P&D Geopolitics Edition, Russia, Ukraine, and Donald Trump, Part III

Today the KGB, in all it's manifestations over the last 100 years, has now outlived communism and Russia is no longer a state with a security service, instead the security service has a state. 

By Rich Kozlovich, Tags

In December a Russian general was assassinated, and six days ago another Russian general was assassinated, very near Moscow, and it's not being done by the Russians, not their style when dealing with internal conflicts.  That's why they have gulags and work camps.  These were vehicle detonations and most likely done remotely.  

This might be viewed a small thing in the overall picture, but I see this in a different light.  I think it's a very large small thing, and is a foundational insight into the Russian military, their internal security is deteriorating, and I've stated in the past it seems likely to me there's a Claus von Stauffenberg cabal in their military.  As I read this I wondered if this isn't a subtle evidence of that being so, as it seems this required inside information.   Just a thought... as I said... subtle evidence. 

There are two camps in the Russian hierarchy, the war mongers who insist on fighting until total victory is attained, because like all criminals, they just can give up on the con.  They insistent on clinging to the fallacious argument NATO and Europe, with support from America, are now, and have been on the verge of attacking Russia.  The ridiculous "depth of defense" argument that's been used to justify their unwarranted attack on Ukraine by Russia.  I'll tell you what, we'll come back to that.

Then there's the group who sees reality and recognizes they need peace as a matter of practicality.  This was has cost them hundreds of thousands of young men who will no longer be around to contribute to their population, which has a serious demographic problem.  Ten years ago it was estimated by 2040 ethnic Russians would be a minority in their own nation.  That drop in the Russian ethnic demographic has now been speeded up - a lot.  Putin's insane war has put Russia's demographics in free fall.

Russia has seven defensive gaps they feel they must defend, and ten years ago they only had enough manpower to fully man three of them.  Now their manpower level is so bad there are now mercenaries from 48 nations with boots on the ground including N. Korea and China, seriously exposing the Russian military isn't a bear.   They're so desperate they've duped poor young Indian nationals desperate for foreign employment into fighting in Ukraine. In fact this war has turned into a meat grinder. A riot broke out over this in Krasnodar and their desertion problem is real.

The economics of this war is killing them and they want a restoration of economic stability and a return of international investments, but they don't want to make any concession until they conquer more territory. 

According to Ekaterina Zolotova, an expert analyst for Geopolitical, that's a reflection of the Russian mentality overall.   The majority want peace, a minority wants war, but a huge majority of all Russians insist there should be no concessions or minimal concessions.  That's Putin's conundrum. 

The drop in the price of oil and U.S. sanctions has caused Putin serious budget issues.  Central Asian nations that were former USSR republics are now doing more business with China, who is even wanting to fund building a small nuke power plant in one of these nations, and that's a pattern that won't end when this war is over.  

China's cut a "comprehensive strategic partnership" deal with Azerbaijan involving travel, trade, science, energy and...get this... tourism.   But here's the kicker.  They're agreeing to affirm mutual support for sovereignty and territorial integrity.   How far will that range?  As for right now Azerbaijan agrees that Taiwan is part of China and China agrees to support Azerbaijan in their conflict with Nagoya-Karabakh.   Didn't even know there was such a thing did you, but this is a major small conflict on Russia's border that's been going on for years, and one that Russia can't resolve due to this Ukraine war.  Azerbaijan is on the west cost of the Caspian Sea, right in Russia's back yard, and China is stepping in where Russia has failed.   Russians can't even manufacture their military needs, so China does, and has been doing so for some time.

Even Pakistan is involving themselves in the Russian sphere of influence, and truth be told, Putin needs to worry far more about China than NATO or the U.S.

Back to the "Depth of Defense" big lie.  In February Putin predicted Trump was going to make Europe's leaders ‘Bend at His Feet’ saying:

“They just don’t like Trump. They forgot him actively, really interfered in political life, in the election process of the United States. And then they were confused when Trump suddenly won,” Putin said. “But I assure you, Trump with his character, persistence, he will restore order pretty quickly. And all of them, you’ll see, it will happen quickly, soon, all of them will stand at the master’s feet and gently wag their tails.”

Why is that important?  It's a tacit acknowledgement that Putin understood who and what these European NATO "leaders" were and had to know they had no plans, desires, or ability to attack Russia.  

