tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post8101820869976687465..comments2023-10-05T08:44:09.303-07:00Comments on JG, Caesarea: Catherine Ashton to Spearhead Renewed Talks with IranJeffrey Grossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01847518948270295312noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-51264528602568534372013-01-11T09:59:06.956-08:002013-01-11T09:59:06.956-08:00I've just concluded that there is a negative a...I've just concluded that there is a negative aspect to being lucky - primitivism.<br />A guy was babbling about the containment - it wonderful, I lived not far from Soviet subs and nothing happened, etc. The guy forgot a tiny detail - STALIN was long dead.<br />Maybe, it's tragic that a significant (and more influential part) part of the population in the most powerful country in the world never experienced the horror of war and frankly never experienced ... anything. This is a country which didn't have a war on its soil for over 150 years. <br />I personally didn't experience the war, but in many ways I was so close and suffered numerous consequences, including two emigration and when I hear many Americans speak, I think "primitive, primitive, primitive."<br />No, understanding of human condition, no understanding of human limitations, no sense of tragedy. Scary barbarity of individuals functioning on the level of propaganda and, frankly, idiocy (hug and kiss, smile).<br />A population with any sense of reality would know that when the world is unhinged and so many sickos are running around, it's not a good idea to have a pacifist secretary of defense or "international" president.<br />The world had already had some, most obviously Stalin. This fact cost humanity many dozens of millions of lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-67463264759980069042013-01-11T05:34:32.286-08:002013-01-11T05:34:32.286-08:00Appalling prospect.Appalling prospect.AJHnoreply@blogger.com