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| 'Russians are no better than Arabs:' Europe has made its choice |
| 2024-03-22 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Petr Akopov [RIA] Sometimes they say that Russians for the West are the new Jews, and Russophobia is akin to anti-Semitism. But in the West itself, the best minds believe that Russians are the new Arabs: “We must give Ukraine nuclear weapons. <...> The Russian media portray the war in Ukraine as a war of Christian civilization against demonic Satanism and so on. I mean that "They are no better than the Arabs. Today they are fanatical religious fundamentalists in the worst sense of the word. They must be stopped." Who is speaking? Slavoj Zizek is a major European intellectual and a prominent left-wing philosopher. Russian fanatics must be stopped because they threaten a tolerant, peaceful Europe - and for this it is not a sin to give Ukraine a nuclear bomb. For the Russians to retreat from Ukraine or to arrange Armageddon on Russian soil? The “Christian atheist,” as Žižek calls himself, does not specify: is he so afraid of the threat of Russian fundamentalism that he does not hesitate to make openly racist comparisons? Are the Arabs the measure of evil for him? Or any truly religious people? Or is it those who say that European civilization is not only self-destructing, but is also trying to drag the rest with it - they need to be contained or stopped with an atomic bomb? How does Israel “contain” the Arabs by destroying the Gaza Strip in front of the whole world? And by the way, is Ukraine Israel or Palestine ? The debate about this has long been going on in the West - especially among the European left, which not only has a decisive influence on the minds of Europeans, but also heads the governments of some EU countries, for example, in Germany. These disputes especially intensified after October 7 last year, when, in response to the Hamas attack, Israel launched an unprecedented operation against the Gaza Strip, which has already killed more than 33,000 civilians. The West, which in every way repeated the mantra about protecting unfortunate Ukraine from imperialist Russia, found itself in the most unfavorable situation for itself: its refusal to condemn Israel’s actions nullified all the pathos of “protecting peaceful Ukrainians from Russian atrocities.” Moreover, the mood of public opinion in European countries tilted in favor of Palestine and against Israel. Considering that the majority of Europeans still support Ukraine, it turns out that it would be beneficial for Western elites to restructure, combine the two in one and say: Palestine is Ukraine, we will support their people suffering at the hands of a stronger and more aggressive neighbor. Is it logical from the point of view of both internal propaganda and Europe’s relations with the Global South ? Yes, it’s logical, but everything happened exactly the opposite. Western elites tried to present Ukraine as Israel, and when this was not accepted by either their own European population or the world community, they simply fell silent, pretending that the contradictions in the West’s position on the two conflicts did not matter. As a result, the authorities of European countries continue to help Israel and do not demand a cessation of hostilities, limiting themselves to calls to protect “civilians.” They express sympathy for the Palestinians and talk about the need to solve the problem in the future through the creation of two states, which sounds completely mocking against the background of the destruction of what could become the basis of a real Palestinian state, that is, the Gaza Strip. No, of course, the Europeans are verbally putting pressure on Israel, they are already beginning to call on Netanyahu to complete the operation, but all this is absolutely for form, because even American pressure (the only one that matters for Israel) has no effect (due to the fact that is also carried out half-heartedly). Giving up support for Israel is not on the agenda for the West, just as no one is going to back down from Ukraine. In both cases, he wants a speedy end to hostilities, but what does he promise after they end? Ukraine - admission to NATO and the EU, payment of reparations by Russia, and so on. Palestine - the creation of an independent state, the restoration of Gaza and financial assistance. Do Palestinians trust the West? Of course not, especially when they hear words like those uttered by Olaf Scholz on Wednesday. The German chancellor said that the goal of Germany, the EU and the US is “the prospect of a two-state solution to the conflict”: “It is clear that through negotiations. And it is clear that we are talking about a Palestinian state without its own army.” That is, the Palestinians are again being offered an inferior state - a little less inferior than they had - and just as dependent on Israel? And they should believe it - especially at the moment when Gaza is being razed from the face of the earth? They will be given humanitarian aid and promised a bright future in order to once again deceive and reduce their already small and unprotected territory. And ideally, force them to flee, leave Palestine, and abandon hopes for the restoration of justice. And Ukraine needs not just help with weapons and money - it would be advisable to give it an atomic bomb to stop the “Russian Arabs.” Which, probably, like in the Middle Ages, are rushing into the heart of Europe - oh, those fanatical Moors, religious fanatics. Europe has long renounced Christ and is now frightening itself with a combination of the most left-liberal, anti-religious slogans (in the style of the Great French Revolution) with absolutely nationalist and racist ones. The enemy of Europe is a Russian Orthodox traditionalist and Muslim believer? Well, if Europe itself designates them as its enemies and does everything to inflict a strategic defeat on them on their lands, or even expel them from them, then this is its choice. The consequences of which she would not have to wonder about. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 It appears that your troubles really start when you get the Europeans on your side. All downhill from there. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-03-22 12:14 |
| #3 London Most Antisemitic Capital in West as Islamists and Hard Left Join Forces, Warns Israel |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-03-22 10:01 |
| #2 ...that would be Dresden 1945. Same lesson - don't start wars. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-03-22 07:56 |
| #1 Being an anti-semite makes you dumb, Pioter. They LOVE Arabs. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-03-22 03:23 |