The proxy war in the Ukraine* has gone on too long and the possibility of nuclear war cannot be ruled out.
American imperial involvement in Europe has not been all that positive for anyone. True, it has been aimed at Russia, but it has been bad for everyone not part of the MICIMATT.
MICIMATT is defined by former CIA officer Ray McGovern as the:
"Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank complex,"
There are a lot of losers in the war against Russia and I am one of them. Pushing the Euros to buy US gas instead of Russian meant an increase in prices for energy in the US Northeast as noted in The Wall Street Journal.
Anthony Blinken waxed enthusiastic as our electric bills nearly actually doubled.
In truth, the big losers are in the Ukraine, not us here in Nova Anglia who are poorer for the inflation but are not having to set the thermostat to 32f, yet.
The people who most deserve sympathy are the Ukes. Beginning with the coup engineered by the US in 2014, the Ukraine has been pushed to war.
Don't take our word for it. We offer the words of Angela Merkel, former German Chancellor. In an interview with a German weekly Der Zeit, she admitted the Minsk Agreements were not for bringing peace to the Ukraine but, to buy time for an arms buildup.
The war has been mongered for a long time since the 2014 coup that has US fingerprints all over it. There has been no real call for negotiations from the West, but we call on the people who have been snookered into doing the suffering to turn and do the smart thing.
Yes, it is time for the Ukrainian people to think about their future. This is important, as others are thinking about your future and not for your benefit.
Blackrock, now in the process of buying up single family homes to rent out and kill the homeowner dreams of lumpen America wants to rebuild Ukraine. This is not out of the goodness of Blackrock's heart, but to own and exploit the country postwar.
When publications as politically different as Jacobin and The American Conservative have caught this scam, it is hard to escape that the people of the Ukraine may need to take notice.
What is to be done?
There are probably no good outcomes possible for The Ukraine. but the worst possible would be to win.
As victory eventuates, The Ukraine becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackrock. They would be enmeshed in debts that they will never be able to pay off.
As if that is not enough,
Now, as noted in antiwar.com on Valentine's Day, "Bankers from JP Morgan Chase visited Ukraine last week and signed a memorandum of understanding with President Volodymyr Zelensky and plan to help raise private capital for a new fund for Ukraine’s reconstruction."
"Last month, Zelensky said American corporations would find “big business” in Ukraine."
One might suggest that the people of The Ukraine hold on to their wallets, but by now, they're probably empty, so whatever.
After the war, those amber waves of grain that gave The Ukraine the nickname, "The Breadbasket of Europe." will not belong to the Ukraine.
Defeat in war is usually terrible, but the end of the war for your nation will see a devastated country win or lose.
In the end, if you win, you will be in the clutches of Blackrock et al.
If you lose, but are still a rump state, Blackrock will still own you, if there is anything left worth owning.
That loss that sees you devastated, but still a country with the current government intact, with lost territory in the east will mean you will still be victimized by those who would "help" you rebuild.
There is a way around some of that.
The current government has suppressed political parties and speech. Now other than in the mainstream media, the Ukraine has never been known as a bastion of good government, but the first order of business is to get rid of the current corporatocracy.
To do that, we draw inspiration from one of America's most un-inspirational members of Congress.
Normally, one would never suggest taking a Lindsay Graham suggestion, but desperate times, you know.
Graham called for the removal of the Russian head of state.
"Is there a Brutus in Russia? Is there a more successful Colonel Stauffenberg in the Russian military?" the South Carolina Republican asked in a tweet.
To call for the death of another head of state is despicable, if not criminal, but few note that.
Up on Long Hill, the Institute does not call for assassination, but it does call for a change of government by those below the current president in the chain of command. Take Zelensky aside, put him in a rest home. He needs a rest and Ukraine needs a rest from him.
Grounds? The Institute is well aware that here in the US our countrymen and women do not like to be reminded of historical events, especially ones they have never heard about anyway.
In 2014, there was a coup that ended an elected government in Ukraine. No one denies that it was a coup, but they excuse it thus:
"I think everyone accepts Yanukovych was a crook Richard?"
This was a tweet directed at your host.
The reply, "Yeah, so what. We always elect crooks in democracies. We just let them run their term and don't have the CIA coup them out for the most part."
Graciously, my interlocutor replied, "A lot of truth in that."
So, with the operation of logic, one has to admit, post-coup, there has not been a legitimate government.
Ah, but you say there have been elections since.
Referencing, U.S. government functionaries Nuland, and Pyatt, how squeaky clean can they have been?
Constitutionally, our nation does not have clean hands. The Trump administration took and occupied Syrian land and the Biden administration planned and executed the Nordstream destruction. Both were acts of war, but no one in Congress or the media noticed the clear constitutional provision that it is Congress that declares war was ignored.
The task before the Ukrainians is to remove Z in the kindest, gentlest manner possible.
Whereupon, the remaining military and government must come together and declare anything done post-coup legally null and void.
Thus, all the Blackrock or Goldman contracts can then be torn up. Any promissory notes to such shady organizations such as the IMF or US entities can be declared not legally binding.
At that point, you will have to seek peace with your neighbors to the east. True, there will not be any onward to Moscow victory, but so what? Anyway, with the NATO sponsored government gone, Russia's stated reasons for the war will no longer exist.
The debts will die and that is better than any more of your men in graves.
The eastern districts will be gone, Crimea also. If you really believe you can get them back, the question then is, is the game worth the candle?
Knowing when to stop is an aspect of growing up for individuals. Countries all too often just go for no surrender till there is nothing.
The Ukrainian rep is such that that should be expected, but maybe they should buck the trend and be an example to the world, especially the rest of Europe and the U.S.
So, the Institute's appeal is plain and simple. Does it make sense for one more citizen of Ukraine to die for Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, Big Ag, the IMF, MICIMATT, or any other entity queued up for the gravy train?
People and soldiers of Ukraine, the answer is obvious. Do not end up as serfs to those who merely wish to exploit you for their profit.
*We continue to use the old construct of The Ukraine as a wonderful reason to change has not been communicated to us and whenever we can avoid giving in to newspeak we shall.
Worthy of the highest praise. Unfortunately the crocodiles in charge are not.