© REUTERS/David W CernyFILE PHOTO: A worker covers the statue of Ivan Konev after removal from its pedestal in Prague
A Prague official responsible for removing a statue of Marshal Konev urged Brussels to protect the EU against Moscow's "interference" and "hybrid war," playing the time-tested 'Russia scare' card that never fails to be effective.
Proving that a strong offense sometimes makes the best defense, head of Prague's District 6 Ondrej Kolar wrote an open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen,
according to Czech media.
He complained that the tearing down of a monument to Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev, whose troops put an end to the six-year Nazi occupation of the Czech capital back in 1945,
had "provoked a completely inappropriate reaction from Russia." Russian diplomats and other officials, Kolar offered, "are calling on Czech citizens to physically liquidate those who have their [fingerprints] on removing the statue."Moscow, which officially condemned the surprising act carried out by Prague authorities, is therefore meddling in the affairs of Prague and the Czech Republic as a whole, Kolar's letter alleged.
Russia is also waging a
"hybrid war" against the EU, he continued, as the letter took a turn and began to resemble a Cold War propaganda leaflet.
Comment: Here we see how giving life to 'trigger warnings' has allowed this warped structure to grow and consume the minds of its advocates as well as the institutions that provide support. This is the nature of pathological corruption: it seeks never-ending power and control. Maoist China gave similar support to its 'oppressed students', and the outcome was a devastating blow to the soul of Chinese culture. The West is set on this same course.