Some say that Ukraine is winning and Russia is losing. Others say Russia is winning and Ukraine is losing. All I know for sure is that the makers of military equipment and weapons are winning big time, and the common soldiers (on both sides) and civilians in the areas destroyed by the fighting are losing big time!
Provocation, like beauty, appears to be in the eye of the beholder. Kennedy threatened war just because Cuba was to receive missiles. The Ukraine is receiving everything including training an Army half the size of the Russia Army. For a nation that defeated Napoleon and Hitler only by laying a scorched earth almost 1000km wide - which was their 'borderlands' - ie 'the Ukraine' their borderlands become a NATO power is serious provocation. Putin has also been warning the west it was for years.
And this, is a beautiful example of how discussion is (not) working these days. Defamation of a person whose opinion you donβt like tells us a lot about you, but thats about it. If there is anything in GBβs statement that is not correct, then educate us why that would be.
How much bis the CIA paying you? Or are you so resistant to the obvious facts and so indoctrinated that you are doing it for free?
Spot on Bill!!! We watched the Neocons destroy the Republican party under Bush 2. Now we're watching them destroy the Democrat party under Joke Biden. I'm thoroughly enjoying this current freak show displaying their complete ineptitude for the entire world. Hell, I'm rooting them on :-) America, the world's largest Banana Republic!!!
I was under the impression that it wasn't too long ago that the general consensus was that Russia was a gas station masquerading as a country! Now it's the evil empire bent on world domination - not sure it can be both? Well it's either that, or that country has undergone a remarkable transformation in a very short time.
In the meantime someone, maybe, can enlighten me as to how many countries does Russia currently have troops stationed in , if we're talking about empires, compared to the US?
Still, all things being equal, the vitriol I expected to read, given Bill's comments, has been more subdued than I thought, so that's encouraging. I'm pretty sure that Russia won't come out of this squeaky clean any more than the Ukraine will, don't think anyone in a war does, but I don't believe that this conflict can be seen as some sort of Luke Skywalker V Darth Vader event either. Either way, it seems like, lots of, especially, young men are being blown to bits daily, which is horrific, however you look at it.
For what it's worth I thought that Bill did a damned fine job of summarizing a very messy, complicated situation
Once again, another fact filled, well written common-sense article about the way things truly is. Particularly in regard to the current geopolitical scene involving the Russia-Ukraine War, sanctions against Russia and their effects against Russian energy delivery to its European Customer Nations and the U.S. Dollar's status as a leading world currency!!! Thank you, Bonner Private Research Team of Researchers and Writers!!!
Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine continue to play a game of "Russian Roulette" with the Ukrainian nuclear plant. Sooner or later they will pull the trigger and blow Europe's brains out with a nuclear accident! The plant is presently disconnected from the power grid and operating a single reactor to provide cooling, known as "island mode". As stated by a nuclear expert, "Island mode is a very shaky, unstable and unreliable way to provide continuous power supply to a nuclear plant".
How come there was no outcry when the West left Afghanistan in such a state that their children are dying? The BBC reported on it, but no great humanitarian response ensued.
It reminds me of two things. The US war in Vietnam where the US bombed, napalmed, and used Agent Orange in vast quantities and not just on Vietnam. They left 2.54 Million Vietnamese dead, but didn't seem to concerned over it. Then the Madeleine Albright quote when asked if 500,000 Iraqi children dying was worth the sanctions against Iraq. According to Albright, it was.
Russia and Ukraine are 2 corrupt oligarchies, both former Soviet Republics fighting over Soviet Borders in a Post Soviet World. The West & NATO just happened to pick the newest 'nation' and most corrupt oligarchy as their dog in this fight. We should have no dogs in this fight and if any of our leader's had an ounce of morality or compassion, they'd be doing all in their power to stop the war and negotiate new borders. The US/NATO inspired coup of 2013/14 was the start of this war, but the continued fighting and shelling of the Separatist areas didn't get news headlines. It was only when a Dutch passenger jet was shot down we in Europe discovered the war was ongoing.
