A dictator is always alone since he has neither any counterpower nor anyone to contadict him. Once an autocrat has embarked on a destructive madness, it becomes difficult to anticipate what will stop him. This is what in its previous article, Contrib\u2019City had \u2018thought\u2019 of \u2013 an invasion of Eastern Ukraine \u2013 but not of the entire territory of this country (at least not right away). CC had hence, anticipated of a war but at a smaller scale.<\/p>\n
Within the forces of opposition to the Russian Chief, CC may also have underestimated the capacity of the media : apart from Russia which broadcasts photos of an unexploded Kyiv, it seems that the \u2018Macho Man\u2019 of the Kremlin lost the picture battle. In numerous megacities, peaceful manifestations in support of Ukraine have been organized.<\/p>\n
If the Westerners were not ready to die for this country, it seemed that the Ukrainians themselves were ready to do so : the resistance, supported by the anti-war weapons which came from Germany (the first one !), slowed down the Russian invasion. The time nevertheless, played against the invaders. Everyday, the media covers the battle of Kiev and sensitizes, with images of bombardments, of firing, of exodus and of child victims, about the horrors of the war. These photos rekindle memories which the Europeans and the Americans believed belonged to the past and underline the seriousness of what the Russian dictator has just unleashed.<\/p>\n
But the invasion is in the process of arriving at a critical point. Regardless of the issue of the Ukrainian battle \u2013 the definitive installation of the Russian army will subsequently either be replaced by a puppet government at the behest of Moscow or lead to a stalemate of war detrimental to the Russians \u2013 the strongman of Kremlin will be forced to face a difficult decision. Either he will lose the face before the entire world, or he will lock himself up in a death spiral. Yet, if he threatened the West with nuclear weapons, he has forgotten to clarify a point : his nation did not invent this weapon of mass destruction (WMD). In other words, he is not the only one to possess the atom bomb.<\/p>\n
De l\u2019autre c\u00f4t\u00e9, les Europ\u00e9ens et les Am\u00e9ricains s\u2019\u00e9taient engag\u00e9s \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger l\u2019Ukraine en contre-partie du d\u00e9mant\u00e8lement de son arsenal nucl\u00e9aire. Si l\u2019invasion de ce pays allait jusqu\u2019au bout, cela serait un tr\u00e8s mauvais signe pour une d\u00e9sescalade de l\u2019armement dans le monde : cela confirmerait, une fois de plus, que les AMD sont \u00ab indispensables \u00bb pour garantir la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 militaire d\u2019une nation.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the Europeans and the Americans were committed to protecting Ukraine in return of the latter disbanding its nuclear program. If the invasion of this country went through, it would be an extremely bad sign for a descalation of arms in the world : it will confirm, once again, that the WMD are \u2018indispensable\u2019 for guaranteeing the military security of a nation.<\/p>\n
Finally, even if the measures of economic sanctions against Russia, and notably against the superman of Kremlin and his circle, can (partially) be circumevented by the latter, they will still play a role as \u2018itching powder\u2019 against this billionaire nomenklatura. In effect, if the private jets or London residences or different bank accounts are blocked, that will impede not just the \u2018jet-set\u2019 in their leisure time but in the preservation of their property as well. All the money which is blocked in Russia, for an oligarch, is susceptible of being a subject of judicial inquiry from the day when the Russian government changes. One might question, for example, that how can one move from the status of a senior civil servant, particularly from being an incharge of the State enterprises, to that of a billionaire. Furthermore, if the Empire for all Russians became one day a democarcy (I want to speak of a nation where any political opponent does not end up being in prison or simply being assassinated), the strongman of Kremlin then risked of finding himself in face of a complaint for having engaging in warfare depite his nation not being attacked.<\/p>\n
We will conclude by a hypothesis and a statement. The strong man of the Kremlin accuses the NATO of scheming against him to extend its influence upto the borders of Russia. We can see the post-Cold War evolution of the Europe in another way : the people would seem to prefer freedom over authoritarian regimes.<\/p>\n
After the fall of Berlin Wall, the people of most of the Soviet republics free themselves from the Soviet bondage\/oppression by choosing a democratic regime. If Russia wants to draw in these countries again, it must opt for what the citizens of these nations want : the independence ! If the euro-asian empire wants to constitute an influence group, it is not very complicated : a democratic system coupled with the immense wealth of the greatest country of the world (Russia has a land area of more than 17 million km2. Compare this with the 4 million km2 of the European Union, or again with the 1 million km2 of France, including its overseas regions and depatments and the Ad\u00e9lie land, or even the 0.6 million km2 of Ukraine.) will well attract many people !<\/p>\n
The democracy, despite all its defects, remains the least worst\/bad of all other regimes, for paraphrasing Churchill. Should we then be speaking of the shortcomings of the democracy or of the lacunas of its heads ? Yet, in this kind of organization, it is the people who lead : the famous d\u00e9mo (in Classical Greek : demo is the people and cratie is the power) ! Every problem in a democracy refers to our collective and individual responsibility. The responsibility is the opposite\/reverse of freedom. Hope that all the former members of the soviet block have access, as rapidly as possible, to the democracy. May we, former democracies, help with courage the Ukrainians and all their neighbors of the north and of the east, to (re)conquer their liberty.<\/p>\n
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Liberty<\/strong><\/p>\n On the pages read,<\/p>\n On all the pages white<\/p>\n Bloodstone paper or ash<\/p>\n Your name is all I write<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On the golden images<\/p>\n On the arms of warriors<\/p>\n On the crowns of kings<\/p>\n Your name is all I write<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On the awakened paths<\/p>\n On the deployed roads<\/p>\n On the overflowing places<\/p>\n Your name is all I write<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Liberty <\/i>(extracts) in <\/i>Poetry and truth <\/em>1942<\/em> <\/i>(clandestined collection)<\/p>\n Paul Eluard<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Translation: Vidhi Taparia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A dictator is always alone since he has neither any counterpower nor anyone to contadict him. Once an autocrat has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classe-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n