I'm not in a position to objectively determine the facts on the ground in Ukraine. I was disturbed by Putin's decision to actually invade Ukraine. There are reports of atrocities against both sides. Zelensky has actually done more to suppress political dissent within Ukraine than Putin has. So-called pro-Russian political parties have been taken off election qualifications. The Russians have from the beginning said stuff like fighters hiding behind civilians. I've seen actual videos of Ukranian forces using Churches and hospitals for military operation centers.
It is impossible to justify an invasion, really.
But before this invasion, the atrocities reported on both sides, and the skill/tactical expertise demonstrated in the donbas already should have logically led to a conclusion that an invasion would not be a cakewalk.
I listened the other day to some CIA former honchos discussing Putin and the situation for some hours. I believe they lie about some stuff. Fiona Hill lies about the same things. It is actually a move on the part of the USA to strategically manage the world. The goal is to take out Putin. It is, and has been, just that. Our people lie about our treaties and foreign policy diplomacy with Russia over the past 40 years. Putin has taken Russia off of the global Fascism plan and has made himself "the problem".
I believe some of Putin's advisors gave him unrealistic appraisals of the situation, and that Putin had the literally delusional notion that most Ukrainians would welcome his "liberation". There are indeed significant numbers of ethnic Russians throughout Ukraine, and a significant number of people unhappy with the 2014 coup that toppled the pro=Russian administration with support from outside Ukraine. From the USA actually.
Our CIA has helped with that, and with getting some strategic armaments into Ukraine, along with strategic advice on Russian weaknesses. It is true that Putin sees the destiny of Russia as a sort of humpty dumpty project of reuniting the USSR holdings as a sort of racist Russian supremacist theory would justify. Gogol would be proud if Russia could do that. I don't think Russia can.
But most of the world does see this as a proxy war, with the USA involved in a major way. Unless this fits the plan for creating a new balance of great nations for the global fascism regime we nominally call "globalism", this makes no sense.
The fact is Zelensky is no national hero, but a weak puppet who chose a pro-Nazi military leadership for his country, which we supported. Some say the fascist (old Nazi) element in Ukraine is small or incidental, but it is in fact in control of the military, and we are in fact supporting this. And the result will not be freedom in Ukraine, just an anti-Russian dictator we can use.
The result is now becoming more evident. China does not have the same vision for the future "globalism" our honchos have had. We have given up our own traditions in the West for governance that can be called, with some truth "democracy", and all we have gained is a new cold war with a divided world. It looks like India is forming up with the Brazil (nominally a whole set of south American countries), Russia, India, and China. The belt-and-road BRIC set.
At the fulcrum of this new divide will be Iran vs. Saudi Arabia.
I call it WWIII. The mother of all oil wars.
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