Comments on: Sacred Crimea

By: Toddy Cat

Toddy Cat — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:51:01 +0000

The way people outside the western first word really do think is anathema to either of the two. It’s too horrible to face, because they really aren’t devoted to American domestic politics at all.

This is all too true.

By: Marc Pisco

Marc Pisco — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 01:19:34 +0000

The trouble with Americans “trying to get inside other people’s heads” is that so few of the ones who claim to try are doing any such thing. Americans on the left just assume everybody on earth but US red-staters is a doctrinaire orthodox Berkeley or Cambridge liberal, and on the right they assume they sell Hate Us for Our Freedom. The halfway serious ones believe crazy bullshit like the “root cause” theory: when something goes wrong, look around until you see an American or an Israeli. It’s all HIS fault! Every thug on Earth was forced to be a thug to defend his colorful native countrymen from American imperialism and we’re crazy not to support him, until we do support him, which instantly transforms him into a horrible dictator that we installed.

The way people outside the western first word really do think is anathema to either of the two. It’s too horrible to face, because they really aren’t devoted to American domestic politics at all.

By: Blackburn

Blackburn — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 22:17:36 +0000

Fascinating discussion. Reckon it’s not Americans being crossed here. It’s anybody who’s trying to escape the control of whatever the old USSR is morphing into.

Russia’d better move quickly while the Yanks still have a weak president. The next one may be able to think for himself and hold a stronger hand.

And what? Who can say what anybody in Russia thinks? Putin kills outspoken enemies as far away as UK. Broadcast and print media are under state control. Russia’s not a nice place to be these days, unless you’ve got plenty of vodka and crocodile.

By: Toddy Cat

Toddy Cat — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 19:15:23 +0000

I don’t think that Turchin was trying to justify what Russia is doing, I think he was trying to explain how ordinary Russians feel about this, and why Putin’s actions are so popular. We Americans are really bad at getting inside our enemies’ heads, and one of the reasons for this is that any time anyone tries to do it, they are mistaken for enemy sympathizers. I mean, there’s a reason why Putin is doing this, whether we agree with it or not, and it’s important to understand why. Americans have a tendency to just utter the word “evil” whenever anyone crosses us.

By: King Salmon

King Salmon — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:25:58 +0000

You can almost hear the Russian national anthem playing in the background. Brings a lump to your throat if you buy into all that. Best not to, though.

Russia is ruled by high level corrupt insiders, just as it always has been for hundreds of years. National honour doesn’t signify. But they can paint themselves with national honour and make the wankers believe in the empty words and phrases. Or some of them anyway.

Russia is sinking into third world dictatorship status, ever more dependent on oil & gas, with a balanced and diversified economy only a fading dream.

The only thing saving Russia right now is the green energy starvationist crusade that hamstrings Europe and slows reliable energy development across the advanced world in favour if intermittent unreliable green energy.