On Prigozhin's Insurrection
Farce
By
Moon Of Alabama
June
24, 2023:
Information Clearing House
-- Some thoughts on the ongoing
insurrection attempt in Russia.
I
wonder who or what lured Yevgeny Prigozhin into
staging this farce.
In
twelve or so hours things are likely to have
calmed down.
'Western' anal-cysts will spend weeks
fantasizing about their wished for outcome
which, of course, was never to happen.
The
whole story reminds me of
Machiavelli's warning against mercenaries:
I say,
therefore, that the arms with which a prince
defends his state are either his own, or
they are mercenaries, auxiliaries, or mixed.
Mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and
dangerous; and if one holds his state based
on these arms, he will stand neither firm
nor safe; for they are disunited, ambitious
and without discipline, unfaithful, valiant
before friends, cowardly before enemies;
they have neither the fear of God nor
fidelity to men, and [one’s own] destruction
is deferred only so long as the attack is;
for in peace one is robbed by them, and in
war by the enemy. The fact is, that they
have no other attraction or reason for
keeping the field than a trifle of stipend,
which is not sufficient to make them willing
to die for you. ...
...
I wish to demonstrate further the infelicity
of these arms [i.e., mercenaries]. The
mercenary captains are either capable men or
they are not; if they are, you cannot trust
them, because they always aspire to their
own greatness, either by oppressing you, who
are their master, or others contrary to your
intentions; but if the captain [i.e., the
leader of the mercenaries] is not skillful,
you are ruined in the usual way [i.e., you
will lose the war].
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