'The only thing that could coalesce this dysfunctional US-European alliance would be a Russian overreaction to the pressures brought on by the Ukrainian drone campaign.
This, of course, is one of the primary goals of the Western intelligence services through their information operation.
The “Russia must attack Europe” thematic has taken hold in Russia, promoted by western observers and analysts (I myself have been guilty of this) as well as Russian commentators and influencers.
But it has been resisted by the Russian leadership, simply because to attack Europe would undo all of the advantages Russia has accrued diplomatically, economically and militarily and, in doing so, potentially trigger the very collapse of Russian society the West has long sought.
A Russian attack on Europe would also create a window of viability for both the failing European leadership and the flagging US-NATO alliance.
A Russian attack on Europe is exactly what the Western intelligence seek.'
Your debate with Doctorow has sharpened you up Scott. MI6 are behind this latest strategy. Bait and provoke - make them do a foul and then scream 'told you so'. The information war is part of the war - it creates the way for the next stage. Gerasimov and Putin are sharp enough not to fall for it. Advice to Russia - grind the enemy down and don't panic. Doctorow is the kind of person who gets in a punch up and doesn't expect the opposition to hit back!!
The best way to defeat Europe is on the Ukrainian battle field. They are throwing everything behind Ukraine and are losing. And China will have no choice at all but to support Russia. I suspect this is why Xi has reorganised the Chinese military. The old guard were too desperate to avoid conflict. Xi is a believer: he knows it is inevitable and mustn't be shied away from. The western commentator who is clearest about this is Brian Berletic. The war didn't start last week or even 2014: it began BEFORE the end of the last war with Unthinkable and Gladio.
One more point. Putin is a pro. He's been playing Trump. It's part of the information war - meant to reassure international allies and show those within the Russian elite that it is 'the west' that is unreasonable. Has it worked or has it worked?
As the military victor of The Great Patriotic War, (AKA WWII) Marshall Zhukov famously said:
"We have saved Europe from Nazism. They will never forgive us for it."
But you are right. An attack on the rotting and dying Europe would be a 'deus ex machina' for them. They should die in their piss and vomit, not in flames provided by Russia.
Besides, that war never ended, it was merely put on pause so the Nazi West could regroup.
(Scott, I too have been aware of the Ellenville Urkrainian Nazis since the 80ties, And the 'imported' Eastern European Nazi collaborators in the industrial Midwest since the 60ties. Maybe we need some of our own 'DeNazification!)
If Trump would man-up and stop being Israel's puppet, he could convert this disaster into a success by normalizing relations with Russia. But Israeli $$$ may be too addictive. God help us.
The auto-claving of John McCain's 'wife' Lindsey was quite the 'decision point'.
We now have tsunamis of repercussions and consummations cascading across the globe.
We also have an almost mystical symmetry between the launching of the, now being ended, 2014 proxy war on Russia during the Russia-hosted Olympics, and this final solution to Trump's lost war on Russia being launched during his celebratory FIFA World Cup (and 'Peace Prize') consortium.
Thank you, Scott! As I've been saying, Europe has been holding up an escalation ladder hoping that Russia (foolishly) climbs it, but President Putin is aware that the people of Europe do not support war, and as he implied at SPIEF, this little activity in the south is not going to define Russia - economic growth and productivity will. Nina L. Khrushcheva, writing from Moscow, had an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail titled: “Peace in Ukraine would require an entirely different Russia to emerge” - my reply to that was: “Peace in Ukraine requires a different Europe”
The Ukrainian people - what remains of them - are crying out for liberation from the Nazi Zionists installed in Kiev by the Nazi Zionists who have seized Washington.
I think Russia could drive home the fact that they defeated Ukraine by demonstrating Ukraine's ineffective air defenses by using zeppelins to bomb Kiev.
