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BREAKING: Ukrainian diplomatic source says Russian demands at talks unrealistic and go far beyond anything previously discussed.

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Worth noting that Berletic cited Hegseth's reference to Athens - Sparta strategy in Peloponnesian war, of taking a strategic pause in order to re-arm, etc. Donald Kagan, sire of the US neocon family of war mongers/ profiteers, pursued a career based on his study of Peloponnesian war -- https://oyc.yale.edu/classics/clcv-205/lecture-17

It's instructive to recognize that those whom some of us accuse of using/abusing USA institutions have studied, in depth, the history that "western civilization" claims as its own.

In a tactic similar to the normalization of "Judeo-Christian," some organizations of that same ideological bent plan to teach their young people that the markers of "western civilization" are **their** contributions, with a view, one surmises, of taking ownership of them:

Marom 2025 Tikvah Teachers Summit

https://www.maromsummit.org/?utm_source=tikvah_lists&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Marom%20Teachers%20Summit%202025%20Announcement&_kx=bYXpfdLL8Baa_Vc1z9BCjjLZ0Rbkl9TYSYfQaf9inNwxQ0CUHo2EjfS4oHUCyeqy.LFdrfw

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