While on the subject, Victoria Nuland actually turned up in Maidan square to encourage the Coup. Her father is Ukrainian - perhaps if we had Hunter Biden's lap-top we might discover quite how much the Ukraine was encouraged to poke the Russian bear and what interest Nuland may have in her father's homeland.
Russia is no Superpower as anyone who read the UK Journalist Peter Hitchens' columns has known for decades. The only thing that probably stops the US/NATO from actually invading to 'bring democracy' is the fact they have nukes.
No dog in that fight? Early on you seemed to have taken sides, but yes, so far at least, you won't be affected by the outcome. The other thing is, it is not an inconsequential war to eastern Europe. Getting out from under "US based mischief" will prove to be another self centered on someones part, nightmare. A world currency is catastrophic thinking. Bill, whose mischief do you prefer?
βWe will bury you, we will bury you, we will bury you β threeβs company, shoe comes off the right foot and pounded on desk. Escorted out, Nikita Khrushchevβs spirit waiting to thaw. 9/11 will mark 51 years since his earthly vessel made way. Russia will never yield.
Which IF true is where the real danger lies. The moment it seems US/NATO supported Ukrainian troops are setting foot on Russian lands is the moment Putin may decide, time for tactical nukes. We should be looking for peace and negotiated and resident population backed borders. The US/NATO/EU/UK are risking a real nuclear catastrophe.
All about the dollars? What would happen if the dollar crashed and left everybody naked? Even the elites or so they call themselves. Would the world stop to see that the euro, pound, peso, yuan, bolivar, and all the other fiat money in the world is nothing but paper. The debt for the world is estimated at some 367,000,000,000,000 dollars. A tidy sum, indeed. Would we all be broke? The good ole boys
always said money is just a way to keep score. Or better yet, declare a jubilee. All debt canceled all over the world. Would that start a war? How to pay for it.? Could we trade a bottle of whiskey for a rifle? Or trade a pig for a canon? Interesting times, indeed! Just sayin'
An interesting analysis I read concerns the US and the Petro-dollar. Every time it appeared that a country was about to replace the $ as the currency of exchange for fossil fuels, the US steps in. Nordstream was always the target for the US, because Russia was willing to accept payment in Euros. The analysis pointed out how it wasn't until Saddam started offering his oil to Europe in return for Euros not dollars, that the US 'intervened' to bring democracy. Iran under sanctions was another country that expressed an interest in trading oil/gas for 'native currencies'. Now whether that analysis was correct or not I don't know, but at some point one has to accept that there are just too many coincidences not to wonder if the greatest weapon the US has, and uses widely is the $.
Dear Bill, you have outdone yourself for once by displaying your ignorance. Your knowledge of military operations is as deep as a dry lakebed in northern Italy. Been to two wars now and was an operations officer in the infantry, and was well schooled in such things. DRZ
Given American war history, I would not be bragging about being an operations officer in the lost disasters.
The Military is only good at bloviating. Lincolnβs ghost is constantly looking for a good general. They are great at political correctness and political infighting.
You got your talking points from Jim Rickards didn't you? His piece was almost identical, Russia is winning, Europe will crack, NATO pushed Russia into this war, Ukraine is corrupt and stealing the aid money, yada yada. Or was it RT? BTW, the city in the Russian propaganda video you show is not even in Europe, it's in Siberia.
I haven't seen NATO invading any countries. Putin has been absolutely clear that his goal is the restoration of the Soviet/Russian empire. This war started in 2014 with his undeclared war in Donbas and Crimea which he got away with. Now Europe and NATO and the proud Ukrainians are refusing to allow an invasion akin to Hitler's of Czechoslovakia in 1939 to stand. Putin will be stopped and NATO has already been expanded.
