Nope… not crazy, just diabolical… and a war criminal.
He’s taking advantage of a weak Biden.
But, he miscalculated badly on Ukraine resolve.
Russian military credibility ruined forever...the real Paper Tiger.
They have no supply lines in the cities. If they go in it is going to be a horrible fiery death for many Russian APC and tanker crew. Running out of gas deep inside a city will not end well.
We’ve been hearing for 5 days that civilians were taking up arms and fighting back. I guess that was BS too.
Then Ukrainians are war criminals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJKbLHLdGaA
It a consistent truth that in conflicts every errant shell (cause artillery shells can go in the wrong place) is proof of one side or the other wanting to kill all the civilians. It just adds noise to a discussion.
If you step back and look at the conflict, Russia has done none of the infrastructure destruction that the US typically does when it invades a country. NOT criticizing our military approach, just pointing out that Russia is clearly attempting to minimize it.
AGREE
I received this honest summation from just a regular Ukrainian citizen:
“Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine
We didn’t have much hope that negotiations can be constructive. Russia is set on the course to destroy us as a country, to take away our independence, to submit us under their control. We are set on a course to stay a free, democratic, independent country and clear our land of dirty aggressors.
Ukraine came to negotiations only with ONE demand:
1) Russia to remove ALL troops from Ukraine, including occupied Crimea and regions of Eastern Ukraine.
Here are Russian demands and my simple explanation why those can not acceptable to Ukraine.
2) Ukraine to recognize Russian sovereignty over Crimea
- Crimea is a territory of Ukraine that Russia annexed in 2014. They have conducted an illegal referendum under gunpoint to prove that people wanted that region to join Russia. Even if the results of the referendum were true, the referendum itself was illegal. Crimea is still considered by the civilized world a part of Ukraine’s territory.
3) Ukraine to recognize the independence of occupied by Russian parts of regions in Eastern Ukraine and not just the parts that are already under occupation but give them additional territories of those regions.
- I am not even sure how to comment on that. They stole our land, want us to say it’s ok, and also as a bonus to give them three times larger piece.
4) Demilitarization of Ukraine
- with Russia bombing us, pushing their tanks to take over the territory of Ukraine, demilitarization means complete surrender and loss of independence
5) Neutral status of Ukraine, guarantees that we will not join NATO
- Ukraine is an independent country and we are free to choose our military alliances. With a crazy neighbor that we have, we better be in the alliance that can protect us. By the way, before Russia attacked us in 2022 only about 30% of Ukrainians would vote in a referendum for Ukraine to join NATO. I would imagine now that support comes close to at least 80% or more. Is anybody surprised?
As you can see these negotiations have no room for give-and-take.
I can honestly admit I get frustrated when my friends from outside of Ukraine start saying that it’s not so obviously black and white, or when Christians pray ambiguously for peace between two nations.
I would invite you to choose the side and pray more specifically: pray for Russian aggression to stop and for Russian troops to return to their land, OR pray for Ukraine to be destroyed.
Those are the only two scenarios that will bring peace. I also want to speak to those Christians who don’t want “to get into politics” because we are citizens of Heaven. God placed each one of us on this earth to be good citizens of specific countries, to be light and salt in our communities, to share the gospel, to stand for justice, against sin and evil.
Please, don’t hide behind your heavenly citizenship, stand and speak against the violence that is being committed by Russia in Ukraine. The Russian church, do not repeat the fate of the German church that chose to support Hilter.
No. Evil and insane. Insane does not just mean straitjackets and padded rooms. And insane people can be very consistent and very directed.