IT’S EARLY SUMMER HERE, an ocean away from the
clusterfuck in Ukraine, and as much as I detest writing about it, it’s probably
time to check in on the dust-up over there. The most significant event this
month was the recent destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam along the Dnipro River.
Massive flooding resulted downstream affecting both sides whose militaries face
each other from opposite banks. It is likely that Ukraine is responsible—they’d
shelled and sent missile strikes against the Soviet-era structure in the past, though
some analysts suggest it might have been a malfunctioning turbine that exploded
within the dam structure causing its collapse. So, we’ll see. Both sides blame
the other, but my bet is on the Ukrainians* who did it to slow the
advance of Russian forces across the Dnipro, and to distract the public’s
attention away from the AFU’s (Armed Forces of Ukraine) poor showing, thus far, on the
battlefield. Former CIA officer Larry Johnson suggests an additional reason might be to draw in humanitarian NGOs, adding yet another layer of involvement by the West in Kiev's political agenda.
UPSTREAM, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, which has its own water reservoir
(used in cooling the super-hot radioactive rods), is not currently affected by the loss
of the Nova Kakhovka dam, though lower water levels at the plant remains a worrying possibility. Some analysts suggest the attack on the dam, if that's what it was, was meant to deliberately
damage the nuclear facility (Europe’s largest). A core meltdown there would be
an environmental disaster on the scale of Chernobyl and a major headache for
the Russians, so let’s hope the AFU’s military chiefs don’t let the situation
get out of hand. (It's their country, after all, or what's left of it, and they might want to prevent it turning into a radioactive cow patty. Just sayin')
BUT on a side note, 10 June saw the Belgium
publication,
De Tijd, claiming that the CIA passed on information to
Belgium spy masters, in the weeks following the September 2022 bombing of the
Nord Stream gas pipeline, that those Ukrainian privateers who set sail in the
Baltic from a Polish harbour in the yacht Andromeda and who are touted
as the culprits were, in fact, taking their marching orders from none other than Ukraine’s
General Zaluzhny who has been little heard from or seen in recent days. That’s
as high up the food chain the conspiracy went with President
Zelensky apparently having been kept out of the loop.😉 Natch!
NOW WE ARE EXPECTED TO BELIEVE that a rogue element
in the Ukrainian army is responsible for sabotaging the multi-billion-dollar Russian/German
undersea pipeline last year. I wonder if Berlin is starting to regret all the military
hardware and money they’ve been forking over to Kiev, especially now that Germany's economy is heading into a recession without all that cheap Russian natgas to keep its industries running.1 With friends like that....Though, this
latest ‘revelation’ could give Germany an excuse to pull away from supporting Ukraine.
GERMANY MIGHT WANT to cite “Article Five” of NATO’s charter that says member
states must come to their aid because Ukraine attacked them! (Or their
pipeline, at least.) They might even accuse Poland of being a co-conspirator, since Andromeda launched from a Polish port.(BTW, Poland has recently filed
a claim against Germany for WWII reparations to the tune of 1.3 trillion
bucks!) Wouldn’t that be a sticky wicket! How's this scenario: Germany and the rest of NATO at war
with Ukraine! (And Poland?) Be still my beating heart! My point is to say that NATO, as a military alliance, is increasingly fractious, and its enfeebled and uncoordinated response to Russian incursions into Ukraine make it obvious to anyone that it's a spent force, increasingly purposeless (Cold War's over, papa), and long past its sell-by date. In terms of geopolitics and its role in maintaining American hegemony, it is on the wrong side of history.
