Wouldn't it be great if soldiers on both sides saw through the deceit of their leaders and refused to fight? Our political leaders work for the military industry and the financial world, not the people. But the people are brainwashed not to understand.
But, as history knows, the more obvious defeat is, the longer the suffering is continued. Germany’s defeat was pretty clear by 1942 in Ww2, the US continued in Vietnam and Pakistan, and many other instances of military madness could be mentioned, ruins and corpses pile up. The sheer hopeless stupidity of warmongering continues now in Ukraine, where Ukraine will continue the war unrtil Russia withdraws. - The western world is run by oligarchs. Trump recognises an oligarch when he sees one. They can do business together. Business is better than murder.
This war only ever had one winner. The reasons for that simple reality are irrefutable. 1. Russia is immeasurably more powerful as a state, than Ukraine - 4x population, largest country on the planet, functioning military industry, 4th largest global economy PPP. 2. Russia considers the conflict existential - ask William Burns. 3. Russia therefore has escalation dominance - ask Obama. This was always about The US Empire trying to weaken Russia - read The Rand Report. Escalation dominance, btw, means that Russia would have gone nuclear before conceding defeat. We should all be grateful that that US/EU combined support could not match Russian efforts - that failure is why we are all still alive. Everything else is just fluff.
Interesting description of this White House meeting in 1975, thank you. But as for the Europeans now, I think there are so many signs showing they not clueless about the conflict in Ukraine; they also know Ukraine is going down. But they are cynically trying to keep the war going for their own financial and strategic reasons.
This is an illustration of the momentum of false hope despite strong evidence of defeat. (It is also illuminating regarding yet another of Secretary Kissinger's flaws.)
There are, of course, inspiring stories of winning against all odds, but these usually involve a protagonist who is either singular in number who possesses the requisite potential (recognized or not) to overcome unaided, or who by the unique and singular power of his charismatic leadership, can marshal armies or the public to follow or support a course of action. In either case, the triumph is at least initiated by one, exceptional man.
This was not the situation with the interim President, Gerald Ford. Most regard President Ford as a decent man. In the opening sentence of his Inaugural address, President Carter--referring to his future close friend--stated, "For myself and for our Nation, I want to thank my predecessor for all he has done to heal our land." [https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/carter.asp] Yet it was Gerald Ford who, as part of the Warren Commission, deliberately redrew the location of the bullet wound in President Kennedy's back, and thus profoundly contributed to and helped facilitate the enormous lie covering multiple assassinations, massacres and wartime and covert atrocites of unimaginable scale that have so tortured and harmed the morals and psyches of millions of Americans and people worldwide.
You're welcome. For me, the role of the covert ("shadow," or "deep state") government has been life defining. [I was in a first-grade classroom when the news of the death of President Kennedy was relayed to us youngsters.] Thus, the release of the Clifton Cater-Billy Sol Estes tapes a few weeks ago, revealing that Lyndon Johnson had hired "Mac" Wallace to kill the President, was a partial--but nonetheless huge--vindicating relief. Those of us who really studied the assassination complex were already convinced that Lyndon played a key, organizing role. But this exposé of evidence was about as straightforward a "smoking gun" as one gets. An injury attorney specializing in mainly auto-collision and dog-bite cases could litigate this one.
I recommend a series of about five, lengthy videos by Douglas P. Horne and, of course, also the work of Roger Stone if you are interested in a "starter pack."
So, almost everything has been a lie, a giant lie, The Great Lie. Our job, really, is to navigate, and sometimes merely surf, the gargantuan--as well as the innumerable minor--deceptions of modern life. The survivors, skilled in not being overwhelmed by the challenge of massive volumes of perceptual and logical interpretations, will have become almost a new species of Man: 'Homo epistemolicus', if that is a proper latinate construction.
Circling back along the long route, Kennedy's death allowed President Johnson to employ the false-flag event of the Gulf of Tonking incident to escalate American's role into a full-blown war (sorry, "policing action") in Vietnam. [B.t.w., check out one of the participating commandeers in this ruse, Admiral George Stephen Morrison, father of Jim Morrison---yes, THAT Jim Morrison.] I hope this opens a bit of a door, if you have not yet come across this enormous web in the culture of lies. The Ukrainian war--that is, the U.S.-NATO proxy war--against Russia is merely another late-stage manipulation of humanity, particularly the Europeans, in order that they destroy themselves---and pay for the execution.
