Telling billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEP Elon Musk to “F-Off,” Ukraine’s Gemran Amb. Andrj Melnyk mirrored Kiev’s attitude toward peace, with Musk tweeting that there’s a way out of the conflict for Ukraine. But Musk found out quickly that Kiev is perfectly content to battle the Russian Federation as long as the U.S. government foots the bill. Musk tweeted out a possible solution to the conflict, trying to save lives and more destruction as the conflict goes on. Former Centcom Commander and disgraced 69-year-old CIA Director David Petraeus has been making his opinions known on Sunday morning talk shows, telling ABC’s “This Week” that the Russia army is in “dire” shape. Like most Western propagandists, Petreus doesn’t say a word about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s seven-moth campaign in Ukraine seizing the entire Black Sea Coast and all of Ukraine strategic ports.
Petraeus doesn’t give an honest appraisal of the Ukraine War, only saying that it’s impossible for Putin to win over the long haul, because of a determined U.S. and NATO effort to keep supplying Ukraine unlimited cash-and-arms. Petraeus paints Putin as a defeated Russian adversary, having nowhere to go in Ukraine but surrender. Ukraine’s war efforts centers on taking back sovereign territory seized by Putin over the last seven months. Every time Putin leaves a Russian occupied territory, Petraeus calls it proof of Russian failure. Ukraine’s 44-year-old President Volodymyr Zelensky has zero interesting in resolving the conflict with Putin controlling so much sovereign land. Zelensky said Oct. 1 that there can be no negotiations unless Russia has new president, something bound to irk the Kremlin. There’s zero evidence that the Kremlin wants Putin removed from power.
Melnyk’s vulgarity to Musk mirrors the kind of attitude seen by Zelensky, where, with U.S. cash-and-arms, Kiev thinks they can keep the war going indefinitely. Members of the European Union see the damage the war does to the EU economy, seeking an end to the conflict. Zelensky refuses to deal with Putin because, unlike the analysis given by Petraeus and other U.S. generals, Putin has the upper hand in Ukraine for now. Ukraine’s armed services can be expected to pick up some previously lost territory. But whether that translates into getting rid of Putin remains unknown. Musk only suggests to redo election in Russian occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhahia, where Russia has current control over the territory. Whether admitted to or not, Zelensky lost 25% of Ukraine’s sovereign territory, losing the entire Black Sea coast and all its strategic ports
Biden has said that Ukraine can’t start negotiations now with Russia because they occupy too much of Ukraine’s sovereign territory. So, instead of listening to Musk to try to end the conflict, Melnyk tells Musk to “F-Off.” Must wants elections redone in Russian occupied territories under U.N. supervision. “Russia leaves if it’s the will of the people.” Musk tweeted. “Crimea formally part of Russia, as it has been since 1783 [Until Khruschev’s mistake]. Water supply to Crimea assured. Ukraine remains neutral,” Musk tweeted prompting the insulting response. Musk followed up saying it’s “highly likely to be the outcome in the end—a question of how many die before that,” Musk said. “The only outcome is [sic] that now no Ukrainian will EVER buy your f-ing Tesla crap,” said Melnyk. “So good luck to you.” Things would change abruptly in Ukraine if the U.S. pulled the plug on government and war funding.
Lucky for Zelensky, at the moment, that he has the full backing and support of Biden, whose lost to Putin in Syria and doesn’t want it to happen again in Ukraine. Musk sees the big picture that Ukraine will have to make territorial concessions to Russia or the war will go on indefinitely. It’s easy for Melnyk to tell Musk to “F-Off,” when he has the U.S. treasury behind him. Zelensky and Melynk want to continue battling the Russian Federation as long as they get a free ride from the U.S. Good Samaritans like Musk see war as a total waste, knowing the mayhem created for ordinary citizens and world economies. Melnyk’s vile response shows in Zelensky’s ciricles Ukraine wants to battle the Russian Federation to the death. Pundits like Petraeus, who was stripped of his security clearance in 2012, make things worse by denigrating the Russian military to cater to the Western press.
Zelensky responded to Musk’s tweets with equal disdain for the world’s richest—and probably smartest—man. “Which @Elongmuk do you like more? The options were “one that supports Ukraine” and “One who supports Russia,” tweeted Zelensky, completely missing the point. Musk wants peace at the earliest possible time seeing the ongoing carnage and destruction in Ukraine and beyond. Zelensky gladly takes U.S. tax dollars to pay for his bankrupt government and war against the Russian Federation. Musk raises entirely valid points as to what would end the conflict at the earliest possible time. Zelenky and Melnyk only see the fight against the Russian Federation because they have the backing of the U.S. government. Without the cash-and-arms, Zelensky would be forced into some kind of compromise. Zelensky gambled with Ukraine’s sovereignty and lost Ukraine’s land to the Kremlin.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
