Stan R. Mitchell: The view from the front podcast for 8-16-22.

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About me: I am a prior infantry Marine, who earned the rank of Sergeant and a Combat Action Ribbon in 1997, and I love doing this podcast twice a week.

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Source notes:

Washington Post Opinions @PostOpinions

A disaster is looming at a huge Ukrainian nuclear power plant, the Editorial Board writes.

wapo.stOpinion | A disaster is looming at a huge Ukrainian nuclear power plantGrave alarm about a possible nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine is escalating and warranted.

Rich Preston @RichPreston

Calls for a demilitarised zone around major nuclear power plant in #Ukraine - @SpencerGuard tells @BBCNews Russia doesn't play by international rules and thinks it can continue to gain ground in the country.

The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent

⚡️ Pentagon: Ukraine attacked Saki air base in Crimea. The U.S. Defense Department stated that Ukrainian forces bombarded the Russian-controlled Saki air base in Crimea on Aug. 9. Earlier, the Pentagon stated that weapons provided by the U.S. were not used in the attack.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost

The Post analyzed videos, spoke to witnesses and consulted experts, confirming that at least six explosions rocked the air base in the span of almost an hour.

wapo.stAt least six explosions hit Crimea air base in nearly an hourThe Post analyzed videos, spoke to witnesses and consulted experts, confirming that at least six explosions rocked the air base in the span of almost an hour.

Silverado Policy Accelerator @SilveradoPolicy

“I think the Russians will pull out of Kherson soon,” @DAlperovitch tells @washingtonpost. “It’s becoming untenable — really hard to resupply forces.”

washingtonpost.comOn the Kherson front lines, little sign of a Ukrainian offensive

What’s up with the Crimea water crisis? (EXPLAINER)

Euan MacDonald @Euan_MacDonald

Putin: Worse than Hitler and the Nazis for Mariupol: “Mariupol Mayor Vadim Boychenko estimated more than 20,000 civilians had been killed, noting this was twice the number of deaths recorded in the entire two-year Nazi occupation of the city during WWII.”

atlanticcouncil.orgPutin’s Mariupol Massacre is one of the 21st century’s worst war crimesThe Russian destruction of Mariupol ranks among the gravest crimes against humanity of the twenty-first century and sends a clear message to the international community that can be no compromise peace with Putin.

Why a regiment of Belarusian dissidents is fighting for Ukraine from The Economist

Tech News:

Defense News @defense_news

US Army ‘Lethality Task Force’ looks to AI to decrease casualties zpr.io/X84T3YYDK5Wk

Motivation and inspiration:

Success Minded @_SuccessMinded_

"Actions speak loudest."

billionaire_Secrets @bilionaire_sec

"Your hardest challenges will teach you your best lessons".

Success Minded @_SuccessMinded_

You become: What you read What you think What you believe Who you hang out with

Success Minded @_SuccessMinded_

Stop waiting for tomorrow. Start now.

Daily Dose of Philosophy @PhilosophyDose_

"The reward for our work is not what we get, but what we become." - Paulo Coelho

Life Quotes @RTLifeQuotes

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. - Thomas Jefferson

Success Minded @_SuccessMinded_

Where you'll end up has nothing to do with where you're currently at.

Success Minded @_SuccessMinded_

"You have time. Remind yourself that you have time."

That’s it for this edition.

As a reminder, please be kind and try your best to love your fellow Americans.

Let’s all work together to unite this country. We have to stop hating those on the other side of the aisle and we have to stop rewarding the loudest (and most angry) voices on either side.

We need to bring back more decency to our politics. We need compromise, respect for the other side, and a more serious gravity to the matters before our country.

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Semper Fidelis,

Stan R. Mitchell

P.S. Don’t forget to check out my books. I’ve written a CIA/Marine sniper series, a detective series, a private investigator series, an action-packed Western, a motivational/biography book about President Obama, and two realistic war novels: one about World War II and one about Afghanistan.

P.P.S. And here’s a short bio about me and what I’m trying to do with the newsletter.