Today’s talks were "not unsuccessful", is the non-committal conclusion from Russia’s top diplomat, a man still sanctioned by the West, who sat down for 4.5 hours of negotiations in Riyadh today with Ukraine’s biggest donor.
Why are we so afraid of Russia? As the article points out, it could not overwhelm or defeat a country a quarter its own size. It mouths threats about what it will do if this and that happens and then nothing happens. It goes to a fear of the nuclear arsenal and the meatgrinder tactics of the Russian military (no change there then!). But it also speaks of a Europe that has coasted too long under the American defense umbrella, has been undermined by defeatist self-loathing and a hollowing out of proud military traditions, and a reluctance to actually fight to win, rather than unilaterally declare "peace", up sticks and see all hell break loose. even Israel is seeing that the "ceasefire" in Gaza is revealing a Hamas renaissance, with all the culling of anyone suspected of collaborating with the Zionist entity!
Why are we so afraid of Russia? As the article points out, it could not overwhelm or defeat a country a quarter its own size. It mouths threats about what it will do if this and that happens and then nothing happens. It goes to a fear of the nuclear arsenal and the meatgrinder tactics of the Russian military (no change there then!). But it also speaks of a Europe that has coasted too long under the American defense umbrella, has been undermined by defeatist self-loathing and a hollowing out of proud military traditions, and a reluctance to actually fight to win, rather than unilaterally declare "peace", up sticks and see all hell break loose. even Israel is seeing that the "ceasefire" in Gaza is revealing a Hamas renaissance, with all the culling of anyone suspected of collaborating with the Zionist entity!