How to Think About War in Ukraine
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A compelling analysis on the current crisis:
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“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@jolly said in How to Think About War in Ukraine:
Well that report was something of a uninformative dangling participle.
Try something with a bit more journalistic grit like this one:
‘a-blowe yow and be-kele yow wel, and comyth up all with your ease’ ~ attributed to Henry V
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@copper said in How to Think About War in Ukraine:
@renauda said in How to Think About War in Ukraine:
Try something with a bit more journalistic grit like this one:
It's not really serious journalism.
It doesn't even mention if they wore masks.
Most informed readers will assume the belligerents in the story would have brought along their NBCW monkey suits with the service battalion transport. As for the diplomats, providing masks is the role of their respective E.A in attendance.
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@mik said in How to Think About War in Ukraine:
Great article. Thanks. He makes a huge and valid point that only geopolitical considerations are at the forefront - not concern for a sovereign nation being invaded.
Exactly. But that is a motif of Russian and Soviet foreign policy. Small nations that border Russia do so only at the pleasure of the Kremlin. Along with Snyder, Stephen Kotkin has repeatedly pointed this out in his presentations.
Putin sees the world through a geopolitical lens that has been distorted by his years as a KGB operative and officer. He is very much influenced by the xenophobic populism that permeates Russia beyond Moscow and St. Petersburg, cities more open to western ideas. As Snyder points out, he adheres to and champions a myth not unlike many autocrats.
