I'm judging the situation, not Zelensky. There is an acceptable judgement, otherwise life could not function. I had to make a judgement yesterday that I could not avoid and I hated having to do. I had our dog euthanised. He was nearly 14, internally bleeding and had no hope of surviving.
Basically I am saying that a nation's borders are inviolate. Nations have the right to defend themselves. People are saying that this war should be resolved by negotiation. It takes two reasonably honest parties to negotiate in good faith. I don't know how honest Zelensky is, but I do know what a liar Pution is.
And why was the dispute betwen ethnic Russians and Ukrainians not resolved by negotiation in 2014? Russia was allowed to annex Ukraine's territory then. Europe in effect ignored Russia's violence. The end result of that is the present war. Nobody gave a damn in 2014. They are sure taking notice now. If you do not treat a cancer in early stages, it will spread. It's much harder to deal with later on. The big mistake of the West was to ignore Putin's annexation in 2014. It's much harder dealing with it now. I was born a few years after WW2. London, where I was born, was still to be rebuilt after the blitz. Hitler could have been stopped in his tracks before he began to occupy Europe. 6 million Jews alone would have been thankful for that. Appeasement is folly.
I'll agree that Putin should be allowed to take over Ukraine when America gives back Texas, illegally annexed in 1845. I've said this before, So far, a resounding silence in response.
Basically I am saying that a nation's borders are inviolate. Nations have the right to defend themselves. People are saying that this war should be resolved by negotiation. It takes two reasonably honest parties to negotiate in good faith. I don't know how honest Zelensky is, but I do know what a liar Pution is.
And why was the dispute betwen ethnic Russians and Ukrainians not resolved by negotiation in 2014? Russia was allowed to annex Ukraine's territory then. Europe in effect ignored Russia's violence. The end result of that is the present war. Nobody gave a damn in 2014. They are sure taking notice now. If you do not treat a cancer in early stages, it will spread. It's much harder to deal with later on. The big mistake of the West was to ignore Putin's annexation in 2014. It's much harder dealing with it now. I was born a few years after WW2. London, where I was born, was still to be rebuilt after the blitz. Hitler could have been stopped in his tracks before he began to occupy Europe. 6 million Jews alone would have been thankful for that. Appeasement is folly.
I'll agree that Putin should be allowed to take over Ukraine when America gives back Texas, illegally annexed in 1845. I've said this before, So far, a resounding silence in response.