Only trump and you believe in Putin's genius. He is a murderer, a poisoner of his rivals and enemies and his attacks on Ukraine are one long terrorist act against civilians and their cities and towns. He has made a major blunder, his nation and people will be shunned and excluded from the civilized world for decades, his army is already crippled and shown to be hopelessly corrupt and incompetent. Your military analysis is nonsense, Ukraine has cut off the Russian access across the Dnieper river completely and is encircling approximately 20,000 Russian troops there in Kherson who may very well be forced to surrender in the next few weeks. At the same time they are also advancing in Kharkiv which has come as a surprise to everyone. There is no chance at this point that Russia can win this war.
For you to seemingly advocate abject surrender to a murderous tyrant for the expedience of money and cheap energy is abhorrent and repellent. You may be willing to submit to tyrants but thankfully many people are not. Ukrainians are showing the world how to stand up to tyrants. Slava Ukraini!
One thing is different than another. One thing has nothing to do with the other. The USA is different from NATO. NATO is a defensive pact, it has not attacked or occupied any countries. They intervened against Serbia in defense of the victims of Serbian criminal and genocidal aggression.
I certainly oppose all pointless US bombing and wars, especially GW's. After 9/11 Afghanistan needed to be done and was by 100 CIA and special forces and 500 mil in cash to the Northern Alliance, should have declared victory and gone home but no, idiot Bush went on to spend trillions and pointlessly invade Iraq.
Serbians were waging an illegal genocidal war much like Putin's, the US saved many Muslim's lives there. Some are even grateful.
If you can't tell the difference between righteous and criminal wars you have a cognitive problem.
BTW, Bill and others, you did notice that this week the Russian Army is collapsing in Kharkiv and completely cut off, isolated and ready for surrender, panicked withdrawal or destruction in Kherson? There is zero chance they will 'win' their ridiculous war, the best they can do is to continue their terrorist shelling of civilians and infrastructure.
Here's a great video from yesterday showing the Russian equivalent of Fox news in shock and dismay at their losses. Check out the main clown in his Steven Seagal shirt. And that was yesterday, can't wait to see today's broadcast!
Yes Bill, the only losers in this chess game are the American and European people. The entire gang of progressive/great reset/climate changing, new world order, anti-human scum(which includes Biden, Trudeau, Macron and Zelensky) are making billions for thier personal gains and causes(all American cash if you havent noticed), while the people of all said nations will suffer immensely while this game continues.
Putin could end the so called war, or in reality, game, in a few weeks, but will continue to play until all of NATO are bankrupted, as we did to the Soviets in the 80s, they will do to us. Such a brilliant game against such clueless opponents.
I despise what is happening to our world, but we have choices to fight back and put the corrupted where they belong, before they do so to us.
I think he does it on purpose to get you all riled up , I must be laughing so loud ... he doesnβt care who win this war , as he show no empathie in his missives . But all this has a purpose to fire your comment and mine . Well done Bill ... why donβt you stick in economic and finance missive , that s what you do better . Michael Jordan never try to play soccer ... do the same for subscribers sake .
But here we go, is it collapsing, or do you stick with it? Or lock in a loss and chalk it up to shoulda known better?But Iβll blame myself. As others have commented, if a worldwide recession or worse is going down, makes sense that that will not bode well for shipping demand.
Let's assume all of your assumptions come true PV.
Are you just as CERTAIN that the world will be better off with the puppet Z , the corrupt power brokers of the Ukraine and the Deep State demons from the US State Department being victorious in this conflict?
I can't see how that could possibly be the case. Please, enlighten me. My mind is open to rational, fact-based information and conclusions...
