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  • PETER HITCHENS: Why are the SAS in Ukraine – and do we have a clue why we're involved in this war?

    04/16/2023 12:42:14 PM PDT · by Vlad0 · 120 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 4/16/23 | Peter Hitchens
    Who decided to send the SAS to Ukraine? What are they doing there? What would happen were they to be killed by Russian forces, or captured by them? And what was a British surveillance plane, capable of carrying 30 people, doing over the Black Sea last September, when a bungling Russian pilot almost shot it down, only failing because his missile was a dud? What would have happened if the missile had worked, and many British servicemen and women had died? Nobody will answer these questions when I ask them. ...First of all, what interest does the United Kingdom have...
  • What do Americans care about? Not a cold war

    09/26/2022 4:21:19 AM PDT · by FarCenter · 21 replies
    Asia Times ^ | By KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL
    US President Joe Biden’s administration will soon release its National Security Strategy, which is being revised in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The document will no doubt trigger a renewed debate about how the United States should gear up for a new cold war against Russia and China. But before we plunge into a global great-power competition, it’s worth recalling Biden’s promise to create a “foreign policy for the middle class” and take a look at what most concerns Americans.US President Joe Biden’s administration will soon release its National Security Strategy, which is being revised in the wake...
  • Will Ukraine Survive Intact?

    09/24/2022 8:57:59 AM PDT · by Kazan · 169 replies
    American Thinker ^ | September 24, 2022 | Alexander G. Markovsky
    The war exposed Ukraine to two of her most critical vulnerabilities – questionable legitimacy and extreme nationalism. Legitimacy derives from acceptance and recognition. However, Ukraine’s neighbors Russia, Poland, and Romania do not accept their current borders with Ukraine.###After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Ukraine got its borders within which she achieved independence and millions of Russians, Poles, Hungarians and Romanians were trapped in a newly created country.The Ukrainian problem is greatly exacerbated by the fact that unlike pluralistic societies such as the USA, Canada, Switzerland, and Russia, which are tolerant of different cultures, religions, and languages, Ukraine is not....
  • As Russian Losses Mount in Ukraine, Putin Gets More Involved in War Strategy

    09/24/2022 9:50:40 AM PDT · by SpeedyInTexas · 216 replies
    NYT ^ | 23-SEP-2022 | Julian E. Barnes, Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Michael Schwirtz
    President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has thrust himself more directly into strategic planning for the war in Ukraine in recent weeks, American officials said, including rejecting requests from his commanders on the ground that they be allowed to retreat from the vital southern city of Kherson. A withdrawal from Kherson would allow the Russian military to pull back across the Dnipro River in an orderly way, preserving its equipment and saving the lives of soldiers. But such a retreat would be another humiliating public acknowledgment of Mr. Putin’s failure in the war, and would hand a second major victory...
  • Putin can call up all the troops he wants, but Russia can’t train or support them

    09/24/2022 7:56:10 AM PDT · by SpeedyInTexas · 211 replies
    Clinton News Network ^ | 22-SEP-2022 | Brad Lendon
    Vladimir Putin can call up all the troops he wants, but Russia has no way of getting those new troops the training and weapons they need to fight in Ukraine any time soon. With his invasion of Ukraine faltering badly, the Russian President on Wednesday announced the immediate “partial mobilization” of Russian citizens. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Russian television that the country will call up 300,000 reservists. If they end up facing Ukrainian guns on the front lines, they are likely to become the newest casualties in the invasion Putin started more than seven months ago and that...
  • Goat accidentally neutralises several invaders in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

    06/23/2022 10:17:20 AM PDT · by Widget Jr · 27 replies
    Ukrayinska Pravda ^ | June 20, 2022 | Mykhailo Zagorodniy
    A nanny goat has injured several Russian servicemen by triggering their tripwires with pinned grenades in the village of Kinski Rozdory in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.Ukraine’s Chief Intelligence Directorate has shared a curious incident that happened at a local hospital.A total of 40 invaders have been stationed at the medical institution in Kinski Rozdory.The Russian military installed a "circular defence" and placed tripwires around the perimeter of the hospital.The aggressors regretted this decision after a goat from a neighbouring farm decided to pay a visit to the hospital.As the frightened animal moved chaotically around the area, she accidentally "disposed of" several grenades....
  • Yes, Putin and Russia are fascist – a political scientist shows how they meet the textbook definition

    06/11/2022 5:01:04 AM PDT · by tlozo · 72 replies
    The Conversation ^ | Mar 30, 2022 | Alexander Motyl
    When Vladimir Putin unleashed an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the Ukrainian media, public and policymakers almost unanimously began calling the Russian president and the state he leads “rashyst.” The term is a hybrid of a derogatory moniker for Russia – “rasha” – and “fascist.” Ukrainians did so for two reasons. First, they were countering Putin’s absurd insistence that the Ukrainian authorities – including Ukraine’s Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy – were Nazis and that Ukraine needed to be “de-Nazified.” Since Ukraine’s tiny number of right-wing extremists are about as influential as the Proud Boys in the United...