The U.S. is losing its proxy war in Ukraine; the war strengthened Russia, and it cemented a solid alliance between Russia, China, and Iran. When it comes to fiascos, nobody rivals the neocons. From William Schryver at imetatronink.substack.com:
On April 23, 2021, I wrote the following:
“Ukraine has two options: accept its role as a buffer state, or be dismembered. If the US goads them into an attempt to subjugate the Donbass, Russia will slice away eastern Ukraine and assimilate it — and there is *nothing* the US can do to prevent it.”
Of course, we all know what has happened since then. And now, as the summer of 2023 slips away here on our increasingly vexed planet, I note the following salient developments:
1) The empire’s proxy war in Ukraine is a lost cause, and Russia will emerge from it exceedingly stronger than when it began.
Matters have reached the point where the imperial masters will be forced to choose between a humiliating disengagement and abandonment of Ukraine to its fate — or otherwise blunder into a calamitous direct military intervention.
In recent months, many of the most influential voices in Russia have reiterated the demands made of the NATO bloc in December 2021: it must withdraw its military forces to their pre-1997 posture.
NATO presence in and military support for Ukraine must cease forthwith; Ukraine must be entirely demilitarized, and a neutral regime must be installed in whatever Ukrainian rump state the Russians choose to leave unrestored to mother Russia.
Norway is sending $70 million in anti-drone warfare.
Denmark escorted RF planes with F-16’s out side of their airspace..
Germany won’t be sending the Taurus missiles.
Russian Mig-29’s prevented Norwegian planes from entering their airspace over the Barents Sea.
Another $200 million in aid announced for Ukraine from Team Brandon and the neocons, nothing for Hawaii or crumbling infrastructure nationwide.
Just one over eager missile or shot fired and Klaus and the boys will be cheering.
None of it is a FAIL to them and the UKE KIA counts have them in ecstasy.