Tag: Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Will the West break the gas price?
Traditionally, either October or November used to be the month of the year when the price of gas would start going up again after Summer and Autumn as Winter approaches, the weather becomes colder, and demand for gas increases. For this year, the price of gas, both in the US and Europe closed lower in…
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The imperialism of diplomacy
It is indeed not surprising that prominent rich Americans of the hard right like Elon Musk and David Sacks are in contact with the Kremlin and are propagating its demands in exchange for ending its war on Ukraine. The logical fallacy that one should negotiate for peace with someone who wants to destroy you has…
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The barbarism of pacifism
I come into your house. I rape and beat your family. I rob you and destroy your property. I also begin to kill your family members, and I won’t stop until you make peace with me by giving me what I want from you. There’s a great sense of psychopathy in this morbid logic of…
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A taste of things to come in Russia
My theory that Russia will turn into another Venezuelan economic failure is based on the outcome of the energy war which I am convinced the West will win. Similarly to Venezuela, the national jewels of Russia are its national energy-producing companies such as Gazprom. When the going got tough in Venezuela, corrupt government officials raided…
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No turning back. No nukes for Russia
There is an obvious lesson to be learned from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its constant threats to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine and Europe. Russia should not and can not have nuclear weapons and there can never be a new normal with an imperialist Russia. The idea that we Europeans have to survive with…
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A grave error of judgment
Malta’s Labour Party conveniently assumed that Russia would win its war on Ukraine and positioned its foreign policy accordingly. After opposing Russian sanctions and the end of passport sales to Russians, Malta under the Labour Party will be regarded as untrustworthy by the fifth largest member of the European Union. For example, I’m sure Ukraine…
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What is really at stake?
If Ukraine gives in to Putin’s current demands, that means that an aggressive nation-state would have conquered a neighbouring country and forced it to concede to its terms – this would have been possible only because the aggressor country had nuclear weapons and no one dared stop it. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not giving…
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Putin is as dangerous as Hitler if not more
The title is meant to be controversial, but it is literally and empirically correct and I will explain why. I am compelled to write this article because I have seen a great deficiency of historical knowledge in the majority of left-wing and liberal commentaries that I have read so far. This article is by no…