Cynicism is the only ethos that functions in global relations. If 1 of the presidents of large states refers to higher values, specified as freedom or solidarity, it does so in its own interest, for example in order to get a circumstantial social group, needed to accomplish a given goal. all politician acting in a strategy another than a cold calculation loses. Warsaw is an perfect example of this.
Nothing shows us this casus of the year 39’ and planet War II. In past class, we learn about how the West betrayed us. Oh, dear, how bad we fought so bravely. On the another hand, don't we always wonder if, by any chance, we let ourselves get screwed? These noisy words about “not giving up even a button”, songs that “no 1 will do anything to us, for with us the Blades, the Blades-Rydz” and then the cursed doctrine of Sikorski “the capital of blood”. Proudly and with a heart full of honor we shed blood in the service of the Homeland, and God was on our side. At least, we thought so.
The consequences of policies guided by these values were the devastated country and the deaths of 6 million(!) citizens. We were the most devastated, percent country. In addition, we came under the supervision of the USSR, which was imposed by the communist government, introducing the de facto business of Poland. Józef Mackiewicz wrote: “German business makes us heroes and russian shit”. The another 1 lasted 50 years. And we learn that it was all right.
Is this the thought of a homeland to drag it into defecation, deprive it of more than 20% of its biological tissue, let cultural plunder and ruin infrastructure? Conducting demented guerrilla actions ending in slaughtering full villages, leaving single wives and children without a father who could teach them values – that is honor? And why is it that God’s will is being fulfilled? The insane dictatorship of the triumvirate “God, Honor, Homeland” led to its complete denial.
It is simply a strategy that wins wars and political conflicts. It ensures economical improvement and safety of the state. Calculation is essential in creating tactics. And this 1 requires cold head and cynicism. We may forget that, but the global arena is simply a field of constant conflict. There are no 2 entities in the planet that have identical, precisely the same interests. The Alliance is formed erstwhile 2 countries conclude that present common profits overlap to specified an degree that it pays to implement them together. But no 1 guarantees the same thing tomorrow. In 1939 the 3rd Reich and the USSR had a common goal, carried out in September. In 1941, erstwhile Britain began flirting with Stalin, Hitler reacted and went to Moscow. Suddenly, after 1945, erstwhile the Red Army expanded to become a threat to Europe, England and the West Germany were in 1 camp. Thus Germany, as the leading leader of planet War II, did not end up so badly. Marshall's plan included them, not us. But we were honorable.
“Dying in the name of rules is easier than surviving according to them” – this conviction changed a lot in my life. I frequently think about it in the context of the Warsaw Uprising. All this anger and frustration of the last fewer years under the occupier's shoe must have been dominant among the Warsawians. I don't want to look grumpy and capture or reprove something to insurgents – they were people of a different format, I could only punch them with shoes – but the situation required something different. I will mention to Józef Mackiewicz again, who wrote in the brochure “Optimism will not replace Poland” that he did not realize why he made it hard for Germany to transport supplies to the front. We should aid and cooperate with them in this respect. After all, all bullet or Wehrmacht bullet injured our another enemy, the Red Army. War, the bloodier and more devastating our opponents, the more successful we are. To aid the occupier, but it's not honorable. We can only wonder how far the Allies in the West would go if the 3rd Reich were stronger in the East. Meanwhile, the benefit of the uprising – none. The wife had the privilege of rehabilitating an old man who turned out to be an insurgent. He told her a lot. He was like the 20th interwar anniversary required of him, a gentleman. He always greeted and said goodbye to her full of courtesy. He frequently wondered if the uprising made sense. Often, with tears in his eyes, he said that he regretted it.
romanticist politics hurt. Not the ones leading it.
Next. Lessons in past teach us how the insurgents showed large courage and honour in November and January. But the effects of their actions were only wrong. More people suffered from war, lost their possessions, and were subjected to repression. On the another hand, we do not learn about those who worked with the possessor. We think they're traitors. Meanwhile, they took the totumfatic stigma, organized Polish schools, helped keep Poles in universities, or acted to mitigate the process of recovery. Of course, there were any real fags among them, we'll find them forever. But the question is: does this not make a man honorable when, in order to save a nation, he takes on the burden of recording him in past as a traitor? The aid that the Fatherland brings is immeasurable.
It's clever, cunning, and clever. Endecja, with Dmowski in the lead, placed Russia at the beginning of the First War. erstwhile it became clear that the horse would not scope the finish line, they moved to the top of France and England. This percent later, not just in Versailles. Machiavelli teaches us to be a boy of a bitch, and Sun Tzu shows the effectiveness of the fort. The deficiency of specified an thought was seen a fewer years ago in protests before entering the theatre, where an insulting play was to be exhibited. If these angry crowds were not there, no 1 would go to these “shows.” They were pathetic performances, not even viewed by the left. The full demonstration proved to be advertising and had the other effect.
Coming back. So we don't get understatements. The text is produced in astounding circulations. I do not mean now that we, as average citizens, are abruptly to leave aid to the Ukrainians, due to the fact that it does not pay us enough. Nothing like that. Cynic morality is politics. We tiny and modest citizens have an outstanding ethics of Christianity. She wants us to live. She makes us love our neighbor.
“God, Honor, Homeland” are values that do not make us carelessly die for Poland. catch the saber, jump on the horse and throw yourself at the enemy. Nope.
Those 3 words force us to follow our minds! Then, with his help, make decisions, though they may be against ourselves, and endure in them at any cost. We don't matter. Our children, grandchildren and generations to come are important. We die for ourselves, we live for them. And for the other, you pay a higher price. This is what “God, Honor, Homeland” requires of us.
Love Kurlanc
