The losses sustained here are the ultimate insanity. I hate to say that's by design but eventually they will totally run out of Ukrainians and be left looking at themselves and trying to remember why the war happened in the first place. Which will be an impetus to reconsider the past 30 years (and beyond) of senseless wars. Until this mass awakening occurs in visible and united front, these conflicts will continue. Armenia/Azerbaijan looks to be a US-Israel tag team against Iran (assymetrically). But the Armenians and Azerbaijani will be just as dead and disabled. Syria, Taiwan, Pakistan - all in the on deck circle to see who gets called into the game next.
Although the "a" word has been excessively used, it would be honest to name this The Great War of Attrition. Nationalism can only hold for so long, and then it will be left behind like leaving a cult. People will be people, they won't want to blame themselves but others. Zelensky and his Generals deserve punishment but history has proven that comeuppances rarely happen, and truth and reconciliation commissions are bullshit. People eventually choose to forget and not learn. We are a lazy species. But hate lives. There will always be an ultra-nationalist wing in Ukraine.
I worry about the world and its hotspots. All those places you mention are trouble, but so is Europe, from Bulgaria to Serbia.
Actually I accidentally left Serbia off the list. You're right about people tending to forget. But I don't think it's from laziness. They're always being distracted by something else. Successfully, but still totally diverted from leaving eyes on the mess behind them. It has gotten to be a habit. As often as these wars happen now, and as little coverage (mostly crap) as they have to decipher what is happening, it's a wonder that some don't slip through the cracks entirely. I pretty much went on an all news hiatus for 10 years. I missed Libya and Serbia, most of Yemen, too. It is ridiculously easy to become unplugged from knowledge and responsibility today. I truly missed the 2010-19 decade.
The laziness of distraction... though I can imagine consciously doing the same one day. I've been plugged in too long. Fighting corruption cost me the life I wanted. At some stage, it would be nice to have a beach walk and a beer everyday, whilst reading the great novelists I never had time for.
The losses sustained here are the ultimate insanity. I hate to say that's by design but eventually they will totally run out of Ukrainians and be left looking at themselves and trying to remember why the war happened in the first place. Which will be an impetus to reconsider the past 30 years (and beyond) of senseless wars. Until this mass awakening occurs in visible and united front, these conflicts will continue. Armenia/Azerbaijan looks to be a US-Israel tag team against Iran (assymetrically). But the Armenians and Azerbaijani will be just as dead and disabled. Syria, Taiwan, Pakistan - all in the on deck circle to see who gets called into the game next.
Although the "a" word has been excessively used, it would be honest to name this The Great War of Attrition. Nationalism can only hold for so long, and then it will be left behind like leaving a cult. People will be people, they won't want to blame themselves but others. Zelensky and his Generals deserve punishment but history has proven that comeuppances rarely happen, and truth and reconciliation commissions are bullshit. People eventually choose to forget and not learn. We are a lazy species. But hate lives. There will always be an ultra-nationalist wing in Ukraine.
I worry about the world and its hotspots. All those places you mention are trouble, but so is Europe, from Bulgaria to Serbia.
Actually I accidentally left Serbia off the list. You're right about people tending to forget. But I don't think it's from laziness. They're always being distracted by something else. Successfully, but still totally diverted from leaving eyes on the mess behind them. It has gotten to be a habit. As often as these wars happen now, and as little coverage (mostly crap) as they have to decipher what is happening, it's a wonder that some don't slip through the cracks entirely. I pretty much went on an all news hiatus for 10 years. I missed Libya and Serbia, most of Yemen, too. It is ridiculously easy to become unplugged from knowledge and responsibility today. I truly missed the 2010-19 decade.
The laziness of distraction... though I can imagine consciously doing the same one day. I've been plugged in too long. Fighting corruption cost me the life I wanted. At some stage, it would be nice to have a beach walk and a beer everyday, whilst reading the great novelists I never had time for.
That's the life we all want some day. Instead of psychowars everywhere. Interspersed with criminal politics.