Guest Post by Paul Craig Roberts
Ukraine’s foreign minister boasts that in the past few months Western governments have handed over $1.5 billion in bribes, that is, aid, and “more than 1,000 tons of arms and armaments” to keep the pot boiling. If the tons are US tons, that comes to 2,000,000 pounds of arms and ammunition.
https://www.rt.com/russia/548574-ukraine-reveals-scale-military-aid/
Why?
As I have written repeatedly, as have The Saker and Andrei Martyanov, the Russian military can conquer all of Ukraine in a few hours with very light casualties. The money and arms being sent by Washington and its puppet states in Europe could not affect the outcome.
The US Department of Defense agrees with me, The Saker and Martyanov. A top Pentagon official told Congress, a bunch of morons shouting threats at Russia, that Russian armed forces could overrun Ukraine and seize the capital in three days and only suffer 4,000 casualties. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, “cautioned lawmakers about Moscow’s military might.” Little wonder the US Secretary of Defense announced that no US troops would be sent to Ukraine’s aid. It would take 1,000,000 US troops to even slow down a Russian advance. No such numbers exist to be sacrificed.
As there is zero obstacle to Russia seizing Ukraine, there is no reason for Russia to do so. After Ukraine’s corrupt leaders collect enough money from the West to retire in splendor on the French Riviera, Ukraine will make the necessary deal with Moscow. There is zero chance that Ukraine will ever be a member of NATO, and everyone knows it, even Blinken, Biden and Stoltenberg.
Yet we hear constantly that a Russian invasion is imminent. I expect to hear tomorrow from the presstitutes that Russia has invaded Ukraine even though Russia has not. I mean, really, it just has to happen. The New York Times said so. NPR assured us it would happen as did CNN and the rest of the presstitutes. Bloomberg News even had the headline written and went ahead and posted it when it didn’t happen. https://nypost.com/2022/02/04/bloomberg-accidentally-reports-that-russia-invaded-ukraine/
The Western media pumps out the fear hype that Russia is soon to invade Ukraine. Biden’s National Security Advisor said that Russia could invade Ukraine “as soon as tomorrow.”
How is it possible that people this hysterical are in charge of the United States government, a country with nuclear weapons? The greatest threat to the world is the utter total stupidity of the US government.
Russia will not invade Ukraine unless Ukraine has been invited to join NATO and accepts. This will not happen, ever. The NATO countries understand that it means war with a military power, Russia, that they have zero possibility of withstanding. The current chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff understands the same thing. This is why he cautioned the US Congress about Russia’s military might.
A number of years ago I read Mario Puzo’s book, The Godfather, the origin of the famous movie. I learned a lesson from reading that book that everyone needs to learn. Before you in your rage shake your fist, or give the finger, at another motorist or pick a fight in a bar, first ask yourself who it is you are insulting. Is it a Mafia hitman, a plains clothes police officer, Mike Tyson? If so, what will you do if he responds and holds you accountable? The reasons Russia is still harassed by false accusations is that the Kremlin hasn’t made Western insults a costly issue for the West. The Russians, God help them, still think they can negotiate with evil.
Washington, driven by the neocon warmongers, needs to stop and ask itself: what will we do when Putin finally says, enough, put up or shut up?
Washington for PR reasons will continue to helplessly bluster and issue threats, but the threats are empty. The Kremlin should realize this and stop going on about the West’s refusal of the mutual security proposal.
Washington cannot publicly admit a defeat. Washington cannot admit that it has been brought to heel by Putin. But Washington knows it has. We have enormous indications of this. Principle among them is the neoconservative warmonger Victoria Nuland, who oversaw the US overthrow of the democratically elected Ukrainian government and imposition of an anti-Russian regime. Currently the US Undersecretary of State, Nuland, realizing US military impotence, had to resort to appealing to China to use its influence to prevent Russia from reabsorbing Ukraine back into the Russian Federation where it resided for centuries.
