We are still here.
Let's start the new year looking again at a 30-second message. It combined words and body language. It shaped events.
We don't know how the Ukraine war will work out. It may lead to a civilization-destroying nuclear war. It may lead to a better, safer equilibrium in Europe and worldwide. What we know for sure is that Ukraine was under attack and it did not roll over and accept its fate.
A national leader is speaking. The message isn't frivolous. It isn't trolling. It isn't posturing for partisan advantage. They aren't playing games to win a news cycle. They aren't trying to spike on-line contributions.
Ukraine's president and its top leaders are telling fellow citizens that they are all in. This is what serious people look like.
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6 comments:
Putin and Russia have been raining terror down on the Ukrainian people on a scale not seen in Europe since Hitler’s blitzkrieg. If the U.S. wants to support human rights, I can’t think of a more worthy recipient than Ukraine.
Now that Republicans are taking over the House, we’ll see if they agree. They seem far more interested in Hunter’s laptop. Besides, the MAGA wing tends to favor Putin because Zelenskiy wouldn’t help them re-elect Trump.
It is my hope that this will resolve into a new effort to ban nuclear weapons.
Russia's aggression is encouraged by its ability to bully with the threat of using nuclear bombs. It's hard to believe there are no thinking people in that country who will see the insanity of this course, pull back, and remove Putin. I know I'm overly optimistic, but I don't see any point in any other view.
I try to have the same optimism for our people.
As we cross this threshold into a New Year I'd like to once again congratulate Peter on another thoughtful and informed 365 posts. I'm sure I'm just one of many who begin their day with a cup of coffee and Up Close.
Re:It is my hope that this will resolve into a new effort to ban nuclear weapons.
Let's say that it does. This is no assurance that nuclear weapons will not be available to countries or entities that say one thing, yet do another.
Bans won't guarantee anything.
We have North Korea testing missiles. We have China buzzing US planes and ships. We have Russia attacking a neighboring country without provocation.
We already do have laws making many violent actions against people and businesses here in the US, yet those laws are ignored.
So, sorry...banning nuclear weapons just is not going to happen. It's simply wishful thinking. Human nature will prevail, both good as well as bad.
Maybe we shouldn't ban anything, if people are just going to ignore the ban. We don't need no stinkin' speed limits.
Anyway, thanks for reminding me: This might be a good time to again watch "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb."
As a country, after the Second World War, the United States realized it must not isolate itself from the world. That the world must confront aggression early on before such aggression establishes a beachhead to continue its power grab. We have deluded ourselves that the United Nations and the United States alone can guarantee peace in the world. Russia’s behavior and its continued seat on the UN Security Council (The eat held by the former and defunct USSR) must be withdrawn. As for nuclear weapons, there threat remains the potential end of civilization on this planet. Destruction on a global scale is the prospects of a distant future. The underlying threat appears to be the sources of fossil fuels. the world is dependent on their production and distribution. Alternative renewable energy is around the corner. Distributing this abundance could be a focus that takes the Great Filter and the Fermi Paradox.
Nuclear weapons are the only reason we never had World War III between the United States and the Soviet Union. Nukes may turn out to be the reason we don’t have World War IV between the United States and China.
People who want to ban nukes might want to carefully analyze the alternate reality they advocate. There were a large number of weapon limitations implemented after World War I. How did that turn out?
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