Has The Moment Of Truth Arrived?
It seems even the staunchest US vassal states can see what’s coming. Yesterday BoJo the Clown admitted that, yeah, Russia could be winning. Ya think?
Today the Polish PM belabors the obvious:
Apparently the Poles were persuaded by the concept of imposing sanctions on a country that is self sufficient in natural resources, and whose natural resources the sanctioners can’t live without. There’s a problem in that, and it should have been obvious before walking over the cliff edge. The problem for Poland, of course, is that it still lives next door to Russia, and its master, the US, is far, far away from Poland.
Now that Russia has imposed its new Ruble Regime—and the EU has bent the knee—look at the leverage that Russia has. They don’t have to offer the same exchange rate to everybody who wants to do business with them:
Rules Based Order? The Russians know how to play that game: heads we win, tails you lose—however you say that in Russian. The key is to be a “friendly nation” in the eyes of the Russians:
And for those who inquire of the Russians, how do we get off the “unfriendly nation” list, the Russians will have a ready answer: What’s it worth to you? And the price will vary, according tot he nation. From each according to their ability to pay, to us according to what we think we can gain. Something like that.
Who were the geniuses who thought poking the bear was a good idea? How do we hold them accountable? We the People seem to be living in La La Land. 73% think it’s a good idea to send more weapons to Ukro-Nazis, thereby irritating the Russians even more.
The moment of truth is coming, inexorably.
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Was this part of the plan:
US trade deficit worst on record Russian trade surplus highest on record
Lavrov: "Proxy war is still war." Yeah, I guess that kinda makes sense.
Zerohedge:
Russian state media is reporting that Wednesday's long-range missile attack on foreign supplies targeted an aluminum warehouse which had been converted to a weapons depot.
The day prior Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had warned: "These weapons will be a legitimate target for the Russian Armed Forces" - in a message aimed at both Kiev and its Western backers.
"Warehouses, including in the west of Ukraine, have become such a target more than once. How else could it be? NATO is essentially going to war with Russia through a proxy and arming that proxy. War means war," he stressed.