine/

For Warmongers It’s Always 1938: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/07/29/for-warmongers-its-always-1938-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix/
Caitlin Johnstone