Opinion, first, let's start with some quotes..pay close attention to that last one....more about it later. “Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever
wants it back, has no brain.”
“The task of the government is not only to pour honey into a
cup, but sometimes to give bitter medicine.”
“I have always loved and avidly read the novels of Jack London,
Jules Verne and Ernest Hemingway. The characters depicted in their books, who
are brave and resourceful people embarking on exciting adventures, definitely
shaped my inner self and nourished my love for the outdoors.”
“History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms
of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient.
Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior.”
“Our aims are absolutely clear: They are a high living standard
in the country and a secure, free and comfortable life.”
“Everything will probably never be okay. But we have to try for
it. “
“I think happiness is love.”
“Our society, including the liberals, must understand there has
to be order.”
“Those who fight corruption must be clean themselves.”
“You must rise above the endless desire to dominate. You must
stop acting out of imperialistic ambitions. Do not poison the minds of millions
of people; like there can be no other way but imperialistic politics.”
Would it surprise you that every quote is from Vladimir Putin?
I said recently, I think freedom is very basically a selfish
concept. Freedom to do what? I also said, freedom, in my opinion, isn't worth
the loss of human life. I had some vehement opposing opinions from the peanut
gallery. Mostly from the females who have decided to swoon over a photo of
Zelensky that they put in a Thor costume, complete with gorgeous pecs, armor
and shield. They had no intelligent responses that I could respect, most have
no idea what is going on...they heard some people were suffering and picked a
side and a hero and off we go....oh, my apologies, they got part of it right,
yes, human suffering and death...but, not your libido. Grow up, but I digress.
Fight for freedom some of you say? The Apostle Paul sat in jail ....was beaten ...and still sang. He didn't say, " hey guys, let's bust out of here." I don't recall reading that he even asked God for his freedom...didn't ask for the Colossians to pray for his freedom. You know what he asked? He asked them to pray for opportunities to share the gospel. That's my take away. He made no effort at all to free himself ...he just waited for the court date and Dr. Luke wrote the briefs in the interim. He didn't advise slaves to disobey or fight for their freedom. Christians should know why. We are not our own, we are slaves to Christ. Did the light bulb just go off over your head? Slaves...Christ.....find joy in the circumstances that you find yourself? Ring a bell? Jesus, while praying, in the Garden of Gethsemane asked the Father if there was any way He could take the cup.....the Father made no answer at all...none.....and Jesus, just surrendered himself...not my will, but thine be done. So I ask you what is this freedom...what is your right to your freedom? What's the price you're willing to pay, what sacrifice would you make to keep it? Jesus mentioned freedom many times...but, he was talking about the freedom from the guilt and shame of sin...dying to yourself and living for him...at least, not freedom in the sense most think of it. I was reminded by a friend that America went to war with Great Britain...uh, yes, and your point after what I just said is? Did Zelensky have the right to sacrifice his people and his country for freedom? I didn't see a vote for it...only propaganda. So, I don't know how they really felt about it. Bow to Putin? No, not necessarily, I don't think all diplomatic measures were exhausted....But, in my humble own opinion, no...they might have less freedom, but they'd still have a country and still be alive. In my opinion, no, I don’t seem to share that opinion with very many--that’s okay, I don’t believe the church will be raptured before the tribulation either, I think it's selfishness to think the church will miss out on what other believer's of Christ endured throughout history....but, that’s a paper for another time.
My stance on this war is one of the pacifist. I haven't always
felt this way, in fact, only recently did I think of it at all. I watched as my
country invaded this country and that (all for their own good=Ours, over one
pretense or another) ...and since I loved my country, I thought surely they
know what they're doing --and it's all justifiable. I rooted for the
"righteous" US during the Gulf War.....gleefuly, even... while
Charles Jaco dramatically told us of scud missle bombardments from his spot on
a Saudi Arabian rooftop in Riyadh. I had a bit of a crush...ok, I was young and
silly...but I digress...I've grown up. Shouldn't we all? Tell that to the
Zelensky swooners. Well friends, in my
estimation, in the skin of my new older adult form, war and the subsequent loss
of human life it is not justifiable. We aren't living in Old Testament times
when God had purpose telling the Israelites to kill every man, woman, and child
of whichever "...ite" they were warring against.... the bad apples
that would poison the barrel wiped out. Didn’t God instruct every one to be
killed on multiple occasions...and you might think that was bad, but to God, it was
very good. I heard Charles Stanley say
that once, I liked it...borrowing it Mr. Stanley...thanks.
