As with any mythological symbol, the ‘Trident’ of Ukraine is full of ‘pre-history’ – most of it made-up, false, or deliberately fabricated and misleading. Although there is no archaeological evidence, Ukrainian nationalistic history (which attempts to construct a Ukrainian identity that is separate and distinct from Slavic Russian), paints a picture of exotic origins! This symbol is nothing less than the trident of the Greek god Poseidon! If this ‘origin story’ is correct, then the Ukrainians, despite being the obvious (and scientifically proven) descendants of marauding Scandinavians (exactly the same as their Russian neighbours), are nothing less than the modern survivors of a colony of ‘White’, and ‘European’ Greeks who settled in the area around two thousand years ago! The fact that Ancient (and Classical) Greeks were Southern Europeans who routinely ‘mixed’ with Middle Eastern and Asian people (hence their ‘olive’ complexion) appears lost on on these Ukrainian ultra-nationalists. Here, we start to see the ‘irrationality’ of Eurocentric racism.
Origin of the ‘Trident’ Emblem of Ukraine
Day: March 24, 2022
Russia/Ukraine: Beware False Flags. Kiev’s inaccurate/false bombing comparison to Syria. GCC does not comply
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/russia-ukraine-war-military-post-inaccurately-compares-syria-bombing
An innaccurate infographic created and posted by the official Twitter account of Ukraine’s air force that compares the number of missiles dropped in Syria to those dropped in Ukraine has been widely condemned.
Russia/Ukraine: Beware False Flags. Kiev’s inaccurate/false bombing comparison to Syria. GCC does not comply
Biden wings his way to the borderlands of Ukraine
By a queer coincidence, former US Secretary of State Madeline Albright passed away while President Joe Biden was travelling in Air Force 1 en route to Europe on what is probably the most crucial diplomatic mission of his presidency.
Biden wings his way to the borderlands of Ukraine
The People of Yemen Suffer Atrocities, Too
If We Call Russia’s Invasion a War Crime, What Do We Call What the US is Doing to Iraq & Afghanistan? + George Bush and Tony Blair lack the moral authority to lecture Russia on Ukraine
Escalation Without Consequences on the Op-Ed Page
Escalation Without Consequences on the Op-Ed Page
The United States implemented two “no-fly zones” over Iraq between 1991 and 2003, at which point the US and its partners moved on to the full-scale devastation of Iraq, killing hundreds of thousands in the process. NATO created “no-fly zones” in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and later over Kosovo, during the period in which NATO was dismantling Yugoslavia. In 2011, NATO imposed a “no-fly zone” in Libya, ostensibly to protect the population from Muammar Gaddafi: The result was ethnic cleansing, the emergence of slave markets, mass civilian casualties and more than a decade of war in the country.
How Much Less Newsworthy Are Civilians in Other Conflicts?
How Much Less Newsworthy Are Civilians in Other Conflicts?
Sadly, most people simply respond to the underlying story/sympathies the media wish to generate.
Comment by Dr. Carol C. Mukhopadhyay