German Bundeskanzler Scholz called Putin and begged him to stop the war. Immediately after that, Russia delivered one of the largest missile attacks of the whole war.
Begging, asking and wagging one’s tail ingratiatingly doesn’t work.
Remember when you were a kid and getting bullied at school, and you told your Dad who said, “have you tried asking the bully nicely not to beat you? Have you said “please”? Try that and see what happens.”
I hope this didn’t occur and instead your Dad told you to stand up for yourself because that’s the only way.
Well, Kanzler Scholz clearly had one messed-up Dad because he called Putin and begged to have his balls back. Putin refused to release the testicles in question. Today, there’s a huge, spontaneous celebration in Russia of last-night’s missile attack. Moms are dragging their kids outside to laugh and celebrate. Teenagers are off-the-rocker happy. Old grandmas are weeping with joy.
All this could have been stopped at a very low cost 20 years ago. But the cost grows higher every day. Every day of Western subservience and of eager Western prostitutes like Olaf Scholz and Tulsi Gabbard bending over and spreading their butt cheeks to expiate for some imagined Western guilt is going to cost us more and more and more.
P.S. “We provoked Russia into starting a war by bringing the NATO too close to Russia’s borders” is Western guilt. It’s the equivalent of “let’s allow weirdos to pollute our Parliament with their unhinged screeching” and “let’s pay reparations to whoever demands them.”
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There is an angle that I think it’s widely overlooked. Western feminism as castrated western men. Feminist thought and ideas has permeated through the highest levels of power in Western society; western men nowadays are feeble and weak, letting pillagers though their gates, afraid to take action, afraid to take chances. Putin and his ilk saw this and made the right call that Westerners would not take any decisive action against him. I’m deeply ashamed of the US’ reluctance to allow Ukraine to strike Russia hard. All we have to to is let Ukrainians fight to the fullest extend possible, but we’re only allowing them to fight with one arm tied behind their backs.
With Trump we’re at least starting to see some male energy coming back. Let’s hope at least something positive comes from that.
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I agree. There are two scenarios that are possible right now. Putin will humiliate Trump because that really pleases Russians. Trump will either do a Tulsi and crawl away with his tail between his legs. Or he’ll show some male energy and “make the West less pathetic again.” We’ll see.
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Yes, it goes back to at least 20 years ago when, thanks to a demented and myopic energy policy encouraged, sustained and fomented by German Chancellors Schroeder and Merkel, the Russian federation became the world’s largest oil exporter, which, in turn, emboldened Putin to get on with his imperialist plans.
Revenues from oil and gas projects backed by European and U.S. companies have fuelled Putin’s regime to the tune of nearly $100 billion since 2014. Source: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-gas/how-big-oil-helped-russia/
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Isn’t Tulsi our new DNI courtesy of a president you voted for?
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It’s the unfortunate nature of politics that you’ll have to bear some responsibility for whatever happens to Ukraine now, due to the policies of the next guy you chose. I always thought it would be disastrous, but I guess we’ll see how much.
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Then I hope you are bearing responsibility for the horrific missile attack last night and for every person murdered by the Russians with the consent and aid of the Biden administration.
It’s truly bizarre that you’d come here to prattle about “the next guy” when the current guy for whom you voted has over seen the largest war in Europe since 1945.
Next guy, indeed.
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I know it’s useless to appeal to the humanity of people who have partisan talking points instead of a soul but I haven’t been able to make contact with a friend from the area that was the worst hit last night. And here you come, from comfort and safety to make some silly partisan dig while belching loudly in your sated stupor.
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She hasn’t been confirmed yet but what’s the point of asking meaningless questions like these? To waste everybody’s time? Or something else?
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“She hasn’t been confirmed yet” but you’re the one already blaming her for what Trump will do. Did you not bring her into your blog post unprovoked?
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It’s sad when people can’t understand a simple sentence.
If I say that you did a flit, it doesn’t mean I’m blaming the flit for you running away.
I hope this helps!
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“Remember when you were a kid and getting bullied at school, and you told your Dad who said, “have you tried asking the bully nicely not to beat you? Have you said “please”? Try that and see what happens.””
You make it sound simple, but I don’t think it is. My ex soviet parents definitely advised to beat up/threaten/intimidate the (real or imagined) bullies*. This did not go over so well with North American teachers. It is a difficult thing for a child to navigate. I am pretty assimilated to North America now, but it was a long and painful process.
*Or alternatively, convinced me that the bullying was not actually happening, or that I was provoking it by some innate defect I had. Which was less of a problem for my North American peers and teachers but did create some problems for me personally later in life.
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I agree that parents and teachers can mishandle it but even the most clueless of them don’t suggest that saying “pretty please” will work.
I’m very sorry this happened to you, by the way. It’s a terrible experience to have.
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