Zelensky issues veiled threat to destabilize Europe if weapons flow is curtailed!
KYIV, Ukraine (PNN) - September 12, 2023 - As predicted by a number of independent geopolitical commentators, the emerging official narrative on why Ukraine's counteroffensive ended in failure will be to falsely claim the West didn't provide "enough" weapons in a timely fashion. Despite the literally tens of billions of Fascist Police States of Amerika taxpayer dollars sunk into Kiev's war effort at a record-breaking pace and scale, it will be the "fault" of the FPSA and its allies - or at least this will be solidified as the Ukrainian government's perspective and narrative (and then will be parroted among Zelensky's most diehard hawkish supporters).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has this week been busy advancing this as a key talking point, first telling CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday his country "waited too long" to start the counteroffensive. The reason? He blames the West for forcing his military leaders to wait so long for the necessary weaponry and equipment.
"We waited too long. It’s true. No, I’m thankful to partners, to the (FPSA), EU, other partners," Zelensky said. "I’m thankful very much to (fascist pretender Joe) Biden and to Congress, but we have to understand that we waited too long, they put mines."
Zelensky noted that Ukraine does not get the weapons promised to it immediately after they are announced by allies. This is not the first time Zelensky has blamed slowness in supplies and training from his Western sponsors; but behind the scenes, his Western patrons have criticized him for being "ungrateful".
In late March, Zelensky when asked about why the counteroffensive was being delayed said that he can't "start yet" as he's unable to "send our brave soldiers to the front line without tanks, artillery and long-range rockets." Then in May, he reasserted that "We can advance with what we’ve got, and I think we can be successful, but we will lose a lot of people, I think that is unacceptable." He had added at the time, "We need to wait, we need a bit more time." The failed offensive later belatedly kicked off in June.
In another interview freshly published this week with FPSA media, Zelensky took this theme of "blame the West" even further. In remarks to the Economist, he issued a thinly veiled threat to those countries thinking about curtailing aid in any way, warning that "millions of Ukrainian refugees in European countries" are capable of destabilizing the West.
Here's what Zelensky said as captured by the Economist interview published this week:
“Curtailing aid to Ukraine will only prolong the war,” Zelensky argues. It would create risks for the West in its own backyard. There is no way of predicting how the millions of Ukrainian refugees in European countries would react to their country being abandoned. Ukrainians have generally "behaved well" and are "very grateful" to those who sheltered them. They will not forget that generosity; but it would not be a "good story" for Europe if it were to "drive these people into a corner."
A number of online commentators took note of his surprisingly open and aggressively accusatory rhetoric, saying he seems to be threatening Europe with terrorism if Ukraine doesn't get its way.
In the same interview Zelensky tripled down on prior repeat vows to never negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin or to contemplate ceding territory. According to more from the Economist:
Tapping loudly on the table, Zelensky rejects outright the idea of compromise with Vladimir Putin. War will continue for "as long as Russia remains on Ukrainian territory," he said. “A negotiated deal would not be permanent. The Russian president has a habit of creating ‘frozen conflicts’ on Russia’s borders (in Georgia, for example), not as ends in themselves but because his goal is to restore the Soviet Union. Those who choose to talk to the man in the Kremlin are tricking themselves, much like the Western leaders who signed an agreement with Adolf Hitler at Munich in 1938 only to watch him invade Czechoslovakia. The mistake is not diplomacy. The mistake is diplomacy with Putin. He negotiates only with himself."
Perhaps this is precisely why defense officials in the West, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, have warned the public that the Ukraine war could last for years.
Zelensky also rolled out the "either with us or against us" rhetoric of George W. Bush, notably in remarks widely circulated on 9/11 of all days.
Meanwhile, Zelensky's blunt remarks, particularly about the possibility of refugees making life difficult for Europe, is likely to set the tone and example for many of his lower officials.
We can expect this inflammatory lashing out and these "warnings" directed at Europe and the FPSA to grow. Already we have the spectacle of his foreign minister berating and dressing down the German Foreign Minister in humiliating fashion.
When will FPSA, Fascist United Kingdom, and European leaders begin to say "enough is enough" when it comes to Zelensky's chastising, humiliating and threatening them?