His Navy hardly floats, his flagship sank after one missile hit, much of his fleet lay rusting away post Soviet collapse. His one aircraft carried passed through the English Channel accompanied by a sea-going tug. It also belched black smoke behind it. Why the tug? According to Peter Hitchens it was in case it broke down (mind you one of the UK's state of the art Carriers broke down the other week too) Russia is only a Nuclear Power. It is no super-power, hasn't been since it emerged from the Soviet collapse. Even it's army is second rate. I watched a report on CNN where a US expert of Military vehicle maintenance explained why Ukrainian farmers ended up collecting so much Russian hardware. They'd not even rotated the 'stored equipment' so the tyres had perished and kept bursting in the field and their troops had to abandon them. Now whether Russia purges its commanders and learns, as they did in both the Russo-Finnish wars of the late 1930's and WW2 and become an army to be feared, I've no idea. But poking a nuclear Russia is not a clever thing to do. Particularly as it has tactical nukes, and should US/NATO backed Ukrainian boots set foot on Russia ground, I would not be surprised if Putin used a couple. That is the danger that the warmongering idiots in the West risk.
I will keep looking at BOTH sides of the news reporting, pro-RU and pro-UK.
The one thing that has been crystal clear from the beginning is NO ONE is telling the truth or the whole story. Agendas with an agenda on all sides.
My gut tells me to oppose what I see of Z (and how he was installed, not elected - think PuddinHeadJoe), oppose the faceless who have been running the UK racket for who knows how many decades, and above all, oppose the sum traitors in our own "government" with every fiber of my being.
Zelensky isn't a Nazi. His problem is there are a great many on the right in the Ukraine who admired the Nazis. They are very powerful and they determine whether peace or war. According to the UK journalist, Peter Hitchens (very knowledgeable on Russia, expected of a former Russian correspondent who lived in Moscow during the collapse of the Soviet Union) Zelensky got elected on a peace ticket, but the right/Nazis proved to be more powerful and he was basically given an offer he couldn't refuse. Which meant no peace was likely. Given even Biden refused to say to Putin 'No NATO membership for Ukraine (at least until Putin had invaded) it eventually led to this war. Neither side is on the side of the Angels, but at least Putin warned the west repeatedly what would happen if we didn't stop expanding NATO up to Russia's borders.
So doesn't shelling the Donbas and Luhansk and the on going hostilities since the US/NATO fomented Coup of 2014 constitute 'provocation' - The US/NATO found sufficient provocation (including sending US politicians to Maidan square to incite the coup- Victoria Nuland being one) simply because a legitimate (if corrupt, and what Ukrainina President hasn't been, including Zelensky?) Russian leaning President decided at the last minute that the EU's deal wasn't as good as Putin's deal which threw in gas, something the EU couldn't match. Suddenly then he is unacceptable. Whilst I can understand your patriotism, to be so biased as to bend reality to fit that isn't a good idea, it leads to big mistakes. Read up on George F Kennan, in fact read this, he was the architect of the 'Containment of the USSR' policy and lived to regret it. He was outspoken in choosing that the Russian former Soviet Republic should be treated as the USSR.
We should have no dog in this fight, Biden's son's pet or otherwise. We should in fact be pushing hard for peace AND a negotiated settlement to Soviet Borders in a non-Soviet Eastern world.
Some say that Ukraine is winning and Russia is losing. Others say Russia is winning and Ukraine is losing. All I know for sure is that the makers of military equipment and weapons are winning big time, and the common soldiers (on both sides) and civilians in the areas destroyed by the fighting are losing big time!
Your references please. Clearly the Ruskies are winning and the Uks are aided and abetted by the US press.
You are correct sir
Well said! I agree wholeheartedly. PHN
Provocation, like beauty, appears to be in the eye of the beholder. Kennedy threatened war just because Cuba was to receive missiles. The Ukraine is receiving everything including training an Army half the size of the Russia Army. For a nation that defeated Napoleon and Hitler only by laying a scorched earth almost 1000km wide - which was their 'borderlands' - ie 'the Ukraine' their borderlands become a NATO power is serious provocation. Putin has also been warning the west it was for years.
