Ukraine - Media war, who is winning, who is losing

Ukraine has acknowledged losing control of some towns and villages there since the assault began last week, but says that Moscow's gains have come at a massive cost to a Russian force already worn down from its earlier defeat near the capital.

"We have serious losses, but the Russians' losses are much much bigger ... They have colossal losses," presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said, without elaborating. Western officials said that Russia had been suffering fewer casualties after narrowing the scale of its invasion, but numbers were still "quite high".

Ukrainian officials said that Russia was pounding the whole frontline in the eastern Donetsk region with rockets, artillery, mortar bombs and aircraft to stop the Ukrainians from regrouping.   CNA

Listening to the western media, the narrative is that the Russians are suffering heavy losses, low morale, now even fatigue after 2 months of playing war games in Ukraine. The Americans were in Vietnam for 30 years before giving up, oops, chased out of Vietnam, no fatigue? Then they spent another 20 years massacring Afghan tribesmen with only rifles, before fatigue set in, and after spending US$3 trillion in the genocide of Afghanistan.

How could anyone believe that the Russians are suffering from fatigue when what they were doing in Ukraine were like playing war games on computers. They just send in the bombs, missiles, rockets, drones etc to flatten the enemy position before moving in to mop up the place and clear he dead bodies.

In traditional conventional war, the attackers would suffered big losses trying to take a heavily defended position as they needed a force 3 times that of the defender to win a battle. The price for victory was heavy. Today's warfare is very different. The attackers used technology to attack, fire power, heavy bombarbments before going in for the clean up. How could the Russians be suffering heavy losses when they are sitting in their camps, in Russia, and flying bombs and missiles over to Ukraine?

Putin is now playing the mouse and cat game, sitting there and waiting to pounce on the rats hiding in Mariupol. No one can leave without the approval of the Russians. As for Kiev and other big cities, Putin is sparing them because of the civilian casualties he is trying to prevent. But he could hit them as and when he likes, with precision bombs from the air. No need to send in the foot soldiers or pilots. How can there be heavy casualties on his side when he is sending in the bombs? Kiev is still not destroyed not because the Ukrainians fought bravely, but because Putin is holding his fire. But when Kiev or Zelensky starts to misbehave, more missiles would arrive in Kiev to tell him to behave.

Putin is also prepare to sit out this war for as long as he could. Time is on his side. Everyday the war is going on, everyday the Ukrainians would suffer from a dysfunctioning economy and social life. Europe too cannot afford to have this war going on for more months and years. Their economies too would suffer immensely, and so would their people. Without Russian oil and gas, coal and food and essential supplies, inflation in Europe would become too prohibitive and unsustainable.

Putin need not risk his men in this war. Just keep the lid on, and the pressure inside the pressure cooker will cook the Ukrainians and the Nato mercenaries holing up in Mariupol. No matter what the western media claimed that Ukraine is winning, it is an absolute lie. Ukraine and Ukrainians would be the absolute losers in this war. Period.

Ukraine - American hypocrisy about war crimes

However, as Omar pointed out, even as Washington tries to lead efforts to gather evidence that may be submitted to the ICC and the International Court of Justice, it still hasn’t joined the ranks of nations that are subject to the ICC’s jurisdiction. The treaty-based court was formed under the Rome Statute of 1998, but the US opted against making its military forces subject to the ICC’s jurisdiction. In fact, Washington imposed sanctions against the ICC in 2020 because the court was probing alleged war crimes by US forces in Afghanistan.

“It would be staggeringly hypocritical to support an investigation into Russia while opposing the court’s very existence as a non-member,” Omar told Business Insider. She introduced a bill on Thursday to join the court, saying the best way to support an investigation of Russia would be to join the international body that will carry out the probe. RT

 

How much more hypocritical can one get, for the Americans to accuse the Russians of war crimes in Ukraine when they opposed the ICC for wanting to investigate American war crimes in Iraq? The Americans even threatened the judges of ICC for wanting to launch an investigation against the Americans.

And how silly the ICC has been made to be, to allow a non member, the Americans refused to be a member of ICC, meaning it does not recognise the ICC, does not respect the power of the ICC, to lead an investigation against a member of the ICC? can you believe this, rule of law? The Americans are virtually telling the ICC that they are above the rule of law, that they can dictate and order the ICC to do its bidding while not being a member of the ICC.

