Like Elon Musk,
- who grew up in South Africa during the fascist 'apartheid' years,
- and whose father's wealth, the very bedrock of the the privileged life of a white South African that he lived well into his teenage years, was gained from his father's contracts with the then fascist apartheid South African regime ,
- should now spew out Putin's and Angela Merkel's Minks2 protocols of 2015 as the basis for ending Putin's war with Ukraine. (blog entry 4 October 2022),
we now have Angela Merkel,
- who, since three months old, grew up in the countryside of Communist East Germany just 90 km north of East Berlin,
- who, in 1968, joined the Free German Youth (FDJ), the official communist youth movement sponsored by the ruling Marxist–Leninist Socialist Unity Party of East Germany.
- and who, at the Academy of Sciences of East Germany, became a member of its FDJ secretariat and, according to her former science colleagues, openly propagated Marxism when she was the secretary for "Agitation and Propaganda"
- and who said, "Life in the GDR was sometimes almost comfortable in a certain way, because there were some things one simply couldn't influence." (Wikipedia)
once again claiming, as reported by Reuters and Jack Newman that,
"Angela Merkel has said she has no regrets about her decision to wed Germany to Russian energy. "'In this respect I do not regret decisions at all, rather, I believe that it was right from the perspective of the time,' she said, adding that cheap Russian gas had allowed Germany to push ahead with phasing out nuclear and coal.???? (Mail Online : 13 October 2022) (my emphasis)
- Is it a coincidence that the Minsk2 protocols, of which Merkel and Putin were central authors, is now also being pushed by Elon Musk as a way to end Putin's war with Ukraine?
- Is it a coincidence that, as reported by NV,
"The Kremlin has said it might consider conducting peace talks with Ukraine through mediators, Russian state-owned news agency TASS quoted a Russian Foreign Ministry representative, Alexey Polishchuk, as saying on Oct. 9.
According to Polishchuk, Moscow is ready to accept intermediary services at peace talks on the terms that “Kyiv has already rejected.” (New Voice of Ukraine : 9 October 2022) (my emphasis) - Is it also a coincidence that, as reported by Brady Knox
"Elon Musk's SpaceX said it can no longer pay for Starlink in Ukraine, which has become a critical satellite service apparatus as the country fights to fend off a Russian invasion, in a request to the Pentagon to take over funding the endeavor.
To continue operations, the company asked for tens of millions in subsidies from the Pentagon monthly, according to a letter obtained by CNN. (Washington Examiner : 13 October 2022) (my emphasis)
Kyiv has vowed to retake the entire region of Kherson by the end of the year after launching its counter-offensive in August." (Mail Online : 13 October 2022) (my emphasis)
'Today, first of all, Vladimir Putin must stop this war, respect Ukraine's territorial integrity and come back to the table for talks,' Mr Macron told broadcaster France 2." (ibid Chris Pleasance)
"Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday doubled down on his proposal to turn Turkey into a gas hub for Europe after deliveries to Germany through the Baltic Sea's Nord Stream pipeline were halted.
Putin floated the idea of exporting more gas through the Turk Stream gas pipeline running beneath the Black Sea to Turkey as he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a regional summit in Kazakhstan." (AP News : 13 October 2022) (my emphasis)
Notwithstanding Merkel and Musk trying to resuscitate Putin's and Angela Merkel's Minks2 protocols of 2015, or Putin trying to 'seduce' President Recep Tayyip Erdogan onto his side, Putin's army has nowhere to run to prevent being defeated by the army of Ukraine.
Putin is not simply helpless against the ropes.
Putin is being knocked out of the ring by the army of Ukraine.
(to be continued)