Kim and Vladimir

      It looks like two dictators will put their respective blockheads together to make the usual rockpile. This time, Kim will travel by his favorite mode: the armored train, once favored by his father whom he succeeded. Why the trip? Well, it seems the sanctions imposed by the west as a result of Russya's invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine, its neighbor, have worked to stymie the military of Russya from building ample arms to continue to supply the frontline troops in the DonBass region of eastern Ukraine. Mr. Kim has a arms industry that relies on his neighbors in Beijing(the Communist Xi JP,to be exact) for raw materials. Russya has to be careful not to blatantly ignore the West's oversight of Beijing and Russya and their mutual trade in arms.

      So, we have Mad Vlad meeting with Trump's Rocket Man who enjoys thumbing his nose at the west, the USA and Japan in particular. Mr. Kim enjoys playing the role as a man of consequence, a man of substance, a man to be reckoned with these days. Mr. Putin likes his role on the world stage as a man of consequence, a man of singular importance as the dictator who rules the largest country on the globe these days. He also likes publicity, even negative publicity. He survived the rebellion of the late Wagner Group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin; and his chief lieutenants(airplane accident). Now he will negotiate a deal with little North Korea, the teapot nation of East Asia, the closed nation that has enslaved its citizens for generations as the Kim family imposed isolation on his people(his people???).

      Mr. Kim wants technology, and, oh, food. Mr. Putin wants bullets and bombs/ high caliber munitions to allow his troops to punish the civilians in Ukraine; yes, those poor victims of the Russyan invasion now approaching year 2 of the military operation. The Wagner Group, the mercenary arm of the Kremlin, kept the regular army on its toes; however, Mr. Prigozhin became impatient and tried his reputation on a grander scale. That failed(see films). Now Mr. Putin has to recognize the ongoing struggles in Ukraine. As the renowned strategist, Sun Tzu remarked: a long war favors the defender. Maybe Mr. Putin doesn't remember the results of the Russyan army's efforts in Afghanistan; maybe he does and hopes for a better outcome. He knows better? Hmmmm. We'll see; won't we?

       Ol' mouthpiece Peskov of Kremlin fame, says there's no merit to the reports of a meeting bewtween the two leaders; although the armored train is getting up steam and preliminary moves have been made by staff to ensure no Taliban, Cubans, Queda members are waiting along the route. Our own monitirs will listen in on the conversations in Vladivostok on Russya's Far East coast, that coast favored quite a bit by Beijing.

     More to follow.