Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

No. The west blinked first. From day one…

where is this being published? Nothing online that I can find

I wonder if ‘ this initiative’ by Turkey, et al , was because it was something in their mind to do all along but they WAITED FOR AN OPPERTUNE MOMENT as to when to strike. Was now a good time when the main protagonist in the Syrian war is Russia and Russia’s forces/artilary is in a weak state and getting weaker. I wonder will some of the republics within the Russian Federation ‘ JOIN IN’?

Probably no more shocking than the Allied championing of Stalin's USSR in it's battle against Nazi Germany. The Allies-well, the less delusional ones-knew that only a matter of degree differentiated one from another in evil, but they held their tongues and their noses and supported the Soviets because there was no alternative. If IS cut some Ruzzians to shreds, I'll shed no tears and keep my fingers crossed that another party will shortly cut those IS lunatics to shreds in their turn. Nothing as enjoyable as seeing the wolves devour each other.

There was natural hope and optimism by the public who genuinely support Ukraine. If Ukraine are getting better weapons - then those weapons are better for their defence.

I don't accept that the people who strongly advocated for no negotiations and to instead send weapons genuinely support Ukraine. There is justification for such a policy if Ukraine can militarily win a significantly better outcome than they could achieve by negotiation. Otherwise sending weapons just expands the conflict, lengthens the conflict and increases the costs (to Ukraine) of the conflict. But it doesn't change the outcome. It just makes it worse for Ukraine ultimately.

I could credit people who genuinely support Ukraine as being mistaken in the honest belief that NATO howitzers, HIMARs, NATO vehicles and tanks, NATO jets, NATO missiles etc would provide that war winning capability. That was shown to be wrong, and it might lead to them to re-assess if they should keep doing what hasn't worked. But people who pushed for no negotiations, who hyped up NATO weapons as being gamechangers and now say that they always knew the policy of sending these wunderwaffen would not change the outcome of the conflict can't also claim to genuinely support Ukraine. Because the policy they advocated for was so clearly not in Ukraine's interests. Sen. Lindsey Graham is a prime example.

I remember back in 2022 "friends of Ukraine" were boasting they were going to turn Ukraine into Afghanistan. Well, it is getting there. Ukrainian power generation is hanging by a thread, and one presumes its just a matter of time before the Russians decide to knock off the electricity supply for good.

The Economist is a fanatically pro-Ukrainian publication, but it has recently estimated that at least 500,000 Ukrainian soldiers are either dead or so seriously wounded as to be incapable. While far higher than the official Ukrainian figure of 31,000 dead it's almost certainly still a significant undercount as polling shows 77% of Ukrainians know someone close to them who has died in the conflict. The average life expectancy of Ukrainian men has dropped from 66.4 years pre 2022 to 57.3 in 2023. Last year, it was reported that the number of Ukrainians with disabilities had jumped in just 18 months by 300,000 people.

Demographically, Ukraine is in a death spiral - the birth rate has dropped as low at 0.7 per woman, which if accurate would be the lowest in the world. This is on top of a mass exodus of millions of young Ukrainians who will likely never return from western Europe and will presumably over the generations become German or French or English. Ukraine was already demographically in crisis before the war, and yet the "friends of Ukraine" now demand that Ukraine send its last hope of survival as a people in their own lands - the 18-25 age group - to be wiped out in an unwinnable war, where the longer it goes on, the harsher the Russian terms become.

This is why I refer to the "friends of Ukraine" as the "friends of Ukraine". They'd rather see the extinction of Ukraine than concede to Ukraine not entering NATO. So they'll knowingly advocate for policies that cant change the outcome but keep the Ukrainians fighting just a little bit longer. To the last Ukrainian.

The bus has arrived back in Orwell Rd after bringing everyone out to vote for Sinn Fein to their respective polling stations..

Can you give any evidence for your claim that Zelensky wants to fold and give up land? The article linked above simply says NATO membership and recovering their occupied territories at a later date could be part of a cease fire for Ukraine but you seem to be twisting this into some sort of game where Zelensky is the one to "blink first". Is this just another example of a putin fan boy simply lying because in reality so much is going wrong for putin and his terrorist state?

I’m not sure that alternate would have been pleasant

I'm actually paraphrasing a US journalist quotation of an unnamed US officer during the Vietnam war. You're just spreading disinformation.

Churchill wanted to do that. Look uo operation "Unthinkable"

Who folded? Did you even bother to read what was said?

Reports low of Russian transport planes on the way to Syria bringing FAB bombs to assist in a bombing campaign. If they press ahead with this, they might ease off in Ukraine for a little while.

Does anyone find it suspicious that straight after Israel and Hezbollah agree a ceasefire this happens. Hezbollah we're getting wrecked ever since the pagers went off and Israel invaded. Why would they agree to a ceasefire and letting the Lebanese army replace them at the border? Why would they give up on their brother's in Gaza?

Maybe they caught wind of a potential massive attack in Syria and felt they couldn't support both.