More than 100 years ago, the world went to war over a squabble in the Balkans and the assassination of a Balkan politico – the Archduke Franz Ferdinand – in Serbia. What followed was both ridiculous and tragic – and it looks like it may happen again.
This time, over a ridiculous little comedian who plays the role of “president” of Ukraine, a piece of the old Soviet Union that is being used as a front for a proxy war on Russia, which has so far shown almost unbelievable restraint in the face of provocations so obnoxious only an American jingo could fail to see it. Of course, Americans are lectured endlessly about “Putin’s aggression” – nevermind the aggression of America in backing the loathsome little comedian with weapons and support. And nevermind that the whole dirty business was precipitated by obnoxious reneging on promises made to the Russians that Ukraine would not become a member of NATO, something the Russians understandably consider to be unacceptable for exactly the same reason Americans would consider it unacceptable if Mexico or Canada became a Warsaw Pact member. One does not need to be a genius to comprehend this. Just not a blinkered, flag-humping jingoist.
The Russians have put up with a lot. More than we would have put up with. It seems clear that Putin does not want to go to war with NATO, which would mean going to war with the United States. On the contrary, it seems very clear there are people occupying positions of authority in the United States – such as the loathsome Lindsey Graham, senator from Boeing – who want very much to goad the Russians into a war with NATO and so with the United States. If this happens – and at this point, it seems more likely than ever that it will happen, unless these maniacs are somehow dealt with – it will be even more ridiculous and far more tragic than the world going to war over the assassination of Franz Fucking Ferdinand. The latter was at least the heir to throne of Austria-Hungary – whereas the “president” of Ukraine is a third-rate comedian who played the president of Ukraine (literally) before he became “president” – which happened after he played the piano with his penis on TeeVee.
Chew on that. The third world war – perhaps – incited by this horrible nonentity and his backers, who back him because they, in turn, were bought and paid for to do exactly that.
It is nothing less than astounding that – as of this writing – Keeeeeeeeeevv (as we’re superciliously expected to enunciate the name of the capital city of Ukraine) has not been flattened if not turned to glass in the wake of the mass drone attack the other day deep inside Russian territory that destroyed a number of Russia’s long-range strategic bombers, their counterparts of our B-52s.
Chew on that. Try to not be a flag-humping jingo, if you are one (turn off that horrible jingo jerk-off Lee Greenwood song Trump loves to play) and imagine the Russians egging on the Cubans to launch a mass drone attack on American strategic assets such as B-52 bombers. Imagine even one of ours got bombed to smithereens on our soil by a Cuban drone probably supplied by the Russians and almost certainly guided to its target with the help of the Russians.
Of course, the Russians would never do that as they are not insane. More finely, that country is not under the control of lunatics, as here – all of whom, to a man, are old men with no skin in the game who believe they will be just fine, even if the Russians are goaded beyond what they can suffer and respond.
When they do, it will be something a sane mind has difficulty imagining. More finely, a sane mind has difficulty understanding why anyone not out of their mind would risk it, over Wlodomyr Fucking Zelensky and that Balkan country which isn’t worth (to quote Bismarck) the bones of a single healthy Pomeranian grenadier.
Let alone an American.
Except, perhaps Graham and his ilk.
This article was originally published on Eric Peters Autos.
