Category: Ukraine

On Loaded Pistols

Promises have no role to play in politics. They are less reliable than cheap toilet paper. National Security cannot be entrusted in the care of foreign powers. Neutrality means nothing today because it is based on a gentlemen’s agreement. As international treaties go they cannot replace hard military power for defence against aggression. If a foreign power sees an in, they will exploit it. It is the job of statesmen to bridge those security gaps left open by their gullible predecessors. War and Peace depend on it!

On False Analogies

There are no good or bad guys in geopolitics. Everyone is tainted. False analogies do not help anyone. A valid analogy does.

The Propaganda War

Russia is not the USSR. If faced with an existential threat, it will take down the world. People should stop getting high on their own supply. Propaganda is bad. BS propaganda even worse.

Who can save Ukraine?

They say that the only people who see the end of the war are the dead. I wonder if that is the only certainty in this solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short Life of ours.

The Swiss Self-Sabotage – Sic Transit Gloria Helveticae

The Swiss became rich because they played it smart, staying out of European and World conflicts for 507 years. That’s a long stretch. Now, they decided to take sides. Unfortunately, History is replete with brutal reminders of what happens when people forget their lessons. The price of adventurous folly is always steep. Caveat emptor!

Putin’s Gambit – How the Superpowers are gambling World Peace away – Chapter III: The Players

World peace is at stake. America and Russia are willing to destroy the world for the sake of world domination. And we the denizens of the only inhabited world sit idly by while the whole house if about to crumble. But before acting we must understand what is going on.

The Eye of the Needle

Spying is a dirty business. Lying about it comes naturally to the media. Mass-media are in cahoots with Big Government everywhere. They are lying to us, all the time, 24/7, 365 days per year. What can we do about it? Put our ear to the ground and listen carefully. We all have BS detectors. It just that we don’t use them. Suspension of disbelief is not your friend. Don’t accept the official narrative and do your own research. Always.

On Tyrants and Power Structures

Tyranny is foreign to free individuals. The people do not need leaders or hierarchical power structures. We can work together because we have to. Power structures are destructive and harmful to all societies.

The Miracle of Acting – Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the actor who played a president on Netflix and then became President

How a good actor managed to become the President of Ukraine and how playing a role and reading a script won't save his country from War.