World War Three

[Fred Steeves]

Some interesting observations from Jeffrey Sachs: (9 minutes)

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss1M1fC7J3I

[Wind]

I suppose in late October and early November a real mayhem might begin there. We live in crazy times.


Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkocO2fvND0

[modwiz]

I suppose in late October and early November a real mayhem might begin there. We live in crazy times.

I have never seen the world be crazier than it is now.

For a daily sober analysis from a professionally neutral commentator. Quite a lot of detail.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R8zC_8r7Ts

[Wind]

I have never seen the world be crazier than it is now.

That should tell something as you've already experienced quite many orbits around the sun.

[modwiz]

That should tell something as you've already experienced quite many orbits around the sun.

Coming up on 70 orbits. My biggest observation is declining competence in most professions and general problem solving.

[Aragorn]

My biggest observation is declining competence in most professions and general problem solving.

That has been my observation as well. One may even throw declining IQ scores into that mix.

[Fred Steeves]

This guy just keeps on making good sense. Obviously a "Putin Puppet" that shouldn't even be listened to according to Western intelligentsia

Negotiate? Pfffft, you don't negotiate with the latest incarnation of Hitler. That's Russian propaganda saying we should sit down and talk!

(8:30 long)

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gss21S1MTU8

[modwiz]

That has been my observation as well. One may even throw declining IQ scores into that mix.

I was implying that. There clearly is a lack of intellectual 'horsepower'.

[Wind]

This guy just keeps on making good sense. Obviously a "Putin Puppet" that shouldn't even be listened to according to Western intelligentsia

He certainly knows how it is and I almost fully agree with him.

Despite that, the reality is that at the moment too Putin is terror bombing Ukraine and Kiev. There is no excuse for that.

What do you do in a situation where Biden or Putin doesn't want to negotiate? The lines have been crossed long ago.

[Fred Steeves]

He certainly knows how it is and I almost fully agree with him.

Despite that, the reality is that at the moment too Putin is terror bombing Ukraine and Kiev. There is no excuse for that.

I hadn't heard "terror bombing" yet, so went and looked it up. It looks like now the West is saying if you shoot off missiles or drones it's terror related, and according to Putin, if your enemy covertly blows something up it's terror related. War is nasty business, and it's never just one side that "terrorizes" the other (see Iraqi roadside bombs), to me this new terror banter is just the latest chapter in each side propagandizing for its cause.

What do you do in a situation where Biden or Putin doesn't want to negotiate? The lines have been crossed long ago.

So far as I've seen, its been the West that steadfastly refuses to negotiate thus far, fighting to the last Ukranian is still the overall strategy.

[Wind]

I hadn't heard "terror bombing" yet, so went and looked it up. It looks like now the West is saying if you shoot off missiles or drones it's terror related

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bugWizIoPec

So far as I've seen, its been the West that steadfastly refuses to negotiate thus far, fighting to the last Ukranian is still the overall strategy.

Putin sees no need for talks with Biden for now

"He should be asked whether he is ready to hold such negotiations with me or not. To be honest, I don’t see any need by and large. There is no platform for any negotiations for the time being," Putin told the media on Friday, when asked about the possibility of a meeting with Biden at the G20 summit in Indonesia.

The Kremlin wants to buy time to prepare for a ‘full-scale offensive’ in early 2023

Meduza has learned from multiple sources close to the Russian government that the Kremlin has simultaneously been lobbying Western leaders behind closed doors to convince Kyiv to agree to a temporary ceasefire. But according to the sources, Putin has no intention of ending the war; instead, his ceasefire campaign is part of a wider strategy to buy time for training conscripts and replenishing supplies in order to launch a "full-scale offensive" in February or March.​

I think this lays out the plan quite well.

The Crimean Peninsula, finally, is strategically important for NATO as well as Ukraine. Russian possession of the peninsula allows Russia to base anti-air and anti-shipping missiles 325 kilometers further west than it could using only the territory it legally controls. It lets Russia position aircraft in Sevastopol, about 300 kilometers further west than airbases on the territory of the Russian Federation. These differences matter greatly to the scale and scope of the air and missile threat Russia can pose to NATO’s southeastern flank as well as to Russia’s ability to prepare and support future invasions of Ukraine. Of all the Ukrainian lands NATO should desire Ukraine to regain for NATO’s own interests, Crimea should be at the top of the list.

[Fred Steeves]

I hadn't heard "terror bombing" yet, so went and looked it up. It looks like now the West is saying if you shoot off missiles or drones it's terror related

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bugWizIoPec

Yes, that's right in line with what I was reading. Propaganda is entering into feverish pitch territory, the manufacture of consent is now fully into the manufacture of outrage mode.

So far as I've seen, its been the West that steadfastly refuses to negotiate thus far, fighting to the last Ukranian is still the overall strategy.

Putin sees no need for talks with Biden for now

He should be asked whether he is ready to hold such negotiations with me or not. To be honest, I don’t see any need by and large. There is no platform for any negotiations for the time being," Putin told the media on Friday, when asked about the possibility of a meeting with Biden at the G20 summit in Indonesia.

Huh, TASS actually looks fairly straight forward with their reporting. I'm surprised! The West forced Zelensky to walk away from the table in March, and what Putin says above sounds about right, who's he supposed to negotiate with?

I'm sure he hasn't forgotten that blown up pipeline either by "you know who", even though it's already water under the bridge here in the West with our short little spans of attention, and a convenient near blackout by our "media" to help that along.

[modwiz]

Alex and Alex, The Duran, gave that story some coverage today.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65saUjbbNLM

[Fred Steeves]

Alex and Alex, The Duran, gave that story some coverage today.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65saUjbbNLM

I saw that last night, and of course immediately went looking to confirm, but couldn't. Tried again this morning and still can't find any confirmation, except on Reddit, where it took me full circle right back to The Duran

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_asNhzXq72w

[Wind]

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvqmGUZTCtU