We know what trembles in the scales,
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What has to be accomplished.
The hour for courage. If all else fails,
With courage we are not unfurnished.
What though the dead be crowded, each to each,
What though our houses be destroyed? —
We will preserve you, Russian speech,
Keep you alive, great Russian word.
We will pass you to our sons and heirs
Free and clean, and they in turn to theirs,
And so forever.
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Clausewitz: The Genius for War
I was just listening to Jeff Rich’s video, “Russophobia and the Anxiety of American Primacy” and it made me think of my previous post on “demonizing the enemy.” That led to me rereading my posts on propaganda and “The Blob.” For some reason, this chapter came up when searching for “Clausewitz and demonizing the enemy.” It’s an interesting read, and much better than reading Freud. 🤭 On another note, I have yet to finish reading “Lenin’s Notebook on Clausewitz” that I downloaded earlier from this website.
BOOK 1, CHAPTER 3: The Genius for War
Read More »Mental Fortitude
Ignorance is Bliss
This proverb is horribly misunderstood.
We wish to forget, and envy those that do not know, whatever is troubling us. Alternatively, those with little mental ability do appear to be happy. That isn’t wrong, per se, which is why it’s so often misinterpreted. They simply don’t worry.
Airman on hunger strike at White House over Gaza support
Airman on hunger strike at White House over Gaza support
Herbert said that Bushnell’s message and actions resonated with him, but it was the silence from leadership that really propelled his desire to speak out.
“The response afterwards by the military, specifically my command and then our government – basically just not uttering a word, like not even saying his name or anything and just trying to sweep the whole situation under the rug – that’s what really infuriated me and gave me the resolve to come to DC,” he said.
Genocide against the Palestinians – Craig Mokhiber steps down
Craig Mokhiber has the courage that every international civil servant should have. He has stepped down from his post as Chief of the New York Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in protest against the failure of the United Nations to stop the genocide being perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinians. I have known Craig since 1992 and consider him a friend, an intellectually honest, constructive and optimistic UN official, a model for others. But there are times when officials have to step down, because the Organization has allowed itself to be hijacked. Two other friends stepped down from their Assistant-Secretary-General posts in the 1990’s — Denis Halliday and Hans Christoph von Sponeck — because of the complicity of the United Nations in the US-led genocide of Iraq pursuant to thoroughly criminal “sanctions” that killed over a million human beings.
Genocide against the Palestinians – Craig Mokhiber steps down
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Faina Savenkova: You Can Speak Russian – Without Fear
On Tuesday, I turn 15. Is it a little or a lot? Who knows. This year has been very difficult. If you see bright events on my channels or pages on the Internet, don’t think it means that I am a person for whom everything is always good. But the main thing is that I am no longer a child, I also live on my own land, in my beloved house with my family, cats and dog. I love my loved ones, and they love me. I didn’t go to another city, I didn’t run away. I’m in the same place I’ve always lived. Where there is still a war going on.
Faina Savenkova: You Can Speak Russian – Without Fear – Donbass Insider
Israel-Palestine war: Senior US State Department official resigns over Biden’s approach to Gaza
A senior official at the US State Department issued his resignation on Wednesday evening, citing the Biden administration’s approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Israel-Palestine war: Senior US State Department official resigns over Biden’s approach to Gaza
Psychopaths in power: Why toxic people easily reach the top spots
According to psychologists, psychopathic traits are very common in successful leaders, since their own disorder helps them thrive
Psychopaths in power: Why toxic people easily reach the top spots
Shireen Abu Akleh posthumously wins award for courage as journalist
The International Women’s Media Foundation has named Shireen Abu Akleh as one of its Courage in Journalism Award winners for 2023.
Shireen Abu Akleh posthumously wins award for courage as journalist
Where is the political courage of yesteryear?
Are We Back to Nuclear Brinkmanship for Good?
In his speech last week, Sullivan said the world was at an “inflection point” that demanded “new strategies for achieving the same goal we’ve held since the Cold War: Reduce the risk of nuclear conflict.” Instead, we seem to be inching inexorably back toward a time when, as Kennedy commented 60 years ago, any “two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, [can] decide to bring an end to civilization.”
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