“𝘐𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴.”

~𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵

Picture of US invasion of Iraq

Canada expresses serious concern over China Coast Guard laser incident

Manila accuses China's coast guard of trying to block one of its ships in the South China Sea using a laser.

🇨🇦Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines David Hartman said that China's actions were contrary to the maintenance of regional peace and stability, and the rules-based international order.

"Canada underscores its firm and unwavering support for the Philippines in the face of coercive actions of the People’s Republic of China in the South China Sea. As a Party to UNCLOS, the PRC must comply with its obligations, including notably the 2016 SCS Arbitration Decision," Hartman tweeted.

#China

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FIRST WORLD WAR German Soldier 1914 & 1918 Compared! (with subtitle)

https://youtu.be/a9zCiX4omBI

ACHTUNG!

The derailings, spills, disasters, truck overturns, and those choppers falling like a rock from the sky is not a coincidence. This is the face of 5GW. Russia/China are very likely hacking our systems in a tit for tat in response to GAE aggression over the Ukraine/Iran.

There is no such thing as coincidences when it comes to politics. Even when there are, they are never perceived by decision makers as being so.

"The ranks of the German cavalry had already seen the towers of Paris; if this continued, what would be left for us? We still wanted to hear the whistle of bullets and experience moments that can be called the true baptism of men."
Ernst Jünger

29 March 1895 - 17 February 1998

Thanks for copypasting Keith.

https://t.iss.one/keith_woods/3769

A revealing comment.

https://youtu.be/Xs3Kk4oF5H8

“But, father, what would be the best way to gain an advantage over the enemy?”

“By Zeus,” said he, “this is no easy or simple question that you ask now, my son; but, let me tell you, the man who proposes to do that must be designing and cunning, wily and deceitful, a thief and a robber, overreaching the enemy at every point.”

“O Heracles, father,” said Cyrus with a laugh, “what a man you say I must become!”

“Such, my son,” he said, “that you would be at the same time the most righteous and law-abiding man in the world.”

“Why then, pray, did you use to teach us the opposite of this when we were boys and youths?”

“Aye, by Zeus,” said he; “and so we would have you still towards your friends and fellow-citizens; but, that you might be able to hurt your enemies, do you not know that you all were learning many villainies?”

~ Xenophon, Cyropaedia

"It is said that in the time of our forefathers there was once a teacher of the boys who, it seems, used to teach them justice in the very way that you propose; to lie and not to lie, to cheat and not to cheat, to slander and not to slander, to take and not to take unfair advantage. And he drew the line between what one should do to one’s friends and what to one’s enemies. And what is more, he used to teach this: that it was right to deceive friends even, provided it were for a good end, and to steal the possessions of a friend for a good purpose.

And in teaching these lessons he had also to train the boys to practise them upon one another, just as also in wrestling, the Greeks, they say, teach deception and train the boys to be able to practise it upon one another. When, therefore, some had in this way become expert both in deceiving successfully and in taking unfair advantage and perhaps also not inexpert in avarice, they did not refrain from trying to take an unfair advantage even of their friends."

~ Xenophon, Cyropaedia

"In consequence of that, therefore, an ordinance was passed which obtains even unto this day, simply to teach our boys, just as we teach our servants in their relations toward us, to tell the truth and not to deceive and not to take unfair advantage; and if they should act contrary to this law, the law requires their punishment, in order that, inured to such habits, they may become more refined members of society.

But when they came to be as old as you are now, then it seemed to be safe to teach them that also which is lawful toward enemies; for it does not seem likely that you would break away and degenerate into savages after you had been brought up together in mutual respect. In the same way we do not discuss sexual matters in the presence of very young boys, lest in case lax discipline should give a free rein to their passions the young might indulge them to excess."

~ Xenophon, Cyropaedia

Dying for the Fatherland
Friedrich Hölderlin

You've come, O battle! The youths are already flowing
Down from their hills and into the valley
Where the cut-throat foe is boldly poised,
Sure of its art and its arms, but the surer

Souls of the youths descend down upon them,
For the righteous slay as if in a spell,
And the songs of their fatherland
Weaken the knees of those without honor.

O enlist me, enlist me in the ranks
So I won't die some paltry death!
I don't want to die in vain,
I'd rather fall on the field, a sacrifice

For the fatherland, to bleed my heart's
Blood for the fatherland—and now it will happen!
I'm coming down to you, my dear friends, down to you
Who taught me how to live and die!

How often I longed to see you in the light,
O heroes and poets of ancient times!
Now you kindly welcome this lowly
Stranger into the brotherhood down here;

And messages of victory arrive: The battle's
Ours! Live, O Fatherland, remain there on high
And don't count the dead! O my beloved,
Not one too many has died for you.