Dear Mattias, have you seen the movie 'A Hidden Life' (2019) by Terrence Malick? Watching it I had a sense that it is like a dramatic depiction of what your new book is going to be about
Beyond the ridicule of the drones, it seems to me that the EU has crossed a very, very dangerous line with the recent sanctions against Jacques Baud (a Swiss citizen (ex-colonel and analyst of the war in Ukraine) living in Brussels: his bank accounts in Belgium have been frozen, he is not allowed to cross a border within the EU, and anybody who helps him out financially is punishable. He is punished for what he says (in books, videos, conferences…) and not for breaking any law. He was unable to defend himself before the decision and has practically nothing he can do thereafter.
From another continent, hearing such reports "over-reach" by the EU & other governments using sanctions [Jacques Baud and others] the new enforcement with NO recourse.
In 1966, there was a comedy movie "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming". I did go to see it. I also hid under my desk during drills in elementary school in the 1950s. Yes, I am that old! There is a summary of the movie on Wikipedia ... which is always there for seekers of wisdom and truth.
Very interesting article about the Russian drones. Thank you.
Mattias,... I once thought you were a thoughtful, decent man, but your cynical commentary about 'the media' account of Russian Drones in Europe, and the innocence of Moscow-Putin.. ..
(by the way, you conveniently ignore the 'real' validated incidents in Poland, Romania, etc.) ... your dribble sounds more like Moscow click-bait?
Your mockery is tragic and callous,.. especially to the countless souls suffering under the guise of 'Moscow-liberation'--- the dark 'liberation' from life, peace, human-value and human-decency.
It's very disappointing to see your words offered-up to honor the biggest MASS-MURDERER ---destroyer, kidnapper, rapist, torturer, etc.,... of the past 25 years,... and of the 21st-century, as simply 'naughtiness'?
To read commentaries by MOSCOW-PUTIN-PIMPS, like yourself,... while REAL leaders and TRUTH, FREEDOM & NATIONAL-SOVEREIGNTY defenders, like President Zelensky actually do the work of defending LIFE & LIBERTY,... is surreal.
Clearly, you've never been to Ukraine, (as I have very often during the last 23 years),.. and you, and many of your commenters here are clueless about Ukrainian or Muscovy history?
You evidently derive much of your 'information' from Moscow's 'filtered' sources, who stake claims unfiltered-truthiness? These Kremlin parrots & bots sow confusion and 'moral-paralysis', while injecting an attitude of moral-superiority into their adherents----much like the 1st 'deceiver' does to the human-race.
Some of your statements show you have imbibed their deceit and are happy to parrot it..
It's really remarkable how many anti--statists (deep state)-globalists are hooked on the Moscow 'Multipolarity' EMPIRE-ISM'S diabolic script---with it's anti-Ukraine,.. anti-Zelensky, ... 'anti-War/no-more-endless-wars',. tropes continually fueling DECEITS and moral-confusion?
The only escape from this moral-confusion.... to humble-yourself, REPENT----GO TO UKRAINE! See for yourself what is 'real', and what is false?
Of course, as long as we remain 'embittered and prideful',.. which the Bible's principles-of-truth (The Holy Spirit,... Creator-God,... Jesus Christ) caution against,.... we set ourselves up for MORAL-CONFUSION & DECEPTION.
There IS a spiritual warfare taking place behind the kinetic-hybrid-information 'battlespace'-----truth or deception are the weapons. God gives us the true-defense---- understanding, discernment, good-judgment, mercy, humbleness,... doing-rightly.
In the physical, there is a war between tyranny, corruption, deceit, destruction of human-life,..
which is well-represented by MOSCOW (historically & presently) & cohort (Beijing-Tehran-Pyongyang,.. and other statist/Socialist--Communist/Fascist/Islamist regimes Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba, S. Africa, C. Africa,... etc., etc.---- all trained, seeded & nurtured by Moscow.).... AND it's Duginite Multipolarity-minions, and duped 'peace-promoters' useful-idiots in the West.
And on the other side, KYIV leads the fight for liberty, national-sovereignty, anti-corruption, individual human-value & agency, building & creativity of human-capital.
The Baltics, Poland, Scandinavia clearly support Ukr 7aine (since their historical-experience with Moscow is closer & familiar with it's untrustworthiness, cruelty, and ruthless EMPIRE-ISM.
