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Russia is threatening to end nuclear arms control. But its president, Vladimir Putin, has become the boy who cried wolf. So many political analysts are dismissing this as just another idle threat. I disagree. Nuclear arms control Putin is establishing a pretext to honor Russia’s quid pro quo with Iran. Because I suspect Russia struck… Read more.
The world is at war in Ukraine – by proxy. Many countries are taking sides. Others are hedging their bets. Exhibit A is South Africa. It claims it remains non-aligned. Yet it’s conducting war games with Russia and China. That belies its claim. Ukraine is pitting democracies against autocracies President Biden has framed this as… Read more.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine will meet with President Biden at the White House on Wednesday and later deliver a prime-time address to a joint session of Congress, a daring trip abroad intended to reaffirm American support for his country, White House officials announced late Tuesday night. (The New York Times, December 21, 2022) Ukraine… Read more.
Biden’s Dithering Over Sending Weapons to Ukraine President Biden has been dithering over sending weapons to Ukraine from day one. His dithering will be the biggest blunder of this war. And, given the blunders President Putin has committed, that’s saying a lot. Putin’s blunders began with his ill-fated decision to launch his genocidal “Special Military Operation.” His master… Read more.
Is Putin Recruiting Edward Snowden Edward Snowden petitioned President Putin for over ten years to grant him Russian citizenship. Putin suddenly approved his petition. Only one thing explains him doing so. He wants to use Snowden as his poster boy to mobilize more Russians as cannon fodder in Ukraine. After all, Putin could point to this American’s… Read more.
President Biden declared the war in Ukraine a clash between democracies and autocracies. Sure enough, democratic countries are supporting Ukraine. Autocratic countries are supporting Russia. Israel is a Democratic country. It follows that Israel should be supporting Ukraine. Yet it stands out among the few democratic countries that are not doing so. But a quid pro quo between… Read more.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky seems hellbent on drawing NATO into direct conflict with Russia. For example, he immediately blamed Russia for a missile that crash-landed in Poland last Tuesday. We can chalk that up to the fog of war. But then Polish President Duda announced that the “missile appears to have been fired by Ukrainian air defence.” More to the… Read more.
Putin not attending G20 summit Russian President Vladimir is not attending this week’s G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia. That’s to avoid having the other leaders treat him like a skunk at the garden party. So now, everyone will be able able to breathe more easily. It’s good that this genocidal maniac still has enough common sense to avoid… Read more.
Russia, the biggest pariah Ukraine has 50 countries discussing their intent to continue providing military aid at televised summits. Russia has 2 countries (Iran and China) denying they are providing the military aid everyone knows they are. Iran has denied supplying Russia with weapons for use in Ukraine, saying it ‘has not and will not’ do so. The denial,… Read more.
With these referendums, the Russians are saying: We can’t beat them, so let’s claim their territory, and hope for the best. That, in effect, is what Putin is having his puppets in the Russian-back Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk do. Russian-installed leaders in occupied areas of four Ukrainian regions set out plans for referendums… Read more.
