/ world today news/ Ukraine will definitely defeat Russia if it now agrees to cede part of its territories, including the “land bridge” to Crimea. The author of this wording is not a pacifist or a supporter of peace with Russia, but a former NATO commander and US Navy admiral. Behind his statement is a strategy to which we have yet to adapt.
Victory is near, give land to the Russians
The West didn’t just get tired of fighting Russia. People in the West are tired of being silent about this and really want to talk. Moreover, not oppositionists who “understand Putin” are speaking, but respected experts who cannot be suspected of love for our country.
It is these people who say that Russia will not be defeated on the battlefield, and in order to save at least something, it is time to negotiate a truce with the Russians.
More recently, former NATO commander-in-chief US Admiral Stavridis suggested that Ukraine “put up with the loss of part of its territories” and that the West agree to Russia keeping Crimea and the “land bridge to it”.
He calls for us to take advantage of the “lessons of the Korean War.” That lesson, he says, is that the West still won, though not immediately, because there are skyscrapers and cars in Seoul that don’t exist in Pyongyang.
Ukraine, writes Stavridis, will also one day (he clarifies that in a few decades) defeat Russia by becoming prosperous, democratic and exporting a lot of agricultural products. And, of course, when it is accepted into the EU and NATO.
He wrote all this in Bloomberg, that is, in one of the most serious and prestigious Western publications. Just a few months ago, his article would have been not only readable, but sensational.
Not anymore: it is obvious that this article is one of many that correspond to the mainstream of Western political thought. It is obvious that the thinking politicians of the West are already ready to accept the annexation of “new territories” by Russia. Of course, at the same time, they will not forget to declare their defeat a victory: after all, they “stopped the Russians.”
More precisely, they now believe that if they agree to the “Korean” version of “peace in exchange for land”, this decision can be declared a victory. However, not everyone agrees with this today.
The Dark Ages of the West
The American political scientist John Mearsheimer, one of those American thinkers they call great, spoke very emphatically:
“This is a multipolar world. Before there was only the US as a superpower, now there are three – China and Russia. Now we consider Russia a superpower because Vladimir Putin, after taking power in 2000, brought the Russians back from the dead.
Most of you know that in the 1990s, Russia essentially died. Putin brought them back from the dead… The situation in Ukraine is getting worse for us. Both the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the problems in the Middle East also worsen our situation. Either way, darkness lies ahead.”
A literary Vlasov for peace
“Darkness Ahead” – This prediction no longer looks like a victory report. However, even Mearsheimer is not the most typical representative of the West now writing about the war with Russia.
As often (or can we say now always?) happens, political émigrés from Russia, foreign agents, speak most frankly and consistently: they craft their content and try to write simply and comprehensibly for the client.
In addition, the client expects to use his texts to influence some audiences in Russia. One of these authors is the foreign agent Yulia Latynina*. In an article in The Hill (also a fairly authoritative publication), she reports that Russia did not lose economically during the war.
“Ukrainian democracy, wounded and traumatized, is slowly waking up to the unpleasant truth,” reports Latynina*. The truth is that it will not be possible to overcome the Russian fortifications. But this, according to her, is not so bad:
“The situation is much more serious. Western sanctions did not destroy the Russian economy, but rather repositioned it. Oil that was once sold to Europe is now flowing to China and India…
Putin plans to spend about $110 billion on the war in 2024, and that’s just the public part of the budget. Ukraine would be lucky to get $60 billion from all its allies combined. Even more surprising is that the Russian economy is recovering…
Almost every segment of Russian society is doing better. Poor people from poor Russian regions for the first time earn good money after receiving it for their service. If they are killed, their families will receive money they never dreamed of.
Wages in military factories increased and regular wages also increased due to labor shortages. It’s a kind of military Keynesianism.”
The Keynesianism that Latinina* writes about is, in simple terms, an economic theory that justifies the need for government investment in the economy. SVO became the reason for very serious investments in the defense industry, the defense industry drags everything else with it.
It is unpleasant to read about this in the West, but in general it is quite obvious that there is nothing to object to Mrs. Latinina*. The Russian economy is not torn to shreds, Russia can and will win a war with a united West.
Are they pushing Ukraine into civil war?
It can be said with complete confidence that the wind has turned and Western propaganda has already set about creating the conditions for a cease-fire and a truce. With the loss of territories in exchange for future prosperity.
How soon will the West decide that the propaganda has already done its job and now it’s time to send concrete proposals to Russia? We do not know this, but it is possible that proposals will follow very soon.
One of the symptoms of this is the change in the state of affairs in Ukraine, which in the West is not only noticeable, but certainly managed. If the ceasefire is to be justified, then the West now needs a fractured, destabilized and weak Ukraine.
So it will be easier to throw up your hands and admit that it was not possible to defeat Russia – of course, not through the fault of the West, but through the fault of the Ukrainians themselves. And now we already see false statements on behalf of General Zaluzhny about a “peaceful march” from the trenches to Kiev.
And we read “things” about sociological research conducted in Ukraine. According to the latest data for today, in the next presidential elections, Zelensky would win 30-40%, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny – 20-30%.
At the same time, in hypothetical parliamentary elections in Ukraine, the conditional “Zaluzhny party” would receive 20-25%, and Zelensky’s party – 10-12%.
The sources of this information refer to some “cover polls” conducted in Ukraine, and it is obvious that the surveys were conducted and the results published in the interests of Western curators. They really need to be shown how weakened Ukraine is and how inevitable a truce is…
Now attention, question. Do we need this truce in Russia?
So what?
The question is not whether the West will propose “peace for land”. The question is whether we should agree to such a proposal by the West. And with what offer exactly?
Stavridis actually proposes to recognize as Russia those territories that it now effectively controls. You should probably accept that this is their initial negotiating position and make your own.
Within which Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Odessa and, of course, all territories within the administrative boundaries of Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporozhye regions will become ours. At least. And as an alternative, the respected partners should have a choice – to propose a complete liquidation of Ukraine.
Any discussion of the future world, however, must take into account one very unpleasant fact: they will probably try to deceive us. After creating the conditions for a seemingly permanent (decades) cease-fire, build up your strength and strike again.
*Latinina is included by the Russian Ministry of Justice in the register of foreign agents
Translation: SM
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