And this, is a beautiful example of how discussion is (not) working these days. Defamation of a person whose opinion you donβt like tells us a lot about you, but thats about it. If there is anything in GBβs statement that is not correct, then educate us why that would be.
How much bis the CIA paying you? Or are you so resistant to the obvious facts and so indoctrinated that you are doing it for free?
Your naΓ―vetΓ© is astounding. Good Lord help us!
Spot on Bill!!! We watched the Neocons destroy the Republican party under Bush 2. Now we're watching them destroy the Democrat party under Joke Biden. I'm thoroughly enjoying this current freak show displaying their complete ineptitude for the entire world. Hell, I'm rooting them on :-) America, the world's largest Banana Republic!!!
I was under the impression that it wasn't too long ago that the general consensus was that Russia was a gas station masquerading as a country! Now it's the evil empire bent on world domination - not sure it can be both? Well it's either that, or that country has undergone a remarkable transformation in a very short time.
In the meantime someone, maybe, can enlighten me as to how many countries does Russia currently have troops stationed in , if we're talking about empires, compared to the US?
Still, all things being equal, the vitriol I expected to read, given Bill's comments, has been more subdued than I thought, so that's encouraging. I'm pretty sure that Russia won't come out of this squeaky clean any more than the Ukraine will, don't think anyone in a war does, but I don't believe that this conflict can be seen as some sort of Luke Skywalker V Darth Vader event either. Either way, it seems like, lots of, especially, young men are being blown to bits daily, which is horrific, however you look at it.
For what it's worth I thought that Bill did a damned fine job of summarizing a very messy, complicated situation
Once again, another fact filled, well written common-sense article about the way things truly is. Particularly in regard to the current geopolitical scene involving the Russia-Ukraine War, sanctions against Russia and their effects against Russian energy delivery to its European Customer Nations and the U.S. Dollar's status as a leading world currency!!! Thank you, Bonner Private Research Team of Researchers and Writers!!!
Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine continue to play a game of "Russian Roulette" with the Ukrainian nuclear plant. Sooner or later they will pull the trigger and blow Europe's brains out with a nuclear accident! The plant is presently disconnected from the power grid and operating a single reactor to provide cooling, known as "island mode". As stated by a nuclear expert, "Island mode is a very shaky, unstable and unreliable way to provide continuous power supply to a nuclear plant".
On the bright side, a nice, widespread radioactive glow WOULD provide some heat in the coming months...
Poor, awful comment Starboard Edge
How come there was no outcry when the West left Afghanistan in such a state that their children are dying? The BBC reported on it, but no great humanitarian response ensued.
It reminds me of two things. The US war in Vietnam where the US bombed, napalmed, and used Agent Orange in vast quantities and not just on Vietnam. They left 2.54 Million Vietnamese dead, but didn't seem to concerned over it. Then the Madeleine Albright quote when asked if 500,000 Iraqi children dying was worth the sanctions against Iraq. According to Albright, it was.
Russia and Ukraine are 2 corrupt oligarchies, both former Soviet Republics fighting over Soviet Borders in a Post Soviet World. The West & NATO just happened to pick the newest 'nation' and most corrupt oligarchy as their dog in this fight. We should have no dogs in this fight and if any of our leader's had an ounce of morality or compassion, they'd be doing all in their power to stop the war and negotiate new borders. The US/NATO inspired coup of 2013/14 was the start of this war, but the continued fighting and shelling of the Separatist areas didn't get news headlines. It was only when a Dutch passenger jet was shot down we in Europe discovered the war was ongoing.
While on the subject, Victoria Nuland actually turned up in Maidan square to encourage the Coup. Her father is Ukrainian - perhaps if we had Hunter Biden's lap-top we might discover quite how much the Ukraine was encouraged to poke the Russian bear and what interest Nuland may have in her father's homeland.
Russia is no Superpower as anyone who read the UK Journalist Peter Hitchens' columns has known for decades. The only thing that probably stops the US/NATO from actually invading to 'bring democracy' is the fact they have nukes.