Opposing Moscow & cohort Empire-ism, does NOT mean capitulating to WOKE-Left LGBT, pro-abortion, Big-Pharma, Open-border, Islamist-Sharia polemics---- it's the opposite.
It's MOSCOW & cohort (Beijing-Tehran-Pyongyang, etc.) who have INJECTED the West with these injurious polemics!
As an American Conservative Christian 'Reagan-Republican' my affinity for UKRAINE,... for LIFE, LIBERTY, National-Sovereignty,.. democratic-process is crystal-clear!
Though it's slowly turning toward truth regarding Ukraine, as the destruction-deceits of Moscow are being exposed,.. many 'MAGA' Conservatives--- which I once boldly agreed-with,.. but saw what a facade it is after Russia's full-scale INVASION of Ukraine in 2022,.. have been bambuzzzled,... hoodwinked by a horde of pro-Moscow-tyranny, Dugin-ite 'Multipolarity' pimping 'influencers' , defense-retreating isolation,... not understanding the 'box-cars' they are lining-up to enter? False-Prophets that I once listened-to,.. like Tucker Carlson, SK Bannon, Jack Posobiec, Candace Owens, Napolitano, A. Jones, Tim Poole,... etc... even some Christian programs were parroting Moscow's propaganda narratives? It was very discomfiting to hear the constant, insidious lies.
Finally, when these same 'truthiness-tellers' began attacking Israel & 'Zionists' after Moscow-Tehran -backed Hamas attacked Israel,... some cracks began showing in the deceits of the Moscow-backers? These would-be 'Soviet-Sympathizers' are under Satan's deceits---undercut true human-value.
Now, as more and more, people get truly informed, and not just duped by false-narratives,... there's 'light' to SEE,.. and understand that 'false-peace' is just another vector of the ongoing war-of-darkness by the powers-of-darkness, against nations,...and against God of Creation,.. and those who trust Him, His truth, and His Salvation in Jesus Christ!
The Bible's prediction about a great falling-away from truth is correct,.. as I see it unfold in the geopolitical-realm toward another mass-murdering-tyrant of Muscovy and cohort. It's remarkable to observe how destitute, yet full-of-truthiness the contempt for the 'deep-state' is, while that same bitterness leads would-be truth-seekers to follow the very 'deceiver' (and his political-cultural cohort) ... they SHOULD RECOGNIZE as pure evil?
They, 'strain-out the gnat,.. and swallow the camel'... of statist-tyranny & empire-ism out of ignorance, pride, and bitterness.
God Bless Ukraine,... President Zelensky,... and all freedom an truth Defenders!
... perhaps just ignorant, brainwashed, prideful & puffed-up, hard-hearted, indecent, self-righteous and embittered lost-souls who need healing,... but are too blind to see it?
Hard-hearted, indecent, self-righteous - description of people wanting Ukrainians to die in a senseless war making ukrainian and western oligarchs rich
I've lived a lot in Ukraine for 24 years. Have you ever been there?
You have zero understanding of what Ukraine independence, liberty, and national-sovereignty is about? It's equivalent of the USA's 8-year war of Independence from the British 'Empire-ists' 250 years ago.
You're likely ALSO ignorant of that beginning of USA history?
YES,.. because of Moscow-Putin & cohort EVIL-AGGRESSION,.. multitudes are needlessly dying and suffering,... including 1.3 million Russian troops--which includes N. Koreans, Cubans, Africans and many 'shanghaied' into Russia's meat-assaults against SOVEREIGN Ukraine.
Yes,.. many Western-'statists' (LEFTISTS---Socialists, Communists, Fascists, Islamists) support Moscow's unjustified aggression against FREEDOM of Ukraine!
And many morally-confused and FAKE Conservatives have dished-out, AND swallowed Moscow's FAKE PRETEXTS, ... deceits---- baseless justifications and projections of evil Empire-ism 'Multipolarity' (and US-isolation, especially from Europe, or any defense of freedom).
This is indeed a 'Deep -STATIST' con-job --- thru Moscow's centuries-long Potemkin-Polemics and subterfuge.
