I’m sad to admit there is truth to it. Merkel, Ursula, Kamala (the old guard), and the new guard like Sanna Marin, Liz Truss, Baerbock, Kaja Kallas, are still the belligerent idiots. No idea, if this is a sinister plan by men to compromise women on the international arena, or a scam rising to the top
Won't go that far. I was talking about international arenas, rather, but to get there or be propelled, it has to be a very "specific type" of a woman who can be tolerated and not be "threatening" to the men, appointing her. Such women tend to be not really bright and mostly professional schemers.
There were some excellent female bosses I had in the past, and some terrible men boss. Women do tend to micromanage through.
Most of the career women are busy raising kids, so it's always a specific type of an 'unburden' woman (please don't example Ursula with her 7 kid aristocratic brood), but even she took a time off from "whatever."
Like it or not, and very unfortunately, husbands are often threatened by their wife's successes, even if they don't mind the financial proceeds of such successes.
You sound very young to know better, or see past the "sex power" :-).
Elections? But will the four annexed Oblast (and Crimea?) be included? If Ukraine understands that these areas are part of the Ukrainian State, they have to give this people an opportunity to vote - will the Russians accept this? And what is the voting status of the people that left the country, a lot to the EU, a lot to Russia, some to the US or Canada? Will an election create a situation like in Moldova? (Remember the Diaspora in the East was de facto barred from voting)
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I'm not quite sure what Trump needed Kellogg to do as "Special envoy to Ukraine and Russia." The Russians don't want to talk to him, but of course Zelensky will talk to anybody.
Now it looks like Kellogg's real job is to talk to the EU people, so they feel they were heard, and I guess pat them on the head so they feel they were included in some way.
I don’t know why anyone would believe General Rice Krispies (or Colonel Sanders, for that matter) on anything that relates to foreign policy.. I appreciate your deep dive but the litmus test of believability for me when it comes to foreign policy is: did an American politician say it? If so, it’s a lie. Remember Powell and his photo op at the UN ahead of the Iraq invasion? The mendacity of this class of humans is ingrained. It’s just how they’re made.
Reading your great analysis and opinion a few days late. It appears DJT used Cornflake as an unwitting doltish foil while the Big Boys launched their plans. Everybody got something except for the Globalists, the EU/NATO globalist collective, Starmer, and the Banderan Kapo Zelenski.
They don't know the meaning of "conflict of interest." DOGE should audit every government official who trotted to Kyiv since Feb 2022. 101 of any government job/contract that "there must be no any impropriety or even what might have been perceived as impropriety," but I guess it's just for us, mortals.
Putin's dithering (I agree with Paul Craig Roberts) has led to this. Putin does not scaring anyone. So Trump is going to push and kill Russian civilians and become a terrorist. Trump OWNs the Gazan Genocide, and now he owns the Ukraine war. Fuck Trump and Musk. Now they will never be able to get rid of the deep state. He lost the independents who determine elections. Putin is going to have to scare people. Taking out the Slavic working class of the Ukraine isn't going to help. Putin wants a sanitary, legal special military operation which is not quite war, highly negotiated, which isn't possible with the non-agreement capable west. The way of war is Netanyahu's way - you take out the top actors and take out all the NATO contractors and go after the money. It is all in the computers.
There is so much military technology overhang any escalation could make things worse, and it is not all military. Trump is opposed to BRICS. That will be the deal. How is India going to react when Trump gives them the choice of access to US markets or Chinese. Simplicius pointed out problems in the Baltics. There could be problems with Moldova. St. Petersburg was hit by drones from Latvia? There is a lot more sabotage of the Trans Siberian Railroad than we are hearing. It has kind of boiled down to trench warfare ruled by drones and heavy glide bombs. They have hit Russia's ammo depots and oil depots with drones pretty much at will, as Russ has hit theirs, but their cars and airplanes are flying around like it is Boston. It's a very contrived war.
In every war it is the working class that fights the wars and dies for the rich.
Just "Putins dithering" is as wrong as anything that is fixed on that name.
the RF is a presidential democracy, so Putin is not alone as an absolute monarch - I really get tired of that Putin-nonsense.
I am happy that the Duma, the general staff plus other parts of the Russian government consider the impact of their actions in a broader scale than just playing the zero sum game of the retarded cold warriors of the west.
This childish "who is not with us is against us" stops usually after kinder-garden when kids go to high school. Just in the west it's all on that idiotic infantile scale and the majority of the western populations is buying that primitive crap unfortunately.
It's not like Trump hid his position on the Palestinians and genocide. His son-in-law has been talking about building luxury condos in Gaza for the past two years. Any independent who voted for him knew exactly what they were voting for. Unlike Biden in 2020 or Harris last year, neither of whom ever made their foreign policy preferences clear during their campaigns except for supporting Ukraine and breaking up Russia.
How else could Russia fight this conflict? It's difficult to understand as there has not been a major war in over 70 years to relate. So in reality living in a world that has only known intense policing operations that turn into military debacles or failures It's difficult to actually see military success even if it's obvious and clear.
Kellogg is brazen in his lies. "The Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin, has always resented the American victory in the Cold War, and has spoken openly of his desire to reverse it."
Putin has never said that. He wanted to join NATO in the early 2000s. He was annoying other top politicians who thought he was naive.
Which reminds me of Iraq, where the generals were frustrated by Hussein's hope that America would "take him back" as he had always been their loyal ally, even invading Iran (and devastating its western cities and ancient sites) with U.S. money and weapons.
gah... the geopolitics is so messed up that i have to see saw when commenting.
NATO is not inherently evil.
The idea was to keep Russia out of a war razed Europe. If that wasnt established the whole europe would likely have been "great russia" since neither country had fully functioning military after the WW2 but the Russians had insane numbers and production capacity.
There was no idea to keep the Germans down... the idea was to show Germans that you can have a prosperous country without war and subjugation but through trade.
The USA did allow European countries (including Germany) to prioritise civilian investments instead of spending vast amounts on military
If everyone started arming themselves (without some external policeing) there would likely have been some warlords wishing to grab something while everyone was down
The idea behind naTO indeed was to substitute trade (with American functioning economy) to both be a guide and safety net.
Ie Trump is right that the military expense was/is a burden ...but the trade with USA was supposed to make it beneficial for both sides (one side gets to grow peacefully, the other side has a nice trading partner) ...win win
Hovever...idiots that prefer dick measuring are always greedy and want MOREMOREMORE....for MMEMEMEME
And thus somewhere the idea arose that EVERYONE(excluding "enemies") should be NATO so that NATO dick remains the largest in the world
This line of thought arbitrarily selects friends and everyone else is THE horrendous other = enemy
It is my opinion that it is essentially the isolationist rightwing way of thought that always draws very sharp lines to segregate the ingroup vs outgroup and is always afraid of the other and thus actively hostile "to the other" to keep them down
its not enough im on top.... i MUST BE untouchably forever on top. Ie its not enough that Trump is president...he needs to be EMPEROR (above law)
The same guys took over the NATO and instead of seeing the live-and let live policy of fostering trade, they kept on focusing on the fear aspect (omg the OTHERS are getting stronger...quickly we should bring them down a notch)
This starts a vicious cycle where "the others" cannot be passive since their "other side" actively works to degrade them...so they need to get stronger unless they wish to remain at the mercy of whimsical decisions.... like we take your land and make casinos or rename your country "red white and blue"
The cycle is vicious since apparently EU will need to invest in more military (no police...and/or police is actively turning corrupt/lawless - Greenland)
So instead of aiming to world peace we are quickly aiming for "everyone grab the biggest stick or you will get pwned) where everyone is armed and distrustfull of everyones. And the more authoritarian government you have the better will you be able to force your citizens to die for your country for lords sake?
Fuck this outcome and give me back the peaceful world which is not governed by might but by compassion ie "What would Jesus do" instead of "4 riders of the apocalypse" future
Anyway.... trade builds trust. Dick measuring builds animosity.
I just hope that the next period of "common sense" will not require another WW first to get us back to the stone age first to see the good in our neighbors instead of seeing everyone as an adversary.
Fingers crossed but not optimistic
And the video regarding the left/right entrenchment might bring some people out of cheering for deleterious policies
The problem with your analysis is that post-war Soviets were not in any position to manage all of Europe as Hitler's Germany had damaged the Soviet Union and killed too many of its citizens. It was obligated to govern the former Nazi-occupied regions (with their own Nazi problems) and to restore their economies; going further into Europe would have been 'a bridge too far'. Plus, I doubt there was the political will to do so.
"It is often said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded in response to the threat posed by the Soviet Union. This is only partially true. In fact, the Alliance’s creation was part of a broader effort to serve three purposes: deterring Soviet expansionism, forbidding the revival of nationalist militarism in Europe through a strong North American presence on the continent, and encouraging European political integration.
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In addition, Communists aided by the Soviet Union were threatening elected governments across Europe. In February 1948, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, with covert backing from the Soviet Union, overthrew the democratically elected government in that country. Then, in reaction to the democratic consolidation of West Germany, the Soviets blockaded Allied-controlled West Berlin in a bid to consolidate their hold on the German capital"
it is possible the Nato website has only propaganda but i feel that some respectable historian would have called them out at some point.
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possibly you misunderstood me in part... i did not claim that Russian military would simply keep going till it occupied the whole Europe in one go. That would likely be impossible. But it would be fully possible that without some checks and balances, someone would use the situation to grab pieces here and there.
