Zelensky’s Saakashvili Moment

 written by daniel mcadams

tuesday march 1, 2022

In 2008 as then-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili realized that his attack on Russian peacekeepers and civilians in South Ossetia had elicited a Russian military response that ended up with the Russian army practically knocking on his door in Tbilisi, he infamously appeared on a BBC interview voraciously chewing his necktie. It demonstrated to the world that the plucky US-educated leader who dared take on the Russian bear for the sake of "democracy" was in fact an unhinged and unstable figure (installed into power by the US-led "Rose Revolution") who found himself losing it upon realization that he was over his head and the US cavalry were not coming to liberate him.

During the course of the 2008 Russian intervention in Georgia, Saakashvili made increasingly outlandish and unhinged claims, including that:

- “Georgia’s ports and airports will be taken under the control of the U.S. Defense Department."

- “Russia has lost more airplanes than in any conflict of this scale since 1939.”

And, as reported by Moon of Alabama at the time:

'What I expected specifically from America was to secure our airport and to secure our seaports,' he went on, concluding that the American presence would do so. 'The main thing now is that the Georgian Tbilisi airport will be permanently under control.'

All of these claims and many more were increasingly and laughably proven totally untrue. A Caucasian Comical Ali. And then, finally, when the hard reality smacked up against his wild claims, he tucked in to his tie.

Ukraine's comedian-president Zelensky seems to be careening down that same path.

Perhaps Putin is the apotheosis of evil after all, and everyone who dares challenge this modern-day golem is destined for madness.

Or maybe not.

Whatever the case, Zelensky is sounding a bit unhinged of late. 

No one will dispute that he's a man of many talents...

However, when the chips are down, as they are, he seems to be a tie-muncher at the end of the day.

Take his frenetic activities yesterday, starting with his signing a formal application to join the European Union - about as likely as my being chosen "Miss Sweden."

Then later in the day, perhaps around cocktail hour, he demanded that President Biden enforce a "no-fly" zone over much of Ukraine, assuring Biden that Ukraine "can beat the aggressor if the Western allies do their part."

At that point even hawkishly-unhinged Senator Marco Rubio had to descend from the ether of Washington's war machine.

Poor Biden drunk-walked across the White House lawn as reporters asked him legitimate questions about the threat of nuclear war. But the fact is quite plain: for the US to (attempt to) impose a "no-fly" zone over Ukraine would require that the United States military annihilate every single S-400 and S-500 air defense system located inside Russian territory.

In other words, were Washington to abide the fake frontline warrior Zelensky's request it would require the initiation of a civilization-destroying World War III. 

How many American sheeple who have subbed out their "Wear the damn mask!" Facebook profile pictures for "Save Ukraine" or "Pray for Ukraine" are willing to see the end of life on earth as we know it to "save" a country that nearly seven in ten Americans literally cannot locate on a map of the globe?

It's all fun and games until the world blows up. 

Soon it will become obvious that the comedian-president who has openly welcomed child soldiers, is forcing men from 18-60 to fight, has released hardened criminals from prison to fight on the front lines, and has called for foreign mercenaries to come fight for Ukraine is not currently scoring an overwhelming victory against the Russian military, as the Pravda-esque US mainstream media continues to report.

America: you get the heroes you deserve. How do you like your tie?

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