Titanic on the Horizon

   The warring in the Ukraine is a  different type of war than has ever been fought. Our prayers should rise up not only for the Ukraine, but also for the Russian people. Because this is Not a war between two peoples, this is a war started and continued by one man, Vlad Putin. This is a war without a catalyst. In other words there was no Twin Towers, or the surprise air attack on the United States navy moored at Hawaii. As I look back on the majority of wars throughout history, I find no wars that started without a provocation of some kind, except for this one. There was no groundswell of indignant feelings from the Russian people, who suddenly had a yearning to acquire more real estate. This is not the war of the Russian people, this is Putin's war. One of, if not, the biggest reason that the Russian progress has been slow is because the Russian soldiers have little reason or desire to be fighting at all. Think of it, most probably, many are draftees, who'd much rather be anywhere else than where they find themselves. Many think, why fight and die, I have no hatred of the Ukrainian people, I'd much rather be home. Why should I risk my neck to fulfill the dreams of a madman? 

  Here at home we are forced only to suffer fools, and sit idly by as our nation is being humiliated in front of the entire world. We have become like a great ship filled with compassion and hope being run by a crew of idiots. A group so detached from reality, that as we are headed straight for a huge iceberg dead ahead on the horizon, that the Captain, quick to react with what he thinks is valor, yells, Damn the iceberg, full speed ahead! And as he speaks these words of defiance, the bridge officers jump, yell, and clap their approval. 

  As a citizen of this country, my biggest disappointment are of the everyday rank and file Democrats who remain obedient and are afraid to even change the channel once in a while to at least hear the other side. What is it they fear, an honest conversation as to who we want to be as a nation.? What happened to the party who through President Kennedy once stood toe to toe with the Russians, the stakes being a nuclear war. Now today's Democrats must find that spirit and breath life into it again. You Democrats are so obedient. On the other side, you tell us not to dare and get your news from whatever outlet, the first thing we'd do is tune to those channels. Any of us could watch CNN or MSNBC for a week, and we'd still know the truth. Be an American first, because America with the mistakes we've made as a country is still the greatest nation in world history, and we can and must be again. There is nothing that would make loosing our freedom worth it. We the people are the top managers of this Republic. We must stop this silly quarreling over trivial matters, we must come together as one nation again, if not for ourselves then for our children's children. If we don't, and soon, we may well be part of the last free nations.