The goal is to create a growing class of malcontents by inflicting major harm to small business owners who might then shift the electoral odds against the ruling party ahead of September’s next elections and later possibly form the core of a future protest movement that could be exploited from abroad.
That is particularly stupid. And indicative of a profound despair. Everything proves that this kind of approach leads to even stronger resistance from the targeted populations. If Putin's flabby party is forced into a coalition in the next elections, it could very well be with far more belligerent people. And this attack will likely force Putin to take off the gloves and hit for real.
Putin's biggest problem right now seems to be China's gradual distancing. How far will it go? It's so serious that even the enchanted buffoons of the AMC are openly talking about it more and more."
One asset that Russia has is the fact that its Duma—and political groups—is less corrupted by big money than the U.S. Congress is. Another is the fact that average Russians are much more used to hardship than working-class Westerners are; after all, Russia is the nation that honors the Great Patriotic War each year. The media and other cliques in the West, by contrast, throw a fit over a minor rise in gas prices and other slight inconveniences.
Zelensky is trying to do the same to Russian society that Iran's leadership is to American: foster a political crisis by driving up energy and other costs. The Iranian aim seems to be working much more effectively than Ukraine's, given its effects not just on the congressional midterms, but also the future of U.S.–Israel ties (very many Democrats and some Republicans now want to jettison the entire relationship).
By the West I refer mainly to leading states in northwestern Europe (eastern Europeans, though not universally, tend to have a very different mentality), as well as the U.S. The American Congress is a hostage to big business and foreign influence, be it AIPAC or Islamist petrodollars.
One Democrat who has now flipped 180° on Israel admits he only based his former views on AIPAC money; my guess is his new ones are just as unfounded, for similar reasons (just replace Israeli with Iranian lobbyists, or Soros). Ditto for the anti-Russia shills.
Israel support has become toxic to most Democratic voters. Same thing is happening in the gop, but slower. The hubris and over reach of Israel and their supporters in the U.S. is driving this.
Unlike the GOP Israel skeptics, Democratic dissidents in Congress unswervingly back the Ukraine war. So I think their newfound opposition to Israel has more to do with a shift in donors from AIPAC to Iranian proxy Soros (who wants to ally with Islamists against Russia). It has nothing to do with a genuine critique of U.S. militarism.
Of the anti-Israel Ds in Congress, not one proposes a similar disengagement from the Ukraine front. Many of them are Muslims or ethnic Arabs, who hold a much less positive view of Russia than Israel does. Both Trump and the anti-Zionist Ds, on opposite ends, work for ethnic or religious mafias (often implicitly or explicitly anti-American) rather than U.S. interests.
Soros is not an Iranian proxy. It’s a the enemy of my enemy is my friend relationship. Soros is focused on destroying the West, so a new society can be created. An example of his tactics is his funding of U.S. district attorney was brilliant, low cost, and devastating to la and order.
Yes, he did the same in EU in infiltrating every court of justice were every judge passed by Open Society. Those courts decide what is the right everywhere in EU and every national supreme court, accomplice, validate the new right in national law. Terrible. It's destroying every country of EU.
If Soros is not working for Iran (or other Islamist states), then one is unable to explain why he has targeted just about every nation or ideology apart from Islamism. His "leftism" is a clever way for his Islamist handlers to disguise sharia—which involves the redistribution of wealth from "infidels" to an Islamist elite.
If one wants to target wealthy non-Muslims, then one can merely hide behind a pseudo- or Neo-Marxist façade, using "socialism" and ID politics as cover for an assault on "infidel" civilizations. An Islamist NWO can then be built on the detritus of the West and the Rest alike, notably if Iran manipulates them into world war.
Soros I don’t believe is working for Iran. Soros son did marry Huma Abedin that’s parents are Muslim brotherhood. The Muslim brotherhood is hated in most Arab countries.
After the 79 Iran revolution a lot of red Allie’s against the shah got liquidated by the new religious government.
Soros my guess is trying to tear down western society, he seems nihilistic. He sees western culture, including Christianity, as creating the horrors of WW2. And Soros funds groups that seek to destroy that. Which is why he’s so anti Russian, that has become more religious and conservative under Putin.
I don’t understand the western elites using Muslims as foot soldiers to destroy their own societies through huge immigration. Useful idiots.
You should differentiate between Islam and Islamism. The Shia Islam of Iran is very different from the islamistic Wahhabism of say the oil Kingdoms, ISIS or Syrias new proxy gov. And the woke kind of leftism has nothing to do with true socialism.