What is so absurd about Nuland on her knees begging China to save Ukraine from American impotence is that Russia doesn’t want Ukraine. The Kremlin has no interest in acquiring a bankrupt country full of neo-nazis. The Kremlin’s position is simple. Russia will not tolerate a Ukraine that is a forward American base against Russia.
Where is this going to end? I wouldn’t be surprised if the Kremlin loses the game despite holding all four aces, and despite Putin’s warning that Russia must not be sucked into endless debate that resolves nothing. Putin has stressed that Russia wants agreement to the security protocol right now. It is not something to be talked about forever.
But talking forever is exactly what is happening. The Russian Foreign Ministry is so happy. The West is talking to them for a change. They must be making progress. “The West is listening.” What a triumph.
The Kremlin has the same problem as the Canadian truckers protesters. They do not realize that they are up against evil. It is impossible to influence evil with protests or negotiations based on good will. How precisely can the Kremlin negotiate with evil? Evil can only be stamped out. The Kremlin, like the Canaian truck protesters, seems unable to get its mind around that fact, and so it could be that it is Russia along with the Canadian protesters who are stamped out.
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“Evil can only be stamped out”.
……that is true across the spectrum of tyrannical Bastards.
I found some cheap “Ukranian” M4’s online, never fired and only dropped once
Uh-oh… Israel has done it now. Congressional sanctions soon to follow.
Summary: H.R.21 — 101st Congress (1989-1990)
Introduced in House (01/03/1989)
Shown Here:
Introduced in House (01/03/1989)
Anti-Apartheid Act Amendments of 1989 – Title I: Sanctions Against Investment in, and Exports to, South Africa and Other Measures (Except Import Restrictions) to End Apartheid – Part A: Amendments to the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 and Other Laws – Amends the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 to prohibit any investments in South Africa by U.S. persons. Makes exceptions to such prohibition for: (1) investments in a business enterprise 90 percent owned and controlled by South Africans economically and politically disadvantaged by apartheid; and (2) investments made by certain individuals during any period and to the extent that such investments are considered South African emigrant non-resident assets and subject to transfer or disposition restrictions. Authorizes a person to apply for, and the President to grant for good cause, a waiver of such prohibition for up to 180 days.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-bill/21?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22petroleum%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=3
The left and the globalists are desperate to turn attention away from their policies, i.e. the destruction of America. They are enlisting the MIC to attempt to start wars, proxy or otherwise with Russia and China, since the covid scandemic narrative is now crumbling.
The purpose of war is not victory.
You were doing well up until the last paragraph then crashed and burned hard.
When you are in a position of strength and KNOW it there is no need to get violent and stomp on anything. You wrongly equate standing with arms crossed and refusing to move, as some kind of weakness.
When the ‘talks’ commence its not to capitulate to the opposition, its to remind them that they have no where to go and cannot achieve their intended goal. The Russians know its all bluster and smoke being whipped up by US and the communist media. When you KNOW that the US or any other European/nato country hasn’t a hope of stopping you, why would you get drawn into an obvious propaganda campaign??? Why would you occupy a broke country that offers no real advantages?? Remember they too were in Afghanistan and it cost them a fortune too, in blood and treasure. You think they want that again??
Same as the truckers. They are coming from a position of strength and hold all the cards. When they meet, if ever the coward baby castro comes forward, then the meeting will be simple so they can understand. Drop all mandates across the country, end of story. If you think you will demand trucks move first then you will see further demands, next will be the resignation of baby castro. Every counter demand from govt means that we introduce another requirement for the trucks to leave and they don’t move until ALL demands are met.
Now… do you want to drop all covid bs or do you want to impose more requirements on yourselves, your choice. We’ll wait for your answer.
Readers digest version
HONK HONK….
What will happen when Putin calls O’Biden’s bluff? We are going to find out shortly and this time we are not protected by distance. Those of us so willing to “do nothing” when an election was stolen is about to reap what they have sown. Especially you Q-tards.
If Russia poisoned the Vindman brothers or the CIA poisoned them and blamed Russia – either way, I’d be fine with it.
