Links and Stuff
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Add to the above list if you can, thank you.
Resources For Understanding The War Beyond The Bulletins
Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map, who is an independent youtuber with a mostly neutral viewpoint.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have good analysis (though also a couple bad takes here and there)
Understanding War and the Saker: neo-conservative sources but their reporting of the war (so far) seems to line up with reality better than most liberal sources.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict and, unlike most western analysts, has some degree of understanding on how war works. He is a reactionary, however.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent journalist reporting in the Ukrainian warzones.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Yesterday's discussion post.
Putin doesn't strike me as a dumbass though. He's not a nice person who believes in good stuff but he comes off as intelligent and perceptive.
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All you have to do is see reality for what it is. That's all you have to do.
Putin saw what NATO was doing, took the chance, and very likely saw that Europe was dependent on Russia despite all the rhetoric otherwise.
US media just prints stories saying "Putin is dying of cancer and a bad man" because if they don't get a supervillain origin story then they might have to contend with reality for once in their lives.
Just look at the pushback against Mr Realpolitik himself, Henry Kissinger, when he said a more stable world is one where Ukraine just cedes some territory in exchange for peace.
People go nuts because "bad guys" are supposed to be punished. There's supposed to be consequences but the reality is that wielding power means there are no consequences, and Russia wields more power than the West would like to realise.
Say what you will about him, but the man is obviously competent.