Even if the war is lost, and it probably is from the very first day, that doesn't mean that a President could be bullied like that in a visit to
a foreign country. It was disrespectful and the accusations made were lies. Ukraine is fighting an invasion, they are not the agressor. Trying, even remotely, to justify Trumps behaviour is a disgrace. If I had any doubts on Zelensky, he deserves my recognition for not accepting the treatment he got. Good for him. Good for us if we stick by him.
Yes, it was formulated disrespectfully but your are not getting the big picture here. Please read Ola Tunanders historical analysis of the prelude to the war. He has done this in several articles on substack. Very recommendable!
Well, I will add that this give an excuse to the USA and UE. They caused this war wanting to expand NATO. They can not say in public:
- "Yes, it is our mistake; we cause the death of a lot of Ukranians. We didn't accept Russian demands before the war that would avoided all this, and we didn't let Ukraine to sign a deal in March of 2022, that would saved a lot of lives and would allowed Ukraine to keep territory that now is lost."
Because of this, they need to blame someone. The USA with Trump now will try to blame Biden and the Ukranian government, and that's why this "play" with Zelenski it is useful. They can say "We help Ukraine and did our best, but this Ukranians are foolish and unable to win; let's stop now."
The UE can blame Trump and say: "We help Ukraine, but has Trump who abandoned Ukranians."
For now, and we can only hope it stays that way, the europeans have steped up to their obligations. We can try to guess the future in every other way, but never by justifying a disgraceful past. And, for the record, the United States were the invaders in Vietname. Just as russians are in Ukraine.
Maybe the generals and intel people back in Ukraine are not telling Zelensky the hard truth. I find his behavior hard to explain if he actually knows and understands the situation on the battlefield.
Wouldn't it be great if soldiers on both sides saw through the deceit of their leaders and refused to fight? Our political leaders work for the military industry and the financial world, not the people. But the people are brainwashed not to understand.
But, as history knows, the more obvious defeat is, the longer the suffering is continued. Germany’s defeat was pretty clear by 1942 in Ww2, the US continued in Vietnam and Pakistan, and many other instances of military madness could be mentioned, ruins and corpses pile up. The sheer hopeless stupidity of warmongering continues now in Ukraine, where Ukraine will continue the war unrtil Russia withdraws. - The western world is run by oligarchs. Trump recognises an oligarch when he sees one. They can do business together. Business is better than murder.
This war only ever had one winner. The reasons for that simple reality are irrefutable. 1. Russia is immeasurably more powerful as a state, than Ukraine - 4x population, largest country on the planet, functioning military industry, 4th largest global economy PPP. 2. Russia considers the conflict existential - ask William Burns. 3. Russia therefore has escalation dominance - ask Obama. This was always about The US Empire trying to weaken Russia - read The Rand Report. Escalation dominance, btw, means that Russia would have gone nuclear before conceding defeat. We should all be grateful that that US/EU combined support could not match Russian efforts - that failure is why we are all still alive. Everything else is just fluff.
Lovely example Prof! As always btw. Thanks a lot!
Interesting description of this White House meeting in 1975, thank you. But as for the Europeans now, I think there are so many signs showing they not clueless about the conflict in Ukraine; they also know Ukraine is going down. But they are cynically trying to keep the war going for their own financial and strategic reasons.
I discuss it here in this part 1:
https://finnandreen.substack.com/p/europe-doesnt-want-peace-now
This is an illustration of the momentum of false hope despite strong evidence of defeat. (It is also illuminating regarding yet another of Secretary Kissinger's flaws.)
There are, of course, inspiring stories of winning against all odds, but these usually involve a protagonist who is either singular in number who possesses the requisite potential (recognized or not) to overcome unaided, or who by the unique and singular power of his charismatic leadership, can marshal armies or the public to follow or support a course of action. In either case, the triumph is at least initiated by one, exceptional man.
This was not the situation with the interim President, Gerald Ford. Most regard President Ford as a decent man. In the opening sentence of his Inaugural address, President Carter--referring to his future close friend--stated, "For myself and for our Nation, I want to thank my predecessor for all he has done to heal our land." [https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/carter.asp] Yet it was Gerald Ford who, as part of the Warren Commission, deliberately redrew the location of the bullet wound in President Kennedy's back, and thus profoundly contributed to and helped facilitate the enormous lie covering multiple assassinations, massacres and wartime and covert atrocites of unimaginable scale that have so tortured and harmed the morals and psyches of millions of Americans and people worldwide.
