Hard not to hold Ukraine in my mind
Never in my lifetime can I recall a cruel, unnecessary, murderous disaster such as this unspooling before our eyes. Let’s stop kidding ourselves, if there’s any kidding left. Putin is not clever, not smart and Trump can go cram it on those counts. Putin is an unbalanced murderous megalomaniac who has stepped in the biggest pile of shit in recent memory. I expect he will slash and burn and destroy and kill and kill some more. He has no off ramp, no exit strategy; he is now committed and in the process, he is wrecking Ukraine and Russia.
The Russian economy is going to be 2nd and 3rd degree burned, the nation-already broke- has become a pariah and should be subject to trials at The Hague for War Crimes. Meanwhile, the Chinese are going to watch Putin flounder and that co-dynamic is already shattered. China comes out on top easy. How about Cuba and Venezuela? Russian money, used to prop up these nasty regimes, is now worthless and cannot pay for squat. Putin has galvanized a somnolent NATO, everyone is arming up with alacrity and Sweden and Finland will now join NATO, thus securing a formidable northern rim. Their money crunch is already enormous-a Ruble is currently worth less than a penny against the dollar-their ATMs are empty and their boys are soon going to come home in body bags, lots of them. And Russian Mothers find this to be vile and revolting and are not shy about letting the world know.
Especially now that it has come to light that the Russian troops were told they were ‘just’ going on a training exercise.
Now, if feckless, let’s play international politics to try and save the midterms in the country Joe Biden would just grow a pair and stop buying Russian oil (allows them to stay more propped up than not), we could break the bastards. More pain at the pump? You bet! Worth it? Of course. That particular action, coupled with everything that’s always hard squeezing the Bear would be humanitarian as it would hasten an end to this homicidal earthquake and humiliate Putin. Or we can just hope someone puts a bullet in Putin’s head…I personally would like see to see that cruel bastard stripped naked, buried up to his neck in the scorching desert, have a pot of honey poured over his head and let’s just wait for the ants and scorpions come to pick him clean.
I readily acknowledge this is nothing near a comprehensive summary, that it rambles and is disjointed. It is filled with my anguish for the nation of Ukraine and my pure, unvarnished hatred for Putin and his henchmen. Sorry, if I were to really vent, flames would leap off your screen. This is one of those where we all need to run toward the fire. Ukraine must not be allowed to fall.
Sigh…
I had some other, different (lighten the mood) funny stuff that I was going to use today but I just don’t feel like it. I’m sad. I’m angry. If there ever was a time, then this is that time.