Reality Intrudes FINALLY: Obama 2015: “Arming Ukrainians would encourage the notion they could defeat the far more powerful Russians.” Trump 2025: “The Ukrainians are fighting a force that’s clearly much more powerful … and it’s not like they’ve stopped.”
What’s in Store for Zelensky and Friends
Bob and Ray Dissect the Summit
Hopeful Harbinger
Hopeful harbinger: Windsock journalist Anatol Lieven does an 180-degree:
(1) “Ukraine has already won the war”, March 18, 2022
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/03/18/has-ukraine-already-won-the-war/
(2) August 17, 2025 “Why Trump gets it right on Ukraine … which seems to be in the process of losing…”
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-ukraine-russia-agreement/
Russia’s Requirements for Peace
Summit Predictions from Friday
The Lost Art of Kremlinology
Kremlin’s approach to Alaska summit will be based on its fundamental aim to improve ties with the US; Ukraine must take a back seat to rapprochement. I apply the lost art of Kremlinology and media analysis to make my best guesses. Will know more tomorrow.
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/08/14/ray-mcgovern-applying-the-lost-art-of-kremlinology/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b44165a6-d357-4c2e-aac3-c47d7c1a20ef
What Glib Sanger Has to Look Forward To
When NYT’s David Sanger’s drivel runs dry, will the Israelis accord him the warm kind of “homecoming” they gave Robert Maxwell and Jonathan Pollard for services rendered? Glib “Pulitzer David” has earned it. He seems so full of himself, though, he might require a XXX-size crypt.