Observations from Moscow

[Charles Albert]

It's the Wonder of Assymetry...

These people aren't leaving.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-invasion-ukraine-battle-of-kyiv-ragtag-army-11663683336

If this obliges a reevaluation of the rationale for massive spending on
discreet military assets, it would be an evolutionary leap with potentially
enormous social consequences.

I hope so.


love,

cfa





On Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 8:55 AM Darah Kehnemuyi via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

>  Thank you, David.  Good to know.   Why does a "special operation" take
> seven months and require conscription of civilians after seven months ?
>                  D.
>     On Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 08:10:19 AM EDT, David Morris <
> fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> https://twitter.com/natashasrussia/status/1573420976569737223?s=46&t=2p5Y2ov4hTd-1K9LzRmdWg
>
> 1. Yesterday people were in shock, right now they are a little bit waking
> up and starting to ask right questions.
>
> The majority are trying to find ways how to hide their sons or husbands.
>
> 2. A huge number of businessmen already left, others are in the process.
>
> Even the girl I know who was supporting ze operation and who works at the
> key production(they produce engines) told me today her boses (who were just
> meeting Putin) are planning to leave.
>
> 3. Today for the first time she asked me: “is this true that there are
> Nazis in Ukraine and the west hates us?”
>
> After my answers, she asked: “so why all of this?”
>
> 4. And BTW they have issues with parts and the most important engines they
> produce can’t work, it’s only a model.
>
> I predicted this a few months ago, but all of them were gaslighting me. Now
> they think I know smth…
>
> 5. Parents of my friends who watch zombie TV started to ask questions: “Do
> you think there is gonna be war?”
>
> 6. People still think it won’t directly affect them, while others are in
> panic and shock because their relatives got an order and they have never
> served in army. Orders are handed everywhere, on streets at work by their
> accountants etc.
>
> 7. It looks like the majority still are not getting what’s going on and
> hardly imagine where their men are sent to.
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