The same people driving this war in Eastern Europe and Ukraine are the people dominating the financial markets, dominating media and ultimately shaping policy for our government.. Government by donors. This is entirely a function of people with a lot of money. – Douglas MacGregor
Ret. Col. Douglas Macgregor: “[Putin] represents, in the minds of many people around the world, someone who has decided to challenge not just American military and political hegemony, but American and Western financial hegemony. Continued below this first vid
The World Bank and associated institutions have effectively been puppets for the US… We talk all the time about the Chinese supposedly blackmailing people by lending them lots of money and then holding them accountable. Well, we do the same thing, only we do it in more subtle ways that are actually more damaging to the society, because we’re very intrusive… The bottom line is this is a new era that is coming, and they’ve already got 40 plus nations willing to join this new currency. India, China and Russia, of course, are at the center of this, at the core of it. And this is seen as a rebellion against our financial dominance. That has been so, from their standpoint, certainly destructive in so many ways for so long.”
Scott Ritter – Nato Cannot Fight Russia.
Douglas Macgregor: The rest of the world looks upon US as the aggressor in Ukraine.. We’re dropping cluster bombs!! Doug speaks for the people, Washington speaks for their donors. –Juanita Broaddrick – links to Daily Article
WAKE UP: If Russia was the aggressor against Ukraine, the situation would be different now, and we would see Russians on the borders of Poland after they destroyed Ukraine, but this did not happen, because the Russians do not want this. – Col. Douglas Macgregor
“It’s stupid to threaten Russia with nuclear weapons,” – said Douglas Macgregor, ex-adviser to the head of the Pentagon. “The Russians can flood the Atlantic with their submarines, as well as the Pacific Ocean, where they will be supported by the Chinese Navy,” – Trollstoy
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Just as Ukraine has become a NATO puppet, Russia has become China’s puppet. China can’t survive without Russian oil and grain so letting Russia fail isn’t acceptable. China will re-equip the Russians.
Those darn proxy wars are, however, the best way to test new equipment and rid one’s supply of out-dated materiel to make room for moar. Always moar.
That’s not how I see it Martin, Russia as China’s puppet.
Looks to me as the Russ are supplying themselves just fine. Of course material, munitions and strategic deployment of friendly assets (Chinese navy) Iranian drones etc. would be welcome.
Our (read neocon’s) dismissive response to Russia’s desire to integrate into the Western financial system pushed old antagonists into a real-politic cooperative association IMO.
Unlike some other Platformers, I could be wrong. Willing to listen.
I agree. China needs Russian weapons more than the other way around.
You could be, but I don’t think you are .
PRC military stuff is mostly bad copies of Russian equipment.
Also, Russia is now on a war footing and are making more munitions in a month then they used in all of last year.
Putin is not Biden.
That’s an interesting hypothesis to consider. My impression is that Russia and China are not natural allies, and this current state of affairs between Russia and China is only temporary; being forced on Russia by stupid NATO (read US) policy decisions.
Fully agree, Sun.
Temporary as “for a few decades”, yes.
So how does that make Russia “China’s puppet?”
If some chick can’t survive without her dealer’s heroin, it makes her his whore.
To this point, I have not heard that Russia is having many problems with their economy, real estate, ghost towns, banking crisis’, or other issues. Not like what I’ve heard about China.
Remember when President Demento exclaimed: No one fucks with a Biden? Well, Vlad just beat your dick limp champ.
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
~Rosenfeld
hhhhaaaaaahhhhh, fake news and made up fairy tales.
Read an article on Yahoo News and they said puttiepie was firing generals and the army was in complete disarray. In fact the ruskies are so demoralized that they tried surrendering and the wily ukies instead, pushed them ruskies back into their own artillary fire and kilt them all. This war only has a few more weeks left and all them baby eating, devil worshipping criminal ruskies will be surrender’n enmasse to them. The ukie victory shall be great, poems will be wrote and songs sang for centuries, telling of this victory over the bear.
