“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a
review of (or commentary about) websites, movies, documentaries, television
shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time. Be assured that these reviews will be
generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come
Monday.” This is subject to change, however. In fact, I would be most derelict in my
duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while. For rants promote change, and change can be
good—right? Therefore, since good is
generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel
universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something
positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).
It
is our (Americans) fault that someone like [Vladimir Putin] could come to power
in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union.
For we could have rushed to the aid of the citizens of the former
communist countries, but we wanted them to lie in the bed they had made for
awhile.
So,
instead of fostering feelings of eternal gratitude with people, who had watched
their means for existence disintegrate right before their very eyes, we
reinforced the notion of us really being their enemies. This made it easy for someone like Putin to
come to power. For he has not been shy
about wanting to rebuild the Soviet Union, and life was not all that bad for many
in the area during that era—certainly not as bad as it has been since.
Yes,
some of the blame must be layed at the feet of the British, French and the rest
of the free world. For they sure didn’t
do much, but in all fairness, our leaders were probably discouraging them from
doing what they could. No, I do not have
any evidence. It sure makes sense to me,
though.
The
West Germans did more than anyone else to help their people, who had been
trapped on the eastern side of the [Iron Curtain]. Hence, there is now a truly united Germany,
which is as strong as a country as it ever has been—both economically and
politically.
Alas,
I see the Russian encroachment into Ukraine as being a no-win situation. For unless our Heavenly Father does some
serious changing of hearts and minds, it will only be by military force that
Putin will be stopped, and I do not see him refusing to go nuclear when he
starts losing a conventional war with the west.
In
the end, the west would not lose even a nuclear war, but the survivors would be
hard-pressed to claim victory. May our
Heavenly Father have mercy upon us all.
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