*Carl Bildt @carlbildt · 2h We are now evidently seeing fighting between regular Russian and regular Ukrainian forces in Eastern Ukraine. There is a word for this. Retweeted 1.9K Favorited 306* Yes, there is indeed a word for this, but Swedens foreign minister doesnt want to spell it out. One can understand him: words are a binding proposition, more irrevocable oftentimes than any ironclad deed and willy-nilly compelling one to decisive action. The cornered rat of Putins recurrent childhood trauma -- the rodent he has long since been transformed into himself (and I would challenge anyone to come up with another major political figure anywhere in the world possessed of a more eerily rat-like visage) -- has finally decided it has no other recourse but to lash out in final desperation, leap up onto pursuers chest, squealing ferociously, with the idea of scratching up his face badly and possibly managing to bolt for escape right thereafter, while the pursuer is instinctively recoiling in momentary fear and disgust. Well, there we have it -- the good old moment of truth: the phrase Nabokov used to delight in ridiculing. The old cathartic moment. Will the enlightened democratic West manage to keep its cool and shake the rat off its chest, and then push it back into the corner from whence it commenced its desperate final leap, rather than averting its face in disgust and fear? If it does keep its wits and resolve about it and shake the rat off, the rat is finished, as it should be -- and should have been a while ago, in fact. The rat needs to be gone, done with..
Posted on: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:17:46 +0000
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015