What exactly is bullshit of then above? What anti-American?
What exactly is the basis of your statements concerning Putin?
Levity sir, with a dash of graveyard sarcasm...
No dog in that fight? Early on you seemed to have taken sides, but yes, so far at least, you won't be affected by the outcome. The other thing is, it is not an inconsequential war to eastern Europe. Getting out from under "US based mischief" will prove to be another self centered on someones part, nightmare. A world currency is catastrophic thinking. Bill, whose mischief do you prefer?
βWe will bury you, we will bury you, we will bury you β threeβs company, shoe comes off the right foot and pounded on desk. Escorted out, Nikita Khrushchevβs spirit waiting to thaw. 9/11 will mark 51 years since his earthly vessel made way. Russia will never yield.
Wrong PV. Nearly exactly opposite of what is true.
We have discussed this before my friend. You need to expand your information sources regarding what is actually happening on the ground in Ukraine...
He did. All you did is responding with insults
Post yours
I will pray that you recover from your illness.
Which IF true is where the real danger lies. The moment it seems US/NATO supported Ukrainian troops are setting foot on Russian lands is the moment Putin may decide, time for tactical nukes. We should be looking for peace and negotiated and resident population backed borders. The US/NATO/EU/UK are risking a real nuclear catastrophe.
The terror of the BABA YAGA is about to be unleashed! π
All about the dollars? What would happen if the dollar crashed and left everybody naked? Even the elites or so they call themselves. Would the world stop to see that the euro, pound, peso, yuan, bolivar, and all the other fiat money in the world is nothing but paper. The debt for the world is estimated at some 367,000,000,000,000 dollars. A tidy sum, indeed. Would we all be broke? The good ole boys
always said money is just a way to keep score. Or better yet, declare a jubilee. All debt canceled all over the world. Would that start a war? How to pay for it.? Could we trade a bottle of whiskey for a rifle? Or trade a pig for a canon? Interesting times, indeed! Just sayin'
Don Harrell
An interesting analysis I read concerns the US and the Petro-dollar. Every time it appeared that a country was about to replace the $ as the currency of exchange for fossil fuels, the US steps in. Nordstream was always the target for the US, because Russia was willing to accept payment in Euros. The analysis pointed out how it wasn't until Saddam started offering his oil to Europe in return for Euros not dollars, that the US 'intervened' to bring democracy. Iran under sanctions was another country that expressed an interest in trading oil/gas for 'native currencies'. Now whether that analysis was correct or not I don't know, but at some point one has to accept that there are just too many coincidences not to wonder if the greatest weapon the US has, and uses widely is the $.
Dear Bill, you have outdone yourself for once by displaying your ignorance. Your knowledge of military operations is as deep as a dry lakebed in northern Italy. Been to two wars now and was an operations officer in the infantry, and was well schooled in such things. DRZ
You stated not one pertinent fact.
Feel free to point it out. You did the same thing he did.
Given American war history, I would not be bragging about being an operations officer in the lost disasters.
The Military is only good at bloviating. Lincolnβs ghost is constantly looking for a good general. They are great at political correctness and political infighting.
It has all been, βThe Bright Shining Lieβ.
Trillions wasted, millions destroyed.
Democracy is dead , Americans suffering.
You got your talking points from Jim Rickards didn't you? His piece was almost identical, Russia is winning, Europe will crack, NATO pushed Russia into this war, Ukraine is corrupt and stealing the aid money, yada yada. Or was it RT? BTW, the city in the Russian propaganda video you show is not even in Europe, it's in Siberia.
I haven't seen NATO invading any countries. Putin has been absolutely clear that his goal is the restoration of the Soviet/Russian empire. This war started in 2014 with his undeclared war in Donbas and Crimea which he got away with. Now Europe and NATO and the proud Ukrainians are refusing to allow an invasion akin to Hitler's of Czechoslovakia in 1939 to stand. Putin will be stopped and NATO has already been expanded.
