The Ukrainian Mess

Neoconservative Republican Adam Kinzinger wants to send American soldiers to Ukraine. He wants to set up a no fly zone which means Americans would shoot down Russian planes. The President of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass has called for “regime change” in Russia. Because regime change worked so well in Iraq.

Whenever I begin to have doubts about Russian military action in Ukraine, I can always depend on American lunatics to clarify the situation. The reason we have come to this situation is because American officials are stupid or deranged. Regime change in Russia!

The Russians believe that Russia faces an existential threat from an expanding NATO. Normal people (where are you Donald Trump?) would work to ease tensions and to clear the air. By no means am I an Orthodox Christian indifferent to the suffering of Ukrainian Orthodox men, women, and children. At the same time I recognize that Russia to an extent has been placed on the defensive by warmongering lunatics.

What is needed is rational thought. There are bright signs on the horizon. Ukrainian and Russian leaders may be meeting very soon. Hopefully, there will be a ceasefire and negotiations can begin.

How did we get here? We got here because the west did not respect Russia. Russia is a great country that has been invaded numerous times throughout history. Russia also crushed Napolean and Hitler. These were not easy victories.

Russia could demonstrate good faith by withdrawing from some territory as a gesture of good will. Then negotiations could begin. Washington could give assurances that Ukraine will not join NATO and Russia could give back more territory in a land for peace deal.

Vladimir Putin is not Hitler. His family was devastated by the Nazis during the siege of Leningrad during the Second World War. We must understand that it is the west that tends to support contemporary Nazi movements. The Azav batalions in Ukraine are Neo-Nazis who glorify the infamous Nazi collaborator Stephan Banderas.

During the wars of Yugoslavia in the 1990’s the Clinton administration supported the pro Nazi Croatians over the Serbs. We should learn what we are talking about but then this is a society where knowledge is based on “the Kardashians” and other bullshit. It is time to sit down and negotiate seriously and put tensions with Russia to rest.

There can be peace between Ukraine and Russia if the west does not encroach on Russian security.