Scott Ritter has an excellent article at Energy Intelligence today. Like other authors I’ve been quoting or linking, he goes into the history of our mismanagement of relations with Russia since, well, since the USSR dissolved and the Russian Federation came into existence. However, he also draws attention to Putin’s warnings about what the future could bring. Knuckleheads in the DC Establishment toss around “sanctions” as if there’s no possibility of “counter sanctions.” Putin has warned that
Disappointing editorial by Walter Russell Mead. His lack of expertise on the Ukraine surprises me. I used to read him all the time. But I first soured on him when he had an editorial on Taiwan that was also disappointing. His Jacksonian, Hamilton, Wilson, Jefferson model is a great guide for us politics.
Davis hits it. Also, I agree with your suggestion about the geography, Mark. Thanks for all of the info in support of that conclusion.
It seems obvious that the east and west of the Ukraine are culturally and politically different from one another. Which tells me that peace is dependent on them being separated from one another politically. The question remains as to the form of that. If the east is annexed by Russia, what will be the status of the west? It appears the Russians will not be happy until all anti-Russian foreign influences are expunged from it. That means it becomes a Russian client and buffer state controlled politically by Russia. I see no other possibility and now believe the Russians will force that.
And if the Poles and the U.S. keep sending NATO forces into the rump Ukraine? Bad, bad news for all of us. All that said I feel sorry for the Ukrainian people who have hoped in vain to forge common economic and cultural ties with the west and now suffer. They have been mislead for many years. And it wasn't by Putin.
I am not even close to being up to speed on this Ukraine deal. I worry who controls our nuclear football, and I now read that the US has more than a dozen bio weapon labs in Ukraine and seems to be a central money laundering location for our political elites. Confusing information and I don’t know what to believe.
Disappointing editorial by Walter Russell Mead. His lack of expertise on the Ukraine surprises me. I used to read him all the time. But I first soured on him when he had an editorial on Taiwan that was also disappointing. His Jacksonian, Hamilton, Wilson, Jefferson model is a great guide for us politics.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-reset-world-order-putin-ukraine-invasion-kyiv-military-spending-cyber-europe-biden-sanctions-arms-response-11645729800
Davis hits it. Also, I agree with your suggestion about the geography, Mark. Thanks for all of the info in support of that conclusion.
It seems obvious that the east and west of the Ukraine are culturally and politically different from one another. Which tells me that peace is dependent on them being separated from one another politically. The question remains as to the form of that. If the east is annexed by Russia, what will be the status of the west? It appears the Russians will not be happy until all anti-Russian foreign influences are expunged from it. That means it becomes a Russian client and buffer state controlled politically by Russia. I see no other possibility and now believe the Russians will force that.
And if the Poles and the U.S. keep sending NATO forces into the rump Ukraine? Bad, bad news for all of us. All that said I feel sorry for the Ukrainian people who have hoped in vain to forge common economic and cultural ties with the west and now suffer. They have been mislead for many years. And it wasn't by Putin.
Thanks for your analysis, Mark.
I am not even close to being up to speed on this Ukraine deal. I worry who controls our nuclear football, and I now read that the US has more than a dozen bio weapon labs in Ukraine and seems to be a central money laundering location for our political elites. Confusing information and I don’t know what to believe.
https://twitter.com/nasdaqboyz/status/1497276802221416448
This seems to me to be a very bad idea for Poland "going forward", as they say:
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1497276667991138311