I wasn’t happy about Liz Truss being crowned PM after Boris (the Red) Johnson was kicked out. Prior to being annointed to the top job in British politics, she was Johnson’s war-mongerer-in-chief Foreign Secretary, doing her best to escalate the conflict in Ukraine and hence provide the excuse for even more deprivations to be heaped upon us back here in the UK.
Apart from your first paragraph, this sets out my own thoughts very eloquently.
Regarding the ‘special military operation’, it’s vital that Ukraine wins and that Russia loses. There is more than ample evidence of atrocities to show that Putin understands, and responds to, power only, so the more support Zelensky has, the better. In expressing that support, Liz Truss was simply standing up to a bully. Lavrov’s contemptuous dismissal of her was indicative of such bullying, and to her credit, she didn’t flinch.
You’re no doubt aware of the saying to the effect that, "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you." If Putin were to be appeased, or worse to prevail, it would only be a matter of time before his imperial glowering were to turn elsewhere, the Baltic states for example. Both Sweden and Finland have been jolted out of neutrality and applied for NATO membership for that very reason, and they can hardly be described as war mongers (sp). If you ever drop in to Samizdata, you’ll find some very thoughtful posts, and the commitments are generally well-informed and though-provoking, too.
Incidentally, I miss your contributions at Cliscep, though I don’t get to read it as much as I would like. I’m only dimly aware of the spat that drove you off (correct interpretation?) but your passion and knowledge of the subject I always found a cut above.
I'm wondering if she did it to spite Jeremy Hunt becoming the de facto man behind the curtain. Maybe we will get Boris back! On the Great Reset, have you seen the data that Simon Michaux is presenting on the minerals and ores required? I am starting to see a chink of hope that the WEF etc. plans are self-terminating. Their transhumanist agenda is totally reliant on constant digital surveillance and technology, but if they pursue their net zero agenda, there won't be enough energy or minerals to keep us all digitally connected all the time [which is not a bad thing in of itself]. If there are rolling blackouts, their survellience will have blackout periods too.
Apart from your first paragraph, this sets out my own thoughts very eloquently.
Regarding the ‘special military operation’, it’s vital that Ukraine wins and that Russia loses. There is more than ample evidence of atrocities to show that Putin understands, and responds to, power only, so the more support Zelensky has, the better. In expressing that support, Liz Truss was simply standing up to a bully. Lavrov’s contemptuous dismissal of her was indicative of such bullying, and to her credit, she didn’t flinch.
You’re no doubt aware of the saying to the effect that, "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you." If Putin were to be appeased, or worse to prevail, it would only be a matter of time before his imperial glowering were to turn elsewhere, the Baltic states for example. Both Sweden and Finland have been jolted out of neutrality and applied for NATO membership for that very reason, and they can hardly be described as war mongers (sp). If you ever drop in to Samizdata, you’ll find some very thoughtful posts, and the commitments are generally well-informed and though-provoking, too.
Incidentally, I miss your contributions at Cliscep, though I don’t get to read it as much as I would like. I’m only dimly aware of the spat that drove you off (correct interpretation?) but your passion and knowledge of the subject I always found a cut above.
I'm wondering if she did it to spite Jeremy Hunt becoming the de facto man behind the curtain. Maybe we will get Boris back! On the Great Reset, have you seen the data that Simon Michaux is presenting on the minerals and ores required? I am starting to see a chink of hope that the WEF etc. plans are self-terminating. Their transhumanist agenda is totally reliant on constant digital surveillance and technology, but if they pursue their net zero agenda, there won't be enough energy or minerals to keep us all digitally connected all the time [which is not a bad thing in of itself]. If there are rolling blackouts, their survellience will have blackout periods too.