When Russia invaded Ukraine and I said to my friends that we were all going ti tested now. At the time I thought of the normal course of wars but I, along with the rest of the world, was amazed at the strength of the Ukrainians. It reminded me of Churchill telling the USA ‘give us the tools and we will finish the job’. Now though, with America under the fascist regime of Trump, the tables have been turned and once again Europe alone has to fight the fight.
Wars are terrible things. It is a tragedy that Putin is such a warmonger but then, to get to power I guess you must lack empathy and possess a huge ego. The two attributes that make tyrants and wars at one-and-the-same time. The year ahead will be a dangerous and difficult one and we are all going to be tested now.
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