Cemil Kerimoglu

Monday. Ukraine wakes up to horrible news once again. Another brutal Russian attack kills almost entire family in the city of Kryvyi Rih. The Russian missile killed a mother along with her ten-year old, two-year-old and two-month-old children. The father was the only family member to survive the attack.

Thursday. Russia launched a combined attack of drones and missiles on the historic old town of Odesa -- UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Sunday morning. One of the largest Russian attacks on Ukraine. During the night russians launched almost 120 missiles and 90 drones all over Ukraine.

Sunday evening. Another russian missile attacks residential building in Sumy, killing at least eight civilians including two children.

Just another week in Ukraine.

Just another reminder to those who call on to avoid escalation.

Just another reminder to those who believe peace is possible with Russia.

Just another reminder those who think that Russia will stop its encroachments and aggression if they allow Ukraine to fall.

Just another reminder to everyone of the savage, ghastly nature of the Russian people.

Just another reminder that Russia must be destroyed. Rusia delenda est.

So, according to the statement by Donald Tusk, Poland is planning to create an alliance in Europe to support Ukraine. The alliance is supposed to include Great Britan, Poland Nordic countries and Baltic countries. Intermarium, anyone?

This is of course framed as being done due to possible risks of Donald Trump abandoning Europe. But this should have been done long ago anyway, regardless of who the US president is. Wasn’t it obvious that Europe, especially Eastern Europe, cannot be forever dependent on the vicissitudes of US politics and the whims of any particular administration? The hesitancy and neuroticism of the Biden administration and the way it blatantly strangled Europeans from action should already have been warning signs, even if Trump were out of the picture. But it’s better late than never.

Europe’s dependency on US for its security can be compared to the modus operandi of the pharmaceutical industry, where the dug is never intended to cure the disease and make the patient healthy, but instead is designed to keep him forever hooked up. US has been such “ drug” for Europe and it’s time to let go of it. We will still be good friends and allies, but should have the capacity to solve our problems without relying on each other.

Ultimately, the root issue lies in the pervasive influence of self-flagellating leftist ideology within Western society. It is this ideological pressure that compels certain factions of the political Right to adopt pro-Russian positions — not because of any inherent or natural affinity between Western nationalism and Russia, but as a byproduct of trying to conform to the dominant cultural ethos. The dissident Right’s sympathy for Russia is, in reality, a secondary and distorted consequence — a misguided attempt to align with the leftist-liberal mindset that discourages criticism of outsiders while elevating self-critique to a moral virtue.

It is worth mentioning again that it's not Trump, but the Democratic governments of Obama and Biden that have been the curse for the West, and most painfully for Ukraine who emphatically gravitates towards it in terms of civilizational belonging.

The deeper issue is that there is an underlying aspect of self-criticism, often escalating to self-hatred and self-flagellation, inherent in the leftist-liberal worldview. By their nature leftists-liberals tend to be inwardly focused. Their primary drive is to castigate their own western society, to correct the internal “social injustice” as they see it. Therefore, instinctively they don’t really tend to be enthusiastic about others being enamored by the Western Civilization. And, by their inner nature, they are not emotionally equipped to be confrontational with the enemies of the West, because the bulk of their energy is directed inwards - i.e., into deconstructing the West, often to its own detriment, instead of confronting its enemies.

Therefore, in the long-term the dominance of the leftist-liberal Zeitgeist in western societies could be a problem for Ukrainians as they gravitate towards it, even at the prize of sacrificing their lives. Such emphatic love for the West is alien to the liberal mind and I doubt that liberals, instead of all their good intentions and moral integrity in this case, can fully empathize with Ukrainians where it matters the most.

Therefore, the ascension of Trumpism should not be viewed from the lens of the personality traits of one political figure, what he said or did not say, what he might or might not do in the short term, but more holistically. The re-emergence of nationalism with concomitant civilizational self-confidence and pride in the West is something to be welcomed and it transcends the character traits of one individual. And in the long run this is good for countries like Ukraine who sincerely long to be part of the West. It is always good if those whom you want to join are strong and proud, instead of wallowing in self-flagellation.