The only people who should be dying in a ditch in Ukraine are the war profiteers on "both sides" of the messy protracted meat grinder, the bankers, and all avarice multinational corporations that create wealth via death.
I understand and completely agree with your point that young men are always & everywhere sent off as cannon fodder to kill & die in wars for the benefit & profits of the ruling class oligarchy. However, in this context, I understand these people's perspective. My partner was Russian & Victory Day was almost sacred. He lived in Moscow & his brother came from St. Petersburg with photos of their grandfathers mounted on placards to march in the Immortal Regiment parade - something completely separate & different from the military parade on Red Square. The feeling of unity & solidarity was palpable & very powerful. Both of their grandfathers fought in the Great Patriotic War; one was killed in the Battle of Moscow and the other survived the war. That war was existential for Russia and unless you've experienced that kind of threat & devastation, it's impossible to comprehend. Indigenous people are inextricably tied to their land, going back countless generations; it's part of their identity. It's like the Palestinians in Gaza who, even in the face of a genocide that seeks to annihilate their very existence, refuse to leave. Serozha used to say that he was Russian to his bones which I think captures the essence of it.
Good honest comment Madam, going off to war when young, has alot to do with - in many cases , our fathers and uncles going to WWII, the government propaganda on society and of course the choice of 2 yrs. incarceration, leaving the country, or just going into the military and doing your 2 yrs. and 1 of them in Vietnam/Cambodia etc. in my case anyways. It didn't take long after coming home to see what Edward says.
The other day, not 100 meters from my place, a mother of 3 got killed by a drone, and at my age, I can't hold back those flashbacks and tears. As a foreigner veteran, I would have did a few things differently from the Russian military, but I respect those who think more like me in the R F Military and I feel for the Gold Star Mother who lost a son. Like it or not - the Gold Star Mothers son , Did die respectfully and honorably for his country and defending his country. Had I died in Nam or Cambodia, where I live also, I would have died for Nothing. Thanks Edward for the article, Garr
So you are an American living in Vietnam or Cambodia? What was the source of the drone that killed the woman who died near your home? I'm an American living in the belly of the beast & I see every day the complete dystopia the US has become. As always, Chris Hedges articulates it perfectly: "Civilizations, as the historian Arnold J. Toynbee famously argued, “die from suicide, not by murder.” They collapse from within. They fall prey to moral, social and spiritual decay. They are seized by a parasitic ruling class. Democratic institutions seize up. The citizenry is immiserated, wealth is funneled upwards to the ruling class and coercion is the principle form of control.
America's suicidal march began long before Donald Trump and his bizarre court of buffoons, sycophants, grifters and Christian fascists took power. It began when the ruling class, especially under the Reagan and Clinton administrations, set out to harvest the country and empire for personal profit.
Magical thinking and the myth of American exceptionalism dominate public discourse and are taught in schools. Art and culture are degraded to nationalist kitsch. Science is taken over by corporations that deform it to facilitate their greed. Cultural and intellectual disciplines that allow us to see the world from the perspective of the other, that foster empathy, understanding and compassion, are replaced by a grotesque and cruel hypermasculinity and hypermilitarism.
Trump is perfectly tailored for these death throes. He is not a freak or an anomaly. He is the naked visage of American pathological sickness."
You write good Kathy. My life was in Construction, Chicago. In 2008 I worked for a Moscow/ Kiev construction company and my office was in Kiev, but my PM job was in Yalta, Crimea on the Black Sea. I got to know Ukraine quite well over the years and retired in Crimea in 2012 - on and off but mostly on. I still have a place here and I'm here now. The drones, as we all know are from the Ukies, Nato or any of the dozens of new factories in East Europe or EU. Can't make or sell cars anymore so let's make drones, bombs, etc. etc. etc. $$ I loved my country but it's not America anymore.My bucket list was huge, I'm 3/4 blind now (glaucoma ) so I live on and off ,close to where I was stationed during the Nam war and the Viets and Cams treat me well. I liked Thailand too. Thanks.
If you don't fight NATO Nazis in Ukraine - you wind up having to fight them in Sudzha.
The EU are openly talking, about fighting a war against Russia, within 5 years. How many times will they have tried to invade Russia, through Ukraine, when that happens?
