NATO’s six-month ‘counteroffensive’ to defeat Russia has ended in total failure. Like Stalingrad in winter 1943, this is a turning point in the latest war with the West.

In July, President Biden declared that “Putin has already lost the war.” Begging Congress for $60 billion in funding to prolong the war, he now says that “we can’t let Putin win.”

This two part series in the Washington Post is a must read because of what it tells the reader about the abysmal performance of the White House and the Department of Defense. I found it genuinely shocking. I knew that Biden, Austin and Milley were bad. I just did not appreciate how bad. On a scale of 1 to 10, with a 10 marking the biggest fuck up in history, these guys rate an 11.

The blame game about who lost Ukraine is starting. We know this thanks to the Washington Post, which managed to do some real reporting by publishing a two-part series on Ukraine’s failed counter offensive. Yep, kudos on that. The bad news? The analysis is shallow and repeats many of the false claims made by Ukrainians officials. That’s why I am here. To help you sort out the bullshit. Put on your hip waders. The bottomline is simple — the war is lost and the task of assigning blame is at hand.

From a total victory for Ukraine we have arrived at the question of what Ukraine’s defeat will look like.

The news out of Ukraine late today is dire for Volodomyr Zelenksy. General Zaluzhny reportedly gave him the Clint Eastwood threat, “Go ahead punk; make my day. According to a Ukrainian Telegram channel:

Outnumbered and outgunned, one front-line soldier has given a sobering account of Ukraine’s struggle to cling on to its foothold on the east bank of the vast Dnipro river.

Ukraine’s military intelligence spokesperson tells national TV that former politician ‘is done’

Seymour Hersh’s December 1 publication disclosing that ostensibly Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Gen. Valerii Zalyuzhniy is conducting secret ceasefire or peace talks with his Russian counterpart, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valerii Gerasimov suggests that developments are moving fast around what I recently called Ukraine’s intensifying coup poker of pre-coup confrontation between Zalyuzhniy and Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy.

Tensions between Ukrainian leaders, including between President Volodymyr Zelensky and his military chief, come as the country seeks emergency aid from Washington.