Fighting was intense around the city of Bakhmut as Ukraine claimed some gains there [Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters]
Gordon Hahn, Russian & Eurasian Politics: Biden’s Ukraine Blackmail
U.S. President Joseph Biden and not surprisingly NATO made it evidently clear that there will be no Ukrainian membership in NATO until after the war. This stipulation and the requirement – objective and subjective – of Ukraine’s victory over Russia in the war constitutes a form of de facto blackmail of Kiev on the part of the West. This dooms Ukraine to fight ‘as long as it takes’ – in the sloganeering vernacular of the White House – to the cliched but very real last Ukrainian in order to gain NATO membership.
The Blackmail Trap
On the eve of NATO’s Vilnius summit Joseph Biden stated clearly that he had consolidated the alliance’s members around the position that it will not offer Kiev membership in NATO until after the war. Never mind that this carrot was dangled over Ukraine for additional months as war raged and Ukrainians died by the tens of thousands at the West’s behest. More importantly, this ‘decision’ (actually a long ongoing policy) means that Ukraine cannot gain NATO membership without attaining victory in the war with Russia. Why? Because a defeated Ukraine cannot become a NATO member not just from Washington’s and Brussels’ point of view but also from that of Moscow.
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WNU Editor: The above post captures the mood that many Ukrainians are now beginning to feel.
When the war started all of my Ukrainian friends and contacts rushed to embrace the West because they believed in the promise from Western leaders like UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Biden that they will help them to expel the Russian invaders. I felt the opposite. That the West would take advantage of situation in the hope to damage Russia, while not caring about the destruction it will do to Ukraine and its people.
Sadly. It took a long time. But many Ukrainians are now understanding the terrible dilemma that they are in. They are in a situation where they are totally beholden to the West to survive, but they are also now becoming aware that the West really does not care about them. All they care about is waging a forever-war against Russia, even if it may mean the loss of a million Ukrainian lives, the migration of ten million and more to other countries, and a wasteland of much of the country that will owe the West hundreds of billions of dollars (if not more) for generations to come.
Update: Here is another must-read post .... Ukraine Sitrep - Reality Defeats The War Narrative (Moon Of Alabama).
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Corrupt politicians in Britain and America con corrupt politicians in Ukraine into waging a war with Russia. "We're right behind you all the way" followed by running, shouting and screaming, death and destruction. Once the west soon runs out if ammunition, will Russia have a pop. In British TV news channels a couple of days ago they broadcasted a warning of a growing threat in Britain of Islamic terrorist group attacks. I wonder if that's just a cover and the powers that be suspect that spetznaz will soon conduct attacks on targets inside Britain?
Stop hitting the sheeple with these hate-facts.
You might disturb their slumber, where they dream that Ukraine was always winning the war, and Russians had to cannibalize their washing machines to make weapons.
There will not be any peace with the current Ukraine leadership, who actually caused the war due to their attacks on the Russian speaking part of Ukraine (Donbas).
gee Mr editor.
I wrote this to our good friend Fazman Yesterday on this blog.
I guess I have ESP.
Here ya go. Pretty much on the mark. and Very tragic indeed. No joy here, only sadness.
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You dont get it do you fazzy. It is because the ukies and the russians are both incompetent.
This war is not about ukie freedom or democracy. This war is about using developing the ukies into being a useful tool to hurt the russians.
This war exists because of the United States and its neocon ideologues who have controlled foreign policy since the 1990s.
This war is about revenge. Revenge against the Russians for throwing off the yoke of the Yeltsin years and daring to defy the lbgtq progressive new world order.
As far as fighting ability, that does not matter as long as they are killing each other.
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It is prodigal son time.
Have a coup, Shoot zelinski and his minions, shoot all the Neazi's in the Azov and Kraken Battalions. Kick out all the western "advisors" and close all Nato and US embassies in Ukraine.
Go to the Russians and tell them the truth.
We were lied to. Our people were lied to. We are brothers and these monsters turned our hearts against you. We should not have listened, but we did.
Then
Tell the west to pound sand for the debt you owe them. Tell that that debt was paid with ukie blood.
Ask the russians and chinese for financial help. Rebuild your country. Ask for your people who left to return to the home land. But if they fled to the west. They can stay there.
It will take years to rebuild both land and trust. But it is better than being under the lbgtq Vampire Squid West, and black rock
Yes comrade, what you say is true. i have spoken with a friend who is the real ukrainian president. the people want to be part of the motherland again. russian food good, russian weapons good, russian people good. you see. west bad, very bad, lie, kill ukrainians, spread covid bioweapon, use nuclear weapons on peaceful russian people and most of all do not share their elite washing and drying machine technology with supposed friendly countries.
This is not the "West's" fault.
Our institutions (poltitical and cultural, and media) have been hijacked by actors that seem to align themselves - and push - the great reset.
All fingers point to the WEF, the world economic forum, at the head Klaus Schwab who ON RECORD admitted to have infiltrated our institutions.
My suggestion is this: Remove these traitors immediately from their offices, ideally hang them for what they have done, and then set a new way forward for the West which excludes the great reset ideas.
These people need to be punished. They lied us into countless wars, have plundered our treasure and are now moving to the next countries, like a plague.
Until they are gone we live in chaos and misery
America was forced to accept Joe Biden as President and he has caused unending damage to free people world wide. He and his party are simply a power hungry grift operation loving hookers, pedophilia, cash and power. It's like Caligula has been reborn in the Presidency. I have serious doubts the US can recover from his reign of stupidity, illegality, corruption and dictatorship. To do so will require the US turn inward to clean its own house for a few decades. Good luck world.
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NO WAY Jose!!!!
We need to keep fighting and dying in a useless conflict that did not have to happen.
Yes let's fight until we have to start drafting 10 year olds and grandmas.
Yes this is what we need to do. Die in glorious mass quantities....
you are an idiot.
Better yet , it is not you and your family on the line, is it?
you fing coward.
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