You evidently REFUSE to connect-the-dots between Moscow-Beijing-Tehran-Pyongyang---Venezuela-Cuba-Nicaragua-Mali-C. Africa-..etc., AND Moscow & cohort Evil-EMPIRE-ISM?
YES, Moscow's 'statist-influence' has co-opted many in the West,.. LIKE the Democrat-Party in the USA in the 70's-80's,... and NOW is co-opting many so-called MAGA Republicans, and much of the Trump admin, with clever and insidious 'Multipolarity' (US-isolation, NATO-bashing, Europe-bashing, Moscow-pimping) weakening/dividing-the-West strategy.
Tucker 'Qatar'lson, SK Bannon, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, Candace Owens, MTG,.. and other Dugin-ite devotees are pushing and pimping for (globalist-conqueror) Moscow against the Western 'Globalist' elite 'enemy'(which are simply an extension of Moscow/Empire-ism into the West--like Soros, Gates, etc.)....
The Problem is that the real 'enemy'(wizard of deceit) is behind-the-Socialist-Empire-ism-curtain, orchestrating the real spiritual-darkness of EMPIRE-ISM,... falsely claiming to support 'traditional-values',.. while also claiming to represent the '3rd-Rome' Empire!
Putin IS the most prolific Mass-Murdering emperor-dictator of the 21st-century.
At least Belgium was being spied upon with Russian drones. In the US, China was spying on our military bases, coast to coast, with a balloon. Our diapered leader, President O'Biden, allowed the balloon to lazily cross country before shooting it down over the ocean. Say, I don't recall any offers of assistance from NATO back then.
I'm 82 & no longer buy green bananas ... I got to about 4:45 and am unsure whether it's a comedy sketch or not. 1.5 hours is a little long for that. Should I continue watching ...
Love it! So fanny .. especially considering that i am Russian without the drone 🤩
Hilarious :-)
This guy is so stupid.
Dear Mattias, have you seen the movie 'A Hidden Life' (2019) by Terrence Malick? Watching it I had a sense that it is like a dramatic depiction of what your new book is going to be about
Beyond the ridicule of the drones, it seems to me that the EU has crossed a very, very dangerous line with the recent sanctions against Jacques Baud (a Swiss citizen (ex-colonel and analyst of the war in Ukraine) living in Brussels: his bank accounts in Belgium have been frozen, he is not allowed to cross a border within the EU, and anybody who helps him out financially is punishable. He is punished for what he says (in books, videos, conferences…) and not for breaking any law. He was unable to defend himself before the decision and has practically nothing he can do thereafter.
From another continent, hearing such reports "over-reach" by the EU & other governments using sanctions [Jacques Baud and others] the new enforcement with NO recourse.
Shocking! ...
Tks Mattias. Why do we wonder why the the world is so messed up these days?
Best laugh I’ve had recently!
Indeed!
In 1966, there was a comedy movie "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming". I did go to see it. I also hid under my desk during drills in elementary school in the 1950s. Yes, I am that old! There is a summary of the movie on Wikipedia ... which is always there for seekers of wisdom and truth.
Very interesting article about the Russian drones. Thank you.
Mattias,... I once thought you were a thoughtful, decent man, but your cynical commentary about 'the media' account of Russian Drones in Europe, and the innocence of Moscow-Putin.. ..
(by the way, you conveniently ignore the 'real' validated incidents in Poland, Romania, etc.) ... your dribble sounds more like Moscow click-bait?
Your mockery is tragic and callous,.. especially to the countless souls suffering under the guise of 'Moscow-liberation'--- the dark 'liberation' from life, peace, human-value and human-decency.
It's very disappointing to see your words offered-up to honor the biggest MASS-MURDERER ---destroyer, kidnapper, rapist, torturer, etc.,... of the past 25 years,... and of the 21st-century, as simply 'naughtiness'?
To read commentaries by MOSCOW-PUTIN-PIMPS, like yourself,... while REAL leaders and TRUTH, FREEDOM & NATIONAL-SOVEREIGNTY defenders, like President Zelensky actually do the work of defending LIFE & LIBERTY,... is surreal.
Clearly, you've never been to Ukraine, (as I have very often during the last 23 years),.. and you, and many of your commenters here are clueless about Ukrainian or Muscovy history?
