tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post8656834873764144200..comments2024-03-28T12:01:08.192-06:00Comments on The Blog Fodder: Ukraine - Russia’s War on UkraineThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-18516221288588757482014-03-14T01:45:12.389-06:002014-03-14T01:45:12.389-06:00Every nation has its founding myths, which the peo...Every nation has its founding myths, which the people are taught from an early age and accept as fact. Imposing your founding myths on others effectively destroys their sense of history and of themselves as a nation. “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-22429750951000177172014-03-13T15:32:15.207-06:002014-03-13T15:32:15.207-06:00Extremely interesting: As far as nations go each...Extremely interesting: As far as nations go each history is written by the winners of a war or dynasty - they write it to place themselves in the best light. <br />I always impressed this on my students when I taught history.<br />the Ol'Buzzard Ol'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-76936051154995014672014-03-13T05:30:34.337-06:002014-03-13T05:30:34.337-06:00It is unlikely to stop. We seem to be hard wired....It is unlikely to stop. We seem to be hard wired. A combination of self preservation and greed, though they are related. The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-48189558821349235472014-03-11T12:52:27.367-06:002014-03-11T12:52:27.367-06:00Yes, thanks for the history lesson. It is a shame ...Yes, thanks for the history lesson. It is a shame our species cannot evolve into something better, but until we do history will keep repeating itself and people will ravage, torture, and kill other people. I don't know how to make it stop.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-40120654454015047832014-03-11T01:34:44.135-06:002014-03-11T01:34:44.135-06:00Crimea is 60% Russian. Maybe half favour a split;...Crimea is 60% Russian. Maybe half favour a split; maybe more. Unfortunately, we will never know how many are truly for or against. And there will be no coming back. They will of course not be allowed to change their mind. What is happening now in Crimea is how they can expect to live forever under Putin. Russia is a police state.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-5959255214859091662014-03-10T20:03:59.152-06:002014-03-10T20:03:59.152-06:00I feel smarter now, but still unable to change the...I feel smarter now, but still unable to change the course of history.<br />We Americans want you to have your freedom , but we are told many Russian speaking people in Crimea favor a split. But to me that has the ring of propaganda .Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486731487077751400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-61504210264084480952014-03-10T08:54:10.865-06:002014-03-10T08:54:10.865-06:00That was a fascinating (and heart-breaking) read. ...That was a fascinating (and heart-breaking) read. Thanks for the history lesson.Diane Hendershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563115165301223420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-44888183473183493262014-03-10T08:10:29.356-06:002014-03-10T08:10:29.356-06:00Agree, it doesn't make any difference in the l...Agree, it doesn't make any difference in the long run. As Keynes said, in the long run we are all dead. The difference, if people understand history, is that they at least see what is happening for what it truly is and do not mouth platitudes; that Ukraine is really just part of Russia, that they are the same people, that Ukraine is not even a state etc. No one is going to save us but the The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-35798270959600020342014-03-10T07:39:46.013-06:002014-03-10T07:39:46.013-06:00Interesting, but in the end, does it make much dif...Interesting, but in the end, does it make much difference which version of history anyone believes? If barbarian hordes from the east were able to wipe out the Ukrainian Rus 1,000 years ago, what's to stop a shirtless barbarian from the east from repeating the feat today? No one in the west is going to interfere as Vladimir Vladimirovich comes riding in on a bear, although there's going Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.com