There have been prominent writers who claim Putin doesn't bluff, I think that's a load of horsepucky.  I've paid a lot of attention to him over the years, and read a lot of Russian history, and he's still practicing what Russian communists have been practicing since they took over, it's called maskirovka, a masquerade.  

The Russians always bluff unless they have an overwhelming advantage where there's no need bluff in order to get their way, then they just use the hammer.  Just like when the USSR crushed the Hungarian Revolution in 1956, or the Czech revolt known as the Prague Spring in 1968, where nothing could have stopped Soviet troops from overwhelming those nations.   That's not the case now, and what advantage he had has dissipated massively, at many levels.

Russia was considered the number two military nation in the world, which has been fighting a war against the 22nd military nation in the world for three years, but he's not going to launch nuclear weapons against Ukraine.  He can't take the risk of retaliation, and NATO is now aware of how dangerous Putin is, and is talking retaliation, which makes you wonder from where they're getting their natural gas now, and do they really want Warsaw or Berlin to become a nuclear waste land?  

But Putin really doesn't want Moscow to become one either, and I don't believe he will take that chance.  I also believe he's facing some internal political issues that scares him. Is there a Claus von Stauffenberg cabal within his military?  Absolutely!  Historically, being Caesar is the scariest most dangerous job in the world, or in this case Czar, without the religious trappings.  

There's always a Stauffenberg cabal, look at what happened to the American military establishment.  Would they take action if he attempted to use nukes?  I think so.  He's not the chess player we thought he was, but that's when he was dealing with nitwits like Obama, but I also don't think he's that stupid either. He's not really all that smart, he's just clever.  Even if there's no retaliation the international consequences will be massive.  He's already destroyed Ukraine far beyond his economic ability to rebuild it, and nukes would merely make it worse, so where's the victory? 

He's failed to defeat Ukraine in three years, and it's clear Russia's military, and especially it's military leadership are not all that after all.  Bad leadership, bad training, bad strategy, poor logistics, terrible planning, lousy intelligence, and stupid arrogant conclusions, all of which has been the problem with Russia for 125 years, going back to the the 1904 Russo/Japanese war, which Russia lost, and then WWI, which they lost.  They only defeated Germany in WWII because Germany was overstretched.... way over stretched....  and America provided much needed hardware, especially the Dodge truck.  

It's been said the Dodge truck saved the Soviet Union, as that allowed Stalin to quickly transport men and material around the country, which he was incapable of doing before that.  Horse cart supply lines don't cut it. If Germany had finished off England first, and hadn't declared war on America, Russia would have lost, badly, even with the 30 divisions he had stashed in Eastern Russia to repel a feared Japanese invasion.

This war has exposed just how fragile Russia is economically, industrially, and domestically.  As a result,  Putin's international credibly is in the toilet, and he needs for this war to go away.  He also needs to come out looking good, or at least not as the loser, since in Russia failed leaders aren't well tolerated, and I've no doubt, given the murderous thug he's been, he legitimately fears for his continued existence.  

He also knows France and others are talking about putting boots on the ground, and Trump didn't want to keep funding Ukraine any longer.  He clearly needs Trump to work some diplomatic magic as he did with the Abrahamic Accords, and that will have to be a multinational agreement that binds Russia to Ukrainian protection, which will require an entire restructuring of Ukraine's government.  Good luck with that, as each time they seem to reach an agreement one or both parties reneges, and Trump made it clear he's had it and is more than willing to walk away. 

But now Trump has allegedly cut a deal with Zalenskyy over mining in Ukraine, as a result, a fund would be created out of that to rebuild Ukraine and Trump is partially ending his ban on military hardware.  A lot of military hardware.   Fifty billion dollars worth of military hardware, so we'll see what happens, but make no mistake about this.  There are no good guys in this war, only one worse guy, and that's Putin.

P&D Geopolitics Edition: Russo/Ukrainian War, and Donald Trump, Part II

By Rich Kozlovich, Tags: P&D Geopolitics Edition: Russo/Ukrainian War, and Donald Trump

On February 20, 2025 Victoria White Berger published this article, Oh, horrors! Trump pursues peace and tells the truth about Zelenskyy, saying:

The war machine is up and screaming. Zelenskyy is having a hissy fit for not continuing to be the absolute center of attention as Trump proceeds, diplomatically, to pursue perfectly legitimate routes to, firstly, engage the “aggressor” (Russia) in talks for peace. For the first time since the current Ukraine/Russia war began—exactly 3 years less 4 days ago—the leadership of America is speaking for the people, those being killed, and all those paying for it.

