Western Reactions to the War in Ukraine
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It seems like even Poland has had enough when rural farmers (some of the most patriotic, conservative and irredentist of Poles) are now openly calling for Putin to "sort out" Ukraine and the EU whilst waving Soviet flags:
"Putin, sort things out with Ukraine, Brussels, and with our rulers."
"Putin, sort things out with Ukraine, Brussels, and with our rulers."
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I do not wish to exaggerate or indulge in wishful thinking, but I see signs of genuine "Overton Window" movement in this Guardian opinion-piece; insofar as this paper speaks for the British center-left (which is on the course to come to power after the Tories crash and burn in the next elections), we can see they are beginning to show some tiny understanding for the Russian position, or at least express growingly visible criticism of Ukraine and NATO:
www.theguardian.com
Nato is growing reckless over Ukraine â and Russiaâs German military leak proves it | Simon Jenkins
An intercepted meeting on sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine suggests the west is on the brink of a risky and futile escalation, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Moscow at war can always play long. Horrific though it seemed at the time, the mooted deal in spring 2022 to revert to some version – almost any version – of the pre-February 2022 border would have made sense. Instead Ukraine has come to seem ever more like a Nato mercenary for western generals wanting to boost their budgets and relive the cold-war games of their youth. The price is paid by their taxpayers and Ukraine’s young men.
Western Europe has no conceivable interest in escalating the Ukraine war through a long-range missile exchange. While it should sustain its logistical support for Ukrainian forces, it has no strategic interest in Kyiv’s desire to drive Russia out of the majority Russian-speaking areas of Crimea or Donbas. It has every interest in assiduously seeking an early settlement and starting the rebuilding of Ukraine.
As for the west’s “soft power” sanctions on Russia, they have failed miserably, disrupting the global trading economy in the process. Sanctions may be beloved of western diplomats and thinktanks. They may even hurt someone – not least Britain’s energy users – but they have not devastated the Russian economy or changed Putin’s mind. This year Russia’s growth rate is expected to exceed Britain’s.
The crass ineptitude of a quarter of a century of western military interventions should have taught us some lessons. Apparently not.
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The 2022 campaigns were obviously, in retrospect, the "golden age" of Ukrainian warfare, as it is, when they had plenty of true-believer Banderist recruits. Some Uke official stated that "all those who really wanted to fight arrived during the first six months of the war."
It is, btw, noteworthy in itself that a neocon British tabloid like the Daily Mail is now publishing articles like this:
It is, btw, noteworthy in itself that a neocon British tabloid like the Daily Mail is now publishing articles like this:
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Foreign Minister: ANO leader Babiš starting to pose security threat to Czechia
Foreign Minister: ANO leader Babiš starting to pose security threat to Czechia
Former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is starting to pose a security threat to Czechia, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said on Sunday in the Czech Television talk show Otázky Václava Moravce. He accused the ANO party leader of undermining the country's defence capability and its international standing politically, and of knowing nothing about foreign policy.
Mr. Babiš responded by saying that Mr. Lipavský's Pirate party poses a threat to Czech security and sovereignty due to their approach to migration, their support of abolishing the right of veto at the EU level, and the Pirates' "fraternization" with the leader of the Slovak opposition, Michal Šimečka, who held a number of meetings with coalition politicians in Prague on Thursday and Friday.
Meanwhile, Babiš' party is shooting up in the polls:
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Now this kind of Russian anti-Nazi propaganda may go well with people who know nothing about the WW II, or who have been raised on Sovok brainwashing, but it will go very badly in those kind of countries that border Russia, and whose men fought against the Soviet occupiers - this kind of talk will motivate them to further keep aiding the Neocon empire in the anti-Russian fight: