[Alas Babylon!]

I agree, Dan...

I've said many times the past few months, Putin should claim victory now but instead his bloodlust and false hope of being a "Great Czar" is blinding him to the reality that he got what he wanted and it is time to close the loop.

It is HE, not the West or Ukraine, prolonging the war...

[rodguy911]

Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world.It attracts the worst of the worst including the deep state.They launder money,have supported bio-weapons operations all over the country, smuggling is huge,weapons and drug smuggling is huge,their reach is endless.

Trying to see who benefits from a continued war in Ukraine is above my pay-grade, I just don't know.

[shalom aleichem]

How does Putin’s alleged illness, cancer?, factor in to his decision making?

[shalom aleichem]

I believe that if Putin tries to lift foot off the gas, that Biden will do everything he can to keep it going in order to affect the Midterms. He won’t let it go.

[DanZ]

Things that may be facing the E.U. and North Africa - Sri -Lanka

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/07/09/protest-crowd-storms-presidential-palace-in-sri-lanka-as-fuel-and-food-shortages-create-desperation-prime-minister-resigns-president-tries-to-hang-on/

[kabar]

Masters of War

Song by Bob Dylan

Come you masters of war

You that build the big guns

You that build the death planes

You that build all the bombs

You that hide behind walls

You that hide behind desks

I just want you to know

I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'

But build to destroy

You play with my world

Like it's your little toy

You put a gun in my hand

And you hide from my eyes

And you turn and run farther

When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old

You lie and deceive

A world war can be won

You want me to believe

But I see through your eyes

And I see through your brain

Like I see through the water

That runs down my drain

You fasten all the triggers

For the others to fire

Then you sit back and watch

When the death count gets higher

You hide in your mansion

While the young people's blood

Flows out of their bodies

And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear

That can ever be hurled

Fear to bring children

Into the world

For threatening my baby

Unborn and unnamed

You ain't worth the blood

That runs in your veins

How much do I know

To talk out of turn

You might say that I'm young

You might say I'm unlearned

But there's one thing I know

Though I'm younger than you

That even Jesus would never

Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question

Is your money that good?

Will it buy you forgiveness

Do you think that it could?

I think you will find

When your death takes its toll

All the money you made

Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die

And your death will come soon

I'll follow your casket

By the pale afternoon

And I'll watch while you're lowered

Down to your deathbed

And I'll stand over your grave

'Til I'm sure that you're dead