You're stupid. Listen to Douglas Macgregor on YouTube or read "The Gathering Storm". Listen to Scott Ritter or Jeffrey Sachs. Russians are winning 10 to 1. Mr. Z is a criminal, killing Russian Ukrainians, Catholics, nuns and priests. He's kidnapping 14–16-year-olds and 40+ year olds to go to their deaths. He has thousands of fake Americans posing as Ukrainians and using western weapons because the US is depleted. And now he wants American and European soldiers? No Where do you get your information? From the MSM government propaganda B.S. machine that the American people don't listen to because of their lies and not reporting on real news? Russia doesn't need China. China needs Russia for their weapons. Lying Joe Biden is sending us into WWIII and global annihilation. The US does not support lying Biden. And look at France and Canada leaders fighting for their power. And the UK has just gone through 3 Premiers in less than a year. 🤡
At the level of Great Powers, and those who unfortunately become entangled in their affairs, that is, of Realpolitik, consideration of any sort of normal morality applicable to the behavior of ordinary persons is irrelevant. All that matters is power. In the case of the US, we can observe this in the overt, explicit statements of our famous neocons. I am less familiar with Russian politics, but I am pretty sure the structures of power are pretty much the same there. That is, except for some decor, we are observing capitalists and mafias at work.
Having observed the disastrous outcomes of World Wars 1 and 2, it is possible that these mafias have learned something from reading history and don't want to win. This would explain the the poor showing (poor from a media point of view) of the present belligerents: they don't want to win, since winning would entail occupation, intensified ethnic hatred, and guerrilla warfare. It is enough to create enough death and destruction to let the world know one is still in the game and thus retain one's big-deal, bad-ass repute. This sort of thing will continue as long as people continue to play the mafias' games. The day may come when they will demand something better, but apparently that day has not yet arrived.
>> Zelensky is also guilty of the current bloodshed
Yes - how could we forget that on February 24th 2022, Zelensky launched an all out invasion of Russia. Combined force arms were used to significantly degrade the military and harm civilian life.
Wait... none of that happened you say? It was only filthy Russian orks and their supporters that infiltrated Ukrainian soil? The Russian aboutism never ceases to amaze me. Whether its this form of diahrea writing or some other form of excuse, Russians always find a way to blame someone else for their ills.
To the author - I hope you're prolific, I hope you're articles are published far and wide so that everyone can see what a nominally repentant Russian looks like. It is literally impossible for you cretins to take responsibility for your actions, for your last 20 years of being ruled by conmen and criminals. This continuing attitude will only set back Russians another few centuries.
Just maybe, by the time the rest of civilization is ready to join the Cosmos; Russian can finally get indoor plumbing so that don't feel the need to steal their neighbors toilets.
I agree the soldiers should be pointing their weapons at those who send them to the front lines in this and any other conflicts, but if you think western oligarchs did not fuel this conflict and will sit quietly on the sideline if both these regimes fall then I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
It would be great if Russians could rise up and get rid of Putin. But like you said, the reality of that happening is about zilch. Watching how things have unfolded over the past two decades, you can see a lot of similarities to world politics in the 1920s and 1930s where brutal fascists rose from the ashes of colonialism and failed democracies.
It amazes me that so few in the US take note of how Putin plays the long game of authoritarianism. It's as if they've forgotten he was born out of and molded by the KGB. I mean come on, he's tossing Oligarchs and ministers out of high rise windows in order to keep them all in line with his madness, while also drafting teenagers and old men for his war. These are the acts of a desperate dictator at the end of his rope. Yet there are those in the US who think we should let Trump back in office so he can make nicey-nice with old Vlad. For what? So that we can all go skipping happily into a fascist, environmentally destroyed future where Oligarchs and Billionaires are the only ones who aren't slitting each other throats over spoiled food and polluted water?
To hell with that future!
Putin and his ilk (I'm looking at you Trump, Orban, Xi, and assorted others) need to be stopped from their mad game of Risk.
While I'm no fan of the US spending ourselves into ridiculous military budgets, at the cost of everything else in this country, someone has to force Putin's hand to broker a peace agreement. Since he only understands thuggish "big stick" politics, it's only a bigger stick that will force him to a peace agreement.
Then again, if the rumors are true and he's got cancer and doesn't give a damn about the world, then there's no reasonable way to deal with a dictator with a death wish.
Which means we'll have a very dark future ahead of us all no matter which side we're on.
There is a regime in Moscow, there is a government in Kiev. Like it or not, the invasion has strengthened Zelensky's political position significantly. Your conclusion therefore appears to make zero sense.
OMG!! OMG!! OMG!! Please Watch YouTube "Dialogue Works" Episode: "The US dominance is Gone | Geoffrey Young". Victoria Nuland and the CIA overthrew the Ukrainian neutral Government in 2014 and turned it into a NATO base and put in a puppet government with the CIA, State Dept, and Pentagon and large groups of heavily armed Ukranian Nazis along with other countries to use to campaign to attack Russia using Ukraine as a proxy state to weaken Russia?!! It's an Imperialist Project and I feel like I'm going to be sick! OMG!! We have blood on our hands. Please God, forgive us and let Russia win this war! Please stop my tears and forgive me for my shame in being an American. Please share!!
