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Another example of divisions amongst the oligarchs over recent developments. Some have apparently turned their backs on Putin. I wonder to what extent there are divisions in the Russian military – particularly among the top brass
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Article on Ukrainian Nazism
If the war turns nuclear, it could possibly start small scale and in a limited way with battlefield nuclear weapons to decisively induce a state of “shock and awe” in the local populace and to counter the relatively bad news for the Russian military thus far as it struggles to overcome entrenched resistance. It has not been the walkover it may perhaps have anticipated. However, things could develop a momentum of their own making it easier to deploy strategic nuclear weapons if the West starts intervening in response. War tends to promote irrationalism after all
I see the American regime has thankfully turned down the crazed idea of the Polish regime to donate all its Soviet-era planes to the Americans to hand over the Ukrainian airforce. What a dumb proposal. How could it not be construed as an act of malicious intent by NATO towards Russia, thereby inviting nuclear retaliation since Russia will not win a conventional war against NATO? These sociopaths in power couldn’t seem to care less for the well-being of ordinary folk. They have got their luxury bunkers they can scurry to in the event of nuclear war
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Do you seriously think our masters are going to allow their earthly playground to be burnt to a cinder? Ffs calm doon man.
I think it is unlikely that they will but one is making an assumption here that they are thinking about this things rationally. If Putin had his back to the wall and facing a humiliating defeat and the possibility of being deposed we cant be 100% sure how he and his regime will react when the red mist descends and people’s judgement gets clouded. There is nothing particularly rational about war anyway even if military strategy requires rational thinking
economic impact of the Ukraine crisis on commodity stocks
AC, on the question of the no-fly zone proposal, I came across this piece in my intray
An interesting piece in the Spanish newspaper EL Pais. It seems that support for Putin is hemorrhaging amongst the oligarchs, the class he presents, and of which he is a prominent member. Even if the military goal of the invasion is accomplished (at a huge cost to Russia) I cannot see the Putin regime surviving. Putin has blown it big time this time
Its not just the nuclear option that is chilling, Check this out
FFS What a sick world we live
That obnoxious Starmer character has ruled that anyone critical of NATO will be booted out of the Labour Party
Some useful information in this piece by Michael Roberts
The Russian capitalists won’t be happy if Putin’s reckless gamble doesn’t pay off. Regime change may be on the cards
Here’s another example of the dumb “great man theory of history” being applied to Ukrainian situations. Bloody liberals. Gawd I detest them and their warmongering
The pathetic liberal press – newspapers like the (so-called) Independent – are intent upon portraying this conflict as the expression or manifestation of the sociopathic character of Putin. A regurgitation of the idiotic “great man theory of history” with its absolutely superficial and naff interpretation of what is going on. Bloody liberals. They are more of a hindrance than a help.
How the war might spiral beyond Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/21/ukraine-invasion-putin-goals-what-expect/
