Excellent speech! Why aren't you President of Ukraine? The war would be over in a jiffy, and we'd gladly help you rebuild instead of wasting our tax money on weapons, destruction and death and for the pockets of corrupt politicians. I am not a supporter of the AfD at all, but concerning the war in Ukraine, they are absolutely right and I despise our cowardly politicians and warmongering government who want to fight to the last Ukrainian while lining their pockets with money from weapons deals and Rheinmetall stocks.
Car y is a full throated cheer leader for the US led proxy war against Russia for which the people of the region of the ukraine are with the people of Russia the victims
In the West, the problem is that many people simply do not wish to be proved wrong. I know this is perhaps the most pathetic response to an absolute living tragedy. Nevertheless, so many in the West have literally raised the Ukrainian flag above their houses and even on their Facebook pages. How can these people simply hang their heads in shame and apologise for being so stupid—so ignorant and base? Their egos will not allow it. And so there will be little or no self-recrimination, because many of these people are proud to be anti-fascists and will loudly proclaim: “Had I been in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s, I’d never have followed their Führer.” Emotionally and cognitively, they simply cannot accept the contradiction. It is who they are, after all.
It is the civilisational flavor of thought, the structure of reasoning.
"science" has etymologic "sci" which is scissors. cutting out one property after the other, to lay bare the thing itself. (Heinz von Foerster used to explain that).
A holistic viewpoint would make people see that the world is bigger than just Russia here, the arch enemy, and there Ukraine, NATO, and the Atlantic West. They would realize that BRICS and global south have understood this basic toxic issue that looms within western civilisation. They have suffered and lost their blood throughout centuries.
What can go wrong?
See my experiment about the 5 pillars. This has been analyzed everywhere else more than in Germany itself. And sure did it from history itself and from much better writings than mine. EU-addicts and greenish-liberal Germans are too complacent to investigate their own status quo and trajectory. They are putting up Gessler hats (Wilhelm Tell..) and they are building a Tower of Babylon. That's the worldview in this whole civilisation. How can one not understand where this is heading to?
That was an impressive and heart felt speech, I wish you success in your endeavors and may there be peace in Ukraine soon, and an end to this miserable and pointless war between brothers.
Dear Ms. Mendel. How beautifully you stated what I have laboured clumsily to articulate these last four years. I was moved to tears. May you be numbered among the saints for the truth you speak, for it is also written: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
I think if people had read "AfD" at the beginning they would have stopped reading. This way was perfect. Besides, it's not about the AfD. It's about cowards in the EU who are so self absorbed they cannot listen or see another point of view. European voters need to re-shuffle their leaderrship deck.
That it took a right wing movement to allow you the opportunity to emphasize that that the EU cannot keep treating Ukrainian lives as dispensable speaks volumes about the decadence of democracy. So sad that rather than gas we are now importing Soviet authoritarianism!
This speech is a summary of all the reasons that normal people will take to heart with respect to the truth of this evil and tragic war. Do I fault Putin for his military project. Yes, but only in his lack of understanding concerning what the many Russian hating nations, such as the UK, France, Germany and lesser others would do to "minimally" support the Ukraine thereby allowing it to be slowly destroyed. I knpw that the internatioal protocol relating to national security allows the challenged nation to do whatever it takes to stop the threat to its security. The constant American, British and NATO provocations against the Russian State are well documented and warranted a strike to prevent them from scoring a strategic hit against Russia. Unfortunately Ukraine allowed itself to be used as the foil to damage Russian security and it paid in blood and land for its temerity. None of this horror needed to happen, All Ukraine and NATO had to do was agree to solve Russia's existential fear and the war would have ended. But Zelensky did not and his Pseudo Nazi compatriots did not step back from Armageddon. The rest is history!
I read your speech! Very good but I recommend learn more history! More then before 1991 what's happening in Sovjet Union, Europe and World! Listen to Jeffrey Sachs, John Mearsheimer and more! Your subject to bad Russia can also give a vision of Bad USA and Bad nato and afterwords bad EU! My slogan: I choose for peace!
