I don't think any comment by me is necessary regarding this letter from a reader, which arrived under the subject heading: "Puppet master Biden pulling puppet Zelensky’s negotiating strings in Ukraine." I answered only "Wow," which the author took as approval. It wasn't. The reader writes:
President Biden’s proxy war against Russia, using US firepower to shed endless Ukraine blood, remains an unrelenting catastrophe for over 8 months.
Tens of thousands of Ukrainians are dead or wounded. Millions have fled to safer climes. Ukraine has ceased to function as a viable state, totally dependent on US and NATO aid. We’ve poured tens of billions in weaponry into Ukraine to keep the carnage soaring with no chance of a Ukraine military victory. Upwards of a third of that weaponry never reaches the battlefield against Russia. But enough does to delay an inevitable Russian victory, ensuring a long, bloody war.
That, tragically, is the primary US goal, to weaken Russia so they will never achieve political and economic integration into Europe. That has been the foundation of the US proxy war against Russia since the Soviet Union disbanded in 1991. Five presidents before Biden, beginning with George H.W. Bush, maintained that relatively bloodless proxy war by expanding NATO from 14 to 30 members, including former Soviet states, right up to Russia’s borders.
President Obama accelerated the march to this years’ hot war in Ukraine by greenlighting the US destruction of Ukraine democracy in 2014. Our encouragement and support of the February coup against Russian leaning Ukraine president Victor Yanukovych, set off a civil war in the Donbas, further encouraged and weaponized by America. Over 14,000 dead there when the 2015 Minsk II Accords, providing regional autonomy for the Donetsk and Luhansk, could have ended it early on. Obama, Trump and now Biden sabotaged Minsk II least it be viewed as a Russian victory in the proxy war.
But it was President Biden, for inexplicable reasons, who made Russia’s illegal, criminal invasion of Ukraine February 24, virtually inevitable. He kept dangling possible NATO membership for Ukraine, a red line Russia proclaimed we dare not cross. He totally rebuffed Russian President Putin’s December, 2021 efforts to negotiate a sensible resolution to the approaching war. Worse yet, Biden stood back as Ukraine massed thousands of elite troops near the Donbas to finish off the Russian speaking Ukrainians rightly seeking independence from the murderous Ukraine regime
As chief funder of the war, Biden is the only leader capable of negotiating a ceasefire and peace. Sadly, he’s so boxed himself and the US into total victory over Russia, the war is likely to proceed till Ukraine simply collapses regardless of America’s blank weapons check.
In a cop out for the ages, Biden insists only Ukraine President Zelensky can negotiate its end. Yet when Zelensky got on board a possible 15 point Turkey brokered agreement in March, Biden sent top UK and US officials scurrying to Kyiv to disabuse Zelensky of any settlement that does not weaken Russia in America’s self-destructive proxy war.
America’s puppet in Ukraine can’t make a move without the US pulling his strings to do as it says. We can only hope Zelensky, like Pinocchio, comes to life, throws off his US held strings and sits down at the Peace Table before reckless US string pulling destroys his country.
Walt Zlotow
West Suburban Peace Coalition
Glen Ellyn IL
I wasn’t about to fact check all of Mr. Zlowtow’s assertions but I did check out his organization’s website. Although wary of most faith-based organizations, it is hard to argue with their stated goals of a nonviolent approach to peace. It is however, inconsistent with his rant. It sounded more like something Carlson or Hannity might say.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I’m missing something but I seem to remember it was Russia who invaded Ukraine and not the other way around. I’m pretty sure Ukraine was just minding their own business at the time. What sort of concessions does Mr. Zlowtow expect Ukraine to make?
I posted it yesterday, and you didn't approve it But I'll use this word again today.
ReplyDeleteThis guy's an idiot. NOTHING but unfounded assertion, backed by no factual research.
Send him to the Washington Times.
That's one way to look at it.
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Gee, I remember when Zlotow wrote intelligent letters to the editors of the local papers. Has age rotted his brain?
ReplyDeleteThis reads like something an AI would spit out if instructed, "Interpret the Ukraine war through the eyes of the Blame America First crowd."
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ReplyDeleteSoon the snow will hide my "We Stand with Ukraine" yard sign.
Yet another reason to hate winter...
"Slava Ukraini!" (Glory to Ukraine!)
"Heroiam slava!" (Glory to her Heroes!)
Yeah, I don't get it.
ReplyDeleteThe former president of Ukraine was poisoned...go look at the before and after pics of the poor man's face, and tell me that wasn't the work of a duplicitious, bullying regime (hint: NOT Ukraine...)
International observers have uncovered, seen and exposed numerous imprisonment and torture sites in occupied Ukrainian territory. NOBODY's been able to find any of those types of things created by Ukrainian officials.
Russia claims they're "protecting" native Russians in "occupied" territory. Uh, care to prove that, Vlad?
Sorry. I'm all for skepticism when I review news articles, "mainstream" or not, so its not like i'm just drinking the Ukraine-flava Kool-Aid.
I hope Zlotow got paid a lot of rubles for what he "wrote".
The Budapest memorandum reached upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union stipulated that if Ukraine returned its nuclear arsenal to Russia, Russia agreed to Ukraine sovereignty over all it's territory.
ReplyDeleteUkraine also agreed to return several modern aircraft capable of firing air to ground missiles after their initial agreement.
When Ukraine had a pro-russian president, Russia was less bellicose towards Ukraine
When that president was deposed and replaced with Zelinski, Russia decided they did not have to live up to the Budapest memorandum and annexed Crimea.
They invaded Ukraine with the intention of occupying their capital. in the ongoing war Russia has used the planes that Ukraine returned to them to attack Ukraine.
The Budapest memorandum also included wording that indicated that if Ukraine was attacked by Russia that the US and its allies in Europe and Britain would supply aid to Ukraine.
This is not what could accurately be described as a proxy war.
First of all, Russia has no proxy other than the use of mercenary forces. It's Russian forces that have attacked Ukraine, which has defended itself. Admirably and more effectively with aid provided by the US and others. Mr. Zlotow is off the mark and that's being kind.
Although Ukraine does not have a particularly shining history when it comes to the human rights of others over its past, I have to agree with griz
Slava Ukraini!" (Glory to Ukraine!)
"Heroiam slava!" (Glory to her Heroes!)
Thank you, FME, that was very informative.
ReplyDeletethis was not the first article that th Ie late Robert Parry wrote about Ukraine. I believe he wrote about Ukraine when a most likely corrupt but democratically elected presidet was run out of town. I don't think this can construed as a diect cause of what is goig on today. Sure didn't help though. https://consortiumnews.com/2022/02/26/robert-parry-the-mess-that-nuland-made/
ReplyDeleteI wonder why Neil would publish an unhinged letter such as this . Better he just republishes one of his old articles if he has nothing to offer on any particular day. There are plenty of alt right sites I could go to if I wanted tin-foil commentary.
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