There's a whole lot more to this than an old, bitter Putin. The media would have you believe that this war started last week with his invasion into Ukraine. But this war actually started eight years ago. More than 13,000 have been killed prior to this invasion. Here's the truth about the Russo-Ukrainian War:
https://jeffcuttler.substack.com/p/the-russo-ukrainian-war?utm_source=url
There's a whole lot more to this than an old, bitter Putin. The media would have you believe that this war started last week with his invasion into Ukraine. But this war actually started eight years ago. More than 13,000 have been killed prior to this invasion. Here's the truth about the Russo-Ukrainian War:
Eastern Ukraine I can tell you that my Russian speaking friends in many cities are sitting in basements and metro hiding from the occupiers, running out of food. A family with three children was killed by a rocket today in Kharkiv. You are eating up Putin propaganda, you understand nothing about the culture and Putin’s strategy. This massacre is on you too.
This nonsense is ridiculous. People are fighting tanks with bare hands, they have no medical supplies. Why are they not jumping for joy greeting the groups?
No one disagrees the pain and horror that people are experiencing -- on both sides. I'd guess there are Russian soldiers who wanted no part of this, as well as many Russians.
That said, if the Ukraine had no standing army to defend itself, to demand that males between 18 and 60 (are they all combat-ready? Hrrrm ... doubt that) stay and fight to be (likely) slaughtered ... I don't know. There is propaganda on both sides; such is the nature of war.
It seems there is much going on from the West, and I suspect multiple "games" are afoot. The obvious question to me is why was the go-to position from the West to ratchet this up immediately, rather than try to shut it down? Yes, there is a tremendous amount of responsibility on the West. All horrible, and all was preventable. Installing an incompetent or corrupt (or both) government in the U.S. yields results. And whether the U.S. administration is incompetent or corrupt, the end result is the same. Failure. Like any other Third World country.
I'm just glad I'm old. The future doesn't look good ...
Thanks, Olga. I am truly sorry for their plight. But it’s safe to say that many Russians in the Donbas are opposed to the Ukrainian government. If was not true they wouldn’t have declared independence from Ukraine. I’m certainly not excusing Putin’s actions though. I did refer to him as a ruthless dictator in my article.
No excuse for Berenson to pretend he doesn’t know about this. He’s just being a damn liar. And isn’t he Jewish? You’d think he’d be on the side of the Anti-Nazis, not supporting the real old school Nazis with the swastikas tattooed on their shaved heads and killing people.
Dude you have not been paying attention. There are actual Nazis in Ukraine slaughtering Russians in Ukraine. For 8 years. These aww genuine bonafide Nazis with Swastika flags and all the trimmings. Use DuckDuckGo to look it up. Look up Azov battalion Ukraine. Jewish power brokers like Zuckerburg and now folks like Berenson have been hiding this. I just got banned from FB today again for showing pictures of these guys. Putin in his statement (you should read it if you’re actually capable of reading) makes it clear he wants to de-Nazify Ukraine. Because they’ve been slaughtering thousands of Russians. Using the Ukrainian military. Shelling, bombing, you name it. There are truly vomit inducing photos and videos of all this, aggressively censored by the West. Check it out. If you want to learn the truth of what’s going on instead of letting yourself get gripped by the hysteria promulgated by the US. And idiot toadies like Berenson here.
Oh, please give me a break. Neo-Nazis exist in many countries. Look at Canada. Look at US. In case anyone mistakes me, I'm being sarcastic. Crying Nazi is classic. Slaughtering thousands. I am sure that great humanitarian, Vladimir Putin, is only concerned with saving lives. Oh, and mistreatment of ethnic minorities, sound familiar. What a crock of crap, from all sides.
And clearly you haven’t even read what Putin has said about all this before the invasion and clearly you are also UTTERLY UNAWARE of the thousands of Russians in Ukraine who have been viciously murdered the last eight years. Just because CNN and the CIA and the NYT don’t want you to know about it Doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Or did you believe the “anthrax” lies and the WMD lies about Iraq. Maybe you’re only 11 years old.
