October 15, 2026
Star Wars; Return of the Dead Eye
Timothy Birdnow
In response to Zelensky's refusal to lay off of diesel refineries and his "up yours" to the President, America's Department of War has cut off access to Star Shield, a military version of Starlink.
Ukraine was using Starshield to run it's attack drones. No Starshield and command and control becomes, uh, tricky.
Take THAT you arrogant snot Volodomor!
There is more at Hot Air about this. It hurts not just drone attacks but interceptors too. It was a major blow to Ukraine's ability to fight the war.
But Zelensky had it coming; he was asked nicely, then warned. America is not obligated to help, and especially not if our help is unappreciated. There are strings to our technology; if you want our aid you have to give a little in return. All Trump asked was not to target diesel refineries and Zelensky refused to do even that.
What he is doing is burnishing his street cred with the Europeans in the hopes they will come into the war on his side. He knows Trump will never do that but he thinks he can get Europe to send in troops - something he desperately needs - as well as supply weapons. He figures he has wrung about all he can out of America as long as Trump is there and so he hopes to get a new Congress that will give him more and at the same time show how tough he is, how he "stood up to Trump just like he stood up to Putin". It's a fine strategy except Mr. Trump holds all the cards.
If Zelensky wants our help he needs to be polite to us. You don't demand and you don't tell us to butt out. If you don't want us involved then we will not be involved - at all. No more money, no more weapons, no more Starlink, nothing. You can fight on your own.
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Got to give cover for Zelensky. The attacks on Kyiv never stopped. Day one Putin could have blamed a rogue general, but days two and three? Doesnt our European NATO allies have links to Star Shield. How long will it take Ukraine to find a work around using their links, hours, days?Im sure Trumps deal with Putin was an olive branch designed to try and keep the war in Ukraine from spreading. Germany has put more troops on its borders. Too bad its not to try and keep the enemies from outside with designs on reinforcing those on its inside from destroying it,namely islamics.
Posted by: Mike at October 15, 2026 11:57 PM (r7WVt)
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Good points Mike. I get why the Ukrainians want to take the war to the very tender point as they are doing, but they need to listen to us over this. Yes, Trump is trying to ease tensions, no question.
I do not know exactly how the technology works so I cannot comment on the matter of a workaround. I would think there would be ways to prevent that but you may well be right. I have no doubt service will be restored; Trump just needed to make a point, that we control their weapons systems and can pull the plug if we wish.
This made me think back to my childhood. My father did not spare the rod, but I've been patted on the back harder than his spankings of us. He had no intention of beating us - just performing a ritual to make sure we understood he had the power to do worse. It was a form of discipline that was purely symbolic. (my dad was a very gentle man in fact and hated even this but he understood we were brats and required it). Trump had to show that, yes, he could pull the plug and he could do worse if he chose.
Anyway good points Mike. I may not fully agree but you present them well and have a solid argument.
I do not know exactly how the technology works so I cannot comment on the matter of a workaround. I would think there would be ways to prevent that but you may well be right. I have no doubt service will be restored; Trump just needed to make a point, that we control their weapons systems and can pull the plug if we wish.
This made me think back to my childhood. My father did not spare the rod, but I've been patted on the back harder than his spankings of us. He had no intention of beating us - just performing a ritual to make sure we understood he had the power to do worse. It was a form of discipline that was purely symbolic. (my dad was a very gentle man in fact and hated even this but he understood we were brats and required it). Trump had to show that, yes, he could pull the plug and he could do worse if he chose.
Anyway good points Mike. I may not fully agree but you present them well and have a solid argument.
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