Russia and Ukraine

[The Architect Of Fate]

I think that war is stupid. Period. In explaining behavior, I am trying to understand it, and am certainly NOT trying to justify it.

It's kind of like discussing Manifest Destiny, the belief that the United States of America was destined by Almighty God to expand from one great ocean to the other, a belief which, of course, contributed to the abhorrent treatment of the indigenous peoples who were already living here. Simply discussing Manifest Destiny does not cause one to become a theist. Trying to make sense of Putin's "reasons" does not make me a Russian apologist.

As for me, I believe in One World Government. I don't care if the idea is stupid (it's not) or impractical (it's not). In my scheme all national boundaries that existed prior to Russia's invasion (indeed, maybe even a tad earlier than that) would be frozen. A World parliament with a World Prime Minister would be chosen, along with a new World constitution & Universal Declaration of Human Rights & Liberties, and a World Court which would have jurisdiction over anyone & everyone. All militaries would be abolished, along with all nuclear weapons. One multinational police force would be created to deal with any local unrest, subject to the Court & Parliament.

NATO isn't the United States it's a defensive alliance between nations against hostile powers and Putin's reasons aren't reasonable.