“I
do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World
War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” - Albert
Einstein, no need to say more
Last week in my article “An
Essay On Ukraine” I wrote about history's lessons now
seemingly unlearned and why Ukraine is not just a harbinger back to
the past but a dangerous foreboding of a possible future...a future
that if not handled correctly now, will not play out well in our,
Ukraine's, or the free world's favor. And while Vladimir Putin
currently has garnered for himself the leading actor role in this
current modern day game of war...a war with seemingly no end in
sight...the United States, under the misplaced leadership of Joe
Biden, is being seen by both allies and enemies alike as but a
laughing stock at best. And to add to Ukraine's and now our woes, we
see what was a somewhat self-contained war being expanded on a
worldwide scale as a new player is set to upstage all the current key
players, with said player's name being Red China, who of course is
talking out of both sides of its mouth.
Red China...the very nation who via
manpower alone deems itself always ready for war...recently saw its
leaders flexing political muscle by first threatening to side with
and help arm Putin's Russia in its war against Ukraine, and then days
later saying that China is now willing to mediate and help bring this
“horrifying invasion” to an end, but that they would do so
only while remaining committed to their
“no limits”
partnership with Russia. Obviously now playing both sides of the
political coin...as well as having armed both sides with non-lethal
drones...China has introduced what they call a 12-Point Plan* to end
the war...a plan courtesy of a country known for its flagrant
violations of basic human rights. But know that China did abstain
when the United Nations General Assembly voted last week on a
nonbinding resolution calling for Russia to end hostilities in
Ukraine and withdraw its troops from the former
Soviet state.
And with China's now adding...as per its
Foreign Ministry website..
.that
“Nuclear weapons must not be
used and nuclear wars must not be fought...The threat or use of
nuclear weapons should be opposed,” we do know that China herself
is running scared...especially as they plan to soon
“reabsorb”
Taiwan back into the mainland's fold, for even they know that Putin
is acting irrationally what with his not taking a nuclear option in
regards to Ukraine off the proverbial table.
But no matter China's incursion into
the political discourse...no matter its abstaining from the UN's
above stated resolution...we also saw last week the Duma (Russia's
lower House of Parliament) unanimously approving Putin's “suspending”
of the all-important “New START Treaty”...the very treaty they
and we signed back in 2010 (extended in 2021 by five years) with this
being the very treaty that placed specific limits on the the number
of “strategic nuclear warheads” that
both the U.S. and Russia can have.
Outrageous
numbers indeed...numbers equating to what would surely be nuclear
annihilation. So why do I even bring these numbers up...simply
to show the foolishness of the
“New START Treaty” itself...
foolishness as it's obviously not being adhered to by either side.
And when
the cumulative numbers of
nuclear warheads on each side are added up...equaling 12,670 such
weapons now being in play...the fact is that if even a single handful
of such warheads were launched in regards to Ukraine we would see
“Mother Earth” herself
becoming but a distant memory in the universe's ever unfolding
story.
No, Putin's withdrawing from the
“New START Treaty” is not the real issue here as all it does is
show the world that a 1,500 nuclear warhead limit was always
laughable at best. And with nuclear armageddon now dangerously close
at hand, it must be understood that Putin's invasion of Ukraine was
indeed based solely upon politics and not as a means towards simple
military conquest. Why so...because each side could easily wipe out
the other with just the push of a single button.
Then why is Vladimir Putin masquerading
this current blood and guts war with Ukraine as being a threat to
Russia's security especially with NATO sitting ever so close to
Russia's border? It's because Ukraine has become Putin's proxy and in
his mind a justifiable reason for being at war with the United
States...the very country that saw President Reagan bringing both
“Mother Russia” and the Soviet Union itself to its knees.
And
here let's remember that for Vladimir Putin “saving face”
is as important to him and to Russia as it is to China and it's
leader Xi Jinping.
And so with China now entering the fray
no matter in what capacity, the war being fought in Ukraine is really
a war between the East vs. the West...between democracy vs.
communism...between capitalism vs. socialism...and most importantly
between freedom and conquest through attrition...now all being fought
as we move dangerously closer to either all out nuclear war or a one
world government finally trumping all.
