Tag: history

• [Sharing] A War Like No Other – Peter Van Buren, the American Conservative

  The Biden doctrine is a cynical effort to cash in on the blood of another nation Joe Biden created for the U.S. a war like no other, one where others die and the U.S. simply sits back and pays the bills on a gargantuan scale. No attempts are made at diplomacy by the Americans, and…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  12 June 2023

  history, ukraine

  1984, afghanistan, barackobama, blackrock, cannonfodder, china, diplomacy, drones, europe, F-16, genocide, georgeorwell, goldmansachs, HIMARS, history, iraq, joebiden, jpmorgan, lancet, M777, NATO, nikolaev, NYT, pentagon, petervanburen, poland, proxywar, romania, russia, sovietunion, strategy, terrorism, theamericanconservative, ukraine, US, vietnam, volodymyrzelenskyy, WEF, yemen

• [Sharing] Finally the Bull Charged – Scott Ritter

  Finally the bull charged, the horse leaders ran for the barrera, the picador hit too far back, and the bull got under the horse, lifted him, threw him onto his back. Zurito watched. The monos, in their red shirts, running out to drag the picador clear. The picador, now on his feet, swearing and flopping…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  12 June 2023

  history, ukraine

  anneapplebaum, armenia, atlanticism, balticstates, barcelona, bradley, chrystiafreeland, civilization, denmark, ernesthemingway, europe, europeanlegion, europeanunion, fascism, finland, friedrichpaulus, georgesoros, germany, hegemony, history, hungary, IFV, intelligence, iraq, josephstalin, lebanon, leningrad, leopard, LGBT, liliyavezhevatova, malakelhalabi, NATO, novosibirsk, opensociety, panzer, poland, proxywar, russia, russophobia, scottritter, sovietunion, spain, stalingrad, sweden, tanks, theatlantic, UK, ukraine, unitednations, US, USMC, vladimirputin, volgograd, WMD

• [Sharing] Strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant – Russian MFA

  Chronology The first information about the Ukrainian military mining the dam and hydraulic structures of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant appeared as far back as September 15, 2014. Reports by the Voenkor.Info agency indicated that Ukrainian sappers began installing engineering ammunition at these facilities in order to prevent the Novorossiya separatists from gaining control over…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  11 June 2023

  history, ukraine

  andriykovalchuk, antonovka, crimea, dnieper, GMLRS, HIMARS, history, kherson, mines, novayakakhovka, novorossiya, olkha, russia, sergeysurovikin, sovietunion, terrorism, thewashingtonpost, tochka, ukraine, unitednations, US, vladimirleontyev, warcrime

• [Verbatim : Tucker on Twitter, June 6, 2023]

  Hey, it’s Tucker Carlson.This morning it looks like somebody blew up the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. The rushing wall of water, wiped out entire villages, destroyed a critical hydro power plant, and as of tonight, puts the largest nuclear reactor in Europe in danger of melting down. So if this was intentional, it was…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  9 June 2023

  corruption, fascism, social struggles, ukraine

  911, atlanticism, atomic, billkristol, blackrock, blacksea, BLM, censorship, climatechange, CNN, corruption, crimea, democracy, disinformation, donaldtrump, donbass, donetsk, energodar, ETI, europe, fakenews, falseflag, fascism, georgewbush, germany, GMLRS, HIMARS, history, intelligence, iraq, jeffreyepstein, journalism, LGBT, lindseygraham, NATO, nikkihaley, nordstream, novayakakhovka, nuclear, NYT, propaganda, proxywar, russia, saddamhussein, scottritter, seymourhersh, socialstruggles, sovietunion, terrorism, thedebrief, thewashingtonpost, tuckercarlson, twitter, UFO, ukraine, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, warcrime, whistleblowing, whitewashing, winstonchurchill, zaporozhye, ZNPP

• [Sharing of an unintentionally funny piece from the NYT] Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History – Thomas Gibbons-Neff

  Troops’ use of patches bearing Nazi emblems risks fueling Russian propaganda and spreading imagery that the West has spent a half-century trying to eliminate [Molière, Le Tartuffe : Couvrez ce sein que je ne saurais voir] KYIV, Ukraine — Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine last year, the Ukrainian government and NATO allies have…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  7 June 2023

  fascism, history, ukraine

  abwehr, adolfhitler, azov, bellingcat, coup, crimea, denazification, dmitrykotsyubaylo, donbass, ethniccleansing, fascism, genocide, germany, history, humor, ihorkozlovskyi, intelligence, jakehyman, journalism, kiev, letartuffe, LGBT, maidan, mariupol, masskilling, michaelcolborne, moliere, nationalism, NATO, NYT, OUN, poland, pravyisektor, propaganda, r3ich, racism, russia, schutzstaffel, schwarzesonne, sicherheitsdienst, socialmedia, sovietunion, supremacism, swastika, thomasgibbonsneff, totenkopf, UK, ukraine, UPA, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, waffenss, warcrime