Only trump and you believe in Putin's genius. He is a murderer, a poisoner of his rivals and enemies and his attacks on Ukraine are one long terrorist act against civilians and their cities and towns. He has made a major blunder, his nation and people will be shunned and excluded from the civilized world for decades, his army is already crippled and shown to be hopelessly corrupt and incompetent. Your military analysis is nonsense, Ukraine has cut off the Russian access across the Dnieper river completely and is encircling approximately 20,000 Russian troops there in Kherson who may very well be forced to surrender in the next few weeks. At the same time they are also advancing in Kharkiv which has come as a surprise to everyone. There is no chance at this point that Russia can win this war.
For you to seemingly advocate abject surrender to a murderous tyrant for the expedience of money and cheap energy is abhorrent and repellent. You may be willing to submit to tyrants but thankfully many people are not. Ukrainians are showing the world how to stand up to tyrants. Slava Ukraini!
Hmm, so who invaded Iraq, Syria, Libya and Afghanistan and who bombed Serbia almost back to the Stone age?
One thing is different than another. One thing has nothing to do with the other. The USA is different from NATO. NATO is a defensive pact, it has not attacked or occupied any countries. They intervened against Serbia in defense of the victims of Serbian criminal and genocidal aggression.
I certainly oppose all pointless US bombing and wars, especially GW's. After 9/11 Afghanistan needed to be done and was by 100 CIA and special forces and 500 mil in cash to the Northern Alliance, should have declared victory and gone home but no, idiot Bush went on to spend trillions and pointlessly invade Iraq.
Serbians were waging an illegal genocidal war much like Putin's, the US saved many Muslim's lives there. Some are even grateful.
If you can't tell the difference between righteous and criminal wars you have a cognitive problem.
BTW, Bill and others, you did notice that this week the Russian Army is collapsing in Kharkiv and completely cut off, isolated and ready for surrender, panicked withdrawal or destruction in Kherson? There is zero chance they will 'win' their ridiculous war, the best they can do is to continue their terrorist shelling of civilians and infrastructure.
Here's a great video from yesterday showing the Russian equivalent of Fox news in shock and dismay at their losses. Check out the main clown in his Steven Seagal shirt. And that was yesterday, can't wait to see today's broadcast!
https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/xa62r3/russian_media_discussing_the_recent_offensive_by/
all the latest videos here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/
Yes Bill, the only losers in this chess game are the American and European people. The entire gang of progressive/great reset/climate changing, new world order, anti-human scum(which includes Biden, Trudeau, Macron and Zelensky) are making billions for thier personal gains and causes(all American cash if you havent noticed), while the people of all said nations will suffer immensely while this game continues.
Putin could end the so called war, or in reality, game, in a few weeks, but will continue to play until all of NATO are bankrupted, as we did to the Soviets in the 80s, they will do to us. Such a brilliant game against such clueless opponents.
I despise what is happening to our world, but we have choices to fight back and put the corrupted where they belong, before they do so to us.
I think he does it on purpose to get you all riled up , I must be laughing so loud ... he doesnβt care who win this war , as he show no empathie in his missives . But all this has a purpose to fire your comment and mine . Well done Bill ... why donβt you stick in economic and finance missive , that s what you do better . Michael Jordan never try to play soccer ... do the same for subscribers sake .
Iβm just wondering when to pull the plug on CMRE. Not helping at all with the βloss avoidanceβ mode π€¬π€¬
Beats me.
But here we go, is it collapsing, or do you stick with it? Or lock in a loss and chalk it up to shoulda known better?But Iβll blame myself. As others have commented, if a worldwide recession or worse is going down, makes sense that that will not bode well for shipping demand.
This site doesn't work...or my computer is going bad, which it isn't.
You missed finding fault with the Pope
Wilco
Let's assume all of your assumptions come true PV.