It is quite likely that given a few years soviet army could roll over a country.. and few years later another...etc
The political will to expand the influence is seen in the Chehoslovakia coup and just ask the Czech people what they feel about russians if you dont believe me.
and then come back and with a straight face tell me you dont envisage an alternate timeline where (without German, US and China) military each individual EU state had any chance of standing on its own against russia capabilities in a 1v1 fight?
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simply by looking at individual country CAPACITY, it was easy to see that the best way to avoid fighting is to make the playing field even so that neither side has any reason to try.....
as i sad above... the conclusions of people then based on data then available is very plausible and i clearly see their intentions as valid.
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It never is a certainty... but possibilities. And this solution changed the odds to make war less likely without any fighting required to do so for many years.
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recent history unfortunately went down another path with intent to make war more possible (as seen on TV) but this doesnt diminish the original success or (noble - less war) ideals of the NATO.
I believe there is considerable historical confusion, ideologically based about the USSR and communism. You say the Communists overthrew the elected government in Czechoslovakia. Are you really sure that it was fairly elected? The US anti-communist forces were in full swing affecting election outcomes all over Europe—Operation Gladio. And which Czechs would you ask about communism, the bourgeoisie or members of the working class? The USSR had goals: national security, national development, and international communism. The first two precluded expansionism and the last was a matter of local concern.
It is possible i might be confused by propaganda..but as i sad i lived in Czech republic and the czech people i met were very skeptical about russia and communists since they felt the repression strongly. If you consider students intelectuals and university professors burguise ..then yes their opinions might have been biased as well but as you can read from the czech sources it was a significan portion that ended up disliking russia and communists so there must be some thruth there (ie cant scam everyone at once)
Plus there were literal russian tanks on czech streets at some point which no amount of propaganda can gloss over adding up to the animosity
Your last point is completely off unfortunately. You say that national security is precluding expansion which is in stark contrast to observable reality.
You yourself claim that there was a anti communist plot to establish western leaning governments (ie in czech republic) which was prevented by russians
I agree this is plausible but this is agan the spheres of influence theory which required russia to address their national security by expanding influence to neighbours countering your claim
In more recent history i completelt agree that it was russian national security interest to bring down nato radars in georgia...but they had to expand (annex critical georgia lands).
Its literraly the same in Crimea
Everything USA fucked up around the world was due to "national security" as well
Thus the idea that national security is limited by the current border and precludes expansion is blatantly false as seen throughout history and on TV)
It is quite likely nato people understood this drive / need for expanding spheres of influence which led to the need for the cold war mentality. Both needed to grow to defend their national interests and preventing expansion was also a national interest (which is also listed rightly as russian cassus belli now since nato intentionally encroached)
Possibly.... but it was not intended as keeping all Germans indiscriminately down... it was intended to keep Nazis down. Not every German was a Nazi and not every Nazi is German. Thus it is a big distinction and simplification to state "Keep Germans Down" is misleading and erroneous since Germany is the largest economy in EU
I actually quoted the nato website above where they say it as it should be said "forbidding the revival of nationalist militarism in Europe"
If only they kept a better watch on the other side of the pond.... but alas... sorry the EU will likely not be able to return the favor USA did for Europe if shit hits the fan all the way
Wars, pandemics, deliberate destruction of economies, human trafficking, etc... hugely profitable for some interest groups who will do all they can to keep it going. Nothing new under the Sun (Moon).
It is not going to happen. Simp has been predicting escalation for over year. Remember him saying that the French and English will soon join the fighting? He is creating unnecessary drama for money.
That proves it. You are simply wrong. The French and English have actually been joining the dying, not the fighting. Every time the FUKs land a few wannabe SS mercs they get a large, high velocity, gift on their heads. I guess you need a new ruler to measure 'escalation' and right now there is a closing down sale on at your local US A.I.D. office. Rulers and condoms are piled high on the trestle tables.
>Enemy saboteurs probably worked in Ust-Luga. The recent explosion in the engine room of the Koala tanker (164,500 tons), according to sources of Ambrey Analytics (a company in the field of marine risk management), was associated with the installation of underwater mines on the outer part of the hull. Three explosions resulted in three holes: one 100 cm by 80 cm, and two large 4 by 2 meters.
You are missing the whole story -- there were reports about Russian coastal guard searching for USVs at the same time.
Of course, the Kremlin is keeping it hushed because there is no way to spin it as "Ukrainian" USV when it is happening in Ust-Luga -- the distance is literally 10,000 km from Odessa to Ust-Luga for an USV to travel. The many UAVs that flew to the Leningrad region, and even beyond (Murmansk, Cherepovets, etc.) get passed as "Ukrainian" because people can be easily fooled without knowing the actual specs; the actual specs in this case making it impossible for anything the Ukrainians have to fly to Murmansk, meaning that it was clearly launched from Finland. But it wasn't just Murmansk -- the drones that hit St. Petersburg typically come from the gulf of Finland, not from the south, the drones that destroyed the IL-76s planes in Pskov were reported to have flown over the lake from Estonia/Latvia, etc. etc.
In their finest cucktastic fashion, the Kremlin has firmly stuck to pretending none of this ever happened. And is apparently still finding new ways to deny that it is under attack.
But here is the thing -- if the traitors in Moscow are fully committed to never attacking NATO, that opens the door for NATO to attack them. Just perhaps not in a huge large-scale attack, but with mosquito tactics. Which over time will be very effective at draining the country of treasure and resources.
Both the problem and the solution were put in Putin's face by Karaganov a few months ago -- his metaphor was that if you have a pack of hyenas nibbling at your feet and legs, you can try hitting them with a stick all you want, eventually you will bleed to the point where you are too exhausted to fight back and they will eat you alive; the solution is to shoot a couple, and then the rest will quickly go away.
The question then is do you have a gun to shoot them with (yes in Russia's case) and why are you not using it if you do (which is the big question)?
Unlike too many critics, obviously some brains who also have more real information and on top of that personal experiences, look to avoid a full war. How long that can last, whether it can be avoided, we shall see. A common thing when emotions speak is to ignore the consequences. Let us hope that patience and eventual deal making will avoid a real confrontation that would also include nuclear weapons as well the plethora of other systems that exist and are partially used, but a cumulative usage of everything that is available at the same time would indeed be catastrophic. Real leaders take that into account.
There are two fundamental asymmetries at work here, one in Russia's favor, the other against. The problem is that the one in Russia's favor it refuses to exploit because the other one working against it is kneecapping any serious defense of Russia's national interests.
The asymmetry in Russia's favor is that ultimately everything in Europe is disposable assets for the US. Nobody will sacrifice Boston for Poznan as Karaganov likes to say. Article 5 is a bluff when it comes to Russian nukes. So Russia has the freedom to create the buffer zone needed for its security by simply emptying out the necessary space between itself and the Atlantic of those who have caused the Russian people so much suffering in the past and are now dreaming of delivering the final blow. The US will most likely not do anything in response, and if they do, they were going to strike first anyway, so nothing would have been lost by trying to pre-empt it, at least it won't be from point-blank range.
The asymmetry that works catastrophically against Russia is that Russian elites are out for themselves and have very little interest in defending the country. They already broke it up once and gave up half its population and a third of its territory, just so that they could loot it without the restraints imposed by the communist system, why do we expect those people to have suddenly change and turned into the next coming of comrade Stalin? The only way to make sense of the puzzling way the SMO/not-war has been conducted is through that prism.
What Putin (thinks he) wants ≠ Russia’s vital interests.
The absolute minimum condition for a win in this war is the permanent erasure of Ukrainian statehood (and later on Ukrainian identity too), and even then it will have been a strategic defeat if everything else stays the same in Europe.
The current situation is an absolutely catastrophic defeat.
Moscow owned all of Ukraine in 1991, where does the current line of contact run?
And most of Ukraine was Rusian in mentality in 1991 too, what will it be if the new border passes along the current line of contact with no denazification?
Nothing will stay the same in Europe, it's already not the same - I live here so I might be able to tell ;-)
The cracks in Europe are widening and it is no coincidence that some here and abroad even begin to avoid calling it Europe but West Asia.
What do you thing a Dane has in common with a Portugese and all in between, except being used by an international operating capital class?
Our cultures, mentalities and even climate are far more diverse in Europe than especially US people can imagine.
The ilk of the 'old permanent' "Elites" are starting to scratch their heads and desperately searching for an understanding of the situation they brought on itself.
v/d/Leyen, Rutte, Macron, Scholz/Merz are so irrelevant already, it's a pleasure to watch them falling in their own trap and as the traitor Gorbatschov said: who is late to reality will be punished by life itself
Don't forget that the real goal is the reduction of humans by 7.8 billion souls. As soon as possible. The means to achieve that are there. A madman hundred years ago could destroy a lot. A madman today can destroy the planet. And with "madman" I like to refer to Dr. Strangelove types that are so brainwashed that they are unable to figure out that they will also off themselves.
You follow English-language alternative media scam who have long stopped bothering actually looking into what is happening on the ground and live in their own detached from reality self-referrential bubble in which the multidimensional chess and judo master is toying with the pink-haired diversity hires in Western capitals.
Stop with your lies. Russia is getting more than that. In Ukraine, putin has annexed $12.4 trillion in natural resources and annexed 6 million people. Also taking 30% of Ukraines agricultural land, 20% of its territory, and 75% of its coastline. Plus Have you heard, Syrian president is negotiating with Russia so they can keep their bases. P
it is not a question of survival, it is a question of revenge.
If it ever becomes question of survival, if Russia is to be attacked from Baltics, Finland, Sweden, Poland, Romania, these countries will disappear in nuclear mushrooms.
Revenge will come at a different time, however. Revenge, not nukes.
