Two words linked in perpetuity: "Biden" and "Disaster."
Back in March 2014, I wrote a piece about Putin confronting what until then had proven the worst US administration in history, to wit, the Obama/Biden administration.
Let me quote my words--at some length, sorry--of wisdom from eight years ago, written on the occasion of Putin's prior invasion of Ukraine:
"Time to face facts. None of Obama's supposed "talents" works when dealing with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, the Shining Shooting Tsar of Eurasia--arguably the smartest national leader in the world. Let me back up. "Smartest" might be the wrong word. Yes, it definitely is the wrong one. That word is too loosely defined and too easily pinned on too many. What makes Putin successful and such a formidable geopolitical foe (thank you, Mitt Romney) is not that he is just "smart," but that he is a throw-back to a different era. He hunts and fishes, and doesn't care about the political fashion and sensitivities of the day; pajama boy has no place in Putin's cage fighter universe. Despite his upbringing as a Communist, he is now devoutly religious and wants to see religion restored to Russian life. As the jihadis have discovered, they have in Putin a rival as ruthless and religiously committed as they, and not bound by the conventions of political correctness
Putin is a man of hard-work, careful preparation, an avid student of potential opponents, willing to exploit opportunities, and, above all, driven by a vision on his mission: restoring Russia to the top ranks of the world hierarchy. He is determined to end what he sees as the world's mistreatment of and disregard for Russia. He saw the condescending manner in which Clinton and other world leaders treated the amiable sclerotic alcoholic Boris Yeltsin, who named Putin Prime Minister in 1999. Putin will not allow that again. He wants his legacy to be the man who restored Russia's greatness and made the world recognize it.
Let's sum up this part of the post:
Putin is a patriot; Obama is not.
Putin has a deep understanding of his country's history and people; Obama does not.
Putin wants his country to be number one; Obama could not care less.
Putin knows that words have meaning; Barack "Red Line" Obama hasn't a clue.
Putin has Lavrov; Obama has Kerry.
Advantage Putin."
You can read the rest, if you want, no mandate to do so. I, however, think that little piece holds up well; all you need do is substitute "Biden" for "Obama," and "Blinken" for "Kerry," and it looks very up-to-date.
So, as the wise man said, "history repeats as farce." We have a helluva farce underway. Joe Biden, a bumbling dementia-rattled fool who holds the office of President illegitimately, hasn't a chance when dealing with Putin, the world's greatest poker player. He knows that Russia hasn't been dealt the best hand, but sheer determination and astute analyses of his opponents makes him a winner. He also has my old sparring partner Lavrov as his foreign policy man: the best foreign minister on the planet, as he demonstrated recently with his cruel but deft handling of hapless British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who competes with Blinken for the gold medal in the category of stupid foreign policy "experts."
So Mummy Joe came out and announced some "sanctions" on Russia: half of them are already ostensibly in place, and the rest might have long-term effects which will do nothing for the Ukrainians who don't have a long time to resist the Russians. We, furthermore, note that these "sanctions" require long-term commitment by the West to produce the desired effect of inflicting punishment on Russia. How many of you think that in three, four months, pick a time span, the Western countries will still hold fast to those sanctions? There will be cries to move on, recognize the new reality, or simply ignore the sanctions.
China is watching, my friends. This manifestation of Western weakness is not going unnoticed. China has big bucks; what sanctions will be placed on the PRC if they take Taiwan?
It is time to remove the sanctions we have placed on ourselves.
We need to free our energy industry once again; we need to build nuclear power plants; we need to insist on bringing our industries home. Those are not short-term fixes and they will not help Ukraine in the immediate, but they will allow the United States and the West to regain a freedom of action they do not now have to confront the tyrants in Russia, China, Iran, Canada.
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ReplyDeleteSo true. Obama was right about one thing though "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up." Putin is a "Russia First" guy, which he should be, unlike our feckless Left Administration. Unfortunately, Putin thinks the Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan are a part of Russia and so "Make Russia Great Again" means bringing them back in the fold.
ReplyDelete(Don McCollor)...Besides poker, Putin is playing chess. Anticipating his opponent's possible moves and thinking several moves ahead of them...
ReplyDeleteHeard on another podcast that Victoria Neuland is part of this muckery. Any thoughts on this, D2?
ReplyDeleteLoose Lips Sink Ships
DeleteOR Hows that FU-EU
working out for ya,
Vicky:
During a June 7, 2016, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing titled "Russian Violations of Borders, Treaties, and Human Rights", Nuland described U.S. diplomatic outreach to the former Soviet Union and efforts to build a constructive relationship with Russia. During her testimony, Nuland noted Russia's 2014 invasion of Ukraine which she said, "shattered any remaining illusions about this Kremlin's willingness to abide by international law or live by the rules of the institutions that Russia joined at the end of the Cold War."[22] Nuland described four essential elements of the U.S. foreign policy towards Russia:
Deter further aggression through the projection of strength and unity with allies;
Build resilience and reduce vulnerability among friends and Allies facing Russian pressure and coercion;
Cooperate on core national security priorities when U.S. interests and Russia's do align;
Sustain ties to the Russian people and business community to preserve the potential for a more constructive relationship in the future.[23]
Leaked private phone conversation
On February 4, 2014, a recording of a phone call between Nuland and U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, on January 28, 2014, was published on YouTube.[24][25] The State Department and the White House suggested that an assistant to the deputy prime minister of Russia Dmitry Rogozin was the source of the leak, which he denied.[26][27][28][29]
In their phone conversation, Nuland and Pyatt discussed who should join a unity government. Nuland notified Pyatt that after the review of the three opposition candidates for the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine, the US State Department had selected Arseniy Yatsenyuk. She said: "I think Yats is the guy who's got the economic experience, the governing experience. What he needs is Klitsch and Tyahnybok on the outside. He needs to be talking to them four times a week". Pyatt asked: "Do you want us to set up a call with him as the next step?" Nuland told Pyatt that the next step should be to set up a telephone conversation between her and the three Ukrainian candidates, with Pyatt also possibly participating. Pyatt agreed: "I think you reaching out directly to him helps with the personality management among the three and it gives you also a chance to move fast on all this stuff and put us behind it".[25][26] Yatsenyuk became prime minister of Ukraine on February 27, 2014.[30] They discussed that the EU would not commit to mediate, with Nuland adding "Fuck the EU."[25][31][32][33] According to the Washington Post,
[Nuland] was dismissively referring to slow-moving European efforts to address political paralysis and a looming fiscal crisis in Ukraine. But it was the blunt nature of her remarks, rather than U.S. diplomatic calculations, that seemed exceptional. Nuland also assessed the political skills of Ukrainian opposition figures with unusual candor and, along with the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, debated strategy for their cause, laying bare a deep degree of U.S. involvement in affairs that Washington officially says are Ukraine's to resolve.[34]
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Does the West even have a chance against a Sino-Russian alliance?
