37 Comments

So here I sit in Southwest Florida, a Canadian, rooting for the Russians. I’m not against the Ukrainians. In fact, I think they are patsies and very much the victim of a larger geopolitical conflict. They are the tragic fall guys.

I’m against the Americans, NATO and the west. We provoked this war. I’m also embittered by the jingoistic propaganda that I’m being fed. Really, our society is ridiculous. My neighbours are ridiculous. My family members are ridiculous. Clueless. They swallow the propaganda bait, hook line and sinker.

It’s a weird feeling rooting for the Russians. I know it’s against my interests but I think so is America’s forever war machine.

Expand full comment

How old was this guy? Doesn't Poland give its generals regular medical checkups so they don't just up and croak for no particular reason? And whatever happened to good old-fashioned "helicopter crash", "car crash" or "training accident"?

Expand full comment

The "official" story about the Polish general is what we used to call in government "reasonably vague". Some time long after this conflict is over, real numbers about the deaths of NATO country troops in Ukraine are going to come out....and I think we'll be surprised at how many are on that list.

The Scholz story is amusing - the US & the EU are always talking about how its all up to Ukraine. If the talks are between NATO countries, then Ukraine wasn't invited, along with the Russians. Odd way to achieve peace between two parties in conflict. But, these are the same clowns who crammed into the Volkswagen heading towards catastrophe for 2 years, pedal to the metal with no brakes.

Expand full comment

Can someone tell me why the Russians allow US drones in the Blacksea? Each time one of these drones flies around Crimea we see an attack on the peninsula...

Expand full comment

Regarding Prigozhin, I'll suggest that his move can't be reasonably thought of either as an invasion or an attempted coup or as supporting Ukraine. I'll suggest that his move on Moscow was a "Hail Mary" pass to Putin, motivated by military honor as his men were at risk of being senselessly ground up as cannon fodder. He put himself at their head to announce his commitment to their survival.

Expand full comment

At the moment, the individual countries are finding countless excuses, but death will come that the legend can no longer be hidden. Then the peoples of the Western world will begin to ask questions that can no longer be explained by accidents.

Why are we still passing a lot of time, because the propaganda is still catching on with the masses. I personally think that max. 20% of the German population have woken up, the rest are trapped in Heinrich Mann's novel "Der Untertan". Everyone outside of Germany who wants to understand the Germans should watch this film about the novel. The actor Werner Peters: in the role of Diederich Heßling and how he walks alongside the carriage of the German emperor katzbuckeln characterises 80% of Germans. Instead of Volker Pispers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chK2KHGx_yo once expressed stopping the train, the 80% hope that they are sitting in the last wagon that gets stuck on the cliff top.

This is probably the case for many other peoples in Europe and North America

Expand full comment
Mar 29·edited Mar 29

The American assumption is that they can fight the Russians until the point at which it is absolutely clear Russia will win, and at that point the Russians will accept a negotiated settlement.

The Americans perceive themselves to be the subject of history, and that the Russians are an object of this history. When the Americans decide the war is over, as such, it is over.

This is absolutely not correct.

Expand full comment

Meanwhile, Budanov says that Ukraine has almost everything it needs to destroy the Kerch Bridge. (Basically, Ukraine has received Taurus missiles, which is why we suddenly stopped hearing the constant mewling for them.)

If this were not obvious enough, yesterday Ben Hodges said that “the siege of Crimea had begun”..

French troops to be deployed in April.

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/106736

The West only continues to double down while Russia dithers.

Expand full comment

The Anadolu Agency story is from April of 2022.

Expand full comment

If this one died anywhere in Ukraine, the exact location is an unimportant piece of trivia. Like all other NATO staff, he had no business being in the country at all

Expand full comment

Txs for the always interesting info!

Expand full comment