Apocalyptic Fail Kherson Counteroffensive but Don't Ask WMM
Part One
Apocalyptic fail comparable to classic WW1 battles, but London media have practically stopped talking about it, and they have stopped talking about the disastrous Ukraine commando attack on ZNPP.
All military critics such as McGregor, Ritter, and Berletic say you cannot carry out this kind of offensive over open country without air superiority and artillery superiority. Ukraine had neither but went ahead anyway and have left thousands dead. Probably around 3,000 dead in a few days, but maybe worse, leading a whole Ukrainian region to declare a day of mourning. Photos of soldiers marching behind tanks towards Russian guns: just how much does it take to realize that this is not a military strategy, it is sheer foolishness. Ukrainians have made no advances other than a bridgehead over the Inguletz river where they are surrounded by Russian artillery and may have fallen into a deliberate Russian trap. At least one Ukrainian unit has begged to be allowed to return to the other side of the river.
Zelenskiy ignored the advice of his commanders but was likely pushed into it by Boris Johnson, disgraced prime minister on his last, staggering legs, and Churchillian fantasist of Great Britain (Britain’s Yeltsin, and both called Boris). The possibility of a military coup in Kiev is now very high as the Ukrainian military are at a breaking point. The commanders must know now that the orders they are given are irrational.
A coup is the only way to stop the madness of sending people to their certain deaths day after day. The western powers will resist but they may not be strong enough to countermand the Ukrainian military itself. The attack on ZNPP was sheer lunacy: the product of an administration made up of fantasy actors led by a comedian without sufficient exposure to the real world. They have achieved nothing.
The Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu confirms the devastating losses suffered by Ukraine. The assumption that Russians are running out of ammunition is wrong: there is no evidence that they are, but that is the calculation - hope - of the western propagandists, as in the UK Defense Ministry, that like to talk of Russian Vostock military drills, where UK supposes that Russia has only 15,000 men to commit. The Russians say 50,000. Why does the UK believe the figure is 15,000 men? China and India are now participating in these exercises, so why would Russia lie about something that must be known to China and India?
Why do western US puppets still behave in a way that draws in the Russian artillery, what is the logic? Are they presuming that the 2019 RAND “extending Russia” plan will still work in a few months’ time after western sanctions have finally had their desired effect? It is now clear that Ukraine is being destroyed, that Russia is not weaker but possibly stronger, and Europe is in the process of being impoverished. All European and US leaders invested in this fairytale and in place of admitting to their hubris they double down, they press on, regardless of the conditions, however bad things get, say, for the people of Germany (whose foreign minister has actually said she will press on regardless of what German voters want). They will send more soldiers to their deaths, implement the hopelessly inept gas price cap, and all the rest of it. And as if that wasn’t enough they will make exactly the same mistakes over Taiwan.
Postscript
As Jeffrey Sachs tells Democracy Now! today, the west is riding towards the precipice (of nuclear annihilation). See Sachs on DN! Western power is 250 years old, the product of the invention of the steam engine in Britain and Britain’s military dominance in the 19th century. The wealth and power of the West is now eclipsed by the BRICS powers (and these will become more extensive in the months and years ahead). The west’s continuing mindset is “we run the world,” which is totally out of date. Why doesn’t any western politician know this?