We are told that the Russian government has ordered a "partial" mobilisation in response to apparent reverses in the war in Ukraine. Global tension rises and the threat of nuclear war grows.
NATO alliance members in their war on Russia are arming their "ally" Ukraine in order to bleed their Russian rivals white. It seems that their reinforcement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is paying off.
Am I the only one to be thinking we are back in 1914? For "gallant little Belgium" read "gallant little Ukraine". We were told then that the German huns were raping and butchering their way through Belgium. Nowadays it's the Russian bears are doing the same in Ukraine.
In the 1990s the west, (principally British and US Imperialism) created a monster in Russia. The counter-revolution to restore capitalism in Russia resulted in the creation of a kleptocracy fit to challenge its creators. Frankenstein created the monster which grew to rival him.
Their miscalculations gave rise to consequences they could not foresee. Creating a rival rather than a piece of real estate to be colonised made things difficult for the western imperialists and their NATO military alliance. What they cannot countenance is another rival to their interests both financial and political.
Given that a resurgent Russian imperialism was intent on challenging the west's hegemony this meant that war was inevitable. The bears had to be put in their place. What better way to do it than by proxy?
If I was a Ukrainian I'd be very suspicious of my self-styled "allies". Their interests lie not in the self-determination of Ukraine but in the humbling of their Russian rival. These interests do not lie in a speedy conclusion to hostilities.
The interests of Ukraine's false friends lie in a long war that bleeds its rivals white and forever removes their ability to challenge the west. That's why NATO is actively trying to scuppper diplomatic means to draw the war to an end. Tying military aid to a hard political line against a diplomatic solution.
NATO is fighting to the last Ukrainian in other words. What they can't calculate is the resolve of their opponent whose drive for self-preservation is every bit the equal of theirs. They miscalculated before, they can do so again.
Now, the feeble-minded of this parish will assail us with being "pro-Russian". These are the heirs of the very same morons who attacked James Connolly and John Maclean for being "pro-German". Nothing but absolute submission to the NATO line will suit them.
They will say that we do not stand for Ukrainian self-determination. We do, more so than Ukraine's false "allies" in NATO do.
The task for Republican Socialists in Scotland remains the same as it has always been. We call for the defeat of British Imperialism and all its interests. The very same simpletons who accused Connolly and Maclean, accuse us of the same "crime".
They say we are "pro-Russian". We are not. Any more than Connolly and Maclean were "pro-German". We serve neither King nor Tsar, nor NATO but Scotland and its working class.
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