Russia is now widely recognised as one of the world’s leading terrorist organisations, and is in the process of forfeiting its right to belong in the international community. A little over a hundred years ago the Russian people found the courage, the strength and the will to depose the Romanovs, and now it’s Putin who needs to be deposed. I suspect it will take the military to do the job this time, although the mystery remains as to why the generals continue to follow the commands of a clever but not highly intelligent thug who persists in leading Russia into the darkness. As long as they do so, innocents will continue to die. The current estimate of the number of children killed in Russian air strikes against civilian targets stands at around 450. How many more will it take?
And if any Russian happens to read this, let me ask you a question: do you really believe that NATO ever posed any military threat to Russia except in a defensive sense? The people of the NATO countries know full well that a pre-emptive strike against Russia would lead to a conflagration massively detrimental to all parties. The western bloc wants economic influence certainly – and that raises an issue of desirability in itself – but the notion that such influence could be gained through military means is ludicrous.
That, in a nutshell, is my view of the situation. Take it or leave it.
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On a personal level, the start of 2023 began with an email bringing news of a death and the prospect of dissolution. I wish I had something lightweight and amusing to say, but these are difficult times. As soon as I find something, I’ll be glad to post it.
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