What if we took this thought one step further and say Russia _____ DC while ________ was in session and _____ was in attendance?
I’m not so sure the Canadian (and now elsewhere) protests will be stamped out. If the Canadian military plans (as reported) to stay out of the fray, the police may well decide discretion is the better part of valor and stay out themselves. God willing and the creek don’t rise, more and more folks in key occupations will go the passive resistance/monkey wrench route and if oppression or violence is used against them, well, many of their reactions– up to and including defensive violence–could bring the society to a grinding halt.
As for the Russians, they can’t simply stand aside or stand down in the face of this. I believe Mr. P is trying to wait out the illegitimate US gov and its fellow NWO travellers, but I suspect that even they know that there truly is a red line that if crossed will result in dreadful humiliation and retaliation, some of which may come from their own citizens. The “insouciance” level appears to be dropping; the “awakening”, if it comes, will be impossible to contain by TPTB and they may soon find themselves TPTW, as in The Powers That Were. Mr P knows this.
As much as I like to position billions of dollars worth of equipment and troops at my nations borders for no reason and at great cost, I have this feeling that Mr. P does have a reason and a willingness to use them.
Historically, the Russians have let the invaders get as far as the Ukraine before making it apparent what a bad idea invasion was/is. Last time, when they turned it around and started going the other way, they didnt stop til west of Berlin.
Russians dont see a little fistcuffs as a problem.
Someone somewhere should be ready for a bloody nose.
Fun times.
The Russian people are not afraid to die to protect Mother Russia.
I guess no one has figured it out yet. The COVID story and lies are crumbling daily, with the people in charge facing a lot of hell payback. They need a diversion, a bigger threat and story to keep the sheep in their pens. That diversion is WAR with Russia and probably China. Fear drove covid and the lies and now war will do the same.
Yes… its a diversion from and by the US for what reason??? Could it be to hide the criminality of the bidens?? hhmmmm
I agree with the author that once the bribes are sufficient and the US has poured billions in weaponry, which will fetch a good price on the black market, then the loyal leaders(/s) of Ukraine will cut a deal with Putin and the war will never happen.
In a further move to keep the American people from knowing the truth, this report continues, yesterday it beyond belief saw the socialist Biden Regime ripping the pages from dystopian novels like “Nineteen Eighty-Four”, “Animal Farm” and “Brave New World” to concoct a Ministry of Truth warning— a mind-bending dystopian warning issued by the Department of Homeland Security, that “created a new acronym MDM it says means “mis-dis-and – mal information”, which it says “sows discord and undermine public trust in government institutions”—near immediately after this dystopian warning was issued it saw Republicans urging Biden to take a cognitive test, with them saying his “mental decline” has “become more apparent”—all of which was then joined by the release of a new poll showing that Biden’s approval rate has crashed to the historic low of 38%.
Gen Milley is China’s b!tch.
HERES HOW IT IS…RUSSIA WARNED THE FAT COUCH POTATOES IN AMERICA,RED DAWN IS COMING TO YOU IF YOU DO NOT STOP YOUR ATTACK ON US,but there are NO MEN in america to stand up,they LOVE the army of SATAN.. the police gangs and military..THIS will soon be reggeted..THE ARMIES OF THE WORLD will bomb the USA into ashes,YOU men have a choice,STAND UP and take your beloved devils down.. or be destroyed in a NUCLEAR WAR YOU WON”T WIN…THE LORD already warned you..I”LL MAKE AMERICA LOWER ,THEN THE LOWEST THIRD WORLD COUNTRY…IS this your prefered end america???
Sorry, Paul, Russia will not be stamped out…if Putin or some other leader proves too weak (unlikely!), the military will depose him and take care of business…
You can wave a finger with rage at anyone just make sure you can FIGHT back at any cost. If you can’t DON’T do it. That said, we can defeat the commies very easily but we don’t want to do that.
Instead, they (traitorous worthless politicians) want America DEFEATED. Yeah, check out their actions going back decades.
Commies and TURD world countries are easily defeated. The fact they make them stronger should tell you ALL!