" (very many Democrats and some Republicans now want to jettison the entire relationship)." Not enough of them. The NDAA passed the House. I haven't heard if it has passed the Senate with it's dangerous Section 219. My imagination goes wild about Israel embedded within our military knowing much of their history and their barbarian behaviour how the speculation the same could be turned on the American public who disagrees with this administration. It will have an amplifying effect on this admin's trajectory.
The NDAA does not provide for the Iran war (Trump wants a separate bill for that), but it does fund Ukraine and restricts Hegseth's travel funds over Venezuela. So the bill actually meets some core Democratic aims more than it does Republican or Israeli ones, aside from the fact that it does include Section 219, as you said. And some Republicans are claiming the bill secretly funds the Iran war too, so perhaps you are right.
"the West, by contrast, throw a fit over a minor rise in gas prices and other slight inconveniences." I think the West is going to experience a good deal of what others have experienced very soon.
The U.S., the world's main energy exporter, is already energy-efficient and its economy is much less dependent on industry than in the 1970s, so a severe round of inflation is quite unlikely. Iran cannot hope to cause an OPEC-like collapse of Western business, rationing, and so on.
However, Iran is more than capable of psychological warfare, in part by gulling the energy markets (through false data about future supply and demand). The IRGC has likely infiltrated the NYSE and as a result is well on its way to being a political kingmaker in the West, thanks in part to Muslim migration.
Daniel the US has a strong need for sour crude as its fracked oil and gulf oil are very sweet and not good for diesel and the refineries require it also, don't be fooled by Trump. Check it out.
The U.S. already obtains sour crude through its control of Canada, Venezuela, and the Gulf of "America", though the Persian Gulf is another key source. The U.S. also is a major natural-gas exporter and relies on shale. I still doubt that a 1970s-scale energy crisis that shuts down U.S. business en masse will ensue.
I think you have created your our strawman Daniel, I didn't mention anytthing about a 1970s crisis. Just commented about the need for sour crude but if you have all the bases covered then another period of the Hormuz being closed will be ok for the US economy then. Trump talked about not wanting to be like Herbert Hoover or LBJ. He obviously sees something in the tea leaves then but I wonder why the strategic fuel reserves are at their lowest on record if all necessary oil is available.
I mentioned the 1970s because such an outcome is the only way Iran could inflict meaningful, physical damage on the U.S. economy. Right now that is quite unlikely, unlike a successful PSYOP by the IRGC that causes voters to embrace dovish Democrats.
Thank you for providing a rationale behind the Wildberries attacks. It just seemed so... crazy. What's behind the Russian strategy to destroy Ukrainian gas stations? Some days it seems like just about all the RA is targeting. There are six thousand gas stations in Ukraine, and my napkin count is that maybe ten percent of them have been destroyed so far. Fuel trucks have the ability to directly fuel vehicles so it's not a total shutdown of fuel distribution.
My Russian army buddy thinks its to deprive Ukrainian drivers of donuts and hot dogs on long journeys. I think it might have a more sophisticated purpose - for example, since fuel trucks will typically have a swarm of vehicles fuel up and then disperse, it might be to track where important installations like command centers or small drone factories are by watching where several vehicles together return to.
"According to Главком: Sergei Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed head of occupied Crimea, has publicly acknowledged unprecedented fuel and electricity shortages across the peninsula. In a video address to residents, he described the current period as one of the most difficult since the start of Russia's occupation.
The occupying official specifically highlighted the fuel situation, stating that it is 'the most severe' on record. He explained that drone strikes have prevented occupation authorities from maintaining scheduled power outages, further worsening conditions.
The occupation government has implemented scheduled power cuts and reported restrictions on public transport and social services."
Russian problem is Judeo maffia in Kremlin end KGB Azeri end cecnija origin. Putin en oligarchs end liberaal elite . Bat lompst al children from of top of Russian empire is end live in de west . Russia is only puppet of agenda 2030 .
The West is running out of time, while Putin needs 2-3 more month to have everything in place. Starting in November a window appears to eliminate the UAF as a fighting force and Ukraine as a sovereign country. By November the West will have the following issues:
1. Money will again be running out. Pledges have been made, but budgeting for 2027 will mean real money talk.
2. New Congress in the US focused on internal matters and probably Iran and China plus angling for 2028 elections.
3. Atttrition in the UAF will reach critical levels. Either Ukriane mobilizes any 18yr old foolish enough to still be in Ukraine plus maybe women or the line collapses.
