"By suggesting Ukraine’s drone campaign is delivering major strategic victories, media outlets risk emboldening policymakers and public sentiment towards further intensification"
1. Of course "Ukrainian" drones are no more Ukrainian than I am. Of course, Ukraine is entirely dependent upon western support, to the point where it would immediately collapse, absent constantl massive infusions.
Since the Russian leadership refuses to take this war seriously, it doesn't matter. This isn't a sporting contest where fairness matters or you get plaudits for good sportsmanship.
Winning is what matters. In fact, winning is the only thing that matters.
2. The drone attacks already did exactly what they were intended to do, which is, to shift the narrative from Ukrainian defeat to Russian incompetence.
It's generally accepted that Russia has succeeded in destroying most of Ukraine's national army and it would appear that it has succeeded in draining NATO forces of their heavy weaponry, which makes the possibility of a NATO invasion a policymakers wet dream, an outcome which I remain convinced was Russia's intention.
I would characterize the USA and its NATO thugs as the bully always looking for a bar room fight and Ukraine as the 98-pound weasely sidekick who, when he gets a chance to sneak up on the target, bites, scratches, pulls hair or kicks him in the balls, and then feels like a real man.
I suspect that "peace" will eventually come, and it will be under Russian terms:
(1) NATO and Ukraine must agree to halt further expansion of the alliance (i.e., that Ukraine can never be part of NATO).
(2) Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, and various "Russian-speaking enclaves" will be annexed and ultimately become recognized parts of Russia.
These are terms that Putin offered long ago, and despite the heroic efforts of Ukrainian citizens and soldiers, I suspect they're still the best available. Of course, escalation could surely make things far worse...
I must admit that even I was surprised to read an article on the ITV website that, accompanied by photos, seemed to show that the destruction, made much of by all the western media I’ve come across, was a lot less than they suggested. In fact, it’s in Zelensky’s interest, and no-one else’s it seems to me, that the war must continue, no matter the number of dead on both sides, for his career to continue as, at the moment, he gets treated like a saint wherever he goes.
The oddest thing about Ukraine cheerleaders comparing their attack to Pearl Harbor is that the Japanese Empire, which launched that attack, ended up completely destroyed.
The second oddest is that Pearl Harbor was the opening battle of a war, not something Japan tried a couple of years into it. The only thing about the analogy that makes sense is that it says Ukraine will lose the war.
and such has been the craton of the EU/UK/US's duplicitous plan for decades, certainly since 1990. there is no group more subreptitious or hegemonistic than they are. the tragic irony is that no country was more critical to the allies' surmounting of the nazi regime than russia; the russians lost far more of their citizenry in that WWII effort than all the other allied nations combined.
"By suggesting Ukraine’s drone campaign is delivering major strategic victories, media outlets risk emboldening policymakers and public sentiment towards further intensification"
No doubt that's the objective
NATO’s objective is regime change in Moscow, as long as someone else’s sons are doing the dying.
1. Of course "Ukrainian" drones are no more Ukrainian than I am. Of course, Ukraine is entirely dependent upon western support, to the point where it would immediately collapse, absent constantl massive infusions.
Since the Russian leadership refuses to take this war seriously, it doesn't matter. This isn't a sporting contest where fairness matters or you get plaudits for good sportsmanship.
Winning is what matters. In fact, winning is the only thing that matters.
2. The drone attacks already did exactly what they were intended to do, which is, to shift the narrative from Ukrainian defeat to Russian incompetence.
"Russian incompetence"❓
It's generally accepted that Russia has succeeded in destroying most of Ukraine's national army and it would appear that it has succeeded in draining NATO forces of their heavy weaponry, which makes the possibility of a NATO invasion a policymakers wet dream, an outcome which I remain convinced was Russia's intention.
That's the narrative. You don't have to like it. Lord knows, I do not like this narrative.
And yes, WWIII is coming, attributable to Russian dithering and indecision.
Outstanding article, George! The desperation of both Ukraine and the West is beyond pathetic and it's going to do them in!
They are not acting desperate at all, any more than a barroom bully looking for a fight is "desperate".
I would characterize the USA and its NATO thugs as the bully always looking for a bar room fight and Ukraine as the 98-pound weasely sidekick who, when he gets a chance to sneak up on the target, bites, scratches, pulls hair or kicks him in the balls, and then feels like a real man.
So what? It works.
Most people have no idea of what war really is! The media can never tell the story.... You must live it
I suspect that "peace" will eventually come, and it will be under Russian terms:
(1) NATO and Ukraine must agree to halt further expansion of the alliance (i.e., that Ukraine can never be part of NATO).
(2) Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, and various "Russian-speaking enclaves" will be annexed and ultimately become recognized parts of Russia.
These are terms that Putin offered long ago, and despite the heroic efforts of Ukrainian citizens and soldiers, I suspect they're still the best available. Of course, escalation could surely make things far worse...
I must admit that even I was surprised to read an article on the ITV website that, accompanied by photos, seemed to show that the destruction, made much of by all the western media I’ve come across, was a lot less than they suggested. In fact, it’s in Zelensky’s interest, and no-one else’s it seems to me, that the war must continue, no matter the number of dead on both sides, for his career to continue as, at the moment, he gets treated like a saint wherever he goes.
The oddest thing about Ukraine cheerleaders comparing their attack to Pearl Harbor is that the Japanese Empire, which launched that attack, ended up completely destroyed.
The second oddest is that Pearl Harbor was the opening battle of a war, not something Japan tried a couple of years into it. The only thing about the analogy that makes sense is that it says Ukraine will lose the war.
and such has been the craton of the EU/UK/US's duplicitous plan for decades, certainly since 1990. there is no group more subreptitious or hegemonistic than they are. the tragic irony is that no country was more critical to the allies' surmounting of the nazi regime than russia; the russians lost far more of their citizenry in that WWII effort than all the other allied nations combined.