ReplyDeleteIMO, with the'rats
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Smore of the Story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPz2gSqwtGM
"Let's Roll"
Does the West stand a chance? Right now, no.
DeleteCanada eh? Ouch!
ReplyDeleteI am still convinced that Sundowner isn't running anything, so are we being run by committee which never works or a puppeteer?
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of your "Old Pal" Ketchup Boi John Liveshot Kerry...
ReplyDeleteHe had to add his 3 cents to the Ukraine war.
http://angry.net/blog2/?p=36683
My quip whenever a climate nazi starts in with the talking points. "Nukes, or it's a hoax".
ReplyDeleteLewis: Your prognostication on foreign policy is why I have been hanging around your blog all these years. Always the insight into the world, that while not always comforting is a whole lot better than listening to pundits in the media.
Guesses at what eventually emerges from all of this:
ReplyDelete1. The Ukraine permanently loses the Donbas, and commits to neutrality.
2. NATO falls apart, in reality even if it still has an expensive HQ somewhere. Everyone recognizes they cannot rely on "NATO" for any timely effective help, and starts to make other arrangements.
3. China is the big winner. Taiwan realizes that they stand alone -- the West would throw them to the dogs without a moment's hesitation rather than face any risks to themselves. Taiwan's ruling clique realizes it is time to cut a deal with China on eventual reunification.
The big question, given the interesting psa association of Taiwan and Israel, is this:
ReplyDeleteIf the PRC goes for broke, will Taiwan invoke a variation on "The Samson Option"?
Now THAT is seriously high-stakes poker.
"...will Taiwan invoke a variation on "The Samson Option"?..."
DeleteAssuming, Taiwan does choose to react to the ChiCom invasion, by pulling down the "Temple" around their ears, at least 2 factors may need to be considerd, first that the CCP's'5th column' is said to amount to 1/3rd of the Taiwan population. That large number of enemies within, may be able to thwart a full scale 'suicidal attack' on the Mainland. Moreover, such a full scale 'state of the art' missle attack, on China, according to "Warrom" experts, will provoke a catastrophic retaliation, almost certainly ending in "Total Destruction" of Taiwan. Btw,the probability of the CCP accepting massive Mainland Chinese DEATHs, is based on their historical record of 100's of millions Chinese casualties to effect
CCP Objectives..."high-stakes poker", indeed~~~
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"Let's Roll"
Obama was right. Joe does tend to F... things up.
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"Let's Roll"
News coverage of this war is all over the place. One says the Ukes are exacting heavy casualties on the mongoloid Russians while others say the opposite. This 'fog of war' stuff is really thick.
ReplyDeleteAlot of fake reporting is being revealed. Old pictures and film. Really is remarkable. The manic anti-white agenda of the elites has become clear to the dirts. I think it is starting to dawn on them that the dirts do the fighting and policing. I’m hearing that law enforcement is breaking down. I think we may be looking at collapse. I’m worried.
Delete"I’m hearing that law enforcement is breaking down. I think we may be looking at collapse". Whose collapse?
DeleteThanks Dip, this is why I’m reader 14 from both blogs wish you were advising folks dealing with this mess so much wrong with this regieme
ReplyDeletesad summary vlad the worst rebuilds the Greater Russia and slo jo and co just sit there and watch 0(zeroTM) and his obammunauts all over again
err czsar vlad the worst that is
ReplyDeleteI suppose *we* have at last achieved the actuality of what was immortally expressed during that [in]famous - ala Benghazi - "caretaker mal-administration"?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/feb/07/eu-us-diplomat-victoria-nuland-phonecall-leaked-video
Words to [strike thru] live by [end strike] etch in stone I suppose.
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Did the US.Embassy destroy documents on all the US bio labs there? As Crowdstrike’s servers are said to be there as well, wouldn’t some interests benefit from a cyber attack that wipes them clean?
ReplyDeleteHandy Ukraine recap. Note: The author’s conclusion assumes the reader is familiar with his “Devolution” hypothesis.
ReplyDeletehttps://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/devolution-part-17?utm_source=url
Thank you for the as ever astute analysis, Dip. My wife insists I tell you she has missed your insights. So stated, my life expectancy has risen somewhat, at least for the remainder of this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteWe've missed you, good to see you back. Your writings cut thru the inevitable fog of war.
It's been said many times, can't be said enough: Putin is in Ukraine because chairman joe is in the White House.