The will to destroy and dismantle Russia is real and proven. A couple of months ago, I talked to a local where I now leave in the midst of war propaganda that is reigning in EU dictators who have no public support (less than 10% in "official" polls for micron).
I asked Him? They say Russia is set to invade France (yes they say it!), ok? Russia has plenty of oil, gas, rare earths, etc... Why would Russia invade France? For our wine, our cheese? The guy laughed out loud. he got the point. The propaganda is reaching higher level of stupidity.
As to what is going on in Ukraine... Well, the very excellent journalist under the name of Money Circus, of course under rated on shity Substack has things to say:
"Can you really not see what is being done to Ukrainians who sit on some of the world’s most valuable farmland?
Corporate agricultural giants had their eye on Ukraine before the 2014 maidan -they wanted to sell GMO seeds and pesticides, and the traditional crop rotation practiced by Ukrainian farmers was an obstacle.
See Ukraine: The War Everyone Saw Coming - The dispossession of human and mineral in the service of Monsanto-Bayer (May 05, 2023)
And with 10 million people lost through death and displacement, it is no surprise to see the Kyiv government announced its answer: replacement migration!
Head of the presidential office Kyrylo Budanov says the country will seek Asians and Africans, especially from Bangladesh, Nepal, India, North Africa and Central Asia, to fill eight million jobs in sectors like farming and construction.
To you, next
Ukraine is a model for the rest of Europe: a militarised society, in which compulsion is enforced by digital identity, supported by a sub-class of imported workers from the third world.
Corporations will get preference as regulations are stripped away to favour the biggest multinationals. Corporations will act across borders, while the movement of citizens will be limited by programmable money or 15-minute cities. Corporations will get cheap workers.
Ukraine has introduced digital identity of 15 types combined in Diia (Ukrainian: Дія) which is a “legally binding digital government ecosystem.”
Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for the country to become “a big Israel”, abandoning hopes of being “absolutely liberal.” Security would take priority, with people used to seeing armed soldiers in every setting.
Despite this shift to a militarised society he said it would not be an autocracy or totalitarian but rather Spartan, armed and ready.
German chancellor Friedrich Merz has voiced similar thoughts, in which long term war will serve to force through a new way of living."
I’m hoping that the unconditional surrender and liberations of Ukraine and Germany, come within a few days of Zelensky and Merz’ suicides in their bunkers…
Meanwhile Starmer would have be hanged by the Brits whatever there origin is (I am not talking about recent migrants but Brit of any origin) and micron, his tranny Baphomet worshiper and their thugs in gov would be guillotined.
Lol!!!
take care and keep bringing another world view to the US proles!
Agree - so extremely upsetting for the manufactured clash created over time via placed figures and ‘authorities’ who are able to incite hatred and sow division on a large scale resulting in heartbreak of mothers who have to tell themselves their sons have to die in ditches without being able to see the coffers of the rich filling. Cognitive dissonance is cruel and isn’t for everyone.
The trouble with all wars is that they're chimeras. They don't really exist. The current "Iranian War" is a brilliant example. Iran did not commit any transgression against another country prior to US-Israel bombing them. Rather, the sum total of justification involved POTENTIAL acquisition of material or power. The real reasons as Michael Yon always reiterates are routes and assets. Nothing more. All these wars are fought, truly if a fly on the wall within hallowed halls of power, for acquisition of wealth in either land, assets, or both and power over others so that the acquired riches can be enjoyed in peace and anyone who could possibly threaten this peace is fully subjugated.
Hyenas, predators like the cat families (lions, leopards, etc.), and vultures widely protect their food after slaughter and/or acquisition. They fiercely fight any animal which attempts to access their meal. This is human war, too. Subjugation is fighting off others who may want a part of your bounty. We show nothing remarkable as a characteristic in this regard. How much better if we could strike a new POV where sharing equally rather than hoarding wealth becomes normative behavior.
The unfortunate reality is that this wealth never filters down to those who fight and lose their lives.
Of course, all of these arguments are soon to become invalid in themselves. We see how AI-automated wars with robots will be employed not to fight soldiers but wipe out populations. Terminator wars. The sole purpose of the war, then, is to kill as many humans as possible.
Like the many, many holocausts throughout history which are little remembered if remembered at all, who will install remembrance walls and plaques when all the people in a region are gone? What kind of victory can be celebrated? Who will honor the dead? This is why the only true "remembrance" is an inviolate will not to commit war held without reservation within the human heart.