Acting now is exactly what MI6 would like to provoke.
Why?
It supports theory that Putin is a madman who plans to recreate Soviet Empire. Theory that is being pushed by British intelligence services and British media. If that theory were true, it would be essential for US to continue supporting Ukraine as long as it takes.
Current US administration has accepted the rational, realist theory advocated in the West by Mearsheimer, Sachs, McGregor...that the cause of the war is NATO expansion.
You sound like a Russian nationalist but all your suggestions are exactly what MI 6 would like Russia to do. .
He is obviously a plant. Trying to ramp up things. But anyway Russia is getting a lot out of this already. Eu looks completely cucked. Daddy America is finally home so EU has to listen
>Current US administration has accepted the rational, realist theory advocated in the West by Mearsheimer, Sachs, McGregor...that the cause of the war is NATO expansion.
And?
The absolute minimal winning condition for Russia is Ukraine disappearing completely.
Is the current US administration going to just hand it all off? Of course not.
And even that does nothing to restore the lost deterrence and standing or to address the problem of US nukes in Europe.
So what is there even to talk about? Yet Putin will be soon signing Minsk-3.
I don't care what the MI-6 would like Russia to do, I care about what must be done, which is to protect the country by physically eliminating the threats that are attacking it daily. Putin is refusing to do that, thus he as to go and be replaced by someone who will do it.
It drives me a little bananas. After Putin though, would Mishustin be any better?
I am starting to think that Russia really is terrified of nuke war or never being able to integrate with eu or something, so it will endure getting killed by a thousand cuts I guess. I hate how the west's response of, 'if you respond Russia we will blow up the world' has utterly frozen Russia from escalating and is leading to some major pressure builds.
Sadly, this strategy seems to work and is being applied to Israel, don't stop us from killing our neighbors or we will destroy you, if you respond strong we nuke you way of war.
Seeing how well this power stroke works for the west, Russia should have told Ukraine to surrender in 24hrs or we nuke - maybe not a shot would have been fired in Feb 22. If they would have said no, then just a couple shots would have been fired, but no loss of Russian life. For anyone saying nukes are bad - well we are already past 1m Ukraine dead and counting.
I think everyone should be terrified of nuke war. Russia has also reminded the west that they do have nuclear weapons.
Maybe not a shot would have been fired in Feb 22 - Or we'd all be dead by now. Tough choice. Russia did want to put on a show of force to get Kyiv to the negotiating table and it almost worked in Apr 2022.
>Seeing how well this power stroke works for the west, Russia should have told Ukraine to surrender in 24hrs or we nuke - maybe not a shot would have been fired in Feb 22.
The proper move for the last 30 months has been to give Poland and Romania the following ultimatum:
1) Seal the borders with Ukraine and let Russian observers be present 24/7 at all entry points to make sure there is no smuggling of heavy weapons
2) You have 24 hours to agree on that and a week to set it up
3) If you do not agree, you will be wiped out fully.
The scale of the death toll and destruction has long exceeded the commonly assumed thresholds for nuclear use, especially against non-nuclear countries.
Why hasn't that been done? Well, you ask the following:
>I am starting to think that Russia really is terrified of nuke war or never being able to integrate with eu or something, so it will endure getting killed by a thousand cuts I guess.
It's not so much about integration with EU as it is about internal Russian politics. Remember the old principle that internal politics drives foreign policy. Usually we apply that to the US, but it is true just as much for Russia.
Russia is in the enviable position of having the biophysical capability to be self-sufficient. It can feed itself, it has all raw materials it needs, and it has the scientific potential to be technologically independent. And is the only such country right now.
China only has the latter, but cannot feed itself.
The US at current consumption levels is not self-sufficient. It can be if you scale consumption down, but that would implode the whole system. It also can be if it annexes Canada, for another few decades at least, which is why that is being put on the table now.
The only other biophysically self-sufficient country is Brazil. But not technologically.
In principle Russia can nuke the EU, set up a depopulated and demilitarized buffer of 1,000-1,500 km from the border, then become a total pariah state for the whole world, and not care at all. So what is stopping it?
The problem is in part that Russian elites desperately want to be a part of the West and they love to spend their money there (where are their kids and main residencies?).
But the bigger problem is that for full Russian autarky to work, the country would have to go back to some form of communism. It just doesn't work otherwise.
And that means the current elite giving up their wealth and power. Not acceptable.
A milder form of that requirement is also the reason why Putin refuses to mobilize more than the current level of industry going towards weapon production and the measly manpower pool that is at the front lines and is barely sufficient to keep the Ukronazi hordes from breaking deep into Russia, but very far from what is needed to win. Again, if you work out the details, you quickly see that seriously trying to win undermines the current socioeconomic model inside Russia, even though it is fully doable with some substantial corrections to it.
Simply put, winning is not in the interests of much of the Russian elites, so they are right now prostrate in front of Trump begging to be allowed to surrender without giving up too much concessions to the Western oligarchy relative to how things used to be
General Moron, what a shame the Russian General Staff aren't plugged in to your valuable nation saving insights.
I do realise it's a long way from Moscow to your trailer park but what about a sat phone? You can take their calls with the hand that's not holding your meth pipe.
Answer the question why was there an expanding of NATO east in the first place?
This (capitalist) system needs expansion, that's why war is build into it to prevent it from collapsing under it's own contradictions.
It's all written down, thought about and the proof of it is countless.
To narrow the approach of the matter like you do is helping no one.
It's not the 'incapable' Putin or the oligarchs in Russia that don't dare to stand up against the combined old western powers.
To me it's Humanity, preserving of Russian and probably even Baltic, Polish and Rumanian life and Russia being part of the new international world order that Russia is fighting for. Even Ukrainian Soldiers are treated well when captured or switch sides.
You keep on working out the details but Russia and China will go on collecting friendly nations to work with in peace and on a win win balance and change the world in the meanwhile.
Will they last the distance Frank, one surely hopes so and can withstand the oncoming escalations of terrorism etc. A long war has never been a good war but that seems part of your point.
On more than one occasion US officials/generals have stated they will use nukes against Crimea if Russia uses a tactical nuke. That is stupid, childish and immature - but it works and it has Russia backed into a corner.
Why should Russia's use of a weapon on Ukraine cause a nuke response from a country that it is not allied with? The fact that the west responds with such tough talk is even more reason to call their bluff and use one to end this conflict and force those western politicians to explain why the world should be traded for a can't find on the map Ukrainian city? Humanity has detonated more than 1500 nukes above ground in the past 80yrs so what's one more.
I keep hearing 'existential threat' from both sides but neither acts like it is.
Population of the countries involved in the Baltic Sea conflict:
• Russia: 146 million
• Sweden: 10.5 million
• Finland: 5.5 million
• Estonia: 1.3 million
• Lithuania: 2.8 million
• Latvia: 1.9 million
Well, good luck pressuring Russia. If things continue to escalate, Russia will group vessels into convoys with military escorts along the entire route through the Baltic Sea.
I may have to put my Canadian spouse of Latvian descent under quarantine as a precautionary Latvia/Russia war measure if I get the courage to enforce my idea. lol
And these Russians are third class citizens. Sooner or later the Russian government will face internal pressure to help the Russians in the Baltic States, because there are family ties all over the place. And then is the moment where SHTF.
Just what the Russ Fed needs right now another use for it serviceman and navy vessels and more logistical organisation of it shadow fleet, the straw that broke the camels back is a thing of consequence. Provocative provocations abound and all take its toll.
Probably easier to just seize as many EU/UK flagged or owned vessels anywhere on the seas.
I can see Finland joining BRICS and the Belt and Road rather than regaining it's status as a Grand Duchy, an immigrant revolt in Sweden and the Baltic "Tigers", well, no one in the rest of NATO is going to care what happens to the "Tigers".
it might be bound to fail, but it is also the only way to remain
i feel that it should be self evident that the bigger you are, the more relevant you are in the current world.
Noone considers Japan a powerhouse anymore. But a less developed China is a tier 1 player.
In the same way each individual EU country is meaningless on the large scale of things (barring maybe Germany/France). But together they have a vastly bigger weight
How to get thick headed people that there is safety in numbers for THEIR benefit is a difficult battle unfortunately. Maybe people from Denmark/Greenland now get some firsthand experience. Or Scandinavians which would also like to know someone has their back.... maybe even Spain? So maybe they would still like to support the less developed regions via investments to the south since they are buying stability and bargaining power in this way?
its always ironic that the right wing likes to be in a crowd (nation/religion).... but abhors a bigger crowd despite knowing full well their small nation is not enough to ensure their safety (for most nations). They NEED to be right despite actively going against their personal interests? Maybe like sheep going off the cliff together because herd mentality? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4665511.stm
so why ask/hope for the dissolution of EU? Unless you are living elsewhere and aim to reduce competition on the world stage?
"so why ask/hope for the dissolution of EU? Unless you are living elsewhere and aim to reduce competition on the world stage?"
I am going to live in a BRICS country soon for sure.
In the case of the EU it has nothing to do with competition on the world stage, that's only their selling point to us.
The EU is target simply nothing more than to centralize political power and prevent European people to change that in any way.
The few relevant economic players are international organized conglomerates of diverse origin.
As we have seen over the last 40 years, the EU has become the tool to strip the members of their sovereignty and suck the wealth out of the member nations towards a self declared 'ELITE' and serving as a ram against Russia.
