Canadian "Super Soldier" Wali Goes Home - Tells Tale of Ukraine Losing War

Canadian “super sniper” Wali is back home in Canada. His story upon returning home is exceptionally disappointing considering the hype surrounding both him and the wider Ukrainian effort.

In reality he claims he killed no one, watched his friends die around him, and struggled with a lack of weapons, ammunition, or with weapons like the US Javelin missile which made no difference in the fighting.

https://youtu.be/Kz0qkS6aT5c

🇷🇺❓🇩🇪 If you ever wondered what Russian people think about Germany....
BELOW IS A SHORT COMMENT FROM A RUSSIAN WOMAN ABOUT THE VIDEO WITH SCHOLZ 🇺🇸

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"Is this an accountability report from Scholz to the US? The German Chancellor assures HIS PEOPLE in ENGLISH of his support for Ukraine! Germany has not known a more mindless chancellor so far."

Rossi

Cato gave his life trying to restore the Roman Republic.
And Thrasea and Agrippinus gave theirs resisting the tyranny of Nero.
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson formed a new nation—one which would seek, however imperfectly, to fight for democracy and justice—largely inspired by the philosophy of Cato and those other Stoics.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a translator of Epictetus, led a black regiment of troops in the US Civil War.
Beatrice Webb, who helped to found the London School of Economics and who first conceptualized the idea of collective bargaining, regularly re-read Marcus Aurelius.
Countless other activists and politicians have turned to Stoicism to gird them against the difficulty of fighting for ideals that mattered, to guide them towards what was right in a world of so much wrong. A Stoic must deeply believe that an individual can make a difference. Successful activism and political maneuvering require understanding and strategy, as well as realism… and hope. It requires wisdom, acceptance and also a refusal to accept the statue quo.

It was James Baldwin who most brilliantly captured this tension in Notes of a Native Son:

It began to seem that one would have to hold in mind forever two ideas which seemed to be in opposition. The first idea was acceptance, the acceptance, totally without rancor, of life as it is, and men as they are: in light of this idea it goes without saying that injustice is commonplace. But this did not mean that one could be complacent, for the second idea was of equal power: that one must never, in one’s own life, accept these injustices as commonplace but one must fight them with all one’s strength.

A Stoic sees the world clearly…but also sees clearly what the world can be. And then they are brave, and strategic enough to help bring it into reality.

Wisdom
Courage. Temperance. Justice. These are the critical virtues of life. But what situations call for courage? What is the right amount? What is the right thing? This is where the final and essential virtue comes in: Wisdom. The knowing. The learning. The experience required to navigate the world.

Wisdom has always been prized by the Stoics. Zeno said that we were given two ears and one mouth for a reason: to listen more than we talk. And since we have two eyes, we are obligated to read and observe more than we talk as well.

It is key today, as it was in the ancient world, to be able to distinguish between the vast aggregations of information that lay out there at your disposal—and the actual wisdom that you need to live a good life. It’s key that we study, that we keep our minds open always. You cannot learn that which you think you already know, Epictetus said. It’s true.

Which is why we need to not only be humble students but also seek out great teachers. It’s why we should always be reading. It’s why we cannot stop training. It’s why we have to be diligent in filtering out the signal from the noise.

The goal is not just to acquire information, but the right kind of information. It’s the lessons found in Meditations, in everything from the actual Epictetus to James Stockdale entering the world of Epictetus. It’s the key facts, standing out from the background noise, that you need to absorb.

Thousands of years of blazing insight are available to the world. It is likely that you have the power to learn anything you want at your fingertips. So today, honor the Stoic virtue of wisdom by slowing down, being deliberate, and finding the wisdom you need.

Two eyes, two ears, one mouth. Remain a student. Act accordingly—and wisely.

https://dailystoic.com/

🏳️🇺🇦 Ukrainian POW reveals poor state of weapons supplied by the West to Ukraine.

💬"I used to operate both NLAWs and Javelins ATGMS, they were all expired. They had dead batteries, so only a few of them could be used. As for training, we took only a theoretical course, there was no practice. We were only taught how to hold the missile and how to aim. These missiles lay useless, as practically none of them worked."

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