An Incident at the Eastern European Rift (or the Bear River Bridge)
A day before the Uncaring Sun Rose at Nicaea
Do some regret their contribution to the fall of the USSR and the resulting global issues?
The Western culture does not like the words, ‘regret’ ‘responsibility’ ‘compassion’ In fact, almost all leaders in the world, and all the governments and political elites which survived one or more decades were totally Machiavellian in belief, if not thought.
So the powers that are do not regret either contributing to the fall of USSR or Iran or Libya or Iraq or Syria, or Ukraine, or Afghanistan or the deaths of millions and the waste of huge amounts of scarce resources while they achieved these targets, because they do not shoulder any responsibility. “It had to be done” “It was politically or economically expedient” We owe it to our forefathers,” “It was worth the sacrifice” (whose sacrifice?) and on and on and on with the rhetoric.
This is true for even the so called more civilized countries of the world and their governments. “What a pity! But there was nothing we could do. “They had it coming” “look at what they did to…………….………….in the past.”
People being who they are, the Powers, also and easily find indigenous populations in those regions who can be bought or conned, or taught or engineered to follow and contribute to the disastrous and short-sighted strategies and tactics and who will be happy to use all the logical fallacies available to justify their lack of intellect, knowledge and compassion.
Ahmet C. Celebiler
Iznik, Feb 26, 2022
