Friday, 4 October 2024

RUSSOPHOBIA AND THE MONROE DOCTRINE

4 October 2024Two items to discuss today: russophobia and the Monroe DoctrineIt is a mystery to many level-headed people as to why there is so much russophobia amongst Western elites, why the West persists in a war which it has so little chance of winning and why the political West, led by America, would risk escalation as far as the use of nuclear weapons and humanity's obliteration, rather than get real, reconsider and negotiate.In a previous article...

Tuesday, 1 October 2024

WHAT'S WRONG WITH MACRON

1 Ocrober 2024Macron completed a philosophy degree and for his Masters wrote a thesis on Machievelli and Hegel. In evaluating Macron, you have to start somewhere, so let's start with this fact.As though the French aren't analytic enough, this will have made him even more academic and analytical when he examines problems. Doing Machiavelli will make him more pragmatic or we might say opportunistic or expedient. He flip-flops around like this, thinking he's being pragmatic and adaptable, but actually he comes across as weak, uncertain, uncommitted. And...