Schmitt's concept of the Überwert (overvalue, more-than-value) can be seen in Xenophon's Anabasis. At any moment he might respond monarchically, democratically, tyrannically.

A man will be beaten, his life threatened – other times, Xenophon will leap from his horse, take sword and shield from a man to bear the mountain for him.
Nothing more need be said. An infinite lesson.

Unconfirmed reports Israeli and US stealth fighters attacked Iran from Pakistan. Whatever is unfolding right now it's a huge escalation

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1727443/israel-war-iran-nuclear-weapons

"Warfare, like chess, approaches the pure acts of intelligence."
~ Ernst Jünger

A fragment of predictions for war in the 21st century. This is helpful for understanding his essay on the century-forming battle of titans and gods, “Prognoses”.

https://juengertranslationproject.substack.com/p/predictions-of-warfare-in-the-twenty

Top US geostrategic think-tank RAND Corp just released a report which claims its in US interests to bring the Ukraine War to a swift conclusion. The report also says that total Ukrainian victory, defined as an "end to the war that leaves Ukraine in full control
over all of its internationally recognized territory," is a "highly unlikely outcome."

The report views the US objectives of weakening Russian power and pressuring European governments to reduce energy dependence on Russia as already achieved, meanwhile the report warns that the longer the war continues the greater the risk of further Russian territorial gains and unmanageable support costs to US-NATO.

Continued conflict also leaves open the possibility that Russia will reverse Ukrainian battlefield gains made in fall 2022. Moscow’s mobilization might stabilize the lines as of December 2022 and allow Russia to launch offensives in 2023.

The intensity of the military assistance effort could also become unsustainable after a certain period. Already, European and some U.S. stocks of weapons are reportedly running low. Russia’s campaign of destruction of Ukrainian critical infrastructure will create major long-term challenges for sustaining the war effort and for economic recovery and has also substantially increased Kyiv’s projections for the economic support it will need from the United States and its allies.

The report also warns that a protracted war will generate negative consequences for the US's "other global priorities."

Russia’s deepening military cooperation with Iran during this war—at a time when Iran is reneging on its commitments to restrain its nuclear program—suggests that Moscow could play the spoiler on such issues as nonproliferation. And although Russia will be more dependent on China regardless of when the war ends, Washington does have a long-term interest in ensuring that Moscow does not become completely subordinated to Beijing.

The report concludes that the war will end with some kind of "negotiated outcome" as neither side possesses the capabilities for absolute victory, and that avoiding a long war is "higher priority for the US than facilitating significantly more Ukrainian territorial control." It suggests that the US force Ukraine to the negotiating table by making its aid conditional upon it, however it warns that bringing Russia to the negotiating table won't be so easy as the US doesn't have much incentive to offer Russia other than Ukraine's formal neutrality with respect to NATO.

Neutrality is what Russia demanded from the very beginning and would therefore be an extremely difficult sell politically, especially for Zelensky in Ukraine. Its a novel scenario that US negotiators would face trying to both guarantee Ukraine's security and its neutrality - these guarantees appear contradictory on their face. The Russians might have created enough leverage here to keep NATO out of Ukraine after all.

⚡️🇺🇦🇷🇺 Former Supreme Commander of NATO James Stavridis has stated his belief that the war will end in a manner similar to the Korean War in the next few months, given the current stalemate.

It’s really interesting how the narrative in Western Media has rapidly shifted lately. They went from breathlessly proclaiming an imminent offensive on Melitopol and thence to Crimea, to now it appears their benchmark is just achieving peace on current lines. 😂

“𝘐𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴.”

~𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵

Picture of US invasion of Iraq

Canada expresses serious concern over China Coast Guard laser incident

Manila accuses China's coast guard of trying to block one of its ships in the South China Sea using a laser.

🇨🇦Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines David Hartman said that China's actions were contrary to the maintenance of regional peace and stability, and the rules-based international order.

"Canada underscores its firm and unwavering support for the Philippines in the face of coercive actions of the People’s Republic of China in the South China Sea. As a Party to UNCLOS, the PRC must comply with its obligations, including notably the 2016 SCS Arbitration Decision," Hartman tweeted.

#China

🍁 Maple Chronicles

FIRST WORLD WAR German Soldier 1914 & 1918 Compared! (with subnoscript)

https://youtu.be/a9zCiX4omBI

ACHTUNG!

The derailings, spills, disasters, truck overturns, and those choppers falling like a rock from the sky is not a coincidence. This is the face of 5GW. Russia/China are very likely hacking our systems in a tit for tat in response to GAE aggression over the Ukraine/Iran.

There is no such thing as coincidences when it comes to politics. Even when there are, they are never perceived by decision makers as being so.

"The ranks of the German cavalry had already seen the towers of Paris; if this continued, what would be left for us? We still wanted to hear the whistle of bullets and experience moments that can be called the true baptism of men."
Ernst Jünger

29 March 1895 - 17 February 1998