Russia and Ukraine

[The Architect Of Fate]

It's appropriate that the bridge attack would be used in memes. And that Ukraine would troll about it on the Internet. That was its purpose.


The bridge is open again for traffic both ways. The attack didn't accomplish any military or strategic goal -- no supply lines were cut. Like so many things in this war, it was done as a media event. A big explosion looks like a win, and we know that people forget things almost immediately, so it doesn't matter if there are long-term consequences or not.

Its purpose was to show Russia that Crimea is no longer a safe place for them to be or for them to resupply.

One thing it has accomplished: the very civilized people who oppose Russian barbarism are applauding and joking about suicide bombs that kills civilians. That's who we are now.

Blowing up a bridge to a Russian-occupied territory that was being used to supply Russian forces  with weapons being used in an active invasion is not even remotely equivalent to suicide bombing or the Atroscities Russia has been committing. 

In other news (that won't get reported in Anglophone media): tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Paris today demanding that France get out of NATO, which is increasingly seen by Europeans as a force for oppression.

A couple of nutters protesting is proof of nothing ...