The parallel to this is the UNCLOS. The Americans refused to be a signatory of the UNCLOS but have been demanding countries to be governed by the rules of UNCLOS. The Americans did not respect the rules of UNCLOS, did not want to be bound by the rules of UNCLOS but want the rest of the world to be governed by UNCLOS.

Why would ICC obediently accept the allegations of the Americans against the Russians and immediately launched an investigation but allowed the Americans to kick it around and dare not conduct an investigation against the blatant violations of human rights and war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria?

Is the ICC a joke? Where is the credibility and integrity of the ICC?

Sanction - What it really means, who are the real victims?

 The current American sanction against Russia is, to many people, to strangle Russian economy and to bring Russia down to its knees, economy collapsed and country broke. The victim is Russia and the Russian people. So everyone is happy. It is all about the Americans punishing the Russians. 

This is the superficial belief of many people. But sanction has a bigger and unspoken meaning that affects many countries without them knowing or acknowledging it. Get the picture?

Sanction is not just about the Americans punishing the Russians. It is a statement that the Americans are the policemen, the Empire, and punishing any country that it declared as outcast. But for the sanction to work, the Americans, the Empire, must have the power to control countries to do its bidding. The sanction would not work if the rest of the world just ignore the sanction and go on trading with the Russians.

Sanction is about the Americans' control over countries to do what the Americans want them to do. It is about American power, about America's ability to exercise that power over other countries, their allies, stooges or even countries unfriendly or enemies of the Americans. Sanction is an exercise of power over other countries, not just about punishing Russia. The Americans are like the big bully carrying a big stick, do as I told you, to bite the Russians or I will whack you. They wanted to control China and India as well. Do as I said or there would be consequences, ie we will attack you.

In this sanction we even see supposedly neutral countries like the Baltic countries and Switzerland forced to join the sanction. This is how powerful the Americans are, ... or how weak the Americans are today. American's power is measured by how many countries it could ordered to sanction Russia versus how many countries refusing to accept that order to sanction Russia.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the American power is now limited to its control over the European countries, the AngloSaxon countries and its semi colonies like Japan and South Korea. The rest of the world, though fearful of the Americans, would do their best not to be involved and the Americans could not do anything to them, notably the Asean states, Central Asian states and the states in Latin America and Africa, and of course the Muslim and Arab states. The Americans have lost their control and hold over these countries when they said no to the sanction, or act daft, not whispering a word and do nothing. And the astonishing case of India, a strong American ally, that simply told the Americans, leave us alone. In short, the Americans cannot order them around.

From this sanction the world can clearly witness the countries that the Americans could still control and told to do its bidding, willingly or unwillingly. The rise of Russia and China and their banding together to take on the Americans have given the rest of the international community confidence and breathing space not to be coerced and threatened by the Americans to do their bidding, and getting away with it. Without China and Russia standing up to the Americans, many smaller countries would be left with no choice but to sanction Russia as told by the Americans. 

A multi polar world can give the smaller countries a bigger space and freedom to act on their own national interest. Yes, real freedom, not the fake American freedom to do what the Americans approved or else... A multi polar world would also clip the claws of the American eagle and stop it from hurting smaller states. Americans cannot simply coerce and control smaller states by using the term sanction as an excuse. To be with us or against us. Who cares about American sanctions?

This sanction clearly shows how weak the American Empire is today. Only the white men countries and semi colonies and stooges could be ordered around and to suffer the consequences. Europe is the biggest victim of this sanction, NOT Russia, and paying a very high price for it, very high inflation and also have to pay for the war in Ukraine, an American war that they did not want. 

Forget about Ukraine and Ukrainians, they are expendable, the sacrificial lamb for the slaughter.

Taiwan's Secessionist DPP Produces Report to Sarbo Singapore in Eyes of West

 

A Taiwan-based research outfit has ranked Singapore as second in the world - behind Cambodia - most influenced by China. The Doublethink Lab says In technology, society and academia - but less so for domestic politics - Singapore was found to be especially susceptible to the exposure, pressure and effect of Beijing's influence

The Taiwanese said Chinese-language teachers have been hired from China to work in schools and tuition centres, along with reports of Chinese-language curriculum material increasingly following China's standards.

