Forwarded from The way of the warrior
There was a time when there existed friends such as we otherwise scarcely encounter today:
two inseparable companions in fortune and misfortune, bound together by the most sacred laws, who, by competing to fulfill the most exacting duties, were exemplars for their native city and the object of their country’s admiration.
Instilled in them by their upbringing, they often sealed it with their death and their blood; they never abandoned their friend, even in mortal danger, which the courage of that time was bound to confront more often than our modern licentiousness.
~ Johann Gottfried Herder
two inseparable companions in fortune and misfortune, bound together by the most sacred laws, who, by competing to fulfill the most exacting duties, were exemplars for their native city and the object of their country’s admiration.
Instilled in them by their upbringing, they often sealed it with their death and their blood; they never abandoned their friend, even in mortal danger, which the courage of that time was bound to confront more often than our modern licentiousness.
~ Johann Gottfried Herder
Forwarded from Frontier Strolls
“I regard it as dull and stupid to acquire painfully by the sweat of toil what I might easily win with a little blood.” —Germanic Warman educating Tacitus
Forwarded from Diary of an Underground Ronin
"War gives the right to the conquerors to impose any condition they please upon the vanquished."
— Julius Caesar
— Julius Caesar
Forwarded from Lance's Legion
"There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind, but hate each other out and out an through. Therefore there can be no understanding between you and me, nor may there be any covenants between us, till one or other shall fall”
― Homer, The Illiad
― Homer, The Illiad
Ousted Ukrainian Official Breaks Silence, Admits She Lied About Mass Rape By Russians To Garner More Aid/Arms
"The top Ukrainian official who was fired for spreading misinformation has admitted that she lied about Russians committing mass rape in order to convince western countries to send more weapons to Ukraine.
Lyudmila Denisova, the former Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, was removed from her position following a vote of no confidence in the Ukrainian parliament which passed by a margin of 234-to-9.
Lyudmila Denisova, the former Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, was removed from her position following a vote of no confidence in the Ukrainian parliament which passed by a margin of 234-to-9.
Parliament member Pavlo Frolov specifically accused Denisova of pushing misinformation that “only harmed Ukraine” in relation to “the numerous details of ‘unnatural sexual offenses’ and child sexual abuses in the occupied territories, which were unsupported by evidence.”
In an interview published by a Ukrainian news outlet, Denisova admitted that her falsehoods had achieved their intended goal.
“When, for example, I spoke in the Italian parliament at the Committee on International Affairs, I heard and saw such fatigue from Ukraine, you know? I talked about terrible things in order to somehow push them to make the decisions that Ukraine and the Ukrainian people need,” she said.
Denisova noted that Italy’s Five Star Movement was originally “against the provision of weapons to us, but after [her] speech, one of the party leaders… said that they will support [us], including by the provision of weapons.”
https://summit.news/2022/06/09/ukrainian-official-admits-she-lied-about-russians-committing-mass-rape-to-convince-countries-to-send-more-weapons/
"The top Ukrainian official who was fired for spreading misinformation has admitted that she lied about Russians committing mass rape in order to convince western countries to send more weapons to Ukraine.
Lyudmila Denisova, the former Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, was removed from her position following a vote of no confidence in the Ukrainian parliament which passed by a margin of 234-to-9.
Lyudmila Denisova, the former Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, was removed from her position following a vote of no confidence in the Ukrainian parliament which passed by a margin of 234-to-9.
Parliament member Pavlo Frolov specifically accused Denisova of pushing misinformation that “only harmed Ukraine” in relation to “the numerous details of ‘unnatural sexual offenses’ and child sexual abuses in the occupied territories, which were unsupported by evidence.”
In an interview published by a Ukrainian news outlet, Denisova admitted that her falsehoods had achieved their intended goal.
“When, for example, I spoke in the Italian parliament at the Committee on International Affairs, I heard and saw such fatigue from Ukraine, you know? I talked about terrible things in order to somehow push them to make the decisions that Ukraine and the Ukrainian people need,” she said.
Denisova noted that Italy’s Five Star Movement was originally “against the provision of weapons to us, but after [her] speech, one of the party leaders… said that they will support [us], including by the provision of weapons.”
https://summit.news/2022/06/09/ukrainian-official-admits-she-lied-about-russians-committing-mass-rape-to-convince-countries-to-send-more-weapons/
Leo Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ and other classic historical novels that portray the Russian military in anything other than a negative light will be banned from being taught in Ukrainian schools, it has been announced.
https://summit.news/2022/06/08/ukraine-to-ban-war-and-peace-from-being-taught-in-schools/
https://summit.news/2022/06/08/ukraine-to-ban-war-and-peace-from-being-taught-in-schools/
summit.news
Ukraine to Ban ‘War and Peace’ From Being Taught in Schools
Classic novel latest victim of Russophobia.
