ESCALATION PREPONDERANCE

Russia has it - in spades.

NATO - in total panic - doesn't.

https://globalsouth.co/2024/05/30/the-west-is-hell-bent-against-russia/

It's Yeats's Second Coming all over again.

Wright, Thomas (USA), Senior Director for Strategic Planning, NSC
Yläjärvi, Erja (FIN), Senior Editor-in-Chief, Helsingin Sanomat
Zadrazil, Robert (AUT), Country Manager Austria, UniCredit Group
Zakaria, Fareed (USA), Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS
Zeiler, Gerhard (AUT), President, Warner Bros. Discovery Internation

When in doubt, listen to Voltaire:

"They are all of them born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blonde hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race."

You do know who he's talking about.

By my dear, brilliant friend Milena.

http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2024/01/they-knew-it.html

Of course they knew it.

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