>>Still, throughout that whole year, there was widespread hope that the sanity will prevail. Most of the people just wouldn't believe that anything serious will happen...
>>One of the goals of those wars is surely accomplished: we all now have powerless and cheap politicians ruling; they can be bribed or blackmailed so easily. And as long as they are obedient to demands, they will be allowed to rule as they like. Which, first of all, means no independent media. Easy to do when their owners are your cronies.

To paraphrase Burke: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Alternatively see below. Meanwhile, Compliments of the Season (see, I did not wish you a Happy Christmas to be provocative.;-)

A man of words and not of deeds
Is like a garden full of weeds
And when the weeds begin to grow
It’s like a garden full of snow
And when the snow begins to fall
It’s like a bird upon the wall
And when the bird away does fly
It’s like an eagle in the sky
And when the sky begins to roar
It’s like a lion at the door
And when the door begins to crack
It’s like a stick across your back
And when your back begins to smart
It’s like a penknife in your heart
And when your heart begins to bleed
You’re dead, and dead, and dead indeed.