"He was talking about sanctions of course— but the meaning is wider — there is no “normal” anymore— so no return to “normal”."
This is a great point, Julian. And something very likely missed by the west. Russia has been undermined, challenged, its citizens and ethnics slaughtered and its assets fought over by outsiders. To expect Putin and Russia to return to such status quo is a silly presumption. A real, lasting peace is going to require a drastic new normal.
This gullibility of the Duran and most of alt media has seriously consequences for the UK and the EU. We're told that for Trump's peace that he is working so hard, that's just around the corner, we must spend all our money and buy US weapons and then be 'peacekeepers' in a buffer zone to corner and pacify Putin. In otherwords we must bleed ourselves dry and feed our children feet first through the meat grinder as the last Ukrainian goes in, for no reason other than US primacy.
Trump does not want peace. Repeat after me guys. Trump does not want peace.
One of the A's is still going on about woke EU/WEF/globalists like they're a thing opposing Trump. What a joke.
"You live in the image you have of the world. Every one of us lives in a different world, with different space and different time." (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
Who knows what Trump wants? Maybe he wants peace here, war there? Main thing, he himself comes out smelling of roses. He is "an agent of change".
I wouldn't say that the Duranies are gullible, that is a bit harsh. They just see the world in a different way to the msn, to you. Perhaps slanted in a particular direction, their reports are honest and from the heart. Thank god for that too.
TRUMP DOES NOT WANT PEACE. His team have repeatedly said they want divsion of labour over containing Russia and want to focus on Iran and China. WE KNOW WHAT TRUMP WANTS BECAUSE HE KEEPS TELLING US. Thinking Trump will bring peace is very dangerous for the EU and UK.
I'm not sure he wants war, but war sure wants him.
Iran is looking highly likely, and I'm guessing the Empire have many hidden cards we don't know about. Remember the pagers? Paying off the Syrian army?
Well Iran has a huge number of spies and terror groups on the Empire payroll who will be activated to coincide with an attack. In other words the war could be more internal than external and aimed at regime change.
This is the kind of war Trump could be talked into, and could be coming soon.
Trump is not being talked into anything. He’d love war with Iran, for his MIC sponsors and to prevent China having access to fossil fuels for its expanding economy. All roads lead to isolating and weakening China.
Yes war in West Asia, caused entirely by US, including Trump’s, meddling is coming soon.
The US and NATO lost. Trump is merely formalising the surrender agreement and calling it ‘Peace’. If Harris had won, she would have had to do the same, though it would probably not have been a formal agreement ending the proxy war, rather a de facto one.
Trouble is Trump has riled up the EU to buy arms, from the US, to balance his trade deficit so that he can pivot to China. If they foolishly go into Ukraine, under US manipulation (the EU is a puppet of the US, they only do what they’re told) then Trump gets his cake and eats it. He gets the nobel peace prize, MAGA support and gets to continue to over-extend Russia by proxy, which he can pivot back to at any time (the West constantly reneges on agreements, look at Gaza).
Stop believing what we want to be true. It’s dangerous. The US should stop funding and supporting the neonazis in Ukraine. Allow Putin to root them out. If Putin agrees to a ceasefire it’s only because he thinks a pause and rearm would benefit Russia more than the West. Tell puppet Z to unconditionally surrender with Russian held areas remaining Russian. Ensure Ukraine neutrality with no ‘peacekeepers’ on the ground. Stop the UK arming thus diverting money from social programs. The US (including Trump) should stop creating proxy wars.
Thanks for calling out the Duran as Trump Hopers. I did a video on this theme on my YT channel that got support but attracted a lot of haters. It is good to read alternative commentators with better judgment - like you! Thanks
I found your channel & the referenced video. Watch the first couple minutes, will watch the rest later this evening.
I am also a long time follower of the Duran and have been shocked by how they seem to have fallen under the Trump trance- as have so many "alt" media.
Judge Nap crew virtually unwatchable now.
