Vladimir Putin and people like him are useless in the world. Not exactly model citizens, but instead power-hungry relics, motivated by old, stale visions of greatness. They talk in riddles and not-so-veiled threats. They don’t value the lives of the people they govern, but see them only as servants, as available bodies, unworthy or incapable of making decisions for themselves. They can’t envision a world in which nations at least try to get along. They are suspicious, bent on calling the shots, intoxicated by the thought of staying in power until they die.
Putin in particular appears to have a bone to pick with the U.S., but get in line, buddy. And of course he’s now making threats toward Finland, since they are close by and have become part of NATO.
The concessions we’re forced to consider. I wonder if the leadership of Finland really wanted to become a part of NATO. But what choice did they have, really?
It’s a shame things have developed the way they have, nations not trusting each other, always spending outlandishly and unforgivably on defense and armaments and implements of war, having to make decisions not based on growing an economy or providing for the flourishing of its citizens, but more often influenced by what needs to be in place in case the shit hits the fan.
Speaking of spending outlandishly and unforgivably, North Korea is in the news again, because it fired its latest long-range missile, as a warning, I guess, after talks between the U.S and South Korea. Heavy sigh.
What is their deal, anyway? What is their purpose on earth, besides being a weapons depot for China in case things go south in that neck of the woods? What is the argument for spending a substantial amount of its money on war preparations? Or is it just a puppet regime at China’s beck and call, without commerce or trade?
What is North Korea known for besides another wannabe dictator and world player and a growing nuclear arsenal? What’s left for the population, for the North Korean citizenry itself? Are they all automatons, just scraping by so its leaders can focus on “more important” things, like nuclear warheads and such?
Wow, we humans are fucked up.
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