4. A very hard winter awaits Ukraine. The homefront may collapse and lead to an actual front collapse rather than the reverse. Soldiers have families after all.
5. I think UAF'lll be out of a lot of a lot equipment while some vital eq. like Starlink may be neutralized.
On the Russian side , Kremlin loves rhytm and sinchronization so:
1. The 2022 plan agreed with the General Staff will be finished. Reserves, trainning , manpower, ammo, doctrine , technological inovations,and equipment will be ready ; the "plan" Gerasimov frequently mentions .
2. The diplomatic front is already prepared. The Global Majoriry , if not onboard with the SMO, at least understands and values Russia's role in the world. The West is unlikely to intervene with the ME in flames, no popular support, hardly any eq and soldiers ,no ammo and more importantly no US.
3. A number of technological breakthroughs have been rumored to be just around the corner, from EW to neutralizing Starlink, having a russian Starlink , new drone defenses, EMPS, etc.
4. Politically the country will be ready for escalating the war even if casualties will be sustained, or some form of mobilization is needed. Let's not forget Putin wanted elections in September so a new Duma could demand new SMO actions/positions/war, by October.
5. Anchorage was not a serious negotiation. It was the equivalent of Paris accords with Vietnam and Doha-Taliban agrrement;A way for the US not to be humiliated.
6. I think attrition has reached the point of diminishing returns by November. At a certain point the attrition playbook Gerasimov uses points to big arrow offensives to break the front.Attrition always leads to maneuveur. Math and statistics is what the General Staff does, nothing else.
7. Russians love winter offensives.
8. Could November be a "soft date"? Yes, but Putin is big on history, so they might have already a fixed date when to launch the offensives. Stalin set many dates for offensives during ww2, some foolishly, sometimes very inspired.
That is particularly stupid. And indicative of a profound despair. Everything proves that this kind of approach leads to even stronger resistance from the targeted populations. If Putin's flabby party is forced into a coalition in the next elections, it could very well be with far more belligerent people. And this attack will likely force Putin to take off the gloves and hit for real.
Putin's biggest problem right now seems to be China's gradual distancing. How far will it go? It's so serious that even the enchanted buffoons of the AMC are openly talking about it more and more."
They hate Russians who go shopping.
The chaos going on between Russia & Ukraine can not be explained. How 2 identiical people can be driven to hate each other is enbelievable.
Now I have a bit of info on what strategic can mean. What a deadly game.
One asset that Russia has is the fact that its Duma—and political groups—is less corrupted by big money than the U.S. Congress is. Another is the fact that average Russians are much more used to hardship than working-class Westerners are; after all, Russia is the nation that honors the Great Patriotic War each year. The media and other cliques in the West, by contrast, throw a fit over a minor rise in gas prices and other slight inconveniences.
Zelensky is trying to do the same to Russian society that Iran's leadership is to American: foster a political crisis by driving up energy and other costs. The Iranian aim seems to be working much more effectively than Ukraine's, given its effects not just on the congressional midterms, but also the future of U.S.–Israel ties (very many Democrats and some Republicans now want to jettison the entire relationship).
By the West I refer mainly to leading states in northwestern Europe (eastern Europeans, though not universally, tend to have a very different mentality), as well as the U.S. The American Congress is a hostage to big business and foreign influence, be it AIPAC or Islamist petrodollars.
One Democrat who has now flipped 180° on Israel admits he only based his former views on AIPAC money; my guess is his new ones are just as unfounded, for similar reasons (just replace Israeli with Iranian lobbyists, or Soros). Ditto for the anti-Russia shills.
As always, traitors are usually bought off.
Israel support has become toxic to most Democratic voters. Same thing is happening in the gop, but slower. The hubris and over reach of Israel and their supporters in the U.S. is driving this.
Unlike the GOP Israel skeptics, Democratic dissidents in Congress unswervingly back the Ukraine war. So I think their newfound opposition to Israel has more to do with a shift in donors from AIPAC to Iranian proxy Soros (who wants to ally with Islamists against Russia). It has nothing to do with a genuine critique of U.S. militarism.
Of the anti-Israel Ds in Congress, not one proposes a similar disengagement from the Ukraine front. Many of them are Muslims or ethnic Arabs, who hold a much less positive view of Russia than Israel does. Both Trump and the anti-Zionist Ds, on opposite ends, work for ethnic or religious mafias (often implicitly or explicitly anti-American) rather than U.S. interests.
