I have more than a few VDH books. I enjoy his work on California and history. But lately it seems like his gears are slipping. You'll notice that in interviews were he breaks his train of thought, or mixes up words. I get that. I do that from time to time.
But when he talks and writes about Ukraine, I can't help but think his sources are the same liars that got us into this. The info is out there for anyone to see. There are more than a few on blogs and telegram that have no dog in the fight, yet deal with Russia all the time. They aren't seeing what VDH is saying. Did he not see the scores of dead women soldiers on the Ukraine side? Did he not see the down-syndrome and old men? The mass graves? Either this stuff isn't happening in Russia or they have one hell of a marketing/chokehold on intel.
Far as Putin goes, he's been consistent since before this all started. Early on, I read one piece one a blog that has rung true since. He's not after turf. He'll take back the ethnic Russian areas, and simply take his time, lower risks, and obliterate Ukraine's military. The kill ratio reflects this.
Sad. But then again, those with eyes ought to see.
From your experience I'm sure you can think of several formerly-high-quality-product brand names that were purchased, then used to sell junk (basically knock-offs) at the "quality" price. Buyers eventually figure out the scam but by then the scammers are long gone with their scammed money. Maybe VDH is a brand name that is being used to peddle junk.
VDH is great on US domestic politics and cultural issues. As soon as his analysis goes over the border and turns to geo-politics, he becomes an insane warmonger, utterly unhinged.
But the neo-cons are not lying, they believe their own propaganda about Russia suffering 3-4x the casualties of Ukraine. So their negotiation strategy is predicated upon this being true. They presume Russia is secretly desperate for a ceasefire, that they have leverage, and NATO troops will soon be occupying a demarcation line.
Only in the last few weeks has reality begun to dawn on them, but even just before then Trump was babbling on like a moron about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, claiming its status was up for negotiation. That’s an example of how deluded they are about it all.
Regarding ”spin”: ”Elizabeth Dwoskin, Faiz Siddiqui, Pranshu Verma, and Trisha Thadani of the Washington Post reported today that Musk was among those who worked over the weekend to get Trump to end his new tariffs.”. Old stock American names?
I have more than a few VDH books. I enjoy his work on California and history. But lately it seems like his gears are slipping. You'll notice that in interviews were he breaks his train of thought, or mixes up words. I get that. I do that from time to time.
But when he talks and writes about Ukraine, I can't help but think his sources are the same liars that got us into this. The info is out there for anyone to see. There are more than a few on blogs and telegram that have no dog in the fight, yet deal with Russia all the time. They aren't seeing what VDH is saying. Did he not see the scores of dead women soldiers on the Ukraine side? Did he not see the down-syndrome and old men? The mass graves? Either this stuff isn't happening in Russia or they have one hell of a marketing/chokehold on intel.
Far as Putin goes, he's been consistent since before this all started. Early on, I read one piece one a blog that has rung true since. He's not after turf. He'll take back the ethnic Russian areas, and simply take his time, lower risks, and obliterate Ukraine's military. The kill ratio reflects this.
Sad. But then again, those with eyes ought to see.
From your experience I'm sure you can think of several formerly-high-quality-product brand names that were purchased, then used to sell junk (basically knock-offs) at the "quality" price. Buyers eventually figure out the scam but by then the scammers are long gone with their scammed money. Maybe VDH is a brand name that is being used to peddle junk.
Hand tools are a great example of this. Good brands move production to China or Mexico, quality declines then people wise up.
When you finally hit upon one truth from government, give me a shout. Forget the MSM...they are lost in the wilderness of lies forever.
VDH is great on US domestic politics and cultural issues. As soon as his analysis goes over the border and turns to geo-politics, he becomes an insane warmonger, utterly unhinged.
But the neo-cons are not lying, they believe their own propaganda about Russia suffering 3-4x the casualties of Ukraine. So their negotiation strategy is predicated upon this being true. They presume Russia is secretly desperate for a ceasefire, that they have leverage, and NATO troops will soon be occupying a demarcation line.
Only in the last few weeks has reality begun to dawn on them, but even just before then Trump was babbling on like a moron about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, claiming its status was up for negotiation. That’s an example of how deluded they are about it all.
Regarding ”spin”: ”Elizabeth Dwoskin, Faiz Siddiqui, Pranshu Verma, and Trisha Thadani of the Washington Post reported today that Musk was among those who worked over the weekend to get Trump to end his new tariffs.”. Old stock American names?