Nowadays, I'm for
self-determination of each country. NATO is an obsolete Cold War relic. President Trump and France's Macron, others...want an end to NATO. It has
no purpose now except to cause WW3. Putin asked Ukraine not to join
NATO....meh, seemed a small thing to me...just say no I thought. Mr. Zelensky
wouldn't give. I think he thought the West meaning US...would bring the Old Stars and Stripes over and scare Putin back to Moscow or better yet...Siberia.
Nope. So, now, Zelensky has a bombed out country, a destroyed economy, a lot of
propaganda hoping to gain world support for a condition he could’ve avoided and
a provoked Putin that will see Ukraine a pile of rubble to prove his point.
Putin had warned the west for years that he would not keep swallowing WESTERN
EXPANSION ON HIS DOORSTEP. Did you catch that? Putin just turned the tables on
the US...it's not Putin's expansionist dream that caused this problem...it's
the US. But, should he have invaded you ask? I answered that already. I also
answered what I thought freedom was worth...not the cost of human life. Those
people might have less freedom but they’d still be alive..and their babies too.
That’s my theory...yours can be different. I don’t mind at all if you sacrifice
yourself for your freedom...and I won’t stop you. I’ll just hurl a few comments
at you and let you have at it.
Study what NATO is and what it does...I don't want to tackle
that here. Long and short of it, in this war, I believe NATO is breaking its
own standard by arming a nation that isn't a member...causing even more
problems and provoking Putin to use his nukes if he gets enough of this. Is he
right? I think I've already given an opinion on that.
Is Ukraine a true democracy.. a bastion of freedom in that neck
of the world that the US and it’s allies should swoop in and rescue? No, you've been misled on that too. Having
your political opponents arrested, jailed...shutting down newspapers and
magazines that disagree with your politics, already mentioned disarming the
citizens.....nah, that's not democracy. Tulsi Gabbard pointed that out quite
clearly and got called a traitor by all the greedy US politicians that probably
owe their real estate and their big refrigerators to the Ukraine. I don't
recommend sending your hard earned dollars to Ukraine either...no telling who
is going to oversee their use....and it
might just wind up in the likes of Hunter Biden’s bank account, because, Ukraine
is one of the most corrupt nations in the world...you can Google that too, it’s
a fact. . Zelensky doesn't have a nation of brave people staying to fight as
you've been lead to believe. He has a nation of men forced to stay and fight by
martial law. Men 18-60, regardless of health conditions...the rest of the
population fleeing if they can. These citizens untrained to use the complicated
weaponry they've been given...before that...guess what? They weren't even
allowed to have guns....does that sound like a democracy? You've been misled on
that too. Is Zelensky bravely walking around with his military on the
battlefront, come on....of course not, he'd have been picked off by a Russian
sniper days ago if he was. We don't even know where he really is. Propaganda.
I've heard people say..."well those countries have a right
to join NATO if they want to"...sure they do, but are they wise to do so? Maybe not so much. Is it good for the world that they do so? Think about it...a
NATO nation gets attacked and all nations have to swoop in and protect it. Does
that sound wise to you? Sounds like WW3 to me.
Humans have always warred, it's what we do..the victor takes the
spoils.....even Jane Goodall's study on apes showed they war among themselves.
So there you have it...a nation has a problem with another...and under my
theory.... they duke it out without interference from the self-righteous
arrogant countries that think they know what's best for the world...when in
truth...and I say this sadly, the US only intervenes if there's money to be
made. We're the new imperialists (refer to above Putin quote) and we learned from the best, the UK. Can you
think of one nation that is better off today because we invaded? (excluding WW2 obviously)Libya? Syria?