So I won't shed no tears as the EU is collapsing on their own contradictions since it was a dishonest creation to begin with - the people have not been ask at any point, it was always a show of the 'Elites' for the 'Elites'.
ok... so im biased as i live in the EU... and feel its benefits
since i feel myself liberal im not bothered with national sovereignty (i dont feel the need to belong to a crowd for the sake of belonging). We all gave away a lot of that when we mostly all worldwide switched to english and watch US made movies/TV/games/books etc for fun as well as using Windows/MAC for work... literally if my language dissapeared (and was replaced by english) i wouldnt notice at work or at home
The only thing my country wants from me is taxes... (im OK with that) and to serve in military (which i wont do whatever they say).
What i want from my country is fair laws and a place to exist in peace and safety. .. flag waving usually doesnt help with those.
On the contrary... the more people wave flags the more locally elected elites feel it is their right to benefit of the locals (ie trump saying he is above law since xy people voted for him).
While not exclusive, i see corruption more apparent in the rightwing parties in my country since they usually justify their fingers being everywhere as their "right" on national/religious or party grounds...and rarely on their own merit. And often they make inefficient decisions if it will increase THEIR voter count, essentially buying votes with MY tax money when in charge.
however i do agree that the so called "elites" on both sides of the left -right spectrum exploited the gullible to increase their personal wellbeing sometimes against the interests of their constituents.
How to address this without another French revolution will be an interesting challenge for these times. Unless authoritarianism makes it impossible to repeat what the French did and we end up both subjugated AND exploited
re being asked about joining... its a false statement since at least in my country a nationwide referendum was held... and as seen from Brexit, countries are mostly free to leave.
But of course they would be disstimulated since it adversely affects the whole which is only relevant if big
feel free to list some particular rules you find problematic so we can either find common ground or at least better understand your perspective as a "teacher in europe"
"WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans released a budget plan Wednesday that sets the stage for advancing many of President Donald Trump’s top domestic priorities, providing for up to $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $4 trillion increase in the debt limit so the U.S. can continue financing its bills."
as i said.... corrupt leaders buying the votes with the countries taxes (other peoples money) and the bought oligarchs donate to the private coffers to pay the service back. But flag waving!!!
I wonder which country you live in when your referendum was honored.
I know that the dutch voted against and then their parliament simply decided otherwise.
In Germany they had not even a referendum, it was simply voted through by the Bundestag.
The Irish had to vote until...
You know, liberal is a saying all and nothing label since it declines the economic laws of capitalism & realities and neglect the fact that society exist and people have certain rights that they should not need to fight for against one another every day.
For the rest I am convinced that you need a national state to maintain law, social standards and the freedom to chose your right to change your politics and implement those changes if your people agree to it.
The most appalling about the EU is to me that our politicians voted there for the most idiotic or even outright harming things for their constituency and then came home and declared in front of parliament that they cant do nothing about it since the EU decided that way.
The EU bureaucracy is corrupt beyond imagination and the shameless enrichment and disdain for the common people at the top is outright criminal.
The more borders the more chance of war, Europe has had its fair share of war already. The EU, EEC was stolen by vdl types and OTAN. Ask the Poles if they liked Schengen.The Poms loved the great Polish tradesmen. Swings and roundabouts.
Lack of sovereignty is sure an issue with vdl types.
I lived a couple of years in Europe before the EU was formed, so I know that even tiny European countries are divided by language/culture/history (by climate is a surprise to me. An example, please?), and often can't stand each other, but can be united in their intolerance to foreigners:-) The concept of the EU seemed like a good idea re.: jobs/customs/markets, but how they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions:-) The EU definitely outlived its "purpose" by now, as any giant centralized structures, and on top it succumbed to despotism.
as far as i know the newsletter is free..... so your claim is bogus as is your account with the sole purpose of cancelling other thought (seems like a counterops?).
unless Simplicius is a share owner somewhere undisclosed or paid indirectly...which you cant know either.... Maybe Musk digs something up and posts it on Twitter?
One party state is wrong...for mostly the same reason as is "one-mind-media" and/or closing oneself in echo chambers (ie North Korea, or Fox news)
Therefore one should always look to see a wider picture or at least a picture from the other side and for that, Simplicius newsletter is priceless..
In either case at least Simplicius shares a wide array of sources from a different perspective and this is the reason i keep coming back. Despite not agreeing with everything written...it always raises some questions and or begs to be considered...
I like your comment but what do you know about North Korea?
Could you enlighten us or is it simply repeating the Wests talking points around that country?
I am stunned how many people always seem to know something about a place they have no connection to or never been there or have not lived there for a single day at all.
Why I am so allergic to that kind of statements?
Because I grew up in the GDR and reading about my country and how people know for sure how terrible it was, is simply shocking and meets no reality whatsoever.
so it can be propaganda and that the actual life is not that bad for the common people.
However, i dont feel like they are allowed to travel much. and i love traveling (been to South Korea, Syria, Egypt, South Africa, Mexico, USA, UK, Germany, Itay, Switzerland, Sweden, France....etc...) lived in Czech republic for several years
if someone asked me how was life in Syria in 2006 i would have said great... but then the "globalists" did the coup as in many other countries and now its a hellhole. As if someone wanted to make money from peoples suffering?
But i understand your position on not generalizing.
However, since NK is so closed i cannot either confirm or deny the quality of life under hereditary supreme beloved leader but i can make an opinion that this closed authoritarian type of government wouldnt suit ME. Hence i accept the "propaganda" in general despite knowing it doesnt show the average.
Excellent. Very informative rundown. The Empire is reverting to form: terror and subversion-- its preferred instruments of disruption and control. Standard Operating Procedure. Expect more vicious events against Russia and all its enemies in the future as its power diminishes. The Empire will not go gentle into that good night.
Jewish elite hatred of Russia goes back centuries to when Russia destroyed their Khazar kingdom and drove them from their homeland. Having taken control of the West over the past five centuries or so, they are also responsible for much of the Western russophobia infection of Western elite. They do not forget. They do not forgive. They never lose resolve. Nothing will assuage their lust for revenge until the last Russian is dead.
It is written in English language, presumably to provide receipts to USAID for release of the sponsorship funds, and not for the local Lithuanian-speaking or Russian-speaking population.
You make my day! The Baltic ‘tigers’!
I’m sad to admit there is truth to it. Merkel, Ursula, Kamala (the old guard), and the new guard like Sanna Marin, Liz Truss, Baerbock, Kaja Kallas, are still the belligerent idiots. No idea, if this is a sinister plan by men to compromise women on the international arena, or a scam rising to the top
Won't go that far. I was talking about international arenas, rather, but to get there or be propelled, it has to be a very "specific type" of a woman who can be tolerated and not be "threatening" to the men, appointing her. Such women tend to be not really bright and mostly professional schemers.
There were some excellent female bosses I had in the past, and some terrible men boss. Women do tend to micromanage through.
Most of the career women are busy raising kids, so it's always a specific type of an 'unburden' woman (please don't example Ursula with her 7 kid aristocratic brood), but even she took a time off from "whatever."
Like it or not, and very unfortunately, husbands are often threatened by their wife's successes, even if they don't mind the financial proceeds of such successes.
You sound very young to know better, or see past the "sex power" :-).
"...hurls BRICS at them."
Nice play on words.
I can agree with that, no word spanish said here, all true and often proven
Law is irrelevant. The only question is whether orders given in Zelenskii's name are obeyed.
Elections? But will the four annexed Oblast (and Crimea?) be included? If Ukraine understands that these areas are part of the Ukrainian State, they have to give this people an opportunity to vote - will the Russians accept this? And what is the voting status of the people that left the country, a lot to the EU, a lot to Russia, some to the US or Canada? Will an election create a situation like in Moldova? (Remember the Diaspora in the East was de facto barred from voting)
Love the reworked 1812 idea
What are you talking about
Wow such silliness
Stop spamming. Formulate your thoughts into coherent sentences rather than breaking them up into dozens of spam-posts. Your brand new account was registered today and is already posting questionable things so Skynet is already watching you for infractions
Thanks!
Thank you. Comments were turned off on one of my favorite Stacks, due to spam and such. 💙🇷🇺❤️ A disappointment, yet necessary. I do come here to support your work, and to learn from the bright bulbs❤️🐈⬛
If you remove Simp Wrong, could you also delete dhdh? Thanks!
Why ?
Why? Are you butthurt Dhdh isn't afraid to mention the enemy of all humanity?
Down vote button please... Chip
I'm not quite sure what Trump needed Kellogg to do as "Special envoy to Ukraine and Russia." The Russians don't want to talk to him, but of course Zelensky will talk to anybody.
Now it looks like Kellogg's real job is to talk to the EU people, so they feel they were heard, and I guess pat them on the head so they feel they were included in some way.
Just not cannibinoid gummies. He might forget them in his carry-on and be arrested at Sheremetyovo Airport in Moscow, like Mark Foley.
I don’t know why anyone would believe General Rice Krispies (or Colonel Sanders, for that matter) on anything that relates to foreign policy.. I appreciate your deep dive but the litmus test of believability for me when it comes to foreign policy is: did an American politician say it? If so, it’s a lie. Remember Powell and his photo op at the UN ahead of the Iraq invasion? The mendacity of this class of humans is ingrained. It’s just how they’re made.
Reading your great analysis and opinion a few days late. It appears DJT used Cornflake as an unwitting doltish foil while the Big Boys launched their plans. Everybody got something except for the Globalists, the EU/NATO globalist collective, Starmer, and the Banderan Kapo Zelenski.
They don't know the meaning of "conflict of interest." DOGE should audit every government official who trotted to Kyiv since Feb 2022. 101 of any government job/contract that "there must be no any impropriety or even what might have been perceived as impropriety," but I guess it's just for us, mortals.
