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May the Coconuts be with you.

I took it to be a variation on the “banality of evil” message. Basically showing the way that Rudolf Höss and his family were having essentially normal boring lives in a home in the "Zone of Interest" right next to the concentration camp where people were being murdered.

Shiny!

I agree. I increasingly think that people are too harsh on Chamberlain and co. You have to remember that they probably knew that Britain wasn’t ready for a war in the ‘30s plus they were of a generation who had already gone through the pain of WW1 and thus would have wanted to avoid a repeat...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/04/24/as-russian-troops-broke-through-ukrainian-lines-panicky-ukrainian-commanders-had-no-choice-but-to-deploy-one-of-their-least-prepared-brigades/?ss=aerospace-defense

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2024/04/24/why-is-russia-losing-the-fpv-drone-war/?ss=aerospace-defense

It’s a pity there isn’t a F-16 equivalent to the EA-18G Growler. The Ukrainians could really use it I fear.

Think they are getting ready for the F-16s? https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_april_2024_global_security_army_industry/russia_plans_to_double_anti-aircraft_systems_deployment_in_ukraine_with_new_missiles.html

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_april_2024_global_security_army_industry/netherlands_pledges_over_%E2%82%AC200_million_in_military_aid_to_ukraine.html

https://www.twz.com/news-features/dual-mode-paveway-iv-guided-bombs-headed-to-ukraine

https://mickryan.substack.com/p/ukraine-gets-long-range-atacms

What did you think of it? I felt that they could have got their main message across in 10-15min.

https://www.ausa.org/publications/russo-ukrainian-war-strategic-assessment-two-years-conflict

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/04/23/a-ukrainian-brigade-disappeared-and-a-russian-brigade-almost-broke-through-how-the-battle-for-ocheretyne-upended-the-war-in-ukraine-this-weekend/?ss=aerospace-defense

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2024/04/23/ukraine-strikes-russia-with-long-range-bomber-balloons/?ss=aerospace-defense