Not if the dreadful Eamon R has his way! ☺️
They can keep their gas and oil we have our turf.
This may be tempting for some…
If I was paranoid I'd say that was false info. on a fake ammo stockpile (come to think of it, I am paranoid). Ukrainians denied it. Also, reports that the Russians killed them.
Miggledee needs to have a word with his wife.
To my understanding, she has no particular constitutional or legal role so is in effect a private citizen and entitled to do as she pleases. As President, Michael D would be entitled to make such utterances also, but they would be ill advised and would attract major heat.
I'd use the cautionary principle here and note that Sabina is a private citizen and entitled to have her views as kooky as they are. The President is not his wife's keeper. She's sailing close to the wind though, and it could be viewed in some quarters as that she's speaking for her husband.
I'd say you're right there, no accident that Sabina put her name to the letter. However these people are elected as the first citizens of Ireland and are supposed to represent us. They have put themselves in a position where their public opinions are being used as propaganda by a regime that has violently invaded a neighbouring state and precipitated the biggest European conflict since 1945. They're speaking for you & I and have made a major faux pas.
Hopefully another letter to the IT will emanate from the Aras pronto, explaining themselves.
There's lots of smoke coming from the 3rd tank as well, but I think that's from the brakes, and selecting reverse gear while still moving forward....not an advisable thing to do.....🙂
Unfortunately, there is nothing new in Higgins and that letter. He most likely got Sanina to put her name on it to avoid bringing the Aras into disrepute! For years Higgins has been threading the board off socialism. He supported Cuba well enough along with Venezuela and Argentina.
The only oddity here is Russia been a hell-bent regime of sadists...
Remember when he landed the job on day one and had a go at China only to do a big climb down? Well, he knows he can get away with Ukraine. His wife is a great enabler. Posh socialists tend to be removed from realities and that leads to making hash job statements for their own plural notions. All I am saying is people should not be surprised by the letter. I give it no heed whatsoever myself.
Irish presidents for the last 30 years have not exactly been taken seriously... I think!
Occupation authorities in parts of Donetsk region say 40 Ukrainian POWs killed, 130 wounded as result of shelling of camp for POWs near Olenivka
Putin likes to stir the sh*t in whatever way he can. It's not so much that he would want to get rid of MD, but to just to cause trouble.
No one has denied her right to say what she said.
We have the same right to condemn her for it.
Why would Putin want Higgins out. Especially,why would he want Sabina out?
It's low on his concerns but he will remain happy with the current incumbent.
I was thinking that Filatov's carry-on might be just to stir up trouble. If Michael D were forced to resign, then we would have a presidential election at a very sensitive time. Maybe Vlad might welcome a President from a certain party which recently deleted it Vlad-loving history from its website. Careful what you wish for.
Typical behaviour from the KGB/FSB playbook.
It's really wishful thinking and wondering aloud at present but it is stuff that Russia will readily seize on for propaganda purposes. Not sure why people are getting so annoyed about this TBH.
Attack on Russia?
I entirely disagree with Higgin's leter. Yes there must be peace and it will come at the end of talks, but invasions of sovereign nations should never be supported never mind rewarded, no matter who is doing the invading.
However what we also should be defending just as strongly is her right to say these things in public. Things that go against our common narrative. That's how all the things we hold dear as free nations came about. She could not say anything like that in Russia. They have to follow the common narrative under threat of legal punishment or worse.
The Higgins in the Park should be absolutely ashamed of themselves - allowing the office to be used by that bare faced liar in his propaganda. A case for resignation to be answered there imho.
Another SMART attack (SMArt 155 - Wikipedia) You can even see the shell coming in.
The post war strategy should be - Give us your nukes and we'll buy your gas.
Yuriy Filatov said he agreed with the points made by Mrs Higgins in a letter she wrote to The Irish Times earlier this week.
“Under the circumstances [the letter] suggests that everything should be done to end the hostilities as quickly as possible,” he told the Irish Times. “I wouldn’t want to intrude in internal affairs but the point of view, it makes sense. She’s against war. We’re all against war.”
I wonder how these mouthpieces actually look themselves in the mirror every day knowing they have to go out and publicly peddle complete fabrications to the point everyone knows they are full of BS.
Unless its a case of cognitive dissonance whereby you start to beleive your own nonsense.
So now our First Lady has the support of the Russian Ambassador (I should perhaps have said the representative of Russian Gangsterism). To quote a remark made by a former minister for Justice about a former President: "a thundering disgrace"
Russia will threaten to nuke Kyiv, the US will inform Moscow that if they do every military base to the west of Moscow will be wiped out, doesn't really matter it by conventional or nuclear weapons but can threaten nukes if they want, then offer to destroy a few major bits of infrastructure to the west of Moscow as well, but avoiding civilian population centres. Mosow says hold on a minute we have another idea, they instead shoot Putin in the head and hand over Crimea and Kaliningrad and says awfully sorry about the little ruckus we just had in Ukraine, could we possibly sell you some oil again please?
I'm not sure there has ever been a Western lead leadership change. Russian internal security is crazy. Will the next guy have Hair or bald.
There will be a solution, presumably a negotiated one. The US might step in and push Ukraine toward a negotiated solution that leaves Putin still in power, or they may keep supplying weapons until Ukraine completely obliterates the Russian army.
If the second choice then they could be facilitating regime change in Russia. I am certain that this is well thought out and discussed long before now.
That's it in a nutshell. Despite all being well on the outside ( official version) all is far from being well realistically. Very good article / interview.
Business article suggesting the sanctions are having a much more severe effect than the Russkis are admitting.
'Ultimately, the warring nation has little hope for an economic recovery, the researchers said.
In their words: "Looking ahead, there is no path out of economic oblivion for Russia as long as the allied countries remain unified in maintaining and increasing sanctions pressure."'
What in heaven's name are you getting at?
A morally repugnant, self indulgent, coldy naïve narcissistic bullshi7 packed in to an over written letter.
The really huge question is; what does the US want after this? Russia has been building an alternative coalition to the traditional US are the big beast version.
Aligning with the right wing countries and with Arab backing and Israeli support, what does the US want now to bring lots of these countries to heel; Putin will always be a thorn in their side, always stirring s**t up. He's been the master troll for years.
Will Biden want a humiliating end to the war, or some appeasement to prevent a regime change and power struggle?
Nuking anywhere would probably lead to Russia being left in total isolation. Not even the Chinese would interact with them. It would be back to borst and wheat for the entire population plus the possibility of being attacked themselves.
Russia are now like a boxer on the ropes flailing widely but landing little. Ultimately they're just expending their energy and I'd expect a sudden collapse. Some day soon the trucks with ammo won't arrive at the front any more. Those soldiers won't be told why and they'll be left to fend for themselves. They'll then have to decide whether to surrender, run or die.
I just hope Ukraine are putting aside 10% of their rocket deliveries to continue the push after the point the Western support starts to drop off. But I don't think that will happen til the January borders have been restored. Putin cannot be seen to have achieved a thing.
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