Putin's dithering (I agree with Paul Craig Roberts) has led to this. Putin does not scaring anyone. So Trump is going to push and kill Russian civilians and become a terrorist. Trump OWNs the Gazan Genocide, and now he owns the Ukraine war. Fuck Trump and Musk. Now they will never be able to get rid of the deep state. He lost the independents who determine elections. Putin is going to have to scare people. Taking out the Slavic working class of the Ukraine isn't going to help. Putin wants a sanitary, legal special military operation which is not quite war, highly negotiated, which isn't possible with the non-agreement capable west. The way of war is Netanyahu's way - you take out the top actors and take out all the NATO contractors and go after the money. It is all in the computers.
Russia is winning ,Putin does not have to scare anyone.
Trump will make a deal, Russia will get what it wants and EU can STFU>
There is so much military technology overhang any escalation could make things worse, and it is not all military. Trump is opposed to BRICS. That will be the deal. How is India going to react when Trump gives them the choice of access to US markets or Chinese. Simplicius pointed out problems in the Baltics. There could be problems with Moldova. St. Petersburg was hit by drones from Latvia? There is a lot more sabotage of the Trans Siberian Railroad than we are hearing. It has kind of boiled down to trench warfare ruled by drones and heavy glide bombs. They have hit Russia's ammo depots and oil depots with drones pretty much at will, as Russ has hit theirs, but their cars and airplanes are flying around like it is Boston. It's a very contrived war.
In every war it is the working class that fights the wars and dies for the rich.
Just "Putins dithering" is as wrong as anything that is fixed on that name.
the RF is a presidential democracy, so Putin is not alone as an absolute monarch - I really get tired of that Putin-nonsense.
I am happy that the Duma, the general staff plus other parts of the Russian government consider the impact of their actions in a broader scale than just playing the zero sum game of the retarded cold warriors of the west.
This childish "who is not with us is against us" stops usually after kinder-garden when kids go to high school. Just in the west it's all on that idiotic infantile scale and the majority of the western populations is buying that primitive crap unfortunately.
Well said, thank you.
It's not like Trump hid his position on the Palestinians and genocide. His son-in-law has been talking about building luxury condos in Gaza for the past two years. Any independent who voted for him knew exactly what they were voting for. Unlike Biden in 2020 or Harris last year, neither of whom ever made their foreign policy preferences clear during their campaigns except for supporting Ukraine and breaking up Russia.
How else could Russia fight this conflict? It's difficult to understand as there has not been a major war in over 70 years to relate. So in reality living in a world that has only known intense policing operations that turn into military debacles or failures It's difficult to actually see military success even if it's obvious and clear.
Kellogg is brazen in his lies. "The Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin, has always resented the American victory in the Cold War, and has spoken openly of his desire to reverse it."
Putin has never said that. He wanted to join NATO in the early 2000s. He was annoying other top politicians who thought he was naive.
Which reminds me of Iraq, where the generals were frustrated by Hussein's hope that America would "take him back" as he had always been their loyal ally, even invading Iran (and devastating its western cities and ancient sites) with U.S. money and weapons.
Keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down - this has always been NATO's true purpose.
gah... the geopolitics is so messed up that i have to see saw when commenting.
NATO is not inherently evil.
The idea was to keep Russia out of a war razed Europe. If that wasnt established the whole europe would likely have been "great russia" since neither country had fully functioning military after the WW2 but the Russians had insane numbers and production capacity.
There was no idea to keep the Germans down... the idea was to show Germans that you can have a prosperous country without war and subjugation but through trade.
The USA did allow European countries (including Germany) to prioritise civilian investments instead of spending vast amounts on military
If everyone started arming themselves (without some external policeing) there would likely have been some warlords wishing to grab something while everyone was down
The idea behind naTO indeed was to substitute trade (with American functioning economy) to both be a guide and safety net.
Ie Trump is right that the military expense was/is a burden ...but the trade with USA was supposed to make it beneficial for both sides (one side gets to grow peacefully, the other side has a nice trading partner) ...win win
Hovever...idiots that prefer dick measuring are always greedy and want MOREMOREMORE....for MMEMEMEME
And thus somewhere the idea arose that EVERYONE(excluding "enemies") should be NATO so that NATO dick remains the largest in the world
This line of thought arbitrarily selects friends and everyone else is THE horrendous other = enemy
It is my opinion that it is essentially the isolationist rightwing way of thought that always draws very sharp lines to segregate the ingroup vs outgroup and is always afraid of the other and thus actively hostile "to the other" to keep them down
its not enough im on top.... i MUST BE untouchably forever on top. Ie its not enough that Trump is president...he needs to be EMPEROR (above law)
The same guys took over the NATO and instead of seeing the live-and let live policy of fostering trade, they kept on focusing on the fear aspect (omg the OTHERS are getting stronger...quickly we should bring them down a notch)
Regarding the demonisation of the other ...whoever hasnt should watch the Black mirror "docuseries" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5709234/?ref_=ttep_ep_5
This starts a vicious cycle where "the others" cannot be passive since their "other side" actively works to degrade them...so they need to get stronger unless they wish to remain at the mercy of whimsical decisions.... like we take your land and make casinos or rename your country "red white and blue"
The cycle is vicious since apparently EU will need to invest in more military (no police...and/or police is actively turning corrupt/lawless - Greenland)
So instead of aiming to world peace we are quickly aiming for "everyone grab the biggest stick or you will get pwned) where everyone is armed and distrustfull of everyones. And the more authoritarian government you have the better will you be able to force your citizens to die for your country for lords sake?
Fuck this outcome and give me back the peaceful world which is not governed by might but by compassion ie "What would Jesus do" instead of "4 riders of the apocalypse" future
Anyway.... trade builds trust. Dick measuring builds animosity.
I just hope that the next period of "common sense" will not require another WW first to get us back to the stone age first to see the good in our neighbors instead of seeing everyone as an adversary.
Fingers crossed but not optimistic
And the video regarding the left/right entrenchment might bring some people out of cheering for deleterious policies
https://youtu.be/MYoA1R38cuc?si=hc6nBn4wLI2aWcX3
ironically, it is better to judge the merit of each action in isolation and not through camp preference on other issues
The problem with your analysis is that post-war Soviets were not in any position to manage all of Europe as Hitler's Germany had damaged the Soviet Union and killed too many of its citizens. It was obligated to govern the former Nazi-occupied regions (with their own Nazi problems) and to restore their economies; going further into Europe would have been 'a bridge too far'. Plus, I doubt there was the political will to do so.
1) the Nato website disagrees with the claim
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/declassified_139339.htm
"It is often said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded in response to the threat posed by the Soviet Union. This is only partially true. In fact, the Alliance’s creation was part of a broader effort to serve three purposes: deterring Soviet expansionism, forbidding the revival of nationalist militarism in Europe through a strong North American presence on the continent, and encouraging European political integration.
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In addition, Communists aided by the Soviet Union were threatening elected governments across Europe. In February 1948, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, with covert backing from the Soviet Union, overthrew the democratically elected government in that country. Then, in reaction to the democratic consolidation of West Germany, the Soviets blockaded Allied-controlled West Berlin in a bid to consolidate their hold on the German capital"
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so a coup in 48 and the initial treaty was signed in April 1949 https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_67656.htm
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it is possible the Nato website has only propaganda but i feel that some respectable historian would have called them out at some point.
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possibly you misunderstood me in part... i did not claim that Russian military would simply keep going till it occupied the whole Europe in one go. That would likely be impossible. But it would be fully possible that without some checks and balances, someone would use the situation to grab pieces here and there.
It is quite likely that given a few years soviet army could roll over a country.. and few years later another...etc
The political will to expand the influence is seen in the Chehoslovakia coup and just ask the Czech people what they feel about russians if you dont believe me.
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Anyhow please look at the following
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342260/wwii-mobilization-by-country/
and then come back and with a straight face tell me you dont envisage an alternate timeline where (without German, US and China) military each individual EU state had any chance of standing on its own against russia capabilities in a 1v1 fight?
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simply by looking at individual country CAPACITY, it was easy to see that the best way to avoid fighting is to make the playing field even so that neither side has any reason to try.....
as i sad above... the conclusions of people then based on data then available is very plausible and i clearly see their intentions as valid.
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It never is a certainty... but possibilities. And this solution changed the odds to make war less likely without any fighting required to do so for many years.
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recent history unfortunately went down another path with intent to make war more possible (as seen on TV) but this doesnt diminish the original success or (noble - less war) ideals of the NATO.
I believe there is considerable historical confusion, ideologically based about the USSR and communism. You say the Communists overthrew the elected government in Czechoslovakia. Are you really sure that it was fairly elected? The US anti-communist forces were in full swing affecting election outcomes all over Europe—Operation Gladio. And which Czechs would you ask about communism, the bourgeoisie or members of the working class? The USSR had goals: national security, national development, and international communism. The first two precluded expansionism and the last was a matter of local concern.
It is possible i might be confused by propaganda..but as i sad i lived in Czech republic and the czech people i met were very skeptical about russia and communists since they felt the repression strongly. If you consider students intelectuals and university professors burguise ..then yes their opinions might have been biased as well but as you can read from the czech sources it was a significan portion that ended up disliking russia and communists so there must be some thruth there (ie cant scam everyone at once)
https://english.radio.cz/czechs-and-russians-a-love-hate-relationship-8745089
Plus there were literal russian tanks on czech streets at some point which no amount of propaganda can gloss over adding up to the animosity
Your last point is completely off unfortunately. You say that national security is precluding expansion which is in stark contrast to observable reality.
