Go Home

In the G20 meeting, the Russian representative Sergey Lavrov left the room on several occasions when people spoke negatively about Russia's despicable actions in Ukraine, and he left early, right after his own speech which was nothing but transparent lies and propaganda. It's as if Russia stomped their feet and said "if you don't play nice with us, we will take our toys and go home".

Fine. We don't want to play with you, Russia, and we don't care for your toys. Nobody likes you, nobody believes your lies, and nobody wants to be your friend, because you are a bully, hiding your insecurity behind a pile of nuclear weapons. Yes, it's scary that you have them and that you resort to threats to use them so easily, but apart from those, you have nothing, and it shows. Most of your nuclear weapons are probably not even in working condition after the corrupt neglect that seems to have been standard procedure at all levels in the Russian army for the past three decades. It would be horrible to see that put to the test, but if even a single Russian nuclear weapon detonated on foreign soil, Russia would not even be a country for much longer.

The only problem here is you, Russia. You invaded Ukraine. Go home, and stay there. You will not be missed.

 

Monster

Despite its oppressive, totalitarian rule and its imperialistic plans for world domination, the Soviet Union was governed by rational people. Misguided, for certain, and evil, but rational. Current Russia, however, is not.

Russia is now the monster we used to be afraid that the Soviet Union could be, but never quite was. Russia is committing horrendous crimes against humanity, and denying it in the face of irrefutable evidence. An entire world is watching in horror while a mindless, ravaging beast is running amok in the middle of Europe, murdering people by the thousands without hesitation or remorse, with no consideration to anything but its own delusional plans for ruling the world by fear and aggression.

We are still in shock, paralyzed by a nagging feeling of disbelief. Surely this can't be happening?

Well, it is. And if we don't act now to kill the monster, it will eat us too. There is no reasoning with it, because it is driven by rage and fueled by hate, leaving all rational thought behind. For the sake of humanity,  the monster must be put down.