THEN, there are NATO members, Hungary and Türkiye, who increasingly march to a different drummer. Who's next to start missing the beat and going their own way, separate from the U.S. dominated organization? Maybe 'blows-hot-and-cold' French president Macron might someday grow a pair and just say "NO", and actually do something about it. And, all I'm saying is there are growing divisions in NATO that bode ill for the 74 year-old alliance. The hoary, Cold War coalition
seems to be a shakier proposition with each passing day.2
The Andromeda scenario is also convenient
because it points the finger at anyone other than Joe Biden and his neocon crew, who
if the maxim cui bono (“who benefits”) is followed to its logical
conclusion, the biggest beneficiary of the pipeline’s destruction is the United States. I'd suggest NATO start Chapter 5 proceedings against the U.S. but that would be like punching yourself in the face. Ouch!)
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| It's air-sick bag time, again. |
BUT FROM THE NEW WORLD comes the Prince of Preening,
our very own PM Trudeau on an unannounced 10 June visit to Kiev (along with Finance
Minister Christina Freeland) to meet with President Zelensky and fawn all over
him. Trudeau arrived with a half billion bucks of assistance (your tax dollars at work), as well as a
Russian cargo plane. The huge “Antonov 124”
had been held at Toronto’s Pearson airport since the start of the conflict in
February 2022 and was stolen confiscated by Canada as part of the mindless sanctions’
regime imposed on Russia by the collective West. INCIDENTALLY, the plane first arrived in Canada during
the Covid period, delivering medical test kits from China. Say, who
do them Ruskies think they are delivering medical supplies over here! The nerve! We'll take their plane. That'll show 'em!
On the “Peacekeepers” website, [Are they making a pun or expressing
irony with their name? I can’t tell. Ed.] across Darya’s photo is the word
“Liquidated”. And there are others. I wonder if Justin broached the subject of Mate
and Mate's Grayzone colleague Anya Parampil being included on the kill list during his
face time with Volodymir? (I doubt it because Mate and Parampil don't follow the standard script that MSM bloviates daily on the subjects of Ukraine, Russia, War and Peace [pun intended. Ed.] etc., those same scripts that globalist elites, like Trudeau, promote while in government.)  |
| Hmmm. That looks SO familar.... |
“The
Canadian military was warned in 2015 before starting its Ukraine training
mission about the dangers of the far-right within the Ukrainian military ranks,
[Italics mine. Ed.] but the senior leadership largely ignored those concerns.” (Ottawa Citizen)
AT
the 9:35 minute mark of the video with Max, Aaron cites an example from 2019 when
Zelensky’s own outreach program to the disaffected citizens in the Donbass region, a program designed to promote dialogue and peaceful coexistence, was disrupted by neo-Nazi militias
who attacked speakers and broke up meetings in the eastern provinces, forcing the newly elected president
to cancel the initiative. It is safe to say that his administration ever since has
formulated antagonist and uncompromising policies towards the eastern
provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk, and Russian-speaking Ukrainians in general. Perhaps Zelensky's true colours came to the fore as he gained political power, or perhaps
hard-liners and hard-right militias made his governing from a more
progressive and democratic place impossible. In the end, it looks like he gave into the hard right forces opposing his early efforts at conciliation between the eastern half of Ukraine (largely Russian speaking)and the western (largely Ukrainian speaking).
His subsequent years in power have shown to me that Zelensky is nothing more than a huckster
and oligarch wannabe who’s out for all he can get, a tin pot dictator, much in keeping with his
predecessors. And if he didn't start out that way, he's destined to end up there, and with a big pile of moolah by the time he's ready for his victory lap. 👏
AND BEFORE I bang on too long—let’s recap:
ʘ Ukraine’s
“counter-offensive” has been happening for the last week or so. The front lines
haven’t moved much but Ukraine continues to suffer heavy loses when they try to
break through Russian defences.
ʘ Zelensky
continues to ask for F-16 jet fighters from everyone. He’s being ‘slow walked’
to this goal because of the fear Ukraine might attack Russian territory
and in doing so cross a red line that Moscow can’t allow. And besides, they cost a lot of money and will probably get shot down tout suite by superior Russian air defences.
