Current Crisis

     The current crisis in Ukraine is most troubling. As Putin dreams of a rejuvinized Russia the West and NATO are at crisis as U.S. global ally and partner Russia is dancing away from earlier Mid 90s reforms under Yeltsen and how America and Russia almost became allies.  For even under Putin earlier in his Precidancy Russia was leaning Pro-West and dreaming of economic empire and of partial resurgance. Russia was a member of G8 and global economic and policy alliances with U.S. and had partnerships with U.S. with other things. There were no sanctions and Putin as a world leader was even liked. However Putin silently dreamed of a greater Russia like in ages past. Like in the days of Communist Leaders or ages before under the Czars.  Perhaps even the recovery of lands recently independant that are essential to Russian identiry like Ukraine and Georgia.  Vladimir Putin actually did prosecute a war against Georgia before the the earlier Ukrainian Crisis and set up two sattelite states Askasia and South Ossettia annexing some land from Georgia. The next conflict was following the Ukrainian Revolution of  2015 were after the free elections democratically electing choclate exec Petro Povelchenko. Putin dreamed of a "Nova Russia" or conquest of Eastern Ukraine sorta a Greater Russia of sorts.The 2015 was indecisive as the Ukrainians defended their land and dug in. However in the peace deal  Crimea was agreed by all sides and NATO as  Russian territory  but Donbass was disputed land. Although like in the past as they had in Georgia some the Russians set up a Sattelite State the very disputed Donbass People's Republic. The Ukraine want to protect their flegling democracy. Now under President Vladimir Zelensky a former comidian and minority a Jew in the Ukraine dreams of a better life are possible. Vladimir Putin dreams now in 2022 of a greater Russia again and Ukraine's steps towards the West and possible NATO or EU membership  makes him feel angry and threatened. As the Ukraine and Russia wind towards war and NATO and U.S. send men and supplies the world waits. 

Anniversary of Jan.6th

             Tommorow with the anniversary of January 6th I find myself with thinking of were our Democracy is.  Trump is not President and there is a Democrat-majority Congress and Democrat in the White House. Yet Jan.6th was a tragedy as Democracy was weakened. Magadom showed itself as a threatning force against American democracy. An Army of Republican sheep almost succefully sacked the Capital. American democracy held in the balence. Trump himself had called the hordes to sack the Capital. It was an attempt by Trump to hold onto power as Biden had Democratically won the election. This stems back to the election when Biden won and Trump didn't bow out or congraduate him. And had instead cried election fraud. There was of course no fraud. 

    The threat to the capital was more than in the Civil War.When no Confederate Army made it beyond Southern Maryland or even threatened the D.C. area. Figures of American facism like QNONN Shaman and other dunderheads violated Congress. Afterwards Trump the overseer of the affair smiling during the affair disavowed himself and distanced himself from the hordes of infidel.He left the White House his legacy in tatters. A second Nixion. As this anniversary breaks there will be debates and speaches on both sides were are we headed. I think American democracy is  challenged and we should be on guard. The storming of the capital echoed other moments in history. Democracy will survive and heal. Trump will never be President again as long as responsible defenders remain. Even those who don't belive in Maga dogma.