Last time we spoke on the sudden upswell of threatening rhetoric booming up from the crumbling sepulcher of Old Europe. I’m left with no choice but to tie one onto the previous line, as, no sooner had my ink dried on the last report, when new escalatory effluent spilled forth from the encrusted spouts of Old Europe’s lips.
A perfect illustration of the paradox the west is stuck in – how to move essential goods/materials from one declared enemy, China, while avoiding transit via the other declared enemies the west has made
A direct result of the USUK war against Ansar Allah, in turn a direct result of the EUUSUK war on Gaza, via the Israel proxy
Something the Europeans and their allies wished to avoid at all costs – but this is the price to pay of waging war on everyone
The only solution is to declare full scale war on China & to cease trade with everyone
Another paradox is that fighting wars by proxy is guaranteed to fail
The paradoxes the west finds itself stuck with will strangle it’s economy, politics, and society
« Logistics providers including Switzerland’s Kuehne & Nagel and Denmark’s Maersk said they had been avoiding using rail routes through Russia following Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Monthly volumes on the route fell after the invasion and still represent less than the amount carried by a single large modern container ship.
RZD, which owns Russia’s vast rail network and operates most trains, is owned by the Russian state and has long been seen as closely connected to the Kremlin. The UK government described Oleg Belozyorov, the company’s chief executive, as having “close ties to Putin” when it imposed sanctions on him in April 2022.
Related –
Russia China rail freight and investment increase
« Russia to bolster famed eastern railways link as China trade booms »
« Vladimir Putin outlined plans to boost annual shipping capacity on Russia’s two longest railroads, the Trans-Siberian and Baikal-Amur Mainline, to 210 million tons by 2030, in an address to the Federal Assembly on Feb. 29 ahead of next week’s presidential election. The rail lines handled about 150.5 million tons of goods in 2023, according to the Kommersant newspaper. »
« Russia has already spent billions of dollars to nearly double the capacity of the rail lines to an expected 180 million tons this year from 97.8 million tons in 2013. Yet, current demand is twice as high as the track can handle, state-run Rossiyskaya Gazeta said in February, citing government data. »
The escalation rhetoric from a few Euro states is massively dangerous - for NATO and the EU. It will likely accelerate the already present centrifugal forces within both alliances and will force more reluctant members (by far the majority) to distance themselves and possibly break away. There is no doubt that informed people within Europe know the brutality with which Russia would dismember and expeditionary force that was sent into Ukraine and seeing it live on TV/Twitter would slacken the war appetite of all but the most insanely belligerent on the Continent.
The great irony is that NATOs own actions are increasing the multipolarity even within Europe.
It is easy to dig into Russia rich history and find times when they were invaded by Poles, Swedes, French, British and the Germans, and the Russians paranoia will be proved to a rational fear as in "just because you are paranoid does not mean they are not out to get you".
I keep getting surprised by the stupidity of European leaders, still, even though I should know better!
It looks like NATO wishes to 'go out with a BANG' instead of 'going out with a Whimper.'
That said, it is doubtful that such measures can be meaningfully pursued given the Populist Revolts rapidly escalating across the Continent (a la the Farmers & others joining in). The People in Europe will not tolerate this Farce escalating to the next step, so the French chihuahua can bark as he wishes... but it is unlikely that he will be able to pursue such a thing given Domestic Politics.
Poland and Britain have always worn their cold hearts on their sleeves, but I have long suspected that France, Germany and most of Northern Europe are warmongering fools simply hiding behind NATO and the U.S. They love a free ride. Who doesn’t? For the price of a few tanks and a bit of ammo, they get to subdue Russia. That was the plan. The greedy warmongers could not wait to Balkanize Russia. Plus Europe is energy needy, and these so-called leaders are breaking out into cold sweats. This should have been resolved by now in their favor. Europe’s history is war, war and more war for centuries. George Washington warned us to stay away from foreign entanglements for good reason. Too bad we did not listen.
I wouldn't write off NATO sending troops to Ukraine. This is more likely than not, as a Russian victory in Ukraine is a existential threat to NATO and therefore the positions of European elites. In fact I would expect that the Euro troops will try to act as "peacekeepers" to try to constrict Russian advances without firing shots.
The question then becomes why can't Russia just drive up to them and unload their troops, also without firing a shot?
"There’s much talk now about how Europe feels that the U.S. has left them in the lurch and they must act unilaterally against Russia"
Of course, the other option under these circumstances, to seek peace with Russia, is not even considered an option by these idiots.
In the meantime, this is working out just fine for the USA as they have been engineering a land war in Europe for some time now in an effort to destroy potential EU competition and to fragment Russia.
You write that NATO could put troops into Ukraine and “dare” Russia to attack them; since they would be there legally and at the behest of an ally an attack on them by Russia would be a casus belli.
I assume that this is all about the optics of who declares war on whom: Russia on NATO or vice versa.
But if Russia, just as Ukraine was about to collapse, were to declare war on Ukraine (e.g. for blowing up NordStream) then would not NATO subsequently placing troops in Ukraine be a casus belli? I.e. reversing the optics.
