Breaking News : Russia Demilitarizes Ukraine
Breaking News : Russia Demilitarizes Ukraine
Can the West Come to its Senses or Does the West Have any Sense to Come to?
Paul Craig Roberts
Three days ago I wrote “Today the World Has Changed.” The Kremlin recognized the Russian territories that Lenin had folded into the Ukraine as independent states and gave the Ukrainian Nazis an ultimatum to cease its attacks on the Donbass Russians. The Russian Armed Forces were issued orders to ensure provision of peace on the territory of the independent republics.
Unfortunately, the dumbshit Ukrainians didn’t hear and neither did the dumbshits in Washington. Instead of avoiding conflict, the dumbasses provoked one, and it arrived this morning. What a collection of fools the Western World is.
The Ukrainian attacks on Donbass did not stop. According to some reports they intensified. If the Ukrainian Nazis thought that Russia was going to ask for more negotiations, they learned differently as this morning news reveals.
In a televised address President Putin announced this morning a military operation to “demilitarize and denazify Ukraine.”
As it is impossible to learn anything factual from the fake news Western media, I will do my best to tell you what is happening.
As far as I can tell, at this time of writing there are no Russian troops involved. Russian troops don’t even seem to have been sent to the territory of the republics. Using precision weapons the Russian military has disabled Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities, air defenses, military airfields and aircraft. Putin has announced that Ukrainian soldiers who lay down their arms will not be attacked. Tass reports that “Ukrainian troops are leaving their positions in large numbers, dropping their weapons.” Clearly, the Ukrainian soldiers have more sense than their leaders.
The West, of course, is screaming its impotent accusations, but the barrage of Western media lies will have no effect on the outcome. If the Western World had any intelligent leaders, what would they conclude? They would conclude that the days of baiting the bear are over. As I have reported for some time, Russia has had enough of the West’s lies, deceptions, insults, and provocations. Henceforth, when Russia tells them something, they would do well to turn their ears on. Putin has said that Russia will not permit Ukraine to develop nuclear weapons, and he has said that Russia will not tolerate US/NATO bases on her borders. The US and NATO had better believe it.
Putin said Russia has no intention to occupy Ukraine. Russia does not want Ukraine, but Russia will not permit the continued militarization of the country by the US and NATO or the Ukrainian attacks on the Donbass Russians. The West had better understand this.
The US and Germany have declared that no troops will be sent, a hopeful sign that sanity might return to the West.
Europe Is Killing Itself With Its Russian Sanctions
Europe Is Killing Itself With Its Russian Sanctions
Paul Craig Roberts
The sharp rise in natural gas price in Europe is entirely due to Western hysteria and stupidity. According to the EU’s own data, Europe is dependent on Russia for 46% of its natural gas. In the face of such extraordinary dependency on Russian energy, the moronic European “leaders” are falling all over themselves imposing impotent sanctions on Russia. The idiotic German Chancellor actually punished the German people for Russia’s recognition of the Donbass republics by “cancelling” the Nord 2 pipeline. This foolish act was a prime reason for the hysteria that has caused a sharp rise in prices. The price rise helps Russia–if she continues to supply Europe with energy. It hurts Europe and whoever financed the Nord 2 pipeline. If the pipeline sits not operating, it cannot produce a revenue stream to service the capital invested in the pipeline. I do not know who financed the pipeline. If it was Germany, then the chancellor’s sanctions on Russia have twice injured the Germans.
The EU’s 46% dependency on Russian natural gas is independent of the Nord 2 pipeline, the opening of which has been on hold due to Washington’s pressure on Germany. Therefore, the rise in gas price is not due to a reduction of supply, but due to speculation that Russia will reduce or cut off supply. Europe is served by other pipelines. What if Russia responds to the EU’s “sanctions” by closing the pipelines that deliver 46% of Europe’s natural gas? What would Europe’s fate be?
Russia has accepted sanctions without replying in kind. Perhaps it is time for Russia to impose sanctions to teach the West a lesson.
In my opinion there is no reason for Russia to deplete its own energy resources by sharing them with its European enemies. Perhaps the Russian government’s idea was that energy sales would be a source of foreign exchange earnings and that providing Europe with energy was in the interest of good relations with the West.
Now that the West has demonstrated that the West has no interest in good relations with Russia there is no point in the Russian energy sales. As I pointed out ( https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/02/22/russia-and-china-should-go-their-own-way/ ) Russia has no need for foreign exchange. The Russian central bank can finance Russian economic development with no need of foreign involvement. Russia’s holdings of instruments denominated in dollars or euros would just be confiscated by sanctions.
To summarize: Europe brought the high energy price on itself with its thoughtless sanctions; the high prices benefit Russia and hurt Europe; Russia should consider turning off all natural gas to Europe and conserve its energy source for its own and China’s development.
Europe is nothing but a thorn in Russia’s side, a collection of Washington’s puppets. Russia owes Europe nothing.
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