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Tag: History

  • The foolishness of the Ukraine crisis in Europe, with a possible solution

    The foolishness of the Ukraine crisis in Europe, with a possible solution

    “There is no honourable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except it’s ending.” – Abraham Lincoln. Ordinary citizens in both Europe, Ukraine and Russia don’t want war. It’s rarely that people want war. Propaganda, however, can accelerate sentiments in different and sometimes sinister ways, as often shown…

  • A Collision Course in Europe and the US with Russia?‏ – What is the real Crisis?

    To preserve peace and avoid the threats of war will be a challenge for each generation anew in different identities and requires now to make a united stance against increasing sectarian violence across the borders of inflated perceptions on those which were earlier considered to be opponents. Relations between nations with frictions on relatively trivial…

  • The Question Of Character And Courage

    “Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose” –Tom Krause –>> …We thought about it and we spoke about it for many years already and It has gone through our minds, perhaps someway for ages. Not for everybody but for some. Often we did see the examples in…

  • The Question As How To Serve…

    The best answer on the question as how to serve in the best possible ways can be given by those who serve or served best. Those who went out in any kind of wilderness, – lacking money and recourses and build up their heartfelt dreams. There are different ways of serving. I have neither vivid…

  • To Cross The Waves Of Time..

    “I look up to the people who keep dancing even after the music has stopped, because those are the people who keep on trying even after all hope is lost” – unknown origin “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner” —Nelson…

  • Some predictions for 2013 after 2012?

    >”Don’t sweat the small stuff when so much else matters.”< Predictions are not always easy and sometimes impossible. We have one certainty and this is that not nothing is certain. Our agenda for tomorrow based on today or yesterday may well work out, but sometimes it may get disrupted by the unexpected and we have…

  • 2013 – 2014 Genocide in the Pacific or even worse?

    “It is always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.   Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy.   All you have to do is tell them…

  • US Presidential profiles in violations of Justice (Part 5 – former President Ford)

    The 38th US President Gerald Rudolph Ford:   “An American tragedy in which we all have played a  part” – “If Lincoln were alive today, he’d be turning over in his grave.”  – Gerald R. Ford. Born in 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska, he studied law at Yale and during the Second World War he served in the US…

  • Review JFK Assassination 2011: An issue for both Democrats and Republicans.

        This article has been edited and reviewed in November 2013. See contents below:  Anniversary JFK assassination and review   Anniversary JFK assassination and review Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure…

  • Our future lies in our children as well!

    Our future lies in our children as well! Fortunately, in history, we still  have remarkable  people, – people who left their foot prints, their legacy,  at the times they lived. People who reflected courage at times of the worst violation of human rights. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian before and during the 2nd World War, saw  the dynamics leading to…

  • For those who are left behind…

    My dad’s story is like many untold stories anywhere in  the world. It includes my mum as well, as she was involved as well. This story in which they revealed something special to me,  is what I value so much in them long after they have gone. It happened at one particular stage in their lives.…

  • “To make gentle the life of this world.”

    – At times all of us would wish to live in a world more stable and tranquil, – but the fact is the world isn’t like this. Our times are both complicated and perplexing, but even though they are difficult and perplexing the challenges are still filled with hope and opportunity, even though the dynamics…

  • Let’s take the torch forward

    Good evening – or good morning – wherever you are at this hour. – Wherever you might be in your life, or wherever you will be in the future, – the future being the most important thing for all of us. The future we all cherish, – if we still have dreams or things to do.…