The armed forces have used animals in their armed conflicts since ancient times. Horses and dogs come to mind first. Horses were exploited in all wars, up to the middle of the 20th century. During World War II, the Soviet cavalry almost attacked the tanks of the Reich’s armed forces.
Although the German city of Leipzig is not as significant as say Berlin or Munich, the former East German mini-metropolis has been as significant in shaping world events.
‘The greatest want of the world is the want of men, men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.’ – Ellen G. White.
GENOCIDE claimed the lives of 170 million martyrs during the 20th Century. The Soviet Union, Peoples Republic of China, the United States, and the United Kingdom are confirmed responsible for 164 million victims of genocide.’ ~ Source: R. J. Rummel, Power, Genocide and Mass Murder, Journal of Peace Research 31 (No. 1 1994).
Much has been said and written about Japanese brutality during the war in the Far East. However, little is said about Allied atrocities, which in brutality and magnitude invariably exceeded those of the Japanese.
Well, not quite but such comment from the political elite suggests the hypocrisy of legislators or is an indication of how lacking in empathy they are.
A large body of Austrian nationalists dismissed as ‘a group’ by mainstream media, held an impressive rally in Vienna, condemning recent Islamic terror attacks and urging the government to act against Islamist radicals. They were met by counter-protesters and media journalists, who condemned the activists as ‘Nazis’.
‘It is no longer a struggle between left and right. It is a struggle between nationalism and globalism.’ ~ Marine Le Pen,
Britain’s State Police intervened as demonstrators wearing Guy Fawkes masks gathered in central London for the annual Million Mask March against capitalism in violation of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, which kicked in on Thursday.
I make no apologies for spurning the pomp and pageantry that bull-horns its way through Remembrance Sunday held at thousands of cenotaphs. There is much about war that knows no political or national boundaries. War is a monument to human frailty and duplicity, profiteering, individual acts of heroism and stupidity, but not strength.
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