Thank you John, always appreciate your posts, especially all things nuclear.
Respectfully, the only comment I would make is the use of loaded words, apropos of the Ukrainian crisis, such as "Putin’s invasion of Ukraine....". Firstly, it's not literally Putin and the inference plays into the US-shaped narrative of 'evil Putin' the bogeyman. Secondly, "invasion".....again it plays into the US narrative of 'evil Russia'....it immediately raises the spectre of what exactly constitutes an invasion? There's the UN charter and Geneva conventions etc...then there's the West's euphanisms the illegal Serbian invasion couched as 'humanitarian intervnetion', or the IraqI/II invasions couched as 'just wars' or 'regime change' to rid the world of evil Sadam or Libya's Gaddafi.
Or you could use the actual terms by Russia, the alleged invader, which are "special military operation'...on invitation by the two Donbass Republics etc. Similarly, with the word "annexation" of Crimea (that held a referendum with 97% approval to rejoin Russia).
In this unprecedented period of global US-narrative with accompanying censur of all things Russian, I respectfully suggest "military offensive" and 'reunification".
I know that this marks me immediately as a Russki lover...
Thank you John, always appreciate your posts, especially all things nuclear.
Respectfully, the only comment I would make is the use of loaded words, apropos of the Ukrainian crisis, such as "Putin’s invasion of Ukraine....". Firstly, it's not literally Putin and the inference plays into the US-shaped narrative of 'evil Putin' the bogeyman. Secondly, "invasion".....again it plays into the US narrative of 'evil Russia'....it immediately raises the spectre of what exactly constitutes an invasion? There's the UN charter and Geneva conventions etc...then there's the West's euphanisms the illegal Serbian invasion couched as 'humanitarian intervnetion', or the IraqI/II invasions couched as 'just wars' or 'regime change' to rid the world of evil Sadam or Libya's Gaddafi.
Or you could use the actual terms by Russia, the alleged invader, which are "special military operation'...on invitation by the two Donbass Republics etc. Similarly, with the word "annexation" of Crimea (that held a referendum with 97% approval to rejoin Russia).
In this unprecedented period of global US-narrative with accompanying censur of all things Russian, I respectfully suggest "military offensive" and 'reunification".
I know that this marks me immediately as a Russki lover...
my two bobs worth, cheers