The David Hunter Perspective - 2024-02-07

Read on for today's agenda below prepared by David (thank you very much). - Retired US Diplomat to 5 different nations  David Hunter shares his knowledge, passion, interest, and experience.

1)The European Union commits Fifty Billion Euros for Ukraine: Last week, the EU promised a total of 50 billion euros to support Ukraine's fight against Russian invasion. They consider this as necessary to prevent Putin taking over that European nation, an event which would put Poland and Baltic States under immediate threat of Russian invasion. Is this a good investment?

2)US Response To Drone Attack On Tower 22 Military Base in Jordan: The Biden Administration responded to last week's terrorist drone attack in Jordan which killed three US service members. The Department of Defense ordered a large multi-point strike on Iraqi and Syrian 'Axis of Resistance' targets. They aimed to provide a 'Goldilocks-type' strike, just enough to deter the so called Iranian proxies from further action, but not leading to further escalation or a direct confrontation w/ Iran. Did it work?

3)Pakistan Holds Prime Minister Elections on February 8th: The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a country of over 220 million people and a nuclear weapons armed state, is holding democratic elections this week. One of the contenders for PM office, Imran Khan, was just sentenced to 30 years in prison in three separate convictions in the last 15 days before the election. His rival, Nawaz Sharif, is returning from exile in Saudi Arabia where he had fled after conviction by courts in 2016. What is going on?