I must write about the atrocities happening in Ukraine. I have another blog for my political views, but I haven't used it much—not for years. I didn't want this blog to be political, but you know, it would be negligent of me to avoid talking about the big elephant in NATO's room: the war and invasion in Ukraine. Side-bar note, the country of Ukraine is situated in Eastern Europe, and it is the second-largest country in Europe—right after Russia. The vast Ukrainian landmass is just one of the myriads of reasons for so much turmoil to the European Union (EU) and to NATO. The Ukraine is larger than France, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Norway, Poland, and Italy. As for which American president is directly to blame for the invasion, there is plenty of blame on both sides of the political aisles, but POTUS Biden is making great strides in helping quell direct and detrimental American-Russian clashes. But let’s not let that foolish orange man (a.k.a. Trumpty-Dumpty) off the hook. Trump did plenty of stupid things while he was POTUS. He committed plenty of atrocities against the United States and the world that will have lingering effects for decades to come. According to John Bolton, who served as the White House national security adviser during the Trump years, he believes Trump would have withdrawn the United States from the NATO alliance had Trump won a second term. Bolton shared this insight with the Washington Post late last week. So, the question is why Putin would “rock the boat,” per se, during the Trump years when Trump was already setting the course toward the same abhorrent direction that the Kremlin had been setting its aim on for years. One of the media outlets, MSNBC, stressed “. . . Bolton has presented a related explanation that’s quite credible: Putin saw an American president moving in a direction Moscow liked, and the Russian leader was waiting for Trump to finish the job.” So, in layman’s terms, if you wanted to rob a bank for a huge monetary gain that would set you up for life, and you didn’t want to get your hands dirty, but you had a friend like ‘George’ (i.e., Putin) had in ‘Lennie’ (i.e., Trump), wouldn’t you just let ‘Lennie’ rob the damn bank? Yes, you would. So, in essence, Trump made Putin’s plan to take over Ukraine possible. Trump killed the puppy and Curley's wife—all over again. Yes, there is plenty of blame to go around, but what the people of Ukraine need right now are food, water, supplies, and lodging; all mixed in with beaucoup understanding, compassion, and solidarity. As of this post, the news agencies are reporting over 2 million people having fled Ukraine since Russia invaded the country.
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