I don’t know about you, but I have fallen into this no mans land of not wanting to know about the horror of Ukraine, whilst at the same time needing to find out what is happening!
The terror of a democratic European country fighting against an aggressor intent on destroying it, is beyond any words. I have made my opinion clear and it hasn’t changed, short of some miracle peace accord, the West have to take up arms and stop this. Putin cannot stop, he has far to much invested in this crime, not least of all his own future.
The Russian propaganda gets more and more outrageous and one gets the impression they don’t really believe it themselves but have to respond in this way to justify their madness. I am sure not everything the West is saying is accurate but you have to fight fire with fire.
The bravery and sheer heroism shown by Ukraine is a lesson for us all on how to never give in to a bully, though this goes way beyond bullying. When you confront an aggressor like Putin, he doubles down on his aggression and comes up with more and more lies to convince his people and probably himself? The war has not gone according to plan, that much is obvious and now he will do whatever it takes to win. What are we going to do when he takes over Ukraine, throw our collective hands up in horror and hope the it all goes away? He will not stop, once he has taken a huge territory like Ukraine what is to stop him from keeping going, other than his own logistics or lack of troops? World war 3 is not a prospect that anyone can contemplate and the destruction it would cause does not bare thinking about but we have to stop him, perhaps a classic Catch 22?
We know Putin will use more and more destructive tactics, he’s done it before, he holds life cheaply, both that of Ukrainians and his own soldiers. He cares little for how much death and destruction he causes, as long as his objective is achieved and he can label himself a hero of the people and thank all his brave troops for keeping Russia safe!
The hardship of his own people means little to him. He has them in a tight grip and he knows they may protest but they will not rise up and overthrow him. We can destabilise his country all we like, impose as much economic damage as we can but we are fools if we think this will deter his planned aggressions! After all none of the sanctions really affect him, it’s not like he is going to be welcomed anywhere else or his own standard of living will decrease.
There is only one way to defeat him and we all know what it is? The real question is do we have the stomach for the fight?
Stay well
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