Thank you for this info, I didn't know this role that G. Ford had in the Warren Commission. Fascinating.
You're welcome. For me, the role of the covert ("shadow," or "deep state") government has been life defining. [I was in a first-grade classroom when the news of the death of President Kennedy was relayed to us youngsters.] Thus, the release of the Clifton Cater-Billy Sol Estes tapes a few weeks ago, revealing that Lyndon Johnson had hired "Mac" Wallace to kill the President, was a partial--but nonetheless huge--vindicating relief. Those of us who really studied the assassination complex were already convinced that Lyndon played a key, organizing role. But this exposé of evidence was about as straightforward a "smoking gun" as one gets. An injury attorney specializing in mainly auto-collision and dog-bite cases could litigate this one.
I recommend a series of about five, lengthy videos by Douglas P. Horne and, of course, also the work of Roger Stone if you are interested in a "starter pack."
So, almost everything has been a lie, a giant lie, The Great Lie. Our job, really, is to navigate, and sometimes merely surf, the gargantuan--as well as the innumerable minor--deceptions of modern life. The survivors, skilled in not being overwhelmed by the challenge of massive volumes of perceptual and logical interpretations, will have become almost a new species of Man: 'Homo epistemolicus', if that is a proper latinate construction.
Circling back along the long route, Kennedy's death allowed President Johnson to employ the false-flag event of the Gulf of Tonking incident to escalate American's role into a full-blown war (sorry, "policing action") in Vietnam. [B.t.w., check out one of the participating commandeers in this ruse, Admiral George Stephen Morrison, father of Jim Morrison---yes, THAT Jim Morrison.] I hope this opens a bit of a door, if you have not yet come across this enormous web in the culture of lies. The Ukrainian war--that is, the U.S.-NATO proxy war--against Russia is merely another late-stage manipulation of humanity, particularly the Europeans, in order that they destroy themselves---and pay for the execution.
Thank you. Indeed I know about the likely role of LBJ, but didn't know these details, so thanks. I will check out your suggestions.
Even if the war is lost, and it probably is from the very first day, that doesn't mean that a President could be bullied like that in a visit to
a foreign country. It was disrespectful and the accusations made were lies. Ukraine is fighting an invasion, they are not the agressor. Trying, even remotely, to justify Trumps behaviour is a disgrace. If I had any doubts on Zelensky, he deserves my recognition for not accepting the treatment he got. Good for him. Good for us if we stick by him.
Yes, it was formulated disrespectfully but your are not getting the big picture here. Please read Ola Tunanders historical analysis of the prelude to the war. He has done this in several articles on substack. Very recommendable!
Well, I will add that this give an excuse to the USA and UE. They caused this war wanting to expand NATO. They can not say in public:
- "Yes, it is our mistake; we cause the death of a lot of Ukranians. We didn't accept Russian demands before the war that would avoided all this, and we didn't let Ukraine to sign a deal in March of 2022, that would saved a lot of lives and would allowed Ukraine to keep territory that now is lost."
Because of this, they need to blame someone. The USA with Trump now will try to blame Biden and the Ukranian government, and that's why this "play" with Zelenski it is useful. They can say "We help Ukraine and did our best, but this Ukranians are foolish and unable to win; let's stop now."
The UE can blame Trump and say: "We help Ukraine, but has Trump who abandoned Ukranians."
For now, and we can only hope it stays that way, the europeans have steped up to their obligations. We can try to guess the future in every other way, but never by justifying a disgraceful past. And, for the record, the United States were the invaders in Vietname. Just as russians are in Ukraine.
Right you are
Kissinger was plain wrong and giving bad advice.
And here is my part 2 of the cynical role EU elite is playing with the Ukraine war:
https://open.substack.com/pub/finnandreen/p/the-eu-wants-to-cynically-use-war?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android
Mycket bra Ola.
Well done.
Thank you for sharing this
Yep over over over
Maybe the generals and intel people back in Ukraine are not telling Zelensky the hard truth. I find his behavior hard to explain if he actually knows and understands the situation on the battlefield.
He can't back down.