How many more young men have now died the same way and for the same lie? Besides, this bloody annual Victory Day Celebration only perpetuates this smoke-screen of a Justified War when in reality it is history repeating itself but on a much grander scale!
This is what is going on right now in my beloved Mali where French, Ukrainian thugs are fighting the Malian population using some Touareg and Jihadists bandits.
A CIA youtube channel called Pax Americana which is spreading lies let me suppose that the US might also be in that bloody adventure.
From what I know, the Malian Niger Burkina military are striking back and the attempt is about to fail.
Hi, Ed. So Basically, the insanity is in your neck of the woods, also:/ Din’t know if you can ever view Mike Adams stuff. If you ever have a chance, do so. We all already know all the world leaders are nuts. Sending good vibes your way ❤️👍
Riley, my friend. How are you doing? Are you still in the US? Give some news. I am sure many of us among your beautiful readership wish know about what is going on. We miss your writings.
I know all wars are banker's was and that the NWO is multipolar. I agree Slavs are being sacrificed by some demented elements of Jewish supremacists. Dimitriev is as nauseating as micron or Thiel, or whatever tech psychopath, ok. It seems the treatment promised to the Russian is not as hard as in Ukraine.
BUT, when our villages, our kinds, our community is under attack, we the plebe, even if poets, artists, magicians, dedicated farmers... We have to fight to protect our dear ones... Life is a bitch...
I just corked a Jura's wine (70% chardonnay, 30% savagnin) thinking about you and many commenters with whom we have been sharing. I have 25km biking, 8km walking today so no addiction problem. Just let we be good Zoroastrian Rasta whatever good fellow on the journey.
To you and all the others, Charlotte Nathalie, Bosco another World, etc, etc... I Love you.
The only people who should be dying in a ditch in Ukraine are the war profiteers on "both sides" of the messy protracted meat grinder, the bankers, and all avarice multinational corporations that create wealth via death.
I understand and completely agree with your point that young men are always & everywhere sent off as cannon fodder to kill & die in wars for the benefit & profits of the ruling class oligarchy. However, in this context, I understand these people's perspective. My partner was Russian & Victory Day was almost sacred. He lived in Moscow & his brother came from St. Petersburg with photos of their grandfathers mounted on placards to march in the Immortal Regiment parade - something completely separate & different from the military parade on Red Square. The feeling of unity & solidarity was palpable & very powerful. Both of their grandfathers fought in the Great Patriotic War; one was killed in the Battle of Moscow and the other survived the war. That war was existential for Russia and unless you've experienced that kind of threat & devastation, it's impossible to comprehend. Indigenous people are inextricably tied to their land, going back countless generations; it's part of their identity. It's like the Palestinians in Gaza who, even in the face of a genocide that seeks to annihilate their very existence, refuse to leave. Serozha used to say that he was Russian to his bones which I think captures the essence of it.
Good honest comment Madam, going off to war when young, has alot to do with - in many cases , our fathers and uncles going to WWII, the government propaganda on society and of course the choice of 2 yrs. incarceration, leaving the country, or just going into the military and doing your 2 yrs. and 1 of them in Vietnam/Cambodia etc. in my case anyways. It didn't take long after coming home to see what Edward says.
The other day, not 100 meters from my place, a mother of 3 got killed by a drone, and at my age, I can't hold back those flashbacks and tears. As a foreigner veteran, I would have did a few things differently from the Russian military, but I respect those who think more like me in the R F Military and I feel for the Gold Star Mother who lost a son. Like it or not - the Gold Star Mothers son , Did die respectfully and honorably for his country and defending his country. Had I died in Nam or Cambodia, where I live also, I would have died for Nothing. Thanks Edward for the article, Garr
So you are an American living in Vietnam or Cambodia? What was the source of the drone that killed the woman who died near your home? I'm an American living in the belly of the beast & I see every day the complete dystopia the US has become. As always, Chris Hedges articulates it perfectly: "Civilizations, as the historian Arnold J. Toynbee famously argued, “die from suicide, not by murder.” They collapse from within. They fall prey to moral, social and spiritual decay. They are seized by a parasitic ruling class. Democratic institutions seize up. The citizenry is immiserated, wealth is funneled upwards to the ruling class and coercion is the principle form of control.
