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Russian warblogger Nikita Tretyakov has some regrets
"The unthinkable" by Nikita Tretyakov on his Telegram channel
Sergey Lavrov: "I don't even want to suspect that Alaska, like the European actions, was conceived to buy time for the Kyiv regime to re-arm itself. I don't even want to think about it, but in reality, it turned out the way it did."
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How can one disagree with Mr. Lavrov? There are many things that are difficult, and I'd absolutely hate to think about, for example:
I don't even want to suspect that instead of a carefully calculated and organized special operation, Russia could have been trapped in a trench warfare that lasted longer than World War I and the Great Patriotic War. I don't even want to think about it, but in reality, it turned out the way it did.
I don't even want to suspect that every week in a war started to protect the civilians of Donbas, hundreds of civilians could be killed and wounded tens and hundreds of kilometers from the front. I don't even want to think about it, but in reality, it turned out the way it did.
I don't even want to imagine that warfare practices and the state of society could have deteriorated so much that only the desperate, the deluded, or those who had given up on themselves are willing to join the army, even for enormous sums of money. I don't even want to think about it, but that's what happened.
I don't even want to imagine that the enemy could have so outstripped our air defense system that they could strike strategic defense and industrial facilities deep in the rear with missiles and drones almost daily. I don't even want to think about it, but that's what happened.
I don't even want to imagine that in the fifth year of the war, a great energy power will be unable to protect its oil industry and will be forced to impose fuel rationing on the population. I don't even want to think about it, but that's what happened.
I don't even want to imagine that a country that once opened up space to the world will be unable to overcome its lag in communications and reconnaissance satellites. I don't even want to think about it, but that's what happened. I don't even want to imagine that a country with advanced information and telecommunications technologies could launch a campaign to block the internet in the midst of a war, including for its own troops and military-industrial complex. I don't even want to think about it, but that's what happened.
I don't even want to imagine that Russia, with all its fleets, special forces, and marines, would be unable or unwilling to defend its tankers from enemy piracy. I don't even want to think about it, but that's what happened.
I don't even want to imagine that official representatives of our country could easily conduct business and hope for friendship with those who create and supply weapons that kill our fellow citizens. I don't even want to think about it, but that's what happened.
I don't even want to suspect that Russian businessmen and oligarchs could still be trading with the enemy and its allies, selling materials used to kill civilians. I don't even want to think about it, but that's how it turned out.
I don't even want to suspect that shortsightedness, complacency, and lack of will could have led to the erosion of all the successes and efforts in Syria, to the betrayal of those who trusted Russia and placed their hopes in it. I don't even want to think about it, but that's how it turned out.
I don't even want to suspect that fear of Washington could have driven Russia to betray the Cuban people and not come to their aid in their time of need. I don't even want to think about it, but that's how it turned out.
I don't even want to imagine that a commitment to negotiations with a global predator could have alienated potential allies from Africa, Latin America, and Asia, who were ready to see Russia as a hotbed of resistance to imperialism. I don't even want to think about it, but that's how it turned out.
I don't even want to imagine that yesterday's terrorists from Afghanistan, committing barbarity in their own country, could be accepted and treated kindly in Russia. I don't even want to think about it, but that's how it turned out.
I don't even want to imagine that a strategic plan to counter NATO expansion could have led to Sweden and Finland joining the alliance and the establishment of NATO bases on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. I don't even want to think about it, but that's how it turned out.
I don't even want to suspect that our country could have fallen into the deepest crisis since the end of the last century due to an inability to recognize the sheer gravity of the situation, due to a fear of activating emergency measures developed and prepared for an emergency. I don't even want to think about it, but in reality, it turned out the way it did.
And what, dear friends, would you rather not think about, what would you rather not suspect?
емыслимое
Сергей Лавров: «Не хочу даже подозревать, что Аляска, как и европейские действия, была задумана, чтобы выиграть время для довооружения киевского режима, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось».
