Dakota Beacon

Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, there has been a totally one-sided response throughout the world.  It is unfortunate that the massive reaction has been to condemn and then silence one side of this matter.  We are certainly inundated with propaganda slanted toward the Ukrainian position and perhaps this could be expected in that they were, after all, invaded.  

But in order to deal with this situation effectively it would seem absolutely essential that we hear the other side of this.  Russia has never really accepted that Ukraine is a separate country.  We have, so we look at this differently.  China, for example, considers that Taiwan is part of China and the Taiwanese do not.  We shall see how that works out fairly soon perhaps.  

But one result of this managed news has been the hagiographic treatment of Ukraine’s president, Zelenskyy.  He is being described by normally staid commentators like Stuart Varney as nothing less than a “hero”, “standing up for his own people, his country”.  Had Zelenskyy not goaded Russia and Putin, his country would most likely have been left alone.  But there was never any question that Ukraine would be invaded the way they were rattling around, flirting with NATO membership, and had not idiots such as our own American administration* not been adventuring around inviting this. On the eve of this action by Russia our Vice President*, Kamala Harris, praised Zelenskyy for seeking this.  It is no wonder that Putin saw this as a threat.  And he didn’t figure there was going to be any better time to nip this movement by Ukraine in the bud than while we have the kind of administration* in the White House that we have at present.

There is nothing to admire in Zelenskyy - he is propped up by George Soros, just like many of our delinquent DA’s in the United States are, and like them, he is causing a world of harm to his own people.   He has pulled down a hornets’ nest and hurled it right into the midst of his own people.  He is a colossal fool if we are to go by his life and words to date.  He seems to believe that we are so stupid that he can put out comic-book scenarios as “news” and we will fall for it.  So far he has been right for the most part.  

Zelenskyy could come to some kind of terms - realistic terms, like an adult and a leader - he could do as the actual hero, Michael Collins, did in the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.  It wasn’t all he wanted - the hope had been for a free republic with no ties to the British Crown, but Collins understood that his own people were being slaughtered and suffering and there was no reason to think more could be won at the time, but a free state was a strong beginning.  He, too, was slandered, and eventually assassinated for his efforts to bring peace to his suffering, war-torn homeland.  Had he survived and remained Ireland’s leader, there is no doubt the history of Ireland in the 20th Century would have been a glowing, glittering success and a credit to its many heroes stretching back 700 years.  Collins' sense of reality and reason, however, were in the way of the egos of some other people, lesser people, even though important people - such as Eamon DeValera.  Zelenskyy reminds me a lot of DeValera.  A grandstander, not a man of reason.  So instead of building on this firm foundation negotiated by Collins, Ireland was fated to struggle through most of the century - another 70 years - of threadbare, depressing, backwater status.

The best thing Ukraine could have would be a thinking, reasonable and resourceful leader right now.  Zelenskyy’s style of leadership has been to try to shame other nations, great nations, into entering into armed conflict with Russia and winning this war for him.  Is this sensible?  Who has a reasonable national interest in this?  Almost none, certainly none powerful enough to take on Russia.  Zelenskyy strutted into this mess, struck a few dramatic poses, tossed out a few crackling lines of swagger, promoted a lot of misinformation - which seems entirely ok with all of the “fact-checkers” - and worse yet, is very cocky about violating international rules of warfare.  You don’t order your civilian “troops” to shoot on sight and take no prisoners when they encounter a Russian soldier.  You don’t do that.  And it’s about as stupid an order as you can give when you are invaded.  What you want is for Russian soldiers, when captured, to throw down their guns and surrender.  Of course he has taken that option away from the Russian solders and in doing so has put his bravest and most willing civilian soldiers at terrible risk.  Many more will die for this stupid order.  If that were not enough, we now have a report that his troops went to the home of an eastern Ukrainian mayor, "arrested" him and shot him dead in the street.  Zelenskyy and his "troops" do not obey international laws.  And what a great way to provide for future conciliation of the people of his country! 

Zelenskyy is not ready for prime time.  Not by a long sight - perhaps he never could be.  He is too self-centered, too much of a poseur to be of any use to anyone.  He is a fool.  It is becoming obvious that he is not his own man.  He probably doesn’t even know how to get out of this.  He began this by acting at the direction of others - some very sinister people, people who do not care about the lives of innocent Ukrainian citizens.  

We should not be supporting this clown.  It is disappointing that our leaders are in lockstep and seem to be thinking with one mind on this and speaking with one voice.  There is a lot of blame to go around.  The US is partly at fault because of our pathetically weak foreign policy and our domestic policy - a policy which took us from energy independence to absolute dependence upon a patchwork of other oil and gas producers - such as Saudi Arabia and Russia.  If we don’t want Russia to feel they have the strength and positioning to attack a neighboring country we ought not to be supporting Russia in this effort by being dependent upon Russia for our own energy.  

Don’t believe everything you are hearing out of Ukraine.  The Ukrainian leadership is very willing to tell a lot of lies and the pliable press is more than willing to spread these lies and give them the appearance of truth.  Zelenskyy is no hero, he is at best a fool and perhaps something much worse.  He is an unqualified disaster for the people of Ukraine.  It is a real tragedy when incompetent or disloyal leaders rise to the head of their countries.  He has brought death and destruction to Ukraine as much as Putin did.  