ʘ More
weapons to Ukraine; most of NATO remains on-board for continuing this
clusterfuck. This month, Finland foolishly joins the boys playing in their sandbox. Sweden may join them next month if there's unanimity among NATO members. (Thirty-one members, 31 votes; all it takes is one NO vote to put the kibosh to the deal. We'll see.) Growing
concerns over the conflict, however, are seen in various European centres; push-back during EU parliamentary
debates, anti-war commentary;
protests are seen in Paris, Berlin, and other cities.
ʘ There’s
a NATO summit meeting in Vilinus, Lithuania next month and this may prove to be
a turning point in the conflict: Depending on how Ukraine’s counter-offensive is going,
the blundering fucktards at NATO might decide to arm Ukraine with jet fighters and
perhaps deadlier missile arrays. Of course, it will be the U.S. who sends many of the
weapons; Europe is just about tapped out. However, American weapons manufacturing
facilities are no match for Russian production capabilities. So how long the U.S. can supply Ukraine and still be ready for their slow pivot to China is anyone's guess. (And that's definitely another story!) Some commentators have even argued to give Ukraine tactical nuclear weapons! Zelensky and nukes--what could go wrong?
ʘ ANOTHER "water" story, this one from the other side of the world: Can anyone tell me what the hell a Canadian frigate is doing parading alongside an American destroyer in the Taiwan Straits? There was an incident the other day when a Chinese warship cut across their path in a "warding off" (i.e. Fuck Off) gesture. How dare the Chinese float their boats in our water! Granted, the frigate HMCS Montreal was 6,000 miles or so from home, but that shouldn't matter. It's how we feel about the water--that it's our water--that's all that counts. Those Chinese are such bullies!
“SOME DAMNED FOOLISH THING in the
Balkans,” Bismarck had predicted, would ignite the next war. The assassination
of the Austrian heir apparent, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, by Serbian
nationalists on June 28, 1914, satisfied his condition.” (Barbara W. Tuchman, The
Guns of August)
Cheers, Jake.
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| Zelensky and Cleverly. |
1. The recent claim that Ukraine military personnel bombed the Nord Stream last September is highly unlikely. This latest leak, published in the Belgium newspaper De Tijd newspaper, smacks of CIA "disinfo". Remember that in March, just days after the Hersh exposé revealed it was the Americans and Norwegians who did it, a convenient story appeared in American and European papers claiming it was some random, unnamed "pro-Ukrainian" dudes on a yacht who were the Nord Stream bombers. This latest CIA leak, suggesting it was Ukrainian military behind the September bombing, just adds convenient flesh to the bones of that cockamamie fairy tale.
THIS LATEST Andromeda news story claims it was General Valerii Zaluzhny, Commander-in-Chief
of Ukraine’s armed forces who was responsible for the Nord Stream attack! It seems the blame buck stops with Zaluzhny, who's rarely been seen in the last few weeks, adding to speculation that he's had a falling out with Zelensky. The words "fall guy" and “scapegoat” come to
mind.
[As I've said before, I'll go with Seymour Hersh's more logical explanation of who blew up the pipeline. Any "conspiracy theory" on the attack that doesn't have America listed as "Operator #1, isn't worth its salt (water). Ed.]
2. Our federal Finance Minister, Christina Freeland, is in the running (a
long shot) for Secretary General of NATO when Jens Stoltenberg retires. Here’s hoping the perky Davos diva
takes the helm of S.S. NATO as it sails head-on into that iceberg.
With any luck, she’ll go down with all hands.
[Interesting factoid: I read that per capita Canada has donated more dough to Ukraine than the United States. All that $ to burn! It makes me so proud, I want to cry!😭Ed.]
Ottawa Citizen: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/allegations-of-canadian-troops-training-neo-nazis-and-war-criminals-sparks-military-review
"Myrotvorets" home page: https://myrotvorets.center/1588417-about-myrotvotrets-center/
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| Reverand Gary Davis |
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