Posted on 05/28/2022 2:40:24 PM PDT by Vlad0
The war in Ukraine is a trompe l’oeil. Behind the appearances of the unity of NATO and its consolidation by new members, several big players run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. In reality, all those who are not blinded by their own propaganda know that their side is going to lose and is already planning other enemies on other battlefields. Washington is making the best of a bad situation and using Russian pressure to close ranks.
On the front of the stage, Nato assures that it has been strengthened by “Putin’s madness”. Ukraine, powerfully armed by the West, is leading a counter-offensive and pushing back the “invader”. At the international level, the sanctions are bearing fruit. Finland and Sweden, feeling threatened, decided to join the Atlantic Alliance. Soon the Russians will overthrow the “dictator” in the Kremlin.
This magnificent narrative is contradicted by the facts: only about a third of Western weapons reach the front. But the Ukrainian army is exhausted. Almost everywhere it is retreating and a few exploits do not change the overall picture. Two-thirds of Western weapons, especially the heaviest ones, are already available on the black market in the Balkans, particularly in Kosovo and Albania, which have become the main places for trafficking in this area. Western sanctions pose a risk of famine, not in Russia, but in the rest of the world and particularly in Africa. Turkey and Croatia are opposed to the accession of new members to NATO. It is possible to convince them, but at the price of radical political changes which the West has always opposed.
Even if Russia is wise enough to not celebrate its victory too loudly, as it did in Syria, it will be seen as the failure of the greatest military force in history, NATO. A victory without appeal, since the Atlantic Alliance was physically involved in the fight, while it stood around the battlefields in Syria. Many of Washington’s vassal states will try to break free. It is likely that their civilian leaders will remain mentally oriented toward the West, while their military leaders will turn more quickly toward Moscow and Beijing. In the years to come, the cards will be reshuffled. It will not be a matter of shifting from alignment with Washington to alignment with the new victors, but of creating a multipolar world where everyone is responsible for themselves. What is at stake is not a redefinition of zones of influence, but the end of the mentality establishing a hierarchy between peoples.
From this prospective point of view, it is fascinating to observe Western rhetoric. Many experts from the old world explain that Russia wants to rebuild its empire. They claim that it has already reconquered Ossetia and Crimea and is now attacking the Donbass. They reconstruct history with falsified quotes from President Putin. Anyone who studies contemporary Russia and checks the data knows that this is not true. The accession of Crimea to the Russian Federation and the future accession of Ossetia, Donbass and Transnistria have nothing to do with an empire, but with the reconstitution of the Russian nation, which was dismembered during the collapse of the Soviet Union.
In this context, a small part of the Western leadership is beginning to challenge the choices of their American overlord. The same phenomenon took place during the last trimester at the end of the mandate of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The latter, seeing the human disaster he had contributed to provoke in Libya and his failure in Syria, agreed to negotiate a separate peace with Damascus. However, Washington, furious with his independence, organized his electoral defeat in favor of François Hollande. In the days following his accession to the Élysée Palace, the latter re-launched the Western war machine for a decade. It is precisely at this time that Russia committed itself to intervene in Syria. For two years it finished developing new weapons, then came to fight the jihadists armed by the West and directed by NATO from its Allied Land Command in Turkey.
Google has been paid off by the Chi-comms, so don’t expect to see or read anything about the Gurkhas kicking Chi-Comm ass.
All the YouTube videos have been scrubbed by the useful idiots at Google.
Same thing happened at Myanmar, where the Muslim savages attacked the Buddhists, burning their homes and destroying their villages. The commies at Google flipped it around and claimed the Buddhists attacked the Rohingya Muslims. All the videos of the Muslims slaughtering the Buddhists have been removed.
We are living in an upside-down world where the truth is lies and the lies are truth.
