ukraine
How the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Became a Country
The former Soviet administrative unit that emerged as independent Ukraine in 1991 after the fall of the Soviet Union was bounded by the exact borders of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR). That is, it comprised a wholly unnatural polity whose borders and...
Hegseth In The Crosshairs
GOP Senators Freak Out As Trump Eases Russia Sanctions!
Iran War: Trump Sowed The Wind, And Is Reaping The Whirlwind
Trump’s Ukraine Peace Push: Why There’s No Need to Negotiate Crimea and Donbas
President Trump's emissaries shuttled from Moscow to Kyiv seeking a way to end the Ukraine war. Afterward, Trump negotiator Jared Kushner explained, "…the hardest issue is still territory." That dispute centers on Crimea and Donbas. These areas have been points of...
Zelensky Hits Russian Diesel Despite Trump’s Warning
The Crippling Effects of Unnecessary War
In California, gas stations are facing a unique challenge. The station signs are only configured to go up to $9.99 per gallon and at several stations the price of diesel has reached that maximum. Diesel prices are higher than they have ever been in history. Worse,...
Trump To Ukraine: Hit Russia Deep
Ukraine: The Dark Specter Haunting The NATO Summit
House Votes to Terminate Iran War, While Preparing to Vote to Ramp Up the Ukraine War
On May 25, I wrote about how the Republican leadership of the United States House of Representatives had put off until the House would return from recess in June a vote on ending the Iran War. It had appeared that the war termination resolution would win a majority...
Impunity? Europe as the ‘Strategic Rear’ for Ukraine
This line of argument that we shouldn’t be afraid of Russia... Maybe someone also calls us a ‘paper tiger’, like Trump called NATO, but I would caution against such parallels. We have a quality in our character like patience. ‘God was patient and commanded us to be...
Dark Kiev
The electricity and heat supply in Ukraine has stopped in large parts of the country. Kiev had already been on scheduled blackouts where groups of consumers received for example four hours of electricity to then be cutoff for eight hours. That scheduling has ended....
Winter Strikes Kiev
Last night Ukraine was finally confronted with the consequences of attacking Russian infrastructure. And no, I do not mean last nights Oreshnik strike on the large gas storage facility in west Ukraine. The seismic impulse from that strike likely damaged the...
NY Times Expose: CIA Fights Russia – Trump’s Peace Deal Runs on Illusion
Today the NY Times published a long piece on the relations between the Trump administration and the government of Ukraine. The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (archived) – NY Times, Dec 30 2025 There is a lot of gossip...
Zelensky To Trump: ‘Give Me 50 Year Security Guarantee…And More Money!’
Trump’s Road to Peace Runs Up Against Ukraine Law
President Donald Trump is making a valiant effort to peacefully end the tragic Russia-Ukraine war. He has put forth an innovative plan. The plan includes promptly holding a presidential election in Ukraine. On December 8 Trump told Politico, "I think it is an...
Flim Flam Theater Of Peace Talks On Ukraine
The negotiations over the weekend between the U.S., Ukraine and Europe about the parameters of a ceasefire or peace agreement with Russia were surreal. The three sides are fighting each other over detailed points that Russia is sure to reject. They also left out...
The Map Is Not the Territory: Ukraine, Manufactured Consent, and Europe’s War of Attrition
Western headlines are screaming that Ukraine has “encircled” Kupyansk city… a glorified town, selling it as a nightmare for Moscow. But this is not a battlefield report. It is narrative management, timed precisely to negotiations in Berlin. Kupyansk is not Stalingrad....
Do You Believe in Coincidence… Was the CIA Involved in Operation Spiderweb and Israel’s June 12 Attack on Iran?
With the benefit of hindsight, we’re all geniuses. The Wall Street Journal article, Inside Ukraine’s Daring Operation Spiderweb Attack on Russia (published December 8, 2025) details the operation’s planning as a 18-month effort starting in late...
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