“Meeting with Congress, Zelensky Asks for More Weapons and a No-Fly Zone” reads a recent headline from the New York Times. It does not take great strategic acumen to realize that trying to put up a no-fly zone over Ukraine – whose airspace is now controlled by the Russians – would inevitably lead to a direct clash with the military assets of the Russian Federation.
Some press reports indicate that plans are afoot to award Zelensky the Nobel peace prize. RT has now been banned here in blighty, so I'm no longer able to study another point of view.
Our very own Sturgeon has , all too predictably, called for a No Fly zone in Ukraine, and the halo polishing continues, while the Ukraine buckles.
Mar 21, 2022·edited Mar 21, 2022Liked by Vasko Kohlmayer
The entire crisis could so easily have been avoided if Zelensky and his comic opera government had pragmatically compromised with Putin's , not unreasonable demands to annex those two eastern provinces with a pro Russian population that have only been part of the Ukraine since 1954 ... that, and a pledge to NEVER join NATO would have likely solved the problem , but instead the feckless EUnuchs encouraged the comedian Zelensky to resist and provoked Putin to invade ; and now we have the usual suspects engaging in pathological altruism and virtue signalling while the Ukraine cities are being destroying by bombing..Covid hysteria has suddenly morphed into Russia hysteria as the population of the West are spoon-fed half truths and orchestrated like a group of clapping seals ...there are no wise and pragmatic adults here
Last night I rewatched this 2016 Oliver Stone interview with Putin where he clearly expressed his concerns about NATO and the emotionally charged irrational responses of Western leaders. Please share it among friends and family alike. More than ever we need a return to objectivity and empathy, both of which are sorely missing in this latest adventure in the Twilight Zone - https://youtu.be/8mq5Sqc3GQ8
As always, your analysis is on target. Let's just hope that enough people wake up to this Zelensky's game. We may see through this, but what good will our foresight be if we are all obliterated to kingdom come because people are too stupid and care more about "virtue signaling".
I'll tell you one thing. I've always thought if mankind would go out, it would be an epic theatrical bang, some honorable end... But humanity will kill each other over insanity, we will really go out with a whimper at this rate.
Civilization is truly deranged, and now we may just be mere spectators of it's collapse.
Great Powers are entitled to a sphere of influence and buffer state . America understands that all too well and that's why they have had the anachronistic Monroe Doctrine for 200 years providing a buffer zone in Central/ South America
But don't expect the West to admit this double standard and gross hypocrisy
Remarkably balanced account of the moral panic which has overtaken the west. It reflects the views of many of us here, that emotional incontinence has replaced rational debate, common sense and the urgent need to put the current events into context in order to end the conflict.
The blanket demonisation of everyone and everything Russian makes me despair, and it cannot end well.
Surely the west's resplendently virtuous opportunists are cutting off our noses to spite our faces: do they really want a zero sum game rather than a negotiated settlement?
We've endured two years' worth of confected moral panic of the covid variety; now we've lurched into its successor.
He is a globalist shill, installed by "them." He's saying what he's told to say an doing what he's been told to do. Much like every single head of what used to be sovereign governments. Those days are over, forever.
NATO is in EStonia , a mere 5 hours drive from St Petersburg ! Would America allow the Russians an airforce base 5 hours drive south of Los Angeles in Mexico ?
Would America have allowed Mexico to join the Warsaw Pact in 1980 ?
America was prepared to engage in nuclear war over the island of Cuba in 1962
And yet, Russia is not allowed a buffer zone and to demand neutrality from Ukraine even though they have a long border and close family ties going back a thousand years
The WEst and NATO invaded the sovereign country of Iraq for ''Regime Change'' and yet when Russia does something similar it's Putin = Hitler
There's an eerie echo of 1914 going on here and it's almost the entire fault of the arrogant, feckless West for needlessly provoking the Russian bear ... if feckless losers and incompetents like Macron, Tredeau, Johnson, Biden , Klaus Swab and George Soros are on the same side , then that should give any sensible person cause for concern
Zelensky playing piano with his tool is brilliant. Comparable to Justin Timberlake’s SNL skit ‘Junk-in-a box’. Let’s agree to disagree- Zelensky is the hero-of-the-moment, an anomaly in a sea jelly spines.
The feckless , incompetent EUnuchs and Nato are haplessly stumbling into war here ; they are engaging in a form of Russian roulette and are a fugitive from the law of averages ..they are provoking the Russian bear as they think they can treat Russia like they did with Serbia in Kosovo
The gross hypocrisy is not missed by most Russsians as the West invaded Iraq for ''regime change'' and yet when Russia does something similar in Ukraine , then it's hysterical calls for Putin = Hitler
I don’t think we can stop him. The media is at fault here so we’re basically up the creek with a nuke strapped to it. Am I wrong here? Put me in my place.
Some press reports indicate that plans are afoot to award Zelensky the Nobel peace prize. RT has now been banned here in blighty, so I'm no longer able to study another point of view.