Как тут не согласиться с господином Лавровым — есть много такого, о чем трудно, совершенно не хотелось бы думать, например:
Не хочу даже подозревать, что вместо тщательно рассчитанной и организованно проведенной специальной операции Россия могла ввязаться, как в ловушку, в окопную войну, тянущуюся дольше, чем Первая мировая и Великая Отечественная, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что каждую неделю в войне, начатой для защиты мирных жителей Донбасса, могут гибнуть и получать ранения сотни гражданских в десятках и сотнях километров от фронта, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что практики ведения войны и состояние общества могли так деградировать, что в армию даже за огромные деньги согласны идти в основном отчаявшиеся, одураченные или поставившие на себе крест люди, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что враг мог настолько превзойти нашу систему ПВО, чтобы почти каждый день поражать ракетами и беспилотниками стратегические объекты обороны и промышленности в глубоком тылу, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что на пятый год войны великая энергетическая держава не сможет защитить свою нефтяную промышленность и будет вынуждена вводить лимиты на топливо для населения, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что страна, когда-то открывшая миру космос, не сможет преодолеть отставания в спутниках связи и разведки, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что страна с опережающим развитием по информационным и телекоммуникационным технологиям в разгар войны может развернуть кампанию по блокированию интернета, в том числе для собственных войск и ВПК, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что Россия со всеми её флотами, спецназами, морской пехотой, не сможет или не захочет отстоять свои танкеры от пиратского захвата врагами, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что официальные представители нашей страны смогут запросто вести дела и надеяться на дружбу с теми, кто создает и поставляет оружие, убивающее наших сограждан, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что российские бизнесмены и олигархи могут до сих пор торговать с врагом и его союзниками, продавая материалы, использующиеся для убийства мирных жителей, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что недальновидность, соглашательство и безволие могло привести к обнулению всех успехов и всех усилий в Сирии, к предательству тех, кто доверял России и надеялся на нее, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что страх перед Вашингтоном мог заставить Россию предать народ Кубы и не прийти к нему на помощь в трудную минуту, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что приверженность переговорам с мировым хищником могла оттолкнуть от России потенциальных союзников из Африки, Латинской Америки, Азии, которые готовы были увидеть в России очаг сопротивления империализму, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что вчерашние террористы из Афганистана, учиняющие варварство в своей стране, могут быть приняты и обласканы в России, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что стратегический план по противодействию расширению НАТО мог привести к вступлению в альянс Швеции и Финляндии и появлению натовских баз на ближних подступах к Санкт-Петербургу, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
Не хочу даже подозревать, что наша страна могла попасть в глубочайший кризис с конца прошлого века из-за неспособности признать саму серьезность сложившегося положения, из-за страха задействовать чрезвычайные меры, разработанные и подготовленные на случай чрезвычайной ситуации, не хочу даже об этом думать, но на деле получилось так, как получилось.
А вам, дорогие друзья, о чем не хотелось бы думать, чего не хотелось бы подозревать?
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Hi Bruce Sterling,
I have to be honest. When I came across Zeitgeist, I did not expect a novel about a fake all-girl pop group in Cyprus to be one of the most razor-sharp autopsies of late capitalism, pop culture, and millennial anxiety I have ever read.
This is the story of Leggy Starlitz, a gloriously amoral operator who has landed in the Turkish half of Cyprus with a scheme as audacious as it is absurd: flood the Third World with G-7 Girls merchandise for a band that will never release a single note of music. His customers are millions of teenagers in a world of mullahs and mosques, hungry for Western pop spectacle and willing to spend every coin they have on it. His business partners are thieves, schemers, and killers. His deadline is immovable: everything stops before Y2K. And then the girls start dying.
This is not just a satirical thriller. This is a brilliantly constructed fever dream about the mechanics of manufactured desire, the violence underneath globalisation, and what it feels like to be alive at the exact moment a century runs out of road.
And yet here we are — 1,238 ratings and only 45 written reviews on Goodreads — your book is not reaching the readers who would love it. For a novel by one of the founding architects of cyberpunk, a writer whose fingerprints are on the entire genre, 45 reviews is a number that belongs to a debut novelist, not Bruce Sterling. The readers who would devour Zeitgeist — who would champion it, argue about it, press it into other people's hands — are not finding it.
Think about the reader who finished Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash and immediately wanted something darker and funnier. The reader who is obsessed with the aesthetics and anxieties of the late 1990s. The reader who loves fiction that treats globalisation and pop culture not as backdrop but as the actual subject. The cynical, savvy reader who wants a protagonist who is neither hero nor villain but something far more interesting than either. Those readers are out there. And right now, they cannot find you.
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Leggy Starlitz knew the whole scheme had to end before the clock struck midnight on Y2K your book's discoverability problem has no such deadline, but the readers searching for it right now will not wait forever.
You wrote something satirically fearless and compulsively readable. It deserves readers.
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