• [Sharing] The Battle of Bakhmut: Postmortem – Big Serge

  Russo-Ukrainian War Update On May 20th, PMC Wagner forced Ukrainian troops out of their last remaining position within the city limits of Bakhmut, consequentially bringing about the nominal end of the largest battle of the 21st century (so far). Bakhmut has been the most substantial locus of military operations in Ukraine for most of the…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  5 June 2023

  ukraine

  artemovsk, atlanticism, azov, bakhmut, belgorod, bigserge, busification, chasovyar, history, ISW, izyum, kleshcheevka, lisichansk, NATO, oleksandrsyrskyi, PMC, popasna, propaganda, proxywar, russia, severodonetsk, siversk, slavyansk, soledar, statedept, strategy, svetlodarsk, tactics, terrorism, toretsk, ukraine, US, verdun, volodymyrzelenskyy, wagner, yevgenyprigozhin, zolote

• Images du jour : fils de Pétain

  la vanité nationale trouble la perception de la réalité historique et perpétue une névrose collective Le 28 mai 2023, lors d’un entretien sur Radio J, la première ministre Elisabeth Borne qualifia le Rassemblement national (RN) d’héritier de Pétain. Deux jours après, c’est le drame, jusqu’en Conseil des ministres. Oui, le Front national (FN) fut fondé…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  30 May 2023

  fascism, history, police misconduct

  africa, alainbadiou, alfreddreyfus, algeria, alphonsejuin, antisemitism, charlemagne, charlesdegaulle, chauvinism, colonialism, communism, delattredetassigny, elisabethborne, emmanuelmacron, etatfrancais, fascism, france, francoismitterrand, frontnational, gendarmerie, genocide, germany, giscarddestaing, history, intelligence, jeanmarielepen, josephdarnand, journalism, justice, law, marceldeat, mauricepapon, milicefrancaise, morocco, music, neurosis, nicolassarkozy, operationtorch, paris, philippehenriot, philippeleclerc, philippepetain, pierrebousquet, pierredac, pierrelaval, police, policemisconduct, policenationale, presstitutes, racism, radioj, rassemblementnational, renebousquet, resistance, robertpaxton, schutzstaffel, socialdemocracy, UK, US, veldhiv, vichy, waffenss

• [Sharing] After Bakhmut – Douglas Macgregor, The American Conservative

  Russia turned Bakhmut into the graveyard of Ukrainian military power. What comes next? Until the fighting begins, national military strategy developed in peacetime shapes thinking about warfare and its objectives. Then the fighting creates a new logic of its own. Strategy is adjusted. Objectives change. The battle for Bakhmut illustrates this point very well.  When…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  25 May 2023

  history, ukraine

  adolfhitler, alexandervasilevsky, alexeyantonov, artemovsk, attrition, bakhmut, donaldtrump, douglasmacgregor, europe, fascism, france, georgyzhukov, germany, heinrichhimmler, history, josephstalin, korea, kursk, mobilization, NATO, russia, schutzstaffel, schwarzesonne, sergeysurovikin, sovietunion, strategy, tactics, theamericanconservative, UK, ukraine, US, valerygerasimov, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy

• The case in Ukraine of the British depleted uranium shells

  an eco-responsible commitment : not yet used on the battlefield, they are already irradiating Europe As a reminder, during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Anglo-Saxon troops shot between 1,000 and 2,000 tonnes of depleted uranium (DU) munitions. Their debris are chemically and radiologically toxic for their users and later, for the population of the…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  17 May 2023

  ukraine

  annabelgoldie, atomic, benwallace, bismuth, challenger, cruisemissiles, dirtybomb, drones, DU, DUAP, EMSC, europe, europeanunion, fascism, gamma, history, ihormosiychuk, iraq, irradiation, khmelnytskyi, lublin, NATO, nuclear, oleksiireznikov, poland, radiation, russia, svoboda, tanks, thedailymail, UK, ukraine, UMCS, yurikasyanov

• Pauvre Sacré Charlemagne

  album de famille Le fils de Pépin le Bref s’est retourné deux fois dans sa tombe. Tout d’abord en septembre 1944, lorsqu’une unité de SS français fut nommée Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS Charlemagne [en Français dans le texte]. Ce fut par un décret paru au Journal officiel du 22 juillet 1943 que l’État français permit les…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  14 May 2023

  corruption, corsica, fascism, history, ukraine

  aachen, adolfhitler, angelamerkel, badreichenhall, belarus, belgium, berlin, BRD, charlemagne, communism, corruption, corsica, coup, donbass, emmanueltodd, etatfrancais, ethniccleansing, europe, europeanunion, fascism, france, francegall, francoishollande, galicia, germany, history, intelligence, iraq, joebiden, josephdarnand, journalism, karlspreis, KGB, kiev, LVF, maidan, maroc, masskilling, milicefrancaise, minsk, music, nationalism, NATO, nicolassarkozy, nordstream, olafscholz, OUN, pepinlebref, philippeleclerc, philippepetain, poland, pomerania, proxywar, r3ich, resistance, robertametsola, russia, russophobia, sanctions, schutzstaffel, scottritter, sichbattalion, sovietunion, stepanbandera, strassburg, sviatlanatsikhanouskaya, svoboda, terrorism, thenetherlands, totenkopf, UK, ukraine, unitednations, UPA, US, USMC, values, vichy, volodymyrzelenskyy, vonderleyen, waffenss, warcrime, wehrmacht, WMD