It’s churlish to dwell on all that can go wrong with the professional journalist. True, some aren’t completely annoying to be in the same room with, and some do good work. But not Andreas Kluth.
The nut graph of his recent op-ed, titled “The US Can Make Ukraine Play Defense, on One Condition. If the White House demands that Kyiv hold Russia at bay rather than reconquer its own lands, it must also provide the armor and ammo,” published on January 16, 2024 by Bloomberg, says this:
Well of course this collection of words is galling. Zaluzhny did not say the war is a stalemate. The Economist said the war is at a stalemate. That was in the subtitle of their article about Zaluzhny, who wrote a nine-page memo, titled “Modern Positional Warfare and How to Win It.1”
The shocking thing about the Bloomberg op-ed is how confused Andreas is.
What Z thinks about how the war should be prosecuted can be discussed, but few Ukrainians are very interested, because the president has zero military expertise and very bad judgement. Worse, he stubbornly ignored months of warnings that Russia would invade in the first place.
These are the times of Khmelnytsky, Petliura, Bandera and Zaluzhny. What Z feels is besides the point.
hi, ludwig. the video shows how invaders can durchhauen their way out of the frying pan, but only into the fire, that "living dangerously" on the zero line may not mean not living very long or gloriously. it's an illustration of the violence the last decade has produced in grotesque profusion, and which has the characteristic of revolting all sane souls. the clip is a poor intro to the post, which is more about a fundamental misunderstanding of ukraine's role (as a punching bag) in this bloodbath.
What exactly do you think that tragic and disgusting video adds to your narrative? It’s just pornography really, and as I have no wish to view that sort of thing I’ll just unsubscribe.