I’m not an apologist for the United States government, nor am I an apologist for Putin. I am a human being and I fear for the people of Ukraine as they await their fate.
I wrote these words a few short hours before Putin unleashed a full-scale land, sea and air invasion on Ukraine.
The conflict began in 2014 with thousands of civilians killed and nearly one and a half million forced to leave their homes. Peace building then took second stage as weaponry poured into the region from the United States and the EU. NATO failed to grasp the urgency of diplomacy and no one believed Putin would launch such an inhuman assault.
Putin boldly lied referring to this new build up of nearly 200,000 troops on the Ukrainian border as a military exercise. And NATO, with the United States in the lead, miscalculated their ability to reel Putin in by sanctions, while arming the Ukrainians.
The people of the world are led by thinking that is steeped in power and financed by the military industrial complex. All sides weigh the financial risks and the political capital as they make their moves – using the same tactics and the same lies we have followed for decades. And it is women and children who pay the greatest price while profiteers gain.
It’s time we change course. We must become pro-peace. Our strategies must be life affirming. We must take the position that we are all human beings deserving the right to live in safety, with shelter, clean food and water and given the “elbow room” to be the unique individuals that we are. Our choices must be pro-human and pro-earth.
Peace is our only way forward. Each individual must assess the value of peace. Each must make way for it. May it prevail. May the Russian people demand it from their leader. May we all demand it.
map of Ukraine under attack – By Homoatrox – Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=115503967
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Well said, Dena. This will go up on the WNPJ website today. Judy
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Thank you Judy
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I agree completely, Dena. Many millions were shocked by this week’s horrific events. I felt deep despair to watch the invasion play out. After all these long years of belief and hope and prayers that humanity has at long last raised it’s vibration enough, it is very obvious we still have quite farther to go. What else can we each do now, to stop this evil? Pray without ceasing.
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And raise the voice of peace.
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