Matthias Goldmann’s Post

Peace will not be restored if we do nothing…How many Ukrainians died for Europe to begin to understand this? To say: We are not really helping Ukraine militarily, we do not want to send troops, we do not want NATO membership, but we hope for a miracle and for peace in Europe - that is unrealistic. You can talk about security guarantees as a 2nd step if you stopped Vladimir Putin in the 1st step. And then NATO membership would be the best, safest and simplest solution for lasting peace in Europe for Ukraine.

31 May 08:35: Thank you, Holger 🇩🇪🇺🇦 … and Stefanie 🇩🇪🇺🇦: Holger says: ‘Must Read! - Stefanie Dr. Babst in an in-depth interview with ntvNachrichten Note as an Afghanistan veteran - "what must not be, does not exist." A major cause of the failure in Afghanistan was the rampant cancer of "caveats" (deployment restrictions) of individual nations with their own agendas. Above all, Germany had carved out an "operation" a la carte with a mandate in the north. While the soldiers were at "war", political and military leaders spoke of "deployment" until the end and avoided "war" with the legal binding effect of all internationally applicable conventions. Only "understanding" was shown for operational units that thought they were at war, but in fact were not; Absurd, perfidious, unrealistic. The fatal consequence: caveats replaced recognised law in a confused proliferation as an obstacle to any responsible conduct of operations. This realisation should actually be a bitter lesson to rearrange the synapses* of well-meaning provincial strategists who produce unchanged nonsense. Far from it. It is about survival in a war of annihilation against an entire people. But since some Allies do not claim "war" as a reality for themselves, tactically construct away this state of affairs in Europe in a socially popular way, and thus do not move argumentatively and legally on the basis of assigned international law, they are trapped in the war avoidance strategy. Makeshift crutches are pointless caveats for the lethal use of the donated weapons by Ukraine. Perverse: their losses are accepted "with their eyes open" (once again) in favour of keeping the national clean slate of the noble donors. Ukraine sits deep in the shithole under the hood of international law of war, does dirty work for the spectators behind the garden fence, defends the values of the West against terrorist war criminals who do not adhere to conventions, and also has to be lectured!!! In their "peace"-inspired dogmatism, it is in fact the arms donors who override the international law of war with caveats and bring the rightful defender (Ukraine 🇺🇦) to his knees by the indirectly supported aggressor (Russia 🇷🇺) and let himself be subjugated!! What an outrageously brazen and contemptuous attitude of the caveat advocates. Victory at all costs! Ukraine 🇺🇦’: * synapse |'sinaps, 'sinaps | noun: a junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter. Please read on from Stefanie below 🇩🇪🇺🇦:

28 Nov 12:15: Thank you, Sarah Kirchberger 🇩🇪 … and Tim Pietruck 🇩🇪🇺🇦: Tim’s 🇩🇪🇺🇦 intro to Sarah’s 🇩🇪 post below: ‘I'm afraid the #Abschreckung of the #NATO #Russland is getting big cracks. It is no longer a question of how NATO would really react, but what Putin thinks it will turn out. "Russia is preparing for a war with the West," says BND chief Bruno Kahl. “A limited Russian attack is possible, with the aim of destroying NATO," writes Die Zeit. Numerous Allies, the Federal Minister of Defence and numerous experts have already expressed similar views. In some cases, even more pessimistic. In effect, it would be the end of security as we have known it for 75 years. 2% or the future 3% of GDP (GDP: approx. 4000 billion EUR) then quickly becomes 5% or in the event of war about 50% of costs per year. Where do these cracks come from and how can they still be repaired? How do we prevent Putin from getting exactly such ideas? The West must refrain from *everything* from which one can: - sympathy for Russia - Indecision in supporting allies (including Ukraine!) … or … - Attention to Russian threats This applies equally to the (next) government, opposition and media. Especially in an election campaign phase where there may be the temptation to try to catch votes with "peace for our time" approaches:

Ukrainische Verluste: "Sag mir wo die Soldaten sind" Zur Einschätzung der ukrainischen Verluste hat Petra Erler - immer lesenswert! - einen hervorragenden analytischen Artikel geschrieben' https://lnkd.in/gd5KfKGq Von der Leyen meinte schon im Dezember 2022, dass Ukraine 100.000 verloren hätte und Markus Reisner von der österreichischen Theresianischen Militärakademie sagte vor etwa einem Jahr, dass Ukraine bereits mit der dritten Armee kämpft. Auf der anderen Seite verkündete Zelensky noch im Februar dieses Jahres, dass Ukraine erst 31.000 Soldaten verloren hat.