Forwarded from The way of the warrior
When your strategy is deep and far-reaching, then what you gain by your calculations is much, so you can win before you even fight.
When your strategic thinking is shallow and nearsighted, then what you gain by your calculations is little, so you lose before you do battle.
Much strategy prevails over little strategy, so those with no strategy cannot but be defeated. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯.
~ Zhang Yu
When your strategic thinking is shallow and nearsighted, then what you gain by your calculations is little, so you lose before you do battle.
Much strategy prevails over little strategy, so those with no strategy cannot but be defeated. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯.
~ Zhang Yu
Forwarded from The way of the warrior
One of the main reasons North Korea managed to survive the 90s despite a massive famine while the Soviet Union collapsed was because the Juche ideology was far more mature than the crude materialist reductionist Marxism
that left Russians aimless and confused in a state of anarchical paralysis while NK maintained it's national and ideological cohesion.
Capital worshipping economists will try alluding to pointless charts or diagrams to figure out why NK survived but the truth is much more deeper than that.
that left Russians aimless and confused in a state of anarchical paralysis while NK maintained it's national and ideological cohesion.
Capital worshipping economists will try alluding to pointless charts or diagrams to figure out why NK survived but the truth is much more deeper than that.
Polish president says calls with Putin like speaking to Hitler
Polish President Andrzej Duda slammed the leaders of France and Germany over their phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying it was like having talks with Adolf Hitler during World War Two, according to the German mass-selling daily Bild.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Macron have both held one-on-one phone calls with Putin since Russia launched a devastating invasion of Ukraine, with Macron in particular stirring Ukrainian ire by saying Russia must not be "humiliated" so as to preserve chances of a diplomatic solution.
Duda, in an interview with Bild first released on its YouTube channel late on Wednesday, said such discussions only legitimized an illegal war in Ukraine.
"Did anyone speak like this with Adolf Hitler during World War Two?" Duda said. "Did anyone say that Adolf Hitler must save face? That we should proceed in such a way that it is not humiliating for Adolf Hitler? I have not heard such voices."
JPost/MSN
Polish President Andrzej Duda slammed the leaders of France and Germany over their phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying it was like having talks with Adolf Hitler during World War Two, according to the German mass-selling daily Bild.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Macron have both held one-on-one phone calls with Putin since Russia launched a devastating invasion of Ukraine, with Macron in particular stirring Ukrainian ire by saying Russia must not be "humiliated" so as to preserve chances of a diplomatic solution.
Duda, in an interview with Bild first released on its YouTube channel late on Wednesday, said such discussions only legitimized an illegal war in Ukraine.
"Did anyone speak like this with Adolf Hitler during World War Two?" Duda said. "Did anyone say that Adolf Hitler must save face? That we should proceed in such a way that it is not humiliating for Adolf Hitler? I have not heard such voices."
JPost/MSN
MSN
Polish president says calls with Putin like speaking to Hitler
Duda, in an interview with Bild first released on its YouTube channel late on Wednesday, said such discussions only legitimized an illegal war in Ukraine.
Forwarded from Alexander Dugin
Multipolarity Is Not Multilateralism
Another model of world order, distancing itself somewhat from direct American hegemony, is multilateralism. This concept is widespread in the American Democratic Party; formally, President Barack Obama followed precisely this model in his foreign policy. In the context of American foreign policy debates, this approach contrasts with the unipolarity insisted on by neoconservatives.
Multilateralism means in practice that the US should not act in the domain of international relations wholly and fully relying solely on its own forces and informing all its allies and “vassals” in an imperialistic manner. Instead, Washington should take into account the positions of its partners, argue for and convince others of decisions in dialogue with them, attract them to its side with rational conclusions and sometimes compromises. In such a case, the US should be “first among equals,” not a “dictator among subordinates.” This obligates the US to its allies in certain ways in foreign policy and demands submission to a shared strategy. This general strategy is in the current case the strategy of the West to establish a global democracy, market, and the implementation of the ideology of human rights on a planetary scale. But in this process, the US, as leader, should not directly equate its national interests with the “universal” values of Western civilization, in whose name it acts. In certain cases it is preferable to act in a coalition, and sometimes even to concede something to partners.
Multilateralism differs from unipolarity in that the emphasis is placed here on the West as a whole, and especially on its “value” (i.e. normative) aspect. In this respect, the apologists for multilateralism resemble those who support a non-polar world. The difference between multilateralism and non-polarity consists only in the fact that multilateralism emphasizes coordination among democratic Western countries, while non polarity includes as actors also non-state players: NGOs, networks, social movements, etc.
It is significant that in practice Obama’s multilateral policies, announced by him and by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, differed little from the direct and transparent imperialism of George W. Bush, in whose administration the neoconservatives dominated. US military interventions continue (Libya), and American troops kept their presence in occupied Afghanistan and Iraq.
A multipolar world does not coincide with a multilateral world order, since it does not agree to the universalism of Western values and does not recognize the right of countries of the ‘rich North’ — neither alone nor collectively — to act in the name of all humanity and to act (even compositely) as the sole center of decision-making concerning the most significant questions.
Another model of world order, distancing itself somewhat from direct American hegemony, is multilateralism. This concept is widespread in the American Democratic Party; formally, President Barack Obama followed precisely this model in his foreign policy. In the context of American foreign policy debates, this approach contrasts with the unipolarity insisted on by neoconservatives.
Multilateralism means in practice that the US should not act in the domain of international relations wholly and fully relying solely on its own forces and informing all its allies and “vassals” in an imperialistic manner. Instead, Washington should take into account the positions of its partners, argue for and convince others of decisions in dialogue with them, attract them to its side with rational conclusions and sometimes compromises. In such a case, the US should be “first among equals,” not a “dictator among subordinates.” This obligates the US to its allies in certain ways in foreign policy and demands submission to a shared strategy. This general strategy is in the current case the strategy of the West to establish a global democracy, market, and the implementation of the ideology of human rights on a planetary scale. But in this process, the US, as leader, should not directly equate its national interests with the “universal” values of Western civilization, in whose name it acts. In certain cases it is preferable to act in a coalition, and sometimes even to concede something to partners.
Multilateralism differs from unipolarity in that the emphasis is placed here on the West as a whole, and especially on its “value” (i.e. normative) aspect. In this respect, the apologists for multilateralism resemble those who support a non-polar world. The difference between multilateralism and non-polarity consists only in the fact that multilateralism emphasizes coordination among democratic Western countries, while non polarity includes as actors also non-state players: NGOs, networks, social movements, etc.
It is significant that in practice Obama’s multilateral policies, announced by him and by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, differed little from the direct and transparent imperialism of George W. Bush, in whose administration the neoconservatives dominated. US military interventions continue (Libya), and American troops kept their presence in occupied Afghanistan and Iraq.
A multipolar world does not coincide with a multilateral world order, since it does not agree to the universalism of Western values and does not recognize the right of countries of the ‘rich North’ — neither alone nor collectively — to act in the name of all humanity and to act (even compositely) as the sole center of decision-making concerning the most significant questions.
Russian ministry of defense-sponsored billboards sprang up in Lugansk. One of them reads: "We are the Russians. The God is on our side!" Let us wait till the year end to verify this claim.
https://twitter.com/ArtyomLukin
https://twitter.com/ArtyomLukin
Forwarded from Sagittarius Granorum (Sagittarius Hyperboreius)
Something rather novel: pictures of Evola from his war years until right before his death:
1. Evola on the Asiago front during world war II
2. Evola in artillery officer uniform
3. Evola (first on the right) with a group of other officers
4. Evola in the Alps (first on the right)
5. Evola in the early 1920s
6. Evola in the 1930s
7. Evola in the 1930s
8. Evola in the 1940s
9. Evola in the 1960s
10. Evola in the 1960s
11. Evola in the 1960s
12. Evola in the late 1960s
13. Evola in the 1970s, right before his death
1. Evola on the Asiago front during world war II
2. Evola in artillery officer uniform
3. Evola (first on the right) with a group of other officers
4. Evola in the Alps (first on the right)
5. Evola in the early 1920s
6. Evola in the 1930s
7. Evola in the 1930s
8. Evola in the 1940s
9. Evola in the 1960s
10. Evola in the 1960s
11. Evola in the 1960s
12. Evola in the late 1960s
13. Evola in the 1970s, right before his death