“ It ultimately will be on the Russian people to fix this ”
“ Once the Oligarchs realize that they have more to lose than to gain in this struggle, I expect they will act, but not before the rest of the World forces their hand. “
“ It ultimately will be on the Russian people to fix this ”
“ Once the Oligarchs realize that they have more to lose than to gain in this struggle, I expect they will act, but not before the rest of the World forces their hand. “
Thank you for your many good comments, especially about Venezuela and Taiwan. Thank you also for the information about Putin being holed up in Sochi, I don’t know why that hasn’t made the news here.
Yes, I understand perfectly the similarity between the former Soviet states and the colonies which united to oppose King George. Although it’s not front-and-center yet, China is also a union of different states, not a monolith, and it’s always good to be aware of that reality.
Yes of course the US and NATO are complicit here. As you know, Biden made Russia one of his objectives, so the timing of this war I’m sure is not accidental. Obama, who represented our country’s worldview at the time, ignored Crimea. Biden is a different man for a country now in a different place. The Obama period was something of a heady time, and now the honeymoon is over and it’s time to get down to work. We are looking at Europe and Russia differently now, and especially at Russia’s place in the world.
Criminal autocracy gets a free pass for awhile, and then the hammer falls. That is the way of things. The devil gets to play for a while on his own, causing mischief, and then the forces of morality and worldwide solidarity enter in at some point to bring things back in line. Being a renegade and a maverick only works long-term if you are in harmony with morality and justice, if you’re not engaged in criminal behavior, otherwise your ass will eventually be grass as the lawnmower arrives (silly 1960s metaphor).
In America, as everybody here surely knows clearly by now, there are two segments of the population, the forward-looking supporters of an equal and diverse society, and the backwards-looking adherents to racism sexism et al who don’t even know they’re clutching ignorantly to the racism and sexism of a bygone age. That polarity causes the back-and-forth between Republican and Democratic administrations. In the Obama and Biden eras, we see the U.S. at its best. With flaws, of course, nothing is perfect. Crimea was such an oversight.
Why thank you! After a long day in court and a long night in City Council, my "five o'clock" is about 11 PM! I expect Putin will be spit out of the mower, hang from a tree or eat a bullet at some point but until then he is a 4 Y.O. running with nuclear scissors who is getting every parent on the planet to watch and pay attention, as his sad little ego desperately needs.
Surprised me with the spit out of the mower. Wonder if there's a wood chipper in Fargo that could be brought into sorta humanitarian use. Keep up the writing H. Alan.
I expect there is a chipper someplace but I'm more the gulag-type. Fun facts: I LIVE a mile from the site of the bar in Fargo (a little charmer called the Lost Lake Inn) and went to college about a half-hour drive from the small town (Hallock) that the Coen's shot another scene at AND dated a gal who now OWNS the real Lebowski family-home! Strangely but rightly, I am not yet famous. :|
ha! well, thanks, but HCR is the brilliant one; I'm just another sock-puppet with a keyboard and opinion. I appreciate the opportunity to rant/vent/share more than anything. It's cathartic to have the forum for sure and with such erudite participants. I learn much more than I offer. :) Be well.
Well, look who has cut loose today!!
Thank you so much for your rant, dear Friend.
“ It ultimately will be on the Russian people to fix this ”
“ Once the Oligarchs realize that they have more to lose than to gain in this struggle, I expect they will act, but not before the rest of the World forces their hand. “
Thank you for your many good comments, especially about Venezuela and Taiwan. Thank you also for the information about Putin being holed up in Sochi, I don’t know why that hasn’t made the news here.
Yes, I understand perfectly the similarity between the former Soviet states and the colonies which united to oppose King George. Although it’s not front-and-center yet, China is also a union of different states, not a monolith, and it’s always good to be aware of that reality.
Yes of course the US and NATO are complicit here. As you know, Biden made Russia one of his objectives, so the timing of this war I’m sure is not accidental. Obama, who represented our country’s worldview at the time, ignored Crimea. Biden is a different man for a country now in a different place. The Obama period was something of a heady time, and now the honeymoon is over and it’s time to get down to work. We are looking at Europe and Russia differently now, and especially at Russia’s place in the world.
Criminal autocracy gets a free pass for awhile, and then the hammer falls. That is the way of things. The devil gets to play for a while on his own, causing mischief, and then the forces of morality and worldwide solidarity enter in at some point to bring things back in line. Being a renegade and a maverick only works long-term if you are in harmony with morality and justice, if you’re not engaged in criminal behavior, otherwise your ass will eventually be grass as the lawnmower arrives (silly 1960s metaphor).
In America, as everybody here surely knows clearly by now, there are two segments of the population, the forward-looking supporters of an equal and diverse society, and the backwards-looking adherents to racism sexism et al who don’t even know they’re clutching ignorantly to the racism and sexism of a bygone age. That polarity causes the back-and-forth between Republican and Democratic administrations. In the Obama and Biden eras, we see the U.S. at its best. With flaws, of course, nothing is perfect. Crimea was such an oversight.
Why thank you! After a long day in court and a long night in City Council, my "five o'clock" is about 11 PM! I expect Putin will be spit out of the mower, hang from a tree or eat a bullet at some point but until then he is a 4 Y.O. running with nuclear scissors who is getting every parent on the planet to watch and pay attention, as his sad little ego desperately needs.
Surprised me with the spit out of the mower. Wonder if there's a wood chipper in Fargo that could be brought into sorta humanitarian use. Keep up the writing H. Alan.
I expect there is a chipper someplace but I'm more the gulag-type. Fun facts: I LIVE a mile from the site of the bar in Fargo (a little charmer called the Lost Lake Inn) and went to college about a half-hour drive from the small town (Hallock) that the Coen's shot another scene at AND dated a gal who now OWNS the real Lebowski family-home! Strangely but rightly, I am not yet famous. :|
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You are brilliant, my good man.
“I expect Putin will be spit out of the mower, “
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ha! well, thanks, but HCR is the brilliant one; I'm just another sock-puppet with a keyboard and opinion. I appreciate the opportunity to rant/vent/share more than anything. It's cathartic to have the forum for sure and with such erudite participants. I learn much more than I offer. :) Be well.
And to you as well, kind sir.
Brilliant, and humble too. Killer combo. What an exceptional man.