Timothy Birdnow

I was rummaging around in Ace of Spades this morning and came across this. It says pretty much what I have been thinking about the Ukrainian War.

Scroll about halfway down after clicking this link.

From the article:

This whole thing stinks to high heaven. Despite the actions of the players involved, and the actual suffering of innocent people in Ukraine and in Russia (their economy is being strangled, remember), the notion that this whole thing is one giant dog-wag is something that I just cannot shake.

Yet the cynic in me can't help but note the similarities between Vladimir Putin and Ukraine with Saddam Hussein in Kuwait. Were both of these events set-ups in an effort to destroy these respective tyrants-for-life?

Hussein was upset with the Kuwaitis on a number of fronts but the final straw was their using directional drilling to steal his oil—which they were doing. In a one-on-one meeting Saddam told the U.S. ambassador to Iraq of his anger and his intentions to invade. The U.S. ambassador said nothing.

As I understand it, in diplomatic-speak this kind of silence amounts to tacit approval of actions. Thinking this action was "approved," Saddam moved forward with his plans. Once he invaded Kuwait, the United States quickly formed an international coalition that brought hellfire down upon the Iraqi troops and the Hussein regime. The Bush Administration stopped short of taking the fight to Saddam in Iraq in the hope he would be deposed by his own people because of the humiliation in Kuwait . . .

. . . The similarities with that situation and Putin in Ukraine are striking. Whether valid or not, Putin had many grievances regarding Ukraine. And just as it was with Saddam, the truth is far more nuanced than the simplistic good guy/bad guy presentation. . .

. . . Did Putin therefore assume the world was giving him wink wink, nudge nudge approval, while still maintaining plausible deniability? And just like Saddam, once the action was taken, the United States led an effort to bring hellfire down upon him.

As many have asked, if the goal was to stop Putin from invading why not take significant actions beforehe invaded versus after? Did we in effect invite the invasion with the true goal being the end of the Putin regime? Are Ukraine's 44 million citizens just the price to be paid? You know the old saying, you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. . .

. . . The media coverage—the loud beating of the drums of war—has been strikingly similar between both invasions.

Babies being killed! Pregnant women being murdered! Savagery beyond belief. Putin/Hussein and his troops are the embodiment of evil. Politicians telling us "we" must make sacrifices in the name of this affront to all that is good and just.

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