I attended a Mass today where there was a prayer for politicians with two qualifying adjectives that I can’t quite recall, but they were like “virtuous and sincere” that caused me to think that what was being prayed for was probably a null set.
If you want peace, work for justice. Working for justice sometimes requires picking up a gun and killing Ruskies. Pray for those who have to do it—and praying for a good death for all involved when the time comes is not a bad thing.
is that really justice? It's only by happenstance, biology and geographical placement that you are not one of them. They are doing what they are told to do for their homeland. An earlier report said the Biden Admin. met with China in December with military intel that described not only troop movements but plans for the Ukraine to join NATO.. This was disinformation which the Chinese shared with Russia (predictable). This was Putins red line. he was forced make this invasion. This was similar to our Cuba Missile crisis in the 60s. We were ready to go to war over that. Would that have been wrong?