Scott Ritter. At his best. He explains Bukhmut and Georgia in great detail. Georgia will not join the war against Russia as America wants. He referred to the Kissinger quote: “Its bad to be an American enemy. Its fatal to be an American friend.” Ask the Afghans, ask the Kurds. Ask the Israelis. Ask the Germans. Ask Ghadaffy. Ask the Ukrainians.
He also said that the G7 is on a downward trend whereas BRICS is richer and on an upward trend. Everyone, including Saudi Arabia, is joining BRICS which is wealthier than the G7 Nations.
He also explains where China stands. China can be the peace broker here just as they were between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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@Peloni
I agree but if Russia says that they will accept a ceasefire if Russia gets to keep the four provinces and Crimea, I believe, as does Ritter, that China will pass the offer on to Zelensky. As laid out by Ritter, both Russia and Ukraine stand to benefit by making such a deal.
Very interesting conversation by Ritter. He truly sees the totality in which this scenario in Ukraine stands.
Regarding Georgia, recall that Ukraine at the beging of the Russian SMO had a force 4X’s the size of the entire Georgian military in Dombas, which was a veteran force which had fought for 8yrs and was NATO armed, trained and supported, and this was just the forward units in Dombas. Georgia has no opportunity to provide a productive aspect to this war, even if they are empassioned to do so. Of course, folly loves the fool, so there is that to consider.
One thing which Ritter stated struck me as being in error, however, and that was related to the topic of China’s opposition to violations of national sovereignty. I would actually suggest that China is obsessed about national sovereignty when it is the sovereignty in question is their own, but it certainly has not held them from making incursions into India, and it also did not keep them out of Hong Kong despite treaty commitments to the contrary, nor did it keep them out of Nepal. It is irrelevant to the point Ritter was making about Chinese opposition to Russia’s invasion and the potential which China holds at being the peace broker in Ukraine, but I would suggest that the Chinese position on maintaining international sovereignty is limited by their own interests in extending the limits of their own borders.