Zelenskyy is furious that America, whose taxpayers have financed “his” war, did not yet include him in the first diplomatic efforts with Russia. But this is not all about Zelenskyy, fortunately.  It most absolutely stands to reason that the peace talks, from the perspective of any historically successful diplomacy, must begin with the most powerful participant: Russia. This is Diplomacy 101.

There’s only one thing in this article I disagree with and this is “Zelenskyy’s war”. It’s Putin’s war, and his excuses for starting it are pathetic. And none of this could have happened if it wasn’t for Joe Biden stealing the election via massive voter fraud because he gave Putin carte blanche for supplying energy to Europe when he shut down all the drilling, and even started buying oil from Venezuela. That funded Putin’s war, and it put all of Europe in a bind.

However, that wouldn’t have been a problem if Europe’s leaders hadn’t gone insane, aka, green, buying into the global warming lies.   Now Europe had to buy so much more natural gas and oil from Russia. They’re either stupid or crazy. 

If the Ukrainian government hadn’t been one of, if not the most corrupt government in Europe, they could have easily provided for adequate defenses to thwart any Russian invasion.  And if there are all these wealth building natural resources there, as is being reported, why didn’t they develop them before and become a very wealthy nation, capable of buying or building a huge defense capability that would have thwarted any invasion.

Russia has been at it against Ukraine since 2014, not to mention all the other former Soviet states they've attacked, so they had to know it was coming.  Putin would have known those defensive capabilities were in place, and this would have never happened.   But you can’t corruptly line your pockets and meet the needs of the nation at the same time, and it seems perfectly clear that’s what has been happening all these years.

From the beginning my view is this is Europe’s problem, let them fix it or not, if they don’t it’s on them.  If they do, it’s still on them, we have no skin in this game.  And all this insane clabber about how the US and NATO forced him to attack is nonsense.  

NATO was set up to prevent aggression by the Soviet Union against Europe, and that was a very real threat.   But NATO, no matter who became members had no desire to attack Russia, and without US support they couldn't have beaten their way out of a wet paper bag, and Putin absolutely knew that.  This attack wasn't about depth of defense, it was about revanche, the return of the lost territory of what was the Soviet Union.  

If you’re a moral person you must feel compassion for the people of Ukraine, the same people who suffered the death of millions at Stalin’s hands, but if you’re a rational person, you must realize this isn’t our fault, nor is it our responsibility.

There's been a lot of effort by the Trump administration to bring this Russo/Ukrainian War insanity to an end, and it's also clear neither Zelenskyy or Putin want that as they're both playing games. 

Below are some of the latest articles dealing with this insanity.   Today we're told there will be peace.  Tomorrow neither Putin or Zelenskyy will sign a peace deal unless ___________ add the caveat of your choice here.   

Now there's all this talk about Europe putting boots on the ground in Ukraine, and now that Russia is using both North Korean and Chinese troops, it give Ukraine and the rest of Europe an excuse to do the same. Any talk about other countries coming to Ukraine’s aid is hot air, which Europe’s leaders are exceptionally good at. 

• U.K. to Rush Experimental Laser Weapon into Service to Deploy in Ukraine - Oliver JJ Lane Ukraine is to become a giant testing ground for a revolutionary new laser weapon which, if successful, promises to radically alter the economics of warfare, the British government says. The “sovereign” British Dragonfire laser was successfully tested at an Army range in Scotland earlier this year. Now, defence procurement rules are being changed to rush it to deployment five years early, and perhaps to the front line in Ukraine even sooner. British Defence Minister Grant Shapps said the rollout of the anti-air laser to the Royal Navy warships was being brought forward five whole years, from 2032 to 2027, but made clear it could be seeing action earlier yet...........

There will be no European troops on the ground doing any fighting, there will be little organized efforts to give them money, as Europe keeps saying they're going to finance Ukraine, but they don't seem to know where the money will be coming from, and now because Trump has put the hammer down on NATO about meeting their financial obligations, they're all investing far more money in their own national defenses, and their national debt keeps climbing.

Ukraine is running out of bodies and military supplies, a lot of which has ended up on the black market. If the US walks away, it’s over, Zelenskyy knows it, Putin knows it, Europe knows it, and Trump knows it, irrespective of all of the grandstanding by Zelenskyy and Europe's leaders against Trump.

