War in Ukraine

[McAhuna]

Shakespeare Henry IV part 1

"So shaken as we are, so wan with care, Find we a time for frighted peace to pant And breathe short-winded accents of new broils To be commenced in strands afar remote. "

Henry IV was a ruler who had lots of domestic problems so right at the start of the play he tell us his plan is to start a foreign war to distract from his internal issues.

Shakespeare called it 400 years ago and it is rule 1 of every leader since then. If you are in trouble at home pic a fight with a foreigner. Keep your eyes on Starmer.

Yes, Shakespeare called it 400 years ago.
Most called it much more recently.
There are some who never will call it and are beyond saving, who will hate who they are told to hate, fight who they are told to fight. They are not hard to spot.

A further observation: It takes a special sort of psychopath to sacrifice thousands of lives to save their own political career.

 

[chris123]

I loath support of Russia.

Seems more tolerated than you'd expect, Gulag over liberal democracy.