Are you just as CERTAIN that the world will be better off with the puppet Z , the corrupt power brokers of the Ukraine and the Deep State demons from the US State Department being victorious in this conflict?
I can't see how that could possibly be the case. Please, enlighten me. My mind is open to rational, fact-based information and conclusions...
We need Putin. I admire him. He is Russia first, just like Trump. No globalist.
His Navy hardly floats, his flagship sank after one missile hit, much of his fleet lay rusting away post Soviet collapse. His one aircraft carried passed through the English Channel accompanied by a sea-going tug. It also belched black smoke behind it. Why the tug? According to Peter Hitchens it was in case it broke down (mind you one of the UK's state of the art Carriers broke down the other week too) Russia is only a Nuclear Power. It is no super-power, hasn't been since it emerged from the Soviet collapse. Even it's army is second rate. I watched a report on CNN where a US expert of Military vehicle maintenance explained why Ukrainian farmers ended up collecting so much Russian hardware. They'd not even rotated the 'stored equipment' so the tyres had perished and kept bursting in the field and their troops had to abandon them. Now whether Russia purges its commanders and learns, as they did in both the Russo-Finnish wars of the late 1930's and WW2 and become an army to be feared, I've no idea. But poking a nuclear Russia is not a clever thing to do. Particularly as it has tactical nukes, and should US/NATO backed Ukrainian boots set foot on Russia ground, I would not be surprised if Putin used a couple. That is the danger that the warmongering idiots in the West risk.
Clear as mud, brother.
I will keep looking at BOTH sides of the news reporting, pro-RU and pro-UK.
The one thing that has been crystal clear from the beginning is NO ONE is telling the truth or the whole story. Agendas with an agenda on all sides.
My gut tells me to oppose what I see of Z (and how he was installed, not elected - think PuddinHeadJoe), oppose the faceless who have been running the UK racket for who knows how many decades, and above all, oppose the sum traitors in our own "government" with every fiber of my being.
It's true though - God WILL sort them out...
If you were a warrior, you would fight the enemy you have and not the enemy you wished you had β¦
Zelensky helping to clean up corruption?
Zelensky isn't a Nazi. His problem is there are a great many on the right in the Ukraine who admired the Nazis. They are very powerful and they determine whether peace or war. According to the UK journalist, Peter Hitchens (very knowledgeable on Russia, expected of a former Russian correspondent who lived in Moscow during the collapse of the Soviet Union) Zelensky got elected on a peace ticket, but the right/Nazis proved to be more powerful and he was basically given an offer he couldn't refuse. Which meant no peace was likely. Given even Biden refused to say to Putin 'No NATO membership for Ukraine (at least until Putin had invaded) it eventually led to this war. Neither side is on the side of the Angels, but at least Putin warned the west repeatedly what would happen if we didn't stop expanding NATO up to Russia's borders.
So doesn't shelling the Donbas and Luhansk and the on going hostilities since the US/NATO fomented Coup of 2014 constitute 'provocation' - The US/NATO found sufficient provocation (including sending US politicians to Maidan square to incite the coup- Victoria Nuland being one) simply because a legitimate (if corrupt, and what Ukrainina President hasn't been, including Zelensky?) Russian leaning President decided at the last minute that the EU's deal wasn't as good as Putin's deal which threw in gas, something the EU couldn't match. Suddenly then he is unacceptable. Whilst I can understand your patriotism, to be so biased as to bend reality to fit that isn't a good idea, it leads to big mistakes. Read up on George F Kennan, in fact read this, he was the architect of the 'Containment of the USSR' policy and lived to regret it. He was outspoken in choosing that the Russian former Soviet Republic should be treated as the USSR.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/10/25/what-george-kennan-can-teach-us-about-us-russia-relations/
We should have no dog in this fight, Biden's son's pet or otherwise. We should in fact be pushing hard for peace AND a negotiated settlement to Soviet Borders in a non-Soviet Eastern world.
Facts are always a problem.