Here was Jack Hellner's  overview of the Russo-Ukrainian war, from 2008–2025, which I thought was a good article, with excellent time lines, and clear definitions of who is who and what is what. All necessary as the Pravda media keeps trying to redefine reality and history.

There's a reason why he wasn't included in negotiations.  President Trump: It’s “Not Important” for Zelensky to be Involved in Peace Talks – “He Makes It Very Hard to Make Deals”.  Arrogant on the part of Trump?  Possibly, but Zelenskyy has demonstrated beyond any doubt he's not reliable, and the yellow jacket in your soft drink.

1.  Trump resurrects Kissinger 
2.  Trump Torches ’Dictator’ Zelensky For Opposing Peace Push 
3.  Trump Gives an Update on Russia-Ukraine Peace Talk 
4.  Analyzing the Trump/Zelensky meeting

Let's try and get this right, just once, please. Zelenskyy is a dictator.   His government was corrupt and given everything that's happened there's every indication it still is.  There's no way of knowing how many millions of dollars Biden gave to him ended up in Ukrainian officials pockets because Joe wouldn't allow that money to be tracked. How insane is that?

As you go through these posts you will see a man who can twist himself into a pretzel with his proclamations, but it seems perfectly clear nothing he says can be trusted.   And the same absolutely goes for Putin.  

1.  Zelensky Says ‘Ready’ to Resign for the Sake of Peace, NATO Membership
2.  Zelensky Offers to Resign for Peace, but There's a Catch
3.   Zelensky surrenders to Trump and will sign rare earth mineral deal within hours.
4.  WSJ broke the story, full details here.
5.  Media Fears: Could Lose If He Holds Elections
6.  Zelensky Tantrum: Cancels Peace Talks Trip
7.  No, President Zelenskyy and the EU, you don’t dictate American foreign policy
8.  No, Zelensky is not Churchill
9.  Yes, Voldemort Zelenskyy Is a Dictator
10.  Marco Rubio Confirms Snakelike Behavior of Zelensky During Negotiations and Peace Talks
11.  What Zelensky Didn’t Get
    

Is peace possible? Not now it isn't, and no matter how much effort Trump puts into bringing it about, he can't make them want peace, and that's the key, neither party wants it, nor does Europe.

1. ‘Freezing’ Ukrainian Conflict Will Not Bring Peace Both Kyiv and Moscow say they are not interested in “freezing” the conflict in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Moscow insists that any accord must address the “root causes” of the conflict, and Kyiv........
2. Is ‘Peace’ a Dirty Word?
   
3. A Possible End to the War in Ukraine 
4. Is the Ukraine war everyone's war?
5. Why Ukraine Is Cautious
6. All the Ukrainian Known Knowns

Russia is in trouble, and Putin will tolerate no dissent.  He's jailed four Russian journalists who were supporters of political rival Navalny, who he had arrested and then murdered, and he's causing trouble everywhere, and the reason why more nations joined NATO, and is causing a lot of unrest with all of their neighbors.  Belarus is now openly supporting Putin, which is positioned on Ukraine's North West border allowing for attacks behind Ukrainian forces, and Turkey is walking an economic tightrope. 

1. Russia’s Double Game in Arctic is Cooperation in Name, but Confrontation in Practice 
2. Sweden’s SÄPO Reports that Russia is Evolving Sabotage Tactics
3. Ukrainian War Unsettles Russian Regions and Non-Russian Republics
4. Russia Uses Black Sea Ceasefire Talks to Regain Former Hegemony

This war has impacted Russia negatively at many levels.  Internally ethnic enclaves are spreading across Russia, in effect they're saying they're not Russian, and that's scaring Putin, but he has serious economic issues he can't resolve while continuing this war, and what Putin's seeing play out is the central Asian nations are now doing far more business with China than in the past, and that's going to grow.  

1. Global Trade War Does Not Diminish Pressure on Russia to End Its War
2. China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Emerges as Competitor to Kazakhstan’s Rail Network

I thought this was an interesting piece by Jordan Schachtel, Washington's $300 billion dilemma, saying:

 

 What are the implications of stealing hundreds of billions of dollars from Russia? After the onset of Russia’s invasion into Ukraine, western powers responded with haste to impose a plethora of sanctions against Moscow, hoping to use the dollar as an economic weapon to strike back against the Kremlin’s kinetic activities in Ukraine.   Two years ago on this very day, the Biden Administration’s Treasury Department moved to freeze hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian assets that are held in the United States. The number held by the U.S. and European powers is estimated today to amount to $300 billion.

