I am posting my notes on the first 12 minutes of Mercouris' 39 minute video for today (9/23)Zelensky in USA, pitches Victory plan which is his SURVIVAL PLAN
Zelensky has traveled to New York, toured an ammunition factory, and has basically told the west, 'either you use my plan or we will lose.'
Bloomberg says, Zelensky wants more money, he'll always wants more money. But the bottom line is Zelensky wants immediate entry into NATO, which activates Article 5. Zelensky has made it clear Article 5 would apply to the entire Ukraine (including Crimea, Donbas,Zaporozhia, Kherson...all of it) as he has no intention of forfeiting any land. That is Zelensky's Victory Plan.
Financial Times has an article saying that Zelensky's Victory Plan isn't really a Victory Plan as nobody in the West thinks he can deliver victory. Rather, it is an attempt by Zelensky to smoke out his western allies, to force them into reaffirming their absolute commitment to Ukraine and ultimately to him personally. So it's really to ensure his allies remain on the side of the Ukraine, and more importantly, remain on the side of Zelensky himself.
Mercouris thinks Zelensky's Victory Plan is actually a survival plan for Zelensky. He's getting reports from his military that he's losing the war. There's a report in Bloomberg about Zelensky screaming at his generals. Even he must acknowledge by now the inexorable advance of Russian troops, that supplies of western supplies are dwindling, as is manpower. Mercouris thinks Zelensky is aware of this and he really wants to remain in charge of Ukraine, he wants the west to support him, and he's come up with his Victory Plan. Mercouris beieves Zelensky's Victory Plan isn't really to garner support for Ukraine, but rather to get support for him personally.
That will mean that Zelensky no longer has to worry about potential coups in Kyiv, because nobody in Kyiv is going to start a coup if they think the west will oppose it - that is a certainty.
Also it means that if the situation becomes one of Russia preparing to storm Kyiv, that the west will still see Zelensky as an ally, still recognize Ukraine and Zelensky as its president, and that means he will have an effective escape route to the west, and he might be able to call on the west to help him escape to the west.
Mercouris believes that Zelensky's Victory Plan is really about the future of Zelensky and Yermak and those who depend on him for their political existence.
Mercouris believes Zelensky is in danger of creating a situation where the western officials, and Ukrainian officials compare notes and start saying to each other he's impossible; he's unreasonable; that he won't listen to advice about the how the war is being conducted; that he comes up with these unrealistic far-fetched and bizarre plans (diplomatic and military) of which his 'Victory Plan' is only the latest, and that ultimately Zelensky isn't just a 'chancer' (UK informal term meaning 'a person who is always trying to get an advantage for himself or herself, especially by taking risks') but he's also someone who maneuvers and manipulates those people who are supposed to be his friends and his allies.
When that kind of sentiment begins to appear, and spread, and to harden, then it may be all these people (Ukrainians, the military, the Americans, the European nationalists), all of them, end up agreeing on just one thing, that Zelensky has to go, he's become impossible, and because some fear he's not willing to negotiate with the Russians. He's impossible as some Americans fear Zelensky is not capable of agreeing to a ceasefire with the Russians. He's impossible because some of the European nationalists see him maneuvering toward some kind of capitulation or disaster and his leadership is putting Ukraine in question. And he's impossible, as the military will feel, because he gives them irrational and illogical orders which they cannot fulfill just to meet the needs of Zelensky's political situation.(ransomnote: My notes are ending here, 12 minutes into the 39 minute video
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Zelensky and the rest of his dead ender cronies are hiding out in the Ukrainian version of the Fuhrer Bunker intent on taking the Ukrainian people down with them in a Hitleresque Götterdämmerung
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Or an election
I guess my thoughts on the Ukrainian ‘borrowing’ is that none of the money it has been loaned or ‘given’ will be repaid. If anything, when this is all said and done, someone in the west is going to end up with a fantastic Marshall Plan bill for rebuilding.
Zelinski spends no real time in Ukraine or Kiev. He is always on the move globe trotting.
He is on life support. His expriation date is the first week in November. He no longer serves the purpose he was intended.
Zelinski has peddled his Victory Plan A and Plan B. Plan A is NATO joins the war and fights Russia. Plan B is Kiev surrenders unconditionally to Russia and lets Russia occupy the entire coutry without opposition and the West loses their investments.... The 90% of the natural assets are already under Russian Management - thus NATO has lost the initiative as far the reason for remaining in Ukraine.
Zelinski arrived in the USA on a C-17 USAF garbage hauler. He is actively attacking Trump and campaigning for Harris.
If the USA decides to help Ukraine by firing long range missiles into Russia, things will get interesting for DOD. Obama wanted to take the US down a few notches; as Harris looks to lose the election, the DNC will most likely burn the world down in a hissy fit making life miserable for Americans for years to come.
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Ukriane conflict has put 2/3s of the world population into an economic system outside USD based trade. The diplomatic failurs of the Biden Admin since 2020 were to be expected, given the guy in charge is the guy who got 51 signatures for Hunter’s disinformation Laptop. Lying and shortcuts are the hallmarks of leftists and they being the Chicago Mafia wing of the DNC they were ill prepared for the world stage - our military power and political power on the world stage is not as powerful as the Mayor of SF, Chicago, NYC, Wash DC, etc., which is where the DNC cuts their teeth - a failure to comprise has led to the failure of the American system at home and abroad.
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Ukraine can no longer muster the troop strength required to mount defensive operations, let along counter attacks when Russia makes gains. Russia’s forward destruction of the AFU is paying huge dividends. The FABs broke the stalemate. Their missiles broke the ADA umbrella allowing Russia aviation to become a major factor. Drones were long the Ukrainian advantage, but Russia has now achieved dominance at a time when Ukrainian drones are less in number.
The US cannot find equipment to send to Ukraine, and Ukraine cannot find men to be cannon fodder. All the fiat in the world cannot force an outcome if you lose on the frontlines.
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Thanks for the Summary and Overview, Ransom, very informative and efficient.
Very detailed summary! Thank you very much for posting this.