Give me a break. Clearly you are completely ignorant of this because you live in the US where his has been heavily censored. Has it never we occurred to you that your perceptions in the US are almost 100% controlled by the media? Please tell me when, in the last, oh, 20 years, the media hasn’t lied to us about the Big Important things. It’s not hard to look this up, just don’t use google. Use a search engine that’s not connected to, and controlled by, the spook/military/complex. Google changed its name to Alphabet for a reason (and as an inside joke they must laugh about every day).
No question we are part of the problem in the Ukraine. We have interfered (to put it mildly ) since 2014. I am referring to rhetoric on both sides. Sorry I am not as diligent as you, but I don't care to spend my time confirming or refuting every claim. I know Putin is neither hero (rescuing Ukraine from Nazis) or complete villian. And US hands are dirty due to corruption. I just refuse to be propagandized.
I'm replying with my own post because Alex is erasing my posts:
Let me explain it to you in a way you can understand, Alex. Your neighbor has bought his teenage boys hand guns. They're feeling pretty macho these days setting up a practice range in their yard, and they don't appreciate your complaints.
Did I tell you that dad is on the city council, at its head, and in a position to do favors for the other neighbors whose kids are also gathering at the shooting range in your neighbor's backyard. What'chu gonna do, Alex, start a war?
I'm replying with my own post because Alex is erasing my posts:
Let me explain it to you in a way you can understand, Alex. Your neighbor has bought his teenage boys hand guns. They're feeling pretty macho these days setting up a practice range in their yard, and they don't appreciate your complaints.
Did I tell you that dad is on the city council, at its head, and in a position to do favors for the other neighbors whose kids are also gathering at the shooting range in your neighbor's backyard. What'chu gonna do, Alex, start a war?
There's a whole lot more to this than an old, bitter Putin. The media would have you believe that this war started last week with his invasion into Ukraine. But this war actually started eight years ago. More than 13,000 have been killed prior to this invasion. Here's the truth about the Russo-Ukrainian War:
https://jeffcuttler.substack.com/p/the-russo-ukrainian-war?utm_source=url
As a Russian speaking from
Eastern Ukraine I can tell you that my Russian speaking friends in many cities are sitting in basements and metro hiding from the occupiers, running out of food. A family with three children was killed by a rocket today in Kharkiv. You are eating up Putin propaganda, you understand nothing about the culture and Putin’s strategy. This massacre is on you too.
This nonsense is ridiculous. People are fighting tanks with bare hands, they have no medical supplies. Why are they not jumping for joy greeting the groups?
No one disagrees the pain and horror that people are experiencing -- on both sides. I'd guess there are Russian soldiers who wanted no part of this, as well as many Russians.
That said, if the Ukraine had no standing army to defend itself, to demand that males between 18 and 60 (are they all combat-ready? Hrrrm ... doubt that) stay and fight to be (likely) slaughtered ... I don't know. There is propaganda on both sides; such is the nature of war.
It seems there is much going on from the West, and I suspect multiple "games" are afoot. The obvious question to me is why was the go-to position from the West to ratchet this up immediately, rather than try to shut it down? Yes, there is a tremendous amount of responsibility on the West. All horrible, and all was preventable. Installing an incompetent or corrupt (or both) government in the U.S. yields results. And whether the U.S. administration is incompetent or corrupt, the end result is the same. Failure. Like any other Third World country.
I'm just glad I'm old. The future doesn't look good ...
The future is hope of you know Jesus Christ. That is the one assured hope.
Thanks for putting into words some of what I'm feeling.
Thanks, Olga. I am truly sorry for their plight. But it’s safe to say that many Russians in the Donbas are opposed to the Ukrainian government. If was not true they wouldn’t have declared independence from Ukraine. I’m certainly not excusing Putin’s actions though. I did refer to him as a ruthless dictator in my article.
this "massacre" has nothing to do with us. neither do the ones in africa right now. neither do the ones probably happening in outer space.
No excuse for Berenson to pretend he doesn’t know about this. He’s just being a damn liar. And isn’t he Jewish? You’d think he’d be on the side of the Anti-Nazis, not supporting the real old school Nazis with the swastikas tattooed on their shaved heads and killing people.
