Gates of hell, not pearly gates opening.

It isn't ending well for the British either.

The Russian and Ukrainians, in a normal war situation, have the sense to wear balaclavas, because they know those pictures are going to be everywhere for a long time. These dumb fucks really do seem to think they have some special dispensation from their tribal god, yet the reality is an echo chamber of a moderately large cult.

That god has left them in the lurch before.

2000 years of too many shamans, not many chieftains and reality will get seriously distorted.

Antoun,

While the more macabre and slimier details do need to be elucidated, it is the framework in which this is occurring that needs to be dismantled.

The feedback loop needs a circuit breaker.

Character over culture.