Sunday, July 28, 2024

How is Putin Supplying His Army in Ukraine?

          Hmmmmmm. 30,000 man call up every month. Where do they come from? Hmmmmm. Maybe Siberia? Maybe prisons. Maybe immigrants? Hahahahahaha. Not a chance. Hundreds of thousands of Russyan men have fled the Steppe and the marshes for better weather. They don't believe in Mad Vlad's Czarist vision of a "Russya"; they want the old/new Russya where they had a sense of belonging in the world community, somewhere, anywhere. Not any more.

       Russya  and the Rus are collectively an international pariah, rejected by the West and its allies worldwide. Who wants to do business with this rogue state? NOBODY, that is, excepting the other rogue states of Iran, China, and North Korea. That alone tells a sad, sad story of how one little man can take down not just a nation, but a country with some serious history. Maybe not the most glorious history, but none the less, some.

      Now we have a nation wallowing in its own filth. Hobbling its people with tragedy and death after sending its youth to die in a foreign territory, for what? A FEVER DREAM at best. A Little MAD MAN takes over the culture. How does this happen? We see the evidence: restrict information; murder opponents; put dissenters in the Gulag to warn all the rest. This equals once modern Russya. The future of Russya is over. The brains are leaving, hoping to take refuge elsewhere, not on the Don River, not on the Steppe, and definitely not in the Frozen Wasteland of Siberia. China pays lip service to VOVA"s pleadings for more ammunition, etc.  Iran agrees with the Kremlin; then sends another barrage into Israel. North Korea welcomes the skinny little guy and sends him some parts for coffeemakers and microwave ovens. Hezbollah lobs a missile or two into Israel daily and then agrees to allow Russyan military units a comfort zone near a US installation.  Hmmmmmm. 

      VOVA has been at the helm now for over 24 years; he's not getting any younger.  71 years old and probably needs a nap. His buddy in MAr-A-Lago will now face off with a new candidate and will lose, again. Fat chance a Democrat will change policy on Ukraine.

      Oh, and why did VOVA replace his Defense Minister with an .....................Economist? Strange move, really. Desperate move many observers are calling it.  The numbers are not good in the Russyan economy, not at all.   Runaway inflation is what its called here; in the largest country in the world it's called fiscal adjustments. An example:

potatoes-----+91% price increase

white cabbage----+44%

Economy flight----+35%

Onions-------------+31%

Lamb meat--------+19%

Cold water supply-+12%

       Ivan down south in Ukraine is on the move as military strategy is in disarray. The European community has begun a new round of support, sending hundreds of millions of supplies to Kyiv. F-16 fighter jets will soon seek out Russyan targets, including ill-trained Ivans seeking shelter that doesn't exist.

    And the demographics dictate that the Kremlin doesn't have a future cohort of young men to send south-there aren't any there. Gone. Ivanka doesn't want to give birth to a son who will drink vodka and die in a foreign cesspool. Woe is Putin. Kremlin staff told reporters on Thursday they are working out new policies to contain inflation. Seems if one even mentions "inflation" in Moskva, one could end up with Evan Gershkovich, in jail for 16 years. Poor Evan-that Wall St. Journal's incarcerated, convicted, kidnapped prisoner who waits for freedom. Over a year in jail for what? Nothing.

   Ah , Russya. Yes, you all will pay, and history will not be kind to you and yours.

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