America's suicidal march began long before Donald Trump and his bizarre court of buffoons, sycophants, grifters and Christian fascists took power. It began when the ruling class, especially under the Reagan and Clinton administrations, set out to harvest the country and empire for personal profit.
Magical thinking and the myth of American exceptionalism dominate public discourse and are taught in schools. Art and culture are degraded to nationalist kitsch. Science is taken over by corporations that deform it to facilitate their greed. Cultural and intellectual disciplines that allow us to see the world from the perspective of the other, that foster empathy, understanding and compassion, are replaced by a grotesque and cruel hypermasculinity and hypermilitarism.
Trump is perfectly tailored for these death throes. He is not a freak or an anomaly. He is the naked visage of American pathological sickness."
You write good Kathy. My life was in Construction, Chicago. In 2008 I worked for a Moscow/ Kiev construction company and my office was in Kiev, but my PM job was in Yalta, Crimea on the Black Sea. I got to know Ukraine quite well over the years and retired in Crimea in 2012 - on and off but mostly on. I still have a place here and I'm here now. The drones, as we all know are from the Ukies, Nato or any of the dozens of new factories in East Europe or EU. Can't make or sell cars anymore so let's make drones, bombs, etc. etc. etc. $$ I loved my country but it's not America anymore.My bucket list was huge, I'm 3/4 blind now (glaucoma ) so I live on and off ,close to where I was stationed during the Nam war and the Viets and Cams treat me well. I liked Thailand too. Thanks.
If you don't fight NATO Nazis in Ukraine - you wind up having to fight them in Sudzha.
The EU are openly talking, about fighting a war against Russia, within 5 years. How many times will they have tried to invade Russia, through Ukraine, when that happens?
The will to destroy and dismantle Russia is real and proven. A couple of months ago, I talked to a local where I now leave in the midst of war propaganda that is reigning in EU dictators who have no public support (less than 10% in "official" polls for micron).
I asked Him? They say Russia is set to invade France (yes they say it!), ok? Russia has plenty of oil, gas, rare earths, etc... Why would Russia invade France? For our wine, our cheese? The guy laughed out loud. he got the point. The propaganda is reaching higher level of stupidity.
As to what is going on in Ukraine... Well, the very excellent journalist under the name of Money Circus, of course under rated on shity Substack has things to say:
https://moneycircus.substack.com/
"Can you really not see what is being done to Ukrainians who sit on some of the world’s most valuable farmland?
Corporate agricultural giants had their eye on Ukraine before the 2014 maidan -they wanted to sell GMO seeds and pesticides, and the traditional crop rotation practiced by Ukrainian farmers was an obstacle.
See Ukraine: The War Everyone Saw Coming - The dispossession of human and mineral in the service of Monsanto-Bayer (May 05, 2023)
And with 10 million people lost through death and displacement, it is no surprise to see the Kyiv government announced its answer: replacement migration!
Head of the presidential office Kyrylo Budanov says the country will seek Asians and Africans, especially from Bangladesh, Nepal, India, North Africa and Central Asia, to fill eight million jobs in sectors like farming and construction.
To you, next
Ukraine is a model for the rest of Europe: a militarised society, in which compulsion is enforced by digital identity, supported by a sub-class of imported workers from the third world.
Corporations will get preference as regulations are stripped away to favour the biggest multinationals. Corporations will act across borders, while the movement of citizens will be limited by programmable money or 15-minute cities. Corporations will get cheap workers.
Ukraine has introduced digital identity of 15 types combined in Diia (Ukrainian: Дія) which is a “legally binding digital government ecosystem.”
Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for the country to become “a big Israel”, abandoning hopes of being “absolutely liberal.” Security would take priority, with people used to seeing armed soldiers in every setting.
Despite this shift to a militarised society he said it would not be an autocracy or totalitarian but rather Spartan, armed and ready.
German chancellor Friedrich Merz has voiced similar thoughts, in which long term war will serve to force through a new way of living."
I’m hoping that the unconditional surrender and liberations of Ukraine and Germany, come within a few days of Zelensky and Merz’ suicides in their bunkers…
AWIP, if you can, this video about pedophiles in swiss TV affordable to US citizens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFckhtA7qLA
It's heavy stuff.
