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Street scene, 2022
Yeah, tough reading after a long trip, my man . . .
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Category Archives: Ukraine
Quotes for the Day
It was tempting to open with a passage from Volodimir Zelensky’s memorable address to Congress. But that is everywhere today. Instead, here’s a bit from a tribute by columnist David Ignatius:
Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, likes to quote a comment attributed to Napoleon: “In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.” Zelensky is the embodiment of that everlasting truth.”
Quoted by David Ignatius, Washington Post, 12/21/2022: Continue reading Quotes for the Day
Zelenskyy Toons
Ukraine: Don’t Count on a “Winter Lull” in the Fighting
A Winter Hibernation in Ukraine’s War?
Gwynne Dyer, Independent Columnist
Bangkok Post — December 6, 2022
When the two most senior military and intelligence officials in Washington make the same obvious error in public three times in three weeks, you have to wonder what they are really up to. Can it just be simple ignorance, or do they have a hidden agenda? Continue reading Ukraine: Don’t Count on a “Winter Lull” in the Fighting
Updates: Ex-Neutral Finland Ready for War if Russia invades, Premier Says
[Note: the sudden about face of Finland & Sweden away from their longtime neutral stance to seek Nato membership was for me like a double lightning strike: I’ve never visited either one, but could see they knew Russia up close, and through hard experience. For that matter, it was clear neither nation was a shrinking violet: both had serious, sizable defense forces. But the sudden invasion of Ukraine, as described below, radically upended decades of preparedness and planning. It also sent shock waves far away, shattering assumptions right here, in my cozy armchair. Nine months later, the shocks continue.]
Finland PM Sanna Marin says Europe is ‘not strong enough’ without the US
Speaking in Sydney, Marin says Europe needs to build its own defence capabilities and says Finland is preparing for cyber-attacks from Russia
Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin has called for Europe to build its own defence capabilities in the wake of the war in Ukraine, saying that without US help it is not resilient enough.
Continue reading Updates: Ex-Neutral Finland Ready for War if Russia invades, Premier Says