Change doesn’t happen in a vacuum. No one changes their ways just for the heck of it. But if one must change, they’d better do it for the right reasons. Being neutral is a safer bet than adhering to any military alliance. Nobody owes anyone anything. Protection doesn’t come gratis. And sometimes the price is your own existence.
1 in 5 American servicemen is obese. No wonder you can't have a conventional firefight anymore and you have to use ICBMs to fight a war. In Romanian we have a saying “Unde dai si unde crapa!” In short, the law of unintended consequences strikes again.
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!
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.
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 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!
Plutarch recounts how the Sabine king Tatius compensated the traitorous Roman Tarpeia for her treason. He buried her alive under the weight of the gold she received for her infamous act. Tatius said “I love treason (since it helped me conquer Rome) but I despise the traitor.” Well, Putin likes neither. He rewards betrayal with death. Prigozhin made a play for power. He failed. He died. Dishonesty has a capital price in Putin’s world.
Might unfortunately makes right. Not by virtue but by mere presence. History is written by the victors. And the powerful always win. Not the righteous, not the bold, not the courageous. It’s always the biggest, baddest of them all who carry the day. And morality ain’t in it. Iron will always defeat gold.
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.
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.
Götterdämmerung 