4 Apr 14:30: ‘War of annihilation against 🇺🇦 Ukraine - elements of a robust containment strategy against the Russian 🇷🇺 terror regime: 1) Explain/enforce without ifs and buts - strategic goal - "Ukraine must win this war. Restoration of territorial integrity within the 1991 borders." 2) NATO start accession negotiations with Ukraine without delay. 3) Within the framework of its legitimate self-defense, Ukraine is taking/continuing all measures, including an effective "Forward Self Defence", targeted against all forces and means, including on Russian territory, that constitute a "conditio sine qua non" (operational: "centers of gravity") of the Russian war of aggression and occupation. 4) Delivery of all necessary weapon systems, including Taurus, without delay. 5) NATO declares the will to support "coalitions of the willing" to plan and deploy forces and assets in Ukraine while maintaining "strategic ambiguity". The principle of consensus, with which friends of Russia (Hungary, Turkey, Slovakia) block, will no longer apply in this case. 6) Drastic sanctioning of any economic support by Western companies (current example: "Knauf" cement in Mariupol), including dual-use goods. 7) Keep all necessary communication channels open with those from the terror regime who are still sane, not necessarily with the sociopath Putin, in order to unmistakably and parallel to effective measures obtain Russian compliance. A deal against Putin should end in an internal Russian clarification of the situation. victory at all costs! Bundeswehr Bundesministerium der Verteidigung Deutscher Bundestag Stefanie Dr. Babst Roderich Kiesewetter NATO’: Thank you, Holger 🇩🇪:

https://lnkd.in/etpNRWiY Ukraine forward self defence auch mit US Waffen! Nicht lange fragen - machen! Ukraine - wirkungsorientierte Operationsführung mit Ziellisten gegen russische Schwachstellen. Hoffnungsschimmer. Wenn damit auch die „centers of gravity“, d.h. „conditiones sine qua non“ der gegnerischen Kriegsführung empfindlich getroffen und neutralisiert werden können, wäre es Zeit für Putin, seine Ambitionen zu reflektieren und zu kapitulieren. Das Recht der Ukraine zur „forward self defence“ schließt selbstverständlich gezielte Gegenangriffe und letale Schläge auf russisches Territorium ein. Warum müssen ukrainische Bravehearts sehenden Auges die Armada von Kriegsverbrechern und Soldateska zuerst auf ihr Territorium einladen, um sich erst dort abschlachten zu lassen und - wenn noch möglich - selbst gegen die Horden zu verteidigen? Eine völlig sinnentleerte Selbstzerstörung, und dies nur, weil eine Gruppe deutscher Kriegsdienstverweigerer an der Regierungs- und Parteispitze als Friedensengel Russland nicht schaden will? An Absurdität nicht zu überbieten. Die Mützenichs und Stegners dieser Gruppe würden, ohne mit der Schulter zu zucken, ein russisch besetztes Schleswig-Holstein im Status „einfrieren“ und mit den Kanzlerberatern und Putin am Verhandlungstisch Wodka schlürfen. Das pseudodiplomatische „Eskalations“-Geschwafel ist nicht mehr zu ertragen. Es geht um Wirkung im Ziel, nicht um den Popanz wirrer Reichweitendiskurse. Eine wesentliche Ursache für das Scheitern in Afghanistan war das wuchernde Krebsgeschwür von „Caveats“ (Einsatzbeschränkungen) einzelner Nationen mit eigener Agenda; diese Erkenntnis sollte nun als bittere Lehre die Synapsen von stets wohlgesinnten Provinzstrategen neu sortieren. Es geht ums Überleben in einem Vernichtungskrieg gegen ein ganzes Volk. Würde ein kleiner Spezialtrupp den soziopathischen Verursacher nebst Kartellschergen dieses ganzen Debakels ausschalten, wäre der Krieg schnell vorbei. Die Ukraine muss diesen Krieg gewinnen! Victory at all costs! 🇺🇦