Soros is not an Iranian proxy. It’s a the enemy of my enemy is my friend relationship. Soros is focused on destroying the West, so a new society can be created. An example of his tactics is his funding of U.S. district attorney was brilliant, low cost, and devastating to la and order.
Yes, he did the same in EU in infiltrating every court of justice were every judge passed by Open Society. Those courts decide what is the right everywhere in EU and every national supreme court, accomplice, validate the new right in national law. Terrible. It's destroying every country of EU.
If Soros is not working for Iran (or other Islamist states), then one is unable to explain why he has targeted just about every nation or ideology apart from Islamism. His "leftism" is a clever way for his Islamist handlers to disguise sharia—which involves the redistribution of wealth from "infidels" to an Islamist elite.
If one wants to target wealthy non-Muslims, then one can merely hide behind a pseudo- or Neo-Marxist façade, using "socialism" and ID politics as cover for an assault on "infidel" civilizations. An Islamist NWO can then be built on the detritus of the West and the Rest alike, notably if Iran manipulates them into world war.
Soros I don’t believe is working for Iran. Soros son did marry Huma Abedin that’s parents are Muslim brotherhood. The Muslim brotherhood is hated in most Arab countries.
After the 79 Iran revolution a lot of red Allie’s against the shah got liquidated by the new religious government.
Soros my guess is trying to tear down western society, he seems nihilistic. He sees western culture, including Christianity, as creating the horrors of WW2. And Soros funds groups that seek to destroy that. Which is why he’s so anti Russian, that has become more religious and conservative under Putin.
I don’t understand the western elites using Muslims as foot soldiers to destroy their own societies through huge immigration. Useful idiots.
You should differentiate between Islam and Islamism. The Shia Islam of Iran is very different from the islamistic Wahhabism of say the oil Kingdoms, ISIS or Syrias new proxy gov. And the woke kind of leftism has nothing to do with true socialism.
" (very many Democrats and some Republicans now want to jettison the entire relationship)." Not enough of them. The NDAA passed the House. I haven't heard if it has passed the Senate with it's dangerous Section 219. My imagination goes wild about Israel embedded within our military knowing much of their history and their barbarian behaviour how the speculation the same could be turned on the American public who disagrees with this administration. It will have an amplifying effect on this admin's trajectory.
The NDAA does not provide for the Iran war (Trump wants a separate bill for that), but it does fund Ukraine and restricts Hegseth's travel funds over Venezuela. So the bill actually meets some core Democratic aims more than it does Republican or Israeli ones, aside from the fact that it does include Section 219, as you said. And some Republicans are claiming the bill secretly funds the Iran war too, so perhaps you are right.
"the West, by contrast, throw a fit over a minor rise in gas prices and other slight inconveniences." I think the West is going to experience a good deal of what others have experienced very soon.
The U.S., the world's main energy exporter, is already energy-efficient and its economy is much less dependent on industry than in the 1970s, so a severe round of inflation is quite unlikely. Iran cannot hope to cause an OPEC-like collapse of Western business, rationing, and so on.
However, Iran is more than capable of psychological warfare, in part by gulling the energy markets (through false data about future supply and demand). The IRGC has likely infiltrated the NYSE and as a result is well on its way to being a political kingmaker in the West, thanks in part to Muslim migration.
Daniel the US has a strong need for sour crude as its fracked oil and gulf oil are very sweet and not good for diesel and the refineries require it also, don't be fooled by Trump. Check it out.
The U.S. already obtains sour crude through its control of Canada, Venezuela, and the Gulf of "America", though the Persian Gulf is another key source. The U.S. also is a major natural-gas exporter and relies on shale. I still doubt that a 1970s-scale energy crisis that shuts down U.S. business en masse will ensue.
I think you have created your our strawman Daniel, I didn't mention anytthing about a 1970s crisis. Just commented about the need for sour crude but if you have all the bases covered then another period of the Hormuz being closed will be ok for the US economy then. Trump talked about not wanting to be like Herbert Hoover or LBJ. He obviously sees something in the tea leaves then but I wonder why the strategic fuel reserves are at their lowest on record if all necessary oil is available.
All is not as you envision Daniel I feel.
I mentioned the 1970s because such an outcome is the only way Iran could inflict meaningful, physical damage on the U.S. economy. Right now that is quite unlikely, unlike a successful PSYOP by the IRGC that causes voters to embrace dovish Democrats.
