The war in Ukraine is really bothering me. In my not so humble opinion, Vladimir Putin is an evil tyrant warmonger who has no positive moral attributes. His leadership style, leadership by intimidation and fear, is what has led to the failure of the Russian military’s failure to defeat Ukraine after 15+ months of fighting.
How many leaders of the forces in Ukraine has he burned through? How many tens of thousands of young Russian soldiers have been lost to his foolishness? How long before Ukraine’s counteroffensive punches a significant hole through Russian defenses and begins retaking large territories of their land. Oh, and did you catch that…Russian defenses? Since when is the aggressor in a war on the defense so much except when they were drastically overwhelmed and losing the war? Think Germany from mid-1944 until the end of the war. Russia is behaving like that today.
After meeting several Ukrainians over the past year, I am convinced that with the continuing support of the west with military and humanitarian aid, they can win this war.
This is one of those times when my “Barely Right of Center” is leaning more to the left.
I am furious at the fool Donald Trump and his lackeys in Republican leadership who want to cut off all support to Ukraine. They are doing so under the guise of not spending money on something that doesn’t directly go into the benefit of the United States. What they fail to realize is that taking Russia off the board as a major military player on the world stage, we win a significant “war” without firing a shot of our own or putting American lives at risk.
I loathe Trump and even though I have tended to vote on the right over the years, I will actively campaign against that moron this time around. I don’t have a legitimate candidate in mind to support yet, but I know I cannot fathom another four years with Trump as President. Or worse, if … and probably when … he loses, another four years of a corrupt Biden presidency.
God help us all.
Barely Right of Center 