The Taiwanese also said in 2016, after an arbitral tribunal's ruling against China's claims to a handful of islands in the South China Sea, Singapore businesses were reportedly "warned" that Singapore's insistence on international law could jeopardise their commercial position in China.

In the domain of foreign policy, the Taiwanese claimed Singapore has become "visibly quieter" over the South China Sea dispute and international rule of law relating to China since the 2016 detention of Singapore's army vehicles in Hong Kong en route home from Taiwan.

The Taiwanese also cited Singapore Technologies Kinetics and its subsidiary Guizhou Jonyang Kinetics producing an all-terrain personnel carrier based on the Bronco armoured vehicle used by Singapore's army, as a proof point under the military domain. It reportedly saw service in Tibet recently.

In the media domain, former foreign minister George Yeo and academic Kishore Mahbubani were described as part of "an increasing number of prominent individuals" promoting the Chinese official line on current affairs.

It also identified a little-known YouTuber called Noel Lee, believed to be Singaporean, who started publishing in March last year videos on China that include denials of human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

His clips are reportedly shared on messaging platforms such as WhatsApp.

Doublethink Lab describes itself as a civil society organisation investigating disinformation and information operations to safeguard democracy globally.

A committee convened by Doublethink Lab designed the indicators for the poll. The eight-person committee largely comprised Western analysts such as Ms Bonnie Glaser from the US research institution German Marshall Fund and Ms Nadege Rolland from America's National Bureau of Asian Research, with the exception of Dr Roy Chun Lee from the Taiwan WTO and RTA Centre at the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research. 

 

 Anonymous 

The 'White Peril' is ever present and very dangerous. But 'Yellow Peril' is just a white men's concoction to smear and demonize the Chinese people

The 'White Peril' is ever present, very menacing and dangerous. But 'Yellow Peril' is just evil white men's concoction to smear and demonize the Chinese.  The Chinese people have never caused harm or invade any other country. But the evil white countries from Europe have always been very aggressive and expansive  warmongering countries indulging in contemptuous destructive imperialism and colonialism. Initially the white people of Europe  constitute about 5 percent of the world's population and 8 percent  of the world''s land.  But due to centuries of aggression and expansion they now constitute about 20 percent of the world's population and over 65 percent of the world's land area.  

    Which race always pose a danger to world  peace and harmony and to mankind? This is a quintessential question that needs to be answered. Is it the black people, the brown people, the yellow people or the white people? If we look into the historical aspects of each race we can clearly determine which race is the most inherently wicked race, the most inherently evil race,  the most inherently aggressive and warlike and the most diabolical expansionist in all aspects. Clearly it is the white race of the Caucasians, the Europeans and the Anglo-Saxons. Every race and every nation has their own internal problems. They have internal strives and civil wars but eventually they settle their internal problems and emerge back as one united nation.  The ancient Egyptians fought among themselves but eventually unite back as a great Egyptian civilization. Its the same with the ancient civiliztions of Babylon - present day Iraq, the ancient civilization of Persia - present day Iran, the ancient civilization of India and finally the ancient civilization of China. Each of these Asiatic ancient civilizations had internal strives and civil wars but they never go out of the way to destroy other people or other nations. These ancient Asiatic civilizations consist of the brown people the Egyptians, the Iraqis and the Persians or Iranians; the black people, the Indians and the yellow people the Chinese. 

But it is different with the evil white people, the evil white race. The white race has always been a menace, inherently evil, aggressive and warlike.  The people of the white race are the  Greeks, the Romans - present day Italians, the West Europeans which include the Spaniards, the Portuguese, the Anglo-Saxons of England, the teutonics of Germany, France, Holland, Denmark and Belgium and  the Russians  These white people do fight fiercely among themselves but when they are attacking and fighting against the non-white people they always close their ranks in unity to invade, to genocide and destroy the non-white people and non-white countries.

The white people are inherently wicked and evil. History tells us how the ancients Greeks and Macedonians led by king Philips and his son  Alexander went on a rampage of aggression and conquest stretching from Asia Minor, now called Turkey to Persia and northern India. Also the Romans of ancient Italy attacked and destroyed Carthage, present day Tunisia. The Romans also brutally invaded Asia Minor, the middle east Arab countries and ruled Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon for many centuries. Of course the Romans also invaded Western Europe which included Greece, France, Spain, Portugal, England and part of Germany.

