After a week at the UN General Assembly dominated by discussion of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Moscow struck back on Saturday, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressing delegates first in a speech to the General Assembly hall, then turning to the international press in a wide-ranging briefing full of recriminations against the West – which he described as an “empire of lies.”
He is such a disappointment. He has become a bizzare caricature. Really hard to see a human become so devoid of humanity, of reason, of principle,…
Constant fear of falling out of a window will do that to a person. Reading through Krushchev’s memoirs are an interesting, albeit extremely wordy, window into what it is like to work for one of the worlds foremost despots. He despised Stalin and considered him to be evil, yet willingly signed the death warrants of his own friends and family out of fear that if he did not, the next one would be his own.
Unfortunately, the blood on one’s hands is not washed away by fear.
He is such a disappointment. He has become a bizzare caricature. Really hard to see a human become so devoid of humanity, of reason, of principle,…
Its probably that he has always been like that, but I didn’t see. I’m disappointed at myself.
Constant fear of falling out of a window will do that to a person. Reading through Krushchev’s memoirs are an interesting, albeit extremely wordy, window into what it is like to work for one of the worlds foremost despots. He despised Stalin and considered him to be evil, yet willingly signed the death warrants of his own friends and family out of fear that if he did not, the next one would be his own. Unfortunately, the blood on one’s hands is not washed away by fear.