You evidently derive much of your 'information' from Moscow's 'filtered' sources, who stake claims unfiltered-truthiness? These Kremlin parrots & bots sow confusion and 'moral-paralysis', while injecting an attitude of moral-superiority into their adherents----much like the 1st 'deceiver' does to the human-race.
Some of your statements show you have imbibed their deceit and are happy to parrot it..
It's really remarkable how many anti--statists (deep state)-globalists are hooked on the Moscow 'Multipolarity' EMPIRE-ISM'S diabolic script---with it's anti-Ukraine,.. anti-Zelensky, ... 'anti-War/no-more-endless-wars',. tropes continually fueling DECEITS and moral-confusion?
The only escape from this moral-confusion.... to humble-yourself, REPENT----GO TO UKRAINE! See for yourself what is 'real', and what is false?
Of course, as long as we remain 'embittered and prideful',.. which the Bible's principles-of-truth (The Holy Spirit,... Creator-God,... Jesus Christ) caution against,.... we set ourselves up for MORAL-CONFUSION & DECEPTION.
There IS a spiritual warfare taking place behind the kinetic-hybrid-information 'battlespace'-----truth or deception are the weapons. God gives us the true-defense---- understanding, discernment, good-judgment, mercy, humbleness,... doing-rightly.
In the physical, there is a war between tyranny, corruption, deceit, destruction of human-life,..
which is well-represented by MOSCOW (historically & presently) & cohort (Beijing-Tehran-Pyongyang,.. and other statist/Socialist--Communist/Fascist/Islamist regimes Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba, S. Africa, C. Africa,... etc., etc.---- all trained, seeded & nurtured by Moscow.).... AND it's Duginite Multipolarity-minions, and duped 'peace-promoters' useful-idiots in the West.
And on the other side, KYIV leads the fight for liberty, national-sovereignty, anti-corruption, individual human-value & agency, building & creativity of human-capital.
The Baltics, Poland, Scandinavia clearly support Ukr 7aine (since their historical-experience with Moscow is closer & familiar with it's untrustworthiness, cruelty, and ruthless EMPIRE-ISM.
Opposing Moscow & cohort Empire-ism, does NOT mean capitulating to WOKE-Left LGBT, pro-abortion, Big-Pharma, Open-border, Islamist-Sharia polemics---- it's the opposite.
It's MOSCOW & cohort (Beijing-Tehran-Pyongyang, etc.) who have INJECTED the West with these injurious polemics!
As an American Conservative Christian 'Reagan-Republican' my affinity for UKRAINE,... for LIFE, LIBERTY, National-Sovereignty,.. democratic-process is crystal-clear!
Though it's slowly turning toward truth regarding Ukraine, as the destruction-deceits of Moscow are being exposed,.. many 'MAGA' Conservatives--- which I once boldly agreed-with,.. but saw what a facade it is after Russia's full-scale INVASION of Ukraine in 2022,.. have been bambuzzzled,... hoodwinked by a horde of pro-Moscow-tyranny, Dugin-ite 'Multipolarity' pimping 'influencers' , defense-retreating isolation,... not understanding the 'box-cars' they are lining-up to enter? False-Prophets that I once listened-to,.. like Tucker Carlson, SK Bannon, Jack Posobiec, Candace Owens, Napolitano, A. Jones, Tim Poole,... etc... even some Christian programs were parroting Moscow's propaganda narratives? It was very discomfiting to hear the constant, insidious lies.
Finally, when these same 'truthiness-tellers' began attacking Israel & 'Zionists' after Moscow-Tehran -backed Hamas attacked Israel,... some cracks began showing in the deceits of the Moscow-backers? These would-be 'Soviet-Sympathizers' are under Satan's deceits---undercut true human-value.
Now, as more and more, people get truly informed, and not just duped by false-narratives,... there's 'light' to SEE,.. and understand that 'false-peace' is just another vector of the ongoing war-of-darkness by the powers-of-darkness, against nations,...and against God of Creation,.. and those who trust Him, His truth, and His Salvation in Jesus Christ!
The Bible's prediction about a great falling-away from truth is correct,.. as I see it unfold in the geopolitical-realm toward another mass-murdering-tyrant of Muscovy and cohort. It's remarkable to observe how destitute, yet full-of-truthiness the contempt for the 'deep-state' is, while that same bitterness leads would-be truth-seekers to follow the very 'deceiver' (and his political-cultural cohort) ... they SHOULD RECOGNIZE as pure evil?