You yourself claim that there was a anti communist plot to establish western leaning governments (ie in czech republic) which was prevented by russians
I agree this is plausible but this is agan the spheres of influence theory which required russia to address their national security by expanding influence to neighbours countering your claim
In more recent history i completelt agree that it was russian national security interest to bring down nato radars in georgia...but they had to expand (annex critical georgia lands).
Its literraly the same in Crimea
Everything USA fucked up around the world was due to "national security" as well
Thus the idea that national security is limited by the current border and precludes expansion is blatantly false as seen throughout history and on TV)
It is quite likely nato people understood this drive / need for expanding spheres of influence which led to the need for the cold war mentality. Both needed to grow to defend their national interests and preventing expansion was also a national interest (which is also listed rightly as russian cassus belli now since nato intentionally encroached)
Stalin was not interested in going further than the USSR felt it needed to. I am sure logistics limitations were a part of the plan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zxprcdm/revision/2
They supposedly felt the need to establish a friendly buffer zone.
Have any sources that say Stalin did not wish to expand influence and was more interested in retiring to the countryside and do some gardening?
Joking aside...both sides had justified reasons to make their side bigger...not neccessarily to invade but to prevent the invasion of the other side
If you havent already...please watch The man in the high castle. A very good show that illustrates the detterence mentality
In the dick/stick measuring contest its the small/unaligned guy that loses when pressed by opposing sides (ie ukraine).
The first General Secretary of NATO, Lord Ismay, stated the purpose of NATO was; "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."
Possibly.... but it was not intended as keeping all Germans indiscriminately down... it was intended to keep Nazis down. Not every German was a Nazi and not every Nazi is German. Thus it is a big distinction and simplification to state "Keep Germans Down" is misleading and erroneous since Germany is the largest economy in EU
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/02/eu-countries-largest-economies-energy-gdp/
I actually quoted the nato website above where they say it as it should be said "forbidding the revival of nationalist militarism in Europe"
If only they kept a better watch on the other side of the pond.... but alas... sorry the EU will likely not be able to return the favor USA did for Europe if shit hits the fan all the way
NATO. Negro and Tranny Organization
Wars, pandemics, deliberate destruction of economies, human trafficking, etc... hugely profitable for some interest groups who will do all they can to keep it going. Nothing new under the Sun (Moon).
It is not going to happen. Simp has been predicting escalation for over year. Remember him saying that the French and English will soon join the fighting? He is creating unnecessary drama for money.
That proves it. You are simply wrong. The French and English have actually been joining the dying, not the fighting. Every time the FUKs land a few wannabe SS mercs they get a large, high velocity, gift on their heads. I guess you need a new ruler to measure 'escalation' and right now there is a closing down sale on at your local US A.I.D. office. Rulers and condoms are piled high on the trestle tables.
Yep
Look into the light and on the count of three you will turn into a rabbit. Uno, dei, trei, tada.
See Simp? We need a downvote button or an ignore for trolls like Simp wrong... Chip
I don't think substack has a downvote feature.
Under the small hat.
>Some Russian reports impute certain sabotage:
>Enemy saboteurs probably worked in Ust-Luga. The recent explosion in the engine room of the Koala tanker (164,500 tons), according to sources of Ambrey Analytics (a company in the field of marine risk management), was associated with the installation of underwater mines on the outer part of the hull. Three explosions resulted in three holes: one 100 cm by 80 cm, and two large 4 by 2 meters.
You are missing the whole story -- there were reports about Russian coastal guard searching for USVs at the same time.
Of course, the Kremlin is keeping it hushed because there is no way to spin it as "Ukrainian" USV when it is happening in Ust-Luga -- the distance is literally 10,000 km from Odessa to Ust-Luga for an USV to travel. The many UAVs that flew to the Leningrad region, and even beyond (Murmansk, Cherepovets, etc.) get passed as "Ukrainian" because people can be easily fooled without knowing the actual specs; the actual specs in this case making it impossible for anything the Ukrainians have to fly to Murmansk, meaning that it was clearly launched from Finland. But it wasn't just Murmansk -- the drones that hit St. Petersburg typically come from the gulf of Finland, not from the south, the drones that destroyed the IL-76s planes in Pskov were reported to have flown over the lake from Estonia/Latvia, etc. etc.
In their finest cucktastic fashion, the Kremlin has firmly stuck to pretending none of this ever happened. And is apparently still finding new ways to deny that it is under attack.
But here is the thing -- if the traitors in Moscow are fully committed to never attacking NATO, that opens the door for NATO to attack them. Just perhaps not in a huge large-scale attack, but with mosquito tactics. Which over time will be very effective at draining the country of treasure and resources.
Both the problem and the solution were put in Putin's face by Karaganov a few months ago -- his metaphor was that if you have a pack of hyenas nibbling at your feet and legs, you can try hitting them with a stick all you want, eventually you will bleed to the point where you are too exhausted to fight back and they will eat you alive; the solution is to shoot a couple, and then the rest will quickly go away.
The question then is do you have a gun to shoot them with (yes in Russia's case) and why are you not using it if you do (which is the big question)?
Unlike too many critics, obviously some brains who also have more real information and on top of that personal experiences, look to avoid a full war. How long that can last, whether it can be avoided, we shall see. A common thing when emotions speak is to ignore the consequences. Let us hope that patience and eventual deal making will avoid a real confrontation that would also include nuclear weapons as well the plethora of other systems that exist and are partially used, but a cumulative usage of everything that is available at the same time would indeed be catastrophic. Real leaders take that into account.
There won't be a full war.
There are two fundamental asymmetries at work here, one in Russia's favor, the other against. The problem is that the one in Russia's favor it refuses to exploit because the other one working against it is kneecapping any serious defense of Russia's national interests.
The asymmetry in Russia's favor is that ultimately everything in Europe is disposable assets for the US. Nobody will sacrifice Boston for Poznan as Karaganov likes to say. Article 5 is a bluff when it comes to Russian nukes. So Russia has the freedom to create the buffer zone needed for its security by simply emptying out the necessary space between itself and the Atlantic of those who have caused the Russian people so much suffering in the past and are now dreaming of delivering the final blow. The US will most likely not do anything in response, and if they do, they were going to strike first anyway, so nothing would have been lost by trying to pre-empt it, at least it won't be from point-blank range.
The asymmetry that works catastrophically against Russia is that Russian elites are out for themselves and have very little interest in defending the country. They already broke it up once and gave up half its population and a third of its territory, just so that they could loot it without the restraints imposed by the communist system, why do we expect those people to have suddenly change and turned into the next coming of comrade Stalin? The only way to make sense of the puzzling way the SMO/not-war has been conducted is through that prism.
An accurate observation.
Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣 lies. Russia has gotten what it wanted even before negotiations
What Putin (thinks he) wants ≠ Russia’s vital interests.
The absolute minimum condition for a win in this war is the permanent erasure of Ukrainian statehood (and later on Ukrainian identity too), and even then it will have been a strategic defeat if everything else stays the same in Europe.
The current situation is an absolutely catastrophic defeat.
Moscow owned all of Ukraine in 1991, where does the current line of contact run?
And most of Ukraine was Rusian in mentality in 1991 too, what will it be if the new border passes along the current line of contact with no denazification?
Nothing will stay the same in Europe, it's already not the same - I live here so I might be able to tell ;-)
The cracks in Europe are widening and it is no coincidence that some here and abroad even begin to avoid calling it Europe but West Asia.
What do you thing a Dane has in common with a Portugese and all in between, except being used by an international operating capital class?
Our cultures, mentalities and even climate are far more diverse in Europe than especially US people can imagine.
The ilk of the 'old permanent' "Elites" are starting to scratch their heads and desperately searching for an understanding of the situation they brought on itself.
v/d/Leyen, Rutte, Macron, Scholz/Merz are so irrelevant already, it's a pleasure to watch them falling in their own trap and as the traitor Gorbatschov said: who is late to reality will be punished by life itself
You make a strong and nessassary argument - thanks for posting.
Don't forget that the real goal is the reduction of humans by 7.8 billion souls. As soon as possible. The means to achieve that are there. A madman hundred years ago could destroy a lot. A madman today can destroy the planet. And with "madman" I like to refer to Dr. Strangelove types that are so brainwashed that they are unable to figure out that they will also off themselves.
You have been wrong alot especially dramatizing silliness. Europe won't do anything because America won't support them
They are already doing it.
Who sunk the ship near Spain, who is attacking the Russian northwestern regions, who hit the ship near Ust-Luga, etc. etc.?
Again lies. You guys are following make believe. Europe is done. NATO is done. Russia got what it wanted plus more.
I follow primary sources.
You follow English-language alternative media scam who have long stopped bothering actually looking into what is happening on the ground and live in their own detached from reality self-referrential bubble in which the multidimensional chess and judo master is toying with the pink-haired diversity hires in Western capitals.
The real world is rather different though
Lol Russia has won. Stop hating. Stop buying simps drama. He has gotten so much wrong but he is here to make a dollar
The war is a catastrophic loss for Russia as it stands.
Stop listening to scam artists who will say anything to make you feel good so that you keep donating and generating ad revenue for them.
Stop with your lies. Russia is getting more than that. In Ukraine, putin has annexed $12.4 trillion in natural resources and annexed 6 million people. Also taking 30% of Ukraines agricultural land, 20% of its territory, and 75% of its coastline. Plus Have you heard, Syrian president is negotiating with Russia so they can keep their bases. P
I am not going to waste any more time with you.
