"Poland still hasn’t learned its lesson that treating Ukrainians condescendingly always backfires."
Yeah, Slavs are good at that. And Anglo-Saxons are good at hiding it (for as long as circumstance allows). It will be interesting to see how the Anglo-Saxons deal with it when the shoe is on the other foot. And, rest assured, both feet get a chance to wear the same shoes at some point.
"Previously rock-solid..."
What, you mean like Poles in Volhynia and Operation Vistula, or perhaps you were thinking more along the lines of the Soviet 1937–38 Polish Operation or the Katyn massacre? Either way, those are only a couple of the many such examples, together with appropriately responsive mentalities... Right up to and including the current conflict... So, yeah — I'm with you on that one.
"...increasingly multidimensional disputes..."
Surely, no more than just a little lovers' tiff — healthy disagreement among equal peers?
"...comparing them all to children."
There you go, you see: who other than truly-loving couples could use visions of children to hurt each other?
"...“it is the mother who has to put on the [oxygen] mask first and then the kid’s”."
See: it just gets better and better; watch this space! ('Sorry, Daddy, but we all know who's more deserving.')
"...“some extra money is necessary”..."
Oh, the beloved core of any properly divisive love loss!
'Oh, how sharper than a serpent's tooth!'
"...more scandals and tumult are expected in their bilateral ties..."
So, what you're saying, if I read this correctly, is that 'Putin' (for want of a better term) or Russia (to be more pedantically accurate) has been right all along: there was no need to get all impatient and nuke them to prove a point, like the Americans did in '45; because with just a bit of patience the Ukrainians will come home to the Russians, begging for all to be forgiven and help to fix the mess they've made, just like they always have done in historical record? Wow, that's some super patience of a saint needed to exercise such restraint! I wish I could do that.
And therein lies the difference between Russia and 'the West' (for want of a better term): when you understand how Russian politicians think by evaluating what they do, it's hard (impossible) to avoid thinking (something like) 'Wow, I wish I could do that.'
And therein lies the root of the problem (for Western 'politicians'): jealousy and envy because, whatever they think or do, they'll never be like that; because, unlike (good (They're not ALL good.)) Russian politicians, the money they get in the West is more important to them than the people they work for, who they're supposed to represent. So simple, really.
To me, this is the true beauty of the Putin era: it taught people the society they make is more important than the money they use to make it. Please don't degrade the beauty of that vision by getting it anywhere near associations to/with or comparisons with/to others.
And, to be fair to the Americans, if they hadn't forced the war upon Russia, the true beauty of the time made by Putin may never have been exposed; may never have been realised, but remained no more than a vision in one man's head.
I remember a 100 and something old Ukrainian man from Galicia being interviewed about 20 years ago. He had lived being ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both the Whites and the Reds during the Russian Civil War, Poland, the Nazis, the Soviets, and then Ukraine.
The interviewer asked him which one he thought was the best government. He said the Austro-Hungarian Empire. What does THAT say?
My wife is, per DNA and records, about half Russian and a quarter Ukrainian, so I read up on the history of the area that used to be called Galicia. It's a generally horrific tale. One would hope people there would not wish to repeat history, and I doubt very much my distant Ukrainian in-laws in Lvov want to live under the red-and-white Polish flag any more than they do the white, blue and red Russian one.
"Poland still hasn’t learned its lesson that treating Ukrainians condescendingly always backfires."
Yeah, Slavs are good at that. And Anglo-Saxons are good at hiding it (for as long as circumstance allows). It will be interesting to see how the Anglo-Saxons deal with it when the shoe is on the other foot. And, rest assured, both feet get a chance to wear the same shoes at some point.
"Previously rock-solid..."
What, you mean like Poles in Volhynia and Operation Vistula, or perhaps you were thinking more along the lines of the Soviet 1937–38 Polish Operation or the Katyn massacre? Either way, those are only a couple of the many such examples, together with appropriately responsive mentalities... Right up to and including the current conflict... So, yeah — I'm with you on that one.
"...increasingly multidimensional disputes..."
Surely, no more than just a little lovers' tiff — healthy disagreement among equal peers?
"...comparing them all to children."
There you go, you see: who other than truly-loving couples could use visions of children to hurt each other?
"...“it is the mother who has to put on the [oxygen] mask first and then the kid’s”."
See: it just gets better and better; watch this space! ('Sorry, Daddy, but we all know who's more deserving.')
"...“some extra money is necessary”..."
Oh, the beloved core of any properly divisive love loss!
'Oh, how sharper than a serpent's tooth!'
"...more scandals and tumult are expected in their bilateral ties..."
So, what you're saying, if I read this correctly, is that 'Putin' (for want of a better term) or Russia (to be more pedantically accurate) has been right all along: there was no need to get all impatient and nuke them to prove a point, like the Americans did in '45; because with just a bit of patience the Ukrainians will come home to the Russians, begging for all to be forgiven and help to fix the mess they've made, just like they always have done in historical record? Wow, that's some super patience of a saint needed to exercise such restraint! I wish I could do that.
And therein lies the difference between Russia and 'the West' (for want of a better term): when you understand how Russian politicians think by evaluating what they do, it's hard (impossible) to avoid thinking (something like) 'Wow, I wish I could do that.'
And therein lies the root of the problem (for Western 'politicians'): jealousy and envy because, whatever they think or do, they'll never be like that; because, unlike (good (They're not ALL good.)) Russian politicians, the money they get in the West is more important to them than the people they work for, who they're supposed to represent. So simple, really.
To me, this is the true beauty of the Putin era: it taught people the society they make is more important than the money they use to make it. Please don't degrade the beauty of that vision by getting it anywhere near associations to/with or comparisons with/to others.
And, to be fair to the Americans, if they hadn't forced the war upon Russia, the true beauty of the time made by Putin may never have been exposed; may never have been realised, but remained no more than a vision in one man's head.
I remember a 100 and something old Ukrainian man from Galicia being interviewed about 20 years ago. He had lived being ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both the Whites and the Reds during the Russian Civil War, Poland, the Nazis, the Soviets, and then Ukraine.
The interviewer asked him which one he thought was the best government. He said the Austro-Hungarian Empire. What does THAT say?
My wife is, per DNA and records, about half Russian and a quarter Ukrainian, so I read up on the history of the area that used to be called Galicia. It's a generally horrific tale. One would hope people there would not wish to repeat history, and I doubt very much my distant Ukrainian in-laws in Lvov want to live under the red-and-white Polish flag any more than they do the white, blue and red Russian one.