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Celestial
The west's response to the Ukraine war is a paroxysm of liberal fanaticism, undertaken without democratic consent and without honest public debate. Britain's championing of the cause was transparently to distract the press and the public from the then-prime minister's domestic difficulties. It is destroying Europe economically and its people are suffering with rampant inflation, job losses, and fuel poverty. Literally thousands of people are going to die across Europe this winter due to fuel poverty, and that figure will be much higher if there are significant power cuts, the risk of which has been greatly increased by the sanctions. Incidentally, the US economy, although experiencing some (comparatively lesser) difficulties, stands to gain many long-term benefits at the expense of Europe as a result of the war and the western sanctions regime in place (U.S. manufacturing is experiencing a rebound, with companies adding workers amid high consumer demand for products. -NY Times). The US is also the country that undertook most of the manoeuvring that created the conditions for conflict. Germany has the most to lose, and is losing big. All for a patch of Eastern European rust belt.Elon Musk gets into Twitter spat with Volodymyr Zelensky after saying Ukraine should stay NEUTRAL in war with Russia to 'seek peace' - as German ambassador tells him to 'f**k off'
Elon Musk has become embroiled in a Twitter spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after claiming the country should remain 'neutral' in the war against Russia – as a diplomat told him to 'f*** off'. The Tesla CEO made a series of remarks, claiming he only wanted 'peace' between the countries after Russian invaded Ukraine unprovoked eight months ago. He claims the peace deal should include a recognition that Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014, is 'formally a part of Russia.' Crimea has been recognized as a part of Ukraine by the US and other allies since Russian invaded and conducted a referendum. The world's richest man acknowledged that the referendum was 'questionable', quickly hitting back to say it should be done under the supervision of the UN or another 'trusted entity'. Billionaire Musk has been hit with a huge backlash online, claiming his 'peace' deal is 'highly likely to be the outcome', adding 'just a question of how many die before then.'
The liberals are now the party of war. They see war as a moral good, rather than something to be avoided at great cost, because the costs of war are so much greater. They relish the thought of conflict with Russia--a stupid conflict born of nothing, and certainly not principle, given the good relations we have with comparable and worse regimes around the world--and spur on the Ukrainians as willing proxies. I cannot imagine this situation being greeted in the same way a generation ago, with the rulers of Europe and their American masters pouring fuel on the fire, and dragging the west so close to the brink of open conflict with Russia, instead of encouraging the belligerents to seek a compromised peace with one another.