Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "Kyiv Post" channel.

  1. I just wish Lt General Hodges was running NATO right now. He totally gets it. From the psychology of both sides to the practical issues involved, from money to weaponry used and far beyond. More importantly, he gets the political implications of this war and knows what the world needs to be a more secure and safer place. He’s a great leader.
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  2. I think people should recall the case of Nikita Khrushchev, when they’re thinking about this question. Khrushchev presided over Russia’s biggest, most undeniable, most abject and total defeat of the entire Cold War: The Cuban Missile crisis. It was so politically damaging at home, let alone such a massive victory for the west, that it crushed Khrushchev’s career on the spot. But what interests me about that was the way it just, “happened,” over night, with barely a rumble among the people at large. The government could not white wash the fact that they had backed down in a game of nuclear chicken and the west had retained supremacy over the western hemisphere by getting Russian nukes out of Cuba. So, Khrushchev was simply replaced and went into, “early retirement,” or whatever, but it was, “business as usual,” thereafter so far as the Russian population was concerned. Brezhnev took charge in 1964 after Khrushchev was formally, “dismissed,” for, “reasons,” but it was all pretty smooth. I raise this point because it seems to me that Russia has the political infrastructure and experience, as well as the inbuilt demographic habitat, to accept a sudden change of leadership as the cultural norm, don’t you think? I would have like to see how your guest would have answered that question, or reflected on that (and other) historical experiences in Russia?
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  3. My admiration for Gen Hodges is deep and abiding. He has given so much to the cause of world peace, made greater gifts by the fact of his depth of knowledge and understanding. And, just listening to his capacity for self criticism, honestly owning his own mistakes, so he could learn from them and correct them. A man like that is worth 50 five star generals who see admitting a mistake as weakness. May his influence spread as widely as possible.
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  4. My admiration for Ben Hodges is deep and abiding. I wish more people would grasp this fact. Ukraine is fighting for ALL OF US. This is the World War Three that you get when none of the protagonists dare use nuclear weapons. We need to understand that helping Ukraine is helping ourselves. To the people of the free world: Make no mistake, if Putin gets so much as half of a victory from this war, in one form or another, he will be on YOUR doorstep next. That’s not hyperbole.
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  5. Just DON’T, “take oil and natural gas,” via ANY kind of PIPELINE! At least, not unless the Ukrainian armed forces are managing BOTH ends of that pipe and everything in between! Slava Ukraine! 🇺🇦✌️🇬🇧
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  6. General Ben Hodges is one of the Ukraine commentators I most admire. His NATO experience is wisely applied to this situation, his credentials and experience are impeccable and his support has been invaluable, working hard behind the scenes to rally the best people to Ukraine’s cause. He understands what this means to the world and the implications of Russian imperialism as a threat to the entire world’s security. We all have a dog in this fight and we all need to understand that, in the way that Gen Hodges tries to convey. Offer YOUR support however you can to the Ukrainian cause; through donations, writing to your representatives, showing your friends, colleagues and families what is happening there and what the threat is to us all. Do what you can. Slava Ukraine. 🇺🇦🔱🇬🇧
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  7. Jake’s channel is brilliant, everyone. Truthful, analytical, in depth, clever coverage of the whole conflict and a penetrating view into the Russian mindset, from grass roots to government. The instinct that brought you here should make you subscribe to Jake Broe.
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  8. Slava Ukraine! From Britain. We love you! 🇺🇦❤️🇬🇧
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  9. Word spreads, slowly at first, but increasingly, exponentially, until all of Russia will know that they were never fighting the, “monsters,” their leaders lied to them about. And, as the cost of the war grows in Russia, as more and more POW’s get home and spread that word, the people will grow increasingly restive, wanting answers. Some moral victories are worth as much as military ones. Wars are not just fought on the battlefield but in the hearts and minds of the soldiers who fight them and the populations who support them. Slava Ukraine!
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  10. Bravo Ukraine! They used Russia’s own innate corruption against them! Only in Russia can you set up shell companies, pay off boarder guards and go about your rotten business like everyone else in Russia who has any money. Just business as usual until . . . Wait, what’s that buzzing sound?
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