In very recent days the duran have backed off a bit from God Emperor Trump polishing, but still nowhere near the quality of the previous analysis they delivered.
Some days I don't watch, many days I have to stop watching.
They are badly damaging the credibility they built up in previous years.
What really boggles the mind is the comments. Almost non stop praise for their brilliance. I guess they have a lot of MAGA watchers.
The denazification issue is VERY difficult. After having read Rossolinski-Liebe's book "Stepan Bandera" and a few other texts by John-Paul Himka and Magocsi it becomes apparent that:
1. The Ukrainian state is a fiction, it never existed before 1991,
2. The Ukrainian heritage is also a fiction, there is no such thing. These people(me) are in fact Ruthenians(pronounced in latin) or Rusyns(pronounced in English). That is, peoples whose origins are Kiev and Russ.....the same place Russians come from,
3. The atrocities committed by Ruthenian peasants, UPA, OUN and the passivity in the knowledge of same of the Greek Catholic church from 1941-1945 are a STAIN on the soul of Glaicia. They is a reason there are no Jews in Galicia anymore, they were slaughtered on mass.
Unfortunately until the peoples of the current Western Ukraine and their acolytes that left after the war(What we n Canada called DP's) come to terms with what their ancestors did, what Bishops Slipy and Shiptiski did and did not do, this will not end. This must be faced.
Bandera and his merry-men were fascist, terrorist, murders....in the case of Roman Sukevitch, also a butcher. They were not Christians, they were animals and until that recognized, none of this will change.
"America First" and "Make America Great Again" are just a rebranded version of the German slogan Deutschland Uber Alles. Call it America Uber Alles.
In practice, it means American Supremacy. Nothing else.
MAGA is just a symptom of this broader cult of American Supremacy that infects most of US society across the political spectrum from Liberal to Moderate to Conservative.
That kind of dogma didn't work out well so for Germany.
And America will likely meet a similar unhappy fate as that of its German predecessor.
I see the Ukraine flags in the UK again. This is very dangerous. The media with the BBC at the helm are parroting Starmer’s message, that Russia and Putin are the enemy who can’t be trusted over agreements.
The US, UK and NATO lost in Ukraine. Trump is merely formalising the surrender agreement and calling it ‘Peace’. If Harris had won, she would have had to do the same, though it would probably not have been a formal agreement ending the proxy war, rather a de facto one.
Trouble is Trump has riled up the EU to buy arms, from the US, to balance his trade deficit so that he can pivot to China. If we foolishly go into Ukraine and get slaughtered, under US manipulation (the EU is a puppet of the US, they only do what they’re told, including potentially vetoing the peace agreement at the UN and even accepting tariffs because of it) then Trump gets to both keep his cake and to eat it. He gets the nobel peace prize, MAGA support but also gets to continue to over-extend Russia by proxy, which he can pivot back to at any time (the West constantly reneges on agreements, look at Gaza).
Russia has got Trump, America, the Eurotards & City of London puppets right where it wants them.
I was living in Ukraine as a Canadian expat when the SMO started. I stuck around for a few months, but it became unsafe to have wrongthink, so I left.
I agree with Julian- Russia is going to attrit the enemy forces on Ukrainian territory until they collapse, then take control over all of Ukraine.
Russia will likely seek to make peace with Hungary, Romania, Slovakia & Poland by returning territory the soviets redistributed into Ukraine as the divided up central Europe after ww2.
I do not see how Russia can achieve its aims any other way.
Plus- this would be most beneficial to the civilians of Ukraine and most damaging to America & the west.
I sincerely hope every USD$, Euro & GBP invested in Ukraine is lost by Russia taking over & renouncing every agreement, contract, deed & debt to any western government, bank or company.
Never going to happen because it is not likely there will ever be a ceasefire.
The Zelensky regime or the EU puppets will sabotage any potential ceasefire.
