The news agency, RIA Novosti, one of the largest in post-Soviet Russia, has quoted extensively Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz’s September 10 Intermarium Series lecture on Ukraine.
Although the Kościuszko Chair is generally always happy to see its lectures quoted in the media, it must be pointed out that the RIA Novosti piece was Muscovite disinformation. The lecture was open to all, but a RIA Novosti correspondent never identified himself/herself, nor did one interview Dr. Chodakiewicz.
Even more characteristically, RIA Novosti only mentioned selected, cut-and-pasted quotes taken out of context, thereby distorting Dr. Chodakiewicz’s arguments. The Russian correspondent intentionally picked out snippets to portray the Ukrainians as incompetent and the U.S. and its NATO allies as weak, indecisive, and, in general, not serious about defending Ukraine. In reality, Dr. Chodakiewicz’s criticism focused on the ineptness of Ukraine’s top-heavy post-Soviet military brass, not the rank and file troops.
To counter the post-Soviet disinformation, we are reposting Dr. Chodakiewicz’s advice:
What to do?
a) Ukraine:
- Secure and seal the border with Russia.
- Seek provisional dual power in the Donbas (as opposed to evacuation or invasion).
- Invite Western monitors, civilian and military (but not peacekeepers).
- Purge the armed forces and security of the post-Soviets.
- Hold no elections before asserting control over the entire country.
b) The West:
- Establish bases in the Baltics, Romania, Bulgaria, and Poland.
- Arm Ukraine with conventional weapons.
- Establish and boost satellite TV programs to beam the Western message into the post- Soviet zone, in particular in Russian.
- Counter the Kremlin’s disinformation campaign in the West.
- Freeze (gradually and selectively) all private and public assets of Russian origin in Western banks and financial institutions.
- Supply Poland with enriched uranium for a nuclear device (like we did for Japan in the 1960s when China was at its most belligerent).
- Supply Europe with gas and oil from the U.S.
The full lecture can be found below.