https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-22/ukraine-russia-putin-biden-must-prove-he-can-lead/100850066
World War two was facilitated by Europe's refusal to take action to defend against a resurgent and belligerent Germany. Now Russia, under Vladimir Putin, is banging the drums of war, making up pretexts to wage war against Ukraine. Europe and the US responds by much hand wringing and threats of sanctions. The meat in this terrible sandwich is Ukraine, seeking for action before Putin invades in full.
Hitler was briefly placated by Europe giving into Hitler's demands. He invaded Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia and annexed Austria. Europe stood by. Britain made Poland a red line. Hitler understandably assumed that Britain would fold once more. As we know, somehow the British developed a spine and went to war against Germany.
It is hard to fathom what a difficult decision this was. Britain had a magnificent navy and a substantial air force. The standing army was less than 1 million, compared to France's over 4 million. It is obvious from the first two years of the war that Germany was far too powerful for the rest of Europe to overcome. Yet overcome, the British did. And that they survived at all was by God's grace and Hitler's folly.
We are now in a strange position compared with Europe in WW2. There has been relative peace for decades. America is still the military powerhouse of the world. Europe and Britain have decent military capabilities. The question is, will anyone stand up for Ukraine against the Russian bully? There are no end of sanction threats and UN resolutions. None of them have had any impact on Putin. It seems that few learn anything from history. Appeasement did not work with Hitler and seems just as ineffective with Putin.
If Putin conquers Ukraine, there will indeed be a "new world order", but it won't be what George Bush Snr envisaged. China will be emboldened to invade Taiwan. America's reputation in the world has already been tarnished by defeats in Vietnam, Afghanistan and the disasters that are Iraq and Lebanon. If Putin and Xi prevail, the US is finished.
I hope Americans see how serious all this is. They kept their head in the sand at the start of WW2. I trust that the church is praying that Putin backs down and Xi is not emboldened to invade Taiwan. This could easily be the start of the tribulation. You think COVID restrictions are tough? You've seen nothing yet.
World War two was facilitated by Europe's refusal to take action to defend against a resurgent and belligerent Germany. Now Russia, under Vladimir Putin, is banging the drums of war, making up pretexts to wage war against Ukraine. Europe and the US responds by much hand wringing and threats of sanctions. The meat in this terrible sandwich is Ukraine, seeking for action before Putin invades in full.
Hitler was briefly placated by Europe giving into Hitler's demands. He invaded Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia and annexed Austria. Europe stood by. Britain made Poland a red line. Hitler understandably assumed that Britain would fold once more. As we know, somehow the British developed a spine and went to war against Germany.
It is hard to fathom what a difficult decision this was. Britain had a magnificent navy and a substantial air force. The standing army was less than 1 million, compared to France's over 4 million. It is obvious from the first two years of the war that Germany was far too powerful for the rest of Europe to overcome. Yet overcome, the British did. And that they survived at all was by God's grace and Hitler's folly.
We are now in a strange position compared with Europe in WW2. There has been relative peace for decades. America is still the military powerhouse of the world. Europe and Britain have decent military capabilities. The question is, will anyone stand up for Ukraine against the Russian bully? There are no end of sanction threats and UN resolutions. None of them have had any impact on Putin. It seems that few learn anything from history. Appeasement did not work with Hitler and seems just as ineffective with Putin.
If Putin conquers Ukraine, there will indeed be a "new world order", but it won't be what George Bush Snr envisaged. China will be emboldened to invade Taiwan. America's reputation in the world has already been tarnished by defeats in Vietnam, Afghanistan and the disasters that are Iraq and Lebanon. If Putin and Xi prevail, the US is finished.
I hope Americans see how serious all this is. They kept their head in the sand at the start of WW2. I trust that the church is praying that Putin backs down and Xi is not emboldened to invade Taiwan. This could easily be the start of the tribulation. You think COVID restrictions are tough? You've seen nothing yet.
