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Bill Corgile's avatar

There are issues about Zalensky, running in the background that I don't care for. But I'd rather run Putin and Trump off the rails first and then deal with Zalensky. Putin, Trump, Orban, et al, are pushing for oligarchy worldwide and you know it !

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Notes On Useful Beauty's avatar

Zelensky was the star of a Ukrainian tv show about someone who accidentally became President of his country and just kept muddling thru until it got a little better. Then Zelensky ran for President of his country, running on an anti-corruption platform and got elected. Then he had the opportunity to have the entire world watch as Trump tried to boondoggle him into participating in messing with the US election, and he resisted that, to Trump’s chagrin and the delight of many other people around the world. Then Trump lost the election, in no large part due to the organizing talents of Stacy Abrams in Georgia, as well as the political savvy of Georgia’s Secretary of State Raffensperger, who had the great good sense to record those phone calls with Trump. Putin probably thought he better do something before Zelensky developed any more political chops, and invaded Ukraine. Interestingly enough, the centuries of experience the Ukrainians have watching invaders roll across their fields kicked in, and Zelensky and that genius general of his embarrassed Putin, galvanized NATO, gave Biden an opportunity to do what he wanted to - namely, move the world toward democracy, disrupted the balance of power between Putin and his mercenary army, shook up Russia and China’s budding reapproachment, gave Africa a chance to consider other options, pushed Turkey back toward the west, and now here we are. Trump is facing indictments from all directions, Tucker Carlson got kicked off Fox for admitting on a hot mic that all the people at Fox understand Trump is a Cheeto, inflation is down to 3% and the longed-for (by Republicans and certain media outlets, like the Wall Street Journal) recession just isn’t happening. This week the staunchly Republican head of the FBI made fun of Jordan and his rabid cronies’ conspiracy theories on CSpann. Not sure what you are concerned about regarding Zelensky, but it sorta seems like he has turned his TV show into real life. I am a big dove, really , but it seems to me everyone should have given that general everything he was asking for early on, and let them turn Russia into a Satrapy of Ukraine. This would have solved so many problems, would it have not?

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Bill Corgile's avatar

You're an amazing writer. Thanx M.R. !

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Notes On Useful Beauty's avatar

Thanks, Bill.

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John Schmeeckle's avatar

Zelensky was, "Kolomoysky’s puppet," quoting President Poroshenko, as discussed in this article:

"How One Ukrainian Billionaire Funded Hunter Biden, President Volodymyr Zelensky, And Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion"

https://greatgameindia.com/hunter-biden-zelensky-neo-nazi/

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John Schmeeckle's avatar

Bill Corgile, perhaps we will later have an opportunity to revisit our differing assesments of the global situation.

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