Good luck enjoying your 12.4 trillion of natural resources while dodging drones 24/7
Your point is well made, important and no waste of time, imo.
GM
it is not a question of survival, it is a question of revenge.
If it ever becomes question of survival, if Russia is to be attacked from Baltics, Finland, Sweden, Poland, Romania, these countries will disappear in nuclear mushrooms.
Revenge will come at a different time, however. Revenge, not nukes.
Acting now is exactly what MI6 would like to provoke.
Why?
It supports theory that Putin is a madman who plans to recreate Soviet Empire. Theory that is being pushed by British intelligence services and British media. If that theory were true, it would be essential for US to continue supporting Ukraine as long as it takes.
Current US administration has accepted the rational, realist theory advocated in the West by Mearsheimer, Sachs, McGregor...that the cause of the war is NATO expansion.
You sound like a Russian nationalist but all your suggestions are exactly what MI 6 would like Russia to do. .
He is obviously a plant. Trying to ramp up things. But anyway Russia is getting a lot out of this already. Eu looks completely cucked. Daddy America is finally home so EU has to listen
>Current US administration has accepted the rational, realist theory advocated in the West by Mearsheimer, Sachs, McGregor...that the cause of the war is NATO expansion.
And?
The absolute minimal winning condition for Russia is Ukraine disappearing completely.
Is the current US administration going to just hand it all off? Of course not.
And even that does nothing to restore the lost deterrence and standing or to address the problem of US nukes in Europe.
So what is there even to talk about? Yet Putin will be soon signing Minsk-3.
I don't care what the MI-6 would like Russia to do, I care about what must be done, which is to protect the country by physically eliminating the threats that are attacking it daily. Putin is refusing to do that, thus he as to go and be replaced by someone who will do it.
GM you are describing the debate between the military and the politician oligarch protector and the Russian/nationalist but only one party has power.
GM
when you are surprised by events, when thrown off balance
you forget to repeat that Putin is a traitor that army is corrupt
Please get back into your angry Russian nationalist mode
and let’s nuke everyone.
Dear friend, nukes are enormous power, and responsibility
Please answer my questions from our last discussion:
Why was Gorbachev’s SSSR weak?
Why was Yeltsin’s Russia weak?
Who made Russia strong? So strong it could withstand sanctions and fight a war against NATO supported Ukrainian army.
War has thousand faces, hundred different battles, some are political, some economic. Nuking everyone is not the best way of dealing with threaths.
Main opponent was US, once US has given up on idea of defeating Russia
second opponent is Ukraine, third opponent are European antiRussian leaders, states, and nations.
Have some trust in Russian military leaders, politicians and diplomats
Do not spread British propaganda
"it is not a question of survival, it is a question of revenge"
Revenge is a dish best served cold. I'm sure the Russians have a scorecard for the day
the shit hits the fan. Centuries of useless wars and the Euro-monkeys learn nothing.
It drives me a little bananas. After Putin though, would Mishustin be any better?
I am starting to think that Russia really is terrified of nuke war or never being able to integrate with eu or something, so it will endure getting killed by a thousand cuts I guess. I hate how the west's response of, 'if you respond Russia we will blow up the world' has utterly frozen Russia from escalating and is leading to some major pressure builds.
Sadly, this strategy seems to work and is being applied to Israel, don't stop us from killing our neighbors or we will destroy you, if you respond strong we nuke you way of war.
Seeing how well this power stroke works for the west, Russia should have told Ukraine to surrender in 24hrs or we nuke - maybe not a shot would have been fired in Feb 22. If they would have said no, then just a couple shots would have been fired, but no loss of Russian life. For anyone saying nukes are bad - well we are already past 1m Ukraine dead and counting.
I think everyone should be terrified of nuke war. Russia has also reminded the west that they do have nuclear weapons.
Maybe not a shot would have been fired in Feb 22 - Or we'd all be dead by now. Tough choice. Russia did want to put on a show of force to get Kyiv to the negotiating table and it almost worked in Apr 2022.
>Seeing how well this power stroke works for the west, Russia should have told Ukraine to surrender in 24hrs or we nuke - maybe not a shot would have been fired in Feb 22.
The proper move for the last 30 months has been to give Poland and Romania the following ultimatum:
1) Seal the borders with Ukraine and let Russian observers be present 24/7 at all entry points to make sure there is no smuggling of heavy weapons
2) You have 24 hours to agree on that and a week to set it up
3) If you do not agree, you will be wiped out fully.
The scale of the death toll and destruction has long exceeded the commonly assumed thresholds for nuclear use, especially against non-nuclear countries.
Why hasn't that been done? Well, you ask the following:
>I am starting to think that Russia really is terrified of nuke war or never being able to integrate with eu or something, so it will endure getting killed by a thousand cuts I guess.
It's not so much about integration with EU as it is about internal Russian politics. Remember the old principle that internal politics drives foreign policy. Usually we apply that to the US, but it is true just as much for Russia.
Russia is in the enviable position of having the biophysical capability to be self-sufficient. It can feed itself, it has all raw materials it needs, and it has the scientific potential to be technologically independent. And is the only such country right now.
China only has the latter, but cannot feed itself.
The US at current consumption levels is not self-sufficient. It can be if you scale consumption down, but that would implode the whole system. It also can be if it annexes Canada, for another few decades at least, which is why that is being put on the table now.
The only other biophysically self-sufficient country is Brazil. But not technologically.
In principle Russia can nuke the EU, set up a depopulated and demilitarized buffer of 1,000-1,500 km from the border, then become a total pariah state for the whole world, and not care at all. So what is stopping it?
The problem is in part that Russian elites desperately want to be a part of the West and they love to spend their money there (where are their kids and main residencies?).
But the bigger problem is that for full Russian autarky to work, the country would have to go back to some form of communism. It just doesn't work otherwise.
And that means the current elite giving up their wealth and power. Not acceptable.
A milder form of that requirement is also the reason why Putin refuses to mobilize more than the current level of industry going towards weapon production and the measly manpower pool that is at the front lines and is barely sufficient to keep the Ukronazi hordes from breaking deep into Russia, but very far from what is needed to win. Again, if you work out the details, you quickly see that seriously trying to win undermines the current socioeconomic model inside Russia, even though it is fully doable with some substantial corrections to it.
Simply put, winning is not in the interests of much of the Russian elites, so they are right now prostrate in front of Trump begging to be allowed to surrender without giving up too much concessions to the Western oligarchy relative to how things used to be
General Moron, what a shame the Russian General Staff aren't plugged in to your valuable nation saving insights.
I do realise it's a long way from Moscow to your trailer park but what about a sat phone? You can take their calls with the hand that's not holding your meth pipe.
lol, you're the Elvis of retributive insults, man.
Your analyses are beside the point.
Answer the question why was there an expanding of NATO east in the first place?
This (capitalist) system needs expansion, that's why war is build into it to prevent it from collapsing under it's own contradictions.
It's all written down, thought about and the proof of it is countless.
To narrow the approach of the matter like you do is helping no one.
It's not the 'incapable' Putin or the oligarchs in Russia that don't dare to stand up against the combined old western powers.
To me it's Humanity, preserving of Russian and probably even Baltic, Polish and Rumanian life and Russia being part of the new international world order that Russia is fighting for. Even Ukrainian Soldiers are treated well when captured or switch sides.
You keep on working out the details but Russia and China will go on collecting friendly nations to work with in peace and on a win win balance and change the world in the meanwhile.
Will they last the distance Frank, one surely hopes so and can withstand the oncoming escalations of terrorism etc. A long war has never been a good war but that seems part of your point.
British propaganda
Killing hundreds million mostly civilians is hardly winning
I am not exactly clear what does this maybe mean, like maybe threat would have been successful, or
maybe we all end in a nuclear war
Maybe is OK for commenters on Substack, not for serious people.
Even North Korean leader is above this kind of bluffing, he is a serious leader.
It is childish. Not even stupid. Childish, like a child, an immature person.
On more than one occasion US officials/generals have stated they will use nukes against Crimea if Russia uses a tactical nuke. That is stupid, childish and immature - but it works and it has Russia backed into a corner.
Why should Russia's use of a weapon on Ukraine cause a nuke response from a country that it is not allied with? The fact that the west responds with such tough talk is even more reason to call their bluff and use one to end this conflict and force those western politicians to explain why the world should be traded for a can't find on the map Ukrainian city? Humanity has detonated more than 1500 nukes above ground in the past 80yrs so what's one more.
I keep hearing 'existential threat' from both sides but neither acts like it is.
Population of the countries involved in the Baltic Sea conflict:
• Russia: 146 million
• Sweden: 10.5 million
• Finland: 5.5 million
• Estonia: 1.3 million
• Lithuania: 2.8 million
• Latvia: 1.9 million
Well, good luck pressuring Russia. If things continue to escalate, Russia will group vessels into convoys with military escorts along the entire route through the Baltic Sea.
They got saved twice by Brit/US intercession with Stalin. This is one of those rare cases where more "steel" would have been appropriate.
And a significant % of the three Baltic Chihuahuas are Russians.
I may have to put my Canadian spouse of Latvian descent under quarantine as a precautionary Latvia/Russia war measure if I get the courage to enforce my idea. lol
Cleaning up shit can't be considered a war.
And these Russians are third class citizens. Sooner or later the Russian government will face internal pressure to help the Russians in the Baltic States, because there are family ties all over the place. And then is the moment where SHTF.
Just what the Russ Fed needs right now another use for it serviceman and navy vessels and more logistical organisation of it shadow fleet, the straw that broke the camels back is a thing of consequence. Provocative provocations abound and all take its toll.
