It is heartening to see the ex-Soviet Union defend itself after Ukraine launched an unprovoked February attack from the north, east and from the Black Sea against defenseless Russian forces who were nothing but peaceful. Thank God that Communist China and Iran are standing up to assist Russia defend itself from this Ukrainian atrocity.
With the deliberate disinformation campaign from every side in this theater of Putin's Wars, remember, the Russians Are Lying. ( with occasional true statements that could be mistakes or deliberate propaganda )
The Ukrainians are probably lying. Ditto NATO.
And of course, the Biden* Occupation is lying. Near 100%. ( see comment on Russian accidental truths )
So, the only ones to believe are probably Finland, if only because their metal fan PM is smoking hot. And maybe Sweden, who had the only sane government during the Wuhan biowar these last two+ years.
Thoughts on welcoming Finland and Sweden into NATO? Some argue that they got a free ride for too long, benefiting from NATO’s shield confronting USSR/Russian aggression for a half century plus, through at least 2000 or even 2014 (Russian annexation of Crimea), when they themselves finally began upping their defense spending.
Finland and Sweden both "benefited" from the NATO shield as much as Japan or Botswana.
That is, like everyone on the planet not in the Brutal Dictatorship of the Soviet & Chinese Empires, they didn't get nuked, yet.
Otherwise, as non-members, NATO had no obligation to protect them, like Ukraine and Georgia, both countries in a state of undeclared war with Putin. With mass casualties and near zero help until this year.
Unlike Germany or Belgium, ( just as examples ) Sweden has a serious defensive military ( don't let the long hair volunteer and apparently laid back attitude fool you, they make excellent fighter bombers ) and Finland has been at war, on & off, with the Soviets for over a century. And their smoking hot PM is ready for another. Is Greece? Germany? Spain? Not even close.
Arguably both have acted as a Shield for NATO more than the reverse.
The above editorial is getting old but still accurate.
The government of Ukraine sucked. It might have improved when the current guy ruthlessly suppressed his enemies. His enemies probably deserved being ruthlessly suppressed.
The government of Russia sucks. Don't need qualifying that.
Don't buy the propaganda from anyone. Anyone. On this nasty brutal slaughter and genocide.
There's an alternate universe where Hillary & her campaign lied in 2016 that Trump was a tool of China. Instead of Russia. In that fantasy, the Lefty pols & media would defend Putin. Joe's* "team" would be slamming the Europeans who send weapons to Ukraine.
Somebody hacked the Moscow taxi system and sent all the taxis downtown to clog the streets. Unwitting & unintended instant "protest".
It occurred to me that a fairly rich person could simply pay Amazon to deliver, oh, say, one small box of paperclips, to every official they could get a name and work address for, and stall a Capitol City with trucks and little packages that set off metal detectors.
It's becoming more apparent every day that only regime change will bring peace.
And let's not forget what regime change really means. It's not a polite thing, like Donald Trump leaving DC without a shot fired, except the one that killed a woman fired by a Capitol Cop during the False Flag operation by the FBI. ( every act by the Party and the FBI since confirms the nature of that treasonous spectacle )
Look what's happening TODAY, in Russia. Opposition leaders, elected officials, arrested for calling for Putin to Stop. How many will ever be seen alive, again? Putin is desperate and has zero reason not to murder until he is brought down like a rabid dog by his own bodyguards. And short of a bomb on his location, nothing else will stop him. He's surrounded by hand picked armed guards and Knows he either kills his opposition or will be killed.
Regime change means a Coup. A Real one. Dead people bleeding out in the streets and government buildings.
I really prefer to read a Tom Clancy novel than live through one.
And the leadership isn't as competent or smart as the novels.
If Putin uses nukes, what will the Biden* show runners do?
Posted on Saturday, September 17, 2022 - 10:19 am:
Not sure if you guys will be able to read this; it’s an interesting analysis of the Ukraine situation. It sounds like our elite class is risking WWIII and getting 1,000’s of Ukrainians slaughtered mainly to knock Russia back a few notches. Seems like insanity to me.
But that's because I'm skeptical that the White House Occupants are clever enough. It's possible I'm being fooled by the script writers, who write policy.
They are doing great at ruining the country, so perhaps their foreign policy is being directed by the CCP, like the domestic.
I'm reminded of the comedy bit where the "Government" gives one side a gun, then turns to the other and tells them the first guy has a gun. Etc.
on the surface, I see stockpiles of weapons emptied & given away. But not replaced. Ditto the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which Joe* gave to the CCP. see also Party Policy on the U.S. military, which is, Woke Gender Sensitivity training, but no budget for training with actual military stuff. Gotta save the planet and not burn jet fuel!
So. It all makes sense If you notice every policy makes China more powerful and is eliminating the competition's capabilities to stop the CCP. Even Joe's* "gaffs" about Taiwan serve the CCP in multiple ways.
Hugh... Not sure Twitter bitching qualifies as analysis less or more than posts on a motorcycle forum.
I've got one acquaintance is insists Putin is fighting the Kazakh Mafia, the WEF, and the Globalists, who have their hyper corrupt tentacles in Ukraine.
Well... I don't like any of those bad guys. Joe* has been bribed by oligarchs in Ukraine, and Russia. I don't know beans about the Kazakh Mafia, but the WEF/globalists are certainly real threats to civilization.
And Russian policy since the Revolution has been to lie about everything. Ditto the CCP. ( all leftists, it's their core ) So all the Nazi talk etc. is just cover for a great crusade?
Makes me wonder what the Venn diagram of "bribed Obama/Clinton/Biden" & "committed suicide" & "factor I hadn't considered" looks like.
The part of The Conspiracy I can't wrap my head around is that Trump, Putin, & Xi, were in a plot to stop the Globalists.
Which would be great, if true.
Pretty hard to believe, but So are a lot of today's headlines.
But Joe* took power and the Deal Maker is out, possibly imprisoned, after the midterms. We know Joe* is owned by the CCP. Joe* gave the green light to Putin to invade Ukraine, again. Everyone except the CCP loses.
You can't invade the country if the country welcomed you. Remember, Ukraine is not Kiev, because of Kiev government power is not legitimate and the eastern republics did not support unlawful change of power in Kiev. So the real Ukraine is the eastern republics who welcomed Russia. Kiev with the western part of Ukraine who supported unlawful change of government in Kiev are the real separatists. The eastern republics (AKA the real Ukraine) welcomed Russia, so Russia did not invade Ukraine. So stop calling it invasion.
Ukraine is the part of the country where they followed the law regarding the government power (which is eastern republics). Kiev calls them Ukraine for political reasons, but in reality Kiev is not the real Ukraine because of they gained the government power unlawfully.
It looks like Russia is going to start voting among the people of eastern republics (AKA the real Ukraine) if they are willing to become the part of Russia soon. So if the voting results will be in favor to become a territory of Russia then Kiev will attack the territory of Russia and not the territory of Ukraine so that means military aggression against Russia from Kiev and if Kiev won't stop and won't release the whole territory of the eastern republics then the Kiev will likely be nuked. So USA better to stop sending weapon to Kiev if they really care about the people live in Kiev.
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2022 - 03:07 pm:
It looks like you are not familiar with Russian military system. Russia has mandatory military service so all men in Russia are trained. Most universities in Russia also have military branches. Also Russia mobilizes the ones who already served and have necessary military experience and education. Also they do this because of they do care about people, they defence the people live in Ukraine from Kiev nazies.