The problem with the world is simple: it's leaders. The more one ponders on the Russia/Ukraine situation, the more poignantly true that statement appears to be. In the middle of a pandemic, amid a global economic crisis, climate change, etcetera, one leader thought: well the world is just too boring right now, let's put steam under everyone's asses, let's show them. So now, we're probably on the brink of another global war. From time to time it hits me that this is a war, a full scale armed conflict, another one in the world and I am indignant. People are dying, more will die, lives and livelihoods are being destroyed all because one man said it's time for war.
Many of us would agree that this Putin's War is just senseless. If you are not thinking in that line then you're probably on the side of geopolitical considerations for Russia which is okay. No, it's not. To attack a sovereign country especially in this age, with everything the world is battling right now is totally inexcusable. But look at this, there are various armed conflicts in the world right. There is Syria, Yemen, Somalia, the perpetual Israel/Palestine conflict... Expensive and unaffordable, all of them. There were just as many in the last century and some that have flared up and fizzled out in this century. Expensive, unaffordable. I think about Western interference and invasions in Libya, Iraq, Mali, Afghanistan, and I wonder what has all these achieved, really?
My angst is that every war is more of someone's war or a few people's war than the war of a people. I mean, few people make this "let's go and fight them" decisions. But the real people are the ones who will do the fighting and the dying. It's so silly when you think about it and you begin to wonder how come the human race has not outgrown this, war. Take this invasion for instance, besides the deaths and the destruction of properties especially in Ukraine, the whole global economic system and political institutions are affected. Of course the economic machinery of Ukraine has come to a grinding halt. Heavy economic sanctions on Russia of course touches not only the Russian economy but also, the economy of nations involved in trade relations with Russia. You sell or buy stuff from these guys and now you shouldn't if the sanctions are to fly. Russians, especially the regular private individual who is either against his/her country's military actions in Ukraine or else, indifferent about it will be taking the hit. So will Russia's trade partners including Western giants like Germany. I suppose President Putin anticipated these sanctions but was willing to risk it believing Russia to be quite economically self sufficient, which is true. The only problem is that this is the 21st century, no nation can go on in economic isolation.
This conflict raises so many questions. Will the deterrence hold off a possible nuclear war? Can Russia be successfully pressured to back down? Is it not time yet for the whole world to move away deliberately and decisively from fossil fuel dependence, especially with this climate change threat? And one I am especially interested in: what humanitarian support systems can be put in place to assist Ukrainians and everyone including black people affected by the war? I will also like to add that the prejudice against Russians and Russian owned businesses abroad is really detestable. These people are not the ones invading Russia. Vladimir Putin is. Why are we trying to run them out of their businesses, forcing them to sell out and practically making life difficult for them. I do not see how that will help matters. We can and should do better. One looks forward to the day that the homo sapiens will outgrow war because it is the most idiotic human activity, and ban it. This sounds really stupid and that should tell you how much of a mess we're in.
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Many of us would agree that this Putin's War is just senseless. If you are not thinking in that line then you're probably on the side of geopolitical considerations for Russia which is okay. No, it's not. To attack a sovereign country especially in this age, with everything the world is battling right now is totally inexcusable. But look at this, there are various armed conflicts in the world right. There is Syria, Yemen, Somalia, the perpetual Israel/Palestine conflict... Expensive and unaffordable, all of them. There were just as many in the last century and some that have flared up and fizzled out in this century. Expensive, unaffordable. I think about Western interference and invasions in Libya, Iraq, Mali, Afghanistan, and I wonder what has all these achieved, really?
My angst is that every war is more of someone's war or a few people's war than the war of a people. I mean, few people make this "let's go and fight them" decisions. But the real people are the ones who will do the fighting and the dying. It's so silly when you think about it and you begin to wonder how come the human race has not outgrown this, war. Take this invasion for instance, besides the deaths and the destruction of properties especially in Ukraine, the whole global economic system and political institutions are affected. Of course the economic machinery of Ukraine has come to a grinding halt. Heavy economic sanctions on Russia of course touches not only the Russian economy but also, the economy of nations involved in trade relations with Russia. You sell or buy stuff from these guys and now you shouldn't if the sanctions are to fly. Russians, especially the regular private individual who is either against his/her country's military actions in Ukraine or else, indifferent about it will be taking the hit. So will Russia's trade partners including Western giants like Germany. I suppose President Putin anticipated these sanctions but was willing to risk it believing Russia to be quite economically self sufficient, which is true. The only problem is that this is the 21st century, no nation can go on in economic isolation.
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