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Tag Archives: Ukraine
I Don’t Want to Fight to the Last Ukrainian
I hope the brave Ukrainians will soon decide to stop dying. I seems to me they have to. The Russians have demonstrated that their armed forces are too incompetent to conquer Ukraine and to reduce it to a satellite. Their … Continue reading
Posted in Socio-Political Essays
Tagged Crimea, Domas, Russia, Russian aggression, Ukraine, war
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Many Conservatives Lost in the Tall Weeds
A surprising number of my conservative FB friends, and also of my real- life friends, got lost in the moral tall weeds in the past month or so. I mean that they seem to hesitate between the victim, Ukraine, and … Continue reading
Ukraine: The Diplomatic Solution; the Conservative Blessing in Obamacare!
There is a distinct preference out there, for solving our differences of opinion with the Putin gangster state “through diplomacy.” An elementary explanation is sadly in order here. Diplomacy refers to one party explaining to the other with polite words … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Socio-Political Essays
Tagged diplomacy, fascism, gangster state, Obamacare, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, uninsured, World War II
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A Reverse Crimea in the West: Kaliningrad
Look at the Kaliningrad Oblast. It used to be Prussian Koenisberg, an important detail: Many Germans still feel for it, like Russians for Crimea. This is one part of Europe toward which the Germans might loose a little of their … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltic Sea, Crimea, European Union, Kaliningrad, Koenisberg, Lithuania, NATO, Poland, Russia, Ukraine
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Secession and libertarianism – Ukraine IV
The most basic rule of schoolyard behavior is this: Don’t challenge the school bully if your knees are buckling under you. Mr Obama keeps ignoring the rule, with predictable results: One tyrant, one despot after another receives his confirmation … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgium, Bosnia, Catalonia, Catalunya, Chinese Communist Party, Crimea, Crimean secession, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Fleming, Flemish, invasion of Crimea, Iraq, Kosovo, Kurdistan, Libertarian, pax americana, President Obama, Putin, Russia, Saddam Hussein, Scotland, Scottish independence, secession, Sevastopol, Slovak Republic, Tibet, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Walloon
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Indecent Stories for Decent Women: Fiction by John René Adolph, a Man (2017)
Les pumas de grande banlieue: histoires d'émigration (2014)
I Used to Be French: an Immature Autobiography (2014)
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