Over the last few days I’ve returned to a familiar theme—the difficulty the Anglo-Zionist led West will find in coming to a negotiated end to its war on Russia.
There is a growing, fracturing among what you call the Deep State/Ruling elites, within the West, thus all the divergent commentators and actions (see last days of Biden admin).
You might find Xi’s New Years message interesting in this regard:
In order to fully understand the war in Ukraine, it is first necessary to recognize that the globalist's desire to rape Russian and Ukrainian resources is not based solely on unbridled greed. For decades now, the US/EU governments have spent well beyond their means and ran up huge sovereign debts, in large part as a means of establishing permanent control over their subjects. This bill is coming due and without the Russia rape income stream, they have no hope of avoiding economic collapse. As such, both sides in this conflict are facing an existential crisis.
Both Trump and Putin know this, and also know that continued escalation only leads to WW3, in which everybody loses. The only way out of this dilemma is to find a win-win scenario. This would be doable were it not for the continued power of the Deep State. That is the first battle that Trump must win. If Trump cleans house in DC, that would be a signal to Putin that he intends to negotiate in good faith.
Crooke says "the world is just fed up with Western nihilism. They want to find something that has meaning, they want to find something that has value in life, and to get back to their own values --civilizational values."
I think a man like, say, Pete Buttigieg is absolutely sure that his achievement of marriage and fatherhood represents the apotheosis of Western Enlightenment values. Freedom from unchosen bonds is mirrored by government assistance to achieve any chosen bond your heart desires: Pete is equal to a woman.
Some of us are worried there is no "there, there" for the children, but Pete and his fellows are certain that men will fight to the death for the sanctity of Pete's marriage and fatherhood, so... We do find ourselves in a war of religion, because if a country won't recognize in its laws both Pete's marriage and his fatherhood, the West cannot do business with you, you are beyond the Pale, and That's Not Who We Are!
China slaps dual-use export ban on US corporations
Ten of the sanctioned corporations were added to a list of unreliable entities over Washington’s arms sales to the self-ruled island of Taiwan, the ministry announced in a separate statement. It includes five subsidiaries of Lockheed Martin and three of General Dynamics, as well as Raytheon Missile Systems and a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.
Last week, China placed seven US defense and aerospace firms on its sanctions list in response to continued arms sales to Taiwan. The move came shortly after the US Senate approved a $895 billion defense bill that included numerous measures intended to bolster military support for Taipei.
LOL . . . We should thank China for those sanctions, at least for a short time the MIC won't be able to assemble overpriced, obsolete junk at taxpayer expense, due to "supply chain issues" !!!
Brilliant comment - yes, as Sachs points out time and again, it’s “brain freeze” over finding common sense solutions to problems - or, make war, not trade.
“20 years of instability.”
There is a growing, fracturing among what you call the Deep State/Ruling elites, within the West, thus all the divergent commentators and actions (see last days of Biden admin).
You might find Xi’s New Years message interesting in this regard:
https://youtu.be/pela_adgDXM?si=T3jhoM0LFqhooMPJ
Pay attention to what he says about technology and governance and culture.
In order to fully understand the war in Ukraine, it is first necessary to recognize that the globalist's desire to rape Russian and Ukrainian resources is not based solely on unbridled greed. For decades now, the US/EU governments have spent well beyond their means and ran up huge sovereign debts, in large part as a means of establishing permanent control over their subjects. This bill is coming due and without the Russia rape income stream, they have no hope of avoiding economic collapse. As such, both sides in this conflict are facing an existential crisis.
Both Trump and Putin know this, and also know that continued escalation only leads to WW3, in which everybody loses. The only way out of this dilemma is to find a win-win scenario. This would be doable were it not for the continued power of the Deep State. That is the first battle that Trump must win. If Trump cleans house in DC, that would be a signal to Putin that he intends to negotiate in good faith.
I don’t see the difficulty.
Russia will impose a peace in Ukraine at the tip of a bayonet. The only question is how fast. I don’t see anything the West can do to slow it down.
The more interesting questions is economic. Wither US sanctions?
It could be that some European countries peel off and make their own peace with Russia, to survive.
The link to the Unherd article is missing some letters.
Here's the link: https://unherd.com/2025/01/why-trump-wont-end-the-war-in-ukraine/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
That's very weird. My link is:
https://unherd.com/2025/01/why-trp-wont-end-the-war-in-ukraine/
which I simply copied and pasted. Obviously the problem is with "trp" which should read "trump". This works:
https://unherd.com/2025/01/why-trump-wont-end-the-war-in-ukraine/ No need for the
?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
So what happened to the "um" in trump?
Excellent! thank you.
Crooke says "the world is just fed up with Western nihilism. They want to find something that has meaning, they want to find something that has value in life, and to get back to their own values --civilizational values."
I think a man like, say, Pete Buttigieg is absolutely sure that his achievement of marriage and fatherhood represents the apotheosis of Western Enlightenment values. Freedom from unchosen bonds is mirrored by government assistance to achieve any chosen bond your heart desires: Pete is equal to a woman.
Some of us are worried there is no "there, there" for the children, but Pete and his fellows are certain that men will fight to the death for the sanctity of Pete's marriage and fatherhood, so... We do find ourselves in a war of religion, because if a country won't recognize in its laws both Pete's marriage and his fatherhood, the West cannot do business with you, you are beyond the Pale, and That's Not Who We Are!
Wakeup call:
https://www.rt.com/news/610341-china-dual-use-export-us/
China slaps dual-use export ban on US corporations
Ten of the sanctioned corporations were added to a list of unreliable entities over Washington’s arms sales to the self-ruled island of Taiwan, the ministry announced in a separate statement. It includes five subsidiaries of Lockheed Martin and three of General Dynamics, as well as Raytheon Missile Systems and a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.
Last week, China placed seven US defense and aerospace firms on its sanctions list in response to continued arms sales to Taiwan. The move came shortly after the US Senate approved a $895 billion defense bill that included numerous measures intended to bolster military support for Taipei.
What does the US have that China needs? US Treasuries? US farmland?
What does China make that the US needs? Nearly everything.
LOL . . . We should thank China for those sanctions, at least for a short time the MIC won't be able to assemble overpriced, obsolete junk at taxpayer expense, due to "supply chain issues" !!!
Amusing the blowback to U.S. overuse sanctions by China.
"They want to find meaning. Meaning in history!"
<doffs hat, raises glass>
Well done sir! 😉
Cheers 🍻
LOL!
Additional knowledge, status, and outlook
01/02/25 Ukraine frontline, closing in on the Dnepr w/ Scott from Kalibrated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5RKi8cgEj0
I'll have to check that out. I've been busy writing.
Superb writing shall we add :-)
Brilliant comment - yes, as Sachs points out time and again, it’s “brain freeze” over finding common sense solutions to problems - or, make war, not trade.