My colleague, Valeriu Predoi, has drawn some brilliant cartoons that represent his take on the Ukraine conflict. They are the best I've seen to date, and quite representative for what's going on. He's got untapped talent!
My take: The US is weak, the EU has been beheaded through Brexit and disheartened through the retirement of Angela Merkel, and so the world is being split between Russia and China with China dominating world-wide for the COVID-19 pandemic perdiod and Russia taking over parts of Europe now to make up for its pandemic losses. The increase in oil and gas prices is just not enough for them. The media said the invasion will start on Wednesday. How nice of them to announce ahead of time so that the US citizens and the Brits can get out in time. The US and the UK are making sure their boots are out of the way, while claiming they support Ukraine. Luckily, Ukraine's president is a former comedian, and seems a level-headed person who might somehow find a way to diffuse the conflict. Of course, like all wars, this one is being spear-headed by the media, which goes as far as them making up a date for when the Russian forces would enter Ukraine. China has already increased its influence in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
I am so afraid of war. It leads to such destruction at a time when we should worry about the climate and NOT blow up things. It never makes sense to kill the best and the brigthest just for the heck of it. I have three boys. I can't imagine any of them going off to war, which is a temporary return to the stoneage. I can't imagine anything worse than having young men and women out there in the cold trying to kill or maim each other and more often than not maiming and killing civilians around them. Blowing up bridges, roads, cars, and homes makes just as little sense. All those take energy to rebuild. So, how to resolve conflict? If I could, I'd put all world leaders in a room, and let them fight it out for as many years as they chose with any weapons they care to have at their disposal.
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