You’re right. And ‘plain invasion’ is the only way anyone can put it. I’m hoping and hoping and hoping that, somehow, Putin will be thwarted in his ambitions.
I definitely dated that guy. I also studied poli-sci, international relations, and economics once upon a time at university. Like many, I’m devastated, but I’m also utterly unsurprised.
We share your devastation, Em, but are also utterly unsurprised that this is even happening in the 21st century. You’d think that humanity would be past this kind of garbage by now but then along comes someone to prove otherwise. Putin and his cronies need to be called out on what they’re doing, and if possible, stopped. After all, they won’t do the right thing and stop themselves.
At first I found it somewhat hard to believe that a war like this could be happening in the 21st century. And then I remembered that the engines that power human affairs are still largely fueled by testosterone.
The whole situation is deeply surreal, that’s for sure. I have to keep reminding myself that of course this can still happen in the 21st century. Somebody wake me!
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It seems war will never cease to be. All very depressing. They are calling it a foreign mission while in fact it’s a plain invasion.
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You’re right. And ‘plain invasion’ is the only way anyone can put it. I’m hoping and hoping and hoping that, somehow, Putin will be thwarted in his ambitions.
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I definitely dated that guy. I also studied poli-sci, international relations, and economics once upon a time at university. Like many, I’m devastated, but I’m also utterly unsurprised.
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We share your devastation, Em, but are also utterly unsurprised that this is even happening in the 21st century. You’d think that humanity would be past this kind of garbage by now but then along comes someone to prove otherwise. Putin and his cronies need to be called out on what they’re doing, and if possible, stopped. After all, they won’t do the right thing and stop themselves.
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The older I get, the more I realize that very few people (especially those with a bit of power or money) do the right thing of their own accord.
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It’s quite a depressing reality, that’s for sure.
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At first I found it somewhat hard to believe that a war like this could be happening in the 21st century. And then I remembered that the engines that power human affairs are still largely fueled by testosterone.
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The whole situation is deeply surreal, that’s for sure. I have to keep reminding myself that of course this can still happen in the 21st century. Somebody wake me!
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Well said!
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