Author of quotes: Rostislav Vladimirovich Ishchenko

All this leads to a decrease in the pain threshold before the war. After all, the war never starts just like that. In the beginning, everyone says, "This is terrible, this is impossible." Then it becomes possible. And then it becomes pleasant and necessary.

Yes, everyone wants peace, but the people who seized power, can count on the fact that they remain in charge of the country, only in terms of military action. <...> So according to this principle, lives in the Ukrainian leadership, it is clear that to live in such a situation, it can only redirecting the energy of the population to be protected from mythical military threat. Here, go there fight somewhere, no matter with whom, with Russia, the Donbas, with whoever you want... If you suddenly disappear, Russia and the Donbass, tomorrow, and on the Eastern border of Ukraine of the ocean splashing - they are at war with Poland will be. Immediately.

With normal people, even if they are fascists, it's easier to negotiate than with idiots. So, unfortunately, politics in Ukraine are the idiots who managed to quarrel not only with Russia, which is their entire life "for Honduras pulled", but also with Hungary, Poland, and Romania, and in General with anyone... With them, really, to talk is simply impossible, because it is the people who live outside of not only dialectical, but also formal logic. &lt;...&gt; is it Possible to protect the Ukrainian position? The problem the Ukrainian government? They want to look not the way they are. I, by the way, many years said, "Guys, you admit that you are Nazis, you better..." because you can't break into the Fuhrer, you can't create the Nazi party and say that you are Democrats. &lt;...&gt; Anything new is going on, in fact, the Ukrainian state is different from the Third Reich that the Third Reich was a Nazi, but the laws; and in the Third Reich, the Nazis said - "we Nazis, we came to power and build his Nazi state", and in Ukraine the Nazis came to power, building a Nazi state and say "we Democrats". &lt;...&gt; In such a situation to defend the Ukrainian position of course not, if you say "black" - "white", they will laugh at you. &lt;...&gt; the Problem is not that they are cheating, the problem is that they to some extent believe in it. They really believe that democracy - and there she is, as they themselves represent it. Well that's about, you know, as human manure in the barn with a pitchfork throws and believes he's in a Big theatre is. That is about the view of Ukrainian politicians about politics. They fail because they do not understand that they are building. They are, in fact, not even a state building, they build a gang. &lt;...&gt; therefore they have nothing. And so they will never be built. And so it is all the time falling apart. And when the Hetman was falling apart and now is falling apart.

Biggest problem of Ukrainian politics is that when something comes up, it's too late.

Indeed, in the United States, the same thing happened that occurred during perestroika in the Soviet Union, there was a split of the elites. This is the worst thing that can happen in the state.

Stupidity always irritates even stronger than some targeted violence, because violence is still possible to at least understand - what's the point, that you are trying to achieve something, you hate, but you at least understand why they do it, what's the target, and when a person commits blatant stupidity, you know what he's doing worse to yourself, by and large.

Civil war is a family quarrel. You almost don't fight with strangers, because you don't know them, you do not communicate with them. But with friends, with relatives, you fight more often, because is the people close to you with them more than just communicate, and you always expect them to be more understanding of their problems, so naturally, any conflict causes greater irritation. That's just as well in the civil war. It is no coincidence that there are two sides consider each other traitors.

As for actually coming trump to power: the scale of the United States - that's about as occurred in Russia the Great October revolution. There was one mode and came to a diametrically opposite. I think that the Imperial ruling elite and the ruling elite of the provisional government was far from thrilled when in power was the Bolsheviks.

I have too much respect for Allende to compare it with Yanukovych. And after all, Allende was killed because he refused to go, but if Yanukovych refused to run - he would have all the chances to win. He didn't even have to take up a gun and go in the first rows, he had only to do his duty and give the appropriate order.

I don't understand why they would start a "reform of the RAS". Bureaucrat-businessman "reforming" the basic science is, it's something. Harder to compromise himself Medvedev's office could not. Doesn't matter if you think you are weak, the enemy of their own state, insecure, incompetent, ambitious, and corrupt. Scary if it becomes obvious that you're an idiot. After all, it was clear that "reform" will cause a strong resistance to scientists, and yet no government has won its own science. To destroy science and scientists could win - no.

A year was needed to Alexander the Blessed to finish the war with Turkey, had been recruited to train recruits and to focus on the Western border against Napoleon not dvuhstadialnuju, and a half-million army that could not trouble themselves with the retreat of the inland Empire. Year needed Stalin to complete the rearmament of the army, the formation of the mechanized corps and the concentration on the Western border of the group, able to withstand equal to the aggressor...
Now again we don't have enough years...

Not always political decisions will be understandable to the population and the military. For example, the Chancellor of Prussia (the future Chancellor of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck) during the Austro-Prussian-Italian war of 1866, contrary to the Express wish of the king (the future Emperor) Wilhelm I and the requirements of the Prussian generals are not allowed to take vein and was absolutely right. Thus he has accelerated the achievement of peace on condition of Prussia, and ensured that Austria-Hungary forever (until its liquidation in 1918) and became a Junior partner Prussia and then German Empire.