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Matt scanlon's avatar

Claiming on day 1,594 of Putin’ 3 day war folly in Ukraine that Russia is somehow “..on the move..” requires context; At Russia’s current rate of territorial acquisition (80km/month) they are half a millennium away from conquering all of Ukraine.

Jon Lundy's avatar

The only people to claim it was supposed to be a 3 day operation are , the CIA and MI5, its a paper tiger and its complete bullshit propaganda, Its like me claiming the British Operation in N.Ireland was supposed to last a weekend and it lasted 40 years, or the Vienam war was only supposed to last 3 days.

Sarah Moore's avatar

Rachel Blevins is a fantastic journalist! I'm so glad I didn't miss this interview. Thank you so much for sharing. Do yourselves a favor and go hit the follow button on her channel. Cheers John! Great interview

Kevin KC Flynn's avatar

John, Everything I’ve heard you say has been exactly spot on, but diagnosing the terminal illness is no longer enough. If we continue on this trajectory, humanity will not survive the existential threats racing toward us.

Steering a system as massive as our global civilization in a better direction requires engaging directly with the political process—but we cannot do that without a completely new blueprint for global alignment and governance. I’ve spent years developing a structured framework to address this, and I've laid out the entire thesis in two concise, hard-hitting short films.

If you want the actionable path out of the abyss, go to YouTube and search for my channel: @kevinflynn2639. Watch the 19-minute film and the 9-minute film. The solutions are fully figured out; the only hurdle left is breaking through the collective noise to implement them.

Chris Manuel's avatar

Is this the Rachel Blevins who while she wasn't the most prominent host at RT America, she was one of its most loyal. The network may have folded, but the 27-year-old from Mineral Wells is still broadcasting Kremlin propaganda.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texan-face-of-rt-america/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Organic%20Social&fbclid=IwdGRjcAS7A2dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR77rh_QmQmaf8PGcYidzFHEVbtrQeXR-FrCDgTWTTWmQvKWMjhk6eC0W0nAkQ_aem_4kZN6bED8Nebd0bNZiFG8A

ken maynard's avatar

Ukraine lost ground in the early years of the war in what appeared to be a David vs Goliath contest. Since then it has been holding ground & even developed the capacity to strike strategic targets deep inside Russian territory. Given Russia is a vast territory which is inadequately defended while Ukraine is a small estate much better defended; plus Rusia is collapsing due to massive inefficiency & corruption the future is not looking good for Russia.

On the bigger question that you raise; world management will not reform because it wants to but because IT HAS TOO.

ken.maynard7@gmail.com

Kevin KC Flynn's avatar

If you take the time to watch my two films and like what you see, please consider introducing me to someone in your network—perhaps at an organization like the Quincy Institute with Trita Parsi—where I might lay out my argument.

As you noted in your interview with Harry Kreisler, “theorists are born, they aren’t made.” Furthermore, as you told the University of Michigan debate team, you approach your work like a debater—anticipating the counterargument, and the counter to the counter.

That exact methodology is how I arrived at my framework. I've anticipated the counters, and the logic holds spot on. I look forward to your thoughts.

Chris Manuel's avatar

The myth of Russian grievance; fact checking the worst people on the internet.

Grievance - "the 2014 revolution was a CIA coup"

https://youtu.be/8Zr-KRaUnvE?is=KT5LQ-vzmjF6AWu-

Omar Lughod's avatar

The astonishing disconnect between M's interpretation and Obrien, a respected historian of war, stumps me. What are you seeing that he doesn't?

Ukrainian Ross's avatar

The peer reader can see the deterioration in the Prof.

By Agreeing repeatedly to be on these Muscovy Ethnic narrative type podcasts, the Prof just plays the role of an actor, not a real functional accredited Prof. The real test, would be an annual examination of the Prof in an open forum. Tenure is somehow a permanent right in that so-called University. Is it comparable to the "Columbia Staff Virus" degeneracy in NYC? Remember the leftie-pinkoe Cabal that made the professional accreditation of Jordan Peterson of Canada vanish as if the man was a citizen of the Kremlin Muscovy empire. Why are Ashkenazi Academics fleeing 2026 Canada?

