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Aug 30Liked by Andrew Korybko

Donbas is lost and Zelensky is finished. It’s time for NATO and the US to stop supporting the corrupt nationalist regime in Kyiv before we are dragged into the killing fields of Russian strikes on military bases throughout Europe and beyond.

America is manipulating a proxy war against Russia using Ukrainian lives. No more blood should be spilled.

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Aug 30Liked by Andrew Korybko

"...there are probably some things that remain in Poland..."

(Google) translate (NOT): 'There still some blood left in that stone!'

"...billions of dollars in equipment to Ukraine."

Unless I'm sorely mistaken, having seen a picture of dead bodies on the ground somewhere in Kursk(aya) or Belgorod(skaya oblast) with flags above the bodies to denote the nationality of the dead, in which four out of five were Polish to one Ukrainian, it's not just equipment the Ukrainians have squeezed out of Poland. True, those with the mercenary's mentality were probably only too eager to see themselves as heroes and hurt and kill because they could conceive of no other way to demonstrate their self-worth, erroneously perceived as heroism; BUT, some responsibility incontrovertibly DOES lie at the door or those awful NATO governments, which allowed America to start all this.

"...“No country will make such decisions individually..."

Yeah, the time has come to back-pedal or back down or blame everybody else, or do whatever you need to do, whatever you feel comfortable with, to put an end to all this.

Enough waiting for the adults, in the guise of Putin & Friends, to slap some sense into the offenders.

"... hate Russia more than they love Poland..."

But that was always the problem; that's why the Americans failed in the Ukraine: hate. Had they helped the Ukrainians to formulate their grievances around positive means of addressing them, things would be very different. But they didn't: they encouraged hate which culminated in overthrowing the government in 2014, shelling Donetsk and building an army all for the sake of a fabricated hate of Russians.

Hate is always so easy to encourage and fabricate. How could it be resisted? Can you really blame the Americans for succumbing to what was so easy, for being so weak and dumb? Wouldn't anyone have done the same thing?

"...otherwise they’d have already approved..."

Yes, that certainly is a good sign. It would seem they must keep a secret room somewhere for adults to hide, and then have someone consult with that room in secret.

"...still seems scared that their country might be hung out to dry..."

Maybe... Or maybe they have a secret room of their own for adults?

"...could also possibly refuse to play..."

Maybe...?

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US governing elites want wars everywhere, probably inside USA as well. If so, promoting hatred, the differences, the diversity, etc. is the natural way. If one wants peace, one would promote similarity, coexistence, and co-prosperity.

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True, the trouble here for the Americans (and the like) is they've convinced themselves their refusal NOT to accept men as women and vice versa, and negroes as caucasian, etc. gives them the right to consider themselves exception(ally advanced) and impose rules to dictate how everyone must act to achieve the state of enlightenment they have. This is not a good sign: Buddha does not swell ranks by press-ganging and enlisting at gunpoint. And why would (s)he want to, not having anything to prove?

But that's how the Royal Navy was manned to rule the waves, to build an empire and enforce a Double (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Defence_Act_1889) Standard; so I guess, you can see where the idea comes from?

Perhaps also worth bearing in mind, that was only thirty-five years after Britain had invaded the Crimea, so... Some have difficulty coming to terms, it would seem. But I digress (sort of).

This, I believe, is one of the most significant differences about an empire developing, slowly, gradually through a natural dissemination, like Europe and Asia meet in the Urals; or by force of man's urgent will to suddenly and violently tame, e.g. the seas. It's a balancing act: we've all got it all inside us; we're all part of a bigger whole.

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Historically, whenever or wherever, somebody or some groups claiming they are truly unqiue, truly exceptional, to the point that they can override all other classes, the consequences have rarely been benign. IMHO, the few truly outstanding persons or groups of persons have always been those with maximal self disciplines. That seems to be awfully contradictary to a nation, or a whole world, pursuing instant gratification.

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Yeah, getting a handle on the restraint necessary seems to be the biggest part of the problem.

Not trying to imply I've managed it, and painfully aware how dangerous the fallacy of believing it can be done (easily) can be, I'd like to point out I feel meditation can be most helpful.

Not that I'd feel particularly happy about supporting (just about anyone) in the conventional political sense, but I thought it very interesting Tulsi Gabbard advocated to make Yoga part of the school curriculum (if I'd understood that correctly). To me, that sounds like a sensible baby step.

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A positive vision of Ukraine benefits the United States very little, relative to the negative vision.

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Yeah, that sounds something like a 'zero-sum policy', or something like that.

I've never really understood that, so can't really comment.

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Take away Russia, and Ukraine would be of no interest to the United States.

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Yes, all told, of course, that's right.

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Well, yes and no: it would be of as much interest as the Crimea was to the British in the middle of the 19th century (~1850-60).

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I wonder if Kuleba's unhelpful comment about the Volhynia Massacre monument will take any of the shine off Polish-Ukrainian relations.

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Duda is not Polish president. He is not even Polish, and Kamysz, he's is just another clown of the system... The government of Poland is hijacked by western politics, Pentagon, NATO, and descendants of Jews assimilated in Poland, the so called Zionists - dozens of them.

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and the Poles are daft enough to take the bait, or looking to take land from Ukraine

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Those in charge they are not Poles...

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Don't kid yourself. Some American need only snap his fingers and Poles will give more, their own children if necessary.

I know the Polish mentality well. Nothing gives a Pole more delight than when he is allowed to service his American Master.

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Those in charge they are not Poles and they do not serve Polish national interest... Most of them are the Zionist frauds...

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Even if that were true, it doesn't matter, as long as Poles obey.

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Ordinary people have no clue WTF is happening... They just follow what the "leaders" say on televission...

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Of course. This is why concerns about popular opinion are a waste of time. The only thing that matters is what the elites think and want. Hermann Goering had a certain practical experience in the matter:

"We got around to the subject of war again and I said that, contrary to his attitude, I did not think that the common people are very thankful for leaders who bring them war and destruction.

'Why, of course, the people don't want war,' Goering shrugged. 'Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.'

'There is one difference,' I pointed out. 'In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars.'

'Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.'"

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Yes... That's exactly what's happening... The people are terrified with what is happening but they don't know what to do and don't know who is telling the truth... They have been brain washed since 1980, and it doesn't end on both platforms of civil and "spiritual" power.

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To be fair, this situation is hardly limited to Poland, and it didn;t start in 1980. It appears to a a universal of the human condition, probably why cats look down upon humans,

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