Sudetenland Tales by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Sudetenland Tales

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And let’s be entirely honest, Bibi, you’ve got the right idea. Frame every act of resistance as “terrorism,” every civilian casualty as “collateral damage,” and every condemnation as “antisemitism.” We did much the same here. Any Aboriginal resistance was “savagery,” any White retaliation was “necessary pacification.” The key is to control the narrative, and you’ve mastered that better than most.

Of course, we Aussies had the advantage of an ocean buffer from the darkies and a compliant British press. You, on the other hand, have the misfortune of operating in the age of smartphones and TikTok. But no matter! As long as the US keeps signing the checks and the EU keeps wringing its hands uselessly, you’ll be fine. And if anyone gets too sanctimonious, just remind them that their own nations were built on similar foundations. Hypocrisy is the world’s oldest participatory pastime, outdoing even cricket.

In conclusion, stay the course. History, as we both know, is written by the victors—and the dead make for very poor historians.

Forever yours in colonial solidarity, your pal; Albo