 

Interesting information, and I thought it worthwhile to highlight it, but it seems clear to me he's a Putin apologist, and Putin apologists just irritate me.

 

Conclusion?  It seems to me at some point Trump is going realize he's wasting his time, and say, I've had it.  No more money and no more negotiations.  Letting Europe, Zelenskyy, and Putin know, they're all on their own.

P&D Geopolitics Edition: Russo/Ukranian War, and Donald Trump

By Rich Kozlovich   

I just watched a podcast that got a lot right, and a lot wrong. It was suggested Zelenskyy's snit at the White House was staged by Trump, and that was from someone I have a great deal of respect for, but it's still clearly irrational. It was staged by Zelenskyy. When they have these meetings with the reporters it’s like a stage play with everything largely scripted out. It was Zelenskyy who went off script, and did so at the behest of the Democrats and RINO's who he met with previously, somehow convincing him he could embarrass Trump in front of the nation and get things he wanted that were not agreed to.

Is this Russo/Ukraine War the real end to the cold war? For the most part, yes, since now everyone knows the Russian military bear is a Teddy Bear, and Europe no longer needs to fear being attacked. The number two military nation in the world couldn't beat the number 22 military nation in the world in three years, and now needs recruits from North Korea to man their army.

While this is the true end to the Cold War, Russia will still be playing the bad boy on the block as long as they still have a quasi-Soviet form of governance. A form of governance that’s almost genetic in Russians, just as is their irrational fear of being attacked, while historically based, it’s now irrational, except for China. There’s more to be seen there in the future, at least until both their economies collapse along with the EU.

Call their leader a President, Premiere, dictator, or Czar, it’s a tyrannous form of governance, and is foundational to their centuries long social paradigm.

There was a comparison made between Putin and Ukraine and Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam. But there was a difference. America entered that mess because they tried to please the most unpleasable people in Europe. The French! Their anti-Soviet fears were valid, Stalin really did want to conquer the rest of Europe, but their actions regarding Vietnam were foolish, and make no mistake, the French are the most unreliable ally the world has ever known, and it was they who cause the Vietnam War, and no matter the public demonstrations, there is absolutely no European nation that trusts the French, and there are centuries of history that justify that view.

The French conned us with rhetoric about giving a form of independence to the Vietnamese, which some very smart people who were rabid anti-communists bought into embracing preconceptual politics. France was a country that should have been labeled as a collaborator nation after WWII, which it was, and never given a seat at the UN. But America’s leaders allowed themselves to be bullied by De Gaulle, who threatened to join with the communists if they didn’t give him what he wanted. Support their recolonization of Indochina. And this was the beginning of the cold war, which enabled preconceived notions refusing to accept what was known in favor of their preconceptions. They ignored the things known, and made up the things unknown.

The real culprit was FDR, who finally acknowledged just before he died Stalin had broken every one one of the promises he made at Yalta, and there was more than enough intelligence to know that’s exactly what was going to happen, and yet Truman failed to deal with it at Potsdam. FDR created the Cold War, Truman ran with it, and the rest of the world was stuck with it. That’s the problem when you have too many “really smart people” who are in charge with massive egos, and little intelligence, just like Kissinger and Nixon. They have no concept about “the basics” and no use for them, and ideology makes smart people stupid.

As for their inability to recognize there could be no military victory in Vietnam simply because they couldn't get the people on their side isn't entirely true. There were those, including respected military men, who pointed that very thing out, and yet, they recommended more military intrusion. The reason? Preconceptualism.

Preconceived politics, preconceived journalism, preconceived science, all refusing to recognize anything that may refute their preconceived notions, leading to failure.  Whether it involves global warming, or geopolitics.   But, then again, everything is geopolitical at some point, and once again, this idea that Putin was claiming  Russia needed a buffer between Russia and the west because they were scared, is horsepucky.  Get real, this argument they were afraid they were going to be attacked is folly.  It was all about revanche, plain and simple, and it would appear that’s the geopolitical hill so many are willing to die on, which I find flabbergasting. 

He knew there was no physical threat to Russia by anyone. He knew NATO couldn’t beat its way out of a wet paper bag. He knew the Europeans would do nothing, and we know that was what he believed when he acknowledged Europe’s leaders would end up coming to Trump wagging their tails. He had their number, so all this “depth of defense” clabber is nonsense.

