Posted on 05/28/2023 10:19:52 AM PDT by Kazan
We live in a bizarre time. Ukrainian and U.S. officials continue to issue public warnings/threats of a looming Ukrainian offensive intended to push Russia out of its recently acquired territories in the Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson. I cannot recall a single historical event when a military force was being steadily pushed back and decimated and the leaders and enablers of that army publicly announced what they were going to do.
If you have not read the latest contribution from Simplicius do yourself a favor and click on this link. It is not behind a paywall and is another superb piece. With respect to the impending Ukrainian offensive Simplicius takes note of Victoria Nuland’s deep dive into the crazy pond:
The final article, which brings us fully around to the Ukrainian offensive, represents a series of headlines driven by wicked witch of Maidan Victoria Nuland’s recent statements that “U.S. has been working with Ukraine on the counter-offensive for months”.
Not only does she make the aforementioned claim:
“Even as you plan for the counteroffensive, which we have been working on with you for some 4-5 months, we are already beginning our discussions with [the] Ukrainian government and with friends in Kiev – both on the civilian side and on the military side – about Ukraine’s long-term future,” Nuland told the Kiev Security Forum via video-link from the State Department.
But she let slip the following little tidbit:
“She added that the attack will be “likely starting and moving concurrently” with events such as the NATO summit in Lithuania, scheduled for July 11.“
Which confirms our previous theories on Ukraine’s large offensive possibly coinciding with the huge NATO airforce games—billed as ‘the largest in history—beginning in June, which dovetail into the NATO summit in July.
While I cannot recall any historical precedent for an army tipping its hand before launching an attack, there are a couple of iconic moments from popular culture. First up, Babe Ruth, who allegedly pointed to center field during the 1932 World Series with the Cubs and proceeded to blast a home run.
Maybe Ukraine thinks it is Billy Jack (a karate stud portrayed by Tom Laughlin in a popular film 50 years ago). When Billy takes off his boots and socks, watch out.
Alas, even the talented Billy Jack ended up taking a beating.
Maybe the Ukrainians are channeling a young Geraldo Rivera, who kept 30 million viewers spell bound for two hour as he promised to unveil the hidden treasures from Al Capone’s “secret” vault. When his crew finally punched through the concrete wall all they found was dirt and debris. All that build up for nothing.
I apologize for ridiculing the long-promised Ukrainian offensive. Although the messaging from Zelensky and the likes of Nuland is pure buffoonery, the reality of what Ukraine may attempt is horrifying because of the number of Ukrainian soldiers who are being sent into a maelstrom of slaughter. Human sacrifice just to placate Western benefactors.
Pegging the Ukrainian offensive to the upcoming NATO exercise in June suggests the United States and NATO are hoping for a repeat of last year’s NATO exercise, which was used as cover to plant explosives on the Nordstream Pipeline. The Western leaders, both political and military, apparently never learned the popular refrain from World War II — “Loose lips sink ships.” “Loose lips” also lead to the massive destruction of Ukrainian forces, tanks, artillery and planes.
The madness displayed by Ukraine and the United States reminds me of this scene from Smiley’s People (a terrific BBC production). The head of British Intelligence asks George Smiley, “It isn’t some wicked Bolshi plot is it?”
Wicked Bolshi Plot? Nope. It is sheer desperation. I find it hard to believe that Russia is lulled into a state of complacency or is consumed by premature celebration of certain victory. Russia’s continued onslaught of aerial bombs and missile strikes across Ukraine belies the claim that Russia is brimming with over confidence.
Western leaders do not grasp the fact that Ukraine, despite a numerical advantage, failed to take control of the Donbass during the eight year civil war that started in 2014. Russia did not deploy its troops, tanks and artillery to that conflict until it launched the Special Military Operation (SMO) in February 2022. If Ukraine could not dispatch the militias of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts during the last nine years, how are they expected to pull off a battlefield victory when the majority of Ukraine’s best soldiers have been killed and wounded during the course of Russia’s SMO?
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I’m still waiting for the million man march that was going to take back Crimea last summer.
Panic attacks come faster and are more severe now that the UA offensive is almost on.
Babe Ruth? Nah.
Maybe PEE WEE HERMAN with BILLIONS of dollars. Just sayin’.
“ Panic attacks come faster and are more severe now that the UA offensive is almost on.”
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That offensive will launch any day now… needing ONLY A FEW BILLION DOLLARS MORE. Rinse and repeat.
It is not complicated. Talks about victory is around the corner brings in more Billions from the dopey Western countries.
Post it a few more times in case nobody noticed. This does not mean he doesn’t know what he is talking about.
He is pretty spot on here.
Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall, it will be the first military offensive fought only on the internet, the greatest of all.
Out of fairness, though, we’re still waiting for the First U.S. Army Group to invade Calais.
"Larry used to come on FR and threaten Freepers.... back when he and his VIPS pals were helping out the Kerry campaign."
Widget Jr https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4155474/posts?page=23#23:
"You mean this? Is Ex-CIA Agent Larry C. Johnson Threatening A Freeper? 7/26/2005."
Search tags for Larry Johnson.
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His game is to play anti-establishment. Whatever is mainstream in DC, he's against. It makes him stand out from the crowd and give a group on the outskirts of the mainstream their confirmation bias. It's a con, and those who fall it are suckers.
Perhaps but what is true is that the Russian vaunted winter offensive was a roaring success /s
So in other words, the perfect "source" for this group of folks to post as authoritative to go along with posting from other Leftist heroes like Scott Ritter, etc.
Yep your personal panic meter is starting to peg!
Oh also, I would be a little hot if a FReeper said he would find 11 nooses and 11 tall trees but not threaten to hang eleven intelligence agents (nudge, nudge. wink, wink, say no more, say no more) for standing with so called CIA agent Valerie Plame being outed. LOL, Valerie Plame was only an analyst just like Larry C. Johnson was. It was still good that he was shot down in flames for being an idiot at the time.
You cannot make this tom foolery up.
I once knew an NSA analyst, the wife of a co-worker whom he met at Fort Meade.
Isn’t it odd that Biden was in Ukraine while VP and was telling them that he was going to withhold a billion dollars while his son was getting money from Ukraine that Biden was getting a cut of?
Why heck, isn’t it even more odd that Biden as president starts a proxy war in the same country?
Could this all be connected? - Nah!
Nuland is State Department, not Joint Chiefs of Staff. She is not a military planner. Look up what she actually said, not a opinion of a opinion of a opinion getting more biased in each repetition going back to the MSM anyway. Ukrainian sources are giving conflicting dates over upcoming operations, sooner, later, delayed, some say it has already started. We know something will happen, that's it.
"It was still good that he was shot down in flames for being an idiot at the time."
Johnson still is an idiot. He does not have 90% the expertise he pretends to have and is faking all of it. Please read what I said about his anti-establishment game. When he was pro-Trump 2016 to 2020, it was because the establishment in DC was anti-Trump. If Trump was accepted in DC, Johnson would have gone after him just to oppose the status quo.
"I once knew an NSA analyst, the wife of a co-worker whom he met at Fort Meade."
Did she meet Johnson and say anything that can be repeated here?
“ Yep your personal panic meter is starting to peg!”
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I’m guessing you’re mistaking my making fun of Ukraine’s NEVER ENDING PANHANDLING (usually associated with an “about to launch” offensive) for panic.
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