Two possible scenarios, neither one of
them good nor desirable. So unless we put our collective fear of Vladimir Putin's
threats aside Ukraine will indeed become ground zero for nuclear
war...the very thing Putin seems to have no fear of. In fact, Putin's
actions alone reek of his itching for nuclear war...baited actions bolstered by Red China's entering the battleground discourse...for
better or worse. Why else would Putin be continuing to fight a war
that he appears to be militarily losing if not for having the
nuclear option readily on the table. Remember, threats of armageddon
in some form or another have appeared throughout mankind's history,
and history does tend to repeat itself even when our eyes are wide
open.
Simply, history lessons unlearned will
once again become today's sad reality especially when madmen and
fools continue running the show. And when self-serving political
interests, more times than not, override both common sense and what
passes for basic logic...a nuclear fought World War III cannot be
far behind.
So how do we and NATO...how does
Ukraine...stop what could be a now suicidal leaning Vladimir Putin
from turning blood already spilled into an nuclear initiated World
War III?
First, it must be decidedly understood that Vladimir Putin totally underestimated both Vlodymyr Zelenskyy's and the Ukrainian
people's ability to not only fight back, but to hold onto territory
he now covets, thus leading to tangible emotions bubbling over. So Putin really has but one single option left...if not nuclear war...and that
option is to keep U.S. due-diligence focused solely on how the rest of the
world regards and acts upon his overtly
“imperialistic ambitions,” while
at the same time he accepts as fact that any negotiated settlement
reached will be both fragile at best and reliant upon third-party
intervention.
And here I do not mean Red China's
playing both sides with its recent incursion, but how Israel...yes
Israel...reacts to the very conflict that they, up until now, have
tried hard to stay out of.
Israel could well be the much needed third party to bring both
sides to table. Why so...because what most forget is that Israel has
a good working and personal relationship with both Ukraine and
Russia. In fact, Putin considers Israel to be a
“crucial
regional player”...a player who happens to have considerable
influence here in the U.S. And with
“US News & World
Report”
now listing
the Jewish State of Israel as the world’s 10th-most powerful
nation...due to its military strength and in relation to its
political and global economic successes...Israel might be able to
accomplish the task that up until now has been impossible...as in
getting both Putin and Zelenskyy to make the necessary concessions
needed for ending not just ongoing hostilities but the war itself.
Remember, Putin and Russia are hurting both on the battlefield and
economically at home as the bills of war do add up while sanctions
placed are hurting. War is indeed an expensive game to play both in
blood and treasure, meaning that war cannot go on forever. Exit
options are not just about “saving face” but about the
reality being that's it's better to negotiate and settle than to
outright lose in war. This is truly the place Putin now finds himself
in even though he will not admit it, while Volodymyr Zelenskyy and
his forces have most of the world on their side. Simply, better to
negotiate the best possible “out” then to blow us all
up...something I think that even Vladimir Putin would dare not do.
So what can Israel offer as a peacemaker that others could not?
The answer is really quite simple in that by Israel's having avoided
taking public positions as to where they stand in regards to this
war, Israel has been able to work behind the scenes with all parties
involved for while it silently bolsters Ukraine, Israel has not alienated Putin nor
Russia. In other words, in Israel's looking out for Israel they have
also succeeded in maintaining good relations with the U.S. and
Ukraine while at the same time working to strengthen Putin's acceptance of
Israel’s freedom to operate militarily against Iranian forces out
for their destruction, including those forces currently active in Syria.
In other words, no other country but Israel has alienated any side
in this war, and that alone makes Israel an ideal candidate in trying
to bring a negotiated end to said war. Diplomacy can still work in
regards to Ukraine, but China is not the country to do so as their
ties to Russia run too deep. And besides with Israel having the
world's only workable EMP device they actually can bring this war to
an end if it and Putin truly gets out of hand. Just saying...case
closed.
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* China's 12-Point Plan to end the Russia vs. Ukraine War:
1. Respecting the sovereignty of all countries 2. Abandoning the
Cold War mentality. 3. Ceasing hostilities 4. Resuming peace talks
5. Resolving the humanitarian crisis 6. Protecting civilians and
prisoners of war (POWs) 7. Keeping nuclear power plants safe 8.
Reducing strategic risks 9. Facilitating grain exports 10. Stopping
unilateral sanctions 11. Keeping industrial and supply chains stable
12. Promoting post-conflict reconstruction.
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