America had no intention of invading Russia, and any claim Putin couldn’t know that and had to plan for the worst, is also horsepucky. The Russians have spies in every institution in America, and they’re excellent at infiltration. Their intelligence services use all the tools possible, and that includes electronic tools.

I’ve said this in the past and I’m going to restate it. I worked in intelligence when I was in the service, and every action being planned leaves trails. Trails that once picked up on are tracked, and there were absolutely no trails indicating America was going to attack Russia, and Putin knew it. How do I know that? Simply, no one in Russia is claiming any evidence of an attack in planning, which would have justified Putin's aggression, something he's desperately sought.

They knew America didn’t plan to invade, didn’t want to invade, and wasn’t going to invade, and merely wanted Russia to stop acting like the international bully they are. As for the argument Trump wants Putin to continue in power, since as a defeated Russian leader, he's weak and can be negotiated with, well, that may not matter.  Putin failed, Russia is suffering economically, and who knows how many hundreds of thousands of young mens lives have been wasted in this war.   He’s already showing signs he’s scared, and his goal now is to survive, so he desperately needs this war to end.  

There's already resistance in his government and even protests in Siberia.  Russian leaders who fail are discarded, and he’ll be replaced with someone who was against the war in the first place and who will see the big time advantage of having America on his side. Besides, the Chinese are going to be a problem for Russia down the road, and I don’t care what kind of big public agreements and statements they’re making now.

On February 20th Victoria White Berger published this piece, Oh, horrors! Trump pursues peace and tells the truth about Zelenskyy saying:

Zelenskyy is furious that America, whose taxpayers have financed “his” war, did not yet include him in the first diplomatic efforts with Russia. But this is not all about Zelenskyy, fortunately. It most absolutely stands to reason that the peace talks, from the perspective of any historically successful diplomacy, must begin with the most powerful participant: Russia. This is Diplomacy 101. 

Well, Zelenskyy is out, and so too are the European nations.  They have nothing to offer, and their eternal bickering is counterproductive.  But now they're scrambling to appear consequential promising to come up with their own plan, spending more money on Ukraine, sending more equipment and even saying they're going to put boots on the ground. It's all CO2. If they believed saving Ukraine was so important, they should have done that three years ago when it would have meant something.

This is Putin’s war, and his excuses for starting it are pathetic, as I've already shown. And none of this could have happened if it wasn’t for Joe Biden stealing the election via massive voter fraud because he gave Putin carte blanche for supplying energy to Europe when he shut down all the drilling, and even started buy oil from Venezuela. That funded Putin’s war.

However, that wouldn’t have been a problem if Europe’s leaders hadn’t gone insane, aka, green, buying into the global warming lies. They’re either stupid or crazy.

If the Ukrainian government hadn’t been one of, if not the most corrupt governments in Europe, they could have easily provided for adequate defenses to thwart any Russian invasion. And if there are all these wealth building natural resources there, as is being reported, why didn’t they develop them before and become a very wealthy nation, capable of buying or building a huge defense capability that would have thwarted any invasion?

Russia has been at it since 2014 they had to know it was coming, and Putin would have known those defensive capabilities were in place, and as a result, this would have never happened. But you can’t corruptly line your pockets and meet the needs of the nation at the same time, and it seems perfectly clear that’s what has been happening all these years.

From the beginning my view is this is Europe’s problem, let them fix it or not, if they don’t it’s on them. If they do, it’s still on them, we have no skin in this game. If you’re a moral person you must feel compassion for the people of Ukraine, the same people who suffered the death of millions at Stalin’s hands, but if you’re a rational person, you must realize this isn’t our fault, and Ukraine is lost, Russia is in trouble, Europe isn't a nation it's a continent filled with conflicted nations, all of whom behind closed doors admit this war is lost, and needs to end, and the only one who can do that is Donald Trump, and he will not allow Zelenskyy, his corrupt government, or the stupid leaders of Europe to interfere, or he'll just walk away and let them play this mess out for as long as they like. We're going to take our marbles and go home.

One more thing. As a result of Trump’s views that the Russo/Ukrainian War isn’t our problem nor is it our responsibility, that it’s Europe’s problem and they can fix it or not, and we don’t care what they do, what they say or think because they don’t count, it seems clear to me he’s been reading my articles in P&D. Waddayathink?