Subsequently after shaking off the yoke of Roman rule and dictatorship each of the European countries took on the mantle of Roman dictatorship and warmongering traits. Spain and Portugal led the European charges of aggression and invasion first in Africa and then across the seas and oceans in America where they brutally and mercilessly slaugthered and genocided the natives. The Pope or Papacy of the Catholic church of that period in the early1500s AD was responsible and in complicity with the barbarity of the barbaric conquests of Spain and Portugal as he claimed to represent the authority of their Christian God Jesus Christ to decide the fate and destiny of mankind. The early European invaders justified their invasions and genocide of the natives wherever they went based on their interpretation of their militant religious doctrine 'The Doctrine of Christian Discovery.' Based on this evil aggressive bellicose  militant religious Christian doctrine other European countries like England, France, Holland or Netherlands, Russia, Belgium, Germany and Italy went on a rampage of conquests across Asia, Africa. North America, Central and South America also known as Latin America, Australia and New Zealand. Wherever white men go there goes endless rampant killings and genocide of the natives or indigenous people of the lands they conquered.

These barbaric European Christian wanton ravaging of all the continents and of all non-white countries  were to last for over 500 years. This is known as the 500 years curse of brutal Western agression. Western white men's aggression is still going on and it is not going to stop anytime soon. 

Although the white people have been a menace and a peril to all other races for centuries but they blatently try to deny  this fact and truth  that there is only the 'White Peril' in this world. However they maliciously concoct and propagandize  the slogan 'yellow peril' just to smear and demonize the Chinese people and country to deflect attention from their own guilt and criminal acts of killings and genocide of non-white people all over the world. 

We can observe that since the annals of history and for the last over 5,000 years  all non-White countries and civilizations have remained as they were in their respective original territories of habitat with no aggression or inroads into other people's or other countries territories unlike the white Western European countries especially the Anglo-Saxons which went on to terrorise and conquer all the non-white people's land. The white Anglo-Saxon Americans is now at the forefront of Western aggression threatening all non-white people and non-white countries posting a lethal threat to their survival. It is therefore more appropriate for the world to label the white people as the 'White peril' to continuously forewarn all non-white people to unite in solidarity to forestall this white menace and destroy them. In fact the native Americans warned us long ago of the mortal danger white men posed to other non-white people and that 'White men speak with fork tongues and can never be trusted.' 

The whole world of the non-white people must strongly debunk the evil white race smearing of the Chinese as the 'yellow peril' as the Chinese have never caused harm or invaded other countries. The Chinese themselves had been attacked, invaded and colonized by all the evil white race of all the European countries and America from the 1800s to the 1940s. Therefore in view of the perennial danger that white people and white countries pose to all non-white people and non-white countries with their threats of invasion, blockades,sanctions, killings, genocide and destruction of the non-white countries it is essential to view them as the 'White Peril'. Therefore from now on people of the non-White countries including all their netizens must permanently and in every instance refer to White people and white countries' bellicose aggression as the 'White Peril' or 'Pale Face Peril' as the native Americans termed them as such.

Never again will non-white people follow the evil white people to label the Chinese as 'yellow peril'. It is white men's deception to smear and demonize the Chinese people because only the Chinese people are the only non-white people able to creditably oppose and stop white countries aggression against all non-white countries. The white people led by the evil Anglo-Saxons US and UK always try to sow seeds of dissension, division and wars among the non-white countries by disingenuously and falsely through insidious disinformation to paint the Chinese as posing a danger to other non-white countries. Nothing is further from the truth as this, because the evil white countries know that the Chinese only do pose a challenge to their aggressions  and thus is an obstacle to US-led white countries domination and hegemony of  the world.

People of all non-white countries please wake up and unite to forestall from being overwhelmed by white people''s aggression, domination and hegemony. It is only through the conscious awakening of the danger of the 'White Peril' and the solid unity of all non-white people and countries that only then can the evil  white imperialism and colonialism be defeated and destroyed permanently.

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Thursday, 28th April, 2022