Russia should be fearful of French military power
11 March 2023 FT Russia Rail and War on Everyone
‘Russia Rail boosted by demands to move good to Europe’
https://archive.ph/hmNlA
RR Traffic up 36%
A perfect illustration of the paradox the west is stuck in – how to move essential goods/materials from one declared enemy, China, while avoiding transit via the other declared enemies the west has made
A direct result of the USUK war against Ansar Allah, in turn a direct result of the EUUSUK war on Gaza, via the Israel proxy
Something the Europeans and their allies wished to avoid at all costs – but this is the price to pay of waging war on everyone
The only solution is to declare full scale war on China & to cease trade with everyone
Another paradox is that fighting wars by proxy is guaranteed to fail
The paradoxes the west finds itself stuck with will strangle it’s economy, politics, and society
« Logistics providers including Switzerland’s Kuehne & Nagel and Denmark’s Maersk said they had been avoiding using rail routes through Russia following Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Monthly volumes on the route fell after the invasion and still represent less than the amount carried by a single large modern container ship.
RZD, which owns Russia’s vast rail network and operates most trains, is owned by the Russian state and has long been seen as closely connected to the Kremlin. The UK government described Oleg Belozyorov, the company’s chief executive, as having “close ties to Putin” when it imposed sanctions on him in April 2022.
Related –
Russia China rail freight and investment increase
« Russia to bolster famed eastern railways link as China trade booms »
https://archive.ph/EAvEZ/again?url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-07/russia-to-bolster-famed-eastern-railroads-as-china-trade-booms
« Vladimir Putin outlined plans to boost annual shipping capacity on Russia’s two longest railroads, the Trans-Siberian and Baikal-Amur Mainline, to 210 million tons by 2030, in an address to the Federal Assembly on Feb. 29 ahead of next week’s presidential election. The rail lines handled about 150.5 million tons of goods in 2023, according to the Kommersant newspaper. »
« Russia has already spent billions of dollars to nearly double the capacity of the rail lines to an expected 180 million tons this year from 97.8 million tons in 2013. Yet, current demand is twice as high as the track can handle, state-run Rossiyskaya Gazeta said in February, citing government data. »
Don Quichote Manolo Macronista Zionista Globulista et Cabalista going to Moscou, all of France yes except himself!
The French President Is Forgetting France Is Nothing But a USA Sock Puppet…
France fought well in ww1 and should
Not be underestimated
Putin should assume French military intervention is 4-8 weeks away
I heard Macron keeps on crying because Russia keeps on blasting his sacred cow elite Foreign Legion into smithereens.
The escalation rhetoric from a few Euro states is massively dangerous - for NATO and the EU. It will likely accelerate the already present centrifugal forces within both alliances and will force more reluctant members (by far the majority) to distance themselves and possibly break away. There is no doubt that informed people within Europe know the brutality with which Russia would dismember and expeditionary force that was sent into Ukraine and seeing it live on TV/Twitter would slacken the war appetite of all but the most insanely belligerent on the Continent.
The great irony is that NATOs own actions are increasing the multipolarity even within Europe.
It is easy to dig into Russia rich history and find times when they were invaded by Poles, Swedes, French, British and the Germans, and the Russians paranoia will be proved to a rational fear as in "just because you are paranoid does not mean they are not out to get you".
I keep getting surprised by the stupidity of European leaders, still, even though I should know better!
It looks like NATO wishes to 'go out with a BANG' instead of 'going out with a Whimper.'
That said, it is doubtful that such measures can be meaningfully pursued given the Populist Revolts rapidly escalating across the Continent (a la the Farmers & others joining in). The People in Europe will not tolerate this Farce escalating to the next step, so the French chihuahua can bark as he wishes... but it is unlikely that he will be able to pursue such a thing given Domestic Politics.
No worries. Putin got that message that Odessa and Black Sea belongs to NATO so he won't cross that red line. He knows when NATO means NO.
So a guy was inspired by Liz Truss? Weak.
Poland and Britain have always worn their cold hearts on their sleeves, but I have long suspected that France, Germany and most of Northern Europe are warmongering fools simply hiding behind NATO and the U.S. They love a free ride. Who doesn’t? For the price of a few tanks and a bit of ammo, they get to subdue Russia. That was the plan. The greedy warmongers could not wait to Balkanize Russia. Plus Europe is energy needy, and these so-called leaders are breaking out into cold sweats. This should have been resolved by now in their favor. Europe’s history is war, war and more war for centuries. George Washington warned us to stay away from foreign entanglements for good reason. Too bad we did not listen.
Wellcome WW III! The purifying fire will absolve everyone!
I wouldn't write off NATO sending troops to Ukraine. This is more likely than not, as a Russian victory in Ukraine is a existential threat to NATO and therefore the positions of European elites. In fact I would expect that the Euro troops will try to act as "peacekeepers" to try to constrict Russian advances without firing shots.
The question then becomes why can't Russia just drive up to them and unload their troops, also without firing a shot?
"There’s much talk now about how Europe feels that the U.S. has left them in the lurch and they must act unilaterally against Russia"
Of course, the other option under these circumstances, to seek peace with Russia, is not even considered an option by these idiots.
In the meantime, this is working out just fine for the USA as they have been engineering a land war in Europe for some time now in an effort to destroy potential EU competition and to fragment Russia.
You write that NATO could put troops into Ukraine and “dare” Russia to attack them; since they would be there legally and at the behest of an ally an attack on them by Russia would be a casus belli.
I assume that this is all about the optics of who declares war on whom: Russia on NATO or vice versa.
But if Russia, just as Ukraine was about to collapse, were to declare war on Ukraine (e.g. for blowing up NordStream) then would not NATO subsequently placing troops in Ukraine be a casus belli? I.e. reversing the optics.