Who cares if she was Zelenski’s slut, what counts now is ending this US madness proxy war against Russia for which the victims are the Slavic peoples. If her speech and others like it expose this criminal war for what it is then the Slavic peoples will be saved from this extermination operation
The speech is strongest when making this argument:
If the present military strategy is progressively reducing Ukraine's population, economic base, institutions and bargaining strength, then preserving the state may require accepting a settlement that sacrifices some objectives in order to preserve more fundamental ones.
The unresolved question is still the decisive one:
What does Russia accept, what does Russia concede, and what prevents Russia from exploiting the settlement to resume the war later?
Until those elements are supplied, Mendel has articulated a clearer Ukrainian negotiating posture, but not yet a fully specified bilateral peace architecture.
May I suggest considering, for the missing piece, one possible way forward that may serve starting point of negotiation (English, Ukrainian and Russian versions):
You seem prone to the basic issue in this conflict:
Civilisational denial of the OTHER.
All media that explain in detail what Russia respectively the Kremlin wants, and has told so since like 2008, this media gets blocked and defamed. The basics of Russian demands did not change by that.
When you enter a mom-and-pop grocery, and order some apples, now when the salesperson says "hey you lie, you want oranges!" - what would you think?
The Atlantic West is censoring all media that report about Russian demands, and they replace it with fairy tales that support their own sinister narrative of destruction and world dominance. Like, the scorpion and the frog should explain Putin's behavior. No. It doesn't Russians are NOT animals. And it seems they are prevailing. Because, there is BRICS and there is the global south, and they would be crazy to support the atlantic bloc.
Excellent speech! Why aren't you President of Ukraine? The war would be over in a jiffy, and we'd gladly help you rebuild instead of wasting our tax money on weapons, destruction and death and for the pockets of corrupt politicians. I am not a supporter of the AfD at all, but concerning the war in Ukraine, they are absolutely right and I despise our cowardly politicians and warmongering government who want to fight to the last Ukrainian while lining their pockets with money from weapons deals and Rheinmetall stocks.
Iulia, you speak with perfect clarity.
Excellent, many westerners feel the same and see what they are doing. Including Canada's Carney.
Car y is a full throated cheer leader for the US led proxy war against Russia for which the people of the region of the ukraine are with the people of Russia the victims
In the West, the problem is that many people simply do not wish to be proved wrong. I know this is perhaps the most pathetic response to an absolute living tragedy. Nevertheless, so many in the West have literally raised the Ukrainian flag above their houses and even on their Facebook pages. How can these people simply hang their heads in shame and apologise for being so stupid—so ignorant and base? Their egos will not allow it. And so there will be little or no self-recrimination, because many of these people are proud to be anti-fascists and will loudly proclaim: “Had I been in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s, I’d never have followed their Führer.” Emotionally and cognitively, they simply cannot accept the contradiction. It is who they are, after all.
I think the problem is that they obey dark masters, who hold the knife to their throats.
Europe is flooded with jihadis, the electronic and defense infrastructure is completely riddled, the media are under total control.
No sovereign agency whatsoever is present in European governance.
It is the reign of Esau.
God is with Esau too. The promise was to become a multi-million huge nation, and so it happened.
At the same time, the original basic covenant obviously got distorted and bargained into a perversion.
Epstein and Al Golani are birds of the same fake feathers.
So is the gospel of prosperity.
Call out ALL of these eschatologic madmen, and deceitful snake-oil preachers.
One was called out by Juliya Mendel in a very convincing and heart-breaking way!
Well, Mr. (((Mayer))) the opponents of our God are hated by him.
There’s no door out of that. Born to it.
Remind you, the problem is much bigger.
It is the civilisational flavor of thought, the structure of reasoning.
"science" has etymologic "sci" which is scissors. cutting out one property after the other, to lay bare the thing itself. (Heinz von Foerster used to explain that).
A holistic viewpoint would make people see that the world is bigger than just Russia here, the arch enemy, and there Ukraine, NATO, and the Atlantic West. They would realize that BRICS and global south have understood this basic toxic issue that looms within western civilisation. They have suffered and lost their blood throughout centuries.
What can go wrong?
See my experiment about the 5 pillars. This has been analyzed everywhere else more than in Germany itself. And sure did it from history itself and from much better writings than mine. EU-addicts and greenish-liberal Germans are too complacent to investigate their own status quo and trajectory. They are putting up Gessler hats (Wilhelm Tell..) and they are building a Tower of Babylon. That's the worldview in this whole civilisation. How can one not understand where this is heading to?
