Those are the final words of the article linked below. Yes, I know the West continues to pour weapons and money into Ukraine, but that is simply to delay the inevitable embarrassing loss to their pride and reputation as that nation's utter collapse to Russia plays out. It is over, basically, and both the West... Continue Reading →
A ‘550 Km Zone of Control + 70-100 Km More for Security’, That’s What I Call a Buffer Zone
Shipments of long-range missiles to Kiev may expand ‘buffer zone’ toward Poland — Medvedev - TASS - May 18, 2024 That is a realist viewpoint, and one which I share, and also believe Russia is capable of organising against a collapsing west. But, at the same time, it is an achievement which, once accomplished, will... Continue Reading →
Why So Much US Interest In Ukraine?
While waiting for the Main Event of the conflict in the former Ukraine (no more than a week to go now, I believe - and there are some very interesting and necessary pre-events in the upcoming days - 21, 22, 23, 24 Feb - not to mention pre-op ground preparations already under way), I just... Continue Reading →
The Rest of the Story
This is not about a Myanmar MiG-29. This is not about an incursion into Thai airspace. This is not about Ukraine - which I regularly talk about these days. Though Ukraine gets a mention. It is not even about terrorism - that endemic feature of the modern world - though 'terrorism' is central to the... Continue Reading →
Russia More Interested in Syria Than Ukraine Right Now
Turning now from a situation which holds everybody's attention just now - Ukraine - scene of yet another hasty US and western withdrawal (they like it better in Lvov (Lviv) than Kiev - it's as far west and close to an EU border you can get and still be in Ukraine), to something of greater... Continue Reading →
Prurient Trifling From Australia
Australia, again demonstrating its governmental dim-wittedness, total reliance on, and guaranteed dependence/adherence to, the abortifacient groupthink of its larger and obviously equally weak-minded Western cousins, that would produce such a deformed outcome. Just the latest among many prior of such. "Australia slaps sanctions against four Russian companies and one individual" - TASS © Artyom Geodakyan/TASS I... Continue Reading →
A Maxim For Today
'Believe nothing, trust no-one', is a good maxim to hold in today's world. There are dirty deeds going on all the time , everywhere, at all levels and from all sources. Some sources of course are well practised in the art of dirty deeds through long and prolific service to the tradition. The US State... Continue Reading →
Getting Along Together…
"Contract on Russian gas transit via Ukraine stipulates ‘pump or pay’ principle - Naftogaz" See? It's not all that difficult to get along together, is it, when issues are put aside or amicably settled for mutual benefit? Much better than shooting at each other. The world should operate more on these principles. "Starting tomorrow maybe?"... Continue Reading →
End of The Normandy Format?
Wow! I had not anticipated a move of this nature to be aired just yet in the Ukraine-Donbass saga. It was obvious to me that the Normandy Format process was going to fail - it was designed to do that - but such an event has not yet happened. Despite that, the main protagonists (Kiev... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 