ON UKRAINE PART II: BEYOND PETTY PERSONAL VINDICATION
CORE POINT: WHEN I POINT OUT ISRAEL IS VICTORIOUS I AM NOT "PRO-ISRAEL" BUT MERELY POINTING OUT REALITY. WHEN I ASSESS THAT UKRAINE IS SIMPLY NOT PREVAILING OR WINNING: I AM NOT "ANTI-UKRAINE" NEITHER UKRAINE OR RUSSIA IS MY FATHERLAND. IT SO HAPPENS THAT THE LATEST WESTERN MEDIA HEADLINES DOES NOT PAINT A PICTURE OF UKRAINE PRESENTLY BEING VICTORIOUS AND DISCUSSES VERY SOBERING GROUND REALITIES.
EX-1: YOU COULD DISLIKE ISRAEL AND STILL NOTE CORRECTLY: "ISRAEL IS WINNING".
EX-2: YOU COULD LOVE UKRAINE AND STILL NOTE CORRECTLY: "UKRAINE IS NOT WINNING".
EX-3: YOU COULD STRONGLY DISLIKE CHINA AND NOTE: "CHINA IS VERY SOVEREIGN".
EX-4: YOU COULD STRONGLY DISLIKE INDIA AND NOTE: "INDIA IS VERY SOVEREIGN".
Q&A SESSION: IF RUSSIA WINS COMPLETELY, DID CHINA MISCALCULATE IN HAVING RUSSIA BECOME FAR MORE POWERFUL IN TERMS OF CHINA’S OWN DANCE WITH RUSSIA?
IS THERE STRATEGIC MISCALCULATION IN THE BALANCE OF POWER IN MANCHURIA? IS THERE LONG TERM BUT UNFORESEEN NEGATIVE SPILL OVER CONSEQUENCES?
IF RUSSIA IS GOING TO WIN DECISIVELY, WILL CHINA LAUNCH SOME MILITARY VENTURE WHILE THE GLOBE IS STILL VERY HOT?
Article Referenced:
"Western officials warn Ukraine is ‘certain to fail’ against Russia if US doesn’t provide more aid" CNN Politics, 15 December. 2023. CNN, https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/15/politics/ukraine-us-aid-western-officials-warning/index.html (Accessed 15 December. 2023)
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