Thank you for providing a rationale behind the Wildberries attacks. It just seemed so... crazy. What's behind the Russian strategy to destroy Ukrainian gas stations? Some days it seems like just about all the RA is targeting. There are six thousand gas stations in Ukraine, and my napkin count is that maybe ten percent of them have been destroyed so far. Fuel trucks have the ability to directly fuel vehicles so it's not a total shutdown of fuel distribution.
My Russian army buddy thinks its to deprive Ukrainian drivers of donuts and hot dogs on long journeys. I think it might have a more sophisticated purpose - for example, since fuel trucks will typically have a swarm of vehicles fuel up and then disperse, it might be to track where important installations like command centers or small drone factories are by watching where several vehicles together return to.
"According to Главком: Sergei Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed head of occupied Crimea, has publicly acknowledged unprecedented fuel and electricity shortages across the peninsula. In a video address to residents, he described the current period as one of the most difficult since the start of Russia's occupation.
The occupying official specifically highlighted the fuel situation, stating that it is 'the most severe' on record. He explained that drone strikes have prevented occupation authorities from maintaining scheduled power outages, further worsening conditions.
The occupation government has implemented scheduled power cuts and reported restrictions on public transport and social services."
https://inkorr.com/en/aksonov-viznav-najskladnisu-situaciu-z-palnim-u-krimu-335782
You fight a war to win, by any means necessary. Ukraine understands this, Russia doesn't .
Russian problem is Judeo maffia in Kremlin end KGB Azeri end cecnija origin. Putin en oligarchs end liberaal elite . Bat lompst al children from of top of Russian empire is end live in de west . Russia is only puppet of agenda 2030 .
Of course it's political. It works.
The West is running out of time, while Putin needs 2-3 more month to have everything in place. Starting in November a window appears to eliminate the UAF as a fighting force and Ukraine as a sovereign country. By November the West will have the following issues:
1. Money will again be running out. Pledges have been made, but budgeting for 2027 will mean real money talk.
2. New Congress in the US focused on internal matters and probably Iran and China plus angling for 2028 elections.
3. Atttrition in the UAF will reach critical levels. Either Ukriane mobilizes any 18yr old foolish enough to still be in Ukraine plus maybe women or the line collapses.
4. A very hard winter awaits Ukraine. The homefront may collapse and lead to an actual front collapse rather than the reverse. Soldiers have families after all.
5. I think UAF'lll be out of a lot of a lot equipment while some vital eq. like Starlink may be neutralized.
On the Russian side , Kremlin loves rhytm and sinchronization so:
1. The 2022 plan agreed with the General Staff will be finished. Reserves, trainning , manpower, ammo, doctrine , technological inovations,and equipment will be ready ; the "plan" Gerasimov frequently mentions .
2. The diplomatic front is already prepared. The Global Majoriry , if not onboard with the SMO, at least understands and values Russia's role in the world. The West is unlikely to intervene with the ME in flames, no popular support, hardly any eq and soldiers ,no ammo and more importantly no US.
3. A number of technological breakthroughs have been rumored to be just around the corner, from EW to neutralizing Starlink, having a russian Starlink , new drone defenses, EMPS, etc.
4. Politically the country will be ready for escalating the war even if casualties will be sustained, or some form of mobilization is needed. Let's not forget Putin wanted elections in September so a new Duma could demand new SMO actions/positions/war, by October.
5. Anchorage was not a serious negotiation. It was the equivalent of Paris accords with Vietnam and Doha-Taliban agrrement;A way for the US not to be humiliated.
6. I think attrition has reached the point of diminishing returns by November. At a certain point the attrition playbook Gerasimov uses points to big arrow offensives to break the front.Attrition always leads to maneuveur. Math and statistics is what the General Staff does, nothing else.
7. Russians love winter offensives.
8. Could November be a "soft date"? Yes, but Putin is big on history, so they might have already a fixed date when to launch the offensives. Stalin set many dates for offensives during ww2, some foolishly, sometimes very inspired.
Escobar! Come out of that body!
We export about $3 billion in goods to Ukraine. Ukraine exports about $1.4 billion to us.
Ukraine is 7000 miles away from the U.S. and contributes absolutely zero to US national security.
All those benefits should comfort you as we dive head long into WW3 to save Kyiv’s Oligarchs from fleeing to Monaco.
Can you speak otherwise that in code? I don't understand nothing of what you write.