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Les maux de la r\u00e9sistances sont grands, je le sais, mais de la r\u00e9signation ne sont-ils pas mille pire\u00a0!<\/em><\/p>\n

The evils of resistance are great, I know, but of resignation are they not a thousand worse!<\/p>\n

Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Stratfor recently made a “prediction” about Russia’s future.<\/h2>\n

We expect Moscow’s authority to weaken substantially, leading to the formal and informal fragmentation of Russia. http:\/\/t.co\/NJkRoINcdz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Stratfor (@Stratfor) February 24, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Russian Federation’s authority will weaken. Eventually, it will cease to exist as a polity. This prophecy, or forecast, as Stratfor refers to it (the full name of the intelligence firm itself is Strategic Forecasting)\u00a0is no surprise to me. For years, I and many others have been predicting that all nation-states will lose cohesion and they will cease to exist as credible authorities. Countries are the great farce of our time.<\/p>\n

I’ll admit that\u00a0many of our countries’\u00a0services remain necessities for the sake of serving the people, but their sense of legitimate authority – and the reverence people show towards them – is misplaced. All countries\u00a0should stop flying their absurd flags and national symbols, and disappear\u00a0in as much blood and darkness as they were forged in the first place. We will\u00a0support\u00a0this transition\u00a0to happen,\u00a0in order to update\u00a0the “political operating system” of our time.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

I will continue to write op-eds at Press TV, which will be critical of US and British foreign policy. I’m going to arrive at a new op-ed very soon, possibly covering one of the crisis zones addressed in foreign policy<\/a>.<\/h2>\n

Let this stand as a comment from me that I’m not on any particular country’s side, especially not my own. I may criticize the US government more than the UK government, but only because it seems to be in charge of\u00a0more foreign policy decisions concerning the UK than than the UK.<\/p>\n

No country should be exempt from our scorn, especially not the countries in which we ourselves reside. The future is the inevitable, but\u00a0being part of the future means helping it happen.\u00a0Your country needs you. Help it to\u00a0be defeated.<\/p>\n

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By\u00a0Harry J. Bentham<\/a><\/p>\n

\"HJB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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