The Military Situation In The Ukraine ... (History of the past weeks -summary/History)... (4//1 2022)

The Postil ^ | 4/1/2022 | Jaques Baud Swiss intelligence analyst, military officer, intelligence and terrorism expert)

[caww]

For years, from Mali to Afghanistan, I have worked for peace and risked my life for it. It is therefore not a question of justifying war, but of understanding what led us to it. I notice that the “experts” who take turns on television analyze the situation on the basis of dubious information, most often hypotheses erected as facts—and then we no longer manage to understand what is happening. This is how panics are created.

The problem is not so much to know who is right in this conflict, but to question the way our leaders make their decisions.

Let’s try to examine the roots of the conflict

[caww]

About the author:

Jacques Baud is a former colonel of the General Staff, ex-member of the 'Swiss strategic intelligence, specialist on Eastern countries'.... He was trained in the 'American and British intelligence services'..... He has served as Policy Chief for United Nations Peace Operations.... As a UN expert on rule of law and security institutions,.... he designed and led the first multidimensional UN intelligence unit in the Sudan.... He has worked for the African Union and was for 5 years responsible for the fight, at NATO, against the proliferation of small arms. ....He was involved in discussions with the highest Russian military and intelligence officials just after the fall of the USSR..... Within NATO, he followed the 2014 Ukrainian crisis and later participated in programs to assist the Ukraine. ....He is the author of several books on intelligence, war and terrorism...., in particular Le Détournement published by SIGEST, Gouverner par les fake news, L’affaire Navalny. His latest book is Poutine, maître du jeu? published by Max Milo.

This article appears through the gracious courtesy of Centre Français de Recherche sur le Renseignement, Paris. Translated from the French by N. Dass.

[ScaniaBoy]

Well worth a read. Thanks for posting.

[Andyman]

. . . what makes the conflict in the Ukraine more blameworthy than the war in Iraq, Afghanistan or Libya?

Among other things, none of those was territory bordering on what was perceived by you as the aggressor nation. None of those would be occupied by what was perceived by you to be the aggressor nation.

[CarolinaReaganFan]

looks interesting,thanks (but very lengthy)

[ScaniaBoy]

Yes, but the prehistory of the war is worth reading. Must admit that some of it were news to me. I have tried to control his statements and so far it checks out.

[CarolinaReaganFan]

this month i’ve been reading a lot about this prewar time period,interesting stuff
RE- prehistory of the war is worth reading>> ha - the reason i responded was to mark it to finish reading later thanks

[caww]

Just posted his update. I thought both well worth the read also - even though somewhat lengthy condsidering his military and intelligence background I would expect details and such others might not give.

[caww]

Not sure who you mean by “you”....

[caww]

There’s a part two but it did take me sometime to determine pretty much what he wrote of is true. With his background and actual first hand involvement with negotiations etc. It’s pretty difficult to argue against him.

[caww]

Could you elaborate further? Especially if you’ve read the article itself?

[Who is John Galt?]

Thanks - well worth reading!

;>)

[caww]

I thought so as well. He certainly brought further understanding to me after readin it - and it was very well presented.

Interesting that thus far the usual people have not disputed his assessment. It would be difficult to do so.

[caww]

Some of the parts he wrote were from first person accounts I found interesting....

I was asked by NATO to participate in a program to restore the image of the Ukrainian armed forces. But this is a long-term process and the Ukrainians wanted to move quickly.

So, to compensate for the lack of soldiers, the Ukrainian government resorted to paramilitary militias. They are essentially composed of foreign mercenaries, often extreme right-wing militants. In 2020, they constituted about 40 percent of the Ukrainian forces and numbered about 102,000 men. They were armed, financed and trained by the United States, Great Britain, Canada and France. There were more than 19 nationalities—including Swiss.

Western countries have thus clearly created and supported Ukrainian far-right militias.

He further writes.....These militias, originating from the far-right groups that animated the Euromaidan revolution in 2014, are ‘composed of fanatical and brutal individuals’. The best known of these is the Azov Regiment, whose emblem is reminiscent of the 2nd SS Das Reich Panzer Division, which is revered in the Ukraine for liberating Kharkov from the Soviets in 1943, before carrying out the 1944 Oradour-sur-Glane massacre in France.

[Who is John Galt?]

I suspect that a lot of the folks getting most of their news from British tabloids forget that they're reading click-bait written for European readers. The Ukraine war is closer geographically, and Europeans are more likely to click on links like 'Modern Hitler Attacks Europe!' Plus, Europeans have been depending on the US for their defense for 75 years, and it's probably natural for them to feel safer, if they can paint a sufficiently scary picture of any perceived threat, to get Uncle Sam fired up and ready to launch cruise missiles.

The downside is, we've got a "Commander in Chief" who isn't competent to pick up a quart of milk from the local mini-mart, and find his way home again. Plus, most Americans know more about Marvel superheroes than WMDs; they therefore operate in complete ignorance (or denial) of the potential for, and possible consequences of, nuclear warfare.

Bottom line, most of the US, from Dementia Joe down to the Daily Mail & comic book addicts, is literally clueless. (But, boy, can they spout insults! ;>)

[caww]

.........”The Ukraine war is closer geographically, and Europeans are more likely to click on links like ‘Modern Hitler Attacks Europe!’ .....Plus, Europeans have been depending on the US for their defense for 75 years, and it's probably natural for them to feel safer, if they can paint a sufficiently scary picture of any perceived threat, to get Uncle Sam fired up and ready to launch cruise missiles”......

Plus they have Victoria Nuland running the EU tour circuit as always bending fingers where she has to if the Europeans don't want to join in Bidens Agenda for Ukraine. She's pushing the Putins going to resort to firing Nukes drama. ...and frankly she's such a warmonger she'd love to see us fire back.

Family member has sources in International Cyber Security that said there's no question among them that Obama and his former admin are running Washington DC. Like Powers and Rice etc. Mostly woman once called Obama's Harem at the UN. So Joe and Kamala are just window dressing - and very poor ones at that. However Bidens sufficient cover so they're not accountable for what they're doing.