Then again, why would countries led by authoritarians ridicule a fellow authoritarian? I'm not quite sure why you are posting these somewhat outlandish comments. As I understand, only the UK, US, and Canada are English speaking countries of NATO. Leaving just Ireland and the UK as English speaking countries in the EU. This is misinformat…
Then again, why would countries led by authoritarians ridicule a fellow authoritarian? I'm not quite sure why you are posting these somewhat outlandish comments. As I understand, only the UK, US, and Canada are English speaking countries of NATO. Leaving just Ireland and the UK as English speaking countries in the EU. This is misinformation, akin to your comments of 'Orwellian-McCarthyist Bigotry". Might you be projecting?
Respectively, no missed groove. In the context of the war in Ukraine, "the ridiculous Anglo-American propaganda talking points" is a rather rich statement. I noted NATO and EU for the obvious reasons, which really don't need explanation beyond the obvious war in Europe.
Yet, I do find myself perplexed by your not addressing my first question regarding authoritarians, nor my last suggesting a projection "of Orwellian-McCarthyist Bigotry". This somehow seems an oxymoron to me...seems a rather conflicting label, yes? Then again, maybe there is no explanation.
I already explained my "Orwellian McCarthyist bigotry comment; it's around here somewhere.
Once again, I think that Putin really thinks that Russia faces an existential threat from an expanding NATO.
Ukraine never kept its promises in the Minsk accords that ended the fighting in 2014, and there has been periodic artillery shelling (comparable to what the Bosnians did to the Serbians, provoking a NATO attack) ever since.
Before Russia attacked, Ukraine was building up troops along the Donbass line of control, apparently preparing to invade. (I remember reading that the IMF insisted that Ukraine re-absorb the breakaway region, so the eastern ethnic Russians could be taxed to help pay the unpayble debt.)
Finally, Ukraine publicly floated the idea of getting nuclear weapons again, just before Russia attacked.
I think it is clear that "democracy" in Ukraine is a sham. It seems clear that both neo-Nazi thugs in the streets and support from the USA were necessary for the 2014 coup/revolution to succeed. The neo-Nazis were put in charge of security, and nobody was punished for the Odessa Barbecue that terrorized the people throughout the country. Two pro-Russia politicians got killed, and nobody was punished.
It seems to me that the American leadership, in the White House and in both parties in both houses of Congress (and fully supported by the mainstream news media) is marching toward a nuclear war that we would probably lose, because of Russia's temporary advantage in military technology.
My assessment is that, if the American leadership remains unreasonably hostile to Putin's seemingly reasonable demands (for example, no re-run of the Cuban missile crisis), Russia will not hesitate to (for example) declare that sanctions against Russia's banking sector are acts of war and launch a nuclear attack whenever they think it is to their strategic advantage.
Then again, why would countries led by authoritarians ridicule a fellow authoritarian? I'm not quite sure why you are posting these somewhat outlandish comments. As I understand, only the UK, US, and Canada are English speaking countries of NATO. Leaving just Ireland and the UK as English speaking countries in the EU. This is misinformation, akin to your comments of 'Orwellian-McCarthyist Bigotry". Might you be projecting?
Oops! Just Ireland is English speaking in the EU. Must we even touch the misinformation around Brexit?
Um, I never mentioned NATO or the EU. You seem to have skipped a groove.
Respectively, no missed groove. In the context of the war in Ukraine, "the ridiculous Anglo-American propaganda talking points" is a rather rich statement. I noted NATO and EU for the obvious reasons, which really don't need explanation beyond the obvious war in Europe.
Yet, I do find myself perplexed by your not addressing my first question regarding authoritarians, nor my last suggesting a projection "of Orwellian-McCarthyist Bigotry". This somehow seems an oxymoron to me...seems a rather conflicting label, yes? Then again, maybe there is no explanation.
I already explained my "Orwellian McCarthyist bigotry comment; it's around here somewhere.
Once again, I think that Putin really thinks that Russia faces an existential threat from an expanding NATO.
Ukraine never kept its promises in the Minsk accords that ended the fighting in 2014, and there has been periodic artillery shelling (comparable to what the Bosnians did to the Serbians, provoking a NATO attack) ever since.
Before Russia attacked, Ukraine was building up troops along the Donbass line of control, apparently preparing to invade. (I remember reading that the IMF insisted that Ukraine re-absorb the breakaway region, so the eastern ethnic Russians could be taxed to help pay the unpayble debt.)
Finally, Ukraine publicly floated the idea of getting nuclear weapons again, just before Russia attacked.
I think it is clear that "democracy" in Ukraine is a sham. It seems clear that both neo-Nazi thugs in the streets and support from the USA were necessary for the 2014 coup/revolution to succeed. The neo-Nazis were put in charge of security, and nobody was punished for the Odessa Barbecue that terrorized the people throughout the country. Two pro-Russia politicians got killed, and nobody was punished.
It seems to me that the American leadership, in the White House and in both parties in both houses of Congress (and fully supported by the mainstream news media) is marching toward a nuclear war that we would probably lose, because of Russia's temporary advantage in military technology.
My assessment is that, if the American leadership remains unreasonably hostile to Putin's seemingly reasonable demands (for example, no re-run of the Cuban missile crisis), Russia will not hesitate to (for example) declare that sanctions against Russia's banking sector are acts of war and launch a nuclear attack whenever they think it is to their strategic advantage.