A terrible tragedy unfolding. The ego and obsession of one man threatening the world, never mind potentially reducing a country to rubble. There is one element of the wonderfully positive reactions to help and support Ukraine and the desperate refugees that troubles me - dare I say it is because they "look like us"? Afghanistan is liter…
A terrible tragedy unfolding. The ego and obsession of one man threatening the world, never mind potentially reducing a country to rubble. There is one element of the wonderfully positive reactions to help and support Ukraine and the desperate refugees that troubles me - dare I say it is because they "look like us"? Afghanistan is literally dying before our eyes, famine in the Yemen, the catastrophe of Syria.... so much else. These are situations caused by people, by massive, evil egos.
That was posted in a newspaper some where. I recoiled. Absolutely not. My hope is that the U.S. and the rest of the free world will begin using economic sanctions elsewhere as they are here. We spent years and billions of dollars, and loss of American lives in the middle east. It was a lost cause. The difference here is that the people themselves want democracy and will fight for it.
Or maybe the need for a leader like Zelensky in Afghanistan? Or perhaps it’s too difficult to know who’s on your side? Plenty of people willing to and did fight for democracy.
A terrible tragedy unfolding. The ego and obsession of one man threatening the world, never mind potentially reducing a country to rubble. There is one element of the wonderfully positive reactions to help and support Ukraine and the desperate refugees that troubles me - dare I say it is because they "look like us"? Afghanistan is literally dying before our eyes, famine in the Yemen, the catastrophe of Syria.... so much else. These are situations caused by people, by massive, evil egos.
That was posted in a newspaper some where. I recoiled. Absolutely not. My hope is that the U.S. and the rest of the free world will begin using economic sanctions elsewhere as they are here. We spent years and billions of dollars, and loss of American lives in the middle east. It was a lost cause. The difference here is that the people themselves want democracy and will fight for it.
Or maybe the need for a leader like Zelensky in Afghanistan? Or perhaps it’s too difficult to know who’s on your side? Plenty of people willing to and did fight for democracy.
Thanks, Constantine, for bringing light to the dire plight of victims of the other autocratic rulers in this world :-(
It was also intended as a warning about megalomaniacs....