This Game Has a New Dealer

By Rich Kozlovich

 

Trump has been negotiating with Putin to bring this Russo/Ukrainian War to an end, and he's calling it, “Zelenskyy’s war”.  That's just nuts, this is Putin’s war, and his excuses for starting it are pathetic. And none of this could have happened if it wasn’t for Joe Biden stealing the election via massive voter fraud, which I happily substantiate with My Voter Fraud Commentaries.  As a result of his insane energy policies shutting down production, even buying oil from Venezuela, that gave Putin carte blanche to supply energy to Europe.  That funded Putin’s war.  

However, that wouldn’t have been a problem if Europe’s leaders hadn’t gone insane, aka, green, and bought into the Net Zero global warming lies leaving them vulnerable to Russian energy supplies.   They’re either stupid, crazy..... or .... I opt for both.

If the Ukrainian government hadn’t been one of, if not the most corrupt government in Europe, they could have easily provided for adequate defenses to thwart any Russian invasion. And if there are all these wealth building natural resources there, as is being reported, why didn’t they develop them long before this and become a very wealthy nation?  A nation capable of buying or building a huge defensive capacity that would have thwarted any invasion.

Russia has been at this since 2014 they had to know it was coming, and Putin would have known those defensive capabilities were in place, and this would have never happened. But you can’t corruptly line your pockets and meet the needs of the nation at the same time, and it seems perfectly clear that’s what has been happening all these years.

From the beginning my view is this is Europe’s problem, let them fix it or not, if they don’t it’s on them. If they do, it’s still on them, we have no skin in this game. If you’re a moral person you must feel compassion for the people of Ukraine, the same people who suffered the death of millions at Stalin’s hands, but if you’re a rational person, you must realize Ukraine isn't our fault, nor is it our responsibility!  All this talk about Europe sending troops there …. well …. it’s too late now.

As for all these demands by Europe that America keep sending untraceable billions and even putting boots on the ground, well, that just ain’t gonna happen.

Ukraine is lost, no matter what deal is struck.  Bretton Woods is over, we don’t have the money, and a great many of us don’t have the desire, to bail them out, nor care what happens to Europe.  It's time for America to cut the umbilical cord for Europe's defense, and I don't care how hysterical they get over the positions taken by Vice President Vance and Secretary of Defense Hegseth.   They no longer have a say, they're incapable of coming to the table with any worthwhile solutions.

On Monday French President Emmanuel Macron hosted an emergency summit of selected continental leaders, which generated abundant kvetching but little more.   Ukraine and its European advocates warn of a new Dark Age if the U.S. makes peace with Russia, as President Donald Trump is trying to do. Even worse, NATO members fear the loss of their heretofore presumed birthright to defense by America. Governments which have repeatedly claimed that Kiev’s defeat would invite a reformed Red Army to march to the Atlantic are preparing new excuses for failing to spend more on defense. The spectacle resembles a theatrical farce.

For decades they’ve arrogantly and stupidly looked down their noses at the nation that spent untold gallons of blood and trillions of dollars to save them during two world wars and one cold war. A continent that would crash economically overnight if we ended all trade with them. And these snots think they have a right to tell us what’s acceptable?   

 

Zelensky’s says he won't accept any deal in which he's not a party to ...... says the man who ended elections in Ukraine in order to stay in power..... well....okay with me.... you're on your own.  But he faces a disgruntled population that's fleeing Ukraine, and a military force that badly depleted and can't be replaced, inadequate arms, much of which has ended up on the black market, he has no resources he can use and his infrastructure is largely destroyed.  Well.... good luck with that.   

 

Let's also understand this whole thing:

1. There are no good guys in this mess.
2. Both Zelenskyy and Putin are corrupt beyond belief tyrants.
   
3. Putin is most assuredly a murderous thug and if he's ever kicked out, he's dead, and he knows it. 
4. Europe is a spent force that has embraced every insanity there is that’s destroying their nations, their culture, and their economy, and it won’t be long before the EU collapses and it’s a toss up which will go belly up first, France, Italy, or Greece.   Europe is doomed, and I don’t care, since their doom is coming about the “old fashioned way, they earned it”. 
5. As for Russia and China, when the EU crashes, they’ll be following right behind them. 
6. Trump knows no matter what happens, Russia loses, China loses, Ukraine loses, Europe  loses.....and we win.  

We don't need them, they need us. 

• Update, 2/21,1:22PM:   This article The Trump Strategy for Ukraine by Jacob Fraden enumerates just how bad Zelenskyy really is, and substantiates all I've said. RK