Comments by "Pantherparatrooper" (@506thparatrooper) on "Truth on the Line - War, Media and the Battle for Reality (Recorded in Lviv Jan. 2025)" video.

  1. "European countries have ceased to be great, historical powers, and, this being the case, that Europe’s influence on world events is minimal. While I, like many, considered the former President’s victory the likelier outcome, I was still nervous about the possibility of an upset by Vice President Kamala Harris, and a German friend of mine told me to relax, saying that, after all, it’s “only politics.” And I pointed out to him that in his country, politics is indeed only politics, while in mine (US) politics is a matter of life and death around the world, reminding him that because President Trump lost in 2020, Russian forces were encroaching upon eastern Europe, with deaths well in excess of a hundred thousand, over a thousand Jews were slaughtered in Israel, and Afghan women were enslaved and Afghan gays stoned to death. Europeans can easily point fingers and say that such-and-such would be better and accuse Trump of callousness or cruelty, while the reality that always rests on the shoulders of a world leader with actual power—not to mention on the shoulders of those in the actual heat of battle—will dictate more clearly that, as always, Machiavelli was right. Moral purism feels good; it is a type of drug, a luxury item that men with responsibility cannot afford." Benedict Beckeld What Europeans Don't Understand About Trump Merion West 1 December 2024
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