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    I didnt mind this comment in The Age the other day Archived Message

    Posted by Adamski on November 23, 2022, 4:47 am, in reply to "Mercouris Latest..."

    I wonder if what we are seeing is indeed "fatigue" or a gradual realisation that this appalling
    conflict has no winners, could have been prevented and will only end via diplomatic means
    not military ones. Just as Putin miscalculated 8-9 months ago. So has the USA/NATO !
    Just as Zelensky assumed the mantle of heroic leader, so now has Putin shown a level of
    resolution and willingness to adapt his methods to achieve his revised aims.

    The Kremlin did indeed believe it could achieve regime change in Kiev, secure the position
    of the Donbas separatists and bolster its national security in the Black Sea and along its
    western borders. It believed it could do this quickly and with minimal carnage/ damage
    ......it was wrong. In recent months we have observed a similar level of miscalculation
    and folly from the USA/NATO. The economic war unleashed on Russia was calculated to
    see its collapse. The re-equiping and expansion of the badly decimated Ukrainian military
    was seen as the solution to its military failures ( keep in mind it hasn't only been the
    Russians that have had "incompetent" leadership etc.) ... added to that was the infusion
    of NATO based training, military planning, access to intelligence and communications
    and a gradual build up of forces (especially technical expertise) amongst the ranks of
    the Ukrainians. We need to recall the predictions of Russian collapse due to a lack of
    munitions, morale and supplies. Predictions of the "Himar's miracle". Predictions of the
    Russian population rising up against Putin. Statements coming from Kiev, the Pentagon
    and London in June/July predicted a Ukrainian military "victory" , the clearing of Luhansk,
    Kherson, the Donets and even Crimea by the winter now upon us and the collapse of
    Russia's economy together with massive social unrest ...... they were wrong !

    So, is it "fatigue" or is it a gradual realisation that the "wests" folly is as complete as
    "Putin's" folly ? Whilst the people of Ukraine are paying in blood and devastation,
    the economies of the west are also unravelling, as are the geopolitical alignments
    that this conflict was hoped it would create. Is there a gradual realisation that
    only a diplomatic outcome will stop this idiotic war .... a war the USA/NATO started,
    with the Russian's attacking first !

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