Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
As I predicted some weeks ago in an article on this site, Russia has invaded the Ukraine. Also, as I predicted, the European nations have provided about as much help to the Ukraine as they provided to Poland in 1939 — practically none. A friend in Australia recently wrote, “I don’t know about you, but …
Wondering how Vice President Kamala Harris’ inappropriate laughter at a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw on Thursday may have been received by the Ukrainian people? After watching a video of the exchange, a former spokeswoman for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote in a Twitter post, “It would be a tragedy if this …
While Putin Ravages Ukraine, Lloyd Austin’s Military Upguns Gender Dysphoria Propaganda
Thoughts on Ukraine Part 11: New Equilibrium Figure New Equilibrium Issues The figure above starts as a section of the New Equilibrium portion of the Conceptual Framework developed in Part 1. I have added elements based on developments over the last week. As the central question mark shows, there is still a great deal of …
Vladimir Putin’s violent assault on the sovereignty of Ukraine is not going as swimmingly as he no doubt predicted. Could that lack of progress goad him into as even more rash action?
As experience in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq show, if we do not do a rigorous assessment before an intervention and do not continue to do it throughout the intervention, a nation can bleed itself badly. Perhaps the key screening questions are will the people support the intervention and will they fight?
The first casualty in war is truth. The levels of complexity in the conflict in Ukraine are mind-boggling. Let’s review some truths that haven’t been killed – yet.
Musings of a former US attack helicopter pilot with relatives on both side of the Ukraine – Russian Border.
Thoughts on Ukraine, Part 9: Impact on World’s Food Figure Sunflower Oil and Wheat are Two Key Ukrainian Food Exports One voice missing from the security discussions on Ukraine is food security. The agricultural community certainly understands it, and there is a lot of discussion. But history tells us that hunger is a powerful source …
The US wants to avoid war with Russia. But is our Ukraine policy achieving that goal or pushing us closer to war?
Part 7 looks at the Joint Russia-China corporatist scenario. At what point would the differences rupture cooperation? In the event of a rupture, would one turn on the other? Could China buy up Russian companies and co-opt the interests of the kleptocrats or are their cultures and motives too dissimilar?
One thing is clear, there are stresses in the mix. Lukoil shines a spotlight on them.
Is Putin losing his grip if LukOil feels like they can criticize his strategy and call for an end to it?
The attack on the Ukrainian nuclear plant was a risk. If the strike damaged the containment vessel, it could have unleashed nuclear radiation. That got me thinking about the broader risks of destruction.
• Russian destroys Ukrainian cities and infrastructure trying to take it. More adventures like the nuclear plant could do it.
• Oligarchs in Russia see both a crisis and an opportunity and arrest/kill Putin and take control and force a “favorable” settlement with Ukraine that lets the oligarchs buy Ukrainian assets and resources.
• The west’s sanctions cripple the west and the Russians, leaving an opportunity for the Chinese to go after both. Perhaps they are crocodile watching the two snakes fight it out to take them both.
Doesn’t it seem strange that with all the hysteria over war mongering politicians and presidents over the past 60 years-including the egregious treatment of candidates like Barry Goldwater-recall the LBJ political cartoon of Daisy Girl happily holding flowers on a sunny day when a nuclear detonation suddenly reflects in her eyes (two additional great candidate …
We had many opportunities to discourage the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and missed all of them.
The United States detonated nuclear bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 6th and 9th of August 1945. The nuclear bombs laid to waste these two cities. The after-mass was devastating.
The Russian invasion has relied entirely on conventional weapons — tanks rattling down highways, bombers flying overhead, ships landing in the port city of Odesa — and experts told Vox that in the absence of a shocking escalation, that isn’t likely to change.
Since the World War II era, the President of the United States is looked upon as leader of the free world. Some of the men handled this task well, accepting the challenge from their first day in office: Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any …
Part 3 looks at energy. I think it is the number one security threat. It is at least partly responsible for the situation in Ukraine, both through funding and supporting Russia’s attack through Europe’s current dependence on petroleum-based energy from Russia.
Here’s a brief query to those who don’t miss Trump: In this really what you wanted?
Protests against the invasion started Thursday in Russia and have continued daily ever since, even as Russian police have moved swiftly to crack down on the rallies and detain protesters. The Kremlin has sought to downplay the protests, insisting that a much broader share of Russians support the assault on Ukraine.