You're stupid. Listen to Douglas Macgregor on YouTube or read "The Gathering Storm". Listen to Scott Ritter or Jeffrey Sachs. Russians are winning 10 to 1. Mr. Z is a criminal, killing Russian Ukrainians, Catholics, nuns and priests. He's kidnapping 14–16-year-olds and 40+ year olds to go to their deaths. He has thousands of fake Americans posing as Ukrainians and using western weapons because the US is depleted. And now he wants American and European soldiers? No Where do you get your information? From the MSM government propaganda B.S. machine that the American people don't listen to because of their lies and not reporting on real news? Russia doesn't need China. China needs Russia for their weapons. Lying Joe Biden is sending us into WWIII and global annihilation. The US does not support lying Biden. And look at France and Canada leaders fighting for their power. And the UK has just gone through 3 Premiers in less than a year. 🤡
At the level of Great Powers, and those who unfortunately become entangled in their affairs, that is, of Realpolitik, consideration of any sort of normal morality applicable to the behavior of ordinary persons is irrelevant. All that matters is power. In the case of the US, we can observe this in the overt, explicit statements of our famous neocons. I am less familiar with Russian politics, but I am pretty sure the structures of power are pretty much the same there. That is, except for some decor, we are observing capitalists and mafias at work.
Having observed the disastrous outcomes of World Wars 1 and 2, it is possible that these mafias have learned something from reading history and don't want to win. This would explain the the poor showing (poor from a media point of view) of the present belligerents: they don't want to win, since winning would entail occupation, intensified ethnic hatred, and guerrilla warfare. It is enough to create enough death and destruction to let the world know one is still in the game and thus retain one's big-deal, bad-ass repute. This sort of thing will continue as long as people continue to play the mafias' games. The day may come when they will demand something better, but apparently that day has not yet arrived.
>> Zelensky is also guilty of the current bloodshed
Yes - how could we forget that on February 24th 2022, Zelensky launched an all out invasion of Russia. Combined force arms were used to significantly degrade the military and harm civilian life.
Wait... none of that happened you say? It was only filthy Russian orks and their supporters that infiltrated Ukrainian soil? The Russian aboutism never ceases to amaze me. Whether its this form of diahrea writing or some other form of excuse, Russians always find a way to blame someone else for their ills.
To the author - I hope you're prolific, I hope you're articles are published far and wide so that everyone can see what a nominally repentant Russian looks like. It is literally impossible for you cretins to take responsibility for your actions, for your last 20 years of being ruled by conmen and criminals. This continuing attitude will only set back Russians another few centuries.
Just maybe, by the time the rest of civilization is ready to join the Cosmos; Russian can finally get indoor plumbing so that don't feel the need to steal their neighbors toilets.
The comments here are frankly bizarre.
I agree the soldiers should be pointing their weapons at those who send them to the front lines in this and any other conflicts, but if you think western oligarchs did not fuel this conflict and will sit quietly on the sideline if both these regimes fall then I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
It would be great if Russians could rise up and get rid of Putin. But like you said, the reality of that happening is about zilch. Watching how things have unfolded over the past two decades, you can see a lot of similarities to world politics in the 1920s and 1930s where brutal fascists rose from the ashes of colonialism and failed democracies.
It amazes me that so few in the US take note of how Putin plays the long game of authoritarianism. It's as if they've forgotten he was born out of and molded by the KGB. I mean come on, he's tossing Oligarchs and ministers out of high rise windows in order to keep them all in line with his madness, while also drafting teenagers and old men for his war. These are the acts of a desperate dictator at the end of his rope. Yet there are those in the US who think we should let Trump back in office so he can make nicey-nice with old Vlad. For what? So that we can all go skipping happily into a fascist, environmentally destroyed future where Oligarchs and Billionaires are the only ones who aren't slitting each other throats over spoiled food and polluted water?
To hell with that future!
Putin and his ilk (I'm looking at you Trump, Orban, Xi, and assorted others) need to be stopped from their mad game of Risk.
While I'm no fan of the US spending ourselves into ridiculous military budgets, at the cost of everything else in this country, someone has to force Putin's hand to broker a peace agreement. Since he only understands thuggish "big stick" politics, it's only a bigger stick that will force him to a peace agreement.
Then again, if the rumors are true and he's got cancer and doesn't give a damn about the world, then there's no reasonable way to deal with a dictator with a death wish.
Which means we'll have a very dark future ahead of us all no matter which side we're on.
There is a regime in Moscow, there is a government in Kiev. Like it or not, the invasion has strengthened Zelensky's political position significantly. Your conclusion therefore appears to make zero sense.
Poor peoples children fight war.
In war, arms is wealth. By that standard, Russia is rich. See https://aaronlee.substack.com/p/one-trillion-dollars-in-2023-how
OMG!! OMG!! OMG!! Please Watch YouTube "Dialogue Works" Episode: "The US dominance is Gone | Geoffrey Young". Victoria Nuland and the CIA overthrew the Ukrainian neutral Government in 2014 and turned it into a NATO base and put in a puppet government with the CIA, State Dept, and Pentagon and large groups of heavily armed Ukranian Nazis along with other countries to use to campaign to attack Russia using Ukraine as a proxy state to weaken Russia?!! It's an Imperialist Project and I feel like I'm going to be sick! OMG!! We have blood on our hands. Please God, forgive us and let Russia win this war! Please stop my tears and forgive me for my shame in being an American. Please share!!