People should enjoy the last years of democracy and freedom of movement in Europe, because all of that is about to end soon, even more so now with hostile allies like the United States actively financing the fragmentation of the EU.
That's life, it may be a consolation to think that at least we had the opportunity to live for a while in a particularly prosperous, free and peaceful historical anomaly. The next generations probably won't have that luck.
Maybe this is a suicidal plan, Putin is going to die and wants to take the world with him. From what we know about him, he is megalomaniacal and sadistic enough to want something like this.
He must also be counting on the United States being out of NATO by then, maybe Trump will even send some soldiers to help his Russian allies.
I know many farmers, some with large companies, and I can say that most of these associations are infiltrated by the far-right and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the majority of farmers.
I even know of one that lied to its own farmers that it was supposed to represent, saying it was not affiliated with any political party and later it was discovered that it was linked to one of those far-right parties.
I thought all those guns were for situations like the one in the video, but it turns out guns in America are only used for their traditional sport of shooting at schools. 🤷
We're talking about the same guys funded by the guy who says the ideal society is Mordor. This doesn't surprise anyone.
Everyone is expendable for the company's machine, they wouldn't mind targeting innocent people, let alone causing civilian casualties when targeting real terrorists.
But of course they always try and it's not just the Muslims, just look at Opus Dei for example, which is one of the groups behind the Heritage Foundation's Project 25, whose current President is Kevin Roberts.
Here you can see Kevin Roberts speech at CIC (Opus Dei Headquarters on K Street, Washington DC) last year,
Yes of course, but Islamic beliefs directly infringe on others.
At the same time, more compassion is needed in dealing with people who have been drawn into deceptive and even dangerous religious thinking (I'm not just referring to Islam). Only then will they be able to leave the cult.
They, as serious and responsible managers with only the interests of their citizens at heart, chose to keep it in the most reliable, safe place possible, in their own pockets.
Back in 2014, Russia caused the death of 196 Dutch citizens with the missile that shot down flight MH17.
Which is completely unacceptable and should have been interpreted as an undeniable declaration of war by Russia.
If European leaders and the EU had recognized the threat and taken decisive and tough measures to eliminate it instead of burying their heads in the sand hoping that continued good trade relations with Russia would appease Putin, we would not be facing this mess now.
But look, better late than never, we will finally invest in our defense like never before since the end of the Cold War and we will have our own strong deterrence mechanisms.
Diego (Diogo in Portuguese) is a modification of the name Tiago which in turn is the diminutive of Santiago which is the name of the apostle James in Spanish and Portuguese.
Ukrainians a few decades ago would have said the same about the Russians.