by Jeff Childers
Speaking of frustrating peace deals, the prospects for the Proxy War are diminishing to the point scientists now must use special instruments to detect any good news for Ukraine. Yesterday, the New York Times ran a tear-jerking story headlined, “As War Gets Bleaker, More Ukrainians Appear Open to a Peace Deal. the first random Ukrainian quoted in the story dolefully said, “better a bad peace than a good war.” The second person the Times quoted said, “I want everything to be finished, at least somehow.”
Biden isn’t the only one ‘frustrated’ with war. “Increasingly frustrated,” the Times informed readers, expanding on its theme, “more Ukrainians appear to be opening up to the idea of a negotiated peace.” Ironically, negotiated peace in Ukraine is a concept alien to the Times, which would prefer pushing Russia into the Black Sea in a sack.
The article quoted two Ukrainian state-sponsored media polls showing growing sentiment for ending the Proxy War, presumably before Kiev runs out of comedians:
And nearly half of surveyed Ukrainians in ‘affected areas’ said they were ready to let Russia keep its gains if it could end the war. But what could be causing this sudden and unexpected shift in the polling? The Times tells us Ukraine’s prospects are being miniaturized:
If only someone could have seen this awful day coming. Maybe hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians would still be alive and eating borscht for breakfast instead of pushing up peonies.
We’ve seen one-story truth eruptions before. But it wasn’t just one story this time.
Other recent stories in the Times echoed the same discouraging message. A July 30th headline asked, “Ukraine Is Conscripting Thousands More Troops. But Are They Ready? It wasn’t a rhetorical question. The answer immediately appeared right in the sub-headline: “Large numbers of recruits will arrive at the front in the coming weeks, soldiers and military analysts said, but some are poorly trained or out of shape.”
Poorly trained and out-of-shape soldiers have a battlefield shelf life just longer than dollar-store eggs.
Another NYT story run two days before that one simply informed readers, “Russia Punches Through Weakened Lines in Eastern Ukraine. The sub-headline brightly added, “Military analysts say Russian forces are increasingly investigating Ukrainian lines to identify weakened positions before attacking and breaking through.”
It’s fair to assume the Times’ stories were approved by neocons in the Biden Administration. This is a distinctly different, pessimistic tone than the always positive pro-war messaging we’ve seen through the course of the Proxy War until now. It feels like the Times is preparing its liberal readers for something.
The narrative is shifting; watch out below!
How many times have the Russians tried to come to a mediation table but the biden admin and NATO prevented it?
Now that a third of Ukrainians also are willing to sue for peace, it should happen.
But it probably won’t until Trump is either elected or takes office, depending on how much money joe can pull in from graft in those few weeks.