One point in the debate about using atomic weapons against Japan was employing a demonstration of the weapon for all to see. If Russia using its remarkable weapons against Europe would produce negative results -- as you suggest -- what would be your judgment about an Oreshnik passing over the Houses of Parliament in London? or the Parliament in Brussels? or Merz's offices in Berlin? Does the West believe Russia has such weapons? or that they work?
Como siempre Scott, este es un artículo excelente sobre la situación actual de Rusia y Ucrania. Los que seguimos el desarrollo de esta situación desde hace muchos años, sabemos que la verdad es que Rusia fue inducida a intervenir en Ukrania. Desde los años 90s Rusia fue pisoteada, despreciada y humillada hasta el cansancio. Todo se desencadena con el golpe de estado perpetrado por USA y los europeos. Con eso y el gran engaño de Minsk era casi inevitable que Rusia tendría que intervenir militarmente en Ukrania.
Todo estaba diseñado para eso y para que la OTAN interviniese también si Rusia cometiese el error de atacar algún país europeo. Pero el gran Putin no puso el palito hasta ahora. Pero será mejor que esté preparado por qué el gran SATAN, USA y EU (OTAN) no pararan hasta destruirla. Tarde o temprano atacarán a Rusia. Para Rusia es cuestión de supervivencia para la maldita OTAN es solo el odio y la maldad. China debería saber que su Rusia cae los siguientes son ellos y Korea del Norte.
Translated with Firefox addon DeepL for the benefit of English readers -
"As always, Scott, this is an excellent article on the current situation in Russia and Ukraine. Those of us who have been following the developments in this situation for many years know that the truth is that Russia was provoked into intervening in Ukraine. Since the 1990s, Russia has been trampled on, scorned and humiliated time and time again. It all began with the coup d’état orchestrated by the US and the Europeans. With that, and the great Minsk deception, it was almost inevitable that Russia would have to intervene militarily in Ukraine.
Everything was designed to bring this about and to ensure that NATO would also intervene if Russia made the mistake of attacking any European country. But the great Putin hasn’t taken the bait so far. However, he’d better be prepared, because the Great Satan, the US and the EU (NATO), won’t stop until they’ve destroyed it. Sooner or later, they will attack Russia. For Russia, it is a matter of survival; for that damned NATO, it is nothing but hatred and malice. China should realise that if Russia falls, they and North Korea will be next."
It is still to be decided if Ukrainian wheat and other resources flow east or west during the coming great disruption as global agriculture falters with ever-warming temperatures over the next decades, Scott. Climate Scientist James Hansen said this year that for all practical purposes the world is already at 1.5 degrees C warming over preindustrial times and we will reach 2.0 degrees warming by mid to late 2030s. All governments know this and this knowledge is behind a lot of geopolitical thinking despite the code of silence: https://www.ngfs.net/en/about-us/membership
We have not yet reached the maximum temperatures seen during the Roman Warm Period when grapes were grown in Britain and the Medieval Warm Period when barley was grown in the Nordic colonies in Greenland. And we are even farther from the Holocene Climatic Optimum, let alone the prior geologic climate optima. We are still recovering from the Little Ice Age. Hansen predicted in the early '80s that the Manhattan street in front of his office would be flooded due to sea level rise.
If one truly believes that anthropogenic atmospheric carbon dioxide is driving global warming, one would raise his voice against the US Military machine whose wars of choice and wanton destruction are the greatest non-productive contributor to this CO2 concentration increase.
I certainly agree with you last statement, Greg, about wars as a huge source of CO2 getting into the atmosphere where it will stay for centuries. Which brings to mind, what are the mechanisms that you foresee besides geologic ones acting over centuries if not millennia to decrease the historic CO2 levels that trap ever more heat (and therefore raise temperature)?: The Human Ecology of Overshoot: Why a Major ‘Population Correction’ Is Inevitable by Dr. William E. Rees https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4060/4/3/32
'The only thing that could coalesce this dysfunctional US-European alliance would be a Russian overreaction to the pressures brought on by the Ukrainian drone campaign.
This, of course, is one of the primary goals of the Western intelligence services through their information operation.
