(A friend who works in Asia had a different view of the Ukrainian war. You might find it interesting.)
Good Morning Hugh, As is so often the case, I strongly agree with Pat Buchanan. What not only American leaders, but even American society is doing to Russia is very, VERY dangerous. From my Far Eastern vantage point, I would warn any American/Westerner who would listen that WE (America & Western Europe) are backing a wounded Russia into a corner and I will warn anyone that even the most benevolent and loving of wounded wolves- once backed into a corner with few options- eventually has no choice but to finally bring out the teeth, claws, and eventually strike back. From my side of the pond, what America is doing with Russia is utterly insane and truly redefines the word 'stupid.' [One does not play games with, or insult, a superpower who possesses 6,900 nuclear warheads and better missiles than almost anything America reliably has on hand.] Also, Hugh, to be totally frank, the hypocrisy which America has fallen into simply stuns me. Back in the Kennedy years, we nearly had a nuclear holocaust when the Soviets were caught installing nuclear missiles in Fidel's Cuba; a mere 90 miles from Florida (in our own backyard). Yet, even on Fox News or The American Thinker, nary a word has been printed about the U.S. manufactured missile systems which we had quietly installed inside of Chernobyl's nuclear exclusion zone [which is also something like only 100 miles away from Russia's back doorstep]. Thus, the USA has fallen into such dramatic moral decay that we [several successive Presidential Administrations & Congresses spanning all major American political stripes] seemed to have not a care at all about funding somewhere between 25-30 biolabs which we 100% know for certain were continuing to research USSR-era biopathogens which were supposed to have been destroyed all the way back in the mid-1990's; and those same biolabs were almost certainly involved in some kind of Gain of Function [Wuhan-style] research for purposes whose final aims were probably far less than anything but Godly or Holy. (I sincerely doubt our untrustworthy U.S. Federal Government funded those 25-30 biolabs because they wanted to help make sure the Russians did not come down sick with the flu or a light case of the sniffles.) So, to conclude my response, while I am largely neutral in this Civil War, I wish both Russia and the Ukraine Territory well. However, Russia's military blunders in staging their Security Action (war) within the Ukraine were not just stunning and not just a geopolitical embarrassment, but also indicate that the entire Russian Military will need a complete overhaul before Russia even thinks of managing anything beyond the most elementary of basic national security measures. [...as in arresting illegal migrants &/or illegal trespassers.] This was a military DISASTER & HUMILIATION FOR RUSSIA WHICH SEVERELY HARMED RUSSIA'S STANDING ON THE WORLD STAGE, no matter how one tries to spin it. Bluntly, Russia was about as effective in the Ukraine Invasion as America has been effective in keeping illegal aliens from swimming over to our shores. [UTTER DISASTER.] Hugh, I strongly respect President Putin as well as his government. But, Mr. Putin's administration screwed up the Ukraine Affair six ways to Sunday. As of the time of this writing, I will simply dispassionately state that the cost of this fiasco is somewhere between 20,000 to 25,000 dead Russian soldiers, two very badly wounded countries, organized campaigns of sexual violence on both sides and- for Russia- the former U.S.S.R. may soon largely lose a war which they should have easily won within a matter of only days. Russia was incompetent & easily should have overpowered both the Ukraine, as well as its cowardly Western Godfathers who yank all of Zelenskyy's strings. After all, only one week after Trump was deposed in a stolen election, on February 1st, 2021, the Tatmadaw [Burmese Army] seized Burma and accomplished most of President Putin's kind of dreams in less than merely 4 hours because the Tatmadaw runs a competent, well-trained military. Yet, as of the time of this writing, it may be months or even years before President Putin can secure & rule the Ukraine; at which point the Ukraine will be little more than a pile of smoking ruin which the Russians will have to rebuild at the cost of one big heap of Russia's very own Rubles. They will also predictably face many years of a domestic insurgency so, even if Russia 'wins' this crazy thing called the Ukraine, I believe President Putin will find that just as soon as he erects a grand new building, it shan't be long before domestic Ukrainian resistance fighters find a creative way to crash all his new buildings straight to the ground. Okay. I'll simply wrap up by stating that I will forward my ad hoc military analysis of Russia's profound strategic errors to you later today. I actually am quite supportive of Russia but, to be totally honest, Hugh, either Putin himself (or his generals) not only screwed up a war which they very easily should have won, but now may largely lose the war. Of course, in the event of a loss or some kind of stalemate, Russia might parade the U.S.-manufactured missile systems which the Russians dug out of the ground at Chernobyl & maybe also parade some of our U.S.-funded biolab concerns out in the streets for all of the world to see. ...but at the cost of 20,000 to 25,000 dead Russian soldiers [so far] and a devastated Ukraine [the heartland of Russia], well, much as Sun Tzu warned over 2,000 years ago in The Art of War, that's not much for the Kremlin to gloat about. So, I guess I shall close by simply saying this: For President Putin, he is about to potentially lose a war or preside over a disaster. If I could have the honor of advising him at this particularly late hour in a fight which the Russian President CHOSE to start, I'd tell him either go all the way & finish what President Putin chose to start, or prepare to pay the consequences for a lost war. (...and when you lose a war which you chose to start, the consequences of such a loss are simply not predictable.) Keep in touch, Hugh. |
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