I had quite a conversation this evening with someone whose views I respect.
He summarised the situation by saying that Putin had cause but executed his response horribly, and has guaranteed that Russia will have no friends. He thinks Russia will lose strategically, although she might win tactically.
There is always cause for concern w.r.t neighbouring countries (esp those close in cultural ways to you over long period of time).
This is found in every corner of the Earth to some degree.
But that Kenyan rep. at the UN really said it best.....there is no cause to resolve with force and violence. No cause at all.
You can think up all (fairly close) hypothetical equivalents for this regarding say India and Bangladesh. Do they both not do things that concern the other...downstream from a joint quite visceral solidarity and triumph?....past the deeper bonds that resided much longer to begin with.
1971 was just 30 years after 1941....a mere drop in time separation....that surely must linger in the latter's soil and memory commensurate to its protracted scale and intensity....that should surely be deferred to when it comes to more blood spilling?
Past all political fights and skirmish that arise..... Life and death are the most consequential absolutes we know after all surely?
Memories reside everywhere in the afflicted land spanning many generations.... hoping it was not sacrificed in vain....sacrifice to prevent just the sort of thing coming to afflict and haunt again...
The deep brother blood pact forged (against adversary however they came to be so introduced, especially to innocents) in such times is now sadly facing this most unnecessary monstrous tempest of hewing (past the earlier fraying and contained blood letting already).
All because of a megalomaniac who has insulated himself to the degree required, yet exerts on more precise forces to larger degree needed there too.
He deserved neither, and now comes the price of him having them anyway.
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