Iraq? Viet Nam? ....things are atrocious all over the world... Yemen, is a good example...shouldn't we swoop in and bring solace to all those starving, war torn people...oh no, Saudi Arabia...the source of their grief is our ally. So you hear nothing about Yemen. I have a friend who says the "brown people" of the world don't glean a lot of tears from we white people, because of our racism...my personal theory is that it's because there's usually no money in it. They’re poor countries and unless they have ...oh, diamonds, oil, or uranium...we shrug and forget them. So, that being said, we're selective about who we help...and why, and we're very selective about who we cry for (meaning, the US collectively). Too many let the media and the government
dictate who they have compassion for. Believe me, there’s enough sadness,
grief, pain and suffering world wide...pick your pet cause wisely or better
yet, pray and ask God’s will be done worldwide...don’t forget to pray for
Israel, that’s in scripture. Rabbit trail....bit of history, Teddy Roosevelt
waltzed into Panama and just took it...how was that ok? Well because we're the
US and we're the protector of the world and by golly, we needed it. Why? To
make more money of course. Alright then.
People
that post memes like this one annoy me:
“The only thing
necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” [The essence
of which can be attributed to John Stuart Mill] You
may be thinking...what’s wrong with that? Well nothing, if they actually did
more than just post the meme. However, I
don’t mean rioting every time the media convinces them a crime has been committed
against humanity, even though it was a criminal killed purposely or
accidentally in the commission or aftermath of a crime......looting because
they think society owes them? What in the hell? My mother taught me two wrongs
doesn’t make a right. But these meme posters slap themselves on the
back and think, “well, I’ve done my public service for the day.” What planet do
you have to live on in order to think you’ve done your part by choosing a side
and posting a meme or committing a crime to punish others for their crime?
Something in my gut tells me those end of times books that have a character
committing sin in the service of God are delusional. You are free to disagree with me.
There's a video circulating in which Hillary admits all the
rebels we helped with arms...we're now fighting with said weapons. It's not a
video she really wants you to see now.
A good many of the people crying for the people of Ukraine are
more than likely the same people who never shed a tear for the persecuted,
murdered Christians in Africa, the innocents killed by either our invasions or
our drone attacks in Iraq, Syria, Libya,
or a hand full of others...did they shed a tear when Ambassador Chris Stevens
was raped, murdered and dragged through the streets of Benghazi because Ansar
al-Sharia was trying to rid Libya of western influence? I dunno, that's one
theory about that murder....the other is about Hillary Clinton...Take your pick
but either way...we should be more like the Star Fleet with its
non-interference directive that prohibits its members from interfering with the
natural development of alien civilizations. We, meaning the US, interfere, or
invade, we cause chaos...then we usually leave when it gets hot.
One lady, in a recent discussion, cried Putin had bombed schools...apparently
she knew nothing of the 350 schools that were damaged or destroyed in Iraq by
the US..or maybe she did, but because it’s our country it must be justified...I
dunno. I love my country, but I will not be blind to it’s flaws anymore. As a
nation, our intentions used to be good...nowadays not so much. We used to be one nation under God...are we
even allowed to say that anymore?
I will not, cannot justify or defend invasion and war. My
stance, is Putin was provoked, but the choice to go to war is on him. The responsibility
for that decision ultimately his. Make no mistake, none of this is what it
seems though, our government tells you what it wants you to know....but, more
likely the explanation does not include what they DON'T want you to know.
I have friends who believe in the New World Order theories, the
evil Rothschild cabal....evil Hillary, evil George Soros ...oh and evil Tony
Fauci..and Dr. Evil too probably, just for a comical kicker....I'm sure you
have your own thought of what is evil...can the line between good and evil can
be blurred? Maybe. Who's side is God on? He's not talking and even afterwards
it’s hard to discern the victor. These theorists think Putin is the savior of
the world...they believe Edgar Cayce even predicted it. Our government likes
you ignorant....just sayin'. They like you thinking that The Soviet Union and
Cold War commies are still out there to get you and that Russia is the Dark
Empire run by the Emperor and Darth Vader. In his defense, if there can be
one....Putin puts his country first....something America is unwilling to do.
Ask the border agents and the immigration officers who watch with their hands
tied as people from all over the world stream in our open border. God knows who
these people are, but we don’t.
