Lessons on 'Mutually Assured Destruction'. Beyond the in-side politics drama of Ukraine, there's a lesson-War and conflict are on-going. Peace is just the signifying rhetoric of either the cynical or the self-deluded.
From supposed "great powers" to dominions of influence in domestic politics and city neighborhoods, has there ever been 'peace' based on mutual respect? HELL NO!
The CIA and off-the-books operatives aren't public service workers such as postal employees before going 'postal'.
The creators and builders do their thing b/c those latter few do the subtle to dynamic undermining/destruction of the tangible and **intangible** infrastructure of the inherent contradictions of purpose.
Those "contractors', when effective are the creators of the space for the Front-Men to have their presence and presentation.
Front men, administrators, technicians are climbing over each other and are numerous to have as leaves on a tree. The "work" of the "contractors" takes the few who exist for the love of this perennially thankless, dirty, anonymous work.
Rhetoric is fine, it's the one's who get the dirty work done out in the street and behind the scenes for the art-for-the-sake-of-that-art, w/o the ego and cultural psych.
