Private profits over public safety, again
European leaders are beating the war drums louder each day. They say that we must be ready for war because Russia threatens all of Europe. Where the hell is the evidence of that?
Western politicians like to Compare Putin to Hitler. The comparison is laughable. Hitler invaded countries with overwhelming force and in 4 years controlled most of western Europe. Putin Entered Ukraine with a relatively small force and over 4 years has slowly ramped up the troop count. This is not Blitzkrieg.
The non–Red Russian army, faced with serious resistance, moves more slowly than a mollusc. Yet it is supposed to be the terror of the age, menacing us all.
Is there anyone up there who can think? A law degree is not required.
The Ukraine war has been a slow grinding war of attrition. Either the Russian army is already taxed to the limit of their capabilities and does not have the strength to threaten the rest of Europe. Or, Putin has no interest in moving beyond Ukraine and does not threaten the rest of Europe. It does not matter which explanation you choose they lead to the same conclusion. Russia is not a threat to Europe. The Ukraine war will not become WW3 unless Europe and NATO choose to make it WW3.
That would be great news if it was not for the fact that Western European politicians want WW3. Their problem is convincing the public that we need WW3. That starts with convincing the public that despite 4 years of Russia not moving beyond Ukraine that Russia threatens to move beyond Ukraine. Once again, we are asked to disbelieve our eyes and ears.
With COVID they convinced us we had a problem with PCR testing. If they could develop a test to prove Russian aggression, I am sure they would have done it. I am also sure they would have turned quite a profit off the test kits. But there is no test, so they have fallen back on the tried and true. False flag attacks.
eliberate drone incursions into sovereign NATO airspace. Suspicious damage to undersea cables. Calculated attacks that test the West’s cybersecurity. All these actions by Russia have just been a prelude to the latest effort to intimidate the West from aiding the embattled Ukrainian nation.
Of late there has also been a deliberate effort to sabotage the Polish railway system. No surprise: the gateway had become a crucial gateway for sending military aid to Ukraine. That attack signals Russia’s willingness to escalate warfare beyond Ukraine’s borders and into NATO territory.
Taken together, the conclusion becomes unavoidable: that over the last 12 months, as the West has continued to support Ukraine’s war efforts, Russia has dramatically escalated its acts of sabotage across Europe and beyond, sowing a greater sense of instability on the continent than at any time since the Cold War.
For the record I don’t for a minute believe that Russia had anything to do with this. Putin may be many things. Stupid is not one of them. Putin knows Europe is spoiling for a fight. There is no way he will give them an excuse. These are obvious false flag events. My assessment that Putin is too smart is not all that makes me doubt the narrative. It is also the pathetic nature of events. No real damage was done and there were no casualties. The suspects in the Polish train derailment are Ukrainian FFS.
So far most sane people have refused to take the bait. There is not a lot of support for direct conflict with a country that has the largest nuclear arsenal on earth. Unfortunately, that means we can expect these false flag attempts to ramp up in severity. It is only a matter of time before our government produces casualties on our own soil to produce support for a war we don’t need but they want.
There should be no illusions about this. Our leaders may want war, but we are not ready for war. The British can’t fight more than 2 weeks.
“There remains little evidence that the UK has a plan to fight a war lasting more than a few weeks,” argues Rusi’s Hamish Mundell. “Medical capacity is limited. Reserve regeneration pipelines are slow… The British plan for mass casualty outcomes appears to be based on not taking casualties.”
With classic British understatement, he says: “This could be considered an optimistic planning assumption.”
According to a recent report by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Russia has been producing each month around 150 tanks, 550 infantry fighting vehicles, 120 Lancet drones and more than 50 artillery pieces.
The UK, and most of its Western allies, are simply not anywhere near this point.
And the Canadians will send troops into battle naked.
“The current lead time to get clothing through Logistik Unicorp is six to 24 months,” the briefing said.
We are not ready for war. There is no need for war. Yet we are marching towards war for the same reasons behind COVID. War is just a great way to control the population while the political elite steal with wild abandon. Just look at how much they have already been able to steal with a limited war.
In yet another sign of the rampant corruption in Ukraine, Ukrainian security forces raided the apartment of Timur Mindich, a businessman associated with President Volodymyr Zelensky. However, the oligarch had already left the country just hours before, likely after being tipped off by an insider.
Ukraine has reportedly removed a key clause from the controversial US peace plan that would have required auditing all international aid.
Originally, according to The Wall Street Journal, the plan called for a full verification of Ukraine’s foreign assistance, aimed at curbing corruption.
The new version replaces that requirement with broad amnesty for all parties for actions taken during the war.
War are great opportunities for theft. The larger the war the larger the theft. The Ukraine war is just not large enough to meet the financial goals of the western political elite. They want more even if it means you die. COVID was not about public safety. WW3 will also not be about public safety; just private profits.
