@justawhoaman
There has been commotion in the Netherlands due to a 18 year old girl got a letter telling her she could be called for militairy duty! With all that equality it is not just young men that are allegeable for duty!
Precursor for throwing our own youth @ the Ukraine problem?
I think that the video had some decent historical data, other than that, it was extremely one sided, IMO.
I am absolutely NOT a Putin apologist, although my takeaways seem to make people think so for some reason. We are in the midst of a mis/disinfo campaign on a scale never before seen. Living in the digital age allows one to spread counter narratives and/or drown out âthe goodsâ with ones own content at a scale never before imagined, in real-time, with data and analytics to tweak the messaging on the fly.
The only war I see Putin loosing at the moment is the media/narrative war (marketing and branding), in which the Russianâs are getting their teeth kicked in. The narrator talked of how Russians will likely take out whole towns and such classifying all inhabitants as combatants. In Fallujah, we (the US) dropped leaflets saying on X day at X time, we will enter the city. Anyone remaining there (Men/Woman) would be considered hostile and killed. Sound familiar? The Ukraineâs military is getting owned by the Russianâs and from what I can tell are cut off and if not now, are nearly, combat ineffective. Their only hope is for direct NATO involvement, which is a major gamble for Europe to say the least.
Russia, China and perhaps still Germany are the only major players on earth that I can think of that could supply, refine and manufacture a war machine internally (microchips and such are going to be a major handicap for Germany). That makes them all extremely formidable.
If Russia feels so inclined, they will simply activate sleeper cells in Western countries to carry out pre-planned sabotage/disruptive operations on things like critical infrastructure (bridges, rails, utilities, andâŚports), and civilian attacks (bombings, assassinationâs, etc.) in major economic hubs. They donât need to nuke America or Europe to render them completely incapacitated. Hereâs what keeps me up at night, disruptive operations like this are designed to maximize plausible deniability, any State Actor, NGO or wealthy scumbag (insert name) could fund something like this at scale and the whole world would pin it on Russia. I can think of half a dozen organizations for hire (think Blackwater) who are not only skilled in these dark arts, but have the means to carry them out swiftly.
We truly are in dangerous waters.
And CAF has been saying this for as long as I have known her. We are talking someone who knows. She STILL has alphabet stalkers.
I completely agree that Zeihanâs opinion is one-sided; but it doesnât mean heâs wrong. Putin IS trying to close the gaps & if heâd done it in 2014-15, it would have worked. The other items youâve talked about, yes, yes, I know. Youâre missing the point, but, whateverâŚ
Where I absolutely disagree is with regard to nukes; at least tacticals, whether sleepers, etc. Fine, whomever. I never said US would be nuked & neither did Zeihan to my recollection⌠but they will be used. Where, when, I have no idea & neither does anyone else.
We could awaken tomorrow & be told Putin died while in surgery, etc.
Nobody here is ready for whatâs coming. None of us.
Oh darn, my anxiety was just starting to lift.
True. Russia has the best hackers, but the Western powers are like ha ha, he donât have the artillery⌠the weakness with that thinking is, hackers are running the world. Think of Mark Zuckcuck who wanted to name his firstborn after Xi. If heâs that easy compromised as the CEO of Facebook, we as the West are screwed if Russians are the best hackers⌠if they can so easily compromise our CEOs, why wouldnât they compromise the fate of the West whose lackadaisical elites only care about wealth and perception. Theyâre stuck on wether a man can be a woman while China and Russia have longterm goals as a longrange civilization past and possibly presentâŚ
No, I am not ready for a Elysium dystopian world brought on by our Western nut jobs. Meaning Russia better win the offworld space war too!
Thanks, ebmason for the historical info.
The NATO countries, USA and perhaps other nations are sending armaments to the Ukraine, but no âboots on the groundâ so far as any reports are concerned. Early reports did indicate rag-tag bands of foreign fighters went into the Ukraine early on, mostly to help support the Right Sector, aka the Azov Battalion, which are the key forces under assault by the Russians. For now, this is largely a war of attrition. It may last for years. My point is the Russians show no indications of abandoning the current conflict in the Ukraine. Important point is that Russia is mostly likely not to initiate any kinetic energy against a NATO member.
All this may not end within V Putinâs lifetime, but it does not mean my analysis is incorrect. Consider Crimea, which was still within the Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the USSR. Was there any conflict in the Crimea? No. The vast, overwhelming number of Crimeans [98% to 99%] never considered their land was invaded or annexed by Russia, but which was parroted by every Western Media source I was able to find.
Crimeans considered themselves to have been liberated. So, please consider that the current conflict in the Ukraine is simply an extension of the actions in the Crimea from past centuries, and still requiring further kinetic energy to accomplish Russiaâs goal in the Ukraine, which may extend for some time before the end goal is achieved.
Also, consider a historical fact at a time when the Russian Black Sea fleet was commanded by an American naval hero, John Paul Jones (1747 to 1792), in the Russian service as a rear admiral. Under his command he won two naval battles near the mouth of the Dnieper River in June 1788. In Moldavia and along the Black Sea.
As you have may heard it said before, âHistory has a way of repeating itself.â Yesterday it was Crimea. now itâs the Ukraine, tomorrow it might be Moldovia.
Sorry, doesnât work; Catherineâs Plan is whatâs going on. No need for JPJ discussion yet. This WILL end in Putinâs lifetime, or shortly thereafter, as The Russians have little time left to fight.
Please explain this statement.
I have posted info after info on this subject. Go back and watch and read it.
Sorry, internet posts in this day and age are mostly propaganda which disallows realistic analysis or prognosis of our worldâs current mental illness.
If you mean YOUR mental illness, we understandâŚ
Sorry, I listened to the first and part of the second of your Zeihan videos and quit taking the time after that. I donât find him totally credible. Foolish of me to ask and give you the chance to be insulting. I keep forgetting this is your forum.
Youâve done nothing but insult me for months.
I donât really care about your questions anymore.
DO SOMETHING! (What you saidâŚ)
Speaking of mental illnessâŚ
Yeah, howâs yours doing there, Bill?
You can always stay away from me, I wonât mind, but I donât think you can.
Hard to ignore an itch, especially when it dominates posting.
Then stop posting Bill.
Me? I was hoping youâd cut back. When I check for updates and new posts theyâre usually yours and nobody else.