By: Jože Biščak
There has been a lot of embarrassment in recent days under the stormy sky created by the media mainstream. For decades, journalistic political activists in the service of the deep state have been trying to prove that Janez Janša is guilty of something. In some places, they managed to temporarily remove him from the political scene, as in the case of the fabricated constructs of Depala vas or Patria, but he always came back stronger. Even the directors are much more confused than the day before because the public no longer wants to blindly follow their logic. Neither do the newly formed activist clubs against enemies (read: against all those to the right of the centre) help, although their numbers are growing exponentially, and aggressive performances are escalating. The confusion is all the greater because the classical inquisition no longer works; the media space is gradually becoming more balanced; their lies and manipulations no longer have an easy path to the ears of listeners.
The latest worthless media campaign accuses the centre-right government of exploiting the war in Ukraine for domestic political purposes. The proof is supposed to be a rally in support of Ukrainians, which was supported and attended by government representatives. Think about it, Putin attacked a sovereign state, the Slovenian government clearly sided with the victim and helped it defend its homeland, it responded to the invitation of the Ljubljana-Kyiv Cultural Society to a rally in support of brave Ukrainian men and women, and then comes the Tarča show, which already in the trailer calls this into question. It was a clear intention for Russophiles to use national television in the run-up to the election for new ground attacks on the government.
Apparently, many things were (intentionally) overlooked: that Russian soldiers from a wide range of weapons were deliberately targeting residential neighbourhoods; that Putin deliberately aimed to a nuclear power plant, which could (even though six nuclear reactors at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia are well secured) lead to a disaster. Yes, when one already thinks that one cannot go lower, one realises that the left-wing media pot has no bottom.
The attitude of the left towards the war in Ukraine is the same as towards the attack of the Yugoslav army on Slovenia: they are for peace. Yeah, but who is not for peace? But if someone attacks you, you have the right to self-defence. With a weapon, not an olive branch. In 1991, the transitional left demanded the demilitarisation of the young democracy, handing over weapons from the warehouses to later aggressors. This is fondly called the betrayal of the people. Today, those Russophiles who have made an incredible number of pilgrimages to Moscow in recent years or met with Russian leaders are demanding talks from Ukrainians with the Kremlin. Somehow in the sense that the Ukrainians should lay down their arms, the Russian army should take over the country and set up a puppet government to negotiate. The mediator will, of course, be some modern-day Chamberlain who will sign the new Munich Agreement.
Something like this does not occur to freedom-loving people who love their homeland. And rightly so. Without weapons, Slovenia would not have its own country today. But the left continues to chase its house projects: Patriotism is bad. NATO is weak. Weapons are bad. Soldiers are bad. The borders of nation states are poor. They are the fault of the victim, who refuses to negotiate with the rapist. The logic of the Me-Too movement somehow fails here, right?
Sanctions will affect Russia, some of the oligarchs may be left without a yacht and the latest model of Bugatti or Lamborghini, and trade shelves will be emptier, but that will not stop Putin from occupying Ukrainian territory kilometer after kilometer. Therefore, Janša’s call to the international community to close the airspace over Ukraine is completely logical.
What counts now is Ukraine’s successful military defense and licking the wounds of Russian soldiers on the way back. Everything else will be not only the defeat of Ukraine, but also the international community, where the imposed agendas of NGOs on politicians in most Western countries managed to turn the army into street clubs of fighters for social justice, gender equality and the rainbow community, even though they were well aware that they were opposed by militant totalitarian lunatics. The world in this struggle today more than ever needs determined and courageous people with decorations for heroism on their chests, not carnation throwers under tank tracks. Still in this life.
Jože Biščak is the editor-in-chief of the conservative magazine Demokracija, president of the Slovenian Association of Patriotic Journalists and author of the books Zgodbe iz Kavarne Hayek, Zapisi konservativnega liberalca in Potovati z Orwellom.