Reality is there is near zero chance of a ceasefire because this requires Ukraine, America, the UK and the EU publicly recognize the 4 regions plus Crimea are legitimately part of the Russian Federation.
Near impossible to imagine this happening.
Not to mention total cessation of military supplies & ISR/intelligence from America/the west to Ukraine.
These 2 alone scupper any potential ceasefire from being agreed to.
Not to mention Putin this week in a speech to Russian entrepreneurs & industrialists said Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev & Odessa oblasts will also join the Russian Federation. You can probably Sumy & Cherniv oblasts to that list also.
I personally think- as an expat who was living in Ukraine when the SMO started- Russia will take control over all of Ukraine.
Then Russia will likely negotiate with Hungary, Romania, Slovakia & Poland the return of territories they lost when the Soviets drew new borders. Absorbing the rest of Ukraine into the Russian Federation.
When I said 'ceasefire',I didn't mean a peace deal with public recognition etc, i meant the nominal, cynical Western use of the term applied in a loose sense, to encourage 'reassurance forces' into Ukraine to make Russia fire on them. This is what Trump wants.
Unless there is unconditional surrender now or soon by Zelensky, realising that he's a puppet, which is very unlikely, then I think that you're right. Russia will take the whole of Ukraine, destroy the Azov element root and branch and then sort out the borders. The Ukrainian forces may well collapse within 6 months. Trump's agenda is to make this take longer, to extend Russia more.
Young Koba the Dread! 8-)
What strikes me is, every time the US and MSN puts the focus on the Russian SMO, the Middle East gets bombed big time again!
If zion Don wanted peace he could just start there.
But someone who is currently the biggest genocide sponsor on this planet does not qualify as a peacemaker in my book!
"He was talking about sanctions of course— but the meaning is wider — there is no “normal” anymore— so no return to “normal”."
This is a great point, Julian. And something very likely missed by the west. Russia has been undermined, challenged, its citizens and ethnics slaughtered and its assets fought over by outsiders. To expect Putin and Russia to return to such status quo is a silly presumption. A real, lasting peace is going to require a drastic new normal.
This gullibility of the Duran and most of alt media has seriously consequences for the UK and the EU. We're told that for Trump's peace that he is working so hard, that's just around the corner, we must spend all our money and buy US weapons and then be 'peacekeepers' in a buffer zone to corner and pacify Putin. In otherwords we must bleed ourselves dry and feed our children feet first through the meat grinder as the last Ukrainian goes in, for no reason other than US primacy.
Trump does not want peace. Repeat after me guys. Trump does not want peace.
One of the A's is still going on about woke EU/WEF/globalists like they're a thing opposing Trump. What a joke.
"You live in the image you have of the world. Every one of us lives in a different world, with different space and different time." (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
Who knows what Trump wants? Maybe he wants peace here, war there? Main thing, he himself comes out smelling of roses. He is "an agent of change".
I wouldn't say that the Duranies are gullible, that is a bit harsh. They just see the world in a different way to the msn, to you. Perhaps slanted in a particular direction, their reports are honest and from the heart. Thank god for that too.
What is your alternative then?
TRUMP DOES NOT WANT PEACE. His team have repeatedly said they want divsion of labour over containing Russia and want to focus on Iran and China. WE KNOW WHAT TRUMP WANTS BECAUSE HE KEEPS TELLING US. Thinking Trump will bring peace is very dangerous for the EU and UK.
I'm not sure he wants war, but war sure wants him.
Iran is looking highly likely, and I'm guessing the Empire have many hidden cards we don't know about. Remember the pagers? Paying off the Syrian army?
Well Iran has a huge number of spies and terror groups on the Empire payroll who will be activated to coincide with an attack. In other words the war could be more internal than external and aimed at regime change.
This is the kind of war Trump could be talked into, and could be coming soon.
Trump is not being talked into anything. He’d love war with Iran, for his MIC sponsors and to prevent China having access to fossil fuels for its expanding economy. All roads lead to isolating and weakening China.
