Saturday, May 25, 2024

Olaf Scholz on why Putin will fail--This applies equally to why Myanmar crisis shld not be ignored.
The most fundamental promise any government owes its citizens is to provide for their safety and security, in all of its dimensions. https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2024/05/23/olaf-scholz-on-why-vladimir-putins-brutal-imperialism-will-fail
Excellent water color portrait.
Also read Timothy Snyder On Tyranny--it's a very slim but very impt book.
kmk
5-25-2025

In such a situation, Myanmar thugs would probably go to Moscow, Dubai and Shanghai, China.

anyway,enough about dicatators for today. Image--Roman crazy-Caligula. Read I Claudius--by Robert Graves--also excellent TV series.