These are two bad guys - Putin and Zelenskyy.  And now we are hearing that the EU and the United States are conspiring to effect a “change of regime” in Russia.  Funny how they work this out.  For four years we heard nothing but that Russia was interfering in US elections.  It was a mantra.  If that would have been a bad thing (and it would have been), why is it now a good idea for the US and the EU to tinker with the leadership of Russia?  Even if we could do this or if it would be right to do it if we could, we have tried this before and it has always been worse than failure.  We tried it in Iran, we tried it in Iraq, in Libya, etc., etc.  We should try to overcome the neocon habit of trying to slip the CIA in and topple governments we don’t like.  We’re not that good at it.  And it is not the thing to do.  

The best thing that can happen at this late stage, is that Ukraine will send an adult to figure out a way out so that Russians can go back home and Ukraine will stop the party with the West.  The reaction of the West, the censorship, the spreading of idiotic propaganda, the refusal to see the whole picture, the fixation on Zelenskyy as some kind of Superman, is only making this conflict far worse than it would otherwise have been, created it in the first place, caused more harm to innocent people, incurred a terrible economic loss to them and, as it always happens when the truth is silenced, the problem can only worsen.

And these saber-rattling, intrigue-seeking Western nations aren’t doing their people any good either, by the way.  What profit is there in sending support to a feckless and incompetent but belligerant fop like Zelenskyy for the people of Germany or France, or the U.S.?  We have no need to be there at all.  The more we pour fuel onto this fire the hotter and longer it will burn and while it directly harms the Ukrainian people it isn’t doing us any good either.  Gas is up to $4 per gallon.  How high do you want it to go?

I don’t think in my whole life I have ever felt the desire to defend Joy Behar.  She is a disgusting and despicable person.  I do not agree with her.  But last week she made a good point and everyone piled on her for it.  She complained that after a long wait for a trip she had planned and cherished, to Italy, this war looked like it was going to derail that.  

She was beaten up by the press for that one by people across the political spectrum.  But I think if we were to step back and look at this with any reason, she was right.  Why should Zelenskyy’s drama - which he invited - have to cause the hoteliers, the restaurateurs, the transportation industry even more misery than they have suffered for going into a third year?  Why shouldn’t Joy Behar be able to go to Europe if she has the money and the wish to do so?  That’s not a crime.  She’s guilty of a lot of stuff, but I don’t see this as a reason to jump on her.  Hers was the one public voice of reason all week.  Why should we make it a crime for people not at war to want to have a vacation?  Why has it become such a demand that everyone sacrifice for everything, even when it is pointless?  

Don’t get me wrong - we feel profound sorrow for the people of Ukraine and we should - but after all, Ms Behar’s long-awaited vacation being scuttled isn’t going to put the toothpaste back in the tube in Ukraine, or get Putin to pack up and go back to Moscow.  Sacrifice is only meaningful if it actually helps someone.  And I wouldn’t mind it if she took a nice long vacation and we didn’t hear from her for a while.  We can’t really go around “feeling everyone else’s pain”.  Today I mentioned that the 1997 flood brought an end to my family’s investments.  Well, it did.  And my being sorry that happened and even angry about it doesn’t make any difference at all.  If I didn’t say that, or think it, even, would those whose own homes were swept away be any better off?  I’ve always been sorry when innocent people suffer.  I can’t prevent it by suffering more myself, can I?  Or by not complaining about it?  Maybe Behar should be angry.  Maybe we should all be angry and not just with Putin, but with our own feeble “leadership”* in America, with the feckless idiot that is running Ukraine into the ground over there.  Maybe we should be angry at the Green crowd who have managed to cow leadership around the world into a position where we are all relying on Putin and a few other cold and heartless villains to keep our cars running and keep us from freezing to death.  If you dont’ agree, just turn off your computer, your coffee pot, your TV, your furnace and hot water heater and your radio.  Put away your video games, turn off your lights.  If you don’t want to do that to show solidarity with Zelenskyy, don’t take a swing at Joy Behar.  It’s just plain dishonest.

Let Zelenskyy and Putin parse out some kind of solution.  It won’t be as nice as before the fight started - things never are - but the fight can at least end and the people mend and put their lives and their communities back together again with no more bloodshed or destruction.  And for Pete’s sake, don’t anyone else go around starting wars or provoking others to do so.  When China makes its move on Taiwan it will be interesting to see if our politicians and celebrities join the chorus of “we’re all Taiwanese”.  This is borrowed from the ineffectual and insincere response of the stupid and ineffectual, effete people who reacted to the murder of the editorial staff of Charlie Hebdo - “Je suis Charlie”.  It meant nothing. 

Our best hope is that this conflict will come to an end soon and we should do nothing to prolong it or exacerbate it.  Give Zelenskyy and his massive, throbbing ego a rest.  He’s no hero.  He’s a phony leader propped up by the invisible and sinister control of those who would drag the world into another conflict without regard for the lives of the people of Ukraine, namely Klaus Schwab, the E.U. and George Soros. You know there is something wrong with the story when it is so heavily censored - that is a dead giveaway.  Just don’t go along with it.  

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