The “Russia must attack Europe” thematic has taken hold in Russia, promoted by western observers and analysts (I myself have been guilty of this) as well as Russian commentators and influencers.
But it has been resisted by the Russian leadership, simply because to attack Europe would undo all of the advantages Russia has accrued diplomatically, economically and militarily and, in doing so, potentially trigger the very collapse of Russian society the West has long sought.
A Russian attack on Europe would also create a window of viability for both the failing European leadership and the flagging US-NATO alliance.
A Russian attack on Europe is exactly what the Western intelligence seek.'
Your debate with Doctorow has sharpened you up Scott. MI6 are behind this latest strategy. Bait and provoke - make them do a foul and then scream 'told you so'. The information war is part of the war - it creates the way for the next stage. Gerasimov and Putin are sharp enough not to fall for it. Advice to Russia - grind the enemy down and don't panic. Doctorow is the kind of person who gets in a punch up and doesn't expect the opposition to hit back!!
The best way to defeat Europe is on the Ukrainian battle field. They are throwing everything behind Ukraine and are losing. And China will have no choice at all but to support Russia. I suspect this is why Xi has reorganised the Chinese military. The old guard were too desperate to avoid conflict. Xi is a believer: he knows it is inevitable and mustn't be shied away from. The western commentator who is clearest about this is Brian Berletic. The war didn't start last week or even 2014: it began BEFORE the end of the last war with Unthinkable and Gladio.
One more point. Putin is a pro. He's been playing Trump. It's part of the information war - meant to reassure international allies and show those within the Russian elite that it is 'the west' that is unreasonable. Has it worked or has it worked?
As the military victor of The Great Patriotic War, (AKA WWII) Marshall Zhukov famously said:
"We have saved Europe from Nazism. They will never forgive us for it."
But you are right. An attack on the rotting and dying Europe would be a 'deus ex machina' for them. They should die in their piss and vomit, not in flames provided by Russia.
Besides, that war never ended, it was merely put on pause so the Nazi West could regroup.
Think of it as the 'Minsk Accords' stratagem.
Great analysis, thank you!
Do Not forget 'DeNazification!
(Scott, I too have been aware of the Ellenville Urkrainian Nazis since the 80ties, And the 'imported' Eastern European Nazi collaborators in the industrial Midwest since the 60ties. Maybe we need some of our own 'DeNazification!)
US needs De ZioNazification.
I wonder how loser Trump, the loser in the White House, will react like a loser when he loses Ukraine. Loser.
If Trump would man-up and stop being Israel's puppet, he could convert this disaster into a success by normalizing relations with Russia. But Israeli $$$ may be too addictive. God help us.
The auto-claving of John McCain's 'wife' Lindsey was quite the 'decision point'.
We now have tsunamis of repercussions and consummations cascading across the globe.
We also have an almost mystical symmetry between the launching of the, now being ended, 2014 proxy war on Russia during the Russia-hosted Olympics, and this final solution to Trump's lost war on Russia being launched during his celebratory FIFA World Cup (and 'Peace Prize') consortium.
Go max, Russia!
Thank you, Scott! As I've been saying, Europe has been holding up an escalation ladder hoping that Russia (foolishly) climbs it, but President Putin is aware that the people of Europe do not support war, and as he implied at SPIEF, this little activity in the south is not going to define Russia - economic growth and productivity will. Nina L. Khrushcheva, writing from Moscow, had an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail titled: “Peace in Ukraine would require an entirely different Russia to emerge” - my reply to that was: “Peace in Ukraine requires a different Europe”
The Western propaganda fails.
The Ukrainian people - what remains of them - are crying out for liberation from the Nazi Zionists installed in Kiev by the Nazi Zionists who have seized Washington.
Scott calls it a divorce but someday we'll be worthy of a solid relationship with Russia again.
I think Russia could drive home the fact that they defeated Ukraine by demonstrating Ukraine's ineffective air defenses by using zeppelins to bomb Kiev.