What does being Jewish have to do with anything?! Nothing except to spew anti-Semitism.
Dude you have not been paying attention. There are actual Nazis in Ukraine slaughtering Russians in Ukraine. For 8 years. These aww genuine bonafide Nazis with Swastika flags and all the trimmings. Use DuckDuckGo to look it up. Look up Azov battalion Ukraine. Jewish power brokers like Zuckerburg and now folks like Berenson have been hiding this. I just got banned from FB today again for showing pictures of these guys. Putin in his statement (you should read it if you’re actually capable of reading) makes it clear he wants to de-Nazify Ukraine. Because they’ve been slaughtering thousands of Russians. Using the Ukrainian military. Shelling, bombing, you name it. There are truly vomit inducing photos and videos of all this, aggressively censored by the West. Check it out. If you want to learn the truth of what’s going on instead of letting yourself get gripped by the hysteria promulgated by the US. And idiot toadies like Berenson here.
Oh, please give me a break. Neo-Nazis exist in many countries. Look at Canada. Look at US. In case anyone mistakes me, I'm being sarcastic. Crying Nazi is classic. Slaughtering thousands. I am sure that great humanitarian, Vladimir Putin, is only concerned with saving lives. Oh, and mistreatment of ethnic minorities, sound familiar. What a crock of crap, from all sides.
And clearly you haven’t even read what Putin has said about all this before the invasion and clearly you are also UTTERLY UNAWARE of the thousands of Russians in Ukraine who have been viciously murdered the last eight years. Just because CNN and the CIA and the NYT don’t want you to know about it Doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Or did you believe the “anthrax” lies and the WMD lies about Iraq. Maybe you’re only 11 years old.
Give me a break. Clearly you are completely ignorant of this because you live in the US where his has been heavily censored. Has it never we occurred to you that your perceptions in the US are almost 100% controlled by the media? Please tell me when, in the last, oh, 20 years, the media hasn’t lied to us about the Big Important things. It’s not hard to look this up, just don’t use google. Use a search engine that’s not connected to, and controlled by, the spook/military/complex. Google changed its name to Alphabet for a reason (and as an inside joke they must laugh about every day).
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=azov+bataklion+nazis+ukraine+swastikas&t=iphone&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
I don't consider Ukrainians committing genocide of the Russians as a crock of crap.
I refer to overheated rhetoric without proof on both sides as a "crock of crap".
Our US government is in bed with the Ukrainians, so you'll have to do some research to find what you need.
No question we are part of the problem in the Ukraine. We have interfered (to put it mildly ) since 2014. I am referring to rhetoric on both sides. Sorry I am not as diligent as you, but I don't care to spend my time confirming or refuting every claim. I know Putin is neither hero (rescuing Ukraine from Nazis) or complete villian. And US hands are dirty due to corruption. I just refuse to be propagandized.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy910FG46C4
I'm slipping. Trudeau said truckers were Nazis. Crying Nazi to distract.
I'm replying with my own post because Alex is erasing my posts:
Let me explain it to you in a way you can understand, Alex. Your neighbor has bought his teenage boys hand guns. They're feeling pretty macho these days setting up a practice range in their yard, and they don't appreciate your complaints.
Did I tell you that dad is on the city council, at its head, and in a position to do favors for the other neighbors whose kids are also gathering at the shooting range in your neighbor's backyard. What'chu gonna do, Alex, start a war?
Ok we heard you the first seven times you posted this. Ok.
I'm replying with my own post because Alex is erasing my posts:
Let me explain it to you in a way you can understand, Alex. Your neighbor has bought his teenage boys hand guns. They're feeling pretty macho these days setting up a practice range in their yard, and they don't appreciate your complaints.
Did I tell you that dad is on the city council, at its head, and in a position to do favors for the other neighbors whose kids are also gathering at the shooting range in your neighbor's backyard. What'chu gonna do, Alex, start a war?
Could you say that again? I wasn't paying attention the first 100 times.
Great article. Thank you. I’m hearing things like this more and more.
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