Ohh, yahoo news, how credible it must be, even though it is run by a bunch of yahoos.
You’re so insensitive. Social credit score is gonna take a hit.
yahoo (n.)
“a brute in human form,” 1726, from the race of brutish human creatures in Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels.”
“A made name, prob. meant to suggest disgust” [Century Dictionary].
“Freq. in mod. use, a person lacking cultivation or sensibility, a philistine; a lout; a hooligan”
With views like Col. McGregor, it is no wonder our military is having trouble recruiting anyone except trans.
Colonel is the highest possible rank for anyone with an opinion that contradicts the MIC narrative. Generals have to either be complicit or retarded.
If only the American Government would have stuck to our constitution , bill Of Rights and laws regarding trade and tax policies such as “TARIFFS” instead of bleeding the productive citizens with organized theft of earned wealth and the destruction of value of saved wealth thru inflationary practices destroying currency buying power .
If only the American Government would have supported and maintained Americans and American industries and the tax base it provided .
If only the American Government would have followed a non interventionist policy in other nations affairs filling up cemeteries on both sides and always went for peaceful resolutions and then lived up to their promise !
I know it ain’t never gonna happen and now as we as a nation of fools circle the drain we can shoot the horse but that won’t fix the leg !
A government of parasitic idiots ruling over fools now take that Covid death shot and wave a Ukrainian flag while wiping your ass with the constitution, bill Of Rights and the Stars & Stripes
Yes I love what was my country and hate what it has been morphed into!
Well said.
Thank you!
Well said , thank you .
If only the American people had not contracted away their constitutional rights, one adhesion contract at a time.
According to several msm sites (cnn included) ukraine is doing a military attack right now to push back the Russians.
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-07-26-23/index.html
From the article:
“Heavy fighting continues in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, especially around the village of Robotyne, where Ukrainian forces have been trying to break through heavily mined Russian defensive lines, according to Ukrainian and Russian accounts.
Ukrainian forces are also “gradually advancing” in the Melitopol and Berdiansk directions, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said. Farther east, Ukraine is “making progress” and consolidating its positions in the area of Staromaiorske, she added.”
If you watch the video they provide it is interesting that the reporters or analyst people are all in a studio talking like they are sitting on top of a tank or something actually seeing this war going on and directing fire on the Russians.
Note to self: If ever in combat don’t wear a bright blue piece of duct tape wrapped around the helmet.
Moon of Alabama explored that in detail yesterday. Huge Ukie losses.
Thanks for mentioning that site, I forget about it once in awhile. This whole affair interest me as for the most part I believe it is not fake but real time war. I know one thing, Ft. Bragg is as quiet as I’ve ever heard it.
Did you see this video that was posted in the comments?
The daily reports are what often end up on MoA discussion
https://askeptic.substack.com/
Some good commentary videos on what is happening.
Great, thanks.
MacGregor has been claiming the Russians are winning for a long time. Is he no better/worse than the people who have been claiming Ukraine is winning for a long time?
Treefarmer you are correct. its almost a stale mate right now with Ukraine making small gains in yards each day, not miles, but at a great price of manpower which they cannot replace like the equipment we send them to use and sell a portion on the black market. But the large majority here only want to believe what they want to hear, and yes, Macgregor hasn’t got anything correct yet, he’s just a bought cheerleader.
You may be looking at military strategy through western eyes. Very simply by not losing the Russians are winning.
Time is on the side of Russia. They are inflicting a level of damage on Ukraine that they cannot sustain. They are also grinding down NATO’s ability to equip and finance this proxy war at a relatively low cost to themselves.
Lastly, they are exposing to the world what a paper tiger the west has become.
He paid to see a boxing match and is confused by seeing all this Gracie jujitsu. They’re on the ground so they MUST BOTH be losing! SMH
Another trillion of taxpayer money will turn this right around.
Cough up, America!
Putin bad!