și-au trăit traiul. (memorare)
Former successes – in recent times, Ukraine twice, Georgia – are becoming failures: Hong Kong, Venezuela and Belarus. The targets have learned how to counter the attacks. The essential rules for defeating “colour revolutions” are:
- They come from outside. So cut out the outsiders and get rid of the foreign “Non-Government” Organisations. This is probably the most important preventative: the “colour revolution” operators were quite unhindered in, for example, Ukraine.
- Remember Alexander’s advice: don’t give up too soon. Maduro and Lukashenka are still there. To say nothing of Russia, China and Iran.
- Don’t be afraid that you’ll be blamed: you will be anyway. The Western propaganda machine is not interested in facts.
- Be tough. There’s a rhythm to these things; if you interrupt them, its hard for them to get back on track.
- Be patient, as we saw in Hong Kong, the outrage is mostly artificial and will run out of steam.
- Learn the techniques of how they’re done, watch for them and counter them.
- And finally: time is on your side. The West is not getting stronger. What the neocons call “the axis of revisionists” is.