While Ukraine has overwhelmingly won the English propaganda war, it's not clear that this holds in other languages. Most of the world's pop live in countries that are neutral or Russia-supporting, even now.
While true in numbers of countries supporting sanctions on Russia, they account for a small fraction of the world economic power. Even China and India, while at times flaunting sanctions because who cannot turn down discounted oil, has kept themselves sidelined otherwise. The sanctions are not as damaging outwardly as hoped, but they are definitely hurting Russia.
Ukraine need not “win” over the entire world, but it has won in the the most important arena that has the economic and military power to aid them. And even if there are countries who do not outwardly support them at the UN, it is a cautionary tale about being the next target for such a brutal military venture.
War is a biological phenomenon of the human species and we've seen dozens of wars now in which nuclear weapons played no role at all. The reason we go with history as our guide is that we have *evidence* of the past, including all the times that someone declared war was going to be a thing of the past now. There is no end of history, just history.
Excellent piece - thanks for posting!
Thank you.
Bravo, Mick.
Excellent, waiting for the 3rd piece!
While Ukraine has overwhelmingly won the English propaganda war, it's not clear that this holds in other languages. Most of the world's pop live in countries that are neutral or Russia-supporting, even now.
This is a good point. And only a small percentage of the world's nations are part of the sanctions regime.
While true in numbers of countries supporting sanctions on Russia, they account for a small fraction of the world economic power. Even China and India, while at times flaunting sanctions because who cannot turn down discounted oil, has kept themselves sidelined otherwise. The sanctions are not as damaging outwardly as hoped, but they are definitely hurting Russia.
Ukraine need not “win” over the entire world, but it has won in the the most important arena that has the economic and military power to aid them. And even if there are countries who do not outwardly support them at the UN, it is a cautionary tale about being the next target for such a brutal military venture.
War is a biological phenomenon of the human species and we've seen dozens of wars now in which nuclear weapons played no role at all. The reason we go with history as our guide is that we have *evidence* of the past, including all the times that someone declared war was going to be a thing of the past now. There is no end of history, just history.
Thanks for your reply. Can you explain how you intend to undo human biology?