Yes war in West Asia, caused entirely by US, including Trump’s, meddling is coming soon.
What would you suggest then?
The US and NATO lost. Trump is merely formalising the surrender agreement and calling it ‘Peace’. If Harris had won, she would have had to do the same, though it would probably not have been a formal agreement ending the proxy war, rather a de facto one.
Trouble is Trump has riled up the EU to buy arms, from the US, to balance his trade deficit so that he can pivot to China. If they foolishly go into Ukraine, under US manipulation (the EU is a puppet of the US, they only do what they’re told) then Trump gets his cake and eats it. He gets the nobel peace prize, MAGA support and gets to continue to over-extend Russia by proxy, which he can pivot back to at any time (the West constantly reneges on agreements, look at Gaza).
Stop believing what we want to be true. It’s dangerous. The US should stop funding and supporting the neonazis in Ukraine. Allow Putin to root them out. If Putin agrees to a ceasefire it’s only because he thinks a pause and rearm would benefit Russia more than the West. Tell puppet Z to unconditionally surrender with Russian held areas remaining Russian. Ensure Ukraine neutrality with no ‘peacekeepers’ on the ground. Stop the UK arming thus diverting money from social programs. The US (including Trump) should stop creating proxy wars.
Thanks for calling out the Duran as Trump Hopers. I did a video on this theme on my YT channel that got support but attracted a lot of haters. It is good to read alternative commentators with better judgment - like you! Thanks
I found your channel & the referenced video. Watch the first couple minutes, will watch the rest later this evening.
I am also a long time follower of the Duran and have been shocked by how they seem to have fallen under the Trump trance- as have so many "alt" media.
Judge Nap crew virtually unwatchable now.
In very recent days the duran have backed off a bit from God Emperor Trump polishing, but still nowhere near the quality of the previous analysis they delivered.
Some days I don't watch, many days I have to stop watching.
They are badly damaging the credibility they built up in previous years.
What really boggles the mind is the comments. Almost non stop praise for their brilliance. I guess they have a lot of MAGA watchers.
You better watch Judging Freedom at Rumble.
Besides, Rumble is ads free !
The denazification issue is VERY difficult. After having read Rossolinski-Liebe's book "Stepan Bandera" and a few other texts by John-Paul Himka and Magocsi it becomes apparent that:
1. The Ukrainian state is a fiction, it never existed before 1991,
2. The Ukrainian heritage is also a fiction, there is no such thing. These people(me) are in fact Ruthenians(pronounced in latin) or Rusyns(pronounced in English). That is, peoples whose origins are Kiev and Russ.....the same place Russians come from,
3. The atrocities committed by Ruthenian peasants, UPA, OUN and the passivity in the knowledge of same of the Greek Catholic church from 1941-1945 are a STAIN on the soul of Glaicia. They is a reason there are no Jews in Galicia anymore, they were slaughtered on mass.
Unfortunately until the peoples of the current Western Ukraine and their acolytes that left after the war(What we n Canada called DP's) come to terms with what their ancestors did, what Bishops Slipy and Shiptiski did and did not do, this will not end. This must be faced.
Bandera and his merry-men were fascist, terrorist, murders....in the case of Roman Sukevitch, also a butcher. They were not Christians, they were animals and until that recognized, none of this will change.
John
Thank you for this. This is background that most people don’t understand — especially those of from the 51st State.
How much do you know about Ukraine?
Do you know Ukraine is owned & controlled by Jews, who comprise about 2% of the population?
How to deal with Galacia? Give it to Poland.
"America First" and "Make America Great Again" are just a rebranded version of the German slogan Deutschland Uber Alles. Call it America Uber Alles.
In practice, it means American Supremacy. Nothing else.
MAGA is just a symptom of this broader cult of American Supremacy that infects most of US society across the political spectrum from Liberal to Moderate to Conservative.
That kind of dogma didn't work out well so for Germany.
And America will likely meet a similar unhappy fate as that of its German predecessor.