Our very own Sturgeon has , all too predictably, called for a No Fly zone in Ukraine, and the halo polishing continues, while the Ukraine buckles.
The entire crisis could so easily have been avoided if Zelensky and his comic opera government had pragmatically compromised with Putin's , not unreasonable demands to annex those two eastern provinces with a pro Russian population that have only been part of the Ukraine since 1954 ... that, and a pledge to NEVER join NATO would have likely solved the problem , but instead the feckless EUnuchs encouraged the comedian Zelensky to resist and provoked Putin to invade ; and now we have the usual suspects engaging in pathological altruism and virtue signalling while the Ukraine cities are being destroying by bombing..Covid hysteria has suddenly morphed into Russia hysteria as the population of the West are spoon-fed half truths and orchestrated like a group of clapping seals ...there are no wise and pragmatic adults here
Last night I rewatched this 2016 Oliver Stone interview with Putin where he clearly expressed his concerns about NATO and the emotionally charged irrational responses of Western leaders. Please share it among friends and family alike. More than ever we need a return to objectivity and empathy, both of which are sorely missing in this latest adventure in the Twilight Zone - https://youtu.be/8mq5Sqc3GQ8
As always, your analysis is on target. Let's just hope that enough people wake up to this Zelensky's game. We may see through this, but what good will our foresight be if we are all obliterated to kingdom come because people are too stupid and care more about "virtue signaling".
I'll tell you one thing. I've always thought if mankind would go out, it would be an epic theatrical bang, some honorable end... But humanity will kill each other over insanity, we will really go out with a whimper at this rate.
Civilization is truly deranged, and now we may just be mere spectators of it's collapse.
Great Powers are entitled to a sphere of influence and buffer state . America understands that all too well and that's why they have had the anachronistic Monroe Doctrine for 200 years providing a buffer zone in Central/ South America
But don't expect the West to admit this double standard and gross hypocrisy
Excellent analysis.
https://thecritic.co.uk/moral-panic-over-ukraine-risks-nuclear-war/
Remarkably balanced account of the moral panic which has overtaken the west. It reflects the views of many of us here, that emotional incontinence has replaced rational debate, common sense and the urgent need to put the current events into context in order to end the conflict.
The blanket demonisation of everyone and everything Russian makes me despair, and it cannot end well.
Surely the west's resplendently virtuous opportunists are cutting off our noses to spite our faces: do they really want a zero sum game rather than a negotiated settlement?
We've endured two years' worth of confected moral panic of the covid variety; now we've lurched into its successor.
Finally, Boris is considering a visit to Ukraine:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/boris-johnson-ukraine-oliver-dowden-prime-minister-russian-b989599.html
He is a globalist shill, installed by "them." He's saying what he's told to say an doing what he's been told to do. Much like every single head of what used to be sovereign governments. Those days are over, forever.
NATO is in EStonia , a mere 5 hours drive from St Petersburg ! Would America allow the Russians an airforce base 5 hours drive south of Los Angeles in Mexico ?
Would America have allowed Mexico to join the Warsaw Pact in 1980 ?
America was prepared to engage in nuclear war over the island of Cuba in 1962
And yet, Russia is not allowed a buffer zone and to demand neutrality from Ukraine even though they have a long border and close family ties going back a thousand years
The WEst and NATO invaded the sovereign country of Iraq for ''Regime Change'' and yet when Russia does something similar it's Putin = Hitler
There's an eerie echo of 1914 going on here and it's almost the entire fault of the arrogant, feckless West for needlessly provoking the Russian bear ... if feckless losers and incompetents like Macron, Tredeau, Johnson, Biden , Klaus Swab and George Soros are on the same side , then that should give any sensible person cause for concern
I concur wholeheartedly with this assess
I was born in u s s r
Volod is a chew toy
Nazi Jew? Sad but true, whether by intent or ineptitude?
The dude is friends with Kalousey klause ain't he?
I can't watch no onee plAy with their piana that is wrecking the whole world
What is with the stupid weirdos?
Zelensky playing piano with his tool is brilliant. Comparable to Justin Timberlake’s SNL skit ‘Junk-in-a box’. Let’s agree to disagree- Zelensky is the hero-of-the-moment, an anomaly in a sea jelly spines.
Amen! Excellent article.
Very clear excellent writing.
The feckless , incompetent EUnuchs and Nato are haplessly stumbling into war here ; they are engaging in a form of Russian roulette and are a fugitive from the law of averages ..they are provoking the Russian bear as they think they can treat Russia like they did with Serbia in Kosovo
The gross hypocrisy is not missed by most Russsians as the West invaded Iraq for ''regime change'' and yet when Russia does something similar in Ukraine , then it's hysterical calls for Putin = Hitler
Still at it, Vasko? So was Churchill.
I don’t think we can stop him. The media is at fault here so we’re basically up the creek with a nuke strapped to it. Am I wrong here? Put me in my place.