Putin’s pattern of aggression is not new.
But for too long, we did not act.
Many did not want to believe he would launch all-out war on Ukraine in February 2022.
How many more wake-up calls do we need?
We should be profoundly concerned.
I know I am. pic.twitter.com/G2ncsigUKR
— Mark Rutte (@SecGenNATO) December 12, 2024
Technically, anything could happen at any time.
Aliens could invade. The Iranians could deploy the mothership.
It’s all possible, so saying something is possible is not really an argument for or against any particular action.
Furthermore: why are heterosexuals never in charge of any of these military or intelligence groups? Are we to believe you must be a disease-riddled pederast to understand how violence works?
AP:
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to “wipe Ukraine off the map” and could come after other parts of Europe next, as he urged Europeans to press their governments to ramp up defense spending.“It is time to shift to a wartime mindset,” Rutte told security experts and analysts at the Carnegie Europe think-tank in Brussels. He said people should gird themselves for the prospect that Russia might try to use “swarms of drones” in Europe as it has to deadly effect in Ukraine.
Putin “is trying to crush our freedom and way of life,” Rutte said. The former Dutch prime minister listed Russia’s attacks on Georgia in 2008, the annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014, and the all-out invasion launched almost three years ago.
Is Putin really trying to crush the freedom and way of life of the Dutch?
Does that statement make sense to anyone who is not gay or a woman?
Regardless, it’s interesting to analyze what the implications are: the propaganda against Putin is about him being a heterosexual and promoting a Christian society. So what they’re saying is that gay sex and atheism are the defining aspects of “our freedom and way of life.”
Is that conception of the nature of man working for most people?
It’s probably about time to go back through “Changing Images of Man*” to figure out how some Westerners can believe life would be worse if they were conquered by Russia.
“How many more wake-up calls do we need? We should be profoundly concerned. I know I am,” he said. “Russia is preparing for long-term confrontation. With Ukraine, and with us.”…
Rutte noted that defense spending has risen sharply in Europe, with 23 allies expected to reach NATO’s target of putting 2% of GDP into their military budgets. But he added: “I can tell you, we are going to need a lot more than 2%.”
It’s interesting to observe how Putin is somehow both totally incompetent, throwing washing machines at invincible Ukrainian supermen, but also he’s basically Dr. Doom, a mad genius capable of completely conquering all of Europe if Europeans don’t sacrifice everything to stop him.
It seems like people should notice that individuals who work in “defense” constantly want to spend more and more money on “defense.”
But I don’t know how people would notice that, given that they never noticed the pharma companies promoting fake diseases.
In his first major speech as @SecGenNATO, Mark Rutte highlighted the critical need to ramp up defence spending and defence production in an increasingly turbulent security environment
Tap below for his speech ↓
— NATO (@NATO) December 12, 2024
*Endnote
Changing Images of Man is a paper published by the Stanford Research Institute, which is effectively a CIA think tank, about how to control the masses of people by shaping “the image of man in the universe.”
This is the description:
Published originally in 1974, and revised in 1982, The Changing Images of Man was the culmination of an eight month study administered by the Urban and Social Systems Division of the Stanford Research Institute.Various intellectuals from the fields of social sciences, humanities, engineering and physics collaborated in an attempt to illuminate ways our present society, its citizens, and institutions have been shaped by the underlying myths and images of the past and present.
Within the three hundred page report, the researchers at SRI identified seven different functions of society in which the power of images could be used to acquiesce the population into a state of subservience.
The research staff at SRI left no stone unturned in their search for ways to inculcate the masses, even considering the viability of: telekinesis, bio feedback, telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, hypnosis, subliminal messaging, hallucinogenics and psychotropic drugs. Each strategy was identified and discussed at length over the 8 month study then summarized within Chapter 4, Influence of Science on the “Image of Man”.
The study called upon behavioral scientist B.F. Skinner to offer his expertise on the examination of ‘man as a mechanism’ and to elaborate on his operant conditioning techniques. Also discussed was the viability of “genetic modification”; “brain surgery to prevent aggressive behavior”; “electrical brain implants”; and “sophisticated electronic surveillance mechanisms to detect ‘aberrant’ behavior patterns”
I used to recommend it a lot, but it’s been years since I’ve thought about it. I just thought of it right now.
I should probably go back and read through it with fresh eyes and see what I can gather.
Aside from Skinner, the biggest influence on the work was definitely Bertrand Russell, who wrote some very interesting things himself, most relevant here is “The Impact of Science on Society,” where he basically invented modern progressivism.
