Tag: Ukraine



Em Portugal, como na maior parte dos países do Ocidente Coletivo, os mais recentes desenvolvimentos diplomáticos a respeito do conflito ucraniano deixaram apoplético um setor muitíssimo importante da opinião pública, de facto aquele segmento que tem tido mais protagonismo quer nos círculos políticos decisores, quer ao nível dos media. Entre nós há, claro, toda uma enorme coorte de Christoph “Cry Baby” Heusgen em potência.

If you want to get a sense of what President Kennedy was up against with his Peace Speech at American University a few months before he was taken out, just look at the reaction to President Trump’s friendly overtures toward Russia in the last few days. The mainstream media is up in arms over Trump’s actions. Multiply that reaction by about 1,000 and you’ll get a sense of what Kennedy was facing with his attempt to move America in a similar direction.

President Donald Trump gets a lot of things wrong. Chief among them is his crazy plan to ethnically cleanse two million Palestinians from the smoking ruins of Gaza. But he also gets some very important things very right.

New elections in Ukraine could pave the way for a government that prioritizes the interests of its people. But that is probably a utopia in the current circumstances.