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5.25.23
WARSAW, Poland -- The chairman of Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday offered words of reconciliation over World War II-era mass murders that have strained relations with its neighbor and strategic ally Poland for 80 years. “Human life has equal value, regardless of nationality, race, sex or religion," Ruslan Stefanchuk told Polish lawmakers. “With this awareness we will cooperate with you, dear Polish friends, and we will accept the truth regardless of how uncompromising it may be.” Poland this year is marking the 80th anniversary of the 1943-44 massacre of some 100,000 Poles by Ukrainian nationalists and others in Volhynia and other regions that were then in eastern Poland, under Nazi German occupation, and which are now part of Ukraine. Entire villages were burned down and all their inhabitants killed by the nationalists and their helpers seeking to establish an independent Ukraine state. Poland calls the events a genocide. An estimated 15,000 Ukrainians died in retaliation. Stefanchuk was speaking in Poland’s parliament during a visit to Warsaw. Poland has been offering military and humanitarian support to Ukraine in its war with Russia.

Stefanchuk thanked Poland for the current support, and then offered sympathy to the families of the Poles slain in what is known as the Volhynia massacre. He also offered a joint effort to identify and honor all the victims buried in Ukraine. Stefanchuk thanked the families of the victims for cultivating a memory which “does not call for revenge or hatred, but which serves as a warning that nothing like that can ever happen between our nations again.” He said that identification and honoring of the victims “without bans or barriers” is “our joint moral and Christian obligation.” He said that an open, joint approach to the painful history would be an “exceptionally necessary test” that could pave the way for the words “we forgive and ask for forgiveness.”Poland has long been seeking Kyiv's permission for exhumations, identification and commemoration of the Polish victims. Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau described Stefanchuk's speech as “very good,” saying that “we have heard what we wanted to hear.” “We are on the right path and this speech shows that our positions are getting closer again. We have something to build on," Rau said. Poland’s leaders have insisted that bringing the full truth into the open will strengthen bilateral relations with Ukraine and neutralize vulnerabilities that could be exploited by third countries seeking to undermine these ties.

5.25.23
WARSAW, Poland -- The chairman of Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday offered words of reconciliation over World War II-era mass murders that have strained relations with its neighbor and strategic ally Poland for 80 years. “Human life has equal value, regardless of nationality, race, sex or religion," Ruslan Stefanchuk told Polish lawmakers. “With this awareness we will cooperate with you, dear Polish friends, and we will accept the truth regardless of how uncompromising it may be.” Poland this year is marking the 80th anniversary of the 1943-44 massacre of some 100,000 Poles by Ukrainian nationalists and others in Volhynia and other regions that were then in eastern Poland, under Nazi German occupation, and which are now part of Ukraine. Entire villages were burned down and all their inhabitants killed by the nationalists and their helpers seeking to establish an independent Ukraine state. Poland calls the events a genocide. An estimated 15,000 Ukrainians died in retaliation. Stefanchuk was speaking in Poland’s parliament during a visit to Warsaw. Poland has been offering military and humanitarian support to Ukraine in its war with Russia.

Stefanchuk thanked Poland for the current support, and then offered sympathy to the families of the Poles slain in what is known as the Volhynia massacre. He also offered a joint effort to identify and honor all the victims buried in Ukraine. Stefanchuk thanked the families of the victims for cultivating a memory which “does not call for revenge or hatred, but which serves as a warning that nothing like that can ever happen between our nations again.” He said that identification and honoring of the victims “without bans or barriers” is “our joint moral and Christian obligation.” He said that an open, joint approach to the painful history would be an “exceptionally necessary test” that could pave the way for the words “we forgive and ask for forgiveness.”Poland has long been seeking Kyiv's permission for exhumations, identification and commemoration of the Polish victims. Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau described Stefanchuk's speech as “very good,” saying that “we have heard what we wanted to hear.” “We are on the right path and this speech shows that our positions are getting closer again. We have something to build on," Rau said. Poland’s leaders have insisted that bringing the full truth into the open will strengthen bilateral relations with Ukraine and neutralize vulnerabilities that could be exploited by third countries seeking to undermine these ties.

Yesterday, Trump and Putin lost. The anti-Trump, anti-Putin, pro-Ukraine rebellion that began in the Senate, continued in the House when twenty-two Republicans joined Democrats to approve aid to Ukraine.

So close to a million dead Ukranians. European deindustrialization accelerating. Elections showing growing popularity of rightwing anti war parties with little more than pro war PMC liberal, green and an ersatz left as alternatives.
The Russian economy outpacing, in growth and size, the German economy. A reorienting of the Russian economy and diplomacy towards the east…
Once again, American policy, putting the boot on the neck of resource rich nations, by propping up neo fascists, autocrats, and theocratic dictators has backfired. All the overeducated idiots squealing for a proxy war on Russia’s border (and are still at it in other regions!) apparently never read a history book or have any understanding of classical economics.
Aside from the usual skim off the ‘financial aid’ by our politicians (Piles of monies with no oversight FFS. Even the treasury secretary went to Kiev to get her palm greased..) and the Wall Street profits, how exactly was this proxy war in the average Americans interest?
Obviously it lead to the beat down Demcorp recieved in the election. Nor did their feigned reluctance in committing genocide play well in Michigan either. Except for the usual political and Wall Street swindles, explain how a forty five year old father and husband, bleeding out in the muck at the bottom of a trench in the Donbass is in the average Americans interest. Giving millions to neonazis to bring about such a state of violence?
Explain it like I’m a five year old and refrain from the laughable ‘Mockracy’ or ‘freedum’ speeches that have no reality in our own domestic political economy. As witnessed recently in Demcorp cancelling the primaries in the last two presidential elections.
Go on. Let’s hear from the credentialed among you. You know. The degrees and training that gives them such insights. Leading to convictions for supporting industrial scaled slaughter.
I get the ruling classes trying to hang on to their messianic visions of world hedgemony. I’m always curious what the motivations are for lesser people on the totem pole to form up a parade and cheerlead for it