The Islamic Republic of Iran has organized a conference held yesterday in Teheran that groups all countries and organizations concerned about the Syrian matter and willing to find –for Syria- a solution other than bloody civil war or terrorist attacks or foreign invasion.
1492 and again 1492 . This is from where all started , a whole tendency of piracy and a whole mission of theft and burglary organized by state and catered to by religion as represented by the church had started around the world . The new continent was but the beginning , and was therefore the first object of theft and assault and extermination of indigenous and since then this has never stopped and no one knows when or where the end would be .
This vicious endeavor –that of Columbus and his hoards -of sailing with the idea of stealing , sacking ,usurping and killing- under the cover of some religion- is taking place right now in countries like Libya and Syria after Palestine and elsewhere where religion is no more the cover but ideas like freedom and democracy and civil rights. Columbus sailed from Europe, a place definitely with poor spiritual life since the west was never able to explore the spiritual realm or to grow spiritually as nations are expected to. Instead the west focused on materiality bereft of any significant spiritual dimension which caused great distortions in its morality and ethics , and the west- for this reason- is spiritually crippled and morally handicapped. And spirituality and ethics have become a means for material endeavors.
Religion for the western establishment was a mere institution that needed to prosper materially and own wealth and strength , this was the church that ruled over Europe and monopolized the spiritual life and almost annihilated it. All the efforts went to explore the material kingdom at the expense of the spiritual one , and -with the poor morality that afflicted many westerners and their establishment- it led to something really spectacular and also drastic which we are witnessing right now. The west has become pathological and evil
This is a long old story and people have grown used to taking it for a universal rule and a historical principle and that nations who need more wealth should embark on a mission to invade other nations , kill their people after subduing them by whatever means , kill their religion and culture ,sack them and confiscate their resources and wealth and eventually even turn them into slaves or leave them to starve and develop sickness and die and – after that -enjoy with other westerners the riches- thus acquired -in terms of cars and facilities and medical care and fashion and items and tools and utensils and entertainments of all sorts . All this the west thought well deserved due to Darwinism and to a religion bereft of Spirit .
Even though practiced continuously since Columbus this pattern of behavior is not a universal rule and could not and should not become one . This is rather a great anomaly and distortion of the rules and of the principle of brotherhood and human solidarity that is a human condition as well. There are signs that this policy of invasion and occupation of countries , of theft and subjugation and extermination of people , and confiscation of wealth is drawing to its end . There are countries and people who refuse to be drawn into this bloody whirlpool started by Master Columbus and get drowned in it , countries who are no more willing to follow or cater to or accept or even watch silently big nations feasting on poor nations like a shark would feast on small fishes . These nations and people are simply saying :No we are not going for another American Native genocide , or another Palestine, or Vietnam , or Iraq, or Libya, or Syria , and we are not going to sit and watch silently the big shark feasting on weak creatures , we will rather try not to let this happen anymore .
Countries like Cuba and Venezuela and Iran have since long taken this position , countries like India and China have taken it occasionally , countries like Russia have rarely taken it . They are all now gathered as one and checking the appetite of the insatiable monster of Europe and USA and its allies Turkey , Israel and Arab Muslim Zionists in order to save at least what remains of nations unharmed .There is no cure for the Ugly Monster ….Long Live the solidarity among nations !
this seems related also to ancient Rome, though on a larger spatial scale, and with more developed technology.
i read somewhere that many of the original settlers in Rome were people wanted on various criminal charges, or perhaps for political reasons. in those days certain places were recognised as ‘safe havens’ just as today, to a limited extent, embassies offer refuge to certain people.
in establishing themelves the Romans eliminated the neighbouring Etruscans, whom i suspect were an ethically and aesthetically superior people.
the Romans were ruthless, and attached great importance to the military. their chief god was war (Mars). they likewise developed utilitarian technologies with great skill, but relied on Greece for their high culture. the engine of Roman economic expansion was the import of cheap goods from conquered areas and the acquisition of labour power by the enslavement of prisoners of war. economic expansion went hand in hand with territorial expansion.
the available means of communication limited the scale on which this military empire could remain stable. it expanded until it over-reached itself.
the 2nd century AD was the high point of Roman civilisation, at least for Roman citizens, and saw two or three emperors who were men of real quality.
the 3rd century saw endless civil wars, conspiracies and struggles for power by representatives of factions. for example certain Syrian families attained significant status. the great majority of emperors in this century were murdered, and few held power for more than a very short time.
around 1492, Europe was undergoing two major developments which are today referred to as Renaissance and Reformation. the Renaissance was a movement in thought, art and philosphy which impacted also on religion, which was then the basis of social cohesion and the means by which a tight ideological and social control was maintained. the Reformation resulted in two centuries of ‘religious’ wars.
one result of these complex tendencies was the rise of science, and the acceleration of application of technology to warfare. another was a renewed awareness of imperialism…
All that and nothing about Alexander whose body smelled like violets?
had to leave a few bits out. mainly the crucial later part of the reign of Elagabalus, though it is being trawled by Hollywood moguls eager for decadent imperial input to their scriptwriting software. so you just need to wait for that.
you are right, however, Alexander was relevant, but that section had to be axed to retain the goodwill of my sponsors – several of them are members of the current Macedonian Opposition in Exile in the Park Lane Area (MOEPLA), and like many players on the current world stage, they combine a keen interest in the latest developments in weapon technology with a diligent surveillance of all published material concerning even the most ancient past of their motherland.