So says Russia’s ambassador to Germany. In the context of Russia’s continuing response to the recent Ramstein meeting—which heralded an escalation of the West’s war against Russia, amid much hate-Russia rhetoric—I find the ambassador’s statements highly significant. The ambassador makes clear references to Germany’s genocidal assault on Russia in WW2—his words are red meat for the Russian public and clearly enunciate Russia’s view that it is engaged in a struggle for its national survival. Well, that’s clear enough from the very words of Western leaders (
Mark, my predilection is to agree with your analysis on the war in Ukraine, tactically and strategically. I certainly think the global struggle breaks down around a few big cultural/economic blocs vying for global control, as described by Luoungo et al. But I do hedge my bets. Have the Ukrainians delivered a credible counter offensive as described via battleswarmblog? https://www.battleswarmblog.com/
I'm starting to wonder who are the Best and Brightest today, this General seems primed for a war for others to fight that is less sure needs to be fought. I hold no illusions about Putin being a Saint, he's despicable, but how did we really get here? I can understand pent up hostility towards the old Soviets as they mixed up a lot of what troubles the world today but they were never forced to own up to what they did. In fact Putin put the kibosh on the KGB Files being opened so the Soviet Sins could be public knowledge, Putin has been forming more of a Plutocracy than anything else.
Sovereignty- they aren’t thinking about “the people’s sovereignty”- so important to De Gaulle as he imagined a Europe of (sovereign) nations. But here we are and Ukraine’s sovereignty is apparently, suddenly, the be-all and end-all (…). And we’re supposed to revert to living in caves in order to defend the fool in Kyiv?
“In essence, the post-war reconciliation of our nations and peoples is being eroded,” Nechaev said.
Words that make you reel in sadness and disbelief. The unfathomable stupidity of the US/Brits ( DeGaulle was right to distrust them), and the self-destructive urge of the Germans…
Tough to figure out what’s really happening
Mark, my predilection is to agree with your analysis on the war in Ukraine, tactically and strategically. I certainly think the global struggle breaks down around a few big cultural/economic blocs vying for global control, as described by Luoungo et al. But I do hedge my bets. Have the Ukrainians delivered a credible counter offensive as described via battleswarmblog? https://www.battleswarmblog.com/
I'm starting to wonder who are the Best and Brightest today, this General seems primed for a war for others to fight that is less sure needs to be fought. I hold no illusions about Putin being a Saint, he's despicable, but how did we really get here? I can understand pent up hostility towards the old Soviets as they mixed up a lot of what troubles the world today but they were never forced to own up to what they did. In fact Putin put the kibosh on the KGB Files being opened so the Soviet Sins could be public knowledge, Putin has been forming more of a Plutocracy than anything else.
Sovereignty- they aren’t thinking about “the people’s sovereignty”- so important to De Gaulle as he imagined a Europe of (sovereign) nations. But here we are and Ukraine’s sovereignty is apparently, suddenly, the be-all and end-all (…). And we’re supposed to revert to living in caves in order to defend the fool in Kyiv?
“In essence, the post-war reconciliation of our nations and peoples is being eroded,” Nechaev said.
Words that make you reel in sadness and disbelief. The unfathomable stupidity of the US/Brits ( DeGaulle was right to distrust them), and the self-destructive urge of the Germans…
Well said. What are they thinking about?
“In essence, the post-war reconciliation of our nations and peoples is being eroded,” Nechaev said.
Words that make you reel in sadness and disbelief