Posted on 03/09/2022 7:20:36 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The civilian population always pays a heavy price for the adventuristic endeavors of its rulers. This is true for the bad economic and financial policies, bad political moves, and poor military choices that the government leaders and their staff may make in the course of furthering the "national" interest, which is often a nicer label for pursuing their own personal and political best interest.
Should the people, the means by which families earn their living, and the entire community be destroyed in such cases? Our head says, absolutely not! But, what about our emotions? Apparently, they shout an angry "yes"! How can this happen?
The short answer is a mistaken conflation of people and government, whereby the two become indistinguishable and equally culpable, and should therefore bear the full brunt of the consequences.
We are witnessing this disturbing phenomenon now, as what seems like the entire world has rallied behind the just cause of Ukraine. The "what" the world is doing, i.e., pushing back against and condemning a war of territorial conquest, is undoubtedly right. The "how" the world is going about doing the pushing back and condemning is, in my opinion, profoundly wrong.
If we were able to distinguish between perpetrator and unwilling accomplice in a crime, who is drawn into the criminal enterprise out of the sheer inability to stay out, we would understand the predicament the Russian population is currently in.
The overwhelming majority of Russian families, their children, and their relatives have no say whatsoever in what Putin and the Russian military are currently up to. A few dares to protest, only to be arrested. Most feel completely powerless and must bear the consequences of their rulers' actions.
It is well known that sanctions have never deterred any ruler from continuing along a certain path.
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The civilian population always pays a heavy price for the adventuristic endeavors of its rulers.
Not merely a nation...an Orthodox Christian CULTURE!
Gospodi pomiljoy.
(Lord have mercy)
“Just like in America.”
Indeed. My thoughts exactly.
When the elephants fight, the grass suffers.
That’s the way it nearly always happens….USA now…
> The overwhelming majority of Russian families, their children, and their relatives have no say whatsoever in what Putin and the Russian military are currently up to. <
Given that we live in the era of the imperial presidency, that’s pretty much how it is here in America. Biden and his handlers could decide tomorrow that we need to send combat troops to wherever because of whatever.
Congress might fuss a bit. And a few of them might even demand a hearing. But that would be about it.
In some ways that orthodox culture is more moral than our own.
The version I heard is, “When the owners fight, their slaves suffer.”
Pretty much every other culture is more moral than our own right now.
The people have collectively allowed these evil leaders to take power and stay in power so they bear the blame.
Fixed.
I considered altering the African saying to:
When the elephants and donkeys fight, the grass suffers.
What about us and our “leaders”?
It applies.
All Russians have been taught, from cradle to today, about the sacrifices of the Great Patriotic War. They also know how and from where Barbarossa came and how a Western alliance lulled them to their near doom. Who’s to say their internal propaganda machine isn’t nearly as good as ours? Who’s to say that the vast majority of patriotic Russians are as whipped up in war frenzy as we are? Putin does a much better job selling the “suffer for Ukraine” line than does the Depends Kid.
Yeah invading another country full of fellow orthodox christians...how christian of them
I was watching an idiot reporter in Moscow from one of the American cable news networks attempt to interview people on the street. “How do you feel about the war in the Ukraine? Do you approve of what Putin is doing?”, he asked them. The look of horror on the poor people’s faces was extreme. “I agree with everything Putin does.” they all shouted while scurrying away as quickly as they could like frightened squirrels.
Just like in America under the Democrat Dictatorship
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