The Obama Administration created the myth that Putin is an
expansionists who wants all of Mother Russia in the fold again..Americans
bought it hook line and sinker, but there’s no evidence and his own quotes say
the opposite. I refer you back to the quotes I listed. “Whoever does not miss
the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back, has no brain.” Vladimir
Putin. He doesn't have the military to
do that...and he can't afford it. Sure that's a dream, but John Mearsheimer
says that Putin knows this is impractical and unwise. This has been about NATO
from the get go. The US has been poking Putin in the eye for a long time, now
with the help of the Ukraine...and he finally reacted. Many of you have no idea
what this means because you do not understand NATO. But I digress
again....Americans don't know a lot about the Russian Federation as it's called
now. The primary religion is Christian. You thought they were all commie
atheists didn't you? The US calls Putin a dictator...and has created a whole
persona for him that we can't really validate. We list all his political
kills...well there are folks here that have a long list of deaths surrounding
Hillary Clinton and others....but they’re voices crying in the wilderness. Your politicians and media say he’s the thug
of the world. What if that’s a myth too? Just saying...because what do you
really know? I mean really really know. It serves the US for you to think he's an
insane ...remember, Trump was insane too? Everyone they consider a threat is
insane of course. I’ll be insane too, when some my friends read this? Most won’t
even consider a narrative that criticizes America. Gosh, that’s something for
me to think about isn’t it? The truth is he’s very intelligent and quite sane.
If you haven't heard his speeches...don't accept blindly that what you're
hearing is a fact. Will he turn Ukraine into a pile of rubble to prove he's
tired of US intervention in the affairs of nations that are on his doorstep?
Yep, I think he just might. Is that right? No, war is hell...no to war, it’s
wrong. Boo...hiss! Does the US need to stay out of the affairs of other
nations, a resounding yes. Let nations self-determine...if they get in a scrap
let them stand or fall. We’ve been too long forcing the world to view
themselves in our prism. It’s got to stop, it’s never solved anything in any
lasting way. You say...well the aggressors will take the world...they’ll come
for us....really? You don’t know that...and where’s your faith? I hear you mimicking
God is in control...but you don’t really believe it.
Our government is flawed...you can still love your country and
admit it has flaws, it has corruption, it has greed, it is full of liars and
propagandists. Senator Lyndsey Graham suggested cold blooded murder for the
resolution of what people like him see as the problem--blind to the fact, he
and his ilk are the problem. Dr. Michael Heiser, told a story about a woman who
was watching her child suffer with a terminal disease...she suggested that
she should put a pillow over his face
and smother him to end his suffering.
This woman was startled when everyone’s jaw dropped...she saw nothing
wrong with putting her child down like she would a dog and was surprised they
did. Things are out of whack and upside down--the liberal mind has lost its
collective mind, nationwide. They defund the police then scratch their heads
about rising crime. I could go on and on about the liberal brain. You have heard of the 5th amendment right? We're not talking about soldiers ordered to do what is necessary by their country....Graham is talking about murder and so is this delusional mother.
You think this is a war about good vs. evil? Those are
perceptions, what is good to me, is bad to you...what is good to God...entirely
different story....right now, I feel humans are fighting a war of stupidity,
arrogance, greed, lust, propaganda.....general ungodliness...too many think
with their emotions not their logic. What if our government is lying to us? ...”What
if I told you...?”, [the famous quote from Morpheus {The Matrix} that he never
actually said ...but er uhm...you believed he did] but that aside, I’m appropriating it to make a point......What
if I told you that everything you thought you knew was a lie or a
misconception...or some of that now famous word “disinformation”-- the
government loves to tell you about and practices itself daily? You listened long and hard to your government about Covid...and you picked out what you wanted to believe and rejected the rest...why are you so gullible today? What if you’ve been lead to believe bad is
good and evil is good? Hey, doesn’t the Bible say something about that in the
End Days? Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil;
that count darkness as light, and light as darkness; that put bitter for sweet,
and sweet for bitter! Refer to the 3rd chapter of 2 Timothy too.
Question everything... come let us reason together. Isaiah 1:18