They, 'strain-out the gnat,.. and swallow the camel'... of statist-tyranny & empire-ism out of ignorance, pride, and bitterness.
God Bless Ukraine,... President Zelensky,... and all freedom an truth Defenders!
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and to remove all doubt.
I doubt pro-Moscow pimps will take that advice?
They don't need it, they are neither stupid nor religious fanatics
... perhaps just ignorant, brainwashed, prideful & puffed-up, hard-hearted, indecent, self-righteous and embittered lost-souls who need healing,... but are too blind to see it?
Hard-hearted, indecent, self-righteous - description of people wanting Ukrainians to die in a senseless war making ukrainian and western oligarchs rich
I've lived a lot in Ukraine for 24 years. Have you ever been there?
You have zero understanding of what Ukraine independence, liberty, and national-sovereignty is about? It's equivalent of the USA's 8-year war of Independence from the British 'Empire-ists' 250 years ago.
You're likely ALSO ignorant of that beginning of USA history?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTqJ-0CWrYE
YES,.. because of Moscow-Putin & cohort EVIL-AGGRESSION,.. multitudes are needlessly dying and suffering,... including 1.3 million Russian troops--which includes N. Koreans, Cubans, Africans and many 'shanghaied' into Russia's meat-assaults against SOVEREIGN Ukraine.
Yes,.. many Western-'statists' (LEFTISTS---Socialists, Communists, Fascists, Islamists) support Moscow's unjustified aggression against FREEDOM of Ukraine!
And many morally-confused and FAKE Conservatives have dished-out, AND swallowed Moscow's FAKE PRETEXTS, ... deceits---- baseless justifications and projections of evil Empire-ism 'Multipolarity' (and US-isolation, especially from Europe, or any defense of freedom).
This is indeed a 'Deep -STATIST' con-job --- thru Moscow's centuries-long Potemkin-Polemics and subterfuge.
You evidently REFUSE to connect-the-dots between Moscow-Beijing-Tehran-Pyongyang---Venezuela-Cuba-Nicaragua-Mali-C. Africa-..etc., AND Moscow & cohort Evil-EMPIRE-ISM?
YES, Moscow's 'statist-influence' has co-opted many in the West,.. LIKE the Democrat-Party in the USA in the 70's-80's,... and NOW is co-opting many so-called MAGA Republicans, and much of the Trump admin, with clever and insidious 'Multipolarity' (US-isolation, NATO-bashing, Europe-bashing, Moscow-pimping) weakening/dividing-the-West strategy.
Tucker 'Qatar'lson, SK Bannon, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, Candace Owens, MTG,.. and other Dugin-ite devotees are pushing and pimping for (globalist-conqueror) Moscow against the Western 'Globalist' elite 'enemy'(which are simply an extension of Moscow/Empire-ism into the West--like Soros, Gates, etc.)....
The Problem is that the real 'enemy'(wizard of deceit) is behind-the-Socialist-Empire-ism-curtain, orchestrating the real spiritual-darkness of EMPIRE-ISM,... falsely claiming to support 'traditional-values',.. while also claiming to represent the '3rd-Rome' Empire!
Putin IS the most prolific Mass-Murdering emperor-dictator of the 21st-century.
Perhaps you'll awaken?,... perhaps not?
At least Belgium was being spied upon with Russian drones. In the US, China was spying on our military bases, coast to coast, with a balloon. Our diapered leader, President O'Biden, allowed the balloon to lazily cross country before shooting it down over the ocean. Say, I don't recall any offers of assistance from NATO back then.
Your readers might be interested in.
Sarah Paine (prof. at the naval war college)
How Russia sabotaged China's rise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH_ycZYH8-s
I'm 82 & no longer buy green bananas ... I got to about 4:45 and am unsure whether it's a comedy sketch or not. 1.5 hours is a little long for that. Should I continue watching ...
LOL - that is by far the most funny discription I've heard for this fabricated reality
I love your writing style. This time had a good laugh 🤣
Great article, love the humour!
This was absolutely fantastic! How very Monty Python of you Mathias! I never knew you were so talented! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
In the sane world, someone would point out that Belgium has no border with the Russian Federation, but we don't live in a sane world, do we?