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War and Peace. Misunderstood
“A bad peace is better than a good war,” a bit of old wisdom. The war between Ukraine and Russia is a year old. It started when Russia invaded its neighbor back on Feb 24, 2022. Since that time, it …
Other People Thoughts
You probably have heard this all before in loose tidbits, here and there.Much is being said about the war in Ukraine these days. So much thinking and re-thinking is going on into what takes place it is hard to come …
Mid-Term Fraud
Our country just had its mid-term elections, which precede the general elections in 2024. There isn’t much to say, except that they were fraudulent, again. We are not basing this statement on any specific knowledge, except, perhaps, understanding on how …
Breaking Up the Bad. Part II
Continued. Read Part I hereToo many countries of South America, Asia and Africa continue to be the “clients” of that nation. They carry on with trade and nourish political connections for their own reasons. Turkey is making billions of dollars …
Breaking Up the Bad. Part I
What do we, people of the Western world, do when the war in Ukraine is over? It’s not an easy matter to tackle. We were contemplating to write about this subject for some time. The war is still very much …
German Tank
Latest news out of Germany makes us feel very angry. The leadership of that country is playing every game to preclude heavy weaponry from being delivered where is needed the most – Ukraine. They pledged to supply the armaments that …
A Divided Europe
Europe is one, and yet it is divided in more ways than we care to count. The countries of the European Union share common currency, common trade space that implies free flow of goods and services as well as commons …
The Dirty Business of War. Part III
Continued. Read Part I here and Part II hereThere comes, slowly but surely, this late understanding that Putin’s Russia must be dismantled. Its injurious policies cannot go on. And as long as Vladimir Putin is in power, the world is …
The Dirty Business of War. Part II
Continued. Read Part I hereRussia started this war but never officially called it “war”, it is only a “special operation”. It is for political and financial reasons it seems. If you are a soldier and you are killed or maimed …
The Dirty Business of War. Part I
What we describe below was mostly collected online. Mind you, we have no military service experience, see things through layman’s eyes and have no more sources of information than anyone else. It’s all out there, on the Internet and TV. …

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