More like 154 million.
Probably easier to just seize as many EU/UK flagged or owned vessels anywhere on the seas.
I can see Finland joining BRICS and the Belt and Road rather than regaining it's status as a Grand Duchy, an immigrant revolt in Sweden and the Baltic "Tigers", well, no one in the rest of NATO is going to care what happens to the "Tigers".
I wonder how long this will continue wthout their USA sponsor?
Europeans are nihilistic
EU is like Soviet Union when it was in decline
It’s going to be tragic
Europeans are mostly chauvinistic vs. nihilistic, and fall on own sword again and again.
Europeans are divided through language, culture, history and even climate.
There is no common ground between a scandinavian and a spanish or portugese man.
The force of selling your labour to an international class of capitalist owner of the means of productions is all that we in Europe have in common.
The attempt of the EU to artificial unite this diversity political and economical is the verdict to disaster from the beginning.
it might be bound to fail, but it is also the only way to remain
i feel that it should be self evident that the bigger you are, the more relevant you are in the current world.
Noone considers Japan a powerhouse anymore. But a less developed China is a tier 1 player.
In the same way each individual EU country is meaningless on the large scale of things (barring maybe Germany/France). But together they have a vastly bigger weight
How to get thick headed people that there is safety in numbers for THEIR benefit is a difficult battle unfortunately. Maybe people from Denmark/Greenland now get some firsthand experience. Or Scandinavians which would also like to know someone has their back.... maybe even Spain? So maybe they would still like to support the less developed regions via investments to the south since they are buying stability and bargaining power in this way?
its always ironic that the right wing likes to be in a crowd (nation/religion).... but abhors a bigger crowd despite knowing full well their small nation is not enough to ensure their safety (for most nations). They NEED to be right despite actively going against their personal interests? Maybe like sheep going off the cliff together because herd mentality? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4665511.stm
so why ask/hope for the dissolution of EU? Unless you are living elsewhere and aim to reduce competition on the world stage?
"so why ask/hope for the dissolution of EU? Unless you are living elsewhere and aim to reduce competition on the world stage?"
I am going to live in a BRICS country soon for sure.
In the case of the EU it has nothing to do with competition on the world stage, that's only their selling point to us.
The EU is target simply nothing more than to centralize political power and prevent European people to change that in any way.
The few relevant economic players are international organized conglomerates of diverse origin.
As we have seen over the last 40 years, the EU has become the tool to strip the members of their sovereignty and suck the wealth out of the member nations towards a self declared 'ELITE' and serving as a ram against Russia.
So I won't shed no tears as the EU is collapsing on their own contradictions since it was a dishonest creation to begin with - the people have not been ask at any point, it was always a show of the 'Elites' for the 'Elites'.
Internationally the EU is already irrelevant.
ok... so im biased as i live in the EU... and feel its benefits
since i feel myself liberal im not bothered with national sovereignty (i dont feel the need to belong to a crowd for the sake of belonging). We all gave away a lot of that when we mostly all worldwide switched to english and watch US made movies/TV/games/books etc for fun as well as using Windows/MAC for work... literally if my language dissapeared (and was replaced by english) i wouldnt notice at work or at home
The only thing my country wants from me is taxes... (im OK with that) and to serve in military (which i wont do whatever they say).
What i want from my country is fair laws and a place to exist in peace and safety. .. flag waving usually doesnt help with those.
On the contrary... the more people wave flags the more locally elected elites feel it is their right to benefit of the locals (ie trump saying he is above law since xy people voted for him).
While not exclusive, i see corruption more apparent in the rightwing parties in my country since they usually justify their fingers being everywhere as their "right" on national/religious or party grounds...and rarely on their own merit. And often they make inefficient decisions if it will increase THEIR voter count, essentially buying votes with MY tax money when in charge.
however i do agree that the so called "elites" on both sides of the left -right spectrum exploited the gullible to increase their personal wellbeing sometimes against the interests of their constituents.
How to address this without another French revolution will be an interesting challenge for these times. Unless authoritarianism makes it impossible to repeat what the French did and we end up both subjugated AND exploited
re being asked about joining... its a false statement since at least in my country a nationwide referendum was held... and as seen from Brexit, countries are mostly free to leave.
But of course they would be disstimulated since it adversely affects the whole which is only relevant if big
feel free to list some particular rules you find problematic so we can either find common ground or at least better understand your perspective as a "teacher in europe"
bwahahahaha
"WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans released a budget plan Wednesday that sets the stage for advancing many of President Donald Trump’s top domestic priorities, providing for up to $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $4 trillion increase in the debt limit so the U.S. can continue financing its bills."
https://apnews.com/article/house-republicans-budget-blueprint-trump-tax-cuts-ff2bddf31f4e7cb0928139072392a091
as i said.... corrupt leaders buying the votes with the countries taxes (other peoples money) and the bought oligarchs donate to the private coffers to pay the service back. But flag waving!!!
I wonder which country you live in when your referendum was honored.
I know that the dutch voted against and then their parliament simply decided otherwise.
In Germany they had not even a referendum, it was simply voted through by the Bundestag.
The Irish had to vote until...
You know, liberal is a saying all and nothing label since it declines the economic laws of capitalism & realities and neglect the fact that society exist and people have certain rights that they should not need to fight for against one another every day.
For the rest I am convinced that you need a national state to maintain law, social standards and the freedom to chose your right to change your politics and implement those changes if your people agree to it.
The most appalling about the EU is to me that our politicians voted there for the most idiotic or even outright harming things for their constituency and then came home and declared in front of parliament that they cant do nothing about it since the EU decided that way.
The EU bureaucracy is corrupt beyond imagination and the shameless enrichment and disdain for the common people at the top is outright criminal.
The more borders the more chance of war, Europe has had its fair share of war already. The EU, EEC was stolen by vdl types and OTAN. Ask the Poles if they liked Schengen.The Poms loved the great Polish tradesmen. Swings and roundabouts.
Lack of sovereignty is sure an issue with vdl types.
I lived a couple of years in Europe before the EU was formed, so I know that even tiny European countries are divided by language/culture/history (by climate is a surprise to me. An example, please?), and often can't stand each other, but can be united in their intolerance to foreigners:-) The concept of the EU seemed like a good idea re.: jobs/customs/markets, but how they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions:-) The EU definitely outlived its "purpose" by now, as any giant centralized structures, and on top it succumbed to despotism.
Do you really want to go to war with Russia, Ursula Von der Lyin'? How hard would it be to put a Hazelnut onto your office, I wonder.
They are not. Simp is trying to make money
as far as i know the newsletter is free..... so your claim is bogus as is your account with the sole purpose of cancelling other thought (seems like a counterops?).
unless Simplicius is a share owner somewhere undisclosed or paid indirectly...which you cant know either.... Maybe Musk digs something up and posts it on Twitter?
One party state is wrong...for mostly the same reason as is "one-mind-media" and/or closing oneself in echo chambers (ie North Korea, or Fox news)
Therefore one should always look to see a wider picture or at least a picture from the other side and for that, Simplicius newsletter is priceless..
In either case at least Simplicius shares a wide array of sources from a different perspective and this is the reason i keep coming back. Despite not agreeing with everything written...it always raises some questions and or begs to be considered...
I like your comment but what do you know about North Korea?
Could you enlighten us or is it simply repeating the Wests talking points around that country?
I am stunned how many people always seem to know something about a place they have no connection to or never been there or have not lived there for a single day at all.
Why I am so allergic to that kind of statements?
Because I grew up in the GDR and reading about my country and how people know for sure how terrible it was, is simply shocking and meets no reality whatsoever.
ok... i fully agree that i made a simplification from the data available to me
https://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/25/these-are-north-koreas-28-state-approved-hairstyles/
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-cites-rare-dissent-elections-even-99-back-candidates-2023-11-28/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong_Il
so it can be propaganda and that the actual life is not that bad for the common people.
However, i dont feel like they are allowed to travel much. and i love traveling (been to South Korea, Syria, Egypt, South Africa, Mexico, USA, UK, Germany, Itay, Switzerland, Sweden, France....etc...) lived in Czech republic for several years
if someone asked me how was life in Syria in 2006 i would have said great... but then the "globalists" did the coup as in many other countries and now its a hellhole. As if someone wanted to make money from peoples suffering?
But i understand your position on not generalizing.
However, since NK is so closed i cannot either confirm or deny the quality of life under hereditary supreme beloved leader but i can make an opinion that this closed authoritarian type of government wouldnt suit ME. Hence i accept the "propaganda" in general despite knowing it doesnt show the average.
Excellent. Very informative rundown. The Empire is reverting to form: terror and subversion-- its preferred instruments of disruption and control. Standard Operating Procedure. Expect more vicious events against Russia and all its enemies in the future as its power diminishes. The Empire will not go gentle into that good night.
The Baltics are the next target of the Jew. There is a big sign on a building in Vilnius attacking Putin. The building is owned by a Jew.
Jewish elite hatred of Russia goes back centuries to when Russia destroyed their Khazar kingdom and drove them from their homeland. Having taken control of the West over the past five centuries or so, they are also responsible for much of the Western russophobia infection of Western elite. They do not forget. They do not forgive. They never lose resolve. Nothing will assuage their lust for revenge until the last Russian is dead.
That sign in Vilnius reads:
• "Putin, the Hague is waiting for you".
It is written in English language, presumably to provide receipts to USAID for release of the sponsorship funds, and not for the local Lithuanian-speaking or Russian-speaking population.