Only if we let them and then what. Some people think this is a preparatory action to start a war with Nato. Maybe we have another Sino Russia alliance. What happens if Russia wins and then North Korea and China invade South Korea and Taiwan where we have treaty obligations. Taiwan and even Sweeden have felt threatened by what had been happening even before this mess. What do they know that we don't? If Russia loses they wont do that. Since it is “not out war” Do you think we should pull out of Nato and Seato? China and Russia are likely the only large powers left in the world with a malevolent nature who could hurt us. It is foolish to just let Russia go with out trying to stop it.
Look at who is in the White House.
You want to go to war with those clowns in charge?
Seriously?
We will get our clocks cleaned.
Ukraine can’t stop Russia now.
Their infrastructure is gone.
Their roads are gone.
They are out of fuel.
They are out of food.
Their soldiers are surrendering en masse.
Put away the mass media propaganda and pay attention.
It is over—time to move on....
“Looks to me like EVIL RUSSIA is WINNING!”
If Russia were winning, wouldn’t the war have been over for a couple of MONTHS by now?
How do you know? have been reading these articles on the internet from who knows where? We don’t even know of any source of information they have or who they are. Remarkable how little sites we have never heard of have so much information from “high level sources”.
Is your English comprehension so poor that you miss the main point of a story and latch on to meaningless nit picking? I thought only liberals resort to that tactic.
Let me go through the trouble to explain MAIN POINT of my post. It was NOT which group of North Vietnam ran the mightiest superpower of the era out of south Vietnam. I still remember Americans remaining south Vietnam using helicopters to escape from roof tops.
The MAIN POINT I was making is that even the mighty superpower could not defeat the enemy using guerilla tactics.
In context of Ukraine, the Ukrainians are also utilizing guerilla tactics. There are no battles between army of Ukraine confronting army of Russia.
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The T-62's are not being used in battle on the front. They are used in the conquered areas to assist squads manning checkpoints etc. They are perfect for this purpose.
Hello....there is no war between army of one country versus army of another country in Ukraine. It is strictly hit and run tactics by Ukrainian forces. Such guerilla wars do not produce quick victories. DO you remember how long United States fought in Vietnam? Again it was hit and run guerilla tactics by Viet Cong which made the conflict go on for like ever.
“Because Russia is still dangerous that is why. A massive defeat will change their attitude.”
So in your mind we should have a proxy war with anyone dangerous to change their attitude, right?
Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, etc...
One at a time or all at once works best for you?
The Russians are getting their butts kicked, yes. But they certainly thought they were going to waltz right in and dictate terms.
I don't carry water for Ukraine. It's probably full of corruption. But so is Russia and Putin is a thug and a bully, and I hate bullies.
“Is your English comprehension so poor that you miss the main point of a story and latch on to meaningless nit picking?”
What you don’t realize is that when you get a critical part of your argument wrong, it calls into question your whole premise. BTW: the US was never defeated militarily in Vietnam. We did not lose any major battles, and we never lost or gave up ground. Our political leadership threw it all away.
“The MAIN POINT I was making is that even the mighty superpower could not defeat the enemy using guerilla tactics.”
The guerillas were the VC, and we knocked them out of the war.
Boer War-South Africa
Philipine-American War.
Baltic-Soviet campaign in the 50's. guess who won?
Argentina, Uraguay, El Salvador, Peru and Chile.
Chechnya
Naxal insurgency
The VietCong did not defeat the U.S. military. The VC and NVA were decimated after the ‘68 Tet offensive but General Giap was convinced (correctly) that the war could be won in the UnitedStates public arena.
“In context of Ukraine, the Ukrainians are also utilizing guerilla tactics.”
Guerillas are irregular forces. I’m sure there are some in Ukraine. They won’t really show up in any real numbers until the occupation.
“There are no battles between army of Ukraine confronting army of Russia.”
Oh, so ALL of the battles have been between irregulars (guerillas) and Russian regulars? You have no idea what you are talking about.
” Do you think we should pull out of Nato and Seato?”
SEATO dissolved in 1977.
I think your confusing the Viet cong with Walter Cronkite.
“The Russians are getting their butts kicked, yes.”
You know this how ?
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