I am most disturbed, not by Washington’s dedication to its proxy war, but by the willingness of so many parties to lie when they perceive lying to be the “smart” option.
Recently, Turkey reneged on an agreement with Russia to hold captured neo-Nazi members of the Azov regiment. I guess Erdogan sees risking his status in NATO as more important than standing up for what he said he believes.
Before hostilities in Ukraine were ramped up, Emmanuel Macron sought to be the adult in the room, and lay out a proposal for a swift end to hostilities. Recently he got on board with the lunatics.
This didn’t surprise me too much, but the academe’s gift for obfuscation cannot dress up their craven dependence on the largesse of contemptuous financiers. Recently Stanford University welcomed members of the Azov regiment and their wives to the campus.
I guess the lesson in these dubious reversals is to grasp the corrosive power of money in all its guises. We in the transactional West view everything though a self-interest lens, and this tends to accentuate our tenuousness, which in turn makes it easier to lie.
Macron saw France’s status in NATO being risked because of his refusal to play ball with Washington, and he was not ready to risk that status by standing up for the truth. Similarly, Erdogan saw Turkey’s status in NATO at risk, and didn’t want to preside over Turkey’s ouster. I cannot prove this, but I believe that the pressures on Erdogan and Macron involved a lot of threats and a lot of money. The barbarians are INSIDE the gate!
To me this is all evidence of too many people looking for confirmation that they matter. If you need to be told that you matter, you probably don’t.
A lie is a lie is a lie. Buying the words and actions of others to counter the lie is another, more devious lie. If you swallow these lies, you are a dolt. If your opinion is for sale, you are dead and don’t know it.
In the long run, truth is what makes living a worthwhile experience.
I am most disturbed, not by Washington’s dedication to its proxy war, but by the willingness of so many parties to lie when they perceive lying to be the “smart” option.
Recently, Turkey reneged on an agreement with Russia to hold captured neo-Nazi members of the Azov regiment. I guess Erdogan sees risking his status in NATO as more important than standing up for what he said he believes.
https://www.rt.com/news/579406-kremlin-kiev-ankara-deal/
Before hostilities in Ukraine were ramped up, Emmanuel Macron sought to be the adult in the room, and lay out a proposal for a swift end to hostilities. Recently he got on board with the lunatics.
https://www.rt.com/news/579412-macron-france-nato/
This didn’t surprise me too much, but the academe’s gift for obfuscation cannot dress up their craven dependence on the largesse of contemptuous financiers. Recently Stanford University welcomed members of the Azov regiment and their wives to the campus.
https://www.rt.com/news/579343-stanford-azov-neo-nazis/
I guess the lesson in these dubious reversals is to grasp the corrosive power of money in all its guises. We in the transactional West view everything though a self-interest lens, and this tends to accentuate our tenuousness, which in turn makes it easier to lie.
Macron saw France’s status in NATO being risked because of his refusal to play ball with Washington, and he was not ready to risk that status by standing up for the truth. Similarly, Erdogan saw Turkey’s status in NATO at risk, and didn’t want to preside over Turkey’s ouster. I cannot prove this, but I believe that the pressures on Erdogan and Macron involved a lot of threats and a lot of money. The barbarians are INSIDE the gate!
To me this is all evidence of too many people looking for confirmation that they matter. If you need to be told that you matter, you probably don’t.
A lie is a lie is a lie. Buying the words and actions of others to counter the lie is another, more devious lie. If you swallow these lies, you are a dolt. If your opinion is for sale, you are dead and don’t know it.
In the long run, truth is what makes living a worthwhile experience.