Perhaps I have been too subtle in my latest remarks earlier today on the context for Putin's congratulatory words to the 'brave' Trump having won the election in the United States.
"To anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear, which already excludes all of the journalists in American mainstream media..." Well said, mr. Doctorow, but don't forget their peers in Europe. They, too, live in a parallel universe, maybe even farther away from planet Reality than the USA.
I agree entirely. I do not see Russia wavering from its fundamental goal, securing Odessa and the river ports to foil NATO's brutish plan to "pen Russia in" and not let it enter the Black Sea. And either taking Kiev, a very special part of Russia's history, or establishing a protectorate under Russian aegis. The west was reckless in betting its own self-interests against those of Russia in an area that was a security threat to no one until NATO stepped in. Now Ukraine will be partitioned and everybody will get a little piece except for Russia, and Russia will take what it wants. the blood of a hundred thousand men and seven times as many for Ukraine does that to you.
"To anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear, which already excludes all of the journalists in American mainstream media..." Well said, mr. Doctorow, but don't forget their peers in Europe. They, too, live in a parallel universe, maybe even farther away from planet Reality than the USA.
I agree entirely. I do not see Russia wavering from its fundamental goal, securing Odessa and the river ports to foil NATO's brutish plan to "pen Russia in" and not let it enter the Black Sea. And either taking Kiev, a very special part of Russia's history, or establishing a protectorate under Russian aegis. The west was reckless in betting its own self-interests against those of Russia in an area that was a security threat to no one until NATO stepped in. Now Ukraine will be partitioned and everybody will get a little piece except for Russia, and Russia will take what it wants. the blood of a hundred thousand men and seven times as many for Ukraine does that to you.
Thanks -- and wonderful Scott Ritter summary:
Russia on the Brink of Victory as Ukraine's Army is Being Destroyed | Scott Ritter
https://youtu.be/6RO_YVq-eyU?si=DxL-NtHYsZ09iJdY
Agree. But I do think that Putin and Trump understand each other very well.