Joe Lindsley
SPIES NOT SO SECRET, ELITES NOT SO RIGHT
I share the curious story of a trip to London when Foreign Official officials mistook me, in a friendly way, for an American spy. This is a lesson for all of us to keep a healthy sense of skepticism towards elites, journalists, and politicians.
Those same elites are missing a huge story right now about Ukraine:
Ever since Ukraine’s military began hitting prime Russian military targets in the Crimean peninsula and Black Sea 55 days ago, Russia’s logistics have been hugely weakened. Maybe this explains why there’s been no major nationwide missile attack upon Ukraine since then.
Retired American General Ben Hodges agrees, saying that this is the moment to press for victory with long-range weapons.
But the US, Germany, and others are slow with that support, amid a strange flurry of negative headlines despite Ukraine’s undoubted success. There’s a peculiar group of Russian-born individuals who’ve claimed to support Ukraine now advocating for Ukraine to negotiate, contrary to the positive developments. And the Washington Post claims morale on the ground is low, when it’s anything but.
Meanwhile, back to Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Maybe PM Sunak brought David Cameron back into the governing fold simply because he’s afraid about the major challenges Israel-Hamas, Ukraine-Russia (and China, and Iran, and everything else) and he wants someone with more experience to lean on. Usually there is no grander conspiracy than such simple explanations.
But Ukrainians have been showing the world: we can indeed face that fear, and we can win. It’s a matter of will and power. Let’s get the needed power to the Ukrainians?
War Day 629: Many Try to Hide It, But Ukraine’s Got Russia in a Bind
🇺🇦 600+ DAYS OF WAR REPORTING on Chicago’s WGN Radio with host Bob Sirott and Joe Lindsley, the only American reporting in Ukraine every single day until victory 🎙️ from Tuesday 14 November 2023
SPIES NOT SO SECRET, ELITES NOT SO RIGHT Ukraine’s military attributes the absence of a major coordinated Russian missile strike in the past 50+ days to the military’s effective targeting of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Retired American General Ben Hodges agrees, saying that this is the moment to press for victory with long-range weapons.
But the US, Germany, and others are slow with that support, amid a strange flurry of negative headlines despite Ukraine’s success. There’s a peculiar group of Russian-born individuals who’ve claimed to support Ukraine now advocating for Ukraine to negotiate, contrary to the positive developments.
I emphasize the importance of skepticism towards elites, journalists, and politicians, recounting a personal experience in London when I was mistaken for a spy. The powerful are not always so wise.
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On Chicago’s WGN Radio with Bob Sirott or Wendy Snyder, Joe Lindsley has been providing daily reports from Ukraine since the first days of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Joe has been in Ukraine since March 2020, when the pandemic began. With the Ukrainian Freedom News team, his mission is to share the realities of life in war for the free people of Ukraine.
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He’s been in Kyiv since before the genocide began and he has some excellent insights. US leaders should listen to him.
I don’t share his optimism about the current (relative) lack of heavy putinaZi infrastructure attacks but I hope he’s right.
I agree with what he said about Sean Penn too. He’s had a Damascene conversion since working with Zel on his movie and will never again seek friendships with crud like the Venezuela dictator.
Being a trained actor/director, he’s a powerful advocate for Ukraine. From what I’ve heard, the movie is very good indeed.
Also Joe references a guy called Konstantin Kisin; a Russian who took UK citizenship.
He worked as a comedian, (yes really!) but recently became a war pundit. In March 2022, he appeared on the UK BBC Question Time show and said he feels nothing but shame for his birth-country and how he has family in Ukraine being bombarded.
But he’s just started saying stuff like “with a heavy heart I think it’s time for Ukraine to start negotiating.” Which of course makes no sense at all.
You have to wonder whether people like him are being “got at” by putinaZi scum threatening harm to his family.
“But Ukrainians have been showing the world: we can indeed face that fear, and we can win. It’s a matter of will and power.”
We also have the power, but some of our leaders in the West have next to no will. They are afraid. They are spineless and frail.
I know the sentiment for Ukraine is still very strong in Chicago. I went to the Ukrainian Village a few weeks ago and the flags are everywhere. You’d swear it was L’viv or Ivano-Frankivsk.
That’s really is heartwarming to know.