This shapeshifter conflict in Ukraine has just gone up another notch
with the general decision to start sending the very latest tanks from
NATO countries into the arena. Everybody is smiling and brotherly in the news
now that we have a decision. Is there no one prepared to ask a few questions
about all this.
I actually googled this one. 'Is Ukraine about to run out of soldiers.' Just
asking, because if/when it does; what happens next. I am not the only concerned one.
As early as last summer, expert opinion had it that Ukraine had entered a zone of
being totally reliant on the West with respect to both the economy and military procurement.
And - for a dying man - President Putin seems to be making some pretty tight
proclamations. The one that impressed me, on the nuclear question:'We are not insane'.
Thank God! Send me the t-shirt.
One gets the impression that, even if the leadership in the US and elsewhere changes,
military decisions might not. Am I imagining this. Even in the face of a new Repubican House,
President Biden just allocated large sums to Ukrainian Defense. How is that giong to happen.
More incendiary rambling from the Russians: they now consider that they are primarily
fighting yes, NATO, but the US and Britain in particular. Interestinly, France has fought
Russia in the past (it didn['t end well for Napoleon) but the anglophone world has not.
Russia, for its part, has fought the West quite a few times, and made it through. The
West may be preparing its victory speech, but Russia has an agenda of it's own. This does
not make for general and unworried accord with current orientations.
Perso, I'd give Russia an exit ramp; each and every step of the way.
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Bank rate went up another .25 in this morning's annoucement by the Bank
of Canada, putting the 'taux diecteur' at 4.5%. They expect to hold at this level
for some time:
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