Well, if we consider how that one ended--with territorial and political concessions that, eventually, resulted in Finnish neutralisation until, well, now--I'm in agreement.
Maybe “rebuttal” was a bit too on the nose. You could have asked to “discuss” Hoare’s piece from an informed viewpoint (as you have some credentials that Hoare does not have).
Leaving aside the credentials, I've had some experience in approaching 'mainstream' outlets with my thoughts. No luck (yet), for my considerations are, seemingly, beyond the pale.
Question: Mr. Mayer stated Putin had a disregard for Russian casualties. I find that hard to believe on a tactical level, but aside from that: Do you have any ballpark figures of losses on the Russian side?
I recall an op-ed, written in autumn 2021, which no-one in legacy media wanted to publish.
'I then sent it to a German ‘alternative’ media [Nachdenkseiten] whose main sales pitch has long been ‘we care about historical background’ and ‘other context’. Still, their response was even worse than radio silence: to try to overcome the deep divisions of family members, friends, and society as a whole, I propose to call for a new republic, based on a new constitution. Guess what, ‘alternative’ media deemed this ‘incendiary’ because, ‘apparently’ calling for a new constitution is ‘extremist’ as it’s a long-standing call ‘among certain Germany-based right-wing groups’, I was told via email.'
What’s interesting about the West’s comparisons of so and so’ being just like Stalin, is that when you dig deeply into the history of the Soviet Union you find it was a creation of the West (i.e., US bankers). Without the West there likely would have been no Soviet Union and no opportunity for Stalin to do his thing. What’s also interesting is the vast support that the US gave to the Soviets during WW2. The amount of materiel provided by the US help them fight Germany was mind boggling. Ditto China .. wasn’t Mao Zedong a U.S. creation also? It’s hard to know exactly what the US (state .. not it’s citizens) stands for; bipolar comes to mind of the forgetful fish, Dory, in ‘Saving Nemo’.
Putin is nowhere near Stalin's level of competence in running Russia. If he had been, Ukraine would be a depopulated parking lot by now.
Because Stalin knew something most people today don't: when challenged, up the ante.
Oh, well, that's certainly one thing.
On the other hand, I doubt that even people in Stalin's 'inner circle' were as 'uppity' as some of the current officials around Putin.
Your point about competence stands, though.
I keep coming back to comparing the current war with the war on Finland eighty years ago. I think that's the best analogue to current events.
Well, if we consider how that one ended--with territorial and political concessions that, eventually, resulted in Finnish neutralisation until, well, now--I'm in agreement.
Maybe “rebuttal” was a bit too on the nose. You could have asked to “discuss” Hoare’s piece from an informed viewpoint (as you have some credentials that Hoare does not have).
Oh, well, perhaps.
Leaving aside the credentials, I've had some experience in approaching 'mainstream' outlets with my thoughts. No luck (yet), for my considerations are, seemingly, beyond the pale.
Ahahaha that reply is just gold.
Question: Mr. Mayer stated Putin had a disregard for Russian casualties. I find that hard to believe on a tactical level, but aside from that: Do you have any ballpark figures of losses on the Russian side?
Oh, well, it's par for the course.
I recall an op-ed, written in autumn 2021, which no-one in legacy media wanted to publish.
'I then sent it to a German ‘alternative’ media [Nachdenkseiten] whose main sales pitch has long been ‘we care about historical background’ and ‘other context’. Still, their response was even worse than radio silence: to try to overcome the deep divisions of family members, friends, and society as a whole, I propose to call for a new republic, based on a new constitution. Guess what, ‘alternative’ media deemed this ‘incendiary’ because, ‘apparently’ calling for a new constitution is ‘extremist’ as it’s a long-standing call ‘among certain Germany-based right-wing groups’, I was told via email.'
Op-ed here: https://fackel.substack.com/p/covidistan-annals-vi-the-op-ed-german
German version (over at TKP): https://tkp.at/2022/09/01/die-2-republik-ist-tot-es-lebe-die-4-republik-ein-aufruf-zur-erneuerung-unserer-heimat/
Thus passes the glory of the world.
„Wenn die Sonne der Kultur niedrig steht, werfen selbst Zwerge einen langen Schatten.“
Großartig.
What’s interesting about the West’s comparisons of so and so’ being just like Stalin, is that when you dig deeply into the history of the Soviet Union you find it was a creation of the West (i.e., US bankers). Without the West there likely would have been no Soviet Union and no opportunity for Stalin to do his thing. What’s also interesting is the vast support that the US gave to the Soviets during WW2. The amount of materiel provided by the US help them fight Germany was mind boggling. Ditto China .. wasn’t Mao Zedong a U.S. creation also? It’s hard to know exactly what the US (state .. not it’s citizens) stands for; bipolar comes to mind of the forgetful fish, Dory, in ‘Saving Nemo’.