Timothy Birdnow

This mirrors much of my own thinking about the Ukraine/Russia conflict. The author gets a bit more pointed in his criticisms of Ukraine but his points are essentially valid.

Remember, we gave Russia a verbal promise to not expand NATO into the old Warsaw Pact then we broke it. Russia tolerated our moving NATO right up to their border (they ddn't really have a choice) but the Ukraine (I'm going back to putting THE in front of the name like we used to) was always hands-off because it was one of the "Russias" along with Byeloru aka White Russia and Great Russia. The Ukraine is rather like Texas is to America. Imagine if the Soviets had taken control of Texas during the Cold War.

And for a time we did not. But then when the Ukraine elected a pro-Russian President the CIA began fomenting the Orange Revolution to overthrow him and install a pro-western guy who was willing to "do busisness" with all our dirtbags. That's why Hillary Clinton got involved with them. That's why Hunter Biden got involved with them. It never would have happened had we not kicked out the elected government and replaced it with one more pleasing to ourselves.

This war has nothing to do with sympathy for an underdog democracy - Ukraine is as corrupt as Russia if not more so and it's no longer even remotely democratic as Zelensky has suspended elecctions and suppressed free speech and suppressed the Orthodox Church and imposed universal drafting of young men (thus getting rid of those who would oppose his remaining in office). Putin is certainly no better but this is rather like a fight between an alligator and a Burmese Python in the Everglades - you can't really root for either.

No, what this is about is money and power. The Ukraine was laundering vast sums of Western cash. But there is more than just a desire to make money involved; it is all about the New World Order. Russia, under Putin, was trying to build an alternative to the New World Order system the elites of the West were trying to put in place. Russia was fouling up their whole scheme. So they want to squeeze Russia dry, bankrupt her, empty her out so the remnant is forced to come hat-in-hand to Western bankers and diplomats and join the NWO as penitents, trustees.

And let us not forget what Tulsi Gabbard admitted; we had dozens of biological labs in the Ukraine doing gain of function research. In other words we had weapons labs, right next door to Russia.

Yes, Russia did invade Crimea, and then the eastern portion of the Ukraine as well. But the Ukrainians had been shelling the Crimea for years. They also put a dam on the Dneiper river and diverted all of Crimea's fresh water. They provoked Russia at every turn.

Again I am not excusing Russia. Putin is a bastard and will do whatever he can get away with doing. But there is another side to this. The Western elites won't tell us that other side because they bafflingly want war with Russia and don't seem to care about the dangers of it going nuclear.

A nuclear war can ruin your whole day.

I believe we have no material national interest in the Ukraine. I further believe this could well have been prevented by remotely competent diplomacy before it began, but the elites wanted this. Biden screwed it up bigly. But that, I believe, was by design. Putin is an opportunist and saw he could get away with it.

I really don't believe Russia is in that bad a shape either. I think we are being gaslit by the media and by these internationalist think tanks. The reporting suggests the Russians are nearing the end but I suspect the reality on the ground is a bit different.

I will say this; Putin cannot afford to lose this war. He will be removed from office, and by office I mean the body politic, sans body. His head will roll. He's not going to allow that.

And everyone who could replace him is worse than is he.

So what will Putin do? Tactical nuclear weapons come to mind. Use tactical nukes on the Ukrainian battlefield and dare the West to start the big one. We'll probably back down from that and Putin knows it. Even Trump won't risk all-out nuclear war, despite Trump having the balls to fight.

Putin won't do that unless he's trapped like the rat he is, but if it is that or face assassination and overthrow he'll do it, I suspect.

Oh, and while the old Soviet arsenal had been under the control of a number of agencies that limited single-man launches the current Russian nuclear arsenal very likely is not; it was Putin's creation. I rather suspect he has complete control over their use.

At any rate whoever wins this war isn't worth our time one way or another. All that we've done by dragging this out is battle harden both sides and when it finally ends they will likely go around the world selling their skills to the highest bidder. There is a reason why the Albanian mob took over the Sicilian Mafia; they were so hardened by the war in Bosnia that they were too tough for the Mafia and are now in control of it. That is what we will see with the Russians and Ukrainians in times to come.

Also, Russia and Ukraine will BOTH have to replace their populations with men from elsewhere. Ukraine, in particular, will be filled with Middle Easterners and other non-European types who mean us ill. See here, here, and here for just a few articles singing the praises of the glory of immigration to replenish the population of the Ukraine. The Ukrainians will become a remnant in their own countries, and that is just fine by the standards of the Western Ruling Class.

I suspect it will happen less with Russia, although the Russians are going to have some big problems too. But Putin is no fool (unlike Zelensky) and he will fight to prevent that from happening to his own country. He may not be able to succeed but he'll try. Mostly he'll encourage a population boom. Once the war is over Russia will be a good place for young white men to go; lots of Russian women for the having.

In the end this is a proxy war by the West, which was angry about things like BRICS. We are leaving our children with a nightmare to clean up so Progressives can make money and feed their scheme for the New World Order.

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