So first off fuck you, second off fuck you and third, fuck you

24. Februar 2024

First off:

Wasley Clark “I believe this is a war that lasts another 6 years, but then the Ukraine can win!”. Fuck you.

Second off:

Mr. I’m Responsible for the Messaging “We need to tell western populations, that this is about the western world and western values to get them on board”. Fuck you

Third off:

Mr. “I’m an entrepreneur, and the more I think about this, I think we are going to win this in the long run”. Fuck you. Why? Later.

Fourth off:

Media: “Russia is trying to play the long game here - Putin thinks he can win in the long run!” Yeah, narrative fits like a glove, dont you think?

Also fuck you.

Because of what “another 6 years” means. (Thats basically contingency planning for another failed offensive.)

Also fuck you for “I think about the Ukraine war as ending in Taiwan.”

Fuck you especially for that, Wasley Clark.

To the people that are dumb enough to fall for that - please do.

I scream in agony, each and every day.

(Also word to the russians - I’d not plan on the ukrainian Artillery capability to “catastrophically fail five months from now”, like that one guy said into the microphone on stage - because “he wanted to be very open and helpful”. Actually, plan for the opposite being the case.

Just a hunch.)

edit: On second thought - just listen to Wasley Clark, guys…

General thinks you need 500 aircraft, and that a tactical nuke is probably likely to be droped on Ukraine in the upcoming 6 years the fighting will still prolong - and that you need to toughen up and face this as Ukraine. Because, and I quote “You are fighting the battle for western civilization . We can finish it here.”

Just make that your main messaging towards european political leaders from now on and see where it takes you..

Also that reliance on “combined tactical forces” seems like a disaster in the making - because of new capabilities in the electronic warfare space. Disrupting just one class of military devices seems far more likely to become a factor going forward. So to amplify power - sure, but to depend on that structurally? Well - I’m totally out of my depth here, so -- seems wrong… 😉

edit: John E. Herbst (former (2003-2006) US Ambassador to Ukraine):

“The problem we have in the framing of the war in Ukraine is that we frame it as the war in Ukraine, therefore it is perceived especially by people in the United States who are not focusing on foreign policy, that this is not an american [western] problem. If we frame it precisely - we have an aggressive nuclear super power, who has identified the United States as is principle adversary if not its enemy, and every day senior russian officials, Narishkin, Putin, the russian media Samaljov [Solowjow?], Simonjan, talk about the nasty things they want to do to the United States, if we understand that this is a problem about containing an aggressive Kremlin, not a problem of helping the poor Ukrainians, the response would be very different. We need a policy of containment of an aggressive Russia, which is actually going to set the way for a more aggressive China. We frame it that way, we can win this fight.

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Wednesday the Atlantic council organized a conference advocating containment of russia, as an american policy. Our leaders have to start to point this out every day. The white house has to do this, our leaders in europe have to do this. If repetition is a way to get this accross, we do that - we can change the debate, thank you!”

Yeah, fuck you. For that lie you’re pandering, but I’m sure the german news media will be very willing to accommodate and follow your feverdreams - and just fuck over the public perception, like they did for the past two years.

Fuck you for the suggestion to take russian TV propaganda as the template for reality.

Fuck you.

edit: In more “Wait, what?!” news: According to the Centre of Eastern Studies, Russia blew up the Nova Kachowka dam, so the Ukrainians “could not bring over Himars to target the Kertsch Bridge from the other side of the river”.

Yeah, about that… yeah…