tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post4833830137277847233..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Banging the War Drum - Washington PostThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-83309228542504222472014-08-31T10:17:15.669-07:002014-08-31T10:17:15.669-07:00Wow, that article. But what makes it really scary...Wow, that article. But what makes it really scary to me is that it reeks of projection. That's the way the Washington Beltway seems to think; everything there is "Well, that's what <b>we'd</b> be doing given the chance, so he must be planning it!"Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-82405999291500334202014-08-30T15:15:41.118-07:002014-08-30T15:15:41.118-07:00All Russia has to do is wait. For Winter.
Ukraine ...All Russia has to do is wait. For Winter.<br />Ukraine will be in dire straights without Russian gas. And the USA does not have the infrastructure in place to supply Europe with the gas it requires over this coming Winter. And even if had the infrastructure, it doesn't have the gas reserves.<br />Even then, Ukraine's armed forces are in retreat from Novorossiyan's rebels. Those not in retreat are encircled.<br />The West and Ukraine are in panic, which is why the shrill warnings of Russian invasion of Ukraine.<br />Russia is winning this proxy war. By seemingly doing nothing but waiting. Oh, sure, Russia might be supplying the Novorossiyan's with arms and advise, but nothing overt.<br />In fact, the only overt thing Russia has done was send in humanitarian aid without Ukraine's permission.<br />Russia is winning, which is why the West is getting desperate. I only hope the West isn't so desperate, they stumble into war with Russia.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759047914577194212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-73479261429098066602014-08-30T14:33:46.242-07:002014-08-30T14:33:46.242-07:00I think Putin has called the Ukrainian government ...I think Putin has called the Ukrainian government fascist and has compared the assault on Donetsk to the Soviet experience of German assaults on their cities.<br /><br />My take is that there are no genuinely good guys in this fracas. Yet it is the Western way these days to pick sides, put a white hat on one and a black hat on the other. It echoes back to Bush's line that "you're either with us or you're with the terrorists." It's a logic that goes well with advancing Western authoritarianism and illiberal democracy.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-47589349590784558232014-08-30T14:26:32.176-07:002014-08-30T14:26:32.176-07:00Our understanding of 'modern' Eastern Euro...Our understanding of 'modern' Eastern European history may not be what we understand it to be. The Western Zionized version is not a pleasant one when you consider the facts.<br /><br />I challenge the idea that Poles (and Czechs, Romani, Serbs, Hungarians, etc) were complacent. They were literally caught in the middle of the Russians, who were bludgeoning people everywhere as they advanced West.<br /><br />As the strength of Germany increased, it can be argued that many of these countries saw the Germans as protectors, not invaders.<br /><br />It can be argued that Eastern Europeans were easily coerced into supporting the Germans because they represented 'the other side': seemingly neutral right wing politics compared to the absolutes of communism.<br /><br />Today, I'm concerned about what we're getting as 'news' in the Western media because the current situation is equally messy. What do we really know about the leadership of the Ukraine, except that many of them are known fascists? Why are we supporting known fascists? Why isn't Putin saying anything about the situation? Is he even in charge, like the scenario in 'Sum of All Fears'?<br /><br />In the run-up to World War II, nearly every Western country supported the Germans. Even the Bush / Walker family supplied the Nazis and only acted against them (and got their countries to jump in for them) when the Nazis occupied their facilities in places like Poland and Silesia.<br /><br />Back to the present: we need to remind ourselves that this is all about money and like or not, we're on the wrong side of right. With Putin promising to move away from the US dollar in favour of other currencies, he would put an end to the American hegemony of the world's trade, but also endless expansion of military contracting, debt, wars and other ugly political 'false flag' operations around the world.<br /><br />I've rambled, but know this: the Poles did not want to sit idly by as their brothers were stabbed to death and mothers and sisters were raped, but how can you expect that they would do anything different?<br /><br />Is it possible that the people of Ukraine are accepting the Russians because their own government is far worse and they can't do anything about it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-45532554858702482242014-08-30T13:27:13.744-07:002014-08-30T13:27:13.744-07:00Anne Applebaum lives in Warsaw with her husband, P...Anne Applebaum lives in Warsaw with her husband, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com