One of the corrupted Swiss TV anchor is now one of the main French MSM tv "star", Darius Rochebin (Iranian origin)
Meanwhile Starmer would have be hanged by the Brits whatever there origin is (I am not talking about recent migrants but Brit of any origin) and micron, his tranny Baphomet worshiper and their thugs in gov would be guillotined.
Lol!!!
take care and keep bringing another world view to the US proles!
Somehow this is both despicable and heartbreaking. So much for Victory Day...
Agree - so extremely upsetting for the manufactured clash created over time via placed figures and ‘authorities’ who are able to incite hatred and sow division on a large scale resulting in heartbreak of mothers who have to tell themselves their sons have to die in ditches without being able to see the coffers of the rich filling. Cognitive dissonance is cruel and isn’t for everyone.
The trouble with all wars is that they're chimeras. They don't really exist. The current "Iranian War" is a brilliant example. Iran did not commit any transgression against another country prior to US-Israel bombing them. Rather, the sum total of justification involved POTENTIAL acquisition of material or power. The real reasons as Michael Yon always reiterates are routes and assets. Nothing more. All these wars are fought, truly if a fly on the wall within hallowed halls of power, for acquisition of wealth in either land, assets, or both and power over others so that the acquired riches can be enjoyed in peace and anyone who could possibly threaten this peace is fully subjugated.
Hyenas, predators like the cat families (lions, leopards, etc.), and vultures widely protect their food after slaughter and/or acquisition. They fiercely fight any animal which attempts to access their meal. This is human war, too. Subjugation is fighting off others who may want a part of your bounty. We show nothing remarkable as a characteristic in this regard. How much better if we could strike a new POV where sharing equally rather than hoarding wealth becomes normative behavior.
The unfortunate reality is that this wealth never filters down to those who fight and lose their lives.
Of course, all of these arguments are soon to become invalid in themselves. We see how AI-automated wars with robots will be employed not to fight soldiers but wipe out populations. Terminator wars. The sole purpose of the war, then, is to kill as many humans as possible.
Like the many, many holocausts throughout history which are little remembered if remembered at all, who will install remembrance walls and plaques when all the people in a region are gone? What kind of victory can be celebrated? Who will honor the dead? This is why the only true "remembrance" is an inviolate will not to commit war held without reservation within the human heart.
Your comment is honey to my mind...
How many more young men have now died the same way and for the same lie? Besides, this bloody annual Victory Day Celebration only perpetuates this smoke-screen of a Justified War when in reality it is history repeating itself but on a much grander scale!
You are right J.J, the Brit evil elite still want to dismantle and pillage Russian resources.
France still want to recolonise West Africa as clown général Lecointre as declared:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCL6YnLcAD0
This is what is going on right now in my beloved Mali where French, Ukrainian thugs are fighting the Malian population using some Touareg and Jihadists bandits.
A CIA youtube channel called Pax Americana which is spreading lies let me suppose that the US might also be in that bloody adventure.
From what I know, the Malian Niger Burkina military are striking back and the attempt is about to fail.
Hi, Ed. So Basically, the insanity is in your neck of the woods, also:/ Din’t know if you can ever view Mike Adams stuff. If you ever have a chance, do so. We all already know all the world leaders are nuts. Sending good vibes your way ❤️👍
Riley, my friend. How are you doing? Are you still in the US? Give some news. I am sure many of us among your beautiful readership wish know about what is going on. We miss your writings.
I know all wars are banker's was and that the NWO is multipolar. I agree Slavs are being sacrificed by some demented elements of Jewish supremacists. Dimitriev is as nauseating as micron or Thiel, or whatever tech psychopath, ok. It seems the treatment promised to the Russian is not as hard as in Ukraine.
BUT, when our villages, our kinds, our community is under attack, we the plebe, even if poets, artists, magicians, dedicated farmers... We have to fight to protect our dear ones... Life is a bitch...
I just corked a Jura's wine (70% chardonnay, 30% savagnin) thinking about you and many commenters with whom we have been sharing. I have 25km biking, 8km walking today so no addiction problem. Just let we be good Zoroastrian Rasta whatever good fellow on the journey.
To you and all the others, Charlotte Nathalie, Bosco another World, etc, etc... I Love you.
Respect
Lionel
Riley!
How are you doing my friend? Are you still in the US?
Sorry for the double but while i was writing, suddenly Substack failed and they had to send me another code...