Good for absolutely nothing, to borrow the wisdom of Edwin Starr, war has again marred Europe. We could see it coming from afar because people keep electing autocrats and strong men always want to fight one another. There should be international laws banning their election, but instead innocent people die because one man has to prove he’s bigger than another. The evils of the Trump years will be with us for decades. There’s nothing Christian about waging war. Seems that some folks have forgotten their Sunday School. Wasn’t the selfless, self-sacrificing carpenter from Nazareth known as the “prince of peace?” Of course, Ukraine became Christian long before Russia did. What deep-seated insecurity such “world leaders” have!
While not wanting to be drawn into open conflict yet again, the world has pretty much all sided with Ukraine. It has the misfortune of being nestled next to a weary nation with a dictator who despises the west. Who pulls down his pants and shows off his missiles when anyone starts to open their mouth. Who isolates himself and his people in the name of self-aggrandizement. We came close to that over here. So close that it still makes me shiver. We feel for the people of Ukraine. They did nothing to provoke attack, and they probably knew other world leaders would keep their distance. Putin, like Stalin, wants a USSR. An empire to put the evil west in check. Hadn’t we left that kind of thinking behind? Hadn’t we grown up after World War Two? Strong men learn nothing from history. They look at it and see only a mirror reflecting only themselves.
Hitler annexed Poland. Russia, which has more land than it knows what to do with, doesn’t need Ukraine to be part of it. The good people of Russia are protesting, just like the women brave enough to march on Washington to protest the fascism America embraced for four years. I’ve put off writing about this because it’s so difficult to do without dissolving into tears. Beware of either bare-chested or chest-thumping politicians worldwide! It’s time to end the era of the alpha male. We need mothers to nurse us back to health. They call it “Mother Russia” but what mother acts this way? The women aren’t impressed, Vlad—they’re in the streets bravely protesting. It’s International Women’s Day. Let’s honor women. It’s time to let the women lead. It’s time to put war behind us forever.
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