During the Second World War, both Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt quoted Longfellow when promising retribution for the extermination of the Jews.
What many of us would like to do with six members of Supreme Court would be only slow enough to cause a great deal of pain for a while.
Hope, Your caring and thoughtful participation on the forum as well as the contributions of other subscribers is what keeps the forum vital. I am honored by your appreciation. The feeling is mutual. Let's keep it going together. Salud!
'After months of furious street battles and a heavy death toll, Ukraine will withdraw its forces from the largely ruined city of Sievierodonetsk, according to the local governor.'
'The fall means that only the city of Lysychansk across the river stands in the way of Russia gaining full control of the eastern Luhansk region. Once Russia has Luhansk, it could then turn its attention to the neighboring Donetsk region. Together, the two regions make up the Donbas, UkraineтАЩs industrial heartland.'
'Serhiy Haidai, the head of the Luhansk regionтАЩs military administration, said that it тАЬdoes not make senseтАЭ to hold on to positions in the city any longer. тАЬThe number of people killed will increase every day,тАЭ he said.'
'The Kremlin has devoted a large portion of its forces to taking Sievierodonetsk and the 30-mile-wide pocket of land surrounding it. To take the city, Russia has had to devastate it with artillery strikes. About 90 percent of the buildings have been destroyed and only 8,000 civilians remain, according to Ukrainian officials.'
Something I can't quite understand is why Putin is allowed to manipulate this tragic rout at will. I asked the same question about the invasion of Afghanistan just to "get" Osama bin Laden. Why in hell's name are tens of thousands of innocent people killed when one bad actor and a few henchmen devise havoc and pathological cruelty? When Pres. Obama "got" bin Laden, I thought that was the right thing to do from the beginning, yet the President got almost no appreciation or respect for a well-designed event to punish the perp.
Since the dawn of time, the strong have invaded the weak. Reasons and excuses vary but the purpose is the same, to gain resources of some kind. The rich make the wars and the poor fight them. Allies become enemies and enemies allies.
Obama got very little credit for anything since he was Black.
Agree. The mills of the gods...
THOUGH the mills of God grind slowly,
Yet they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience he stands waiting,
With exactness grinds he all.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (translator)
During the Second World War, both Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt quoted Longfellow when promising retribution for the extermination of the Jews.
What many of us would like to do with six members of Supreme Court would be only slow enough to cause a great deal of pain for a while.
I tell you, Fern, you are on top of everything, With admiration, I must ask have you ever thought of running for President?
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'The fall of Sievierodonetsk'
'After months of furious street battles and a heavy death toll, Ukraine will withdraw its forces from the largely ruined city of Sievierodonetsk, according to the local governor.'
'The fall means that only the city of Lysychansk across the river stands in the way of Russia gaining full control of the eastern Luhansk region. Once Russia has Luhansk, it could then turn its attention to the neighboring Donetsk region. Together, the two regions make up the Donbas, UkraineтАЩs industrial heartland.'
'Serhiy Haidai, the head of the Luhansk regionтАЩs military administration, said that it тАЬdoes not make senseтАЭ to hold on to positions in the city any longer. тАЬThe number of people killed will increase every day,тАЭ he said.'
'The Kremlin has devoted a large portion of its forces to taking Sievierodonetsk and the 30-mile-wide pocket of land surrounding it. To take the city, Russia has had to devastate it with artillery strikes. About 90 percent of the buildings have been destroyed and only 8,000 civilians remain, according to Ukrainian officials.'
(NYTime, at 5:05PM ET)
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Something I can't quite understand is why Putin is allowed to manipulate this tragic rout at will. I asked the same question about the invasion of Afghanistan just to "get" Osama bin Laden. Why in hell's name are tens of thousands of innocent people killed when one bad actor and a few henchmen devise havoc and pathological cruelty? When Pres. Obama "got" bin Laden, I thought that was the right thing to do from the beginning, yet the President got almost no appreciation or respect for a well-designed event to punish the perp.
Since the dawn of time, the strong have invaded the weak. Reasons and excuses vary but the purpose is the same, to gain resources of some kind. The rich make the wars and the poor fight them. Allies become enemies and enemies allies.
Obama got very little credit for anything since he was Black.