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One point in the debate about using atomic weapons against Japan was employing a demonstration of the weapon for all to see. If Russia using its remarkable weapons against Europe would produce negative results -- as you suggest -- what would be your judgment about an Oreshnik passing over the Houses of Parliament in London? or the Parliament in Brussels? or Merz's offices in Berlin? Does the West believe Russia has such weapons? or that they work?
The only people who should be fighting the insane neoCON wars of aggression is neoCON's themselves.
Como siempre Scott, este es un artículo excelente sobre la situación actual de Rusia y Ucrania. Los que seguimos el desarrollo de esta situación desde hace muchos años, sabemos que la verdad es que Rusia fue inducida a intervenir en Ukrania. Desde los años 90s Rusia fue pisoteada, despreciada y humillada hasta el cansancio. Todo se desencadena con el golpe de estado perpetrado por USA y los europeos. Con eso y el gran engaño de Minsk era casi inevitable que Rusia tendría que intervenir militarmente en Ukrania.
Todo estaba diseñado para eso y para que la OTAN interviniese también si Rusia cometiese el error de atacar algún país europeo. Pero el gran Putin no puso el palito hasta ahora. Pero será mejor que esté preparado por qué el gran SATAN, USA y EU (OTAN) no pararan hasta destruirla. Tarde o temprano atacarán a Rusia. Para Rusia es cuestión de supervivencia para la maldita OTAN es solo el odio y la maldad. China debería saber que su Rusia cae los siguientes son ellos y Korea del Norte.
Translated with Firefox addon DeepL for the benefit of English readers -
"As always, Scott, this is an excellent article on the current situation in Russia and Ukraine. Those of us who have been following the developments in this situation for many years know that the truth is that Russia was provoked into intervening in Ukraine. Since the 1990s, Russia has been trampled on, scorned and humiliated time and time again. It all began with the coup d’état orchestrated by the US and the Europeans. With that, and the great Minsk deception, it was almost inevitable that Russia would have to intervene militarily in Ukraine.
Everything was designed to bring this about and to ensure that NATO would also intervene if Russia made the mistake of attacking any European country. But the great Putin hasn’t taken the bait so far. However, he’d better be prepared, because the Great Satan, the US and the EU (NATO), won’t stop until they’ve destroyed it. Sooner or later, they will attack Russia. For Russia, it is a matter of survival; for that damned NATO, it is nothing but hatred and malice. China should realise that if Russia falls, they and North Korea will be next."
It is still to be decided if Ukrainian wheat and other resources flow east or west during the coming great disruption as global agriculture falters with ever-warming temperatures over the next decades, Scott. Climate Scientist James Hansen said this year that for all practical purposes the world is already at 1.5 degrees C warming over preindustrial times and we will reach 2.0 degrees warming by mid to late 2030s. All governments know this and this knowledge is behind a lot of geopolitical thinking despite the code of silence: https://www.ngfs.net/en/about-us/membership
We have not yet reached the maximum temperatures seen during the Roman Warm Period when grapes were grown in Britain and the Medieval Warm Period when barley was grown in the Nordic colonies in Greenland. And we are even farther from the Holocene Climatic Optimum, let alone the prior geologic climate optima. We are still recovering from the Little Ice Age. Hansen predicted in the early '80s that the Manhattan street in front of his office would be flooded due to sea level rise.
If one truly believes that anthropogenic atmospheric carbon dioxide is driving global warming, one would raise his voice against the US Military machine whose wars of choice and wanton destruction are the greatest non-productive contributor to this CO2 concentration increase.
I certainly agree with you last statement, Greg, about wars as a huge source of CO2 getting into the atmosphere where it will stay for centuries. Which brings to mind, what are the mechanisms that you foresee besides geologic ones acting over centuries if not millennia to decrease the historic CO2 levels that trap ever more heat (and therefore raise temperature)?: The Human Ecology of Overshoot: Why a Major ‘Population Correction’ Is Inevitable by Dr. William E. Rees https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4060/4/3/32