"MAGA — Make Assholes Great Again — is toxic nationalism."
So true.
I see the Ukraine flags in the UK again. This is very dangerous. The media with the BBC at the helm are parroting Starmer’s message, that Russia and Putin are the enemy who can’t be trusted over agreements.
The US, UK and NATO lost in Ukraine. Trump is merely formalising the surrender agreement and calling it ‘Peace’. If Harris had won, she would have had to do the same, though it would probably not have been a formal agreement ending the proxy war, rather a de facto one.
Trouble is Trump has riled up the EU to buy arms, from the US, to balance his trade deficit so that he can pivot to China. If we foolishly go into Ukraine and get slaughtered, under US manipulation (the EU is a puppet of the US, they only do what they’re told, including potentially vetoing the peace agreement at the UN and even accepting tariffs because of it) then Trump gets to both keep his cake and to eat it. He gets the nobel peace prize, MAGA support but also gets to continue to over-extend Russia by proxy, which he can pivot back to at any time (the West constantly reneges on agreements, look at Gaza).
Russia has got Trump, America, the Eurotards & City of London puppets right where it wants them.
I was living in Ukraine as a Canadian expat when the SMO started. I stuck around for a few months, but it became unsafe to have wrongthink, so I left.
I agree with Julian- Russia is going to attrit the enemy forces on Ukrainian territory until they collapse, then take control over all of Ukraine.
Russia will likely seek to make peace with Hungary, Romania, Slovakia & Poland by returning territory the soviets redistributed into Ukraine as the divided up central Europe after ww2.
I do not see how Russia can achieve its aims any other way.
Plus- this would be most beneficial to the civilians of Ukraine and most damaging to America & the west.
I sincerely hope every USD$, Euro & GBP invested in Ukraine is lost by Russia taking over & renouncing every agreement, contract, deed & debt to any western government, bank or company.
But will Putin risk killing European ‘reassurance forces’ if they appear on the ground?
Absolutely he would.
Never going to happen because it is not likely there will ever be a ceasefire.
The Zelensky regime or the EU puppets will sabotage any potential ceasefire.
Reality is there is near zero chance of a ceasefire because this requires Ukraine, America, the UK and the EU publicly recognize the 4 regions plus Crimea are legitimately part of the Russian Federation.
Near impossible to imagine this happening.
Not to mention total cessation of military supplies & ISR/intelligence from America/the west to Ukraine.
These 2 alone scupper any potential ceasefire from being agreed to.
Not to mention Putin this week in a speech to Russian entrepreneurs & industrialists said Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev & Odessa oblasts will also join the Russian Federation. You can probably Sumy & Cherniv oblasts to that list also.
I personally think- as an expat who was living in Ukraine when the SMO started- Russia will take control over all of Ukraine.
Then Russia will likely negotiate with Hungary, Romania, Slovakia & Poland the return of territories they lost when the Soviets drew new borders. Absorbing the rest of Ukraine into the Russian Federation.
When I said 'ceasefire',I didn't mean a peace deal with public recognition etc, i meant the nominal, cynical Western use of the term applied in a loose sense, to encourage 'reassurance forces' into Ukraine to make Russia fire on them. This is what Trump wants.
Unless there is unconditional surrender now or soon by Zelensky, realising that he's a puppet, which is very unlikely, then I think that you're right. Russia will take the whole of Ukraine, destroy the Azov element root and branch and then sort out the borders. The Ukrainian forces may well collapse within 6 months. Trump's agenda is to make this take longer, to extend Russia more.
Embarrassing fucking Putin. Enjoyed talking to Rapist in Chief Trump in his third grade level struggle to emote and defecate lies.
Humanitarian gesture for troops in a supposed war zone while Ukraine goes after civilians?
So much for the great Putin deNazifying while Azov murders well Russians.
Oh, that's the ticket: believe anything the Nazis in the Rapist in Chief Trump's Minyan and Goyim Goon squad.