John Brodix Merryman Jr.
1 min readApr 9, 2022

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How old are you? Do you remember the 90's, when Yelsin was about in charge as Biden is today?

Remember Putin got his stars in the Chechnya wars, which were far more brutal and blood thirsty than Ukraine is, even if everything our propaganda says about them is true.

So can you understand this conflict is being promoted, both to give Russia another Afghanistan, to sustain American control over Europe and to take the spotlight off the fact our political system has become totally subservient to the military and intelligence agencies?

The Russians have said, along with many foreign policy professionals on our side, for the last thirty years, that they will not be totally pushed into a corner. Yet we did and now the Ukrainians are paying.

As you don't seem to have followed this situation, beyond what is on the front pages, the joke before the war was the West wanted a war with Russia to the last Ukrainian.

How much do you follow all the details behind the news? Remember how the Germans said, after the war, they didn't really know what was going on, they just listened to the news and were, "good Germans."

Do you know the difference between good and evil, beyond what you hear?

Remember Hannah Arandt's comment about the "Banality of evil." Are you really sure what side you are on?

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John Brodix Merryman Jr.
John Brodix Merryman Jr.

Written by John Brodix Merryman Jr.

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