Most readers will be aware that Russia has made it clear that, while it’s open to negotiations, military operations will continue without a letup during any negotiations. With that in mind, courtesy of Geroman, we get this French prognostication, which fits in with what we’re getting from Macgregor et alios—people like Jacques Baud, who has good contacts with the French military. Geroman picks out the main points:
“They want to finish things off in a way that creates even greater economic trouble for the West”.,… , Mark, could you forward a copy of this to Janet-we can absolutely fight multiple wars on multiple fronts-Yellen? Everyone else in the known Universe sees that it is the West that is continuing to suffer economically and militarily to a far greater extent than Russia, but somehow the Neocons continue to default to their Alfred E. Newman posture of “What, me worry?”. I think it was Ayn Rand who said, “You can ignore reality, but you can’t avoid it”. The reckoning is going to be formidable.
The French general is speaking sense. It's good to know that there are some European versions of Col. MacGregor out there. Meanwhile, the French Chief of Staff is very aptly named: Schill.
In our lifetime, will we see the day when a more powerful nation dictates terms to us? We're getting too big for our britches. The government ought to go back to what it does best: pushing the middle class around.
“They want to finish things off in a way that creates even greater economic trouble for the West”.,… , Mark, could you forward a copy of this to Janet-we can absolutely fight multiple wars on multiple fronts-Yellen? Everyone else in the known Universe sees that it is the West that is continuing to suffer economically and militarily to a far greater extent than Russia, but somehow the Neocons continue to default to their Alfred E. Newman posture of “What, me worry?”. I think it was Ayn Rand who said, “You can ignore reality, but you can’t avoid it”. The reckoning is going to be formidable.
Putin should take everything except Galicia and then force EU to admit them. Let them choke on that.
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The French general is speaking sense. It's good to know that there are some European versions of Col. MacGregor out there. Meanwhile, the French Chief of Staff is very aptly named: Schill.
And the new railway bypassing Crimea may have a huge positive impact on Russian Military logistics.
In our lifetime, will we see the day when a more powerful nation dictates terms to us? We're getting too big for our britches. The government ought to go back to what it does best: pushing the middle class around.