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John Gallagher's avatar

As I see the present Ukraine/Russia conflict, it appears that it is nothing more than killing Russian and Ukraine soldiers and wearing down each country, so that the same people who did the same thing in two previous world wars can solidify their control over more people/land. War is the best method so far found for making lots of money and gaining more power. It is common knowledge that all the countries that are involved in or supporting this killing/profit adventure are controlled by the same people. The last century was dominated by wars orchestrated by these people in the name of "communism", "socialism", "fascism", "democracy". It makes no difference how people are "propagandized" into supporting "nationalism". All major countries are being destroyed by the chaos and internal conflict caused by the "virus/health mandates", "climate change caused by CO2 BS", "trans/gay....promotion", "forced immigration-destruction of societies", arrest of "racist/radical/terrorist persons who speak out against this obvious situation". There is much evidence to understand this long term agenda for world control by these persons. You will not find this information being taught in schools or presented in media, and anyone wanting to discuss this analysis publicly will meet extreme difficulty and persecution relative to how effective they are in getting this message out. It is my lone hope that enough people are able to become strong enough in their own ability to "question everything" and recognize the truth of what is factual history and what is currently really happening. I read this somewhere: "Those that control the present control the past, those that control the past control the future". If this were not true, why would history be so distorted, omitted and lies repeated forever?

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RonaldB's avatar

Well, if you attribute everything to the "same people", that is, every historical tragedy, then you totally take agency away from the peoples involved, the Russians and the Ukrainians. You had better take some agency yourself, or nothing will ever change.

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John Gallagher's avatar

When I examine history from as many viewpoints as I reasonably can digest, it becomes obvious who is involved and how. For me to conclude anything, it takes decades of research, and I do not consider that I am ever done. I never said every historical tragedy. I don't understand what you mean by "me" taking agency? I do speak out to all that I come in contact about the lies and deceptions of the past decades and those more current. I am regarded as a crazy conspiracy theorist. I believe that 5-10% of humans are without empathy for others, clearly they are not all of the same race. But some have been more successful in their agenda due to their understanding of how to use the "victim" story and how the creation and control of money is the supreme source of power, used to own everything and everyone of significance. I would like to know how things can be changed. I see my role can be to cause people to question everything.

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RonaldB's avatar

John:

What I meant is, that even if it is true that a small group is responsible for most tragedies of modern history, the question is, how to set up a political environment where the interests of all groups are represented. As an example, John Calhoun in "A Disquisition on Government" proposed that government represent coherent groups, such as merchants, farmers and traders" rather than simply individuals. Every such group would have a veto, so no government action could be taken without the assent of all components. Lebanon, prior to the Lebanon Civil War, had an allocation of the government favoring Christians, although Muslims had become the majority. This worked well until the mass migration of Palestinians into the country.

I'm not saying these are the solutions, but they're an example what I mean when I say "take agency". In other words, look to real steps to correct a chronic corruption of power.

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Never Forget's avatar

Coincidentally, the same group sent the refugee Palestinians there to destroy their competitor government in Lebanon. The US is going through the same thing orchestrated by dual citizenship leaders.

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Chunky Monkey's avatar

I just want to make it clear. These outcomes are neither good for the Russian people or the Ukrainian people and at extension the Slavic people, native European's, the founding populations of the West and finally I am going to say it the White race at large. They're outcomes that are only good for the money lenders and takers and if you really think the SMO is about sides it's not whatever result we suffer. Apparently there is this sociology game called Werewolf and that is where we are at as humanity.

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Islander's avatar

Hopeless situation !

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RegretLeft's avatar

Forbes is reporting "....Russians have responded by moving all their armor well back [of the line of engagement] to keep them out of range — "the Russians have imposed a 10 km (6 mile) no-tank zone behind the front" according to a Ukrainian soldier quoted in The Economist." https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2024/01/30/how-the-luckiest-russian-alive-survived-a-drone-hitting-his-windshield/?sh=6982ab8e36e2

Result? - human wave attacks circa 1918 - and no longer even a pretense of combined arms operations?

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Rurik Skywalker's avatar

Russia hasn’t used any combined arms operations to my knowledge unless you want to count the ugledar failure.

Maybe it is an inability to coordinate and degradation in higher officer personnel. It could be drone tech. But then the UAF pulled it off in Kharkov. Idk.

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Dr Livci's avatar

The Ukrianians pulled it off against very little opposition, the Russians likewise pulled off some very rapid advances in the very early days against little opposition. Gostomel was actually a pretty impressive feat and the ground convoys did eventually reach and relive them. So basically both sides have shown they can advance rapidly against little resistance which doesn't mean much.

In that Wagner sponsored Clausewitz and the void book which was written like well over a year ago there is a whole long chapter on how the modern MoD couldn't coordinate it's way out of paper bag and there is no feedback mechanism to address this problem. When you aren't facing any significant resistance this problem can be masked but than when you meet even a minimal amount everything falls apart.

In the book the author goes over how the early days after the Germans invaded the USSR had the same problem and it was rapidly solved by Stalin, Zhukov and Timoshenko. Unfortunately in the modern RF There are no Stalins, Zhukovs are Timoshenkos anywhere near the levers of power.

Like Strelkov, Kvachkov etc have said over and over the modern RF MoD has totally lost the ability to do "operational art" that involves coordination of different branches of the military. Just look at the stupid missile campaign. It's conducted totally separate from the needs of the infantry in the trenches. The ground and missile campaign are unrelated. Imagine if those missiles were used to blow holes in the Ukrianians front lines? Or against the cement factories so the infantry won't face these fortifications later?

In world war 2 the Soviet airforce was used always as an asset to their ground forces. Now the Russian Army just might as well not have air support and they can't even protect the black sea fleet. It's all totally degraded. Being Westernphiles MoD plan for Ukriane was basically a re-hash of Americas plan in Iraq. A quick blitz with a force incapable of actually holding the country against an enemy (they incorrectly) assumed couldn't resist. So imo yes degradation of the higher officer personal and no feedback mechanism to address this is the main issue.

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David Cruz's avatar

Sweden was the only true winner of the winter war i guess. Dr. L, I had assumed that the missile campaign was being waged that way bc they can’t achieve the accuracy needed to hit a military target. Are they aiming missiles at specific apartment buildings?

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RonaldB's avatar

It seems to be the case that many armies in the early stages of engagement make a very poor showing. This is likely due to an ossified peacetime bureaucracy. This often leads the enemy to disastrously assume their enemy is chronically incompetent. You could see this in the US Civil War and the Winter War with Sweden. I'm not comfortable assuming that NATO and the US will remain incompetent and bungling in their support of Ukraine.

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Confiteor's avatar

I expect that NATO has analysed Russia's performance over the last 2 years in Ukraine and understand now that they have nothing to fear. The warmongering in UK and French national papers, promoting enlistment into the military resembles very much the build up to the previous two world wars.

I spoke to a French officer yesterday and his appraisal of Russia's capacity to withstand NATO is very pessimistic.

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RegretLeft's avatar

This just in: "Ukraine’s GUR says it sunk the Russian Ivanovets Project 12411 Molniya-class corvette / missile boat with naval drones last night" https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1753105647053291769

compelling - largely convincing - video at the link - wait to the end, as they say. . Drones have come of age - that has changed the battlespace fundamentally. In Donetsk and at Tower 22 in Jordon.

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