Comments by "Tim Trewyn" (@timtrewyn453) on "Jake Broe - There is no War in NATO Countries, Finland, Poland, etc. - Freedom Makes the World Safer" video.

  1. I think what is being missed here is that the West is not providing the Russian public much cause to become militant and thus help Putin succeed in his program. Even Russian military targets can involve the death of family members and the ripple effects that go with that. On the flip side, Putin has to take care not to provoke the European and American public with obvious violence in their own countries that could rally a response on a Pearl Harbor or 9/11 scale. No doubt he has elements in his own regime that are not impressed with that kind of restraint. The Russian public could become militant this winter if Ukraine were to unleash what it has become more capable of doing, that is, a strong strike on the Russian electric grid at the coldest possible time. This could create the kind of death and calamity, essentially a large-scale apartment bombing, that Putin likes to think will fill the ranks with energy and dramatically advance his program and legacy. The Western program is the slow and steady weakening of the Russian military, and, to the extent possible, the FSB. It also is to put Russia in a position of being little help in a Chinese seizure of Taiwan. Jake is right to propose to European governments that the time to show Russia that this can go on and on to Russia's detriment is near. If Trump is of no assistance (and Trump and his MAGA world would be very pleased to see Europe fend for itself) then Europe will be facing a decisive moment. If the process of weakening Russia is reversed, they stand to lose their prime opportunity to salvage Ukraine and its great people and resources for Europe unless they act to continue the steady decline of the Russian regime. I don't think the answer on the next American administration is obtained quickly. It is very much in Russia's interest to destabilize the United States through covertly contracting American useful idiots. Russia was doing that in Ukraine and has done it in other European nations like Hungary and Georgia. Americans may very well experience something far more chaotic than the short disruption of January 6th if Trump does not win. If Trump does win, the Russians will be able to be more subtle and systematic in turning enough Americans toward Russian interests. The Russian military may be under a lot of stress, but I'm afraid the FSB is quite intact and ready to do the job.
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  2. Unless a Harris' victory is abundantly clear and Congress goes to the Democrats, there's going to be another 2 to 3 months of Presidential drama in the United States. A Trump victory will mean the unwinding of American sanctions on Russia and military aid to Ukraine. Trump will be fine with millions of Ukrainian immigrants to the U.S. due to ethnocentric considerations. The mystery will be how much influence Putin and the FSB will gain in the United States in the midst of a Trump administration. Ukraine is likely saving up long-range drones for an overwhelming attack on the Russian electric grid on the eve of a severe cold wave. Ordinary Russians will note that the privileged have backup power while they do not. Ukraine will be attacked in the same manner, but perhaps they have done more to get ready for it. For one thing, half the population is out of the country, and more might consider a long winter vacation somewhere else.
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