The Great War, thought to be the war to end all wars, ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918.
The Armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany at Rethondes, France and ended fighting on the Western Front, although combat continued in parts of the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
In 1954 Armistice Day was changed to Veterans Day in the United States to honor those who had served in all U.S. wars.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is touting new missile technology launched from their ‘Satan II’ missiles which each can carry up to 24 new Avangards which is enough firepower to wipe out all the major cities in a country like the UK.
The Avangards can’t be intercepted, according to Putin, and travel at 20 times the speed of sound.
2018 DEFENCE SPENDING
United States $610 billion
China $203 billion ( up 6% from 2017)
Russia $43 billion
The Trump-Putin summit has more important items to discuss than Robert Mueller’s biased “special investigation”, yet the media continues its witch hunt, ignoring other issues like currency wars, Ukraine, terrorism, and nuclear weapons.
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists data:
U.S. nuclear arsenal (PDF)
Russia nuclear arsenal (PDF)
CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel is expected to be confirmed as the next CIA director despite lawmakers concern’s over enhanced interrogation methods like waterboarding aimed at keeping citizens safe since 9-11.
Senator Rand Paul is worried about Haspel’s close ties to former CIA director John Brennan, who is allegedly involved in the shadow government aimed at toppling a sitting President. (CNS News story)
Will 2018 continue a downward trend of killings in the name of Islam? (1,850 in 2016 to 1,595 in 2017)
The U.S. opened its new embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. The terrorist group Hamas led grenade and rock throwing border protests where at least 52 Palestinians were killed and 2,000 were wounded by Israeli security forces.
Graphic from The Israel Project
Read more: Fact Sheet on U.S. embassy move