FTA: “I will proffer a harsh truth to you: the best outcome in Ukraine would be for Russia to win the war as expeditiously as possible, neutralize and disarm the place, change-out its illegitimate government, and let it revert to being the frontier backwater it was for eight decades previous, when it was not a problem for the other nations of the region.“
The article paragraph above illustrates your point about the author perfectly, IMO. Kuntsler writes as a true believer in the NYTimes tripe by Walter Duranty denying the famine that occurred under the Soviets. It seems certain the Ukrainian people have long and vivid memories on the Russian bear on how they would likely fare if Kuntsler’s vision became reality.
You have no clue about the reality of Ukraine. And believe it or not, the USSR is no more; Putin is not Stalin.
You’re living in the past.
I was mistaken in my Comment 23 when I said Putin’s latest acceptance of Alexandr Dugin’s Nazi nonsense was planned to start in Sept. See below from a post today at the FR thread “Attack on Europe”:
“More about the Muscovian Lebensborn:
Кремлевская табакерка
The selection of women who will give birth to special “state” children as part of the “Kukushka” project has begun
We wrote that in August the selection of women who will give birth to special “state” children as part of the “Kukushka” project will begin. According to a source in the Kremlin, who is responsible for demographic issues, the process has begun. “We have begun selecting women who will give birth to the future elite of Russia. At the same time, we are determining the list of participants in the SVO, important politicians who will become the fathers of such children. The first conceptions will be at the end of this year or the beginning of next year,” the channel’s source said.
He noted that in parallel with the selection of future mothers, accompanying measures are being taken to help increase the birth rate in Russia. In particular, the Ministry of Health advised encouraging unplanned and early pregnancy and prepared recommendations against abortions. “As part of the implementation of these measures, we will also identify girls who can become participants in “Kukushka”. At the same time, we will simply increase the birth rate in the country and declare war on abortions,” the source explained.
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/6014 [Note by me: this is a Russian source, apparently tolerated by Moscow]
earlier https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4219673/posts?page=18468#18468“
Yikes, worse and more of it, also part of recommendations, “the Ministry of Health advised encouraging unplanned and early pregnancy”. Does this mean the Russian Ministry of Health actually believes that unplanned pregnancies by young girls is a good way to build a healthy Russian population? Of course if Russia in the future continues the current practice of suicidal “meat wave” attacks in Russian planned wars, health of future Russian boys/men will obviously be of no concern. Will this well-intentioned Russian Ministry of Health also examine the health and fitness of those political sperm donors who are to breed the future “elite” of Russia as well as the selected surrogates?/sarc.
[I repeat my apology for multiply identical comments (24 & 25) caused by my failing Chromebook, which will soon be replaced.]