Kateřina KONEČNÁ (Czechia)
@katerinakonecna🟥 I am against solving the Ukrainian conflict with weapons. Just as I condemned it in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yugoslavia. No, unlike others, I do not have a double meter. 🟥 This is what I wrote exactly four years ago, 24 February 2022. I was in the absolute minority. And I actually caught it. Surely there was no one in the political scene at the time who would not kick me… After all, at that moment the Czech Chamber of Deputies managed to unite rarely, and the votes of the then Fiala coalition and the MPs of ANO and SPD approved a text that called on the “government of the Czech Republic to continue its efforts to support Ukraine, both bilaterally and within the EU, NATO, and other international organizations, and to provide Ukraine with all necessary assistance,” and they applauded the Ukrainian ambassador in a standing ovation. One next to the other. It was the day when another phase of the conflict in Ukraine began. We “disillusioned” did claim that the conflict started in 2014, but we were convinced by the mainstream for so long that we were lying, until the term 2014 began to be used even by Zelensky himself. That Zelensky, who wanted to drag us into war with his actions, into a world war. Yet his regime despises our victims of that last one and rewrites history. Today — four years later — we also know that the armed conflict in Ukraine has become an excuse. For the inability to argue. Anything that doesn’t fit, just label it as a pro‑Russian narrative. And it is no longer debated. For censorship of uncomfortable opinions. Even discussions about the harm of wind farms or the revelation of a pig — sorry, a friend — of Western elites of Epstein is a Russian hybrid threat. For the liquidation of the middle class. Because while people tightened their belts, a few billionaires, arms manufacturers, banks and corporations miraculously grew rich. For the destruction of Europe’s competitiveness. Because we exchanged cheap and accessible resources for the “right” ones — ideologically pure. Even if they come from countries that still have stoning in their legal system… For armament. From peace it was possible to create weakness, a vulgar word. We must fight until the last Ukrainian. For cutting any expenditures. Including those on healthcare, social area or science and research. Weapons are, after all, more important and giving priority to hospitals, families with children and pensioners is a pro‑Russian narrative and part of hybrid war (and also economic damage, right?). For the arrogance of power. Because you just “take two sweaters.” But it also showed us — to a slight degree — the mental and intellectual level of some opponents. Some of them cursed us in the pig (I greet the green communicator Foltýn), others claimed that Russian tanks are basically already here (Lipánek is good, but not in the role of minister), the pirate MP tried to convince us that war is actually advantageous for us, and people like Mr Etzler showed how the media “elites” — including public ones — think about us. And besides that, it unfortunately also means: • 4 years of war. • 4 years of suffering. • 4 years of weapons and ammunition. • 4 years of bloody business. • 4 years without serious diplomacy. • 4 years of dividing society. • 4 years of labeling. For these four years of mockery, insults and humiliation, the media, the government and the EU owe an apology. Not to me, but to all people whose statements and opinions became less valuable, mocked and despised. If they claim that we divide society, then let them look at how they behaved in the last four years towards those who did not share their prescribed opinion. Gradually we are getting satisfaction. All of us who from the beginning say that this conflict will not be solved by money and weapons on the table, but by cool heads at the negotiating table. Today it is clear even to the war‑weary Ursula von der Leyen — she just can’t say it out loud yet, so that arms manufacturers can fill their pockets even more. War is a bull. It was, it is, and it will be. Therefore all wars are enough already! ❗️
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