The Prof is "choosing my words carefully" if he wishes to evolve into a top shill for Kremlin Muscovy narratives. Who is the Prof fooling? There is no Forever war concept that he is marketing to the unwary. There is a 1000 year ancient "Forever GENOCIDE" of Ukrainians that the Prof just demands on RT fake that he has the right to ignore. No Kremlin Muscovy ethnic legal sex-trade in Ukrainians for centuries past will be mentioned by the Prof. That is not his idea of "warning to the WEST" bringing up the many Tsars endless legal status of pedophilia. Nabokov was not of the Anglo-Saxon literary tradition.

The Prof's repeated refusal to discuss the ownership of the re-start of this "Forever Genocide" by the 2014 POTUS Barry Obama regime is another blotch of the Prof.

Noted academics on the pre-2014 betrayal period in the USA are ignored by the Prof as the Prof sinks onto the troll miasma of repeating that singing roozzkey songs was the be-all thought behind the Kremlin revanchist genetic need to invade.

The daily spectacle of the upcoming fall of Kremlin Crimea rivals that of the fall of 1939 Poland. The ill prepared Kremlin Muscovy Ethnics were genetically drugged to dream that Crimea was theirs forever to steal from Ukraine because they always stole Ukrainian children when every they had an urge. Nobody in the WEST has ever made a single Hollywood movie of the centuries of Kremlin Muscovy sex traders making huge cash flow from castrating millions of Ukrainian boys for quick Muslim Gold.

The Prof just can not stick to safe Yankee subjects. The Prof could just always refer to the 1710 Ukrainian Constitution that mysteriously was reformulated into the new, improved, localized, successful USA Constitution. And, it is so very true, no one has a lone video or rare coloured slide of a single founding father riding a Washington streetcar as they magic marked the parts in 1710 style Latin that were really just too Ukrainian for the taste of the new Yankee consumer.

Abhishek Singh Chauhan's avatar

The moment you highlight Ukraine’s bankrupt economy, corruption under Zelenskyy, or the forced conscription and kidnapping of Ukrainian men, the same hysterical NATO‑cheerleader crowd goes feral. These Zelenskyy cult members treat any mention of reality like a personal insult. Point out that the country is drowning in debt? They scream. Mention corruption scandals? They foam at the mouth. Talk about men being dragged off buses and snatched from streets to fight a war they don’t want? They call you a liar, a propagandist, a Kremlin puppet.

Chris Manuel's avatar

The myth of Russian grievance; fact checking the worst people on the internet.

Grievance - "the 2014 revolution was a CIA coup"

https://youtu.be/8Zr-KRaUnvE?is=KT5LQ-vzmjF6AWu-

Tx State Rep James White's avatar

Surrender document. The Iranians have no Navy and have no air force and no meaningful pathway to the N-bomb

Aelinel & Emily Harper's avatar

Профессор, с уважением к вашему анализу, но текущая ситуация на местах требует более скептического взгляда на успехи России. Говорить о "ведущей роли" Москвы в Украине в июле 2026 года сложно, учитывая, что российская армия столкнулась с серьезным истощением ресурсов, а недавние атаки на НПЗ в глубине страны наглядно демонстрируют уязвимость российской инфраструктуры. Стратегического перелома в пользу РФ на поле боя не наблюдается — скорее, мы видим затяжной конфликт на истощение, где инициатива постоянно переходит из рук в руки.

Что касается Меморандума между Ираном и США от 17 июня, то ваш оптимизм кажется преждевременным. На текущий момент мы видим, что переговоры фактически встали на паузу. Сложность структуры МОУ, о которой вы упоминали в подкасте, стала не просто техническим препятствием, а инструментом саботажа: стороны не могут прийти к согласию по ключевым пунктам, а взаимное недоверие лишь растет. В нынешних условиях этот документ рискует остаться лишь декларацией о намерениях, не имеющей реального веса в реальной политике