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| Tin of goodwill: so bad it's even good |
| 2022-07-09 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. edited. Commentary by Russian writer and former militiaman Pavel Kukhmirov [RODINANANEVE] A few days ago something happened that many (including me) refused to believe until the very end. Even despite the obvious omen in the form of an exchange of "paramedic" Tyra . I'm talking about the exchange of already quite unambiguous Azov militants (an extremist organization banned in Russia). Which promised not to change under any circumstances. Not only that, it was accompanied by many other things, this exchange. For example, by the fact that the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation asked the court to postpone the meeting at which it was supposed to recognize Azov as a terrorist organization. Which immediately led to quite definite thoughts: after all, such a recognition makes all "Azov" already quite legally criminals by default (including the notorious "drivers" and "cooks"). And I would have written about it earlier, but the events rushed one after another and they were all one to one. This is the departure from the Serpentine, declared as a "gesture of goodwill." This and the subsequent “goodwill gestures” in response in the form of shelling of Belgorod and Kursk. And, finally, this is the resumption of monstrous shelling of the cities of Donbass. First of all, Donetsk, which just yesterday again experienced one of the most terrible days since the beginning of the war. And I'm not talking about 2022. But, you know, for me personally, the key marker of everything is still the exchange of “Azov”. Like some kind of dominant event. In his light, we will talk. Today I'm just going to share my experience with you. It took me a few days to put it all in my head and somehow summarize. And I will divide my impressions into several blocks. I. Form. And the form of what happened, to put it mildly, is not encouraging. Society was simply confronted with a fact: they exchanged everything. Before that, again, repeatedly vowing that this would not happen. Moreover, by and large, they did not begin to talk with society even after the incident. I demonstrate complete disrespect and even some kind of nobility. The passages of a number of guards that, they say, who are you to ask, I will not even mention. II. Content. It is not so conspicuous, but, if you look, much more sad. Let's start with the fact that I stubbornly did not leave the feeling of natural schizoidness of what was happening. In the direct, medical, sense of the word: “shiza” is a bifurcation. So, on the one hand, we are liberating Severodonetsk and Lysichansk, and on the other hand, they are liberating the “Azovites”, making “goodwill gestures” and allowing the resumption of the artillery genocide in the Donbass. Moreover, this "shiza" caught my eye not only to me. The author of one of the Donetsk TG channels uttered a very characteristic phrase that he no longer wants to use the word "denazification". I don't think I need to explain why. And this problem is much deeper than his emotions. Moreover, its roots are at a fundamental level. They are in the very official lack of ideology that our leaders are so proud of. Here are the results in practice: the declared denazification, which is a purely ideological goal, is not realized in practice. Because our non-ideological arbiters in uniform simply do not understand what exactly they are doing. III. Impression. And this is the biggest moment. First, what happened is disgusting. I say this directly, not at all embarrassed by the emotional coloring of this phrase. It is also disgusting because the infernal reptiles with human blood on their hands were released (and it is there, which has already become clear). And according to the very form of presentation to people: first silence, then a lie (that completely innocent disabled people who were not involved in crimes were exchanged, and then it turned out the opposite), and then aggression and an attempt at dirty manipulation - they say, are you against the release of our guys ? I don't want to comment on this at all. Once again, this is gross. It's just gross. Well, according to the results, too: the enemy propagandistically won back this whole festival of "good will" by 100 percent. I have already watched the interviews of the characters from Azovstal, who were exchanged, who say that, they say, "They were respected in captivity." Guys, the very glorification of hellish creatures, which I warned about a few months ago, is happening with your hands. IV. Conclusions. First (and most importantly): the situation has shown that in fact we are now having two wars. And at once on several planes. Firstly, they are different for the lower classes (for whom it is popular and sacred) and the upper classes (for whom it is generally not clear what drives it). Secondly, on the part of the official Russian Federation, it is “pragmatic” (because of which such exchanges and such “goodwill gestures” become possible), and on the part of Ukraine, it is ideological (and that says it all, including in terms of further developments on their part). Thirdly, on the part of the Russian Federation, this is a war of a “limited contingent”, “humane” and in general “on the floor of a bump” (excuse my French), and on the part of Ukraine this is a total war with all the consequences, which I also spoke about literally just now . The second conclusion: now the desire of the Moscow authorities (at least part of it) to reach an agreement is already clearly recorded. I say right away to citizens, guards and patriots on the payroll: I am not going to discuss this thesis from the word “in general”. It's just a fact that I postulate. His statement is an ultimatum. Well, the third conclusion. Which personally calms me down. And he is still the same: the enemy has once again shown that he will not betray us under any circumstances. His reaction to all these obscene and disgusting proposals of an agreement is so obvious and eloquent that it does not even need to be commented on. Summing up all this, I can say that it may even be for the better. As they say, what happened is so bad it's good. Against the background of the impenetrable brutality of the enemy and his unwillingness to negotiate in any form, a painful, but necessary birth of a new reality will inevitably occur. Which are already too late. And what happened has every chance to accelerate them. There is only one thing that worries me: the waste of time. Because while behind the high fortress walls it reaches some like a giraffe, the country and the army are wasting time. Meanwhile, American MLRS and high-precision barreled artillery are moving towards the enemy. Gentlemen, who care for the “war with small forces” and still deny the need for a transition to general mobilization, probably want to wait until the number of these guns goes into the hundreds, and American F-16 fighters and modern air defense systems are also added to them? If you do not finish off the enemy at least in the Donbass before this happens, our country will have to win in blood up to the nostrils. But that will be a completely different story. (c) Pavel Kukhmirov |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 In service of rational socialism, Enlist, artists, passion, emotionalism! Pen! Brush! Take to field As sharp shashka and shield Of our gracious Great Russian parochialism! |
| Posted by: Lionel Chinesing1866 2022-07-09 16:54 |
| #3 Is all Russian writing just emotive gibberish? Was there a point buried in the machine translation? Kukhmirov is expressing his disappointment over the expressed sentiments by the Russian military and political establishment, concerning the prisoner exchange which let some Azov militia return to Ukraine, and at the Russian abandonment of Snake Island, characterized as a "good will gesture." It must be noted that virtually every Russian correspondent/blogger that I have read, share the same sentiments. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-07-09 14:46 |
| #2 Is all Russian writing just emotive gibberish? Was there a point buried in the machine translation? This is just more crap from Russian crybullies who don't understand why the people they attack don't just roll over like good Russians serfs. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-07-09 13:59 |
| #1 Is that like The Salmon of Doubt? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-07-09 06:50 |