Let me be the first to congratulate you here on Substack, for this excellent speech.
That was an impressive and heart felt speech, I wish you success in your endeavors and may there be peace in Ukraine soon, and an end to this miserable and pointless war between brothers.
Dear Ms. Mendel. How beautifully you stated what I have laboured clumsily to articulate these last four years. I was moved to tears. May you be numbered among the saints for the truth you speak, for it is also written: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
An excellent, logical and caring depiction of the situation, the issues and a possible way to peace for Ukraine and Russia. Thank you.
The thanks to the AfD should come at the beginning. It would save a lot of people a lot of time.
I think if people had read "AfD" at the beginning they would have stopped reading. This way was perfect. Besides, it's not about the AfD. It's about cowards in the EU who are so self absorbed they cannot listen or see another point of view. European voters need to re-shuffle their leaderrship deck.
How dark is your world?
That it took a right wing movement to allow you the opportunity to emphasize that that the EU cannot keep treating Ukrainian lives as dispensable speaks volumes about the decadence of democracy. So sad that rather than gas we are now importing Soviet authoritarianism!
This speech is a summary of all the reasons that normal people will take to heart with respect to the truth of this evil and tragic war. Do I fault Putin for his military project. Yes, but only in his lack of understanding concerning what the many Russian hating nations, such as the UK, France, Germany and lesser others would do to "minimally" support the Ukraine thereby allowing it to be slowly destroyed. I knpw that the internatioal protocol relating to national security allows the challenged nation to do whatever it takes to stop the threat to its security. The constant American, British and NATO provocations against the Russian State are well documented and warranted a strike to prevent them from scoring a strategic hit against Russia. Unfortunately Ukraine allowed itself to be used as the foil to damage Russian security and it paid in blood and land for its temerity. None of this horror needed to happen, All Ukraine and NATO had to do was agree to solve Russia's existential fear and the war would have ended. But Zelensky did not and his Pseudo Nazi compatriots did not step back from Armageddon. The rest is history!
I read your speech! Very good but I recommend learn more history! More then before 1991 what's happening in Sovjet Union, Europe and World! Listen to Jeffrey Sachs, John Mearsheimer and more! Your subject to bad Russia can also give a vision of Bad USA and Bad nato and afterwords bad EU! My slogan: I choose for peace!
It wouldve been more impactful if the speech had been shorter.
Oh dear, did you get bored? Were you unable to focus long enough to complete it? Were you not entertained? 😑
Thank you
Who cares if she was Zelenski’s slut, what counts now is ending this US madness proxy war against Russia for which the victims are the Slavic peoples. If her speech and others like it expose this criminal war for what it is then the Slavic peoples will be saved from this extermination operation
The speech is strongest when making this argument:
If the present military strategy is progressively reducing Ukraine's population, economic base, institutions and bargaining strength, then preserving the state may require accepting a settlement that sacrifices some objectives in order to preserve more fundamental ones.
The unresolved question is still the decisive one:
What does Russia accept, what does Russia concede, and what prevents Russia from exploiting the settlement to resume the war later?
Until those elements are supplied, Mendel has articulated a clearer Ukrainian negotiating posture, but not yet a fully specified bilateral peace architecture.
May I suggest considering, for the missing piece, one possible way forward that may serve starting point of negotiation (English, Ukrainian and Russian versions):
archive.org/details/blueprint-for-ending-the-ukraine-war-v-18-english-bt-signed
Md files for AI evaluation: https://archive.org/download/blueprint-for-ending-the-ukraine-war-v-18
You seem prone to the basic issue in this conflict:
Civilisational denial of the OTHER.
All media that explain in detail what Russia respectively the Kremlin wants, and has told so since like 2008, this media gets blocked and defamed. The basics of Russian demands did not change by that.
When you enter a mom-and-pop grocery, and order some apples, now when the salesperson says "hey you lie, you want oranges!" - what would you think?
The Atlantic West is censoring all media that report about Russian demands, and they replace it with fairy tales that support their own sinister narrative of destruction and world dominance. Like, the scorpion and the frog should explain Putin's behavior. No. It doesn't Russians are NOT animals. And it seems they are prevailing. Because, there is BRICS and there is the global south, and they would be crazy to support the atlantic bloc.