The Wire - October 28, 2024

this is the wi for 2300 Zulu October 28th 2024 president's routine information cut off as 2200 bottom line up front election Integrity issues heighten tensions around the world beginning with international events in Georgia over the weekend the Parliamentary election has caused tensions to rise throughout Eastern Europe following the questionable election results the incumbent president Salam zor beach has rejected the results of the election which indicate that she lost by a wide margin and has deliberately called on citizens to take to the streets in support of her in Germany this afternoon FKS Fagen announced plans to close three major factories throughout the country amid downsizing efforts local media indicates tens of thousands of employees are to be laid off and most other Auto factories to reduce production on the home front in the United States various election Integrity issues have continued to mount following multiple attacks on Election drop boxes around the country Portland Oregon and Vancouver Washington reported incendiary devices being placed inside ballot drop boxes overnight analyst comment this is not entirely out of the realm of reality for the region as these types of attacks are to be expected on any given day but especially during times of increased political tensions in Nevada a judge ruled this afternoon that mailin ballots arriving up to 3 days after the election must be counted the ballots are also not required to have a postmark in violation of existing election law analyst comments for this wire the tensions in Georgia largely boil down to the typical proxy by balot conflict between the East and the West Zora Beach V is the proe Western act candidate whereas her opposition Bina ivanishvili of the Georgian Dream party has a long history of being aligned with Russia the Georgian Dream party largely controlled Parliament for many years sometimes with a controlling majority sometimes in a coalition with other parties until 2018 when s vely became president as an independent candidate largely on a proe ticket now this election has allegedly unseed her signaling a desire to return to more pro-russian culture supporters of Zora Bish alleged that the election was rigged by Russian forces to unseat her whereas the Power Players within the Georgian Dream party largely take the position that the Georgian people tried a western backed approach to National leadership and didn't approve of it what the true results of the election are will likely never be known with any certainty as the entire Eastern European region but especially Georgia is not known for its resounding election Integrity however as conflict in Georgia always has the potential to be solved with an AK-47 instead of a ballot the grumblings of those on either side of the political issue should be considered as both the East and the West fight for control contr and open Old Wounds in the process this concludes the wire for 2300 Zulu October 28th 2024